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I THE COEAL GH3VE.
Det a in i he wave -is a coral .grove, '
AVjiero the-purine mullel and gohl-fisdi rove;
Whci-d the seji-flower, 'Hpreiuls its leaves of blue,
r '-Tljat never are wet with falling dew,
lJut u bright and changeful 'bounty Khine,
F; r.down ifi tile greeuuid glassy brine.
The iloorris of sand, like the mountain-drift
Aid the pearl sheila spangle the liiniy snow:
Froiji coral roeks the sea-plants lift
illeir bougUH. where the tides and billow flow:
Tlielsvater is calnijind still below, - ;
luQ-itiie winds and waves are absent there,
iAudljih sands are bright as the stars that glow
In
the motionless fields of tipper air;
There, -with its waving blade of green,
The sea-ilag streams through the silent water,! -
And the crimson leaf of dip dnlso is seen,
To blush like a banner bathed iii slaughter. V
TheA;, with a light and easy motion, j
Tlte fan-cfiral sweeps through the clear, dean sea,
jAnd the yellow and scarlet tvii'ts of wean J '
Are bending luce corn on the upland lea: ,
And life, injure HJi'd beautiful forms,
Is porting amid tli )se bowers ol sU.
And js safe, wjien the wratlii'iil spirit c
uine,
of storms
Has made the ton of the waves bis own-
And jvliexi the ship from his fury flies.
When the myriad voices of ocean roar,
NVht'il the wind god frowns in the murky skies,
Aiid demons are- waiting the wreck on shore:
' nrhen. :far l)elov in the tieaceful Ucm.
Tlie purpll m ulle t 'and gold -fish rove,
pVhem the waters murmur tranquilly,
...xiirougu ine uouaiag cyigs oi mo. coral grove.
v '" : From the New York Times. . .: .1'?
How the Georgia Planters Treat ...their OTreedmen.
Lexington, Oglethorpe County, Ga., )
; - :!, 'WednesJay, :Avg:lBirG:f-7
'j',' During the past year I have read u great
Cdeal in Radical newsDaners about the ill
trieatsient and hatred ot the negroes by the
white; inhabitants ol "the fetates lately in
irjebeljion.'' Quite recently I was shown-a
jcopyjof the New York Tribune, a full page
ol wl ich was covered by what Bill Arp
vvoul lcall "garbled extracts" from the evi
dence taken before the Reconstruction (?)
Committee of Concressl proving, amorier
pthei terrible things, that the antipathy of
the white to the Dlack race is universal,
and 1th at ! former slave owners wreak all
tleirloss of property on the ireedmen as
tlie totetrima causa ot all the mischief.
Ihappened to be in the neighborhood of
4 HI 13 LIIUUU UUlUa.UIUiJjr id3l iiUUSU O, UUU
was rivifed by my "friend, Col. David G.
Barrow, to be present at the- barbecue
whicp they always gave their slaves When
V 4. . t . i i i i f
, theyf'"laid by" the crop, and which he con
tinues to give his freed men on the same oc
casion.! Mr. Barrow is a verv extensive and
. - j S - 1 - v . -'
veryfsuccessful planter. ';' He owned a large
number of slaves, and has relatively lost as
.largely by emancipation and by the war as
anybody in Georgia. , He and his son Capt.
Iop6 Barrow, own and work three large
.plantationsin Oglethorpe and Greene coun-
lies, ano ine oaroecueto wDicui was mvit-
e(l was for the entertainment of the hands
Jc xiJ 1. ii. .i 111 .1 i i
uivu,tuiv. vilsv.wuivs HLUlll 1 CIO 111 V IU"
of these three places.
an inese nanas were
; ine former slaves ot Mr. Barrow, who were
borr ;and brought up ; on the plantations,
and whOi having contracted to work for
him for a share of the crop, have steadily
andlfaithfully done their duty. 1
J The recipient of the feast numbered
about one hundred and fifty men, women
UIIIIUH'II. I Wng prhnnl...!,, pf.A
ay the neatness, cleanliness and beeomtno-
vrtessj of their dress and appearance. But
- Very few of the women wore the waterfall,
the Pamela hat, or the Duplex Elliptic til
ter,and but few of the men the; paper col
lar and the pants and waistcoat of the Broad
vai swell. 'They looked comfortable, re
spectable and happy, and I have every rea
son (to believe they were so. !
. j The dinner was excellent and excellently
prepared, and consisted, exclusively of th'e
products of the plahtation. The meats
were all barbecued, and I doubt whether
Soyer could have 1 doue them as precisely
jwufa, wuui u uiu ine sauie artisu wno pre
' sided over thk nart of the nrena rations"
!'.- These meats, with bushels of corn, barrels
. t i n i. a. ! l i i ' . t i -
oi potatoes, peeis, tomatoes, canbage and
Vvariety of other vegetables, with chicken
pics, peach pies, custard, water melons, and
cantaloupes were the solids, and spring
if A ir i ' ' . -.
wuwi auu KuuiJ5 oi ncn.RHiK. COllStltnt.pd
the' liauids. All these nood thi
served with the-utmost ueatness dud regu
larity. When all was ready, the freedmen
on one side of the tables and the womimnn
t ihe other, the foreman,- a negro named
. tpiunro, asitea "the congregation"; before
vS.'4Kir Ytmrrftrt t.n PJif fn nllnw him 4-n V..
?fl" 1 1 f 1 ' i "'" 1 v. i - '
"iff.! '
wardsr He told, tliern that they must all
njmenjbcr how n little more "than a year
ago "Massif; Dave" came down and told
them tljey rwas free," that thev r-nnld An
as they (pleased, and go away "if Jhey felt
like it.fl and that he- was the first
Hold tpm they were free whom thev be-
v j-'nusi, aisu rememoer now
"MassaiDave" told.tbem that if they would
stay oij-the place, in. their old homes and
workwhat;he -woiil'd do for them and how
he woijjd treat them, and has ho not done
aoodj f part I by tthem?'? "If," said he in
cbncluon,jHyou all feel as I do,! you thank
Massaave to-day for the good part he has
done b,yotj.V. A-universal wish being ex-p-esse(!'to
hear some words from Massa
pave,'jfMr.jBarrow: spoke: to them for a
few mfilutes, expressing his satisfaction at
their conduct during the pastyear, congrat
ulatingjkbenron T the success of their crops,
assuring tliern of his undiminished interest
ttrtheu (welfare and;hanniii,v and that as
Topgas uSy cHoselo stay and' work' as
they had done, their homes should never
be disturbed: All the hands then approach
ed him to express their thanks and their
good feciling for him and his family. I wish
that the authors of the harrowing tales of
negro sqfiering and the barbarous cruelties
of j the slpve. owners, could have been pres
ent to tkee i the honest, srratefiil omnUnn
which -tie negroes exhibited as they thank-
.....mhv,, wwuci iui ins Kiuuuess ana
aked tj be. allowed to serve him another
y Jt they are not entirelv nlm iwlmiffl
m ineinaormer owner lor his kindness and 1
to;, the pursuit of envv. hatred, in n linn nm t t.i
al uncharitableness, this sicht. this nrnntL
cat evidence of the relations between the
.cu oiara uuu uiasiers, wouttt-. have mjirio
FP Slnrna onW r.nof-.r, ,..1.1 !. i
;MfnrWn don their hateful .mission, and
hencetoith, by a strict adherence to truth,
atone infsome measure for the many wrongs
ajvle done5 ad the still greater num-
be of Wrongs they desired to do, .
'ir walfery much impressed by the scene.
HjVW-c - e of the firs- agricultural. year
ot tree labor. The fvnprimp ,(
ryjnegro labor had been tried in this case,
anjl. bad proved successful; Tlie 'crops were
y aim uie cutcivation or them per-
cut Xllt' nioueiauon, docility and eneial
gooo conduct 01 the free negro had been
satisfactorily proved on a ;larf?el'se.ah'. nnti
what wiis niore uu'mista.karjly.piov'en to me !
f Hon nnWf I,,.. ..! w ji ft. .
.v.u.u& u.oc, ,,i luu uoruiai o;ooa
will and
mu'ftial confidence which subsisted1
between
r.rit . riPwrrMic tii....
".-vo auu Hit' 1U1I111M OW
nefs. Sp iar from the
- - v..
nejiro
having any
dptrust oriniwill toward his ; master, hej
pfHI111!1 !or: advice a"d hep,'and re-f
gards hiin with affection; and so fur fVom;
the planner feeling a grudge against his late'
ninslnr h!
p, and re-T
,. v. . ,m,
sioin -I -have! attempted to describe; Oclyt
two or inree oi iur. liarrow s nerros ntt
hisplace after
, - - & w. w m M
r emancipation to seek em-:
ewhere. AH who left were
b barbecue: and hnUp.l Mr Rj
ploy merit ;. elsewhei
presentlat the barbecue; and.begged Mr. Bi
tr n 1 1 ritrf tliam ltf- -v.-i- ..4- iTll.-:..4.
", Tl -"- iiuuie ui vnusL-
mas,'!, apd one ol these who is dissatisfied
with hi$present employer,' did: not go for
redress itotbe'Bureau, but came to consult
his old master as to what he ouglrt to do,
knowing that "he would give him the best
advice." ' j
y .jWhen I saw the tears pf gratitude and
heartfeMjoy which fell from many of those
negroestjas they greeted their employers and
acknowledged "the good part he had done
hv them!:" and whwri' T witnpssprl tho m-.
Ji p . - . ..wvui. fuv vuiv-
lidn .with which their; simple greeting were
receivetl fl thought how: criishingly the
scene bClore me refuted the slanders with
r uritw
which bltte offir.ns and nrninVlinnd nrH.
t, .f . ... k J "- I..U.I.I
sans ' still Rfrivft tn r.orfipnnf-o nnd nnnr,co
the unfeirtunate people of this isection, a'n'd
I thought ! would trv to describe it for th
TifilcJ. tvhinh has o nftpn finnkn 'wnrHa nf
-
kindnps nnrl (rnnd will f
. , - m r - -x - - ' vi'vuvyii WWBJUWE
thvi Smith. nnH
I - .wv. ..All
f-whose columns have been ever open to
lea..' u Uj L
w v ivy v UIOV
irt.
iutw UI'U jusuets. .
QUELQUEF0IS. i
TiiEifcoKN Crop of the United States.
-Acorr;espondent pf the Cincinnati Gazette
ffrffPC cnino lntaraofinn ct.nmUin
uTf"u i.wii.owug i Duitcmciiw in- Liie
corn crop of this country, and by sonie
tabula statistics shows that the average
increase! of this crop is about five ter cent i
jui ..uiuum. iu lou ine crop was 377,031,
872 bushels; in 1S50, 692,67.1,164; in I860,
bdOjiiTU?, and the estimated crop for
X.T s ,uo,uuu,u0u. me diser'ent por
tions off the United States where this r.ron
is the staple are as follows: I 1
jNewjEngland,;New York and New" Jei-
sey 5H,y48,890 bushels; Pennsvlvama.
Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Ca
rolina j&nd South Carolina, f 128,29S,249
bdshelsi Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis
sissippi, Louisiana, Arkansas; and- Texas,
147,423,725 bushels; Ohio, Indiana, Illi
nois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Kan-.
sas,o5,627,943 bushels. f
lit wdlbe seen from this ; tljat the main
dependence of the nation for this crop is in
the valleys of the Missouri, Ohio and Upper
Mississippi rivers; and of these States above
mentidnejd Illinois is the one in which it is
produced , in the, greatest quantity. In
Ohio tpet average yield per acre for the last
twentjlykars" has been thirty-three bushels,
although as many as one hundred and
Siff?18. nave': je!n;i'groyn h a sin
gle ace. .There'; are-' also many counties
id the -State where the average product is
oyer lony Dusneis.
.COSVENTIOH.
TATTLER.
Condensed from a Speei.il (o the X. Y. Times.
This Convention has ' brought out some
gay old wardrobes. I saw one delegate
from; the Sunny South lvith a dress-coat
whose tails were'nt of J trie same length.
He had spruced up the best he knew how,
and had " resorted to the f shears to remove
the ravellings. Why hd couldn't have .cut
off both, so as to make inn even thing of
it, is what I: don't understand. Another
queer old chap came into !the hotel with a
satchel, evidently homb-inade, of. carpet,
ilea together with rough cord; on his head
was a coarse plantation kraw hat: his vpst
was
of plush velvet (I don't know tlie ex-
act j term it's this frizzy
queer when you rub it t
Any number of Southern
stuit that feels
je wrong, way.)
delegates' were
shininsr'in
white - trousers:
but rainv davs
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, wniti? trousers 0011 1-so-Welh together.
Bu
tYioxr .1 k.,. fi,,. rk'...-..K 4-u .
thpv itr h?. fb u.. :'.f 1
thrkdhare brown overcoats, with hMi vel-
7 w " Ulb 1 r I 1:1:: VV IV ill
collars and unclothed buttons I've
1 twenty if I've seen but-.
lenry Clay Dean ranted and howled
about the corridors of the fiotel li'e an ip-
sanf DOV Oil a hot dav.t Nn nnn ruitipy-fl
his presence save when Jni bellowed forth
I tea oath
L J " " v ' v ' t ' 1 - i v. '
md
the resolutions oi
T,;
inaltv
after wandering ui land ,own stairs
i. I-
ii uaiiiy, alter wantlenng up '
'with two pieces of ifl-com
I HI Ills tl:lV. llf 1 mntol iJ
-considered scribble
into the room of
iGovl Randall. fWtr 1. fi...
Imond, Jute Russell, :mi several news-
! '. . .
naiipr uihil i.km, n,.., , .,,,.,t. ....
j the ex-reverend ex-inemlieiJJ and soon to be-
Inome ex-deie-ate, and l td! the infmite a-
jmusemcnt, not to sav almazement, ot the
jgentlemen. present, bescati ii ilrst-ciass bull
jof Boehn voice to read iiis'jetter. Deliver
m always from.a man who reads his own
'mutter to me-but of all Itnfei from whom I
lis tlie boresomest. ShonfitK' at the top of
ihis voice, gesticulating ijktjl?he.puniets on
the.puppe
;a runch and Judy board,
lerspuing like a
patient at a water-curej hh
foon attracted
j a crowd of gapers, wh
' manner of mnn ln wn
kvondered what
Exit Dean.
r . . .1
- me meanuiiie Val audi
rr it i n
and the
Ohio delegation were
laving it hot and
i.
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UUilVV 111 LiHi ) UTPP I'llllK I' u mam
, , ---'---"-v-,v . x ' -w a j. in. i in i.
prominent members we
e
ibound and dt-
tmnined that he should fn
vention, and they' made ki
complimeutarv terms the
The night came, and Val.
uini lit'-
the Con-
tf'l'millPiI riiiit lin e inn . fnrd-'c?f i.
- vim j ka iii r i ij l oiv ill inn vuii-
vention, and they' made knHwn in no verv
rfmiiitnn In, v.
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I .
letired Irani t in
There were nrespnt?l ft Pnnlivlt ni
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Connecticut, one of the! mist gentlemanlv
exponents of New Engl nrd's ' anstocracy;
Hon. Samuel S. Cov. I'mUnrlu f C,.
Hon. Samuel S. Cox, for
n-Tr nf Tuit? Ar.i.lr . .. Llil lit.'-- . I
1 j
w xuiiv, a uuuiui, wilty, social,
whole-hearted man of the repentant school;
Hon. Benjamin Wood, ;i lijarked. contrast
in many things to his brother, an honest,
hard-headed, wrong headed" enthusiast; and
Mr. Wall, of New Jersey, of whom I know
but little, and that I decline to sav de
mortuis ml, o. I "
Into the midst of this ! pleasant party
dropped the portly Val. ;
Val. hasn't changed muih in the last five
vnnrs. nnrl fh 'litH HIf; , 1..
j 7 " iivik. UULUIIUII IlilS I UII LO
fat, principally in the abdominal reaion
He, is of good height, jpteasaiit features'
'am ah n smih, nn ,... . ..i :. , ...
: amiable smile, and graceful carriage; but
: se fish as a mint ,f r ..i .
- vi in.nuj.intu" tis a iiiuit".
s That. Ita hnd m0i. v. -.J:..i . j
flong before' this, I have'no doubt, but he
was bound to make cnnltn fW mot .
t "i'iii uiubi iu uitiriV; it
; spiisatinn. tn Hp tho rrra..t c m
a . .
" W -t WIIU 11 I It I il I l fl l I I I .11111 Till
i that sort ol thinrr. wht. n.. vi
" " - - llll.ll INl lfI V'r- I 1 I . I I I I .
! TrnlW-fc
! Train is making so very popular
tt . i . J, . 1 l l
! xie came in ana sat down.
i Cox,who never liked: him, opened his
batteries first. He told hi In that he would
certainly be ousted fromUtie Convention if
he got in, showed hini Iiqw
I x" . i i n i If
desirable it was
ior ine saKe oi harmony; t
j individuals should be kept,
upon him. for the ood of'
lat all offensive
away, and urged
the countrv. the
j X , - " '
party, and himself, to withdraw.
Colonel English did the same. He spoke
more quietly and calmly tjian Cox, who is
as full of impulses as a woman, and as set
in his opinion as the same.!, -
But Ben .Wood -struck; out from the
shoulder, and brought the claret every time.
'He told Val. that he had always stond Urr
him when he needed frieridk and he al wavs
should so t$ng as he could; jbut on this point
he was determined IfiVal. insisted upon
going into the Convention jhe and he would
then and there part company.1 :
Mr. AVall alone backed the valiant Val.,
and urged him to adhere!! to his original
determination. j ; ; '
The choice hour of 3 in i.'he mornmg wit
nessed the breaking up of the party, and as
Val. vvent out, he gave! signs of thought
meet for repentance; as for the rest,
Relieving, they rejoiced
To see the enss tetiiovtd,
ana tnen went to bed.
The Ohio delegation in
i , " V"6U"U f uic mean lime
the mean
j.
nad passed a ripping voU of censure, which
they would have sent to1 1
leir unwelcome
associate, but he in son e
way became
aware of it, and blocked tl
eir game.
He was up early in the
oay, and -called
on General McCook. ofthivO)
v, iwrcu ma vjrenerai ii
there was any
ABOUT THE PHILADELPjILl
'. ; .1 !
the letter of k tj
itt
doubt .as k his regular election. McCook
said there yas.uone. . Val. then asked if
he couid llVe a ticket to the Convention.
"Certain take mine', replied McCook.
Val. then 4eht back to his room,! assumed
the higheJ style of Western . tragic, and
sent word 4 the delegation that as soon as
he receive da: delegate's - ticket he would
toe a communication to-makdta them,
this win rher u high and mighty way of
doing busiaW but the wiser delegates coot
rudedha- the game of perfect tranquility
in the Conrmtion was well worth the cost
0! the candl ..which would lead tiie slippery
teet ofjVal. uvay from the wigwam.
They nt nice passed a milder resolution,
and sent it with a ticket to'Val.i who im
mediately r, turned a letter of withdrawal.
.: ,THI CHOLSEAIN LONDON. . -Tiie
Time of Aiiu t ' IZ"'':
I". 'I'h.
. tA
iue..o-''hs .
ie,weu'K' were
2,G00
It was the 30th
' . - . f VWU CJULII
-?-?. Hc 'wir; antl tlle average number
in npnr is tor f nf ... 1. .,
tion for increase of population, 1,3S7. The
deaths in the present return exceed by 1,213
the estimated number. ' ,
The excess of deaths is caused entirely
by cholera, and diarrhma. ' fthj. ,b,ati. k
cholera, 049 by diarrlKua being registered in
j me hwiv, iuuwhl' 1 nip no-frriMr-jfo 1 or.
1 a 1 . .
: 1 ... - J . "O0,vnulu.
I eains' . fQ deaths by cholera in the last
. uvt- ut-Ksn.ive oeen o, 14, :J2, 34G, and 004.
The mordlitv is overwhelming in B.mo
ot the districts. In PoDlar alom mm h.,n.
dred 31,(1 "rty "c, in Bow one hundred and
. 1
'' ey-sH People died last week, iuclu-
HIII'T ir -
dmirDr, Aitsell.the mprifminna r..,..in.
cer, and Mr. Coeley, clerk to the Boad of
Works, whose name figures on the placards.
The people rare falling ill every hour; you
s-je them of all ages, children and adults,
lying about-their beds like people under
the influences of a deadly poison, some ac
utely sufleruk, nearly all conscious ot their
late and of ad that OIAllnl .1......
f1'0 lhc dofor is d,iiwn i by the
see the wjfe now attacked; there
husband
flin 1
. ! - , . .1 7 1 1 n o-
"u,u i'am; ure is an old 1 woman
seated dead, with eyes wide open: there
li.es a fine fqiar year old? child, his curly
head drooping, in. death,- but his mother
k ays the pulse is strong, aud he takes what
she gives hue. An older bnlher just re
covered is rutning about. Several wards of
the Loudon Hospital are full of patients,
UI.UM ui u;um very VOUllff r.hildrn in nil
r t t ivi.4i in an
stJ.Ses 01 ,t,ie, dlsa; some dying, some well
nr:iin nin n nvini- TK
-.
naln an P,ay,nS- The medical men have
ai men
officers
no rest, .'mil with tl.r. i,;uu
-"V .vim mu ML'.iiiii niTinnra n 11
Hnh V llf'.llKr f l-i. .it. rl.v-... I ' t
in" their dutv: brave it
. " ".'"n " uuty, uiavemen read v to
lav down theirJives for tl
i f ii.i. I. r . I
."." I. ..I .. If ' Tt 1 ..
eacn ouier. the women
and none shrinking A
desertion of children, husbanJs,
or mothers, from fear.
From the New York World
TITS! nmVTJWTTA'w nsrr ttt-o 'tt-rrrniT
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-.V' . -r 7 ,
-.0,ie stkluSaspectofthelate Philadelphia
Vf)nventlon cannot be too much dwelt
niiifi it t-HkOrt ... r, .. . . . . 1 1 .
, ? .. . . - , . P.
1 -y vnu aru 11, iu us true ngnt,
. Ul , uueeriuS 01 Je possibility
rail re-umon of these unhappily
j i - J
1S the 1un,velsal j testimony of all
comPetent observers who attended that
tl,(i tePf rot grave and serious devotion
t" a single high-object which animated its
deleSates was ;suh as .Q W more accus-
- , rea , 10 !"8tory than t0 witness
!" the every day conflicts of current polit-
lCixl "te. All the reports of the press also
. C .1 'U , i it -
tl,ls f"-11 and twaddlers, men
ibTUS ? ,wlth l,er18ona.1 vanity to be
giauneu, nine men loneins. tor a briel
men
longing
i" cAaggeiaieu prominence in the public
; 11 i 1 i. in'..
eYe al the usual pests and fleas, in
! Srt' J couventlons were either wholly
i auseub . 1,0111 uueny biiencea ana. extin-
1 i i . i " i .
i'iiJ.ifii iii iiii. B tiiii ijfiv iii rriiiJT n ii
j gu:8:ied 111
I.. f
mgh-souieu men, bent on orgamxing the
i . . . W
J licaltliy sentiment
ot the . nation for th
victory over confusion aud corruption an.1
anarchy. , It is a" credit, to our; race and a
sign of hope for our country that, within a
year from the closing of the fiercest civil
strife recorded in history, such an assem
blage of men can be brought together from
all the regions ongagedln that strife, and
can be found equal to grave lofty, and
temperate action upon the very subjects
about which so recently all the fiercest
passions of human nature were desperalely
busy in themselves and in their fellow
citizens. ' .
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Beni. C. Truman, who has recently made
a tour throughout the South, thus sums up
his estimate of this year's cotton -eron bv
States, in comparison with the uumber of
bales in ibou:
1SC0.
989,955
i 1866.
480,000
: 150,000
100,000
200,000
325,000
600,000
160,000
. 125,000
500,000
2,640,000
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
lississippi
Jsouth Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
367,493
65,053
701.S40
777.73S
1,203,507
3o3,412
296,464
431,463
Total 5,196,925
North Carolina .145,514
Virginia : 22,729
Total
,354,168.
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It is reported that General Sickles has
declined the appointment in the regular
armv lust tendertvl :
arny just tendered to him.
THE DTJTCHMAir J7H0HAD THE -'SHAUri
POX
: Henry P. Leland relates the following a
musiog incident as happening during his
ride in a Jersey stage coach: ;"
Very dry; indeed, is the drive from Black
berry to Squash Point; dry even for New
Jersey; and when you remember that it's
fifty miles between the two towns, its di
vision into five drinks seems very natural.
When you aro packed, three on one narrow
seat, in a Jersey stage, it is necessary, f
A Jersey stage! It is not on record; but
when Dante winds up his Tenth "Canter"
into the'Inferno, with- j
. Each, as UU back .was Udeu, canie iudecd,
; Or more or less contmcted: and it seem'd
As lio who .i'aow'd most ptitience in his look.
. ; ajluig, exclaimed: "I caa endare no more!" ;
iMiAciUm4 that he. alluded io u ciowd
ed I Jersey stage-load, is irresistible. Aitian
with long legs, on a back seat, in one of
these vehicles, suffers like a snipe shut up in
a snuffbox. For this reason, the long-leg-
geu man snouid sit on the front seatXvith
the driver; there, like the hen-tnrkev
who
can
tried to sit on a hundred eggs, he
"spread himself." The writer sat a
ong
side the driver one morning, just at break-
vi viajr, is UH Mage OTOVC OUt Ot liJaCK-
berry; he was-a through passenger to
Squash Point. It was a very cold morn
ing; in order to break the ice for a. r.onvir-
satiou, he praised the fine points of an off
iviou. uiu unvcr inaweo: l
VYa-as; she's a goot boss, und I knows
how to trive him! It was evidently a
case of" mixed breed. .
"Where is Wood, who used to drive
this stage?" - ,
"He he's Iait up mit ter ruthmatiz sence
yester-week, und I tri ves for him. So "
I :went on reading a .newspaper; a fellow
passenger' on a back seat, not havin the
tear ot murdered English on his hands,
coaxed the Dutch driver into a lon-conversation,
much to the delight of a very
pretty. Jersey-blue belle, who laughed so
merrily that it was .contagiousand in a
few minutes, from being like unto a conven
ticle, we were all as wide awake as one of
Christy's audiences By sun rise, we were
all in excellent spirits, up to all sorts of fun;
aud when, a little later, our stage stopped
at the first watering-place, the driver found
himself the centre of a group ol treaters to
the distilled "juice of apples." It is just as
easy to say "Apple Jack,' and be done
with it; but the writer, being, very anxious
to form a style cribs from j aU quarters.
grape, iialToeen tor a Jong. time on his
hands, and wishing to work it up, he wo aid
have done it in this case, only he fears the
skepticism of his readers. By courtesy,
they may wink at the poetical license of'a
reporter of a public dinner, who calls tur-
nip juice and painted whiskey "juice of
th6 grape," but they would not allow the
existence, for one minute, of such applica
tions to the liquors of a Jeisev tavern.
It is out of place.
"Here s a package to leave at Mrs. Srnd-
der's, the third house on the left-hand side
after you get intojEKicno. What do yon
charge?" asked a man who seemed to know
the driver.
"Pout a Ieffy" answered he. Rr
the silver, he gathered up the reins and put
the square package in the stage-box. J ust
as he started the horses, he leaned his head
out of the stage, and looking back to the
man who gave him the package, shouted
out the question;
"Ter fird haus on ter lef haut but of Yer-
lko?" The man didn't hear him. hut th
driver was satisfied. On we went at a pret-
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ty goou rate, considering how heavy the
roaus were. Another tavern, more water
ing, more Apple J ack. Another longstretch
of sand, and we were coming into Jericho.
Anny potty Know ter Miss Scutter
haus?" asked the driver, bracing his feet on
the mail-bag which lav in front of him. and
screwing his head round so as to race in.
There seemed to be. a consultation going on
IliOlUC 111C BlUgC. f .
, "I don't know uobodvb that namp in
J ericho. Do you LisheT'' asked a weather
i .ii.. .
beaten loosing mau, who evidently "went
by water," of another one who apparently
went ii jo buiue way.
"There was ole Square Gow's da'ter, slje
marri'd a Scudder; moved up here some two
year back. Come to think on't, guess she
linn. . ' f I f. . .
uvco uiiil-i iu vjiuss-nouse, answered
Lishe.
The driver finding he could get no lifrht
out oi ine passengers, seeing a tall, raw
boned woman washing some clothes in
Iront of a house, and who flew out of sight
as the stage flew in,' handed me the reins as
he jumped from his seat, and chased the
fugitive, hallooing:
"Pfe got der small pox, I'fegotder- "
nere ms voice was lost as he dashed into
the open door of the house. But in
a
minute .he- re-appeared, followed by i
broom, with an enraged woman annexed
and a loud voice shouting outr
'You git out of this! Clear yourself
i-unitci. x iiu b gum iu nave you oiseas-
ui ijuiicm iuiivb, ei you nave got the small
pox!" . 1
""I dells you Pfe got der small nox. Toii'
you versteh? der smalij rox!! This4 time
i i j i - j . -i
ne snouted it out in capital letters!
L.lear out: I'll call the men-folks ef
you don't clear;" and at once she shouted Tn
1 tip-top vcice, "Ike, you Ike, ' S r
T. ', . . Arw v"re air
rM..f rtnl TMI .-11 .1.., ii
you?" Ike made his appearance on the
full run. . t ! - - - ,1
"W-w-what's the matter, motherT"
The driver, veh; angry by this time, shout
ed: ' i
"I dells you boost more for ter last dime.
Pfe got ter small pox! unt Mishter Ellis ne
gifs me a lellyjto gif der small pox to Miss
A wicked and disloyal Missourian says"
there, is no feah that preachers will be ar
rested for preaching the Gospel in Illinois,
for they uevn do it. '
A Radical editor says that Colonel For
ney is of a "noble type of public; men."
The Louisville Journal thinks he is of tho
type known to printers as Um minion. ,
Scutter; unt if dat vrow is Miss Sc'utter, I
bromised to give her ter sipall pox.V
It was MLu Scudder, and I explained to
her that it was a small nox he had for her.
The affair was soon settled as regarded its
delivery; but-not hs regards the lagJL
and 'slnnjts ontTjeccuTantsof the old
stage-coach, as we rolled awav from Jeri
cho. The driver joiucd iu, although he had
no earthly idea as to its cause, and added
noc a utile to lC by saying, m a triumphant
tone of voice - . I
"I vous pount to gif ter olt voomans ter
smau pox:
COST CP MAKIKG COTTON;
A crazy fellow bv th n..n.. ,!fv r
Bauks, who. with a number of others about
as insane, is supported at the national ex
pense, iu an rstablishmcnt for the purpose
located at Washington City, claims to know
something about cotton growing. He con
tends that the negro, in his free statLwork--ing
for himself, could afford to make cotton
at two and a half cents a pound Hear
hiin:
"He believed that then the quantity of
cotton produced would be doubled lor trip
led, aud that it could b- sold for half its
former price. lie believed it couldjbe rais
ed for two ami a half cents aotin.1. w,..
the former slave became tin
owner and
J
t w
planter of one or two or five acres,
tofore cotton had been nrodured
Here
in onlv
five States; he believed it could be
grown
more or less profitably in twenty
Another member of the sauie
States."
asylum
says, it can be .grown for one cenri . Now
says our worthy brother Martini of t!
Columbus Enquirer: j
"Let us test-this by facts and llh u re J
which everybody hereabouts, black' as well
as white, will kmw to be correct. A
bale to two acres is as much cottoii'as any i
freedman could reasonably expect, 'to make
on any land that can now b.vacqujUd. On
five acres he might make two ami i" half
cent per pound, lie would ant fr it si .an
perbale of 500 jiounds, or S31.2a for his
crop, out vf which sum is still to belleducteil
the cost of bagging and tope and hauling
to marketat least $1 per bafe. j His in
come f rom hiscotton croji would then be S2 L
xo; and this does not lake into the account
the toll or expense of ginning. Of coui -
no five acre farmer could have a gin of his
own. " X
"But we will suppose that thn fr..lm.in
could cultivate ten acres in cotton, which,
after planting con enough for himself, his
mule and a pig; or two, is fully .-.s much 'as
he could plant and pick. His cl.-ar innnim.
from his cotton crop would then be $42,50.
Anrl ...Tf!. I. . ? . S . .
.iiu iiu iius sui ne is expected to clothe
himself, to buy a little coffee ani syrup,, to
pay tor medicine when sick, and to huv
and repair thd implements of agriculture!
-we nave supposed the case of a single
man. It he had a wife and rhild
might be able to cultivate and rrari.r'
little more cotton, foot much I lion wifli
one mule), bu his expenses of li ving would
ur iui.icacu iu proportion, aud the crop
would fall iust as far short of
comfortable liiing. j 1
"Gen Banks, we belie vi. i; l.-irn-idx
interested in manufacturing makes, pro
bably, twenty; per cent, on his captal in
vested, and gives the busing- t,(,.. 1r iia
own labor or attention, rnr' ci.cl. i ,,t,n
1 - 'UV.II Ik IlifelJ
to propose so to tax cotton a
-- . , -vr IIIIILI
the Southern negro (if he is free!) to work
for S42.50 a year and find himself, is the
very extreme ot selfishness and hypocrisy."
-mSntrf firm C.t,ltl-..r... ' i "i
An Infamous Sentimkxt. In 'a Ri,...i.
at Springfield, III., u f4.w davs ago, Gen.
i-iOgan said
"There was but one way to treat with
rebels. Take the torch 111 (lll ll'lixl i,ll
the sword in the other, and march to the
music of the Union, with tl
and sweep over their territory? He had
uuympainy ior the leading traitors, no
commiseration for them. Hh Lould fVir.r,.t
no man who had lost his life, m'd who had"
been maimed in this war for the Union,
and he. could forgi no man who had
fought against it. . If elected to Cungtvs,
he would carry out what he had said.3 He
could not forgive the South."
Trouble About 1 the WigwIm. The,
building inspectors dn Friday notified the
contractor for the -Wigwam" that it had
been put up in violation of the ordinance of
the city prohibiting the erection of wooden
buildings. The penalty for the violation
of the ordinance (S7) was paid. The struc
ture has to be removed within thirty days
or another penalty of $po will be imposed.
' . . Philadelphia Bulletin
. Major-General Nefeon Miles, command
ing at Fortress Monroe, has been appointed
a colonel in the regular army, and assigned
to the. command of the' Fortieth United
States infantry. He has not yet accepted.
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