Indiana American, Volume 6, Number 34, Brookville, Franklin County, 16 August 1867 — Page 1

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UleeHiy lui'ufin fthieriea..?, tCUIsaiD XT1KT IX19AT BT Cn,-3INCnÄn:, Prcprlctor.

la national Sank Eulldbp, , ', (third story.) ; : nr.:.:s of sü:script!OMi t3,C3 PFRYEAn,! ABTAict. C3.CJ " !F KOT FAID II IDfAXCK. CT rssta-ra Otj papers deürered witbin this Ccanty. , couciff coo's whiskers; Thers ata sorao peoplo io tela world with rhom the art of contradiction really assumes the dignity of a scienco: it is so perfectly understood tod bo constantly carried out that I can only fmsgine it to be, tha result of deep thought and refleotion. A little obstinacy, now, onco in a while,' is only a sort af commendable self respect; but why peopb trill insist upon fcavu ihtit own way about a thing fox no other purpose than because it is their own way, when it is a self-evident fact that some ooe else' wsy is decidedly preferable, i 'a meta-phyaical problem which it would require wiser heads than mine to olve. Such people always remind me of certain river, which took an odd, unreasonably sort of a bend, and which the benign government 'deemed it best to straighten. A Smooth and commodious channel waa prepared forthwith, and every tnearia taken to induce this unruly stream to proceed in the way of the righteous. All in vain: the disloyal waters refused any such accomodation, and persisted' in fretting and fuming along in their own rough way beneath the clitF, where a rebellious little city sat deQantly perched, tormenting their unhappy waves with the hot and ihH of a terrible conflict. And yet I think it would bo decidedly caster to mansgo the Mississippi than to sy managing a heal strong girl; and of all headstrong giil Ncttio Leo is tho wetl, superlative foil t) cxpro her willfulness.It tent provoking. Everybody had considered it a settled thing for a long time every since they were children in fact, Hubert and she had Leon "cut out" for each other, and (or the la C year of two they were thought to be a good n engaged; end no, when the poor fellow returned from college, with all sorts f honors and capital letter to hi nunc, she wsajuat barely civil, and., nothing more. Kverybody cl-o wu craiy with delight at hi arrival. Auntie hud talked of nothing clo but thi for weck; uncle me a grand upper in honor of tha ani!odful graduate; halt o the t(irl were desperately In luve 1'tforo he h id been homo thrra dsts; and Nettie willful Nettie, fur whom alone he hud eye ur ear wu in the depths of flirtation with lliat detestable Tutu KU!, wltoaa grnut led whikir might serre a torches I'urChiiron himself. "How cmi j'iu treat Dub so. unkindly. Nellie?' I kcd one night, when we were alone in our room, l kuoic you , like him." . . '0( course I like him," wa her demure reply; "1 have a greut couliily trgird for bun; and he hits always been irry kind to me, why shouldn't I like him? ' Then why do you treat him so budl? .Why do you tliit with that odiou rod whikered Dili, when you no it make liob so furious that ho told me (hi evening hetiaoM scarcely refrain from kicking him oui?" Which would havo been a very gantlcmanly way of treating father's guest, I am uro,"sald Nuilio ironically. "Come, Fan, we'ie very good fii,nd; but don't undertake to fight Hob's battle's for him he bus plenty to do that already. A for Mr.' Klli, it I choose to fancy his society, Hubert has iiu right to complain, much loa to inult hint about my inclination. 80 there, Fan, don't trouble your poor little laud about tho matter. tWln Hob and I have loo many friends interested in our welfare already more than we require, I arsuro you." This wasall tho satisfaction that could be got Irom Nettie; and although she luoto than onco intimated that it was none of my business, I couldn't help intcirccding now and then, for poor ,llob, who looked so lackadaisical and miserable that very ono left sorry for him. "it i only out of contradiction, Hob cr,V I said Consolingly, one evening, ss Nettie departed for a ride with Mr. KU if. "I aw sure sho cannot like that horridlooking tn. 1 " "Da you really think Mm baJ looking, Finnic?! aikcd Itob, much relieved.. "He baa such a iplendcd pair of whiskers?" "Splended!" I exclaimed, "Splendid! X tblnk theot friuhtrul." 'Almost ivcrv ono admire litem," said Hob, with a sigh. "I beard Nettie say, (he othdr day, she hated to sco a. man with a girl's face," ho continued, rubbing Iiis smooth chin. ; "She knew you wero listening, llob, and sid it lo tease you. I think sie beard ameihing about your admiration for Misn. liUlin, and if having her reveogo. Miss Kuphemia Billings was ono of Uob'a Collen flames and a young lady of omewhat literary turn a great admirer of Tennyson and Drowning, whoso works liob still possessed, as sho bad returned them to him, with her comment inscribed in a very delicate hand on the margin. For my part, although I have sUsya been rather ashamed to acknowledge it, 1. never could appreciate tho fashionable style of poetry. I luppoae, as Mia.Lucinda says;, it is because my mind is uncultivated; but the ideas alwsja seui so misty sod wjs terious, and tbo world.so very wrong-aide out, that I find the whole affair it generally quite beyond my comprehension. But Miss Billings was intellectual. Her tniod waa a perfect hot-bed of cultivation, where-all ort of knowledge flourished in a surprising degree. Bob's edition of the "EnglUh l'oeta" was inscribod with her dainty littlo comments: "How touching!" "Too truel 'Isweetly tenderl" making it in tny opinion, quite invsluablo as a book of interpretation. Of course such an etheria), poetical creature could caver be guilty of anything 10 mundane as a flirtation; atill young Mr. Jameson had always been one of Iter moat valued friends, and La was'evca suspected of belpg the subject of one of her odes, commencing, ".My friend, when other ties are thine!" which 1 think was auOlciant to excuao NcUio'a con duct In a measure. However, the memory of poor Miss Billings bad vanished, as sho herself would bare aiid, "Like night before the dawn," and tho suooy, roguish sparkling witch of

VOL. 0. NO. 31. a Nettie bad him bound heart and soul to her chariot of triumph, and seemed utterly unconscious or indifferent to the tor ture ihe was inflicting. ' - ' "She'll drive mo to dc-peration yet, Fannie. I can't say what will bo tbe result if that red-whiskerei fellow 'hangs around here much longer." , "Then why don't you retaliate, ' you foolish fellow? Go flirt with Dora Dudley, or some other girl, and make bcliove you don't care." "I can't" said Robberf, ruefully "I haven't the heart. Til call that Ellis out yetl Look at them now,' be continued, with a despairing glance- at Nettie; "sbo a going to sing for him bis favorite air, "Love's Chidings,' confound himl 1 asked her to sing iiv aon the other evening I meant that littlo air that sho u&ed to sing so divinely last summer and will you boIievo it, ran, the sat down to tho piano and commenced 'Bobbin Bound, and of course all the girls commenced to ' titter." Uf eourso 1 believed It. for Nettio was dreadful enough for anything; and when her uncle and aunt went to town lor a few days, leaving her roidtress of the bouse she became, if possible, more tormenting than ever. Lut tho emus came at last. One evening when Nettie wss entertainingievcral of herfiiend Mr. Klüsainong tho number in her own bright way, and acting towards Uub with the i;iot faultier politi'tic', a mcsfcfiger called him to tho door, and we saw him no imito that evoning. Subsequently I heard tho txior fellow walking; up.itairs in hi rtudy, and foil that bo won truj";lifir with ti e "urccneyed monster" that hud uclt complete pocifioti if him. I looked reproachfully at Nettie.' tS ho appeared serenely uncousciou, and I wondered mentally what fort of a conscience shu had. The next inornint! ut break fjit Bob wss invisible, and Nettie, us miotic- of the hnu.oe, sent Lucy, attntioV Kiilih tttsid, to cull him. Lucy returned looking quite alarmed. l'lcunoj ml, I knocked as hard as 1 could, and Mr. Hubert didn't answer; ho only groaned." "Oroancd!" I exclaimed in horror. "Oh Ncltiel". ., "Nonne!" replied the Impcrturablo young bidy. "It wan probably a snore you heard, Lucy. Ho call him oaiu and say 'that brvaklut I gelling cold." "i'icuxtt, tili., I'm al'iuid he's hill. He grouns iiiont dreadful." "Notifioiiatf," rclutncd Nettie; go do äs I tell you. Fannie, don't te such n little ooej you look frightened to deuth.' "Oli, Nctiii! how van you he k cool about it' He hts threatenvd to d ) s inothing defpt rale for a long limn. Who knows luthe has taken, stryc ImiijO, charcoal or something of tho soil? He was peifocily fuiiou last niyht. I heard him Walking his study like a madman." "Upon my wotd. Fannio Fsirie," Nettio replied. "1 gave you ciciJit for more et.su, Hob bus overslept liitiihclf, and ou turn it into a ttaeJy or suicide. Well, Lucy, did you cull him nt'iaV ' "I did, Mi, ho said omething ur other 1 didn't exactly utidurktund. It sounded very much like swearin,' Mit." "llo's in a good Cranio of mind, for a journey to tlie oilier world. Come, Fan, lul l luvu brcakfant without my lord this morning. Ho will come down when ha is rcudy ptobubly." But Nettie, in s-pito of her bravery, bad no appetite, and I win thoroughly alatmcd although 1 kept a quito as poxKible. "J em going to call Hohen ugtiu'Nettie," I said, alter breakfast ".I am afraid there is itioto tbun you think tl:o matter with him. "As you please, " she replied, assuming un air of utter iudiir-rcncü, though she had become, I saw plainly, quite ncrvou and Udcty. "Vuu may suggest that 110 break tact wilt bo procurubiu after ten. That may ben powerful inducement with our slumberous princu.'' ' I axeended to Bob'a room andcommcnocd a vigoroui tattoo oil the door panel. No anowvr. 1 called repeatedly, but all wat silent. "Are you sick, Cousin Bobcrt? For Heaven aako what is tho matter? ' Not a sounJ answered my excited appeal Tcrritlod beyond measure, and trembling with all sorts of dreadful apprehensions, 1 returned to Nettie, determined to vent my feelings on her, wboo eruul conduct had, I was confident, driven Robert to tho committal of somo fearful deed. 1 was nearly truck dumb with ameiumont at finding that Incomprehensible girl, with her head against the window-pane, sobbing like the veriest baby. Nettie Leo iu tears, and a subdued as a nunl My resentment vauished like amoks; my arms wero around her in an instant, hi bright head resting on my shoulder, as I whispered "Dou't, Nettie darling don't cry an! ' l'erhspa, after all, there ia nothing the matter." "Thero ist there is! I know thore il Oh, Fannie! Fannie! and to think that I am the causo of it alll" I really thought sho ws; but I wai ao aitonlhed at the melting of this icicle, that I hadn't the heart to sree with her. "I never cared for Tom Kllis nevcrl" bhe sobbed, with her face hid on my shoulder, "1 liked Bob better than any one also in the world always always; but everybody talked so much about it and seemed to think it all settled, when we were not even formally engaged, that I dctormincd to let thetu seo I was not to be so easily won.'" . "Nettie! Nettie dearest! do you mean it?" said a sepulchral voice behind us; and wo shrieked in concert, for thore was Bob standing in bis study-door, . looking like a wounded soldier his face all tied up with innumerable bmderehicf, but his great eves fairly dancing with delight. "Oouuin Bob," I commenced severely, "I should like to know what you mean by such conduct. You have nearly frightoud us to death." 'Say it again, Nettie!" said Robert, utterly uncooscious of my wruth. "Hay just onco moro that you don't liko Tom Kllii and that you du liko mo jutt a little."

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"ueuer man any one in toe world you afi.-fl f . t aa said before, you know, Nctt," .1 added wickedly. Poor Nettie! She was completely cor ocred.' All her independence and eauci nesa wero gone, and she stood convicted by her own , confession,' which Robert wicked wretch, ' had heard distinctly through his study-door, when wo thought he was up in Lis bed-room, killed, woun ded or poisoned. Poor littlo Nett! She boro her defeat liko a Veteran, and did just the only thing sho could do plead guilty, übe put both her hands in Bob's and told him she did liko hitn Just a little and the unconscionsblo fellow, made her say "better than any one else." and the poor littlo culprit was foolish enough to say that top. Bear me! I wouldn't havo believed it of Nettie. And theo 1 thought it timo to conio in with a little practical common' sense. 'So 1 requested Mr. Rob ert to explain Lis conduct.., . ;"What ia the matter with. your face?" said I. "I suppose it looks glorified to httt, but to me it looks very much fly blitttrcd. What did you groan and swear for this morning, when poor Lucy went to cull you to' breakfast? and when I almost knocked my knuckles out on your door, wiiy uiuu t you voucusale an an swer?" "What is tbo matter with your face, Robert?" f-aid Nctt, just a wskculoß to the tact that it looked like a rare beefsteak. 'So it hi said Bob, looking very foolish, "it a enough to make a fellow swear "Confound it," I added, consolingly, "but whut did it ? You look aa if an incxpeiienced Indian had vnsaycd to scalp you and com nie need by w,sy ot variety at tho chin., But what did il?' ' Don't laugh at me, Nettie," Bob pleaded, regard Ices of my cffoit at wit "it was all for your sake." "I told you so, Nctt," I exclaimed ivtto vnre. "lies been trying suicide t fa Vuinanthe' "You timlf so much fun of my smooth face, you know." Nutlio looked very contrite und roiiK-icnco stricken-"and said that you hnitd giilUli-looking men, and I " "I didn't mean it though," said Nett, penitently. "Didn't your said Bob, delighted; ''but I thought you did, and some swindling rat-cat I'd just liko to got hold of him!" he went on, feroeiounl y "ad vertiaed a toccipt for making whixkers grow inn few weeks, snd" "11a! Iml hu! Mcao excuso mo; Robert but indeed, 1 can't help it Nctt, Nctt, it is tho riehcat thing I've heard yell And yuu expected to out rival Tom Llti, did you, Boh?" ' "Don't laugh at the poor fellow,", said Nettie, bitting iicr lips to trprwa her laughter. "It must hurt dreadfully, Rubort." "It docs," mid Bob 'ruefully "smarts liko the old mUchief. But 1 didn't caro so -much for that. 1 was so mad and I knew you'd laugh so, that I wouldn't answer Lucy thi morning, and wlton Fannio k nocked at tho door I was down here; nnd I lien und then you talked riht by tliu duor, and I couldn't help hearing, you know" end Bob bluhhed, the dear uld fellow, almost aa furiously as Nettie did. That night, when Undo sud Aunt Jameson cumo home, Bob, despite hi bl if to red face, looking very hsudomo and happy, presented his littlo .betrothed and took all uncle's teasing very gooduaturedly. He has quite a flourishing crop of whiskers now, and ho calls them the trophies of hi victoiy over Tom F.llis and wilful little Nctt. Atderney Cows. The Aldcrneys are noted for the exceeding rielmoM of their milk. It is not only fat, but has a marrowy richnoM, which is hard to docilbo. The introduction of ptiro male of this breed would, in my humblo opinion, bo a great ac uUltion to our section of Ihe .Slate. They do not carry beef aro rather small and ill-favored, and not attractive to the evo, except to a dairyman acquainted with their worth. The cow to which was awarded the drat prixe at tho Illinois State Fair in 18'IG, ijwititi and quantity of butter being tho standard, the product of a given time, waa a three-fourth "Aldorney." I am acquitntod with her owner. Hie undo two pound ol.buttor per day, beidoa furnishing milk, rather cream, (you would call her milk cream,) for a family of five adults and seven children. Southern VUcounin has sumo of thi breed, which wero on exhibition at .the tato Fair, in Jancsville in 1803. C, B". MnrtrUt, at Ihiiryineni (bl'fMiui, Kuchforilf Jllinoii. 'Iim 1 Somebody gives tho following as tho proper reading of marriago services nowadays: Clergyman 'Will you tako thia brown atono, this carriago and span, these diamonds for thy wedded husband.' 'Yes.' 'Will you tako this unpaid milliners1 bill, thi high waterfall or foreign hair, theso affectation ornaments and fecblo constitution, for thy wedded wife? 'Yes.' 'Then, what man hath joined together let the noxt best man run away with, so that tho tint divorco court may tear them assundor. Whilo trudging along 0110 day all atone a soldier met a Methodist circuit rider, and at onee recognised him as such, but effected ignorance of it. Preacher "What command do you bolong to?" Soldier "I b-iloog to tho-tho Texas regiment, Van Dorn'a army. What army do you beloug to? P (very solemn) "I belong to tho army of the Lord." H "My friend, you'vo got a long way from headquarters." Tho bears aro rcportod troub!csomo in somo Parishes . of Louisiana. They aro after the green corn.

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XtutrlcsD, :ls. !BE3., The, Ministering Tune "White Br Rev. Vi. W. IfiunEX. Vf bo ar thus srrajrod la Mt, Fljlof from the sorsky, Mloilloj. to their ai.gtl Sight, With the rsniomsa bovs to hljbT Caosca "In wait rote, clean robca, WhlU rubes srs waiting- for mj Ya, wblta robai, eUan rubes, Waihttt la tbe bljod or tbe Lamb." Tbeis srs they who dwill la light, Reigning near tbe CoorU ofUod, Ciothed la'loveand trulfc and might, ' Guarding saints to thtlr abode. They have rem on iuf'wgr -Swifter then tha relling schere; Seat by lllin, tbe King of Klngi, Who the tofteit whimper hears. The draw near each heart of lure, Einging with eeleetlal power, railing by no meao abode, Helping all tbtlr croii to bear. See theta now around ni fly, , Swifter than tha wings of death, . To the rooms of thoie who die, Chtering, a they yield their breath. What angtls are, than we ihould be, For soon ws may their honor j ibarej Tha lored and loit we then shall lee, Astboy among tha aogali are. . Yot the Atntrlcun. SuIratloD, ml ration fur erary nation, . Let the purs goiel through Jems declare) It was lung elnoa dooldad and, the means provided e pj'rtBii lam ginu uuingi iv annum ur. . ... . ....I . . For Cbrlat earns from glory, and proclaimed lbs glad story, That all may to iSTsd who tellers on lis nam; lie cam si a stranger, wai bora la a in an nr. Though all lbs whole world wai hi own when be eeuie. Someihcpherd were keeping their floolts without lteplng, , Out on the pUtas of Uethlchiw; Some Anglt were sent, to tha hnj.hcrJi they want, frortaluilug good newt and glad tiding to them. To the !t'lmrdi they said, oh t not afraid, For a iug of marry I btlng unto uu Fur the promlis foretold by Ihe f rofbet of old, I thi day fulfilled, and the prosilis li true. Tbe Father and fun are united In one, And tbe way of alratlan made eeiy snd plain) I'ruvlilon I made, and the ranwuu I ld, And all thoie abo ma way salvation obtain. ' The hange In which man was tint mada, Was tl loil h Kdenahen ho dliobejedi Hut through prerlalun of graro for all our race, Thatltnng once loat uuy now bo regained. Ob, inyitarloue plan fur the lalvallun of man, To unite the divine with tbe nature ol man) Uutalnti Father an'd Sua are united In one, All who ooiue to the Father tuuit oouio by the Son. And lbs goepol proclaim ia the Uvluur'e groat naiue, That the way la now open fur a union agalaj And the goipol Invites all men fa unite TbemiaUa t the Son, and tbla uniun obtain. Oh let theie glad tiding oontluua to roll, From center to clrolo and from pols unto poloj May all tbo that haar, bllr ad obey, And a natlonbo born to tbo church In a day. hen rcaso to do er II and learn to do well, And tbo old wry drll, look hlui ap In hla cellj hen i'caoe onus established may forever remain, Aud the land n'r b euraad by rebellion again. lllClliBU vLRMCNTa. Brookvllle, July 4,1867. A Rati, to a Rob., Grooting. Loumvillk, Ky., July 18, 18U7. Uepha! rtiuini, KJilor Altuipbl llullotln, l'l tale, XraUor, elo. , Sut: Somo ono has sent mo a copy of your paper, in whioh you dovoto nearly a whole column to my late tpcccii at JiCX inffton, Kentucky. You think mo "in cendiary, wicked, bad, aid a parly man 011 tho Fourth of July." I V hut right have you, a vile wretch, living by tho grace of Uud and tho mercy ot a too Humane gov ernment, to take loyal men to task lor what ho may soo httosayr Have you 0 soon lordotic 11 your crimes, or ore you insane cuough to believe that they aro orirottcn anion;? men, and that treason aftor all. is not to be punished? For the sake of your soul 1 beg you not to forget .1 . . A I I I . I ! at. - i. . ,110 ptst, nor to iu uununuiui 01 1110 mture, for tho day is coming when you and forest will both be culled to a just account for your misdeeds. Pirates and butchers of innooont men cannot long livo iu America unhung. Uo constantly prepared fjr you know not tho day nor tho hour whcio in the liuhteoua Judiro will como to do justico. Ucing a Chrifttiau man, when your trouble is groat aud decn tribulation is upon you, noiid for mo, and I will como and do all I can to prepuro you for your end ; although 1 tell you frankly, I bcliovo no earthly intercession can save you from tho hotteat hell in dsmnhtion. You fear "such men" as am will "rise to power" on the shoulders of the blucks. Whon you recollect your uwl'ul guilt, and that by the law of nations you are an outlaw, well may your coward concicnco mnko you fear auch an event.. You nnstiil tho poor blacks, and charge them with the committing of "murder, arsou, riot, and robbery." All good men know tho blacks havo behaved wonderfully well since thoy wero tot ftco, and your charges are unjust as they uro fulae. You soy such men as 1 instigato thorn to do lawlc acts. You, a pirato and a traitor, aro a relty fellow to talk about iiiNtigntors on lawle acta. The devil rebuking sin w uld bo a mild ooinporUou. 1 havo always admod tho ncgroo to b law-abiding, quiet, aober, indutrioui, ond peaceful, aud shall con tinuo to dj so. They have no occasion to tako tho law into their own hands, and when they do, I hall m much condemn them as I do ydu. Wo who ore their friends, by tho holp of Clod and a lladical Congreaa, will, in good time, in a legal way, properly punish you and all their enemies, ond tho cnomica of iho Republic, and in the meantimo tho negroes will bo uiet, orderly, ond industrioua citizens. Youra truly, Jamf.s H. Uiuxuin, United States Army,

0 II C E M E N T 0 F THE LAWS : : : A TALK WITH A. H. STEPHENS. His . Political Opinions Reminiscences of tho Rebellion. ' A correspondent of tho N. Y Times recontly visited A. II. Stephens' at his rcs'idonco in Ctawfordsvillo, lia., a rraall do. cayed village, Where tho cx-Vico President of tho Confederacy lives ir. a modest jvoodou houto. Ho describes Mr. rSto-' w a . . plions as IjIIows: - Imagine to yours.df a figure slight and fragile, itcarly six. .feet. high, but with tho students stoop in -tho shoulder, and a pal, vtan, caro worn, wrinkled faco, on which tia sign of beard - appears. Thero is in hia whole person a certain uncarthinefcs that .moves ouo partly with awo and partly with pity; awo at what teems almost a disembodied spirit, and pity when you sco that it is humanity alter, all, ond suffering humanity, too. I have frequently seen Stephens' face described as tho faco of a boy to mo it is rather tho faco of a woman, of a mother who has borno many sufferings, who has met theso sufferings with gentlo resignation, and whose resignation heaven has rewarded by that inward peace which illumine, tho countcnanco with an cvaneaceut light fioai beyond Iho tomb. Mr. Stephens weighs only nincty-foür pounds. Though not rich, fie ia very boncvolcnt and much liked by hid neighbors. Tho conversation developed tho fact that Mr. 8. renrd accesidon a a prodigious political blunder, though ho believes 1 11 the right of secession. The following riuotatiuus from his remarks as rcproduocd Ij tlio 0 )rro.pjiuletit, will show Inn a a . ..." opinions on other points conticcled with tho rebellion: 1 ' , now a ttAiN srorut took ueoiiuia out ' ' Or TIIK UNION. Mr. Sicphcns hod wanted Convention of the people to be held about tho 15th of Ucee tulcr. Jle know that ueorgia would notsocc'le.nnd he was nl.o suro lli it bouth Carolina, which had not yet smo led, would not, hot tliougli she wn, go nut alone. Hut he could not effect this ru'ntoxo. Tho election for delegates wu ordered for tho 1st of January, which was after South Carolina had tukon tho leap. ' "Well," he wont on to say, "on tho 1st of January there wn a ruin storm moro violent than the oUc-at inhabitant remomburod not sinco t l.o flood In tho Yozoo had thore been such a storm. Tho result wa that tho country peoplo could not get out lo voto, and ibis novo a preponderating in fluence in the election of delegate to the towns and village, where, you know, political epidemics aro always stronirer than elsewhere. W lort at leusttwoutv Uuiuu members by thk Kveu Home, up in tho Cherokee country, whero tho Union scntimont wu vat!y in tlio asccndatit, sent a soccsalon delegate. I went over myself to tlio Court llouso yonder to voto, ond tho room wits tilled wilh dripping people, with wot saddles in their hand, who had como through tho flood and miro with itnmene dilliculty. I made them 0 littlo speech there, and I said then tint I Pen red tho rain would loio u tho election. And so ndced it did." Jm DAVIS NOT A 8F.CF.S.itONJ.ST. Much to his nurpriniv Mr. IStctilieiis was selected as ono of tho delegates from the State of (JeoTiita to Montiromerv. IIu icsitafcd two days, and finally conwented to tro oulv from a dictate of duty to aid in suving what could be saved of constitutional liberty in tho pending general disruption which seemed to bo determined on by ono sido, aud not seriously objected to on tho other. Ho took, an active part in tho formation of. tho Constitution for tho Provisional (loverument. Tho dny beforo tho adjournment of the Convention tho different delegations bad meetings at their rooms to consult in regard to tho important question of a choico of Executive. Stephens wus present with tho Coorgia delegation. It was thero stated that South Carolina did not wiah to bring forward any nsmo, and thought Ccorgi.i shoald havo it. Mr. Stephens' personal choico was Toomb, whom ho regarded as tho most powerful intellect of tho South. There was, however, somo mention made of Stephens liiuiFelf for tho office; but he thou stated that ho "wMicd to to counted out that oven should ho bo choson unanimously, ho would not accept, unices ho saw licit he could form a cabinet tint would sgico upon the line of policy on which ho thought tho war should bo con ducted." Hitherto tho numo of Davis had luirdly been mooted; but at thi point somo member enmo in and said ho understood that four Stute had agreed to present Mr. Davis. This wa something new, for Davis' aspiration had been to bo at tho head of the a'rmy, rather than in tho Presidential chair. It was proponed to send out aud at'Cit.ii u if tho report wero tniO. Tho t' li-O was found to bo a Muted. Tho delegation then said thoy would wih Mr, Stephens for Iho euond oftieo, and to this ho (being absent from tho hall) was unanimously elected. "Tho office," bo observed, "was not uni-lcasing to me; it was fro from responsibility, and I thought mih afford mo tho mein of doing good. In speaking of Davis ho remarked that there was great popular misapprehension in regard to his character. "Ho was," unhl Im "not nt nil what DOOTlo StIIP0.0 not at all a firo e.itcr; aud though ho was ofeiMiraoa Stato li ght mun, ho could hardly bo called a ocossiouiat." "Then ho does not deservo to bo counted with tho conspirntor with the Cobb and Yancey and Wigfalb?" "Certainly not. 11 o was opposed to socession, but did not havo tho couruo to como out ugainst it. His courso was aim ply tho result of timidity, of the doairo to keep tho inni lo track aud step into the shoes of Calhoun." Then among other points Mr. Stephens mentioned that Davis was very avcrso to having Fort Sumter fired on, and only yielded aficr it was known (hat a fleet with ro-ctiforccmcnts and suppliia was off tbo harbor. "That, wo ' regarded, after

WHOLE NO. 201. the promUes made, as the beginnioir hostilities, and held, therefore, that it was notwo that commenced tho war." It was universally thought that tho war would bo n brief hollida offair. "Most of tho prominent politicians, when wo got turougn the work ot tho Convention, hast ened to ontcr tho army,, foaring that if they did not get in quick they would loo tho opportunity of making somo capital for tho future!" 1 , . 4Mr. Davi.," Lo went on to say, ob served to mo soon after wo got established at. Montgomery, that 'it would now. bo a question of brains who should win and tho remark wus bo juit that I thought thero must bo a great deal where (hat cumo Irom. Jsut there was minifeotcd from tho start a wonderful lack of statesmanship, and even of mere ordinary gcvd boosc.'V FATE Oi A PEACE MissiONAUV. In connection with tho peaco question and the reluctance of tho Itiehmond authoritics to give any .couotcuanco to cfforts, looking .in that direction, 'Mr. Stephens told me a etra'ngo story, which I believe has never been rjublished. ufthn fate of an ' unfortunato peace emissary from tho North. It oppoara that in the spring of 18Ci a person named Cuball. a n . -. .1 from ono of tho Western States, was tsk en prisoner at tho battlo of Olustco or Is land Pond, in Florida, whither ho had L'Ono for tho nurroso of bcinir taken nri. oner and thus gaining admittance within tho (. onfederato lints. On his capture Caball was ' taken to Aridcrsonvllle: from Wauaii was taken to Andcrsonville; from which place ho wrbto a letter to Stephens, who was then at his home here, setting forth that tho, writer hud come, after conauuation wiiu me icauing rcaco men in ...... ... . . . tho" West and in Washington, with, tbo Mow of opening negotiations for a cessa tion of tho war, and that ho desired to be allowed to visit. Mr. Stephens. ."I got .1.!. I.H.. f t . ft . i .. . Hu icuer in vprii, ana immculsteiy wroto to llichmoud, ak.bd tl at he should bo ticrmittcd to como up and sco mo; In reply, I received word that an officer would bo sent to ascertain what Caball had to say. Hut this was never done, and itijuno l received another letter Irom Cuball, stating that ho was dying, and begging tnferrtssion on his behalf. I sent an indignant protest to Itiehmond, but heard nothing further of tho matter till July, when I got word from the command ant ct tho poxt at Audcrsouvule that Ca. ball was dead: HUVKS A N I l'rtr.Kt).Mr.N. Mr. Stephen frcclv admits tha. netrro suffrago is a necessary result of freedom. 'To tuko them from under tho protectioa of their maatora and leave tnem without Iho protection of law would bo mot unjuAt." 'Hut will tho system work?'' "1 I I a a. . . - believe (be long expected millennium has arrived." Thereupon, ho cot down De Tottiuovillo from the library, road tho views of that distinguished political phi losopher touching the fa to of tho negro on thi continent, and agreed with him that tho blacks wero destined to go down beforo the Ssxou raco. After this ho di verged to a disquisition on slavery, which had always been grossly misunderstood. and which l-o rcgurded as a misnomer for the Southern institution. "Our system,'' ho remarked, "was not at all of tho char Hcter of Unman slavery; it was tho natural subordination of an inferior ruoe. I should havo certainly been an Abolitionit, had 1 bolioved in the equality of the black ipccIcÄ," ond thcrcancnt ho entered into a long ethnological dir(Uuitton. "It is (rue our system needed many improve inent. and ameliorations, and thexo would havo como. For example, tho year before tho war the Georgia Legislature came within ono voto of .removing from tho nogroos tho disability in regtrd to rending, it was only outnido Ititorforctico thut retarded the nccortsiry ameliorations, fr when thero is foreign intermeddling ,n social changes the friend of relorm are always put in tho attitude of sympathiser with tho enemy, "Then the 'corner etono' speech, which til way i sucmod to mo a gigautio piece of irony, truly cxprcrscd your views on slavery?'' 'Surely; but that speech too has been misunderstood. I did not regard our systout as establishing uny now Uovcrnmeut; tho Government remained exactly as it ivus under tho Constitution, and all that I did was to defl.no tho form of our social hierarchy." Then ho added: "Tho world, however, would have given U a bud nsmo; there wus a gro.it doul of talk at Montgomery about what nsmo wo should give the now (lovernment; but I told tl.em 'you need not trouble yourolve about thtrt Iho wcrld will give u jut the numo you cull vour enemies; they will call u thu Uliick Republic." AN KI'IKODK. Whilo wo wero sitting on the porch during the afternoon, the negro member of tho Hoard of Kegistimtion cmuo up to soo Mr. Stephen. Ho i a bright fellow, named Ned, who lives in the adjoining county, aud i well acquainted with Mr. Stephons. Ho gavo us tho statistics of tho day's wjrk, in the registration of Taliaferro county, which i going on at tho Court llouso' hero. Tho result show ed that 1U0 persons had registered, ond that tho blacks hud a majority of 75. "Massa Aleck,'' said Ned, "I was looking to you to como down to tho regintration, and wss waiting to help you up tho step." "Would you havo let mo rogintcr, Neil?" "I would havo done my beat, Massa Aleck.' "Well, Net," said Mr. Stephen, "I havo never voted sinco I voted gatnstso ces-ton.'' Thon to tho correspondent: "I? never voted dining tho Confederacy." Mr. Stephen to day mailo oil his nogrooi go und reitcr. "Ily-and-bye," said he. "they will como and ask mo how to voto. What can l ten mom ouiio.go j wit), their race?" Whilo men tako caro of tho Indisns, nnd tho Indians tako hair ofthowbito ueii.

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Oaa-balf or a ooloma.. 2 et Oat-qaarter of a er lawn , 20 OS I Oae-eigbth of coin ma 12 00 Trat,ilaatadertlimat sbeald la all eases la sld for ia advance. Vales a particular Mm ta specified vbea bead ad lo, adtertiiaBt will be abtibd an ill r ' deredoat aad charged aocordlnalj. of J Extension of tho Homestead Law. An ' Important Measure. Mr. Julian, of Indiar.u. has rerw,rtn.I and had referred to the- Kceonstrnetirm Committee a bill lo extend snd arrd ih, tho proviaions cf the act of Co ogres of - June 21st. 1HC0. rrovid iil lor hon.esu-a.l actual settlements on the public lands .f tio South. We regard this as one of the most important meat area that has been brought forward d urinr this or unv rr. - cccding Congress since the bririnnifur of tho rebellion, and it ha tho merit 'of be ing singularly practical In its cbarsctcr. ' We crave attention to itsecvcral provisions. Iho hrht sccticn provides that tbe pub lic land granted by Congress , in 185u fo tho State latclv In rebellion to aid ihm iu the construction of railroad, which' grants hove now expired by limilatioo. art. forfeited to the United Statc.v a nd mad flU'iect t0 kowestcad pcitlemcnt under tho . ct mentioned. Iiutcad of building their . foads the rebeU waged war ' ogaltifct the Government which granted theso land, nn nave now, : therefore, no claim to . further indulgenco. They have sinned way their day of grsee, and what M. Julian' bill asks i that the lands granted, rac-unting to fur or five millions of scre,' ' 1. ! 1. a 1 ' - I . . . . . .. inen to-uay are lieu up in tlio uana , ot -rebel corporations, shall ba opened up to settlement and tilluire by the Isndlc . poor ol tho fcouth. lins can only bo Jone by an oct declaring ibem forfcitcJ. i be second section provides that the U'rcodmeti s Iiureau shall cmp'oy a com a'oumeti a uurei latent Surveyor, lines of . tho oriiti Vho shall retraco the ; i . . t . A1 . "aT0 hccoiuo obliterated, tccorditi to the ucm noicB oi s ii c it survey, ana st me expense of tho United S.ates. Uhdcr tho existing law, as wo learn, 'local snrvejuta frequently charge euch homestead Lituant.as biiih as ?;52,(H) for the survey cf his tract of fcDocies, aud (here is no vouch, er of the accuracy of the Mirvry when , made. This is a great hsrdnhip, amount Ing frequently, to a defeat of tho settler. Claimants are fiequcutly required, also, to pay (3 00 for school purposes in iddi(ion lo tho lea prescribed by (ho Homo stead law, ond thi, ul.o, i prohibited by the ruction under notice. The hext section provides that all tbe -publlo land of Tola, which have not been lawfully disposed of by- Iho Stato, oro forfeited (o (ho Uoited Stales, by her treason ngninst the cumc, and made sub ject in like manner to Itomcatead settle incnt, lhii would oben up to tho settler about ono hundred millions of acre of land, and much if it iho tieheat in tho country. It would, it is true, bo an cx tei)ive and wholesale con Ureal ion. but it would not disturb tho private property or rights of a htngle person and would ledl Ca leiTiflTw r. cmr v.r ntn u o to a rrrnr c au i v a tion ond productive wealth. It would thcrcforo bo for Iho eroutcxt benefit of Texas, and u't the ' name time a sourco of revenue to tho (lencral (iovcrnmcnt, whilo supplying homes lo tho multitudes who need them Tho last section provides that oil lands hereafter sold fur non-payment of Federsl laxe., anu under pnieendine in Itsnka a a a a a ruptcy, shall lo sold onlv la tracts of not less than Twenty nor more than Eighty acres. Ihetiilc ol tnstiy of the great estates of tho South muxt hcrcal'icr pass under judicial or tax sale, and this pro visiou would powerfully aid In breaking up tho great curtio of land monopoly in tbe region it has so long blighted. To theso sect otis Mr. Julion rroro.c to add another, covering the swamp lands of the South, the grant of which was a legislative swlttdlo iu tho beginning, sud which has been fairly foil'u'Hcd by (reason, and non-compliaiico wilh tho conditions imposed by tho grant. 1 hcao tcvcral kg lions would give tho landless millions of tho South an ugreirute urea of over (wo hundred millions of acres. The half -f it, if arable, would givo a homestead of ICigh ty acres each to 1,'iöO.OUd heud of families, and homo i sud shelter to ü,"oU,UU() persons, computing tho tamtlic nt an mv crogo of five pcisons. It would be dim ojlt tofrsme a legixlutivo picpoaition moiO btncficent and fur-rcMihing, or more worthy of tho earneat and early action of Congress. Tlio coiiJilion of Ihe South today pleads for it as a present and pitting ticcoisity, Popular feeling in that section hits becoiuo oxciicd, if not i'tflutned, by iho hope of contWdtion. In somJ way it iiiuct be quieted. The Colored rcoplo of tlio South especially, oro sboutdy hungry 'r IuhJ. and (hi feeling is creditable to their sagacity. Coiillcation cf tho fco of rebel land as a Wer measure in lKi2, would have been practicable, ond moit , advantageous , but tho timo for it ha gone by. All intelligent men now ogrco (o thi. Hut the bill of Mr. Juliitn, without iuteilViing with ptivate vested right, would supply home to all, block and White, who uro tiugpliiig for them, would promote (he mont rapid development of the treat agricultural tosource of the Siutli, end go far to rcstoro permanent peace to llmt section aud to tho wholo country. W uro sorry, therefore, that the Coii.:roiM at its July session was not ready lo enact (his or somo kindred mcunuie, in addition to thu Act amendatory rf the Kccvtistructiott bill fi reist ltepublic. A Dulchnian and hi wifo were travel Ing; thsy sat down by the toud exceed ingly fatigued. Tho wife .ighed: "I wUh 1 was iu Heaven."' Tho buabned rcj lied, "I wist I was at a taverii." 'Oh, you old ro-ue," ss vs fhc, "you l j ways wutit to get tho best plaee." An exrhango iu speaking cf the magi! csa slrain of a hand orcan, says: "When ho played 'Old Dog Tray,' we noticed eleven purp titling in front of tho ua rhino on their haunches brushing the tears from their eye with their fore paws." Tho lack of uoney is a webt upo tho tioHOtn : the rorscssioa of It a bcavi i" ( nesa in tbo chest.

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