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Newspaper Page Text• - m * Dear Little Elinor. .. little Elinor, why will you Jo pretty things and know yon do them? cause, laughs she, the things I do Hit- von moro mine, though yon see through them. little Elinor, now, it you ically love me, why don’t you show it ? aiise, laughs she, whatever I do flskea you firmly convinced that you know it. Tl»t hans °n memory’s wall, r nneof a2im old forest, & Tbat s'emeth the heat of all. ,. At , nr itfi marled oaks of olden, ^mritiitMhe mistletoe; Sot tot the violets golden ^gSSSS3Slf m% N TeaUew from the fragrant hedge, CMuetting »II day.with the sunbeams, (.toiling their golden edge; Vot for the vines on the upland 3 lVhem the bright red berries rest, \or the pinks, nor the pale, sweet cowslip, It seemeth to me the best. I once bad a little brother. With eves that were dark and deep, Id the lip of that dim old forest He lieth in peace asleep. Eight as tlia down of a thistle, Free as the winds that blow, IV,. roved there mid beautiful summers, The summers of long ago— But his feet on the hills grew weary, And one of the autumn eves, I made for my little brother A bed of yellow leaves. Sveetly his pale arms folded JIv neck in a meek embrace. As the light of immortal beauty Silently coverod his face. And when the arrows of sunset Lodged in tho tite-tops bright, H# feU, in his saint-like beauty, Asleep by the gates of light Therefore, of all the pictures, That hang on memory’s wall, That one of the dim old forest Seemeth the best of all. r little Elinor, say, have you .keart, at all, for a faithful lover? find oat that, laughs she, pursue e all your life, and jou may discover. [Harvard Advocate. LETTER FROM WASHINGTON, new System of Telegraphing—Sontlicm rpet Baggers—The Secretary of War "Overseer of the Poor"—\o Negro I rim this \Teeb.-9Ilseellaneons News— Washington, Feb. 5,1870. •or* Telegraph and Messenger : The wires of tho National Telegraph Com ay have reached this city from New York, d the line will soon bo in operation. This mpany has secured the exclusive right to use entirely new system in the United States, own as “The Automatic System,” which it is cdicted will inaugurate a new era in tele- pbing. It is claimed that by this system as uch intelligence and bnsiness can be sent over wire as can now be sent over ten or more re* operated by the Morse system, and at a ving of one half or more in the expense of lerating the lines. This assertion is said to ive been ocnlarly demonstrated on a telegraph renit of over two thousand miles long. If be fine, and we have little reason for ibting these statements, a great step in ad- nce has been made in telegraphing; and the y for cheaper telegraphic facilities cannot be distant. D. H. Craig, Esq., formerly Gene- Agent of the New York Associated Press, now connected with the National Telegraph •mpany says: have assisted attests of onr automatic ichines, where they have been connected th 2100 miles of wire, of which 1000 miles through a heavy storm. The wire used strong upon poles having numerous other a in use bytheHor.se machines, and the etd of the writing by the automatic machine t tiro hundred word* per minute, with writ- dear, uniform, black, and far moro accu- 1 and beautiful than could possibly be writ- by any Morse operator, even at the slow of fifteen words per minute, in a circuit of miles.” Other advantages aro claimed for tho Little stem, which it is unnecessary to enumerate. wiU soon be put to a practical business test, A in the interest of cheap tolegraphic eom- uucation, every one must desire its complete It is intended to push tho lines of tho ihonal Telegraph Company through to the incipal cities of tho South without delay. I have yet to meet in Congress a decent car t-bagger. Those I have met, without excep- D > are a gross libel on the people they profess represent They put on more airs than the ptimate Senators and Representatives; they ^ more eorrnpt, more bitter in their denun- hons of the Southern people; and nre al ls to be found on the side of the extremists *njt comes to a vote. Shrewd, these men 7 he, in a business sense; keen on the scent possible dollar; bnt politically they are • Do they think there is no political here- r. Do they imagine they have a perpetual w °f political power? One would think so. solhing esn be more certain than that with completion of this reconstruction business, she restoration of the Southern States to 1 nion, these carpet-bag Senators and Rep- Istives will find the door of political prefer- nt closed with a bang in their faces. Per- 4 it Ls a knowledge of this which make these •so insolent and so aggressive now. Bnt mnch more it would have been to their ad- l«Ke had they acted a conciliatory and states- ®Mke part, at a time when such conduct U have been appreciated. They have had game in their own hands and have thrown *ay. This will cause no regrets even with people they have so cruelly misrepresented, ’opgress has passed a bill appropriating ,000 for the poor of the District of Columbia, making tho Secretary of War “ overseer of nnnp on tt.u t>? P?° T - This defeats the City Hall Ring, • 1 t<» have handled the money, and •ild have used it for political purposes. •his is tho first week for some time that we £ not had one or more negro murders: the *>_es are on their good behavior, evidently. : 18 nntlerstood the Southern Senators are the appointment of Thomas J. Durant, bonisiana, for tho vacancy on the Supreme ®*h caused by the rejection of Hoar. The ’•onri delegation is unanimous in recom- : !'• nator Drake. nnn of booksellers and stationers of this .1-> nled Prince Arthur with an elegant J'olio, bound with red Russia-leather, lined o white silk, and containing large photo- *»of all the public buildings. It was in- as follows: “Greeting: His Royal wiess. Prince Arthur, on Ids Visit to the Walof the UnitedStAtes—January 2C, 1870.” , L® } a l .° be a new deal with regard to mili- vs t' rs in the Southern States. It is to be *0 the Knaves will be discarded. °hn A. Willis, of this city, a lawyer, a close *ot, and not a politician, is prominently of for a seat on the United States Su- !£* Bench. Terry will return to Georgia, when he oneluded his business here. Georgia can ihu set very well without him. Jhi-t ° n9e V e . ste rday directed the Committee ■ t” 1 , y Affairs to inquire whether any mem- the v ee ? s °Uing cadetships at West Point or dm^ aVal Academy. If the Committee does h, ul y> w °n t the carpet-baggers catch it? the d « coin balance in the Treasury is $103,000,- ^bich is represented by ^runcates. The currency balance is elev- •aillions. bat two millions of bonds will be month for the sinking fond, •amount of unregistered coupons paid at ^5^3 f 549 7 JuIy 110 Dec ® mbe v 3 l»_1869 } Dalton. Planting Prospects in Qnitman Camp Hnnt in Early Connty. Quitman Co., Ga., February 1, 1870. Editors Telegraph and Messenger .'—Enclosed I send yon a few dots relative to the prospects of the planters of this portion of Southwestern Georgia for the present year, together with some of the many incidents of a camp hunt in Early connty in December last If we may be allowed to guess at the cotton crop for 1870 in this section, and base our cal culation upon the labor now employed and or ganized, we will be forced to place a very low estimate upon the number of bales. I know of but three planters in this whole community who have as many hands as they want, and some have none at all. Tho great scarcity of hands, doubtless, is owing, in some degree, to the hold ing back of many who expect to engage in work on the proposed railroad from Eufaula west ward towards Vicksburg. The present prospect is, that much of the fertile Chattachoochee lands will lie out this year. Heavy demand for commercial fertilizers by planters. On the evening of the 14th of December, a small party from Quitman and Clay counties packed up blankets, quilts, cooking utensils, edibles, guns, ammunition, hounds, eto., for an old-fashioned “camp hunt.” We had powder horns, blowing horns, tin horns, rye horns, and tho horn of plenty. Thus packed up for an early start next morning, late at night we re tired to sleep, to dream of the pleasures of the coming hnnt We were aroused next morning by tho roar of heaven’s artillery, and, to our sorrow and chagrin, soon the rain began to fall, gently at first, but soon the whole canopy of heaven seemed to vent a perfect flood of tears but, determined not to be foiled in our trip, the whole party were soon rigged and ready for tho word “Forward!” which was soon uttered by Capt. C., who, by tacit consent, acted as our commancjgr. ,So off we trotted through tho mud and falling billows. Two hours travel brought us to the pleasant town of Fort Gaines, thoroughly drenched to the skin and smartly chilled, and in order to restore our equilibrium, we added a few more horns to our already heavy stock. After sounding the depth of mud and water in the streets, and taking aboard a few bivalves, we again took up the line of march, at the rate of “one-twenty on a mud shell,” the rain still falling thick and fast. An other day’s travel brought us to the house of our friend Lewis Gay, than whom a more clever gentleman is unknown to ns in Early county. Being now near our hunting grounds, we halted and unpacked. Upon learning the object of our debut, our friend Gay and Dr. M. entered heartily into our hunt, and took the leadership. Tho first day’s hunt was interspersed with many laughable incidents. One of our party (who, from his corpulence, we called Fatty) rode a small, lazy mule, with an old-time saddle, the skirts of which reached nearly to the mole’s ears, and answered the double purpose of skirts and blinds, his stirrups were rickety and one longer than the other. Standing in an old field in wait for a deer, near the writer, we soon heard the hounds coming in full chase. Entering the old field, the deer was likely to flank Fatty who spurred his mule, kicked and bawled to urge him on, bnt ’twas no go. Finally he kicked off the short stump and down came Fatty with one foot passed through the long stirrup dragging mnley after him, which, with the music of hounds, the sight of deer, and the reports of several double barrels was a novel and laugha ble scene. The next day brought another outpouring of rain, which materially lessened our sport. Dur ing tho stampede for shelter one of onr party, whose legs set so digging on his mnlo, he could neither kick nor spur him without missing his side and striking his upper flank, which kept mule braying and kicking, much to tho amuse ment of the party. After night the winds be gan to blow with a vim from Jerkins’ corner. The next morning was murky and cold, with oc casional flakes of snow, and disagreeably cold. Notwithstanding the weather we took an early start, soon got a race but no venison. Onr per- sons being very cold we dismounted, built a fire to warm and wait for the dogs; while warming we began to discuss tho failures of duty, bad management, shooting, and other incidents. Mac, a faithful freedman of onr party, who had pulled off his boots to warm his feet, exclaimed: Who's burning ?” Upon examination, it was discovered that Mac’s sock was entirely scorched off, and his foot baked as brown as a nut in au tumn. I cannot close without telling of my own mis hap. Riding alone through the edge of a pond, I sndddenly roused up a doer. My horse being unruly under fire, I soon found myself astraddle of a log instead of my horse, who wouldnot givo me time to select my place on tho log. Wo killed some fine venison, and though our suc cess was not so good as we anticipated, onr sport and recreation Were magnificent. Our whole party was sadly surprised to find so many of those fine Spring and Dry Creek plantations ly. ing waste, growing up in straw and briers for the want of labor. We saw some of the cele brated Taylor plantations, containing thousands of acres of open and very rich lands, over grown with weeds and briers. Labor is very scarce there. Yours, eta, One of the Partt. Tiie President and the Esquimaux. Capt. Hall, the Arctic explorer, accompanied by E-bier-bing, his wife. Tuk-oo-li-to, and their daughter, Pun-ny, the Esquimaux family, call ed at the Executive Mansion, and the President received them in his private office. They were there nearly half an honr, during which time he conversed with the party and expressed his great pleasure in meeting such intelligent rep resentatives of their race. Capt. Hall remarked that they were the first Esquimaux that had ever visited Washington, while, perhaps, rep resentatives of every other nation and race had been weloomed at the Executive Mansion. The President handed his autograph to the little girl, for which she returned ner thanks. The visitors were subsequently escorted through the mansion and the conservatory, and expressed themselves as highly delighted with the courte sies extended, especially the interview with the President. These representatives of the Arctio region are from the vicinity of Cumberland Sound. New Method of Adjudicating Contested Election Cases in the House.—The Commit tee on Elections, by a vote of seven to four, has agreed to report a bill providing for a new method of adjudicating and settling contested election cases. Each case is to be examined and decided by a separate committee or jury oomposed of members of the House. Seven teen names aro to be placed in a hat and drawn therefrom by a blindfolded boy. The contest ants are to have the right to object to any name, the same as a criminal in the selection of a jury, but the drawing is to be continued until a number not less than nine are chosen. The object is to free, as much as possible, from partisan influences, the examination and deci sion of contested election cases. THE DEAD SECRETARY. lion. Jere S. Bluett Wings tlie Soaring At torney General. . A LETTER TO THE HON. EBENEZEB. * Correspondence of the Courier-Journal.] Washington, January 30. • The following letter has been addressed by Hon. Jere S. Black to Attorney General Hoar: Washington, January 18, 1869. Sm: I was not present in court yesterday to hear your remarks on Mr. Stanton, but to-day I was shown a newspaper report of them, which I presume to be perfectly accurate. The fol lowing paragraph has struck mo with surprise: “But it is not of the lawyer, eminent as he ij-as in the science and practice of tho law, that men chiefly think as they remember him. His service to mankind was on a higher and wider field. He was appointed Attorney General by Mr. Buchanan, on the 20th of December, 18C0, in one of the darkest hours of tho country’s history, when the Union seemed crumbling to pieces, without an arm raised for its support, when ‘without the public counsels was doubt ing, and within were fears;’ when feebleness and treachery were nniting to yield whatever defiant rebellion might demand, and good men everywhere were ready to despair of the Re public. For ten weeks of that winter of na tional agony and shame, with patriotism that never wavered and courage that never quailed, this true American, happily not alone, stood manfully at, his post, between the living and tho dead, gave what nerve he conld to timid and trembling imbecility, and met tho secret plotters of their country’s ruin with an un daunted front, until before that resolute pres ence the demons of treason an% civil discord appeared in tb6ir own shape, as at the touch of Ithuriel’s spear, and fled, baffled and howling, away.” This statement was carefully and deliberately written down before you delivered it You spoke for the American bar as its organ and of ficial head, and you addressed the highest tri bunal in the world, knowing that your words were to go upon its records and there remain forever. I take it for granted, under these cir cumstances, that no earthly consideration could mako you deflect a hair’s-breadth from the facts as you understand and believe them. The in evitable conclusion is that yon must have in your possession, or within your reach, some ev idence which convinces you that what you said is the truth, and nothing but the truth. I am sure you will excuse mo for asking you to say what that evidence is. The paper I have tran scribed from your address sounds like the au thoritative summary of a historian, as be closes the most interesting chapter of his book. You can hardly Consider the curiosity impertinent that prompts an American citizen to inquire what your judgment is founded upon. Besides I have some friends whose reputations are deeply involved in the affairs you pronounce npon with so mnch confidence. Moreover I have a personal concern in your remarks; for I was one of Mr. Stanton’s colleagues, and am as lia ble as any of them to be taken on your state ment for one of the “ secret plotters of their country’s ruin.” Be pleased, therefore, to give me the information I seek. Do you find on the records of your office any thing which shows that Mr. Stanton was in vio lent or dangerous conflict with “demons of trea son and civil discord," or any other description of demons ? Did Mr. Stanton himself ever lay claim to the heroic character yon ascribe to him, or declare that he had performed those prodigious feats of courage whilo he was in Mr. Buchanan's Cabinet ? Has any other person who was in a condition to know tho facts ever given yon that version of them which you re peated to the court ? If yes, who are the wit nesses ? What particular danger was he ex posed to which tested his valor and made his “undaunted front” a thing so wonderful in the description of it? Whoso “feebleness and treachery” was it that “united to yield whatever defiant rebellion might demand.” And how did Mr. Stanton’s courage dissolve the combination or defeat its purpose ? You say that for ten weeks “he stood man fully at his post, between the living and the dead.” Now, when the first law officer of the United States addresses tho Supreme Court on a special occasion, and after elaborate prepara tion, he is presumed to mean something by what he says. How is this to be understood ? You certainly did not intend to assert merely that he stuck to bis commission as long as he could, and gave it up only when he could not help it! Standing manfully at a post of any kind, and especially when the stand is made “between the living and the dead,'' has doubt less a deep significance, if one could but man age to find out what it is. Who were the dead, and who were the living ? And how did it hap pen that Mr. Stanton got between them ? What business had ho between them, and why did he stay there for ten weeks ? These questions you can easily answer, and tho answer is needed; for in the meantime the conjectural interpreta tions are very various, and somo of them inju rious to tho dead and living aforesaid, as well as to Mr. Stanton, who, according to your rep resentation, stood between them. I can comprehend the well-worn simile of Ithuriel’s spear; but I do not see what on earth w&3 tho use of it, unless you thought it orna mental and original, for you make Mr. Stanton by his mere presence, and without a spear, do what Ithuriel himself could not do with tha nid of that powerful instrument The angel with the spear compelled a demon to lay aside his dis guise, while a mortal man dealt with many de mons and not only made them all appear in their proper shape, but drove them “baffled and howling away” out of his “resolute presence.” I do not object to this because tho figures are mixed or because it is an extravagant outrage on good taste ; the custom of the times allows men who make eulogies on their political friends to tear their rhetoric into rags; and if you like the tatters you are welcome to flaunt them. Bat I call your attention to it in the hope that you will talk like a man of this world, and give us in plain, or at least intelligible prose a particu lar account of the very important transactions to which you refer, togother with the attendant circumstances. I suppose you have no thought of being token literally; your description of Mr. Stanton conjuring demons is only a meta phorical way you have of saying that he fright ened certain bad men. I beg you tell mo who they were and how he scared them. I repeat, that yon are not charged, end, in my opinion, conld not be justly charged, with the great sin of fabricating statements like these. You have, no donbt, seen or heard what you regard a3 sufficient proof of them. What I fear is, that yon have been misled by the false accounts which partisan writers have invented, not to honor Mr. Stanton, but to slander others. If yon had known the trnth concerning his conduct while Attorney General, and t*ld it simply, you might have done great honor to his memory. He was at that time a regular-built, old-fashioned Democratic Union saver. He be lieved in the Constitution as the fundamental law of the land, as the bulwark of the pnblio liberty, and as the only bond by which the States could be rightfully held together. He regarded liis official oath as a solemn covenant with God and his country, never to be violated under any circumstances; and he had a right wholesome contempt for that corrupt code of morality which teaches that oaths are not bind ing npon the rulers of a free country where they find it inconsistent with their interest to tioe to all parties, and especially to the subject of your well-meant, but unfortunate eulogy, re quires somo amends, to be made. It will bo for yon to say whether yon’will, or will not, ask the court for leave to witidraw that part of your speech from the record. ; Very respectfully 'ours, . , J. S. Black- To Hon. E. R. Hoar, Attorfey General. Swetlenboig. , In one of his lectures, J. W Fletcher says of Swedenborg: ( Ho arose at a time when soue manifestation of God was needed by the word—an age of cor rupt morals and stagnant faih—an age when the life had exhaled from the lurches, and the dry bones rattled, and the glxstly eye-sockets glared unmeaningly upon the nysteries of Time. He came prefigured by no porent, heralded by no convulsions. He did not dsh into the the ological atmosphere like a blzing comet, at tracting all eyes by the Strangeness of its ad vent and the lustre of its fire. Ho rose like a star, moved steadily in his appanted Orbit, and melted off into the light of haven. • From his earliest youth he did diligentb and conscien tiously that which was set befofi him. He per fected himself in all human cience, and ac- quainted himself with all the terestial develop, monts of Deity. His writing! are a library in themselves, and display-ttil most careful method and the most indomitable Energy. He was eminently conservative; he quarrelled with no church; he set himself in opposition with no organized body. He did not stand apart in all the loneliness of prophetic fury, and denounce vengeance on degenerate man. He was too catholic to found a soetj he spoke the truth intrusted to him, and left it to per meate the lives and opinions of succeeding ages. His charity was broad os the ocean which rolls its waves on every store, wide as the firmament which foldeth al’ the orbs of heaven within its ample boson. The most magnificent scholar of the jigs, he was at the same time the humblest Christian. Favored by kings, intimate with nobles an! statesmen, and the learned of every land, he vas without one particle of vanity, and labond as assiduously and devotedly as the humbled; parish priest. And as he was never exalted ibove measure, so he was never crushed by the terrors and the glories—dark visions, such is Dante never dreamed—celestial pictures, pore magnificent than ever visited the immortal Milton. Through the trackless paths of time, and tho tremendous solitudes of elbmity, he pursued his way with a courage that lever quailed, and a wing that never tired, Hisjirain never reeled as the nations of the damnedrose, rank on rank, in all the ghastly splendor ot unfading fire; his eye never blenched as the lfflg line of sapphire palaces flashed back upon bis vision the unut terable glories of Deity, lie was, of all men I have met with, the calmest/wisest, deepest. He was a profound scholar, a true Christian, a loyal subject, a magnificent pool, an unrivaled phil osopher, and a little child He has dissolved the darkness that broodedtvertho Book of Life, and from the tangled veb-work of sectarian speculation he has given as again tho Word of God. Swept by his fingea, the cathedral oigan of the universe, so long 'silent, has again sent forth a symphony, the reverberations of which are ringing yet in floating notes, and dying falls along the hills of time. He has touched with his magician’s wandtho dark waters of death and they sparkle with thcscintillations of immor tality. He has flung a bridge across the baseless, boundless chaBm which separated the present from the to come, and brought us to an innn- merable company of ingels, to the chnrch of the first born, to spirits of the just made per fect, and to our Redsemer, Father, God. He has elevated woman to her true position, and set once and forever the * perfect musio unto noble words.’ He has built up the desecrated temple of marriige, relit heaven’s fire upon its sacred shrine, and round about the porch en graved the sign and seal of heaven. Wider than Wesley, deeper than Whitfield, truer than Luther, he is the last great captain of the church militant; and &s the army with their blood-flecked banners and their dinted armor defile across the bridge of death, and range themselves, rank on rank, for tho grand review by the Lord of Hosts;—among the fore most, with peaco within lis eye, and on his brow the morning star, mail stand the calm, the cloudless, the unconquerable spirit of Emanuel Swedenborg. •- .1 FRIED -FRENCHMAN. A Dinner with tho King or the Cnnuibal Islands. Twain in the Bujfalo Express.] “Now, as regards those missionaries,” con tinued the King, reflectively, scratching his head with the fork which I had presented country was-ordered. Many sympathizing relatives and friends followed the palanqtun ani did what they could to alleviate the suf ferings of their unhappy sovereign. It turned out afterward that the sweetheart of the hrenchman had.made a surreptitious j exchange of marketing in the Bang’s kitchen ^od nd d W S Iie 5 ad t e f dyle ? rnedt0 . u f &>£OQQ deal, though not alwavs in a Rfnntlv Krwmlit » t at_ r> _ i. • a good deal, though not always in a strictly legitiinate way, “as regards those missionaries, I will say . that their landing here was unex pected, but I hastened to give them every protection. And I gave them full privilege to teach. They were the first whites that some of my people had seen, and of course bought the King’s brother from a wandering tribe that belonged in tho great wilderness at the other end of the island. She bought him purposely to make that exchange, though of course she did not know who he was. The girl and the Frenchman escaped from the island - —-- M ' to cyrimcnt unoa them! IcouH M re,-i w&T HS® taSf® sonably _deny them this little gratification, \ Frenchman. W t-hough I counselled them to practice as little cruelty upon the strangers as was compatible with a fair desire for information and the ne cessity for _ wholesome amusement Theyre- Weekly Resume of Foreign Affairs. M1EPAKED FOE THE TELEGRAPH AND MESSENGER. moved Johnson’s ears, and that was a thirnr Gre ^ t Britain.—The first assembly for en- I regretted seriously, until it was explainedto c ? The Negro Vanishing. Since the Tribune ias said we could better spare Africa than Dr Livingstone, tho value of tho African is likolyto bo fixed at a just esti mate. Colonel Bloaton Dnucan, in a recent speech in Kentucky, showed that tho negroes of that Stato were last diminishing in numbers, and now wo leam from the Auditor’s report that the blacks of Kentucky who, in I860, num bered 236,107, now number 140,455, a falling off of nearly one-lalf in nine years, or an ac tual loss of noariy 100,000. At this rate, the last Kentucky nqgro will soon be reached. The white population of Kentucky in 1860 was 920,000, and as they so largely overshadow the blacks, there is no need of their showing so much fear that the blacks, having the suffrage, will override the whites. The ne gro vote cannot exceed 25,000, and if that vote went to tha Republican party in Kentucky, it would still leave the Democratic party a gigan tic majority. The nejroes have their first vote in that Stato at the iugast election, provided tho Fifteenth Amendnentis adopted before that time, and the fact thlt they thus vote, will call out a full opposition vote. The Louisville Jour nal, disenssing this question, says there is a chance that tho Radicals and the negroes will elect the next Congressman from that district, and it prefers a “kind hearted negro” for Con gress “to many of the white Radicals it could couraging emigration to Canada and other colo- moThara^roaTchief’slittlcTsick'cldfd'de^cd I* Housei theLord them to play with—and if you could have seen ^don presiding. name.”—If. Y. Commercial Advertiser. Western 1’iess Telegrams. I New Yobk, February 5. AN INDISOmilNATE BATTLE. Two scoundrels, assisted by a couplo of hun dred thieves and mardorera, mashed each other for an honr and a half, near the PaliMhJes, yes terday. Dempsey, tho favorite with betting men, was badly beaten, ant whon the referee, Jerry Mulligan, announce^ the result of the fight, the mob drew knivesand pistols, and be gan an indiscriminate battle among themselves.' Several men were badly woinded, and the whole party returned to the metropolis breathing mu tual vengeance toward each other. i GBEAT RAID ON WALL STREET. i Assessor Webster’s great raid on Wall street street formally closed yesterday, in Judge Pier- pout’s office. On Thursday nioming a commu nication, containing an order of distribution of the amount recovered from the brokers, was received from Washington. The. order gives the Assessor §24,000 as his moiety. Tho Assis tant Assessor, and the various officers i of the courts, are to receive small sums as fees for prosecuting the respective oases. About $70,- 000 have been paid by the defendants in court. BEARDING THE LION IN HIS DEN. ' Webster will begin war upon August Belmont and the foreign bankers next week. This class have not paid any tax whatever on their capital in active use, although it is known that they transact business amounting in the aggregate to tneynnaKinconsisrem mast interest to hundreds of millions of dollars in a yfar. Tho keep them. He nmforimy behaved with “mod- legal nanen and returns necessarvto institritn est stillness and humility,” except when his opinion was asked, and then he spoke with be coming deference to others. From that part of his life at least you might, by telling it, truly have derived a “lofty lesson” indeed. But this quiet, unpretending, high-principled Demo cratic gentleman is converted by your maladroit oratory into a hectoring bnlly of the abolition school, rampaging through the White House and around the Department, trying to frighten people with big looks; I beseech you to re-examine your authorities. If you still think them sufficient to sustain you, I cannot doubt your willingness to communicate them for the scrutiny of others who are inter ested. If, on the contrary, you shall be satis fied you have made a great mistake, then, jus- legal papers and retains necessary to institute proceedings against these bankers are in pre paration, and are to be filed next week. Washington Cot, February 5th. GRANT STILL OBSTINATE. President Grant is decicedly opposed to ap pointing a man from the Southern Circuit on the Supreme Bench. Ail effort is being made to secure the appointment of James F. Wilson, of Iowa, to whom the President offered several places in'his Cabinet; THE MISSISSIPPI LEVIES. The Senate Committee on Commerce met to day, and considered among other things, the levees of the Mississippi, and .finally determined and referred the matter to a sub-committee con sisting of Messrs. Buckingham and Kellogg.- **»(* e/ej ,-asj m'isoTj iioW much more contented and restful the poor young thing was after it acquired them you would have felt how blessed a thing it is to be able to contribute to the happiness of even a little child.” . “It was the impulse of a generous heart— it was a spirit of liberality as rare as it is beautiful. And how did Johnson like it ?” “Oh, Johnson said it was the will of God. It was like Johnson to say that. But the missionaries were right well treated on tho whole. Tho natives tried various interesting experiments upon them, such as scorching them, and scalping them, and all that sort o thing, and I killed one of them myself; not m malice, but because I had a curious caprice to see how he would go with onions. He was a failure. . Old and tough. Underdone, my tcahine said—a shade too venerable, I said. Give me pungency and tenderness for a com bination. Onions and infancy is my idea of comfort. You people don’t know how to cook. N<l as I was saying, the Kanakas ex perimented a good deal on the missionaries in the interest of science, and the experiments were generally fatal, though I urged them not to waste the missionaries, for we could not know when we would have another lot. But among those that survived was Williams, and it was he that wrote home those damaging re ports to your country, in which he spoke of the treatment of his brethren in a peevish, fault finding spirit, ill-becoming his sacred calling. I suppose your people believed every word of it, and just jumped to the conclusion that we were a base, inhospitable race. Never ex plained about Johnson’s ears, perhaps?— never told why I killed that other fellow?— confound me, it does seem to me that some people take pleasure in misrepresenting things, and bringing obloquy npon their fellow crea tures. Sometimes I feel as if I had rather be dead and at rest. The world seems so shame less in its judgments, and one’s, life is so em bittered by the malicious criticisms of those whose hearts are not in sympathy with him.” “It teas pitiful in that Williams after all you had done for his party.” “I should say so! But never mind, let’s be cheerful, any way. How are you making out? Let me help you to a fried plantain. Take some more of the pup? No! Try some of the human being ? By George, this fellow is done to a charm. You’ll like him. He was a Frenchman—splendid chap—young, and hale, and hearty—beautiful to look upon. Do you prefer white meat or dark? Let me help you to some of the breast? Ah, me, I have known this youngster for thirteen years— fished with him, swam with him, sailed with him, gave a couple of my sisters and four aunts to him. I loved him. He was always good. He is good now.” Taking up a fragment of his late brother- in-law, the King took a bite, and then gazed long and pensively upon the remainder, till by-and-b^ the muscles of his mouth began to twitch with emotion, and presently two or three great tears swelled from his eyes and coursed down his cheeks. Then, in a choking voice, he murmured: “Alas, they have fried him f” I laid down the breast-bone of deceased, and burst into tears also. Such is the sympathetic power of grief. It was nothing whether they fried him or boiled him; it was nothing to me how this poor foreigner was cooked; I was only eating him out of vain curiosity, and not because I loved him,, not because 1 respected him, not because I wished to curry favor with his relatives. Yet I wept “They have fried him!” said the King. “Alas, poor Gaultier. However, let us cheer up; let us be content. ,-rBut I will have my cook for breakfast, and I will fiy him, and see how he likes it. There is nothing like a sharp example to teach a man, my friend. But don’t bo idle, sir; take some moro of thefried Frenchman, I ought to be ashamed to offer you such a dish, but you see how I am situ ated. He ought to have been baked—this follow ought. We always bake a Frenchman; we never think of firing him. But I wish you had known this fellow—so kind, so gentle, so loving; and you see yourself how tender lie is. But that Williams business; I wish you would straighten that up for me when you go back to America. If your people could omy know the facts in the case, they would not blame me. It is a little hard, after I have spent aU these years in building up a good name, to have it all knocked in the head by this shabby adventurer; Now, what he called a ‘hideous revel,’ and a ‘feast of devils,’ and all sorts of vile and wicked names, was nothing in the world, I give you my sacred honor, but a timple barbecue—seventeen old crippled na tives, no account Under the sun, just an ex pense to the community, and T fricassed them to give a little treat to some visiting town chicfo (aldermen you call them in your country) who were here for a day or two from the Fejee Is£nd. Tp&st of devils,’ indeed—made of dried and skinny old rapscallions that the island is a thousand times better off without, and I am sure it was honorable in us to be hospitable to those strangers. Though be tween you and me it was an awful swindle on them—though, oh, don’t mention it! suffering among those .chiefs, you never'saw the like of it in your life 1 Now, Twain, you see how much truth there was iu Williams’s statements—all that row about nothing. You can Eet this thing right in your country—you can do it easy—simply just explain the facts, and anything I can do for you I’ll do it—you can depend on me. Send me a copy of your weekly. I can’t read it, but a little literature can’t hurt a man anyhow. Caesar’s ghost!” “Oh, heaven! what is the matter, your gracious majesty ?” * “Oh, misery 1 oh, murder! oh, despera tion!” Oh, toTiat is it, your imperial majesty! I beseech you?” He had sprung to his feet, and his fixed eyes were staring wildly at the fried meat before him. “Oh, my brain reels ? This hair a French man’s hair? There must be some mistake! A horrid suspicion burst upon me 1 Ah what is this I see ?—this thing—this accusing mark I A strawberry op the left arm!—\t is, it is my long lost brother!” Alas, it wag even so. It was his long lost brother—what was left of him. < Poor fellow, he was only fit to be shoveled into a basket and given to the pow, now. cholera morbus and indigestion and general Authentic reports regarding the provincial suffering among those Chiefs, von nolersaw S 1 ® 041 ?? 8 not ? et rea< : bed Madnd * To judge A new submarine cable is to be laid between Panama and Payta, in Peru, along the Pacific coast of South America. The Times, commenting on tho purchase of Domingo, argues that the United States Gov ernment has finally adopted a policy of annexa tion. The people of England, the writer con tinues, though not at all interested in it, are justly surprised at this annexation, adding still more classes of negroes to those which are al ready giving so much trouble to the “Great Re public.” The Alabama negotiations, according to the Pall Mall Gazette, are suspended. The suit of Jecker, of Mexican memory, against the English “credit foncier,” is pend ing before the Chancery Court. The suit was instituted to recover half a million of pounds sterling, which the defendants had promised to advance the Mexican Mining Company. Jecker is a wealthy French banker, whose financial complications with the Mexican Government led to the Mexican expedition. France.—The debates concerning the Franco- English commercial treaty in the Corps Legis late have resulted in favor of its prolongation. For some time past already the protectionists, mostly residing in the north of France, had or ganized mass demonstrations in the great manu facturing cities, with a view of inducing the government to give England timely notice that the treaty which expired on February 4th would be discontinued. At the same time, the free traders in the South of France, where the wine growers have been greatly benefitted by the treaty, declared energetically in favor of its re- newal. But the government, strictly adhering to the new political programme, declined to in terfere in any way, thus leaving the decision with the legislative power of tho country. Emile Ollivier, the Premier, is leaning towards the Protectionists; but as this question threat ened to break up tho new Cabinet, Emile Olli- vier, sacrificing his personal opinions, in an im portant speech, defended the principles of free trade, which modem political economy has pointed out to be the only course to develop all the natural resources of a country. Only thir ty-two deputies voted against the treaty, though Schneider, President of the Corps Legislatif, de nounced the English, who, as he asserted, had instigated the strike of La Grenzot. It is true many branches have suffered from the treaty, but others have been greatly bene fitted, and npon the whole, the commerce of France has received a wonderful impulse since the date of commercial liberty with England. In the Chambers the opinion is therefore pre vailing that laws, checking the import of En glish goods, will not conjure the stagnation now weighing upon French industry. France could very well compete with her rivals did not the enormous budget for the standing army consume her strength. The repeal of the treaty, proba bly, would have rendered the situation still worse, if England retaliating, had levied again a high duty upon French silks and wines and tho so-called Parisian fancy good3. On tho other hand tho majority of the country think also that liberty at home necessitates liberty abroad to remove all obstacles obstructing the free inter course of nations. Tho organization of tho new company for piercing the Isthmus of Darien has been com pleted. Four Frenoh and many American bank ers are heading the enterprise. The company will start the work at onco after having received the report of the American Commission which is examining the locality now. North German Confederation.—Tho Prus sian Minister of Trade having consulted the Chambers of Commerce as to the plan of an annual international exhibition in London, the merchants of Berlin have pronounced against it. They object to the proposed division of the space and other details of the scheme. If an nual exhibitions are to be held, they urge as a proper place a neutral and more central capital, as Brussels for instance, which can be reached both from France and Germany with less incon venience and expense. Tho committee of man agement, too, must bear an international char acter. Tho exhibition, according to the present plan, would be essentially English, with an in considerable appendix of foreign goods. The commission of North German lawyers who had been appointed to prepare the draught of a new criminal code for tho Confederation under the presidency of the Minister of Justice concluded their labors. A copy of the revised draught was forwarded to the Chancellor of the Confederation. The penalty of death has been retained. The endeavors of the Duke of Coburg-Gotha to unite the two States under his role have fre quently been frustrated by the petty jealousy of their inhabitants. Though the whole population of both Duchies scarcely exceeds 180,000 souls, they have had till lately separate ministries and a separate administration. The govern ment has now resolved to put a stop to this most absurd state of things. The ministry of Coburg has consequently been abolished, and the administration of the Duchy committed to the charge of Mr. Schwendler, the minister of Gotha. Spain.—An exciting scene took place between Senor Figueras, one of the Republican leaders, and General Prim, in the Spanish Cortes. The former justified the late Republican rising, by asserting that it had been but a well-directed act of the people to defend its rights violated by the Government; and he added, emphatically, that the so-oalled insurgents, killed by the troops, had been brutally murdered. “When General Prim, rising, demanded a retraction of this in sulting declaration, Figueras refused it. The affair, probably, will be settled by a duel. Authentic reports regarding the provincial from the little we know, the Government seems to have secured a decided majority in the Cor tes. Tbe Duke of Montpensier, who had been nominated a candidate for the city of Oviedo, was defeated. The Spanish consulates in Mobile, Galveston, Charleston, and Sydney, as well as the vice-con sulates in Savannah and the City of Mexico have been abolished. Italr.—The deliberations of the Roman Council are progressing very slowly. There were rnmore announcing the death of Pius IX, circulating in Rome, which, however, proved to be unfounded; but he had another epileptic fit, to which, from time to time, he is subject. The same uncertainty about the dogma of in fallibility still prevails. While many correspond ents assert that the dogma will be proclaimed, we hear from other sources that the whole Council, in view of the strong opposition to in- f&libility, is to be adjourned sine die in a little while. The Council was notified ot the decease of the Bishop of Vera Cruz. The Pope had declined to reoeive an address, signed by 137 Bishops, protesting against tbe proclamation of infallibility. The Archbishop of Algiers had left for Paris, to ascertain the views of Napoleon HI, in ref erence to the Counoil. the history of the Church, against the aims of Romo, had caused great indignation in tho Vat ican. The attitude of the German Bishops generally who, though comparatively- small in number, wield a vast influence over their flocks at renders the Papal party very uneasy. It is even intimated that eventually the German government will support them in any dispute .with the Holy See. The Ex-Grand Duke of Tuscany, Leopald II, died in Rome, 73 years old. Jabko. A Thrilling Adventure of an old New< York Merchant. One of our oldest merchants, who is soon to pass away, and who formerly carried' on busi ness in Beaver street, residing—as it was the custom in old times—over his store, tells the following thrilling narrative, which he occasion ally relates with wonderful effect: “A party had been collected at his house to give eclat to one of those little family festivals which bright en the dark trace of life and cheer the human heart in every clime. It was his daughter’s wedding day; crowds of her young acquain tance circled round her, and as the father gazed proudly on the face of the young bride, he wished as bright a prospect might open for his other children who were gamboling merrily among the crowd. Passing through the pass age connecting the lower rooms, he met the servant maid, an ignorant country wenoh, who was carrying a lighted tallow oandle in her hand without a candlestick. He blamed her for this dirty conduct, and went into the kitchen to make somo arrangements with bis wife about the supper table; the girl shortly returned with her'arms full of ale bottles, but without the can dle. The merchant immediately recollected, that several barrels of gunpowder had been placed in his cellar daring the day, and that his foreman had opened one of the barrels to select a sample for a customer. “Where is your can dle ?” he inquired, in the utmost agitation. “I couldn’t bring it up with me, for my hands were full,” said the girl. “Where did you leave it? ’ “Well, I’d no candlestick, so I stuck it into some black sand that’s there in one of the tnbs.” The merchant dashed down the cellar steps; the passage was tong and dark, and as he groped his way on his knees, threatened to give way under him, his breath was choked, and his flesh seemed suddenly to become dry nnd parched, as if he already felt the suffocating blast of death. At the extremity of the passage, in the front cellar, under the very room where his children and the friends were reveling in felici ty, he discerned the open powder barrel, full almost to the top—the candle stuck lightly in the loose grains, with along red snuff of burnt- out wick topping the small and gloomy flame. This sight seemed to wither all his powers, and the merry laugh of the youngsters above strnck upon his heart like the knell of death. He Btood for some moments, gazing npon the light, una ble to advance. The fiddler commenced a live ly j*g> and the feet of dancers responded with increased vivacity; the floor shook with their exertions, and the loose bottles in the cellar jingled with the motion. He fancied the can dle was moved, was falling!—with desperate energy he dashed forward; bat how was he to remove it? The slightest touch would cause the- small live coal of wick to fall into the loose powder. With unequalled -presence of mind, he placed a hand each side of the candle, with the open palms upward, and the distended fin gers pointed toward the object of his care, which, as his hands gradually met, was secured in the clasping or locking of his fingers, and safely removed from the head of the barreL When he reached the head of the stairs, the ex citement was over; he smiled at the danger he had conquered ; but the reaction was too pow erful, and he fell into fits of most violent and dreadful laughter. He was conveyed senseless to bed, and many weeks elapsed ere his nerves recovered sufficient tone to allow him to resume his habits of every day life.” Row in a Menagerie. — The Connereville (Ind.) Times says: “On Friday last, about three o’clock, and during the absence of the keeper, Frank Nash, the elephant Jenny Lind, belonging to the Van Ambnrgh Menagerie, now wintering in this city, determined to free her self from bondage and exhibit herself free of charge. Her first performance was to try if it were possible to upset the building in which she- was confined, but finding she was unable to push tho solid masonry from its solid founda tion, she seized the zebra, which stood in close proximity, deliberately lifted the frightened aeast out of his stall with her trunk, held him poised in mid-air, then dashed him violently to the ground. Not satisfied, one of the sacred cattle shared tha same fate. Everything was in the wildest confusion; lions, tigers and all the wild beasts, terrified by her nnusual fury, made the building echo with roars and yells, trying to burst their bars and escape. Mr. Win ner, the lion-tamer, tried, both by coaxing and threatening, to pacify her Majesty until the re turn of her keeper, bnt without success, and at one time Mr. Winner says she made her ehains ting like a harp-string. If she had succeeded in escaping, she would havo instantly demolish ed the dens containing the animals, and the damage they would have done in the surround ing country could not be realized. Word was instantly sent to her keeper, Mr. Nash, and he arrived on the scene just in time. Her Royal Highness was so blinded by her xage that she did not recognize him, as usual, by his foot steps; bnt, tho moment she heard his -voice, accompanied by his terrible spear, he forced her to immediate subjection, and she trembled and begged for mercy most pitiably.” How a Man Married His Own Sister.—The Dedham Patriot says that a marriage once took place at Canton, Massachusetts, under the fol- owing circumstances: The bridegroom, when quite a small boy, ran away from his parents, who lived in Lower Canada. In process of time, the father died, the mother married again, and tbe fruits of this union were several daughters. The daughters grew up, and the parents not having the means to support them, they went to work in factories. One strayed to Canton factory, where, by a fortuitous cir cumstance, the runaway happened to be at work. He soon became acquainted with this girl, and before a full history of each other’s origin was developed, married her. In a few days it was ascertained that they both had one mother. This, of course, greatly confused and astonished both parties, from which arose strong conscientious scruples as to the propri ety of brother and sister living together in a state of matrimony; and upon mature consid eration, they resolved mutually to dissolve their connection as man and wife. L-, The King fell to the floor insensible. He grew worse and! The protest of Dr. DcelUnger, the greatest worse, and. the next day his removal to the German' authority in matters connected with- The Lessons of the Past Season.—The sea son just closed, though an unfavorable one in some localities and for certain crops, proved, on the whole, measurably satisfactory—an am ple sufficiency of food for man and beast hav ing been produced in the country. The suc cesses of onr farmers should encourage them, and even their failnres may be made profitable if they will but wisely heed the lessons they are intended to enforce. It seems to us that the plainest of these lessons are: 1. Drainage has been too much neglected. During a portion of the season, in some parts of the country, the crops were completely drowned. In most cases a system of drainage, not very difficult or expressive to put ia preo- tico, would have prevented all loss from this cause, and given excellent crops where so little has been realized. 2. Deep ploughing and thorough cultivation aro perfect preventives of injury from ordinary drouths. Reports from drouth-parched regions last year declared the crops “in fair condition on lands well worked.” This lesson is so im portant that we shall oontinuo to reiterate it in some form till it shall be impressed upon the minds of our farmers. The experience of thou sands confirms it. Let our planting friends remember these les sons in making their plana and preparations for the present year.—Juonro* Adver. The walls ot Constantinople, completed fif teen osntaries aao by the Emperor Theodosius, are to be pulled down and their stones employed in various municipal improvements.