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Selected Poetry, IT IS SO t ' Tve seen many a nrl ; '." Who would marry a churl, ; Providing he'd plenty of goldj'S,;'--!; , . And would live to repent j i , , . When the money was spent, , ? Whon she found that her heart had been It is so 1 It is so ! ' ' '; You may smile if you like,- ''-''' But it's sol ; -vi ! ;V .- sold. . ... I've known many a lass , Who would thoughtlessly pass Whole hours promenading the street, . " .' While her mother would scrub, . All the while at the tub, ' -: Never minding the cold or the heat. ; There is many a man ' '" - ;: Who will dress " if he can, ; No matter how empty his purse, , And his tailor may look, ' ( ' V " When he settles his book, ': -But his patron has vanished, or worse. . I know people so nice, ' - . : ; . .They will faint in a tricei . . " If voii mention hand labor to them; .... " ' Yet their parents were poor, - , ' And were fond to endure ; " Many hardships, life's current, to stem. . There are many about ' ' " With faces " long drawn out," ' Who will prate for the harm of a laugh, Yet they will cheat all the week, Though Sundays quite meek. ,: To my mind they're too pious by half. ' It is so I It is so! , . You may smile if you like, .. .'.-. But it'S SO I. . ' ; -, j ;7 , .TENNESSEE. ... . j. Tlie Passage of the Franchise Bill Speeth from .. Gov. Brownlow. .' ' , . , .'. ' -."-.' Nashville, Friday, May 4. : Last night the Radical , members of both branches of the Legislature repair-1 ed to the residence of the Secretary of the State, to exchange congratulations over the passage of the Franchise BilL Gov. Brownlow tvus loudly called for. He appeared, and spoke as follows : r " I am in no condition, physically, for speaking as you are aware, and as I know it is prinoiples that you look for, . I shall define my position unmistake ably, ; without any effort at oratory. The passage of the Franchise Bill by the Senate, to-day, is doubtless the cause of your assembling here. I cougratu late you and the country on the passage of that measure, by more than a two thirds vote, in the Senate. The law imposes upon me the responsible task of commissioning men for each county, to register voters and carry out the provisions of the law. I shall endeav or to select men who are unquestionably loyal, determined, brave and incorrup tible, for I may not disguise the fact that Nashville and Memphis will not scruple to raise large sums of money to bribe the registering officers. '- But a short time since I was visited by a Tennessee officer in an Arkansas rebel regiment, who told me that the rebels had no right to complain of the FranT chise Bill ; that he submitted cheerfully, and it was within his personal knowl edge that, if the confederates achieved their independence, it was their purpose to disfranchise every Union man in the disfranchising rebels being a radical measure, inaugarated by Sumner and Stephens, at Washington. It - is the time-honored doctrine and practice -of the fathers of the Revolution, who, at the close of the eventful struggle, dis franchised ' the Tories of that day, who answer to the rebels of our day. Loud cheering.1 My recollection of the his tory of those times is that both signed bills disfranchising tories. ; The same was done, if I mistake not, by the Leg islatures of Virginia and North Carolina, and even South Carolina. Upon this platform, however,' for i the first time since tae rebellion was begun, we have all got together Radicals, Conserva- . tives, Copperheads, weak-kneed Union men and rebels. We Radicals are all for the Franchise Law ; the other classes named are all for Johnson, -i It is not to be presumed that any -would be for Jolinson who ' are not for his doctrines, and we know that he inaugurated the doctrme in Tennessee of disfranchising rebels. Among his last utterances be fore he left here, some thirteen months ago, he-declared that if there were ,bnt , five thousand loyal men in Tennessee they should controll the State ; and all the time that this measure has. been pending, he has been represented, by those who have had frequent interviews with him, as ' wanting the " Legislature to hurry up the: Franchise law. 'We are, therefore, upon "his platform, and hope to" present not only five thousand, but ten times five thousand, loyal Union men to govern the State.. Let us, then, one and all, keep our stand upon the " President's platform of governing the State with ' loyal men, making treason odious and punishing .traitors.. Upon thus platform I took my stand long since, and here I still stand, and upon this I intend to fight it out, not only all Summer but u it takes up "the re- mainder of my natural life.' In this I am encouraged, knowing that all good ; and true men at home stand by me, and i all good and true men abroad, including . the most talented, patriotic and loyal .Congress which ever assembled in ; Wahington. (Loud cheers. One word to the large number the members of the Legislature who surround me and : I am .done. Your action, in the loyal States, is looked to witli as deep an in-' terest as the action of Congress. You, have acted a noble part in expelling from your body the bolters, disorgani- Bers and rebels. Follow up the good ' work you have commenced, by the pas-, gage of all necessary measures, and you will have the approval of your consti tuents, of all good men abroad, and of your own conscience." ' '- ' The Governor then retired amid loud cheering. Speeches were made by va rious others present, and the meeting1 did not break up until midnight. . An owTifinorfi '. verv amusinfflv savs . C1 J v.o tha mnt PTtraordinarv instance of patience on record, in modern times, is ; lor two days, wiuie a "f: attorneys contended about the construc tion of an act, of the Legislature, and t.hfin pndfid the controversy by quietly remarkins. Gentlemen, the law is re-i pealed." ' ;.;;Ki;nteyi HOW JUJt FOBMSJR TfAS $3 LEASED FROM ' J . r-RlSOx' 6Y THK. LATTEii. ''''-. J"!-.-' . The following omantic' narrative 'is.' ii-om a rans .letter to the JNew iork Theiltu's't rioiisGermanpoet,' pliiloso phei' and patriots Gotfried Kinkel. has "come tO'Paris foithe' purpose" of . deliV- 4 e. nig ueiore ins numerous .countrymen, residing iathe. French, capital, a series of artistic lectures on the Gallerip of Ithe Louvre.1 ;I reniember verv well the excitement' createdllast May among1 the usually phlegmatic sons 6f Teritonia, by a visit of Kinkel during the' .German gymnastic festival,, when ' he delivered i before them , an impromptu - address, which was greatly praised at the time by, the French Liberal press.'"., Iu the literature of Germany, Kinkel occupies a high ' position as a poet and historian. When the revolution of 1848 broke out, 1 he was a Professor at the University of Bonn, and his strong Democratic .opin ions induced him, to take a part in the struggle. He fought, was made prisoner by the royal authorities, was. tried for treason, and sentenced to many years' imprisonment at hard labor.' ! Among Kinkel's companions" at this time was - a young student; not yet; twenty years of age, named Carl Schurz, who was also captured, tried by court martial, and sentenced to be shot. Schurz, however, mote "fortunate than his professor, ' succeeded in escaping, across the French frontier, and was safe. Kinkel was sent to a common prison, placed among criminals of the vilest sort, and set to work making shoes. Young Germany,' still trembling With the excitements of the recent revolution, learned with indignation the treatment inflicted upon the i eminent poet and scholar, and numerous . petitions were sent to ihe Prussian Government, pray ing that his situation might be amelior ated. To all this the authorities paid no attention whatever, the protestations ceased, and Kinkel seemed likely to be abandoned by his friends. There was oue, however, who did not desert him. Carl Schurz left Paris, disguised him self in rags, and, defying the scaffold, re-entered Prussia, with an- organ on his back.:' -In the Jay he begged his bread on the highroad ; at night he laid aside his organ and visited the abodes of his former companions and the friends of German liberty, to endeavor to rea waken their interest in the fate of the imprisoned patriot. :In this way he travelled three hundred leagues on foot, playing the organ through many towns and ; villages, carefully maturing his plans, and sleeping in barns or under, hedges.-: On one occasion he was stop ped by two Prussian gendarmes, who inquired where he was going. ' ; " To tbe neighboring town," replied Schurz. . " Would you like to earn a handfid of pennies ?" asked the others. ' ' "Certainly." - . - ' " Very well ; come with us to our barracks. We intend to give a dance this evening, and the airs of your organ, will suit our purpose exactly." ' ' It was impossible to decline the offer of the soldiers without' exciting' suspi cions ; so Schurz accepted, With a great show of gratitude, ajtid during the whole night giound out waltzes and quad rilles for & battalion of gendarmes. Leaving, mndiscovered, the dangerous society of the, military police, young Schurz continued his journey, and, a short time subsequently, information reached him that Kinkel's prison had been changed. He was no w incarcerat ed at Spandau, and ' placed under the personal supervision of the prison di rector. ; ... -Late one night, when the streets had become deserted, a post chaise, escorted by a guard of four dragoons, drove rapidly through the town of Spandau, and halted before the prison. An offi cer, in the uniform of a Colonel of the Royal Guard, alighted from the vehicle, and was soon m the presence of the Di rector, into whose hands he placed'a letter from the Minister of the Interior at Berlin, and bearing the official seal. Receiving the packet with the respect due to a communication from the King s Minister, the Director opened the im portant missive, and read as follows : " A deep-laid plot has been organized in Berlin, the object of which is to ef fect the forcible release of the convict Kiiikel from the hands of the authori ties. We are now watching the move ments of the conspirators, and arc pre paring to arrest them. In order, how ever, to prevent the possibility of a surprise; the bearer of the present let ter, Col. , is commanded to take charge of your prisoner, whom he wul immediately conduct to the citadel of Magdcburgh, and place him in the hands of the Governor ol that fortress." " Upon reading this ministerial injunc tion the director of the Spandau prison at ! once had the unfortunate Kinkel awakened, caused him to be securely ironed and placed in the post-chaise. which was set off on the road to Mag deburg, accompanied by the . Colonel and four dragoons, who rode with drawn sabres. All night long ' they ' traveled at rapid speed; Iresh horses were instantly furnished at each relay, the Colonel's demand being accompa- niedby the magical expression "the King's service." The unhappy prison- cle, cared not what might be his fat Germany had forgotten him, and noth ing could be worse than the noisome dungeon at Spandau. Mornm came at : kiud is not k jt inJrolls as with u Dut; last, a gay winter s . dawn, and the car-, m uares of about tweive by ten inch nage stopped. The Colonel .himsell t 0ne man b theJtable and' opened the door, and bade the prisoner i aDmieg the Daste." and then adroitly alight, wimout a wora poor Kinkel ODcyea, ana iounu iiuuscii Biauuing on the sea-shore, a boat awaiting a lew feet from the spot where he stood, and a ship, with the English flag at her'mast head, lying to within sight; ; The pris oner uttered a cry of mingled hope and despair. , . ' ' " Do you not know me, my dear old master?" sobbed the pseudo-Colonel, tearing off his false moustachej and clasping Kinkel in his "arms. " I am your friend and pupil, Carl Schurz. Let us embrace each rother once more on German soil, and then, away, for Eng-land!"-: :.v ': ; ');'- ' . Kinkel could not reply,,but burst in to tears. i-Iu a few moments .more they were in the boat, and rowinglustily to f-ward the vessel in the offing, wbicb had M, now hoisted the; .German : Republican flagin token of , recognition and lively' Come,; v;As they'reaQhe4 the ship's side, Kinkel, pale and trembling, leaned upon , Si hurz's shoulder, and murmured :: 'My wifej tny'children-HJwIiere are they?',' uui ijiuic- w Biiy uu mure, lur, ill . Another moment,'' Mme.Kinkel was in her husband's; ,armsjs and ' his children" v were clingingbout hi khees,: - '; ;." My missioL is accomplished," iaid young., Schurz.. " I had v sworn; deaf master, to restore yod to liberty and, to , your family.f. My duty is donel'' ' !r : f Upon their! arrival ' in London,: the patriots, werej-eceived "with transports of enthusiasm. : The rieh German resi-. dents of the British 'rhetrbpolis took upon themselves to provide for the brave young feltows ; who, in the. disguise, of Prussian dragoons, had aided Schur? in ; successfully carrying out bis noble prot . ject, and Prof Kinkel himself ommenc ed givipg lectures on German literature,' which met with immense success.! GarH Schurz soon afterward parted from his ; old preceptor, and set out to seek Ids fortune in the promised land across the broad Atlantic. - Hid career in the Uni ted States is well, known. ; - He had left in Germany an aged father, who longed to see again liis favorite, son ; but it is ' not easy for a man to visit a country where certain death .awaits him if detected.- '-Still, fortune smiled bn Schurz. Risen high in favpT with President Lin coln, the German Ameriean'GeBeral was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the Court of Madrid, "and fifteen years af ter his. flight with Kinkel, he quietly re- ! .visited '.his birthplace. No Prussian gendarme : dared to lay a finger upon the condemned felon, now a diplomatic representative of one of the most pow erful nations on theglobe. -; . -v ., .The Silk Spidee op South Carolina.. Dr; B. G. Wilder, late-surgeon of the' 55th Regimaut-, - Massachusetts - Volun- teers, gave,thc first four . lectures upon ' the above subject ; in Boston, Tuesday evening. -The Journal gives the follow-1 ing brief but interesting synopsis:' Tlie; first of this species of spider was discovered by the lecturer on the north end of folly Island, in Charleston Har bor, while in camp there in August, 1863. , He wound fromits body in one, hour and a quarter, 150 yards of" yellow silk. .The next year another officer, wound from 30 , spiders 3484 yards, or nearly two miles of the silk. A single thread of this was stiong enough to sus tain a weight of from54 to 107 grams. In 1865, Dr. Wilder showed hiS speei--men to rof. Agassiz and .others, to whom, the species . was new. Return ing to Charleston he resumed ' his re searches, and after a , variety of adven tures and disappointments, succeeded in getting a number of the spiders. . In t he course of the season t hese all diedyfrom lack of knowledge as to their habits, mode of living, &e.. From the eggs deposited, however, many others are produced. It is the habit of the stronger to devour the weaker, so that out of several thousand, only a few hundred were raised. . The fact,' how everj was clearly demonstrated that they could be raised and live through a Northern winte. In the succeeding lectures, the . method of 'securing the silk, and other facts in regard to this in-, teresting discovery will be given. ; Specimens of Ihe silk will be exhibi ted, which was of a golden yellow and a silver white, and as brillrant as the metals in appearance. V?. Z ttess. ; ' : The Skill of Chinese Labobers. The scaffolding for the purpose of cov ering the court is proceeding rapidly, the chief supports being now completed, and the upper part in process of being covered with light bamboos placed a bout two feet apart. These act as sup ports for the matting, which is all d ouble, having lijing formed of the millet stalk. Home of these sheets of matting are fi'. ted on bamboo frames, which are not intended to be moved ; while others are so arranged that by hallards they can be pulled open or shut like window blinds, thus enabling the court to be covered according to temperature, rain, or other circumstances. , f he skill aud ingenui ty which the men display is remarkable. They, move about on the top of. this work, some forty feet from the ground, with the agility of monkeys, and run up and down the straight poles . like squir rels, using only their hands and the sole of their feet. , A leg of mutton on the top of a greasy pole would stand a poor chance of remaining long an object of competition amongst Pekin scaffold-constructors. The frame work is secured only by ropes and twine and great econ omy is exercised in picking up and re moving the portions that are in excess, -several little, boys going round in the . evening before the men leave, and pick ing up all the scraps that have been cut. off and thrown '. down. i.The Chinese, workmen display- great expertness in : throwing materials lrom one to the oth er to a considerable height.' ' I noticed this 4o-dav amon the scaffold-meat and it recalled to my memory having seen ; spado full of mortar, and throw it spade' ., . t . ;ut a;, a nr. and all to a man on tne root 01 a nouse, t-,a -t. morta The Baers. i' w am r ....iniLwiMmi K 0f paper, with: one side . covered i with paste, ready for .being put on the . wail. , Their paper tor room purposes ; is very good, the " satin pattern " being , tn;ows the: SUeet up to another one, --- who fixes it on the wall.- -Pekin and the J'ekinese. " : : ' i fi- -. What a queer fellow the Frenchman must have been who, for twenty years,1 loved a lady, aud never missed passing his evenings at her house." She became a widow. . "I wish you: joy," cried his friend ; "you may now marry the wo man you have so long adored." Alas,", said the poor Frenchman, profoundly dejected : "and if so-where shall I spend my evenings?":-, ' fJ ' ''' cr '., --The.artificial propagation of fish is gettipg to be quite a business in Maine, and is likely to be carried on still more 4 extensively.tbasao'.. a?.4 ; 7j 1 j JJTiIe Latb .Firrpt' Exw.okioiir ' 1 Whatis NiTEca,YCEttiN?-The fluids known 'as. . nitio-glycerine' is the' same that explode m Greenwich street. New York; last IfoVember, wounding Beverftl' pemuijo ana oiowmg out tne iroot "or the Wyoming Hotel ; and also another in San' Francisco; latelyy, causing the, death of eight or more persons, and damage of property to the-value of $200,000,;: t , Glycerine is the sweet prin ciple of 04I, aud is extensively used for the purpose of toilet ; but' it has now received ah application of rather an un expected ; nature. u In M 847 pupil -ot M Pelohse's, 'M. -Sobrero,' -discovered that glycerine,' whh treated with nitric . acid, waft converted into- & bigly explo sive substance,, "which he called nitro glycerine.'H Iti i oily, heavier than war ter, soluble iji alcohol or ether,; and acts so powerfully on the nervous sys tem that a single drop placed on the tip of the tongue will cause a violent head ache, which will last for several hours The liquid seems to have been almost forgotten by chemists,- and it is Only now that M. Nable, a Swedjsh engineer, has. succeeded in : applying i to a. .very important q branch of. his art naniely,. blasting; -From a. .paper , addressed, by him to .the Academy of Science, we shear u that the chief advantage which this substance, com posed-of one pari of glycerine and three parts of nitric acid; possesses, is th.-il jt "'requires amuch smaller hole .or chamber , than gunpowr,, der does, the strength of the latter be-, ing.8creely jne-teuth of .the former. Hence, the miner's work, .which, accord ing to the hardness of the rock, repre sents five to twenty times the power of the gunpowder used, is so short that the cost- of. blasting f is often i reduced by fifty, per; cent, j The process is.very easy; t If the . chamber of the mine pre sents fissures, it must .be lined with clay to make it water-tight; this being dpnej the- nitfo-lycerine is poured in the waterafter it whieh, beiug the light er liquid remained at the top. A slow, match with a- wdl charged percussion cap at one end then is introduced . into the nitroglycerine.-!; The, mine may be sprang by liglitipg the match, there being no need of tamping; . On the 7th of June last,' hre - experiments were made with thisj neJ, compound in the open part of thp tfii mines of Altenburg in Saxony. In one of theses a chamber thirty-four millimeters in diameter was made perpendicularly in adolmiticrock, sixty feet in length j and at a distance offoiirteen feet from its extremity, which was vertical. . At a debth of eight feet a vault filled with clay was found, in con sequence of which the bottom of the hole was tamped, having. a depth of seven feet. One litie and a half of nitro-gly-cerine was the a poured in ; it occupied five feet ; a nwtch and a stopper were then applied, as stated and the mine sprung. The effect was so enormous as to fissure fifty feet in length, and an other twenty ,'feet. . . . . ; " The blasting oil, or nitre-glycerine of Mr. Noble, is a chemical compound of six equivaleits of carbon, five equiva lents of hydrogen, three equivalents of oxygen, and three of nitric acid, express ed scientifically by the formula '; - vC'9 H5 03 (N0o)3, j( ; v Particuhrrry4tt-J is 'composition -f seventy-five percent; of nitric acid and twenty-five per cent, of glycerine oil. , A scientific calculation of the volume of gases, developed by the combustion of this compound and; ithe combustion of good gunpowder, proves that nitro glyoeaine, compared with gunpowder, possesses thirteen times its power when volumes are compared, and eight times its power for equal weight. Therefore, where eight pounds of gunpowder are wanted, one pound of nitro-glycerine will Imj sufficient to produce the same effect . . ; i ; - The States Wukrk Negroes Vote. The Albany Argus, in a comprehen sive .statement of the existing condition of this question in different States, de nies the truth of an assertion lately made by a Worcester pajer, that ne groes vote in Massachusetts' on paying a poll tax. ' . - i-.. ' There are only two States in the Union where theriegrois allowed to vote with out property . qualification. They; are Vermont and New Hampshire, the for mer of which has eighty negro voters and tho latter one hundred aud ninety. v In Massachusetts every voter must, within two years, have paid a State or county tax, unless ; excused from taxa tion. !:."-'.- V -,-.. ''::-..': "V. ". In Rhode Island;, a voter . must own real estate of one: hundred and thirty four dollars in value, or of the clear yearly . value of seven dollars over any ground rent..-" u ; y J ' 1. A colored person is not allowed to vote in New York unless he has resided in the State., three years, and is a freeholeer in value of two hundred, and fifty dol lars and paid taxes thereon. .. , . .. ... . Massachusetts, which does not at home allow any ; man to; vote who has not paid a State or county Jtax directly- for they all pay in3Ij,ectiy--is very desirous that the Southern States shall allow ne- groes., to vote without such discrimina tion. She goes in for universal black suffrage at the South, while denying it to her poor whites .at home. This is Massachusetts philanthropy, or her pref erence for negroes over whites. - ' : v.f n . 4 ,- '- ' t . 1 ' 5.; i.':;,:'; '.- T What Weitikgs Requiee A Stamp. "We publish the following for the ben efit of pur readei-s.'-Therb '.are few of : us who have not or will have cause to stamp instruments'of 'writing of some kind. ' ; " ' '.'' -'! V ' 1st. instruments of writing dated he fore October 1, 1862, do' not require .' stamp." ' - - . ;'.-.-' .r 1 '.'. 2d Those dated between October 1, ''1862,; and' August; 1,' 1864,- maybe " stamped either before or after ' use by fc the court, register or recorder. ; y 3d. Those ated since August 1, 1864, ' and not twelve months old,' may be stamped before' a United States Colleo tor without payment of the penalty ot $50. "-''' ': frvv.yj-i' ;.;. 4th.i Those 4ated after August-1, 1864.s and more than twelve mouths old, can be stamped upon' the payment of the penalty ot 50. j . . A man in Georgia speaks of one of the .Ohio Senators as " Hen. W ade ana found wantuig.'V Exchange. '""ANB O' THE, A2rQELS.n s ii... 'U" '')'. ; T TATLOBPi. i , ',: .: : .;. ;:V,f f 1 : t, ; .-.4 : '' '). .'' -J-, i"t '-: V,-. f. Out amang the nwmnlit meadows, " r '" ," ' ; Wi' the dewdmpg on her hair j r 'hi' V;' "rBright'ning wi maOm the hadowi:Mi.oS ;H ' That are darkling ev'ry herfc iiJ;i rijChanning ilka dusky valley-t frx.iifiut ,!' EcbocB foU'wincr nD anVdnne.:.-.i :-.-. V... .' .lGaeth&blne-eed maiden Sallie, V ''.i.v' ': " .., ;. : . - .'Vm - , .' Scarce twol eimtner-tinies liae risen,' -- ri, T"rae the em'rald lap ' 0' spring ; ? ; J 1 1 VA While the glory o' their garments n xul Had blofsom'd every tiling.. i v. fir, - ( j., ''(' Scarce aft'ner had Autumn orchards , i if; Seen the blushing frnitage rife j f-'- " ..jiWhen the Angela bore ber fleeing r ''f ,;(pThroo the girlhood gateao' life.;'' !i'-,;f , -:: '- .'.''"'' :'..." J, '..';' f Up anl dune the sunlit fiitare, t f : f v i:,'; Are the paths o1 Peace she'll tread 5 ':. . f- ,And abide u Ano, the Angel? - ,.. j. j.- , . At the throne ,0' God overhead 1 ' .; Han' in han' wi' guardian Berapha, ! . ' ' Whar Lbre (ills wi,'.ling'lht"j;w;''V,i : I ;'Mid the songs o' the stellar hostr $. ' Kae mair will ken "the night. Demopolit, Ala., Not. 1865. m ; ; i-ivi; i?TW: f.' "V, For-the 8tandafd.:-.'J ;' One of the great duties" of tbe presa is to , recognise and encourage native talent. There fore, if you will allow me, I, , would speak a favorable word, for, Professor PleasanU of Hillsboro'.: , ;l" :ls: ,';J ...'' -V This yoong gentleman has made himself ' thorough master of the wonderful art Of legerdemain,, than which there is 'nothing more, entertaining, and when properly ap plied, instructive to the human, mind. I have seen , for myself, and have heard so many Speak in; terms ,of praise of the pkill and mngfroid of the Joung gentleniam,"that I am willing at once to accord to him a place in the front rank of his profession.'1 ''?! . The beauty of his entertainments : greatly consists in the fact that he: performs all his feats without trap doom, and has recourse to nothing hut the aid of his own hands.,. It is, therefore, sleight of hand in reality. , '.''I would : write more, but having said enough will close for the present. .,' .-.:..;..- .. JCSTICK: ' ;';' r... - .- , ; ' Special Correspondence Memphis Bulletin. 1 ; r ' THE COTTON CROP. ' A tioite 'rom 3HmMippvAUx.' U. ' 'Stephen 'EstimaUBeemci Ketraeagahtfhe Flood 'in Carroll County. 'H' ' '""j;' . "j "l ,1 Vatdew, Carroll, Com Miss.,') ': ; -;. , April 28, 1866. '- f ' In looking over the Bulletin I see the an nouncement made as coming fronv Hori.' A. H. Stephens, of Georgia, that ' the cotton crop of this year would reach three million bales. I don't, suppose 4Ir. Stephens has made any estimate of the crop;' if he has I am sure he would have informed ' himself and not have been so wide of the mark. These reports, I think, are intended to depre ciate tbe planting interests South, and may, to a certain extent, have- their effect. If the prospects of the crop in this county this year are a fair criterion to judge the cotton growing region by, we here will be deceived if half of three million bales are made. ' The late flood, rain from Thursday to Sat urday evening lust,' was most -unprecedented and has done much damage to the crop.' I other regions have not suffered as we have. ' FRANK HAWKINS. . .The Hissiko Affair. The atrocious in sult offered to the national flag, the portrait of Washington, and a national air by a nuni-' ber ot rebels at tue old tueatre on Saturday night,. ha3 excited deep indignation among the most moderate' Union men, as well as among the jnore ultra ones." Severs gentle men have declared that they were done with conservatism after that display of disloyalty. A stern policy is the only one to employ in dealing with the rabid haters of the" govern ment and 'all its honored insignia, symbols, and emblems. We assure the persons en gaged in tbe hissing business that the Amer ican people are determined that every man who lives under the United States Jag shall either love it or fear it If they have not the good sense to love it, the soldiers who put down the rebellion have the power to make them dread it God forbid that ever an in vading army should enter our territory again, but it will if necessary to crush out the hiss ins serpent of treason. NaduoiUe Time and Pre. Man 1. '.-, i . ; .-. " -." 1 Genl Early, late of the C. 8. A.," has just returned from Mexico:' He denounces the Imperial humbug and the scheme of Ameri can colonization. ; He says-" Tuo Emperor, Cnrlotta, nor any one of the European na tionality, cannot go three miles from the City 01 Mexico, or any other large centre 01 pop ulation, without a strong body guard for protection ; they would be killed at sight, among the people, without it." - ; 4 A Grape Experiment. Mr. Peter Kehl, the pioneer vine grower on the Wisconsin, favors the Sauk. City Pio neer with an account of an experiment made by hims .', --.? ; "Taken by suprise by the early cold weather last tall, before he could press all his grapes, he was forced to winter them over. In some manner. He put them up in boxes and allowed them to freeze. : On the 3d of April he began to press them, and found that the wine , is a hundred per cent.; better than that made from the same quality of grapes last fall. ' Out of about 5,000 pounds of grapes thus wintered, he made 625 gal lons of wine. : Mr: KleinipelL who ex-; amined the grapes, savs they are .in a goou comuuon. ana ne.aiu .nui tastu any better last falL :( yd, T A vine-grower madeli',887 last year from five acres of island soil in Lake Erie. He - raised. 34,500 pounds of grapes, and 6,000 gallons ot wine. j . . Tlie misery of being called upon suddenly to make an extempore speech was once erot over by a ; noted English mathematician, who delivered, himself in this fashion 1 : "Gentlemen al morbid desire for originality prevents me from saying, This is the proudest moment of my life, I and it does not occur to me to say anything else.", , , ; - '.- - Why' doe's a' razor cut better for being dipped in hot watery 1 he edges of all tools, instead ;of being perfectly smoothe, are really toothed lke a saw, and when the razor is dipped in hot wa ter, rt causes these little teeth to expand, thus rendering , the; distance , between them smallerj and consequently ; giving the ' razor a smooth' edge. . ; ri Piscicuxtcbe.-1-A .correspondent of the;: Maine Farmer says that about sixteen 'years-1 ago he transferred eight trout to a small brook which empties in to a pond. For seven' or eight years nothing was seen or heard from them but since that time it ia Judged by men that live near these ponds that not less than two .hundred pounds-are taken yearly ofthe best trout in that vicinity, WASTTDfeToN. May 7. The Senate waa occupied with the qnestion of reconsidering the' vote bv which - tbe amendment to the Post Office, Appropriation Bill,, restricting: the President from, making removals from office, was passed.. . . A number of : gpeoches were made on both sides, when ne Tote wa taken and. the amendment reconsidered, af ter which the Senate adjourned. ' . ' r- . Tne House considered tbe new Tax Kill, and also resolved to hold evening sessions in the, future. . e The ; Beopnatruction Eeport, comes hp to-morrow.".. ,'.-.': 'J-';---: :.. V W ASHraoToiT. May t. -i Seh atb. Mr. Grimeafrom the Naval Committee, reported a bill to restore Commander Charles Hunter to his former rank in tlie navy.; . In the early part ofthe war Commander Hnnter pursued a blockade runner, and ran her ashore, and captured her on. the coast of Cuba, within. a marine league of that island. : The Spanish government took umbrage at this, as a vio lation of the. neutrality laws, and Comman der Hunter was cashiered at its demand The bill was passed.'r;.: '-:"' k I . ?-l'jt. ; The resolutions introduced yesterday rela tive to preventing the Introduction' of the cholera into this country and the poeUl ap propriation bill were further discussed, with out definite action on either.'' "'". i ri .11 J A bill was introduced to regulate appoint menfrto and removal from office.' " K'-V House. The House passed a bill to allow Vice-Admiral Farragnt a secretary,'witn tne rank and pay of a lieutenant in the navy.- -. The special Order, via f the joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Conrtitution,- was taken up, and several members availed, themselves '01 the opportunity to- drlivcr thirty minuter apeecheli for or against - the proposition. ' . i'i".!.- ! - : . . i. Among those ;.wh endorsed the amend ment was McKee; ofjKentuckyt-ifi Mr: Kaymond said be was willing, to ac cept the report, provided the third section was stricken out 1, j ' . pwik Assailt on aa Offlcer ef the Freedma'i Bareii.' Macon, Gl, May 31 At Augusta yester-; day James Taut made a brutal assault upon Captain Bryant, of the Freedmen's Bureau, striking him several times over the head and stunning him.' 'The assault was utterlv un provoked, and, as I understand, grew out of some offence taken by Taut at Captain Bry ant s action in relerence to the attempt ot the colored people to decorate the graves of the Union dead with flowers. Taut was ar rested and held to bail to appear before the Kecorders Court on Friday. , .; 'i -i Caifesslaa 'tf Prtkst. ..' ' Philadelphia, May 7. 'Probst has made a full confession to- his priest of all the mur ders of the Deering family, commencing with Cornelius Cary, the hired boy. 1 His account of the murders agree with the general belief that he had no accomplice. 1:1 V lr 'v:'' Death Warrant far ihe Execatlaa f Prabst. Philadelphia, May 9. The death war rant for the execution of Antoine Probst on Friday, 8th of "June, was received by the Sheriff to-day.' 'The prisoner1 received the announcement quietly, seeming entirely un moved. He had previously told hU coufes- Bor that he believed death was the only ex piation for ids crime, and he waa willing to suner. ; r--ir.-',::-?,-t-r.-.-,. u .. ; ' " The Trial of Sr. Darts. . It is now positively asserted by Washing ton papers, that it has been decided to try Mr. Jefferson Davis in a civil court in the State of Virginia most probably in the ju-. dicial district of Norfolk. Since the govern ment has decided to bring: him at once to trial on the charge of treason,, preparations to that end have been in progress. It is un derstood that Chief Justice Chase will pre side over the court, and that Attorney Gen eral Speed will prosecute. The leading counsel for Mr: Davis is Charles O'Conner, ad Mr. Shea, rfNwt - v-;: ; - t We have the opinion Of Ben. Lee that Mr. Daviscannot be convicted of treason by a Virginia jury.. The majority of Mr. Davis' friends glory in ..their efforts to destroy the national government. .Let him be tried, and, if possible, convicted, and then let his pardon depend on the temper of his partizans. Still Later Inportaat! '! ,r . , - Ve learn from the Prdgre of last evening that the Gaand Jury ot the U. S. Circuit Court at Norfolk has found a true hill for treason against Jefferson Davis.' The Court adjourned till the first Tuesday ' in June, to re-assemble in Richmond. ,' .. , The House of Representatives hat adopted the report of the lieeonstruction Committee, by a vote of 128 to 37. : 'a 4 . - ,-,-V Particulars ef the Bonfcardateat of Valparaiso Tlie . Losses Expalsloa : of the British - Hiaister. , x '..' . , ... ... ... New York,, .May 9. Panama advices 'state that the news from South America is unimportant. ' Matters remained " perfectly quiet at Valparaiso' since the bombardment All the Spanish fleet, with one exception, had sailed for Northern porta. v" '' ' ' The Danish Consul General sent ft note to the Spanish Admiral saying that his govern ment would bold Spain responsible for the damage done to Danish property in Valpa raiso. .ue Admiral refused to receive the, note... ' ' ."",!.'.'' ' '; '. ' '," ! Immediately after the bombardment of Valparaiso,"the English Minister was req'iest-: ed to vacate the premises occupied by him, and no one will rent him another honsei His name was also stricken from the list of mem bers ofthe Club de la Union." v "' ' . . t ..... Only two lives were lost and eight persons wounded during the bombardment ',' :; 1 ' One hundred and fifty-one government stores,-' containing ' up wares of $8,000,000 worth of foreign merchandise, weie destroy ed. -The bulk of. the loss will fall on for eigners. i ; , ? r 1 : ' (, ; 'At Callao preparations were actively mak ing for -the reception pt' the Spanish fleet by the erection of fortifications. -j !,,: ? r'n ir i '? - '- Carreacy. :; .'. . -s Over three tundretTlhoufiand ' dollars in fractional currency will be issued this week by the United States Treasurer, in : order to supply an equal amount, that -has been re deemed and cancelled, r-ot w '- , . . . j ;i THE TAX BILL-LIST OF THE PBTXCIPAL BE- '"'.'" ' ' J1 DTJCTIOKS.: "i ."'. . ' The Ways and Means Committee have made a careful estimate of the probable re duction of taxes under the new bill; ' The total reduction is about seventy-five millions of dollars. - .; - : m... : - - ; ' Among the reductions are the following: J Boots and Shoes," ; ' 0 ' $4,000,000 i - Sheathing and yellow metal, 700.000 Clothing, ? ii.ooo.ooo 80,000,000 ' 2,000,000 - 2,073,000 '''! 2,100,000 " 1.200,000 "'4,850.000 : - 650.000 Income tax, '.' , '. Pig iron, ' 'r , Paper, books, &c., (UiS'.'r. Crude petroleum, , Slaughtered animals,'. , Freights,.. '' "S ,Tobacco, ,'' .' General tax, 12,000,000 ! Out of $20,000,000 reduection in the income tax $17,000,000 results the abolition ofthe ten per cent tax on sums exceeding $5,000. ' The new law puts the income tax as a uni form rate of five per cent -: b l'.;-" ' 4 -j ; v.'.;::i Baltimore' Marketa.vV'!'!': .Balttmobe,. May 7. Wheat firm. Com active and firm ; white 8586 cents ; yellow 8384 cents. " Oats firm. . Provisions bnoyr ant . Sugars quiet. ;.-Whiskey dulL''J. ' i i Baltmobe, May 9.-Flour buoyant ; high grades advanced 50c.. -Wheat. firm, Corn steady; white 84a85ei yellow 80c, ' Oats .dull, . at 56c. Provisions v active, Sugars firm. ;. Coffee dulL, Whiskey steady." '. ' rCovespondence of the Bnltimora Sim 1 . The Bislk ranM-Ht CalaMdaKUl Ja.Wr v.. .twr-mr uwim vaaiiiiaiitaai . aneaa ' ';iTrrSext rrestdcaiw ' '' T '"- . A. . Th. . .1. . a . . . f r WAaanjoToir, May 6. The Treasurv Dei. partmenthaa appointed a receiver to take"; f-nnrm1 nT rim artaira .it .Hn u...i,nni,.: xr. . e ....., mum Moi.uauia Am- tional Bank. We mav exnect from him an early report ofthe result of his investigation' v v into tlie concerns of the association. r1- i A thorough investigation of tlie affairs" of f this bank will -suggest some tiecegsary nvofli-1 fications of the. law . creating the national bank system,' bbtftfor the" pMtection of the "-' 1 ' goverhmehf and'of private citizeha.' - The President wilPundoDbtjdlT- veta the Colerado State bill. - The policy of Congnst is td disfranchise eleven States, and enfran- 4 ohise certain bogus Territoriei, and thus to ' perpetuafe their two-thirds power. ' If they : can get a number pf radical Senators by di- , r viding Tennessee and admitting several more . Territories; they will probably do it - : .' : As tho internal revenue bill will occupy ! ' ; the House this week, the report of the eouv , ' mittee of fifteen- proposing a constitutional ' -amendment will not be taken up very soon, .. if at all, It will probably be recommitted,?, ' with instructions to the effect' that, before 1 they proceed to tinker theconatitution again,,' they should be Teqhirfd tor read that iastra- , ment; . The third ection of their proposed . amendment, prohibiting ' persons who had 1,; participated in tlie rclcTlion from voting for ''' presidential clet:Ur till 1870, b1wu that the ':'' committee' were i.Lhonmt-nf ttts IWt tUatol .' ' electors may be chosen by 8 :ato. legislatures. J"" Mr, Slevens, of Puuusylvnnia, nominated"1 ' Gen. Grant for the next presidency in his . speech on Friday. He says tliat the contest .; ' for tlieprcs)d'ency. ia fast namwing down to ; . . ' to choice between Grant and Jjeo. 1. '''. ' '. : We give the above for what it is worth. , If no change for the better should take place -in Southern feeling before 1808, Gen. Lee , would 'distance Gen. "Grantj or any other f "' ,' loyal man in the recently insurgent States, ' The Union men of the South' receive no en- . couragement frym any quarter..' If tliey are '"' ' not utterly depressed It is owing to their ' devotion to principle and their own indoni- '" itable spirit . i. ; ,.. :.iV ,,.4it. ., ;J From Fortrest Sfonroe. '' ' ' Fobt MoKiiOE, May 0. The re ven ue Cutter ; ' l" Northerner, with Secretary McCulloch and V family, arrived here this morning on a short visit here and to Norfolk. ,.They retnred to.. , ,j Washington thig afternutm. .... , . ' . , ' It is confidently stated here that the visit of Mrs. Jefferson Davis to this ulace promises ' ' :i to he of long duration. During yesterday Major General Miles, acting under instruc tions from Washington, directed Lieutenant MeElrath, the post . quatermaster, to torn over for hef accommodation one of the case mates of the Fortress. t. It is understood that Mrs. Davis "applied for a room in Carroll Hall, where her husband is confined, hut waa re fused by General Miles. The conditions of the visit- of Mrs. . Davis, which, were made known shortly after she arrived here, permit her to have free intercourse with her husband daring all hours of the day, and strictly en join upon her to use no illegal measures in at- tumpung eiuier uts rescun or rcientte. , It is stated that Secretary McCulloch had an interview with Mr. Jefferson Davis while at Fortress Monroe. '. . '' ' ' From Fortress Moaroe. '',. T.Fobtbkss MosROE'May The United States Revenue Cutter Northerner, Captain John ' McGowan, an-ivotl here, yesterday . morning from. Washington, with Secretary. , McCulloch, and family on a short pleasure ; excursion. - They spent the morning in ex amining the Fortress and other objects of in terest, and at 11 o'clock Mr.' McCulloch had ' an hours interview with .Jeff. Davis, the ex- ct jMto of which, has not boen made.. known. ,. Tlie visitors returned to Washing ton the same afternoon. . -, - A gentleman arrived here yesterday from : Richmond, Virginia, with several presents to.. , Mrs. .Davis, from,.. tlie ladies of Richmond, among -which was. a black silk dress and other articles of comfort ' ' ' The casemates selected in the Fortress for '. the accommodation of Mrs. Davis, are rapid- ; ly being fitted up in' a very couifortalile . though not luxurious, manner. General Miles has detailed an orderly for her n-te in the place of the services of the officer of the:' ' ,day. whose dntiesaince her arrival here have , considerably increased from having to escort her., at .stated hours to Carroll Hall, where ., Mr. ; Davis is confined. ". Since her arrival ' Mrs. Davis has casually remarked the failing : ' state of her husband's health, and entertains, it is said, serious fears that be will beat tacked during the coining summer, by one of , his periodical spells of intermittent fever or congestive chills. " - .A ' , - His genera) health, however, remains good, . I and it is supposed to be only tho long im prisonment and many anxious . fears, and doubts which have weighed so heavily upon his mind as to produce the very natural " "' change in his appearance during the past ' year. ,, Of, Dr. Cooper, the. post,. surgeon ,' whose medical advice baa had a very btmefi- . cial effect . on. the prisoner's health, and in-'' deed all the officers of the garrison, Mrs. Da-' via speaks in the highest terms, aud has ex- ' . pressed , herself extremely grateful for their courtesies and kind reeling towards her hus band. -Some of the lady, friends of Mia. Da vis residing in Baltimore, are. making up va- ' rions articles as presents, which will' be ' shortly forwarded for her use during her ' sojourn in the Fortress. , ;,f. , ,, f ; ,.. . r- . .. i-.-.v"!! . . .,:'':-:. ' y. r Ktw York JUarkcti. ... . New Tobk, May 9. Flour has advanced 20c.; sales 1)0,000 bbla. Wheat advanced ' 10al5c. Corn advanced lc' Beef unchang ed:' -Pork firm.' ) Lard dull. ' Cotton quiet at 84a35o.v Sunir and Coffee steady. Naval stores nrm. : Uoia 1SU1.; Tln this fclty, on the 10th fngtaii' JGTdavid Nbwsom, to Miss' Sallix Thompsok, daughter of; WUltam Tkomptoa. .Esq. i s '. ... ,' v) :' ; " At Clayton, JoUntoo County, on the Wlb iMt,"' by the Rev. Hr. Ivcy, Mr. FcaDiaAMB Kukstib, ' of this City, to Mrs. Uixr ICkeiax. , ., ; ,-.' In this City, on the 10th Instant,' Mr. Joseph ,u ' Fharis to Miss Amelia Scott, Saiigbter of tho , , ' late Willis Scott, Esq. ' ;' ' .' :,..;.riois In this City, oa the night of tbe 51 h liutaot,' : MART E., daahter of Alexander aud Luclnda . Creech; aged 8 year and 8 months, i- "Suffer , little children to come unto me, and lorbld them ' . not, for tof such U the Kingdom of HeaTCtu"- An Charlotte', on Sunday last; MaJ. HIR AM B. : NIXON, for many years a rttlzen or Golctsboro', but formerly of Wilmington, N. C. -' "f '!', W1 HO WAICTS. A PIANO! .( ; 8EVERAL PATENS OF CONCOBD FI-, !r ' MALE College have requested my aid in aecnrlng x: Good ! Pianos , 1 for their me. I:.,v,.. " i1. . - This has ludneed me to make arrangements with -some of tho best ntanulactorera, which iwble mo 'lit to fornlsh InatrnmenU of the Firat Clane, at . , reduced prices. I cau aavc each parcluuer from " forty to one -hundred dollars.'' Prico lUU .of the .t manalactareia will be aunt to those who deaire ' them, to aid them in maklDg aeh ctlong." ' - "'" 'When selectiona shall have been made, Uw 1 .-v. money ean be aent to me,. at my exiience, by the -Southern -Expreaa, and a Fiauo will be thipped to the Dcpt.t the purchaaer may deaigui. . jica Fiano aold wiU be fully warranti'4. , . ' AddwastneatStateaville, N.-t';kV J' i,- C! "i f ; i-;ri.' iaZ .--wAtDWBU.,,;, , i .-.-'i 1.1 - f v.
The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 16, 1866, edition 1
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