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j' v,----."- i i Hi v I . i ' "try? ilmmi m -tr-r ;,tT t.- ---r'v i . . : lI i i? . 1 ,.(,... . , -tt-: : -' -r X HE f.U i. '. PUBLISHED EVBEX, TUESDAY. ;;t , !,.; ficutor? ana Propnetore,! v FAVRTTTSVTT.T.V. K IV? TElUflSt ; -Weekly, '. Do One yearN Six months $3 00 One Square, 1 inch or less first insertioii' $1 00 , ,. ; v4;. : edch'subseqiaettl insertion.'; L . r 50 For one year, one square. .il. ..;..;..-.;. J15 00 For six months, ' V . 1 9 00 For three months, , .H ..... i . ....... r6 00 For Quarter Column, 5 squareii, 3 months, $25 I . 6 ;eo f 9 12 3 6 9 12 76 For Half Column, 10 squares 75 4t too 125 175 125 150 200 For One Column, 20 squares, 3 mouths, 6 ' I 9 4 12 " i MYSTERIOUS PERSONS IN filSTORY- . The records of the past furnish U8 Wl ' halffi doten historical characters that! seern to have had a mysterious existence f alter s the public have been informed of their tragical death. To such an extent' has tj)e " belief of a post existence been carried that one could say with great propriety, in the language ol oir William Jones; ii "The block may soak their gore,. - n Their heads may sodden in the their limhs j Be strung to city gates and castle whSJs; . j' ; ; ' Jiut still their spirits walk abroad." V ' ; ' And these spirits seem generally to be , , uncaseu - in (unioie eanrny ooaies, u we Th , may credit the tales of travellers. 'roung republic lias not been slow in mg a srartling history, and one that has all rhprnmn itiAnnnrpfi nt pjiiitnrioa.nlH Kitmna I .k Z 1 TWT' J. WIKKES BOOTH, ilnt hn.n i An tim l;LU5 k:. . ( ir ; 1 1 w nave ubch seen th vromia versonn in va- r ti . i .1 i . i ; . if iiim ii;ir n in ii h urir li r no tirncr ctai'tt i being that he now is the captain of ja pirate vt s.el and the terror of the China seas? At intervals the press informs the public that some reliable correspondents j have seen the notorious assassin in Europe, ji One time he has been seen playing rouge et noir . lit tfaden-liaden; another at the opera in Vienna. One positively stvears tSat he saw him driving in the Bois de Boulogne at Tans. And another is equally, confident that he beheld him visiting. St. , Peter's at Rome.' One fact is certain in regard to the disposal of the corpse of Booth that its resting plce is known to but few, and the public at large are in doubt as to 1 whether it now moulders in a secluded and unknown crave, or whether the dark-wa ters of the Potomac received his mangled ;"femainsj ' Booth, indeed,' may ' be sa d to : be the only really' mysterious personage r we nave nau in pur annals, aithougn per - haps, for the few years we have been an 7 independent republic,' no nation everlmade its history so fast. ', 7' V "THE MAN WrrilOLT A COUNTRY.' Whether or not the person ' who bears thia i pseudonym was tHe. subject of alclev i erly concocted fable' or'nbUitJs at last; a singular case. The person who issiaid to Jiave borne this title was .a ? Philip! Nolan, . . - , , 1 i... t v tS- a th,!aPPeare d n a Neu York journal. It ran jthus: J 1 nf m 1 Pt xt , K? thefnllth of" May, Philip Nolan" The "Died on board U. S. corvette Levant, on story is as follows: Wlieu Aaron, Burr . ir.ade his 'first dashing expedition down; to : New Orleans, in 1805, He met a lieutenant - named Philip Nolan, belonging to the le- rgion ot the West. The young officer be- ' came fascinated with the brilliant states man, who enlisted him jn his l;treason'able r schemes. The authorities susnected iNolan as being an accomplice of Burr's, ahd ; on the court-martial the impetuous jyouth cried out, in h fit of frenzy f,D--n the United States! ' I wish' I may never hear of the United States again." These Iwords shocked t he . Reyolutipnary officers that formed the court-martial, and Nolan was condemned to be' sent 6n board a vessel, where he was never again to hear the words United States, and the instructions received were as follows: I T j i " Washington," (with the date, which must have been laie in .1807.) I vF 'Sir: You will receive from Lieutenant Neale the person of Philip Nolan, late a lieutenant in the U. S. army. j. ' lhis person on his tnal by court-martial expressed with an oath might "never hear of again."- the wish that ' he the United States "The Court sentenced him to have his .wuh fulfilled. v "For the present, the execution of the '. order is intrusted by the President to this department. 1 - ; ; -iy-' -.'i : "Yoii will take the prisoner ' oh 1 board your ship, and ; keep him there with such precautions as shall prevent his escape. . "You will provide him with such quar- . era, rations, ' and clothing as would b proper for an officer of his late rank, if he were .a passenger on your Vessel on the "business of his gdvernmt;::? i - "The" gentlemen on i board , will make any arrangements agreeable to themselves regarding his society. He is to be exDoseid v to no indignity of any: fcind nor is he ever unnecessarily to be reminded that he is a ' prisoher.:- : .y-'-i.'' ;X r "But under ao circumstances is ho ever lq hear of bis cotintry or to see any !nforT matioii regarding it; and you Willpecially caution all - the officers under your com rrjand to take tjareV that iri the 'yarious'ln dulgenceswhidi.mbeg in wbich;his punwbmfent 13 invplyedhall Opt DeprokeOfii .(,,! i J " intention o( the; Government tnnf. nif Rhn.il. never aAin spf fh ' hnntr'J Pe ?as awo.wned.:Beforevihe..end t.rt , t T-.T " vvt.- will give effect to this, intention. RefPc?;ttS : j SOUTHATip,,, ; : SecV of Navy." . Nolan seems to have: been:passed from vessej ve&actvj mm.: 1,0 uavtf remamea a prisoner fori over sixty maue ti e .Buujwb 01 luuumeraoie iraauions aaa paipaDie rayms. ne; was strictly creditor. The creditor on his part, de SVarx4ed and name pfXTpited States clared that ho would keep him in Clichvas never mentioned to him. It, is generally supposed 7 however, that thisr myth was oriAmatea aunnsr.ine recent war dv some imaginative individual t who desired to in stitute, comparison and similes between Nplari and : the rebel leaders. Of course,' Nfclan repented of his folly, and died deep-! ly regretting, the incautious words that:! condemned him; to a life of imprisonment, wjiich was probably ; more painful, as it w prevented aim irom lnterienng m toe poli tics ol the country. j , MAN IN THE IRON MtSK. i - - ri Yiinin ine wa is 01 me riastne nurinor the reign of Louis XIV.,i was enacted the inexplicable mystery, which has continued a mystery to this day, ot the Man in the the following mse to accomplish his pur Iron Mask. When first heard of, he was pose. Being aware that his detaining cred- confined in the Marguerite Islands, in the Mediterranean,; whence he was removed by De Saint Mars, who was his private'cov- . . . . . ..,;. Jl t . . 1 J . . , - 1 I where he died,1 on November 19, 1703, and was buried on the 20th, in the cemetery of ! name of Machiati. No St J Paul, under the n.an, except the , governor, so tar as is known, ever saw his face, or heard his i . . . .. : . i i voice: two persons, io wuom vojcej two persons, to wiioih ne had con veyed written words, in one case marked i - . upon a linen shirt, in the other engraved on J n silver plate,,died, without apparent cause,1 immediately afterwards. During his con- veyaDce from the Marguerite Isles, De Saint Mars amed at?the sauie table and slept m the same chamber with him; I with pistols ever at band ready, to destroy himf iu the caf e of an attempt on bis part to reveal hiiiiself. In the Bastile ue. was waited on, atitable and-at his toilet? by-the governor, wllo took charge of and destroyed SalPthe Imfen hV once used. He was neVeF seen but with a mask of black velvet) fastened 1 benind, his head with1 steel springs: and vvhen he went to near, .mass, I the invalids, wi n wf?re in chnrffe of liim with muskets and lighted matches, were instructed to fire on him instantly in case ot his speaking: or shAwirig his face. A bundred coniectures have ben risked as to; who this mysterious oer snn was. wnn was treatea witn sticn re- i spect, yet With such leaious ngor wnosei lite was held sacred, against taking on, yet made! one scene of incessant misery. ; The ab$ence of any person .of sufficient. .note frobi j the stage of history to account for sulh precautions alone baffles 'all inquiry, THe general idea seems to; be1 that he was an elder brother of Louis XIV the fruit of iiiij auuibciuus (unique ..ucinu vi Austria and the Duke of Buckingham, or some other uuknown lover, who being bom n n M.i.iimxt.A , t--i mm naTiiTuun . j i ti 11 o nr in fwedlock,: could not have been dispos- seied of his claim to the throm3 had his ex- istence been admitted.!' i- :p " ' v I r . tttk t.Ast 'ov THElSTiiiRTfi JiJ .mirxr Tlnprlt. Afnrianiftmp.nt. Stiiarfi nlrnoi-Vnrt ,u inCt mnW rprirpslmtfltlup i. . i . . . ' '" t ' - ? i lipa' in'VftniPA in"! 07l!."He 'was younger brother of the Pretender, Charles Edward, (the Prince Charley of Scottish iAi,rr TOhrim h Wa- nrinrinff tni a d with . s ' v . .1 . xi r .Lt-' T-u:i kuk, wnen toe ovenurow oi uie jacomies at ICulloden ruined the Stuart cause in Bri-' tain. i He subseouebtl v took orders in the Roman n Catholic Church, and in 1747 was' appoirtted by Benedict XIV a Cardinal. On tne oeatn oi nis orumer, m.j oo, ne, assu- med the title of King of England as Henry IX., gratia Dei, non voluntalc ' hominum, as , t i ii ' r i : . i 4. i t rvnn 1 I a tne meaai wuiun c wmseu io ue sirucji. ui the occasion declared. He was subsequent- . i L ' i . l ' I : -I. I. .. J I. t. ' -f ly obliged to take refuge from j French in- This lake rivals the famous valley of Sin viision in Venice, and during the last years bad the Sailor. It is thought to average of his life was dependent upon' the British 2,000 feet down to the water all round. Court for means 01 subsistence. Jtie was The walls are. almost perpendicular, run the last male of the Stuart family, and with njng down into the water, and leaving no, hil l death the line became , extinct. Its beach. Thedepth of the water is un chief branches in the female iine are the known, and its surface is smooth and un fa duses of Savoy and Orleans and the Duke ofSModena, all descended from' Henrietta Mjma daughter of Charles I., of which the present Duke of Modena is the lineal repre- sentative, being thus, but for the act of set- tlement, heir, to the, crown of England, There are two families of the name Stuart iriiate! lineal ; representatives', f because the last Riale, of the line tiled a priest, and was never-triarried; and the 1 fem al es; ! onr marri- aee. changed their names. - One of these fe- maleis resides in Jackson Mo., and the oth- erjin iL'emaXville fuada;"". "1"r ; J ; lii-Xj'. : '': i"'t , ;; ( The old' fogy tvho ;,poked "his head out from "behind the times,1 goi it rapped by a passing event. i onl this continent that claim falsely to be the 'everlasting hiHs' like a ; huge well, the descendants of the 3tuarti; and if. they 6ope;d' outby .tKef ' hand.s,' of 'the giant bd the descendants they cannot be the legit- geniiTof the mountain in unknQwn: agea Anecdotes of cuchy: Since imprisonment ,'fbir'debt h'ds fcen ! abolished !in Frahce,' and 'Clichy haa;beeir cjntinually appearing in I?nchYpapea: .copy, one or two:-,If you entered in- fQ ft rnnvpraatinn with sorhn , nf .tnfl;nW gaardiana of this hdusof. detontion,:.yda m 1.1 1 . ,..u ...r :tt . '. . kmodgother'nobie prUdn'ersbrall lands; of ine great Joreign iorawno spent xwo.mioa everv Jav fnr his dinner! which was rnnahf. to him from the Cafe Me Paris.; He re- mained a prisoner fobr months, although he was in a position to nav hia dehtaand hhfain his lihprtvVhnt it. was hi fnnnv f a sfav w horn Iip was Annthpr inmnt thia an Englishman) had sworn, though im- mensely rich, that he would never pay his ons as he could; and s he kept him there eight years. The carnage' of the English millionaire might be seen every day in tbe rois ae uoutogne ana tne unamps niiysees as if the proprietor were taking his accus tomed airing therein.. He gave positive orders with regard to this singular pro ceeding. At his death, a special clause was found in his will, peremptorily. forbid- aing nis neirs to pay tne-creaitor wno naa made him a prisoner for eight years. The case was dirterent witn buy , a geom etrician and mechanician who ruined him self in endeavoring to discover perpetual motirn. This debtor thought only of the means of gaining his liberty, and practised itor, who had retired into the country; took in only one journal, whichj he always read from. beginning to endj he caused to be in- jawo e v.; !:f,.; . . r . . neglected to pay the necessary periodical contribution to his maintenance m dun vile,' and, in half an hour afterward, he durance was a free man." A FRENCH MARRIAGE PARTY. Some French suburban scenes are dis- tmct; they belong to no other country; and their paraljclsxran be found nowhere else only French vfife could create them only French nature carry them out. The other day l wrent out to the donjon oi ymcennes where Mirabeau was confiued 6olong; and,' returning in the evening. through the quiet streets, I saw a party .which I shall not soon torget, and which lor a long time watched attentively.,, It was in a wagbnV' the important part ot it and that part though double, was yet single, for the tvvain had iust been 'made one flesh. Such roses as'Adele.had in her hair, and such an his button-hole! Thev were peasants, but well-dressed, as Frenchmen always manage to be, and they were so happy! - I hen a running fire of boisterous merriment was kept up, which the united complaisance of me new uriue anu uriuenrouui uuie nciu cany. iue. ineuus rau aioug at me aiue ui tne wagon, aim peiieu uie uappy uuupie. with roses. ; Then Auguste persisted in at- tempting. ltb drive over him who was most officious of the rose-pelters,- and the latter individual sat him down on. the grassy road persistently, until the horse's cold ' nose touched his shoulder, and the animal .came 1 111 ki:ii 1 ni 1. 1 mi'm i mi' imimn iii iiicllv- jv.." - j- j peasant girls, scattering flowers and chat- teringtheir pleasant chansons, theyoungmen shouting loud enough to be heard in Pans, and the young bride blushing with mingled rage 'and pleasure, made up a pretty pier ture. i The party alighted, and their tor- mentors made the air merrier than before at a rustic cafe on the outskirts of the vil Una 1 nnr. Jnr TrrtnrV- rhft finftr wnfirfl rtaint pie; and when I lost sight of the-company, they; were.dancing merrily on the - bright,' Kreeu- owoiu, ouu waning Brumel, Master Brumel, bring tut your I hcf roinft for thf npw v married, toute ae v :r ... i v " 1 u directly!r Such merriment, such in- nocent, yet ooisterous ireeaom, a uav ru- y before seen. Home Jounml. The Sunken. Lake. The Sentinel, pub- i i . -w- i 1 1 s p ii irtiL nshed at Jacksonville, uregon, oi tne ii;in ult., says: Several of our citizens returned last week from a visit to the great Sunken jLake, situatea in uascaue jiiountains, uuuut 75 miles north-east from Jacksonville. t' i i- tt J "ir ' 1 Lj. ruffled, and it lies so' far below the surface bfthe mountain that the air currents do not affect it. Its length is estimated at 12 miles, and its breadth, at . 10. No living man ever; has, and probably never will be able. to reach the' waters 'edge.-" It lies si- I lent, still, and mysterious in the" bosom of J gone by, and around it the primeval forestall watch-; and ward are keeping, The'yisi ting party fi red a'rifle several , ti mes, into. the water at an angle ", of , 45 '.' degrees', and were able to denote several seconds of time frbrri; the'repot of theTgun " Until the ballstruck'the water. Such seems incred- J ible,; but is vouched for, byj some of ' our ( mosi trustworthy citizens. ; The I lake is icertainiy a most remuit-uuic uuiv&h.y u i DEATHS BY'HGHTNINa '"Few : people are -.aware f hovv many are I .f aeatMjrom lightning.; , it 'appears, iruiu statistics Kent in ranee that, dnruior I thejast thirty years, more than .ten thou- imd people jvvere .struck by lightning, of uuui iwo tnousanaiwo nundred andlhir Y n - V . . -xiiguiiuu- n tr I iaus . on a crowd. It docs mnrn .misr.hirt P ii - -; ' o . . y. 1 among the men than amonar the'women. . i , f. . .rm w j I tne , taller persons jbeinsr ; mora exnosed. I Again, animals are trequentlv stneken. hue the persons in - charge of them are spared, ' The old idea that the beech tree is a prttecionf is a fatal error th6 neighbor- uuuu oi an isoiatea trees Deing dangerous, like that of all highly proi'ecting obiects, , 1 ,UC ittic, iu, luemiuo coonec- wu, wun , tne sou.; ,naiiroads . and tele- 6,ur,w " I'luwiiwrs,' iu to mr as w n : Walk- ing along a railroad, track where it runs through a country without trees, is as dan- gerous as taking shelter under a tall tree. That windows are dangerous is believed to I be an error, for experience does not show I only invented gunpowder but discovered BmPe fQrm ?' government had been" impro that liehtnins strikes throush onen win. America. There is a stnrv r.nrrpnt alnno- yised for their guidance, and some three or dows or follows a draft of air. UTILITY OF BEARDS. ! mere are more solid inducements lor wearing the beard than the mere improve- mentof a man's personal appearance, and the cultivation of such an,aid to the every- day diplomacy of life. Nature, combining as she never fails to, the useful with the ornamental, provides us witb a far better respirator than science could ever make, and one that is never-so hideous to wear as that black ! seal upon the face that looks like a passport to the realms of suffering and dJathf. The hair of the mouf tache not only absorbs the moisture and miasmfcof the fogs, but it strains the air from the dust and soot of our great cities. It acts also in the most scientific manner, by takinsr heat from the warm breath as it leaves the chest, and supplying it to the Lvided with a comforter as-well; and these are never leu at nome, liKe toe umbrellas, and all such appli wanted.1- Moflat atht In tKn n?f nn .;Un ;no1 ThrMKk-l that the beard, like, the hair of the headj protects against the heat of the sun; but, more than this, it becomes moist with the m . - ft perspiration,' and then, by 'evaporation, cools the skin. ' A man who accepts this pro ection of nat Potection ox nature may lace the rudest storm and the hardest winter. Xie IliaV gO from-the hottest room mto the coldest air cuiuebb air lances, whenever they are 1 nver.uertaiairis, .at. alj. events,, tuat tho iver the head of the Sen&ofliirthe'rigJjfcf andLivingstope,' the Af- jU"iWa3 iOuna.in.uie-iJoiumDiaj ana: it 13 l ceto toas tnraoo5ea reserved to ttebuperi7Ven rf1 mnntriuf travnUro I onl YTeasonable to conclude .that it- camir deAL -Th3 Bating clause was Tifceate4 -iriUi . , , , - , . ., 11 ;W.Vw.iw w wi.v. VHVII UUI I 1. t g III y,r iiutkllUU without . any.dreadj and we verily believe with theUnrted States 'land BufveyS,'5haa he might a most sleep m a morass with im- occasi()n t 8eaTch:f0V the marks o records punity; at least; his chance of escaping a mnrio ntrk in kJ1 tk- :iJt terrible fever would be better than his 7 1 ?waW' f'Te KYilSiL. l!w.Ii?. - Dett?r tnaQ aurveyorB-bafwarkeathe.rpsuItoof their v,tovt t"1VM ... - .: , : . ; THE BEAUTY OF IRISH WOKEN. Mons. Felix Belly,' one of the writers of thr nnnatitntionelle. haviner1 made a tnnr f hrnnfrh TrolahH : last snmmfir nrnnnnn.Pa .w. , - - t . i oi, l ' ' ii . . r the ioiiowing euiogium upon tne women oi that country: The most remarkable eie- ment, the richest, and certainly, .the most full of life, of this land so full of life is the population itself. No European race, that of the Caucasas excepted, can compete with! it in beauty. The Irish blood is of a puri-l a;li fA ,y mu TSrSrr tonishment. The transparent whiteness of the1 skin, the absorbing attraction, which in France is the attribute of but one in a thousand, is here the general rule. The daughter of the poor man, as well as the finin A.Mo n mllkxr Hnf thi, arm of a ftatnte. the foot and hand of a du- ,.oco . Vwi u' ne nnonn Tn fho chess, and the bearing of a queen. . In the .fdTf T...ui:- iu . u ;i would al before the beaufu'of the children; and in-ihe compact crowed which pnnh A m,nip, fh rllrin.ftf. Merrion J., a P xi. V- :n oquare, tnere is certainty ine most magnm- a ii . f a : cent collection of human beings it is possi ble to meet. Blondes with black eyes, and brunettes with blue, are.by.no means rare. The race is as strong as it is handsome, as vigorous as it is charming. The girls of Connemara, with their queenly shoulders and eyes of fire,: would put' to shame, at this day, those daughters of the East from whom tney are said to nave aescenueo. It is said that Balzac, the -; celebrated French novelist, used to lie excessively. One day he was walking along the Boule vard Montmartre, with a-servant girl oni each arm, when be came across two, of his frierids, Hatzel' and 'Laur dpt. He 'quitted1 ine women ;prec,ipcateiy, auu, . running, his.friends, said rto them, in a lo w. tone "Donfecogriiie me;I am .with two arch- aucijesjjYuy navj? .vuiue uiuu iub' gui&e,:and .whomlMetternich'haasked'me he leave his women for?" "Simply,", re- Dlieu.iuo otner.--rto reu mem mat w ai; two princes of the blood, his most intimate friends." CO 'Bnowine capital icuxiusu: -;ju wh a mysterious sigii; he disappeared.5' J: "What a liar!?t a(d,Hatzel.,t "mat the deuce did A Beautiful Legena, ' 'I ' " V 1 , : They tell A story that one day Rabbi Ju- 1 lL. 11 . . . i dah and his brethren sat in the church on a fnaf. ,lnrr Aan,-,rrr nkonf r u was to have sufficient wealth, yet' without sin. The pthersaid it was fame and praise ot all men. 'The third said t was posses- wuu uiuowerao rmeiuBoiaie. xhetourtn 4 II OU oil htr ih AkiMAn i mi' w u w jm ft iiiimi m i i a i .i ii iiii fii m fiiiifi i - -inn fifth cniri if trrm tll in in ..r ' w - w.... . ... a viiiiui cut "Auc " . WMU v Ull IU TU1U U I J I UoiJ kent all thu ritual of "RToopo - Ani t?vk; Jnrfnh t he "vpnpmMo fiia fotii c u brethren, said: ' "Ye. h but one thinsr more is np.r.pssarir. ' Tin nnlv can find rest who to all things addeth this that he keep the traditions ol his elders: There sat a fair haired bov. nlavin with lilies in his lan. and hearinfr thr talk A pea mem in astonishment from hlsUands.and looked up that boy of twelve and said : '.xtay,. iatner, ne ,oniv can hnd rest who I u ".T. r V -I V 1 r . T ""I'l'J I home, without it, better than'honored age; he is a law to himself above all traditions.' . AN OREGON tratitttqn ' OB00HTaADm0H. 1 It may conie out that the Chinese not the coast that several veara aco an e.xnedi- tion otlndiaom that panofthecoun- try now called Washington Territory, had fauu";u w,cu waJr wiwie m a eauce as far as Portland, in Oregon; up through the uSv UlumDia "ver. and that in progress forward, they met with, on the banks of the river, partially r emhed in the. mud:. the somewhat broken remains ot a Chinese junk. -this astouished the Indians, who regarded themselves the sole lords ot creation, while aiierwarus excuea curiosity ana spirit ot ina.uiry of such few white men as were then in those distant and comparatively unknown tUstluV" Chinese junk is still a matter of tradition among the Indian tribes who inhabit those regons, and is freely spoken of by the American and European population, and tne Conclusion come to is; that at some far " period of the; PW, w thBitilesa torais ntha.arA 80 of- w uo cuwuuimu4 lu .mw -.uuiumuuii from Chiua-at some far ' remoh; neriod 'of UntJquttyr Perhaps; -after Ul!.'':J6h'fv Cymaraan;may claim to credit of li qiscoTerea America. , (Uusli!) , . ,, I . - 0..5 . j ' k . I i ot. J-.0U13 iiauer mentions an inciacnt which occurredVm the surveys of the. Iron Mountain Road in the cypress swamps of ips of 1 Crtl1fl10ncf Ifieonnn . Thn Ann;naavo I l nr,iora n lnnafo fhalr enrvavo ; onnni.f;Ar. I i a . t . . 5 I work by cutting into the body of a tree, leveling off a smooth surface of the trunk1, and engfossmg their records on the tablets thus prepared. ' The engineers found the trees of the old survev. and recognized th scars of former-cuttings.' hut f o reach' tha I , . O v I : ' 1 1 . j i : - a a j i recorus were coinpeuea to cut -inio tne trees again, new wood had grown up oyer the . oldfrecord, completely, hiding and protecting it, , Buti afier cutting into the body dovVn to the-orijginal tablet, they found the - surveyor's record as plain and distinct as when first made. ", ' ' L-' 1 " - The Qdeen op SPAik SnoE.i-There is a. well-authenticated story of a poor iyoman precweiy.a oeggar, out wno nau a petition to present, fhe prayer of which was, of course, a , hmosna, who pounced uPaf.e uef u&V wafr com,nS out of the garden of the Retiro. -Her pray. er. wa.s - very soon heard; but unhippily when her majesty felt in her pocket' she . . - j?. . W -0, King,, queen,,' million, aires, and theatrical managers never have r.eady money about them enough to pay ior. a cab or a turnpike. , "Come to the Palace to-mcrrow," saidthe queen to the irtetltK petitioner.: "Alas! replied the woman, the, servants will not let me pass. Whereupon, it is upon record, Donna Isa - beila de JJourbon, stoopincr down. took, on - " - one "of her shoes, and gave it to the sup- puant as a toKea anu a sign mat sne mignt be allowed next day to pass the palace gates and have her claim attended to. - ... , . ' A man and wife were sitting at breakfast the other day- the husband trying to read a paper, while, his wife was lecturinghim on his dissipated hours. He suddenly look ed up from his paper and said: 44Here s a perfectly correct sentiment. ; Awriter in T i r a g mat uis remark wouia elicit.. a compliWnt,but wexecca,ypucalwys cc.l tnJ?fiV ra ;Aufi Mca anq.qumu asylu m .Jpnes complaiued of a had smell ! about' the post-ofBce: and asked i Brown - what1 it; could beBqpwn didnt- khow;bu' sug gested that it aught be caused by the "dead letters." :1 uut i paper says, ine nest capital to begm HfeNwith ia'a capital wife!"' That's vcrf true dear,", replied the' wife;1 smilingly miUR.ID PLcjourse.V4 :jnjpatUetiB novelists say; "we will not further invade tht3' scene' 6$ quiet tfoincicity.r.i z-rli fti-wj i!m cr I . r . . t u . - ) i - taiTron tie Kew Tort nrald-l fl ' " :i A-lGRO ElTPIRE-WnAT "WOULD BECOIIE Of XHfigouiHIF LEZT.T0 THENEGR01 The. .-question o mss&t sunremafrr.. -wliir ' .: - the ' extreme measorea of tjie radicals hxrra thrust upon .the country, ; was practically il- lnstraLea . in ; more . tnan i one. locahtj ddiva Soutlx during the radical regime "which imme diately olloyred iha collapse of , the rebellion, NotablyJwas.thia the case among the sea is landsof South. Carolina .and Georgia,; -where General Saxton pnrsued the policy novr advo cated by Wendell Phillips andThad. Stevens, and gave all power into the hands of the col ored race. The result was thus described in a letter .from ' a special , correspondent cf tho Herald, published. June 2,. 1CG, and more than-confirmed afterwards by official reports: On St. Catherine's Island; Georgia, the ter ritorial aspirations of jhe , negrCeS received their" richest ,JeTelopments. an4 .culminated in ine.Tinuai estaoiisnment of, a nigger em pixe, Tvhiclrcame about in this -wayT A foil Wooded negro named .Tunis. G. Campbell, a . UA a preacuer naiung. iroia. iow iiruns- liureau, under Gen. Saxton, and . assigned to the charge of St Oatherine's and OssaSw 1 lands, at that time occupied exclusively by tho negroes who had lived there as slaves, and by themselves of Gen. Sherman's order. ' Avery uiuxcvi i tiucta nut) Usui come mere to avail SZS for Mr. Campbell's ideas, i He at once ur- sei n ana lurnea i.ue oia resident negroes out of their cabins, telling them they were' only 'reragees, dui mat tney tne now comers) ZZVl" ' H?"thS..8?tJ? ramotlC United States," but rirvingUekin so stron- a spice of autocratic power for himself ..that ho was ever afterwards known and spoken, of as me xycoon. a naa uie leuaty, while. in. St Catherine's, of . looking into the laws and constitution oi the empire. v There was a Sen- 17 W the south; a House of Eepresentatives! comprising twenty members, ten representing the north and ten the south. There was a Supreme Court and a Court of Common M - leas. rheres were magistrates, shenffa, proved bv the SuTserintendenl for Tvcoon a majonty dttwo-tniras carried a measure empnauo ueranon, at tne cna oi everr fJJl the Policio. Court (in ronjuncttoh 'the Bu- cenis eacn jot tne issuincfoi summonses.4 Ap- iC. Supreme-Court, here they vould be heard by the Chief Justice --.(in cSmuiution with (lie by (ta conjunction V.iwnnnorin To: seenra '.the observanco i,., of these refmlationsKin?? Camtibell I. raised o o 1 a stanjrjtiplad guards aril pickets fTJ,"16 ST fV?, VZ$an totlartd!under vcnl;ohi3 life.' Everything, being thus established to ,hii .satisfaction, hS convened his Cabinet together and issued Iho 1 following ti.:. . i -. i w . . paocxAiiAnoH.- '4 . "Whereas, we through theroodness of God. the Supreme Being, hare prospered upon this I island; and whereas we feel now thenmuenco of the boon of freedom, which we believe em- anated from God, . Therefore, I, Tunis G. Campbell, Agent of doned Lands for St Catherine's and Ossabaw Islands, by virtue' of the authority vested in me, by the "President of theTJniied States' and Brigadier General Saxton," do issue, this my; proclamationat'the '.peopledo assem- ble on December -5, 18G5."at their churches, and invoke divine aid' and return thanks for His great 'mercy in ' delivering ' ua from tho bond of slavery, and all other mercies vouch safed to, us. ' ' ' "' ' . In testimony whereof, I have hereunto act my hand and seaL Trxis G. Campbell, Superintendent. J -tHowald, Secretary. " It was only with great difficulty that Geno- I ral Tilson succeeded in, deposing Tycoon r.U from hi throne anFrpfinnfr Wm ttlf qualified to filL I met the. ex-monarch at Savannah, where he was .playing the Lumblo role of delegate to the Convention oi the Afri- - can "Rnificonal f!hnrr.h. aKsemKlAd in fhatritv. He seemed to'bear his misfortunes with pious equanimity, contenting himself by insinuating 1 groundless charges against the .agent of tho I T 1 1 I I 1 l T V uureau wuwuauHucceeueuxum.: jlb-w.-isu, at Sapelo Island the ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, a full-blooded Congo, attired in brown mottled blouse, dark trousers and a dirty shirt, but bearing withal an aspect . of dignihed reserve which Mr. Chase himself could hardly surpass. I restrained my risiblo tendencies, , not knowing whether Longresg might not soon reinstate him in his judicial position and thus subject me to the dj re pains and penalties of a contempt of Court. ' . ' , All tho timo the ludicrous burlesque oi government above described was going on. not a stroke of wort was done, xha mott productive cotton lands in the world were al-; lowed .; to wastoi and when, winter 'cimo' the freed men had to be fod and clothed by th an cO of power placed -in tho " hands of tho emancipated slaves, what security is thefo that Tunis GjCampbell will "not -turn Tip all ott'r Uienntrri and thaUthdsysUm ot. j-ovcrh-ment which the: nigger Tycoon established on St. Callicrine'a Island will not". bar tnui&f erred to. Washington?: 1m- Tbey have frogs in California thatweigh twenty-five.. pounds apiece. California is great on tig things. V ' -1
The Eagle [1866-1875] (Fayetteville, N.C.)
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