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J! J -5 li I i.;fc- Si The following tenderand torching stanzas ' .'.:f irfttin hvDr.l' David 'Macbeth Mir, Jth xt7 n arm ncrpd four vears. TH i.;mlF the name of -JlKie OOJ uau - u rw Wnnv and hence the title of the 1 verses.' Dr. Moir, over the pseudonym of . "Delta,", contributed many exquisite poems . to Blackwood's Magazine. V CASA WAPPY. And hast thou sought thy heavenly home, , V Our fond, dear boy .. The realms where sorrow .dare not come, . . Where life is joy Pure at thy death as at thy lurth, , ' Thy spirit caught no taint from earth ; Even by its bliss we mete our dearth. - : . f ,TT , J i- ' - Casa Wappy I . Despair was in our last farewell, " As closed thine eye: ' ' ,. , Tear, of our anguish could not tell, ? When thou didst die; ; . ' Word may not paint our gnef for tnee, Sigh are but bubbles in the sea ,.. . Of our unfuthomed agony, Casa Wappy I Thou wert a vision of delight To bless ns given; , Beauty embodied to our sight, ; . ; - A type of heaven; i ., So dear to us thou wert, thou art , Even less thine own self, than a part Of mine and of thy mother's heart, ; Casa Wappy 1 Thy bright brief day knew no decline Twas cloudless joy ; Sunrise and night alone were thine, Beloved boy; This morn beheld thee blithe and gay ; That found thee prostrate in decay ; And ere a third shone, clay was clay, : . Casa Wappy 1 Gem of our hearth, our household pride, Earth's undefiled ; - -Could love have saved, thou bads t not died 1 Our dear meet chill ! Humbly we bow to Fate's decree; Yet had wc hoped that time should see Thee mourn for us, not us for thee, v Casa Wappy I Do what I may. go where I will, Thou meet'st my sight ; There dost thou glide before me still A form of light 1 I feel thy breath upon my cheek I see thee smile. I hear thee seak Till 0 1 my heart is like to break. Casa Wappy ! Methinks thou smil'st before me now, With glance of stealth ; The hair thrown back from thy full brow ' : In buoyant health ; I see thine eyes' deep violet light, Thy dimpled check carnationed bright, Tby clasping arms so round and white Casa Wappy! The nursery shows thy pictured wall, Thy bat, thy bow. Thy cloak and bonnet, club and ball ; But where art thou t A corner holds thine empty chair ; ' The playthings idly sc.itti-red there, But speak to us of our despair, Casa Wappy 1 Even to the last thy very word To glad, to grieve Was sweet as sweetest song of bird, On summer's eve ; In outward beauty undecay'd. Death o'er thy spirit cast no shade, But like a rainbow thou didst fade, . . Casa Wappy 1 We mourn for thee when blind, blank night The chamber tills; , ' We pine for thee when morn's first light ' " Reddens the hills: The sun, the moon, the stars, the sea, All, to the wall-flower and wild pea. Are changed we sw the world through thee - ' v ; ' - ' , Casa Wappy! And though perchance, a smile may gleam , Of casual mirth, ' . . It doth not own, whate'er may seem, . An inward birth : We miss tby small step on the stair, We miss thee at thine evening prayer, ' . All day we miss thee everywhere, Casa Wappy ! Snows muffled earth when thou did'st go, In life's spring bloom, Down to the appointed house below, The silent tomb : ' - But now the green leaves of the tree, . .a The cuckoo, and ' the busy bee,' '. Return and with them bring not thee, Casa Wappy! Tis so ; hut can it be while flowers Revive again, Man' doom, in death, that r?s and vuf ; For aye remain ? .01 can it be that o'er the grave The grass renewed should yearly wave, , , Yet God forget our child to save ? Casa Wappy! It cannot be ; ior were it so ' Thus man could die, Life were a mockery, thought were woe, And truth a lie ; ' . Heaven were a coinage of the brain, Religion frenzy virtue vain, -! . With all our hopes to meet again Casa Wappy ! Then be to us, O dear, lost child I ' (With beams of love.) ' '' '' A stair, death's uncongenial wild Smiling above; Soon, soon thy little feet have trod The skyward path the seraph' road, That led thee back from man to God, T f -' ' Casa Wappy! Yet 'tis sweet balm to our despair, "i Fond, fairest boy. That heaven is God's and thou art there With him in joy; , There past are death and all its woes, There beauty's stream forever flows, And pleasure's day no sunset knows, ' Casa Wappy J ., Farewell, then for a while, farewell , Pride of my heart 1 . . . . It cannot be that long we dwell, Thus torn apart: Time's shadows like the shuttle flee ; And, dark howe'er life's night may be, . Beyond the grave I'll meet with thee, v '"' Casa Wappy! ' PEGGYDOUUYREL. ,. When Peggy's arms her dog imprison, I always wish my neck were hisen. How often would I stop and tsru . J To get a pat from hand like hern. And when she kisses Towser's nose ;i : 3 .Ob, don't I wish that I were those I ... 'J r ; I see his last appendage drag, v '" And wish I had a tail to way. - : ' Why must I pine and long for that ... A dog can ne'er appreciate? : ButI will never own to her ....... , I'm jealous of an ugly cur. Ah, Peggy, is it really true, Tnat you do just as others do 1 . You hug and pat that dog of yourn, ' Yet wish the while that he would turn -According to a better plan ' " (j Into a real good-looking man. . . And, while I getting on so wimmin', . j I'd like to know if you yonng women Hug your dogs, Bnd bug again, Just 'cause you ain't got nary man I If so, you girls are soft o' mellow To hug a dog, when any fellow I Would gladly get down on bis knees ' -k Just for the tintiest little squeeze." - 1 k TU bet a coon Til not be missi'n' -.. When yottare in the mind tor kissin'. -vBoi Pegyy.it is wrong to waste a You nuggin' on an ugly I -' i j. . V man can hug you back, he's stronger-. Bo practice oa yoor dog no War - ' "" "c " - I fioreiaon the Howard Amendment. Extract from the Menage, of Che. Jenlins if the Legidature of Georgia, now in eeesion. As germai-e to the subject already discuss ed I call yonr attention to another proposed ' amendment of the Constitution of the United States, transmitted to me by the Secretary of State, and accompanying this communica tion . The fact that your acction upon it is thus invoked, imposes on you an obligation to consider it respectfully. ' " This amendment, designed, like all ot re cent origin, to operate especially on the Southern States, contains several sections, to some of which I invite special attention. 1. The prominent feature of the first is, that it settles definitely the right of citizen ship in the several States, as political com munities, thereby depriving them in the fu ture of all discretionary power over the sub ject within their respective limits, and with reference to their State Governments proper. It makes all persons of color, born in the United States, citizens. . 2 The second changes the basis of repre sentation in the popular brunch of the Con gress and in presidential electoral colleg es. It provides that, in apportioning repre sentationamougtheStates,all persons (except Indians not taxed) shall be taken into enum eration, unless the elective franchise he deni ed in any State to any male inhabitants, be ing citizens of the United States, and twenty-one years of age, or be in any manner abridged (otherwise than as a punishment for crime,) in which event the representation shall be proportionately reduced. Whether the object in proposing this change be the extension of the elective fran chise to persons of African descent, (nearly all of whom are notoriously unqualified for it,) or a further diminution of the already re latively small weighi of the Southern States in the administration of the Government, the adoption of this amendment will certain ly force upon them a choice between those evils. If the former be the real object, the latter alternative must be regarded simply as a penalty for refusing it. In this view, it is not difficult to expose the flagrant injus tice of the proposition. Let ns consider briefly how the amendment will affect States wherein slavery did not exist prior to the war, and how those wherein it existed. In the former class, the selection of the one or the other alternative will be only a matter f taste, no great public interest being involved. If the franchise be extended, the number thus newly admitted to the ballot will be so small that iio appreciable effect upon popu-. lar elections can result. If refused, the num ber excluded from the enumeration in fixing ' the ratio of representation will still be so small, that the consequent reduction would not be seriously felt, and in some instances would probably le merely fractional, produ cing no curtailment at all. Kow, look to the other clas3 of States. There the number of voters proposed to be enfranchised, and J wholly unprepared tor the trust would oe immense, and the disturbance in the motive power of Republican machinery incalculable. There, too. on the other hand", if the fran chise be withheld, the reduction of represen tation would le vast. Is there fairness, is there justice in a proposed change so differ ently affecting different portions of a coun try, united under a common Government for the common weal t Would the enforcement of such a change by a majority, it could not harm, upon a minority it must ruin, bespeak magnanimity? It may be said in reply that the Constitu tion doesnot respect sectional differences that it was designed for the protection and advancement of "personal rights. To a large extent this is an egregious error. The Un ion was originally designed mainly for the conduct of foreign affairs and common de fense, leaving to the States the regulation of their domestic concerns. The constitution resulted from a compromise ot sectional in terests, without which it could not have been formed. Indeed, in that compromise, the rights and interests of the Caucasian as affected by the presence of a very large Afri can population in some of the States, were considered and adjusted. The African ele ment, whether bond or free, was computed alike with reference to this identical subject of representation, and alike ignored regard ing the elective franchise. The objection now urged against the amend meut is that it will fall upon citizens inhal iting one latitude like an avalanche from its mountain perch crushing where it settles; whilst upon those of another latitude it will alight unte.lt like a feather floating in still air. 3. The third section engrafts upon the fundamental law a new disqualification for . office. State and Eederal a disqualification not the result of any act to be duie after the adoption of the amendment, but consumma ted before its conception. The act entailing disqualification for oilce consists in having heretofore taken an oath to support the Con stitution of the United States, and having thereafter engaged in rebellion or insurrec tion against the same, or "having given aid and comfort to the enemies thereof." Con sidering the number of our citizens who have taken the oath under the circumstances set forth, the number personally engaged in the wv, and the breadth of ground covered by the word "giving aid and comfort to the ene mies iheretif? we can readily perceive the sweeping character of the disqualification. It is as distinctly proscriptive as if the per sons to be atiected bad been ascertained and their names inserted. Let it be noted, also, that the proscribed are all dwellers on one side of a certain ge ographical line, whilst the authors of the proscription have their local habitation on the other side. It is quite remarkable, moreover, that there is in the entire section no saving clause in fa vor of those who, in the interval between the cessation of hostilities and the adoption of the Amendment, may have received the am nesty of the Government. Pardoned thev may have been, but disfranchised they will be. - ' - ,. , You are asked to give your consent that such a fate be visited upon many of your best citizens who have long enjoyed the public confidence, and some of whom now fill im portant public trusts. Can Georgia spare all of these from her service ? 5. The fifth and last section empowers the Congress " to enforce, Dy appropriate legisla tion, ' the provisions of the Amendment. It will be contended that they are the proper judges of what constitutes appropriate legis lation. ' If, therefore, the Amendment be adopted, and a fractional Conarress, from which the Southern States, chiefly interested in it, are excluded, be empowered "to en force it by appropriate legislation," what ves tige of hope remains to the people of those States? Nay, more, what semblance of Re publican Government can the true patriot of tne iNortn discern in sucn a state or affairs ? xet, that is the point to which we seem to be drifting; for there is no assurance what ever that even this concession will insure our restoration. Amendments have already been proposed to and accepted by us, which it was believed would effect that result; but Y. I .:n j :.!.. a 1 1 i , uupo w iuii ueierrcu, ngui Bull denied. ; I will not further analyze this Amendment, equally novel and unjust. ' I ask you to consider, however, why it is, mat you are called upon to vote upon its uuopuon, wnusi yonr oiate Had no voice in no preparation i x no constitution secures to the States the one right as distinctly and , as postively as the other. Had your Rep resentatives, and those of the other States similarly situated, being present, aidinjr in giving substance and firm to it, possibly it nuzht have coma - before thing. The policy seems to have been, first. to push it, without thsir participation, be. yiind the stage of amendment,5 and then ay i. totliefflf accept oflr bantling ornate the con- i Bequencesj itne omissiu.7H miijf .! part, ofttepnicessflf amendmenTmakes tfat Amendment itself unconstitutional, null and , void, v '!- . ---:. Should the States especially w d aneciea; hv this Amendment refuse their assent to it. it cannot be adopted without excluding them; : from the count and placing its ratification upon the votes of three-fourths ,pf the now dormant Statestil , ... i : i It is said, however, that unless this con-; cession be made, the now excluded , States., will lie kept but of the halls of Congress in definitely. Were the Amendment presented with such a menace distinctly expressed, a higher motive (if possible) than any hitherto suggested would proinpi lis rejecuuu. . - - 1 rFrom the New York Times A Clear View of the Maryland Trouble, i The Commissioners .are, confident that their action will lie sanctioned by the Court.. . Gen. Canby has had an interview with them and with Mayor Chapman, and said that if the police should be unable to preserve order, he should not hesitate to declare the city un der martial Jaw." The above parnrrraph - suggests one of the crude ideas floating round the country, which furnish evidence (of what I nave affirmed since the commencement of the rebellion,) tuat we are in a state ot revolution. What right has Gen. Canby to declare martial law ecausc order is not preserved in .Baltimore T, It is no matter whether he made the; above remark or not. This idea is afloat in the country, and in the minds of men who are supposed to have sense and intelligence. W hen the Missouri delegation ot iSlamtes waited on the President and asked for mili-, tary interference in Missouri, we are inform ed the President made no direct answer, but took the matter under ndvisement. Now, I should be glad to know, and will be thank ful for the information, how the "President. gets any power, under the Constitution and laws, to interfere in State elections when there is no insurrection or violence ? And if there be, how he is to interfere except in the manner prescribed by law? Whether the Governor of Maryland has or has not the power to try fhe Police Commissioners of .Baltimore is no business ot the United states Government. Suppose the Governor of . Maryland tries anil turns out the Police Commissioners, how is be going to get them out except by process of the Courts ? It is a civil case, not a military one. Is the Gov ernor going to call out the militia before the Courts have exhausted their power? There is no wav ot creating violence in lsultimore except the Governor does it himself; and till there is violence, tne resident and tlie mili tary have no right to interfere. That is a plain case, but before I examine it, let us re fer to the Louisiana case. The President is held responsible for the Louisiana "massacre, because he held Louisiana under military control. The excuse for that is that Louisi ana was one of the States in rebellion, and Congress had not restored it to its original normal condition. To my mind, the Presi dent's military action in Louisiana is conclu sive against his whole theory of reconstruc tion. If Louisiana is a State, he has no right of military interference. But that question is not now important ; for the pub lic will settle it. The case of Maryland and Missouri is important, for we may be hur ried into bloodshed liefore we know it. Now observe two facts : 1 Maryland and Missouri never did secede, and were never Confeder ate States. 2. The President has proclaimed the war ended and peace restored. There fore, Maryland and Missouri are no moresub- jects of martial law than are Ohio and Indi ana. I should like to know what would be said to a President of the United States who should declare Cincinnati and Indianapolis under martial law, because a Board of Po lice Comir issionsrs acted illegally ? I don't think he will do it in a hurry unless he courts the fate of Chas. Stuart ; and I don't think ' be will try it in Missouri, unless he is pre pared to see his officers run taster than our men did at Bull Run. I assume that wc are now at peace. If we are, then we must be governed by the Constitution and laws. Y hat power does the Constitution and laws give the President to interfere by military force with etnte . laws ? The Constitution has three paragraphs only relating to this subject : 1. The President is made Commander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy of the United states. In war this is an almost illimitable power. tccause the objects of war may make it necessary to declare . martial law in any place whatever. But I assume that we are at peace, and in peace no such power exists. J. Congress lias power to declare war, and to call out the militia to " execute the laws of the Union, tuppreim inurrect'un, and repel inz'ixioiui" Under this power they have a right to declare when, and in what manner the army and the militia may be employed for this purpose. Accordingly, laws have Deen enacted directing the mode in which the military force shall be employed to sur- press insurrection or repel invasion. 3. Section 4, Article 4. The United States guarantees each State a republican form of government ; and "on application ot the Legislature, or of the Executive," (when the Legislature cannot be convened,) against do mestic violence." Now, oliserve that this case does not occur till there is domestic volence, and that the Governor cannot constitutionally call for that assistance if the Legislature can be called to gether. Mark, tor it is all important, the power of the Governor to call for this assis tance does no occur in a mere recess of the Legislature ; but only when the Legislature cannot be convened. - Now, it is perfectly notorious that the Legislature of Maryland can be convened in . t wenty-four hours, and therefore the Governor has no right to call for assistance, nor the President to give it. till the Legislature of Maryland is convened. If there be found insurrection, or invasion, then the President can ' interfere, .under the 'Jnited States laws, ns Mr. Lincoln did. But the only case which can occur in Baltimore is that of domestic resistance, and the Presi dent has no right to interfere till the Legis lature of Maryland calls tor it. . This is the whole case. But, will there be violence ? Not unless the Governor makes it. He is the ouly man who wants to make violence. I take it the Mayor, Council, and Police Com missioners of Baltimore have too much sense to commit any violence for the ..benefit of their enemies. They have the power in their own hands, and they should keep it and nse it discreetly. The object in view is to keep rebels from voting, which, by the laws of Maryland, they have no right to do. , This is the gist of the whole matter. Practically, so far as the Governor , or President act on the question they act on the rebel side.' Ev ery intelligent man understands this, and it seems to me it is little less than madness for mere executive officers to defy the pub lic opinion of the country. The verdict of the people is that rebels shall not exercise power, and is there any man so stupid as not to see it ? The war commenced in the streets - ot Baltimore, and it may end there. It will be wise in the Pres ident to adhere to the very ' letter of the Con stitution and the laws. It will he still wise. in the Governor of Maryland not to provoke the wrath of the loyal people. ; I affirm again, there is no constitutional power in the Pres ident to interfere with Maryland officers and elections, till the. Legislature , of Maryland calls for such interference.. - J: .-,.. You observe that I have not touched at all upon the legality or illegality of the nroceed- ings in the case of the Police Commissioners. That is a civil question, to be determined by civil law. If the Governor .. decides to turn 4ltum .in f am A t-l. .. 't U 1. .. - .1 . ' of wminto and the modes f legal jro. cediire.'. Why should he go id the PnidenV'Frbin, th8PitfibnrgVfenp!JComerelai; Oct 6ft for help And what has the President got iAA4mtrWitlt Toombr oa the Cob- v wwim a civu question ., mmm omcers in . Maryland ? f And what bas'Gen 'Canity got ki uif wuii martial law in Baltimore till thn President is legally called i npon for . assis- tance ? The men now in executive power hold it by a frail tenure, and they should rer member the fate of Phaeton. - when ' he at tempted to drive the Chariot of the Sun. g A VETERAN OBSERVER.' A Singular Case ot Pocket-Picking . A Virginia Clergyman." Arretted on a Charge w jrianng a LMy t roacet xie aurrenaert Am Plunder and i$ Locked up. ' ; ; One of ..the most remarkable cases of pock et-picking that has ever come to the knowl edge of the Police authorities occurred yes terday afternoon, in a Broadway stage. It appers tnat ahout 3 oclock Mrs. .Bloom held H. Moore, of No. 1,718 Walnut street, Phila delphia, entered a Fifth avenue staere at Fourteenth street, on her way down town. Boon after a clerical-looking gentleman en tered the statre and seated himself close be side Mrs. Moore, although there was a abun dant room on the other side of the vehicle. This was not noticed at the time, however, as the stranger was of so respectable an ap pearance. , . " As the staere proceeded down Broadway. Mrs. Moore noticed a lady sitting . opposite her making sundry gestures, as though ' she wished to attract her attention... Although Mrs. Moore thougnt this conduct very singu lar, sne paid no attention to it, nowever, and it was not until the clerical passenger had hastily left the stage that she became aware of the motive of the other lady, for the lat ter exclaimed : " Madam, that man has pick ed your pocket." One of the male passen gers immediately sprang from the stage and overtook, the fugitive: The latter broke away and attempted to escape, but was a second time secured. Mrs. Moore then accused him of having stole her pocket-book, containing $28, when the man produced the property and gave it back to the owner, imploring her not to give hi in in custody of an officer. Quite a crowd had by this time collected in the vicinity, which attracted the attention of Roundsman Dulemater, who, on reaching the scene, arrested the pickpocket and escorted him to Police Headquarters. On reaching the Inspector's office, Mr. Carpenter was in formed of the circumstances attending the case by both Mrs. Moore and the officer. The prisoner stated that he was Key. ti. T. Williams, and the Rector of the Episcopal Church at Suffolk, Sussex Co., Va., about 20 miles from Petersburg, near the Nottaway River. He claimed that he had found the pocket-book claimed by Mrs. Moore on the scat between the lady and himself, and that he only took possession f the wallet for the purpose of advertising for an owner. This ingenious statement caused a broad smile npou the face of the veteran Inspector, who quietly informed the prisoner that he did not iieiieve a word ot it. ' Ou the person ot Wiliiams was found about SCO in greenbacks and a letter, of which the following isa copy : - . Richmond. Oct. 30, 18(56. The Rev. Geo. T. Williams is Rector of the Church at Suffolk, with this he has combined a ftcuool for support. I Ins place during the war was the scene of revolution. Since the war Mr. Williams has been striving to re-establish bis church and school. But his people are poor and need help. This cannot be helped in Vir ginia. Mr. Williams is a faithful and useful min ister. He is also f.utlrtul, and I liclieve re markably successful, as a teacher. His school is a thorough Church school, I believe, from the testimony of all that have seen it. 1 do earnestly recommend him and his cause. . GEO. WOOLBRIDGE, Rector of the Monumental Church. This letter of recommendation was endor sed by Rev. Chas. Miningerode, rector of St. Panl s Church ; Rev. II. Oyer and Rev. H. E. Montgomery, rector of ihe Church of Incarn ation. Williams is a tall, spare built man, smooth face and sandy hair, and appeared to be terniilv distressed at his situation. lie was locked up tor examination before Jus tice Uogan, at the toomlis Police Court. case will be brought up to-day. , it is very ou ious that Mr. llliams was simply " spoiling the Egyptians." . ' ' Mexico. Ilerignation of Maximilian Hi departure Jrvni the Uuy of Metteo Uen. liimine in charge of the government. Washington, Nov. 5. Minister Romero to-day received the following letter by way of New Orleans, dated Vera Cruz, October 20, m : -. Maximilian left the City of Mexico on the 23d inst., resigning verbally in favor of Gen. liuzaine. (ien. liazaine endeavored to per suade him to delay his departure until Gen. Castelnau's arrival, two days later ; but be declined, and, escorted by 800 Austrians, pro ceeded to Orizaba by cross-roads to avoid meeting with Gen. Castelnau. He reached Orizaba yesterday, and is expected here to morrow. ' ."'.""-'.' The Captain of the Austrian frigate Dan- dota states that as soon as Maximilian ar rives he will at once leave for Europe. It is said that Maximilian will publish to day a manifesto at Orizaba. " Gen. Castelnau reached the City of Mexico soon after Maximilian left, and took posses sion ot the Palace, and assumed the reins of government. - :. The French soldiers who had entered nnder Maximilian's colors will be returned to France under Gen. Castlenau's influence. Gen. Porlirio Diaz has captured theCity of Oaxaca. taking all the artillery, ammunition, men and supplies. . , , Galveston, Texas, Nov. 5. Brownsville dates to the 2d, City of Mexico to the 10th and Vera Cruz to tne 19th, havo been receiv ed. On tlie 31st there was skirmishing be tween Canales and Tapia. v Tapia has his lines of attack well estab lished. A large 'number of Ortega's men are awaiting the arrival at Brownsville of Carva- jul and Canales, the only chiefs in his favor. . Canales and Tapia were negotiating, but could not agree. ' Canales was intoxicated and unable to do husiness. ' ; Eight hundred men whose terra had expi red bad enlisted in Maximilian's new army. Cotton Manufactories in Alabama. We are pleased to see that the attention of our people is being earnestly directed toward the erection of cotton factories. At Pratts ville, 14 miles from Montgomery, upon Swift Creek, the factory of Mr. Daniel Pratt is al ready in operation, giving occupation to 350 laborers men, women and children. One mile above Prattsville, upon the same creek, is the site of the new factory beimr establish ed by our fellow-citizens, Messrs. Hunter & Faber,the machinery for which has just been received'from Liverpool. At Autauga. ville,25 miles from Montgomery, preparations are being made to resume operations at ihe factory upon Autausra Creek, and in a few weeks we may expect to hear the hum of the spindles. ' These three lactones oi Autauga, upon creeks which supply an unfailing water- power, will eriva employment to not less than 1,200 men, women and children. A company of capitalists is examining the falls ot the Coosa above Wetumpka, with a view to erect an extensive factory at that future Low ell ot the South. . -This will oe out the pio neer of others, for the situational; Wetumpka! - beinir once developed, nothing can prevent that village from becoming the manufactur ing seat ot Alabama. The tine water power at Tallahassee has aheidy invited the enter: prise ot a flourishing manufacturing compa ny, which is at present increasing its- ma chinery, and extending its sphere of useful- new and ptont-Montgomerj Mad. ciHeat Bis 'TUxst for a Tight with an ' , Anerioaa X.-i.r '. '. ' '-- : ,A lady correspondent, & resident of Pittsburg, lut now on a tour of the Eu. .ropean Continent, writing from Munich, under - date -of Sept." 6, 1 866, relates an adventure which, happened to the party of which she and - other Pi ttsburgera were members, -while ascending ; the Rig'u.' The '.adventure took place at a resting place half-way up the mountain, and is thus narrated : , ; , "... Here occiired a scene, which in its ex hibition of some of the worst features of human nature, rather marred the effects to the beauty around us. . While on the boat I had observed some man talk ing and laughing . very boisterously with several others - who seemed to be " ladies and gentlemen. He was a large loosely, but poweriully-made man, but common looking in the extreme. Wal ter told me it . was Toombs, of Georgia ; but I think" none' of the rest knew him. While we rested the same man came out of the shed, w here there were sev eral other gentlemen, sitting, and made some remarks to one of the girls about ' the senery, Rigi, &c I thought he was intoxicated but at last, in some way, the subject turned to America, and he E reclaimed himself a " rebel to the ack-boue," &c. We spoke politely ot our different opinions, but he only be came more blatant. Mr. McC. had rec ognized him by this time, and did not seeiu anxions to continue the conversa tion. -At last Toombs' said something about " the South not being conquered,". " would give us trouble yet." Without intending anv offence, Mr. McC. said,' " What will "you do it with ?" O, how the wiid beast in the old man's eyes glared. He swore at Mr. McC, and said, " With blood and bones, and man hood,. Sir, lfke . I've got," and then his rage became uncontrolled. , Mr. McC. answered him very quietly, that J as they had used up everything they had in this ineffectual struggle lie did not see where they were going to get any more. But Toombs only swore at the Yankees; calling them all manner of names, saying we had hired men to fight the South, &c, the same old stuff about a Southerner being able to whip five yankees, and as much more as you can imagine. . Of course, we were all aghast We could hot sven muster enough German to tell our men to lead the horses on. Walter said to him : " Mr. Toombs, this is hardly the place for such con versation before ladies." " The men tion of his name seemed to serprise him. He looked up in amazement: "You know my name !" Yes, Sir, I do." Without a word more he turned away. By this time we had succeeded in start ing our horsesl Mr. McC. stepped up to him and told him he was no gentle man to use such ' language before ladies Whereupou Toombs called him a liar and rushed up to strike him, but Walter diverted him; and Mr. McC, walked on after ns. He wanted to have Mr. McC.'s card, wonld meet him anywhere to set tle the matter, and a. parcel more of such drunken nonsense. I do not know how Walter ended it, but he lef thirn still thirsting for a fight with Mr. McC. He had an open knife in his hand, and be-. nisi drunk was so large and strongly built that he would probably have been more than a match for them both. ' Of course we girls were in a state of great excitement till the two gentlemen joined us. . . , . . T A Loxg and TTsefcl Life. A work ing printer, named Thomas O'Flanagan, has just died, in Dublin, at the age of ninety, whose career was somewhat cu rious and interesting. He was actively employed as a compositor up to liter ally within a few hours of his death, on the Nation newspaper, whose Irish "pa triotic" opinions he shared. Severity years ago he was a journeyman printer on the Press, the then organ of the " United. Irishman," and used to boast that he had, with his own hands, " set no" the manuscript of Lord Edward Fitzgerland. O'Flanagan at that time, as' a sworn brother, was one of the armed bodyguard of the Geraldine, and took part in an encounter with Major Sirr and his force, in the neighborhood of, Thomas-streets, in DubliD. On a subsequent occasion he saved Major Sirr's life, when one disaffected was about to fire upon him from a window, by striking the pistol out of the man's hand. O'Flanagan spent a subsequent portion of his life in London, and tilled the responsible position as a chief prin ter on the staff of the Morning Chron icle, in its best days. As he had leen acquainted with Lord Edward Fitzgerland,, Nappa Tandy, : Arthur O'Couner, and Emmet during one Irish crisis, so was he, at a later period, in 1848, familiarly known to Gaven Duffy, Thomas Davis, and John Mitchel, as one of, the .Nation staff.-1 In 1848 he was arrested, along with the others em ployed on the paper when it was seized, ou the eve of the ' Ballingarry emeute after the suspension of the habeas cor pus act, but was detained in prison only a lew days, mere, neing no cnarge against him or his fellow printers,"of complicity in the insurrection. When, shortly afterwards, an entertainment was given by his colleagues to celebrate his fiftieth anniversary as a journeyman printer, it was not , supposed that he would retain his phyisical and mental powers, and be able to earn his daily bread, as he did, for close upon twenty years more. He ''was regarded with marked affection by his employers and daily associates, on account of his ven erable age, intelligence, and amiability, and they buried Mm with every token ot respect . . , : " - 7- Hon? Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, not long since wrote a letter, which was re- Eroouced all over the country, in which e took strong ground in favor of the folicy of restoration advocated by the 'resident, ahd denounced Congress as an, unconstitutional body, ana pro nounced its acts to be of at least ques tionable validity. , At the recent elec tion in Ohio, Mr. Ewing is said to have voted the radical ticket. , ' - ';r ' A, constable in, Ohio lately, testified, ip court as follows ; " I know nothing of her but what I heaf the neighbors say '; and, in my opinion,' what a woman says of another is not worthy of be-jjgfn'.'.Tt-.'ii-irs. .-.- .! .-.i ;'",' .'-; 'f .v; t. -iw.' . L:, .!..i 1-- .. . . , , . -.. 3 operating on tne expoBeu py4wu. - with' ffreat vehemence, when the young ' one dug into the pa rental legs -with -lia;,,.venemous little teeth.. ;7vr , '' 'r ;'-;.. -''" , -v "Blazes! ( what are you biting me for?' ' .,VJ,." " Well, dad, you beginned this here; war?" O'y.-' ;;','.j- Tne Chicargo -'Lake Tunneli only lacks, it is said,-about five hundred feet of completion. The workmen on either end report that they can distinctly hear every blow struck by each other. 7 A- Why is a lover eloping with his lady-' love like a ..vessel sailing to a certain port . in.-France Because bound to have her (Havre). ' f he ; is . . V'-'- One HmJDEED and , TwENTT-'oira Years Ou--One of the oldest women in America is a Mrs. Porch, who lives in the mountains ' of East Tennessee, and is aged one hunered and twenty-one years. She is blind,' but being quite hearty, walks without assistance. , Her memory is unimpaired, and she can re count many of the events of the Revo lution with great accuracy.' ' It is said. Doctors mitigate the pains of sickness i a good many of them miti gate the trouble of dying by making it the simplest thing in the world. - It makes people's mouths ' water to think of the revenue of some of the Eng lish eclesiastical functionaries. 1 The net revenue of the Bishopric of London for the year 1865-were $100,835 ; of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's Cathe dral, London; $54,350 in gold, and of the Dean and Chapter of Westminster Abbey ,$148,695 in gold. - : , ,A Mil wankie young lady has set her cap for a rather large " feller," but laile 1 to win him, when a confident tried to comfort her with the words, " Never mind Mollie, there is as good fish in the sea as ever was - caught." " Mollie, knows that," replied her little brother, ." but she wants a whale." . A spruce young gent of , Montpelier, from his Latin studies, re- Yt, fresh froi cently called upon some yonng ladies, and being asked by the servant for his name as he sat quietly in the parlor, re plied " Amidcus" (a friend). Biddy was a little puzzled, but regaining her com posure, in the blandest manner possible observed, "What kind of a .cuss did f'ou say, sir?" That cured him of Latin ingo. r ': " Which is the strongest day ?" - . " Sunday 1" ; "Why so!": . .. : " Because all the rest are week days !" Very good, but if Sunday is the strongest, how comes it to be the only one that can be broken ? " v A gentleman was one day arranging music tor a lady to whom he was pay ing his attention. . ... " Miss M." what, time do yon pre fer?" ; " Oh," she replied, carelessly, "any time will do but the quicker the bet ter." - ' "'r ' "The Dunmow Flitch is offered to happy couples this year, Charles, love," said Emma to her young husband. " I dou't care," said Charles, gravely. " I could not in honor compete for it. You have never wished yourselves unmarried. v - . . . u And you could not say that, Charles ?" said Emma, her large blue eyes prepar ing for a swim. "Certainly not I have often wished it." ' ' ' - "Oh, Charles L".. ' ' " Yes. Because then I could t have married you again." ; The rest would not interest a cold hearted public London Punch. t , . . . The laws of China are severe against the exportation oi coolies a such, aud there is but a single Asiatic port at which vessels can openly load with hu man cattle for foreign markets. That port is Macao, which belongs to Portu gal. The coolies are obtained at Shang hai and Canton, widely separated points half of each shipment, as nearly as pos sible, being taken from each port, for reason which will be. seen presently. Coolies eaunot be induced, as they could in former years, to voluntarily embark ! for foreign countries under contract for 1 labor for a term of years, but must be obtained by fraud. The object is ac complished through Chinaman's beset ting and unconquerable weakness the love of gambling. ".; . A. White Mas Coitvicted in a Florida Coukt.on Negbo Testimony. As a noted instanee of the changed condition of affairs in this section of country, we mention the fact that a full blooded white man was ar raigned in the country Criminal Court lately, liefore his Honor Judge Doggett,on a charge of assault with intent to kill. He was tried by-a jury of white ; men and convicted by negro testimony, and the Judge ' sentenced him in accordance with their verdict, to pay a fine of one thousand dollars. Jacitmtnlle (Fla.) Union. - " ' 1 ' ' " ; . The Public Debt. The statement of the public debt for the present month compared with that of the 1st oltinio, shows that du ring the month of October the debt has been decreased to the amount of $22,026,935 69. A". Powerful Locomotive. A monster locomotive has been added to the rolling stock of the Lehigh and Mahonoy Branch of Valley Railroad. It is called the u Consoli dation." It weighs 43 tons 6 cwt 20-inch cylinder, with 24-inch stroke ; has 8 driviDg wheels, 48 inches in diamete. with but a sin gle truck ; length of furnace 9 feet; and has 178 inch flues. A few days since the Consol idation was put to a test, drawing 107 empty coal cars up a grade of 96 feet to the mile. Another trial was made afterwards, when 75 empty cars were' drawn up a 146 feet grade. The Reading Railroad has a locomotive ten tons heavier, but it cannot turn short curves as the Consolidation can. .. , , j : Belladonna an Andidote fob Opium. A correspondent, a professional physician, in a letter to the Medical and Surgical Repor ter, details the circumstances of a case where the patient had taken three ounces of opium tincture, or laudanum, which bad exerted its effects three and a half boars. ' Fluid extract of balladonna was then ' administered in doses ot twen'.J drops every ten minutes, ar rested the progress of the opiate, and , in about eight hours the- patient was so for recovered as to sit up. and. converse. .. The writer says he is sure- that belladonna saved this man's life.' ' provoking sorraoros n WVcognke; - It is told of the 3y 1 r .MiahMtTw unn wis;:. . , . v teaai v T;Thb FOIXOWlKG ; ,. wii and L...v vuKiuuiuve 111 nn in i gt Yuiif6 Nerl : v " ; ' ;."'v.wwo: ' tte; was living at one of the Itai;9n universities, when a young man l n he had known as a boy, 4 l't! h-m with a face full of delight, and told v fulfilled, his parents having just gi?"' him leave to study the law : and tk thereupon 7 he had come to the W school m this university on account of its great fame, and meant to spare pains or labor in gettW t.hmn 1 studies as quickly and as well asi. In this way he ran on a Inn. aud when at last he came tn tune. thp hnltr man mKn V. f . r ) n. ..v nuu uau ueeu listening to him with' great natienco tr,A 1.:. ? ness. 1 J j . " . . UIQ- Well, and when yon have throngh your course of studies, wLt do you mean to do then ?" Rot " Then I shall take my doctor's do. gree, answered the yonng man. "And .then?" asked St. Filliu Hippo JN en, again. " And then, continued the youth, M I shall have a number of difficult and knotty cases to "manage, and shall catch people's notice by my eloquence my eeal,my learning, my acuteness! and gam a great reputation..' " And then ?" , repeated the holy man.' ' ' '. ' : v And then" replied the youth, " why then I shall be promoted to some high omce or otner ; Desmes, i shall make money and grow rich." " And then TT repeated St Fillii ibppo Neri. y : ' - r '-' ' " And then," pursued the young law yer "then I shall live comfortably and honorably in wealth and dignity and shall be able to look lorward qui! etly to a happy old age." "And then ?" asked the "old man. " And then," said the youth" and then ami then I shall die." "Here St. Fillippo again lifted up his voice and said, u And then ?" where upon the young man made no answer, but cast down his head and went away. This last "And then?" had pierced like a flash of lightning into his soul, and he could not get rid of it Soon after he forsook the study of law. and gave mmsen up to the ministry, and spent me remainder ot godly words and works. his days in . ''' - South Carolina. GOT. PERRY'S LETTER ON THE CONSTITUTION AL AMENDMENT. - Charleston, S. C, Nov. 5. Er-Provis-ional-Governor Perry publishes a long letter addressed to Charles W. Woodward of Phil adelphia, in reply to a letter from that gen tleman, urging South Carolina to ratify the Constitutional Amendment. Governor Perry takes the ground that the Southern States may be ruined, but cannot be dishonored and disgraced by their own acts. He expresses the conviction that the Amendment can nev er gain the assent . of three-fourths of the States. ' He reviews sections of the Amend ment teriatim, and gives his views against each at some length. He closes bis letter in these words : "Let me conclude by assuring you that as feeble as South Carolina may be and as powerless as you say she is to protect herself, she is nevertheless able to maintain amid all her oppressions her honor unsullied,' and will never voluntarily accept her own degradation." .. Good for Mrs. . McCoy. We find the following rich and racy advertisement in a Cincinnati paper of yesterday, and reproduce it in the Courier without charge to the fair Georgeann. Corneal had better kept quiet : NOTICE. ' v "... . Mr. Editor: I observed in your issue of yesterday a card signed Corneal 8. McCoy, warning all persons from trusting - me on his account, as I had left' bis bed and board without just cause or provocation. I there fore take this method of informing the pub lic that he never bad a bed ; the board has always been furnished by myself, and as to anybody, trusting me on his account. I know of none who would trust himself. His credit always has been below par, so much so that he could not get trusted for his own shirting and now wears some of my underclothing on bis back, slightly altered. . ; - . GEORGEANN McCOY. The Vintage of 1866. According to the Journal f 'Agriculture Pratique, a good authority, the vintage of the present year will probably be about 45,000,000 hectolitres, (the hectolitre is rather more than 23 gal Ions,) a third less than that of last year, and ' the quality will be " inferior to that of 1863, which was not a very good year.'! The re- -poris, however, from the Medoc districts, state that a tew. days fine :. weather-have greatly improved the vineyards, and that the expectation now is that the quantity will be larger than at one time had been thought possible, and the quality "fair and marketa ble." As to the stock of wines that will re main in hand for. next year, it is estimated by authorities in these matters at 17,000,000 hectolitres, x : , ... . A' Valuable Recipb.--A correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger writes that, six years' experience has convinced him that a coat of gmn copal varnish, applied to the soles ot boots and snoes, and repented as it dries, until the pores are filled and the sur face shines like, polished , mahogany, 'will make the soles waterproof, and also cause them to last three times as kmg as ordinary soles. , ' ' -' '; - ''.- The officers of the Freedmen's Bureau in Florida send a report similar to that forwar ded by General Sheridan from Louisian, that " the homestead law is very obnoxious to many of the planters, and threats are made to intimidate aegmes from making settle ments under its provisions.1' ; -j- ; . : m .; -.; ;- ..) . .... The Gingham F ACTORT.-r-Mr. . Willsrd, the President of the Company, has just re turned from the North, having made bis or ders for the machinery of the Factory.' The shops of the North sre overworked with heavy orders months in advance.'- The ma chinery for the Raleigh Factory will le push- -ed forward as rapidly as possible. SffniijW. ,,' Petersburg Market. . ' . - -.' , Petersburg, Va., Nov. 7, 1 86ft. ' ' Report of the Petersburg .Market laied. upon actual transactions, Nov. 5, 1866 : ' ., . . "r Gold and Silver. Gold Buying sell ing 150 to 151. ;. : ,r '; ' Silver Buying 136 to 138: selling- 140 to. 143. : ' ; - -Tobacco. Market active for good new ; old steady.-' -. Cotton. Market active to-day. Ordinary 84 to 35c.; good 85 to 86c.; prime 36 to. 37 cents.-- , .: . Corn. New $1 ; old $1 25. - - , ' -J .. " Wheat.-In demand ; red $3 80 to $3 25.; white 3 85 to $4 25. - Bacon. In demand at 22 to 23c. ' ' . Lard. Dull at 20,to 28c ' ? " Groceries Active. Index... ;, ,- . . -, .s . : -; ? 11 .