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THE SUNDAY MOENING APPEAL- A.TJGXJST 29, 1869.
TO THKPUBLIC.
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SI 1)AV APPEAL
SUNDAY FORMING. : : AUGUST 29, 186
XKWsrAPKR HALES.
A. ,he :ils: at Mar.-h lat. tUe iw(ug
ie
t--r.,f what newxpwr uun all concei
to t the busiest .iuaner of th year, ru
turns w -re u.iule by the geverai ne-j
per (vneerns of this city, show ing tbe f
low'iux result :
Appeal...... PJJ
The pre, i- universally severe on
Mrs. Srov. !.'s late scandalous antl un
eminine publication against Lokh
III IB. in which with -suxilegious
hands, and without just v.cuse or
reason, she ha undertaken to uu--hroud
the buried dead of forty
years. The truth is sheha. been over
rated morally and mentally. Her
"Cncle Tom"' was the mushroom of a
party exigency, the body of whi.-h
Calvin E. Stowe, her husband,
raiie for her, and which she only
adrultly clothed. A reputation which
thus retel on a rfagtoaMBNJni
which was rather a fortunate hit than
a great work, could not le expected to
L- endaring. This last proauc
lion is the fitting fitisle of -uch achar
.(.r. She only lacked the opportuni
ty f invdoin to walk alone to make
a .nd ol her repuuitl. 11, andnowshe
hrt fully done it. Her reply to tiie
piiillippi.-s ot the press, and her rt,t
oiis lor her uniuentionaMe charge
nitiiii-i the illustrious d-ud, only
(iukiTc' tie shallow little woman deep
er an.I deeper in. It is bad enough
tliat l.a- men -hould violate the pro-
on-nie- of by bringing vile things
LiSfbt. Jiut th;tt a woman houii
i-iuteh tie- words of a -u!lc- U'Jy.
Mb... -i.-k. and weak. w.s sinkimr luti,
her lira". utterHl forty year after hr
MyMration from her hunanl, and
tibeu un kH.sible ood could result
fj unit t.. prove tbftt LOKD BVrU.N
was L-uiitr of iuo'st is alioiuiuablc.
Vve rwMt teapttt the veracity of
.u. i "story teuer; and ettii our re
BMh on th.- jiigaiM&mt fact that, it
vmcaay WHtik revelation c.iild besu
mm.; uiade by L.vuv Bvkox, ah
ahMu'.d not -ehft mieoneof herdistin
!fiiish.sl countrywomen to make her
-ottlid:tiit, in-tead of a small specimen
of the -ru! American, whose reputa
tion rested on a single liook, and the
b aly .mil skeleton of that the workot
Mother. The New York Herat says
.i tie matter: "Our conclusions are
that Mrs. BCBCna 8t.we ha uiade
a ehoi-king charge, which -he u
fiiBai to .-tabli-h; that her facts are
t.ut the morbid uncies of L.vuv By
koS; that her story it loos? and inco
herent; that slie has seLted upon a
.usatioti which, in the end, will not
j'tiy eipeuses, anl which wiil taruih
the glory ..1 "Cncle Tom;" that Mrs.
Ntowe, m -lur, in her thoughtless
publication, has j.Uetxl herself within
the category of reckless sensational
jBobeiiiians, and in a dilemma from
vnich her only escape ls a iMiii!;.
ki( the n.vstcries of the L'ruve. Her
reusuus for this exposition are insuffi
cient, aud r -tab iueut lietrayi ouly
her :Kuora;v of the i-ase."
.MMMMMMHMMMMM
FoBaconploor h nets we have been
.
matL' the victim of tbe person em
ployed at Loui'Vilio to prejiare the
ili-ati-!I"- the M'-iiiphis pres. He
p-nds u-. halt columns of ao-ounts of
Western prize rights, English Iniat
races, local im.-ideuta in places like
Kalamazoo and Cheyeuue, in which
oar people can have no possible inter
est, and, as if to cap the climax of
fit her ignorance or inimnpetency,
v..terilav In' burdened our columns
- .
ith the details of the sheep market of
w . V -1 . . . ....... .. i .....
U lit IK. e wv w , ex.- v. t
iiave befote on several occasions,
.Minl ilii- sort of leleirraahic news.
....tan! roit t:, it if the reporter at Louis
ville wtu) tuakes up (he dispau hea for I
. , i .1.. I ' - .., 1... I
.nfilpn:-iTwiiioi . ... ...-u
.!U lutrged to wike room lor one who
.l sve u what we want, readable
... oue who will given such new
S7 we pay for, in good ronunV ums.
t in: New Vork Lradcr, ot the'21st,
expiwMMia thteWlowing extract a
riuUlM .-w to ltitf the At'i'KAi. of
vTtlerday :
r;... :...n..l ......! ... ai arin
i .fli,-er a; Ceuys'onrg was designed i
: I .1.. ..v,,.. . ..f L.th ..t.ii..
Cniouand Coul'ilerau who fought
on tlmt i'ld. But there is no proba
bility that tlie hkiuthAvu Generals will
vrfi.iiale in the nsliir. l h'South-
V.rT n I aiiii'iw n - t- p mtm . i
11. NL.rlJ.crn P.mlicals waul to lavu-; -1
. . 1 ...... i.iiik t . . . , r.-. I iiiIF'
. i
luite it- ! J or v bv Ihe formaiiou ofl
i.riny organ iai ions, ami Uiit re-uni.Mis
ud lest'.viues, and y sucu a.-em-f.!es
as this at (MtylHig promis-
1,1 oe, U tix upon point ttjere the
verest lighting tis.k place, aud bfre
l uion ollWA Jell, aud to ertx t mobu
nonts thereon. This is keeping alive
the -pirit of war with terrible earnest-
Who can doubt any more that our
Yankee cousins are particularly after
the money. A Northern paper, in nl
llusion to the Gettysburg latttle, and
theerection of commemorative monu
ments on the ground, says: "The
pictorial description of the battle will
be something new under the sun, and
while affordine to posterity a vivid
inception of the magnitude of the re
tiellion and of the momentous issues
,1. landing upon this bloody field, it
will be an enduring first class adver
tisement to the Gettysburg Springs as
. summer resort." The Yankees have
always hail the monopoly, so far as
we are concerned, lliey have furn
ished no little share of our food, and
.ur clothing, cradles, conins ana tomr
.tones. Whv should they not als
make money dut of our funcraL",
i.i.....lv fields and "reunions" as
well?
Vl have received at the hands of
If run H. Wai.e A Co., Booksellers,
Wain street, a conv of the new work
of I). Mortimokk. M. P., just issued
from the psof Sheldon h oo., -nm
Hnrulwuv. New "l ork. It nears me
singular title, " The Spirit of Ocul a
Fire - ttf dh'be icittnn the .S our
Heititn." Th writer gires reasons for
his stramre hroothesi, a- derived
rrnin revelations throusrh the Scrio-
rvres and nature, and also from recent
rl.vilimcnt in astronomy. It is a
Protestant religion-: work which un
dertakes to locate Heaven in the sun,
ad proves that Hell is any wlwre out
inthedark in all that vast void of the
great deep where the light does not
great deep where the light does not
hine. The work seem to us rather
sensationtal than solid. The title of
the work would have leen more ex-pru-ii-p
of the object if it hail been
"Wonderful Has MiJ the Places
.f Heiiven and Hell PisewerixC" But
'e shu1'' candid enough to say it
is not to bo expected we should be-
come a convert untii pp have read it.
We have aiso to ai knowieage i,cn)
thij adnif Aourcfi. the June and July
numbers of the- New Vork itahixy, a
Ml.. ... i
literary monthly by tne same puo.-
usJers
AumREsroxnEXTof the New York
Timr.i, who heard it, gives the follow
ing extract trom a speech of M.
TliiKiis, the great French philosopher
and .talesman, delivered during the
retvnt canva for a seat in the Corps
Legislatif:
Europe is marching toward
republic; but you young men must
not deceive yourselves. By the faults
of goveitimeuW which sometimes
vieid when they onght to be firm, and
sometimes r.sist when they ougJit
only to curb and direct, this century
will a"c only the period of transition,
a tranMiioit a llien will lie bloody, ter
rible, and which I thank God 1 am
not to see. The bletuliujf of social
and political, of interior aud eU?r'ior
problems, is -uch at this period tlut
.iiimK jire fiitallv forced to tlffilf all
wattMy 0y t(ijrtsxiif oil. But vio-
lent .upPriA-iou ana miiuiioii are io
thiuir-. and. shift them as you please,
.mestious will still esM gs threaten
ing as ever. It ls only wnen tut js."
ri:. which i- already tearing the
llanki of the Old, shall liave acimtred
enough of virlJif., 2nd of wisdom to
vanquish and to dwidV tJl 't an eco
nWMWf Jifpn'j'ic will bring laej -r-der
and fSmW to our society. The
youngast of you Wlii the prologue
to the civilation of the ",tu.-..
Iw-rialism is not mm predictioe ol
tij agaeious man as to the ;:.
future. The tendency of events in
his view i- to Uepublicanlsm, for
which, with hop aut fer, lie is evi
dently l.siking to the Weuri U'y.r.U
In the language of the Iudiauapolia
Sriitiittl, ' Knland, in moving against
a State church, i sou.i);ng established
privileges. FraacH i dttiianiiinf,
with authority, liberty to Xvrn he
sclf. (iermany is coalweing Iron a
scot ftf fragments into one great
power, o tint when the contest for
full liberty come l Mi;' be fought
out on oue field. Spain woub v fkf
on the road to a republic, if h w
.u!y WHf past anarchy. iUily still
heaves with republican aspirations,
inspired by MaaOflMMl G Hiif.vi.iit.
And under all that has been ai iiiiJ
there moves more strongly than ever
the ajiirit that has achieved it." Yet
it may be a problem, as to which the
view of M. nmi i; not disclostsl,
whether the result wiil t? gf.'er lib
erty made .ermanent, or only IteMise,
ipinhjr, an.I the tfneieat result the
firmer foundatfoii of despotic power.
Elitor ApieaJ: The perjijki earife
that have been circulating for unue
time past are a source of great aujoy-
.. ..,4. tn Hi., hi.fr.-r rhiss i it' IU'i.i.Im
orofit-
lln ma I . r thiifi u iti. niit'j hi rir
about the futurity of Memphis, ti
unsurpassed a.Uantattes of this glori
ous reuthern country; something
aboUl the treat iioiitical change that
i ... . . . . , A. ,i i
I J 1 tS jUA . f. ' ' 1 j'- I' ' . 111111 MVS UVP1-
Kv.0" SSlSTSI tnJlPZ.
teuds. Show them lk folly of stir-
Hits jul iJArll pmce, mm me i'lur
..... ... I........ . ...... ,,i,l ,, .!;,,...,
ntr mi t i, - IlHst , I i fir r.'!. I'ks . 8iul thl'
importance ol using their groat teiai
to rsouie purpose. This practice would
U- i,j.,iv becoming to wanton loys
thau uiaturkd a. aniio.nl. It is child
bfa foolishnea, i,-,' for the gocal of
every body let's insist MM no more
of it. VfKtff-
We must concur in condemuiog ths
bringing la-fore the public for criti
ttMt and still more for abuse, the
name tit tiLizens iu private lite.
. .
y
ith our com-Hvud.eut. we hope to
"no mo., - of it." 'that iron who
see
choose to follow the business nud law
ful avo'-ations of life, as good citi
zens, meddling with nobody, should
be d ragged before the public eye, be
cause of I ti'ts or no faults, tew or
many, whu'h MW common to all, ls in
excusable on any ftjpwtuesjs w hat
ever. Only thorn who waaa tfceni.
selves legitimate subject tor cfiti-eA-snj,
by coming before the public
tm
tmmX or the rewards of tame,
be i.ft.tn.: dealt with by
can
th
press, and then ot; by legiti-
inste inferemsM from their
u
t w ith epithets. And those who are
to' as really to deserve epithets, it
SM
tl
usually uaw.--1! the dignity of the
i t iuiticvu. 8kAr form whatever.
pn
The statement of Caeu tziclux to
such characters may -,!. in-i ?
liae
to public justice, and beconiw ner
.kimua . Cr founnon information. But
even then, pfee .tatement ot ins crime
alwavs prei-iuih. Jessiiy ot soil
ing the columns of ft ptoUiv jcyrr.al
by the proper epithet and badg at
diahenor, which a criminal has called
forth. nib rifht way Is to state
lacts sufficiently, aud pfaHime on the
intelligence of the public as sufficient
to select the badge which belongs to
them. But, It should be remembered
bv all newspaper critics, that we are all
alike liable to err, and that it Ls often
easier to point out deficiencies than it
is to avoid them. Perfection is the
exception not the rule.
Ex-President Davis.
The Xorth Rrithh Mail, one of the
leading organs of Scottish public
opinion, aud one of the principal
newspapers of the great city of Glas
gow, in an article upon Kx-President
Pavis, who arrived in that city on the
;th inst. and has since been traveling
in Scotland, sums up the character of
the great Mississippian in this way:
"The astonishing vigor of the Con
federate organization, the brilliancy
of their campaigns, and the heroism
and talent of their military loaders,
are household words even among the
bitterest enemies of the cause which
they upheld. Amidst the exploits of
Lee and "Stonewall" Jackson and
other famous leaders, who for so long
kept the Union trom touching Confed
erate soil, and whw; camp fires at
one time blazed almost in sight of the
Capitol, the guiding spirit of the
whole, whose military genius was on
a par with his administrative talent-,
whose tact enabled him to choose the
right men, and support effectively
from the Cabinet the stubborn resist
ance of his generals in the front, was
almost lost sight of in Europe. But
though he breathed a spirit of defiance
to the last, and upheld the flag of n.
surrender, he had the sagacity to fore
see that President Lincoln's emanci
i... n, in t.riM l.itii..tion. beimr in har
mony with the general opinion of
T J I 1 . . - .1 U 1. 1 . . . .
llianKUKl, nau given it lHH mow 10
the Confederacy from whit'b its recov
ery was doubtful. When Sherman
had cut the South in two and Grant
was ciosing on Richmond, the Confed
erate f'resmeni set up me iic;iuiuui
ters of the South at Panviile, and
after the ttnal eoliapse and surrender
of Lee, led a fugitive life accompanied
bv a few friends. Tlfe assassination
of President Lincoln precipitated his
capture, for in their fury the North
er.argeif the President and other mem
ber" ot the Confederate Government
with being accomplices in the crime,
and offered large rewards for their ar
rfiat. Dayis' final seizure was owing
to his devotion to hi wife and chil
dren: for, learning that she was in
(jangi-r from military marauders, he
U'aatenoit at all menaw feer reaeni
(though aware. tluU her encampment
was watched by Northern spies) and
was captured the next morning In her
tent hy a party of Federal cavalry;
ami closely imprisoned in Fort Mon
uu n-n-.Hnement was loni: and
rlgoroua. and for smp time none of
his fknillv or frieniU were pemitftuj
to have access to him. The law offi
cers of the Cnlon were HMM
santlv reported to lie framing
indictments and preparing his
Vha; hot when the falseness of
the testimoi,;' ii"Diicatinghim in Lin
coln's murder was eierly established,
it was a delicate to prosecute o. ey.
president for secession with any hope
of a IMVffthlB- At last, to make
some tempitfafy pul.-jr capital out
of the iiicideiits, soiue time rtme after
he had been releaAti on lw), hM i".
peachment was initiated pro forma,
Out the prisoner was at once released
OU tit- fomor b-ala, and after repeated
postpunmnunM 'r iitfii! a nomjrah
tqm on both the iildictn,fei)la ugajnsj
him were entered in the Supreii,.'
Court of Washington by the Cnited
States law officers. Henceforth he Is
free, and, so far as the tribunals of the
bojafl are concerned, he will besuffer
ed to live uiii the remainder of his
days in peace. W tf& that his res-
....t VnrnliMin AYf'ltrsitofiM t.n. re-'t'iri
i his enfeebleil health, and perhar-, In
i i .i- i :l...--., ,...,,1. ..
(;Uff tir'l 1 MTU OOs-Ili, irm n nmi .1
few wMesoo- p"litkal truths which
hitherto were un.dreaiut ftf n his phi-
' , ..1... T-ls.. . -r,- f,.i .i.'r. f
1 d.-red bv ffce war are fast di.sappear
, uu, old tre I'ciug ceilient-
! el anew, itua tltvUglr fkf-fl' --.' t'--'
I thousands of henfU wbwti flrW -H tfte
j iron heel of the North, and Stjil beat
! high fortheir extinct anil btiriisl boMf.
.if indenendence. the luaiority, like
fhbi iHnt leader, Gen, l.ee, have
returned 'fo their Federal allegiance,
and are striving to CfBf the scars
which such an unnaturst ;jg'le
prtnld not fail to leave liehind it. Sia
Vhfv is forever, 90 that bone of
contention y.df a, i;f".'re disturb the
ptM,,- the r'nion; We' nis Mr.
Pavis wr-iui Pr'obiihly axtDju fifi
there was no renwkjftgffigtofrCnjf figts.
And though, ifjudgetl by ibb erlft-rufii
of sutres-s or failure, the e.x-Preldetit
a m& C.j!)feleracy no longer stands
conmk-i;v4bo-;' his fellow-men as
a hero, div-tiijH fiv;. "! any po
litical feeling alnait te Irf--f;
mav still look with interet oft .
ml 'no common K'nius, who has set
hi iwtU'J: though It prov.d a fatal
one) on the hwtory yf the great Amer
ican llepublic.
The Old Settlers of Indiana.
J very interesting meeting of the
oldsetJ,: Of ReehvfHe, Eastern In
rlijn.i ,-..i.,t.. itr- he other dac
I Amoiitr the old men pri-a-.i, Jo
seph Pike s., fetcr L.ooney st, ja(
I"ake Ts, S. S. Purbin 77, John P.
Ti,v!ifi''; 8-S Joseph Nicholas 7-1,
i-.iac rattersi4 i, John Walker 7J,
uThnif Tf?T" Wfl ywiuK
Uirr M rejivs were exhibited: a w
oid German MI.m-- yrintisi in u;i?;in
Irish hackle, hfolgft f,giJJ Ireland
over a hundred ya&r " JolJ)
Jenkins; a I-atin edition of 1 sacra tea,
date ISBii a spectacle ta.se, of wood,
madr1 by Rev. Robert Monster, of
wboui it'i-. iH.id that he peaaehed the
first MethwdjsV aM'taViff this side of the
Alleghany M-uiitaiii -, a tQrulnr
quilt containing over two thouaaud
Uowers, and no two just alike; gar
ments of different kinds, from fifty to
. , a I I . !,..... 1
d;ic nunurei.1 years oni; ira'i uoo-
By'fOld chair, made by himself, in
Keotiii., It, Islfl. Col. Joe Nicholas
opened the fciilt Ul" pe--h line,
and gave some inUjro.iifk,',-a,,b'he9 of
his earlv can-er. Born in '. ;
August :il,17iW, he hipl lived to see
the population of this country grow
&-" livid hi forty millions. He lived
in UhuTia JV'- "lid came to the Indi
ana Territory Hi fm4- f ldar John P.
Thompson said he came r.,A, U jh l
tucky to Hush county In l.l, wdh'n
wife, two children, a horse and two
cows. He told of traveling straight
ikpjUjfh Bush county by making
three .irci;: iftjtpoming out where n
starttfii in tfee lifOAt-ii. He was fol
lowed by Peter Looney. Jr. i... c
u a-, born in Virginia, marned ic tBfJj
in Kentucky, i4 OWi to Indiana
November 21, 1821.
The Southern Historical Society.
It the last regular meeting: of this
fwifiy Adeptly held in New Orleans,
which u litiW Sth'y jroanized for the
purptxe of the reeo?a if fj;e late
struggle for Confederate bnopeuOMMa,
several interesting anil important let
ters were read, among them one from
K. K. Lee. signifying hisaccep
taneej 'wiii. tfjeasure, of the Vice-Presidency
lor ywjpillj. r?d saying that
"it is highly important to i-'Al"; t and
record reliable historical iti..,ri..-,'i,i,.
especially in perioils of rapid change,
sAtuJi i;s the pnsient," and offerinfr to
lUej vi. . iil'y ".y service that may
Hill this cSiiei. in 1:.. '". Alao let
ter, hvet ften. yirtr!i,lfo,V' -.
miral Rapiuw isernMr, ex-sAsrefftr,-S.
B. Mallory, ex-uow-w;F B- A...
Humphreys, ot Mississippi, and i.ih
ers, approviug of the object of the Soci
ety and OOhrfog their services. Mr.
Jetft-,-,. i avis was elected an hono
rary member, fjhe Sia-iety then
adjourud to nuet aain un tti' second
Monday in September.
For Ihe Sumiay Apiieal.)
THE RAIN.
B M A it Y K. POP.
The rain, the longed f.r Summer rain,
In coming down at hwt.
Over the city, the wood, the plain
v iniAtv veil is cast.
The children of men with dust dinined
evs.
And a prayer tn every heart,
Look fearful up to the clonrl draped skies
test the gracious signs depart.
The rain, the pleasant Summer rain.
Comes pattering from the eaves.
The grateful music rings again
From the dust besprinkled leaves.
O children of men, from hleep arise
To worship the loving hand,
That sendeth the life stream from the
skies
To heal the fainting land.
The rain, the cooling Summer rain.
How it brightens the crisp brown grass,
How the odors of blossom and ripened
grain.
Sweep by as the sweet drops pass.
The cattle upon a thousand hills
On freshened pastures fed.
Are drinking content the stream that litis
The dried up streamlet's bed.
The rain, the grateful Summer rjin.
It falleih alike on all.
On the child of want in hts aching pain.
On the dweller in splendor's hall:
On him whose heart and hands are pure,
On the wretch with the mark of Cain;
And lordly man, and reptile mean
Bless xod for the Summer rain.
The blessed rain of Heavenly grace
Is falling on human souls,
And the stain of the mire of earth's wild
chase
Away on the bright tide rolls.
The heart that in sin lay scor. hed and
de.ul
To a higher life has birth.
Whence ii:wers of love and holiness shed
v, .-ot perftlinn o'er the earth.
Sum Mauv's Scilou!..
The Telegraph in Peru.
The Panama Star and Hemlil of the
Uth inst. says: Among the passengers
going South' to-day on th j steamer
Pavta, is Jlon Mariano Felipe Paz
SoMaBj, Pirectnr General of Public
Works of Peru, who has been to Eu
mpe in connection with the National
Telegraph intended to connect Pana
ma with Callao. ilr. Pa Soldau has
kuccetUedin obtaining tl.UWWQ to
wards the stock in Europe, and has
reserved SM,MM stock to bo subscribed
C nn Ihia mvut Hi' CV IlfS't.S to ob
tain a concession from Peru to lay the
I:ha lnn fku ,N,uJ U'itho.lf Mil V I I i t H -
1111' .IUMI- VII, . , " 1 '
eujtv, and also to receive a subsidy
from that Government. If tl," united
suites 01 l omnium Felipe; iu gll-i
privilege without compenaatiou, ap
plieation will ta made to Costa Rica
to run the line across that territory,
which will be very easily obtained.
Poae PioNino.
It is not generally known, I believe,
that Pope Puis the Ninth was, in his
youth, prevented from entering the
mini m Honor ol lie v lccruy oi n-
in consequence of his being sub-
JjBei to attcn S PPMJMy:
from Simgaglia to lion.e, uuq erju-n u
the iricsthood in lsli, being then in
his twenty -seventh year. The infir
mity to which he was subject was as
great a bar to Ids, advancement in this
prolession aa in the military and it is
-aid that his admission was granted
by Pius the Seventh only on the con
dition that when he celebrated the
mass he should lie assisted by another
priest. He orliciuted .for the tirst time
r tiie church attached to the orphan
age In which he had for some tune in
structed the children, on Whil-Sun-.lay,
in the year Mil. The attacks of
epilepsy to which he bird been subject
u- less and less freijuent: and
four" v. mrs aflCT entering the priest
hood he was appeinteil by the Pope
attachfi to an tccfcsiasUcal and p'olrti
nMjni "-' to' Ht)u(h Aliierica.
im his rciuFii fxfiui t'is mission to
Home he was app'dHtfad Ari.llishop
otSpoleto, by Pojh Leo the Twelfth,
and was consecrated In 1827.
Heroic Consuls.
Wc t:ke the following from a recent
nu tuber of Gallt imprest, pahQibed
In Kingston, Jamaica: A poor unfor
tunate seaman had been apprehended
a cjiarfee of fteihg impHcatiil in a
fcCixstrO-a rr'j.'i'tion,' and he was
tbru-t miq prisVi,. ifai...i'v'i)r.tseon
newJUM to l,.- ',1, evidence 'as in
likely and ii.riube as any one
could conceive. He wasau Amoricuu
the sou of English parents, and not
e. jthstaiiding the most strenuous ex
fifliU H'i the, "ilrt ' thl Enf-"sh and
kfrilll l' PUbi-n
authorities seen, -i , .fefttdijefl t.; kc
ritiie this poor m.i:. s lite. "Gn the
morning appointed tor his execution,
bb wii ljiarchcdoat to th usualplace,
Ixmm tjnM 4i.,K- ..'iiy i-n-
nity. He Baa immediate.;- (fflqf?
by air. lUniMen, British V torCnsnL
and th." American V ice-Consul, to
make a still further protect in the
prisoner's favor, Mr. Ramsden real
the d.x-ument, prAttJtingin the name
M Ciarjend and Auior'1, deciariujjr
that the'prisour y s altogether inno
cent of the charge WhM 'n
laiil against him, demanding TnU HM
.nc'li.ite release, and declaring if the
' iiretU;-:,f man's life M taken,
fho-e v'ho toci. i: vouid be guilty of
murder, and ' vVoUkiWatitei. i:;swpra
hit t'J the Goveriirrients 'of t.tiglar.d
4Wl m ii'J Sfhui of ATJierirtt.
Guriutf ikemmimM tb:s document,
which was dou tr cdtluuCsW Ui'd
determination, the pn.soi.Ki- jcuii?f
from excitement, aud then'' were
strong -irfns of impatience on the part
tit t,c sihi-uiuJi troops, who manifested
a thorough ijettirii.iiijii i, i force the
authorities to taae the manV uk it.
spite of all reuiutwtrimco. A egnsul
tatiou followed, and Mr. Kamsdeuaud
the American Consul were eventually
informed that their remonstrance
.-.line too late; the prisoner had al
ready ,bcen sentenced to death for
having taken up arms against Spain,
and that the sentence must be curried
into efleet. With this, the order ws
given to the tiring party to " present."
It was the work of an instant, and
Lf. ''ousul Batnsdcu and the Ameri
can r'jiWfi lushing with the flags of
their respertYvS' CvH,;ev 'before the
levelled rifles, of the SpaCUIi UiuiV
and in front of the unfortunate man,
shoutexl, "hold"!!! and wrapping
the Kngltsh flag around himselt and
th pnsoner, addressing the officer in
vtytfot Of n-r Hring party-said,
G'entleraen, 'fc a -iti.tu) "f her Bnt
annic Majesty. I cannot' stny muuj
t,y, i,4 te th"is fijul 'tuunferof hn ln
notttt mart- It i m l-rbtect
his life, and it you 4i tiK MV L".U8t
take it throng 6," !! piacliitf My
self iiumeiliately in front ol the con
demned seaman, his eyes sparkling,
jjije his manlv form heaved with
the indignaiioi; ftia speech had so he
roically expreased. 'fh AUJerjcHn
Consul, wrapped in the "Stars and
Stripes ' of the I'nion, stood abreast,
and for some moments the Spaniards
stood aghast, the conduct of these two
Consuls being more than they could
i(.iupeed The emotion of the
prisoner was ttu.m.i -he was sup-
. i .u . i: - i, .. uti:.
poriisi njjiii .1.1.1 .ru -'. i'ii"
nd the imnr fellow shed a profusion
of tears from weariness and excite-
l fill. U 'nsultaiion was auiu
hV'lu", 1'iid'U.e uriswfljE? tjiawhed back
.,if ,,'nfu'e Art ciiit'nrr o? tn.i.r- the
j Consuls suppitiug the unhappy 'mln
all the way along. 'I'hu furov as
; bi'yond description. After dark, th
' prisoner was reprieved and finally
shipped off the country, through the
udt-jHtigabfo exertions of the Consuls.
J. P. Benjamin.
A flPW daj-s ago we announced that
this distinguished gentleman had la'en
advanceil to the ilignity of (Queen's
Counsellor, at the English bar. l'om:
menting upon the fiict an English
pafiersays: "A little paragraph in
the leading papers has just carried
buck the memory to the great Ameri
can struggle, and recallid some of
those personal interests which have,
since its close, been eclipsed by the
grave political issues that formed the
legacy ot the war. Mr. J. P. 15enja
miu. of the Northern Circuit, has
been apoiiited by Mr. Justice Han
nen, a (jueen's Counsel for the county
PaJatine of Lancaster. Mr. Benjamin,
of the Northern Circuit, may not be
known under that description to any
considerable section of the public; but
Mr. Benjamin, of tiie Siuthern Con
federacy, was tolerably well before the
eyes of this country during the civil
strife in the United States. He was
throughout those four years of anxious
labor and desperate conflict the right
hand man of Mr. Jefferson Davis, in
the very difficult task of administer
ing the' political aflSiirs of the Confed
eracy. He shared the fortunes of the
President, when, after the fall of
Richmond, he made that now histori
cal attempt at escape; and, exempted
from the protracted legal torture in
flicted upon his chief though ex
cepted from the amnesties which per
mitted other prominent Southerners
so easily to re-enter the ranks of civil
life he has manfully devoted himself,
in an exile that is now voluntary, to
the pursuits for which his brilliant ca
reer in his own country bad so excel
lently prepared Mm. We may be
well assured that Mr. Benjamin's ex
perience of busings, his breaking into
hard labor, and training in that wide
observation and sympathy which the
statesman has the best opportunity of
equaling, will not make him the l.-ss
worthy the distinction just bestowed
upon him. N'or have we the slightest
fear that the County Palatine of Lan
caster will in any unpleasant manner
remind Mr. Benjamin that the val
iant struggle of the South against the
stern unreason of the North made its
people endure some weary and wast
ing years of idleness and dependence.
Lancashire surtered without rancor;
it is, perhaps, a ijuestion whether her
sympathies were not at least evenly
divided between the combatants. In
any case the invincible fairness of
Englishmen will secure Mr. Benjamin
against whatever prejudice his re
markable ability may fail to disarm,
or the memory of his resolute and
fearless striving against destiny, dur
ing the four years ot an unparalleled
struggle, may not transmute into ad
miration anl esteem.
How Lager Bier is Made.
Lager Bier is a fermeted liquor,
made trom malted grain barley prin
cipally. Hops and other bitter flavor
ing matters are added to improve
their taste and impart their peculiar
properties, tonic or otherwise, to any
liqaor. laager bier, properly made, If
analyzed, will give about the follow
ing result: Water, !H.80; malt, I.C5;
alcohol, -i.4 1 ; carbonicacid.ii.il. The
lager bier brewing sea-sin begins about
the close of i.-tober and ends about
the lirstof April. In the manufacture
of bier the barley, wheat or other
grain is select id with much care. It
is first subjected, fo the process tailed
malting. Which' is effected in large
cisterns, 'with a depth of some six or
seven inches abpvC the surface of the
grain. When the grain has become
fully soaked usually absorbing forty
or filty-tive pouuds to the hundred
weight of barley jt U taken out, al
lowed loiiraiu for sin mfM hours,
and then spread upon the malt floor,
where the next process of the opera
tion is termed couching, tying m
beds of twelve or sixteen inches iu
depth, the grain soon becomes nioi-t
through chemical changes, and gerin
inatiou commences.
When this has gone sufficiently far,
which is known by the grain becom
ing white and crumbly like meal, the
process is Changisl and germination
immediately arrestist by the grain be
ing moid on tile Boor of I malt kiln,
and the temncrature 'raised gradually
from ! to 1'fo degrees, (juring the op
eration of dryirig'. the' malt fieing ire
queiHly atirred. Then comes the
brewing process, which, like the tirst
stage, embraces several different ope
rations. The malt is tirst ground or
crushed to a course powder, w hich is
afterward shaken into large mash tubs
containing wat-T at a temperature..!
PHI degrees. More water is added, and
the temperature carefully raised sev
eral degrees higher, after which the
i illusion is drawn off. More water is
tbn'adih'd1to flm crttshefTmalt in the
ttib, drav'ri off, and lidded to the first ;
stlfl aniHtherV-'cUmi; tutw piov. with
the' water At tfce . "J'hp
next process ls the boilfng, which is
done by placing the infusion in large
copper vessels furnished with steam
valves. Iiuring the boiling operation
ti.f. t.cpi -jr1 introduced. Then boM
ihg over, tiVlL,U':' I, drsinwl and
allowed to cool, 'when t is "plae'eu ii.
huge wooden vats, and yeast add -d.
After having fermented long enough,
thre liquor is drawn, off into huge re
ceptai''e3 and b)f& jn hll vaults,
where it is allowed pi) remain for
several months. This i, cullod ar
Curious Calculation About the Guano
Islands.
,. PvimvmMirmmd Herald oi the
biflr irfVf, mm t. j "wing curious
calculation in iegiiri!"t. ri ii'i."
Islands: 1 p to this- vear the t MMH
Hand tlAive yielded 10,(MH)i0fH) tons ot'
feuii;:,. MiW 11 IS Weil-Known 10
1 everybody Miai fhb -nstiance is noth
i ing'nioreii'ir Km tr.aii e i-mhv; m r
slice es ol scampi. ,-ui. ir;-n;s
tf.ai
I a i . . . i i -o. L 11- .. '..;.s
l;i. lliecofOiyCJicemenio, uicijcjkjmi
offtiii rK-rr-werey million of
these birds employed, tjim0 V -sary
to produce the ten million Al
ready extracted from the island would
he 'i;i; years, as the following calcu
lation viff SffQW t'-:-''!.1 l'ird w'-Jld not
prodltce niore'thi-i) ' iMi iii! (rjtt
-rains fiaalm br y- 4 "'"i1?
birta lu tfifi Wr ww y",l,i
four million grauaiM-a CF bounds,
which In a year would ratie the
amount to three million llf
pounds. If we divide twenty
thousand million prounds, equivalent
to ten tut thou :.f ?ens extracted, by
the three millions, the UfrtS rt-Hjuired
to produce thLs grand deposit of' the
tiua no Islands could not fie less than
tWlH' years. But as nobody has ever
seen. such a multitude of birds of the
sniU4jt'tn(' eon gn i it'-d- in an area so
small mWrvkmjdl& J-'sods, it Ls
probable that th euwimamvvklAlA
nearer the trutii by adding &K) years
more, which would give 71bT years.
All of which goes to show that theage
j el .lie guano ueposus nam ion;; o-
I fare ' the oyoJ ;nd Ls conteniporary
with f fiosp v.'ho ;ivel in ks RWee ot
XathVidlern. . . ' !
HKkit.'iXT. for ptember, has the
following, under t,t 'ding or ' Si
lent Eloquence:" "OTomied mi.
amazingly powerful at times; but one
of his most effective displays was a si
lef rPL'j" 1 H youthful member, who
had m5te ai, 'uu,iv Higo tjinj that
was quite unique. The almost hrvai'u.
less assailant was so much frightened
at his own audacity that, after a lew
stammering sentences, he broke down,
and making -arious wild and voh'e-'i-ss
gestures, tumbled upon his seat
tain ."-'s el sounds. The shout
ing having' sU'rucA. f: '-'est Agi
tator rose and looked at the kma,
agitated with so comic a smile thin
uproarious laughter was the immedi-
afe. recu; then, snaring nis neau as
something else." Bettur acting was
never seen on the stage.
tiJtcV ia-v. the -poor fellow, has
qu'ite enoifgO,'' be (iCierfy-' to
the Sneaker and began to fafk cbo.s.t
BEFORE THE GATE.
hey irave the whole lonif day to idle
laughter.
To fitful sonjf an.l .iest.
To un .oils of Aoherness as i.lle, after,
And sib-nce, as idle toi ai the rest.
rtut when at laat upon their way return-
Tai.'iiurn. late and loath.
Through the broad meadow in the sunset
burning.
They readied the gate, one sweet spell
hindered them both.
Her heni t was troubled with a subtle an
ICiiish, Such as but women know,
That wait, and lest love speak or apeak
not, languish.
And what they would, would rather
they would not so.
Till be said man-like nothing compre
hending Of all the wondrous gile
That women won win themselves with,
and bending
Kyes of relentless asking on her the
white
" Ah, if beyond this gate the path united
Our steps as far as death,
And I might open it!" His voice af
frighted At its own daring, faltered under his
breath.
Then she- whom both his faith and fear
enchanted
Far beyond words to tell.
Feeling her woman's rtnest wit had
w anted
The art he had that knew to blunder so
well
Shyly drew near, a little step, and mock
ing. " Shall we not lie to late
For teaT " she said, " I'm .pilte worn out
with walking:
Yes, thanks, your am:. And will you
open the gate? "
Allnvtit: Mimtilj.
THE UNFINISHED PRAYER.
" Now I lay "--say it, darling;
" Lay me," lisped the tiuy lips
Of my daughter, kneeling, liendiug.
O'er her folded linger tips,
"Down to sleep" "To sleep " she mur
mured. And the curly head dropped low;
" I pray the Lord " I gently added,
" Yoii can say it all, t know."
" Pray the Lord " the words ennie faintly,
Fainter stiff " My soul to keep;"
Then the Ur.-.l head fairly nodded.
And the child wan fast asleep.
Rut i he dewy eyes half opened.
When I clasped her to ray breast,
And the dear voice sortiy whispered,
" A I i ii.: a i. iod knows all the rest."
o, the trusting, sweet confiding
if the child heart; Would that
Thus might trust my Heavenly Father,
He who hears my feeblest cry.
Greek Life in the Heroic Age.
The following is from .Mr. Iliad-
stone's recent work, "Juventu- Mun
di:" The youth of high birth, not
then s widely as now separated In. in
the low, is educated under tutors in
reverence for his parents and in de
sire to emulate their tame; he shares
in manly and in graceful spirts, ae-
Miiires the use of arms, hardens him
self in the pursuit, then of all others
the most dispensable, the hunting
dowr. of wild liensts; ga'ns the
knowledge of inediciiH ; probably al
so of the lvre. 8onietims, with
many-sided intelligence, he even sets
himself to learn how to build his own
house or sb,ip. or luw to drive the
plough down the lurrow, as well as fo
reap the atanuing corn; ami wneu
scarcely a man, he bears anus for liis
country or his tribe, takes part iij its
government, learns, by direct instruc
tion and by practice, how to rule man
kind through he use of reasoning and
oersuasive uowers in political assem
blies, attends and assists in sacrifices
to the gods. For all this time he has
been in kindly and free relations, not
only with his" parents, his family, his
equals of his own age, but with the
attendants, although they are hut
scrls, who have known him from in
fancy on his father's domain.
Ilis early youth is not solicited into
vice by finding sensual excess in
vogue, orthe opportunities of it glar
ing in his eyes and sounding in his
.-ar. Ciluttony 'is hardly known ;
drunkenness is marked only by its de
grading character nut) Uie evil con'je
quetices that flow so straight from it,
and it is abhorred. But he loves the
genial use of meals, and rejoices in the
hour when the guests gathered in his
lather's hall enjoy a lilieral hospitali
ty, and the wine mantles in the cup.
For then they listen to the lay of the
minstrel who celebrates before them
the newest and dearest of the heroic
tales that stir their blood and rouse
their manly resolution to be worthy,
in their turn, of their country and
their country heroes." He joins the
.lance in'the tesrtvft'ts of religion: tHe
maiden's hand upon his wrist, and
the gil'ded kni'e' fjlairting from 1 i
belt, as they course from polnr to
point, or wheel in round on round.
That maiden, some Nausieaa or some
Hermione of a neighboring district, in
uue IJt'ie ne wens, anuosi uf;
. -TIT! m ,L' i kL .tllX. . .i l.r...
.)
..Icings of ti,i:lr faiiiilie, and, bnng
ler home to cherish her "from tM
her
flower to the ripeness or the grape,
with respect, rdMty ahd 'bye.
Whether Us governor or as governed,
politics bring him, in ordinary cjr
cumstaiices, ho great ahare of troubio,
Oovernment is .t machine of which
the wheels move easily enough, tiir
thevare well by simplicity of usages,
ideas, and desires; by unity of inter
est; by respect for authority, and for
those in whose hands it is repose i ;
;. v jnvcof the common country, the
oomnin ainr, ii.? tnmon festivals
and games, to which alreiftfly them i.
large resort. In peace ho sett Irs the
disputes of his people; in war he
lends them the precious example of
heroic during, iu- ecnsrHf them. and
advises' with them on all'Tave aflhirs:
and his wake fill enre'for Heir interef t
if regarded by ffie ample ddlnaTris
wtdfeh lBje sU tear! ft the PHnce by
the people".' Wniflly, hrf Clow idj
eyes, delivering over the scepfr to his
sons, and leaving much pea.-e arid
h-ippinis ijriJ'untl h'ni.
The Sunflower a 6ur tor Ayue.
14. lturtjr jn a paper read before ti)e
Therapeutic Utwiif at VraRP", tk
as a proveti ctct that the common sun
flower possesses the faculty ot freeing
the atmosphere from the animal and
'. v-:thle genus supposed to constitute
the miasmas productive of fever and
ague, lie says the experiment has
proved successful in the low districts,
near I'ochefort, and that the Dutch
have proved its -alue in neutralizing
the noxious effects of marshy ex ha la
th, iu. . TJifi sunfower has long been
appreciate as'ai!t,tttiiiHF of piry.
and supplying food. for bees, eta., ana
many people culflvate them chiefly
fbrthat purpose. But if M. Martin's
theory be correct, we ex peet to see it
""largely cultivated.- especially in
ffie fotv rjjni-Jktrcts and the homely
looking ' TOWeV Will - re b;e-.si ! v
thousands', whb rook with hftrri'l an
lictjiatloh fot the return to their rhM
tar " ' '"' ' "
Otk v.s- cables are now occupying the
attention of business men in all parts
Wf ffce yorjd. An Anjerican company
is n'uw engaged hi mM WitP IR?
the coast uf C'hUia: to eonneU ir,tt
principal cttU. This line is under
American control. An oflVr to twtab
lish a line from Lisbon and Gibraltar
to England antl America, without
subsidy, in consideration of a twenty
v an monopoly, has been made by a
ifeicti couipan'-. A company has
been organised iJi Copenhagen fu. the
1 1 I I I' I I, IS.' Lit hivinir a cable-from North
ern Eurowe. bv way of thf Faroe Is
lands. Iceland, and Oreenland, to
Americj 'PQTirig' the' present year
fhe h.Jlssj cjl iendlfiS ceepn
grnj, wilt invrease witfi rapid Stridfcif
Hard on tbe Ladies.
Some old fogy, (an old dilapidate.!
batchelor, of course,) gets off the fol
lowing at the expense of the lauies:
Taken as a clas-i, women can contrive
more outlandish and ugly fashions
than one would thinkpossible without
the gift of inspiration. Take for in
stance the waterfall. First, it repre
mnted a bladder of Snitch snuff; nnxt
t hung down a woman s back like a
anvass covereii ham ; afterward
ounterfeited a turnip on the back of
the head; now it sticks straight out
behind, anil looks like a win muzzle
on a grey houuu. .esiung 111 tne
midst ot this long stretch of hair re
poses a little batter cake of a bonnet
like a jockey saddle on a long backed
race horse."
The Japanese in California.
The Japanese, who landed two or
three months ago at San Francisco,
lost as little time as possible. They
showed, from the hour of their land
ing, that they meant business. They
immediately established themselves
in a locality previously selected by
one of their number, threw off their
coats, rolled up their sleeves, and
went industriously to work raising
tea and mulberry treets. The tea
nuts which they planted have nour
ished remarkably well, the trees are
perfectly thrifty, and the immigrants
are already, even with their brief ex
perience, s entirely satisfied as to the
capacity of the soil anil climate to pro
duce their specialities in abundance,
that they have written home earnest
ly entreating their friends to improve
their condition by coming at ouce to
this country. Those who have MM
them in their new home boar testi
mony that the quiet but thoroughly
practical manner in which they go to
work evinces a sense of the value of
time and industry far beyond that
manifested by any other people ever
known upon this continent.
Photographic Views of Gautemala.
Whehave received, says the Panama
Star and Jtrrud, from Mr. K. Her
bruger, sr., of Gautemala City, some
very interesting and highly executed
EhotogTaphs of the crater it the celts,
rated olean de A gun ( Water Vol
iiino. Mr. Herbruger passed three
days in the crater in the early part of
June, and succeedi-d in producing pic
tures which give a very fair idea of
the place. Tne Yolcan de Agua is one
one of the two volcanoes, at the ba.-e
of which was situated the old capital
of the Republic, founded by lion Pe
dro Alvarado, the conqueror, in ."24,
and on the site of which now stands a !
city of some twenty thousand inhab- j
itants. known as the Antigua. The!
volcano takes it name from the dread-
ful circumstances connected with the
destruction of the oh 1 111 pi tal in l-Vd, j sanction the denunciation of the
and which makes it a point of great hitnsie, but even these admitted to
interest. In the month of September! (ien. Miles that for tbeSutbern plan
of that year it had rained tearfully Station there could lie in. letter
without intermission for three ilays, j laborers. The want of protection by
and an immen-e amount of water had ; the law has somewhat discouraged
collected in the crater of the volcano, j immigration to California, otherwise
About 1 o'clock li the momlug of 1 the only limit to it would be the
the 11th, a severe shock of earthquake I amount" -.1 transportation, which
occurri-d, the crater broke open on the i .ald be devoted to the husine- of
north side and an immense body of bringing them ove,. This business Ls
water burst forth, destroying every- very diflferent from the r,...ie trade,
thing in its course as it pa-sed through ; which has been reprehend.sl by tbe
the beautiful valley below, and laid ' i Ullllll world, and is prohibited hy
111 rums the capital which hau been
founded onlv a lew years liefore. The
city was rebuilt and again was totally
destroyed in 17et, after which it was
tor many years abandoned.
Spirit in Woman
W'e like to wee a woman of spirit
and life, for a dull, prosy, supine wo
man is a poor affair indeed. And we
have no particular objection to sv
" the sparks fly " occasionally when
something really stirring occurs. We
like her joyful and lively; and if she
has a little spice of waggery we can
put up with it very well nay, we
like it all the better. But I cross,
sour temper we have no gixxl opinion
of; for a woman who can never look
pleasant, but who is always fretting
and scolding, wifi make an unhappy
home for all Within' her house. We
would as soon undertake to live i
n a
nn,
barrel of vinegar in a thunder storm
as to live tn u house with such a wo
man. Solomon was right when he
aid " lt is better to live in a corner
of a housetop than to dwell in a wide .
house with a brawling woman." Let j
a woman wear sunshine on her coun-.
tenance, and it will drive the dark
clouds from her husband's face, and
joy will thrill through the hearts of
her children. Let a woman's words
be .-nothing and kind, and everything
is happy around her. Her influence
wiH be powerful. Others will catch
her sweet temper, and all will strive
to see who ean be most tike her.
Sweetness of temper irt a woman is
.'j,orefq bje valued than gold, and'thore
to be prized than oeaufy. qn lea
ven keep us from an uutanied shrew,
whose looks are wormwood and
whose words are gall ! We had rather
take Daniel's place with the lions than
to think if liv ing within gunshot of
such a termagant. f wonn a;new
their power, and wished to eert it,
tl(ey xyoqld ahvays show sweetnes.- of
temper, for then they are irresistihle.
Th9 Laboring Classes in England.
The London correspondent of the
New York JVwirvi draws a dismal pic
ture of life among the laboring classes
in Kngland. He says: " Millions of
people in Fngland live almost entirely
upon taker's bread. Here, for exam
ple, Ls the way of life of a -ober hard
working I'aglishman, who earns 1
a week, tsay $1 it-, gold standard),
and has a wife and six children. He
neither drinks nor smokes, and hands
ove'pjs' wltule wages to his wife.
TJtLsLa commorli practice, in uell-omeredfSin-.i'ies.:'
he pays' ImJ a tfVek
for rent; Is' Tor coals; candles,' soqp,
eti . jU. ; i" penny 4 week' eacj) for the
six children to ii ttiirial club, od. ; qn a
doctor'-bill due, Is. Hen.' are fs. 'Id.
of tlie I Ss. gone, an.l nothing to eat
lavf f"te hjll qf frl"' mr those eight
ptjrson.s. una pounu; qf bvead a Uy
for each the children scarcely ta-te
anything tlse cooqea tq 7s. a vH'k;
WPUty pound of potatoes, M- one
iiound butcher's r.nuu on Sunday and
two pounds of salt pork for week days,
. ; one pound sugar, half a pound of
butter, one ounce tea, thl., make up
the week's account. Xo milk, no
fruit, no clothing. The only way they
can have that Is for the children to
get work or to die; then something
would come in from the burial club.
Thousands on thousands of men work
for two-thirds these wages or less.
lh r,tv, ry?r IP h-!' tqwns work for
tlMVeg, 'PhouSanis cannof, tuste
eren-the Humlay meatuincer. i.ilea
numbers nevi'r taste butter; they get
a little dripping aa substitute1. In a
London shop on a Saturday night,
yon will see great heaps of penny anil
har-perr.-" jweheWof .tea; and' penny
wbrtf.s t ff-ricvn sugat, ready done lip
fbr 'feeofele of moderate rnvorh.! J
dhce pad the' curios'ity fo buV a- Twits
Aennj' pheket of ten -a cent!s Worth,
tl jestniLleii ri(usty t;lqife' hay . and'a
decoction tasted as you' might fancy
the drippings from a heap of dead
leaves to taste at the end qf a hard
wtdter.1' Thisi Ui a strjklqg oqntrast
to the copdf iop, of the same v:laas in
Ameriea. It seems, too, that an in
vestigation of the prisons and work
houses discloses the feet that tho In
mates, with but little to do, are actu
ally better cared for, fed and clothed,
when beine ostensibly punished as
criminaLs. than the majority of the j
honest laeorers ere; wtu orteru, a
preniuuito nUqe. instead ct ii.;bo: 1
industry i by lidding out to outriders
the Inducements of good tooq
injr, medicuj attendance
'ot
and liirht '.
THE CHINESE.
Return and Report of the Agent of
the Memphis Convention.
I rum the New
l.iv.
"rieuns l ime of Tb.irs,-
We had the pleasure, yesterday, of
meeting and conversing with iien.
V. It. .Wilt's. vh. bus nisi r,.rui-M.t
j from California, to whichtate he was
sent by the Immigrant and I-abor
Convention held at Memphis last
July, for the purpose of investigating
anil reporting upon Chines labor, its
adaptability to the wants of the South
and the practicability of its cheap in
troduction. (ien. Miles i well known to onr
citizens as a former distinguished
Lawyer and merchant of this city.
Having performed a gallant and con
spicuous part in the late war, he has,
since its dose, settled upon hLs large
cotton estate iu the Yazoo bottom, and
has Iwen one of our most successful
cultivators. Ileputed by the Conven
tion to proceed on the mission relative
to Chinese labor, he left Memphis on
the -".th of July by the Pacific Rail
road, arrived safely at San Francisco,
devoted one month to traveling, ex
amining the country, and observing
and studying the people and their
institutions, ami returned in
month and twenty days from the 1
of his departure. At the time of
interview with lien. Miles, it
his seventh day from San FrancLsco.
He is now at Vicksburg, and will
promptly lurnih the public with a
.!.! !euins on
tiie subject of his mission.
In advance of this report we can
state that the General confirmed the
opinions of ail intelligent and
impartial persons who have visited
California, as to the great value, su
periority aud cheapness of Chinese
labor. An active, sagacious and in
quisitive gentleman, he made a
thorough and minute culmination
into tlie manners, habits and customs
of the Chinese. He visited the vari
ons establishments in which they are
employtd, the woolen factories, the
machine shops, the founderies, the
farms, the mines and on railroads; in
.every department of industry and
manufactures; ami ne tounu in every
relation and position they were re
garded as the cheapest, most reliable
and trustworthy laborers in the State.
As house servauts they are esteemed
s incomparably superior to all others
i n their cleanliness, docility, and
fidelity. Their labor can be obtained
at about one-third the rate paid for
other labor. It Ls for this reason they
are persecuted and oppresswi by cer
tain classes, in California. These
classes, embracing a large number of
voters, political
aspirants and party
to their interest to
: lenders, rind it
i an act nt Congress. 1 he contractors.
who have been extensively engage!
in this business, and are willing to
embark on a still larger -cale, obtain
tueir emigrants from the interior and
agricultural districts of China, and so
fur from employing any violence or
deceit to inilu'-e them to emigrate, are
annoyed by the unfortunates of these,
who beg to go. There are few, in
deed, ol the laboring class who would
not leave that country to come to
America if their passage w ere ecured.
They are willing to bind theuidetves,
and the contractors will guarantee the
fulfillment of their pledge to work at
a rate, to lie agreed on, until they reim
burse all the advances made for their
transportation. Iu fine the whole
system of the Chinese emigration is
arranged in strict ciii-i-t'-n.-y with
acts of Congress w hich have been
missed in regard to Lurooean con-
I tracts. The right of these parries to Bind
thcmselve, and the validity of "sue"
contracts 01 14 v; r; 10 renqmre r.
t es affording them the means ot tran
spurtatiou, has never been questioned,
fj far froiii nsjuiring any mccia laws
to proti-ct them from fraud and im
position in pen contracts, Gen. Miles
assures us that the Chinese are more
than ordinarily shrewd in making a
bargain and taking care of themselves.
All they ask is protection when they
come into our country, and the enjoy
ment of the rights which have been
promised to them under the BurlfngJ
Trfoughtrre mission and purposes
A
-en. Miles were seriously rhterfci
1
with arid discouraged tv toutvrfiU'a
ft tttr'tfi the 'Collector of ew ( irVeans,
i.e had eyery assurance tluit if proper
security Is? afforded against any at
tempts on the part of the Government
to prevent the introduction of the
laborers, the full demand of the
(South could be In a few years satisfied,
at rates which would rentier it th
cheapest and best labor iu tlie world,
:md thus add enormously to the pro
ductk, wealth and improvement of
our section.
The impersonality of the Press.
Pertinent to an article which ap
peared in the editorial columns uf the
A ppf.ai. a few days since, we publish
the following from the en of Mr.
Bli.KU.w, editor-in-chief of the New
York Tinuf, and formerly associate
editor Oi the Xew York Ereniiig Post,
and fcr some yean Vweriean Charge
d Affairs at. 'aria. rising up n tie
press and the'eonduci of 'thpress Mr
says:
' Ittcidental to a want of trnthtul
nesB in the press Ls the practice of giV-
ouqliif in geperal ian have no posibU.
Interest. It encourages a depraved
taste f.ir publicity it dLsturNi tne pro
per stanaanls uf pqblic Judgmeiit; it
jjiyiis uudesorveil prominenis to peo
ple whose vanity must be presumed
to have pruviiked it and Ls to be grat
ified by it, and ol course throws a
more deserving ca-AS into correspond
ing obscurity. Tltere Ls a method of
.uivocutiuK acause by denouncing its
iiiif-s, which may "t, and often is,
i"arried to exieHs:, especially by youth
ful parti.sans. It is not by harsh
uames, Jnor by persistent detraction
that men are persuaded to abandon
tlicir opinions, and those w ho ply that
sort of warfare an-usually less intent
on gaining proselytes than iu making
a public yr partisan ii.erit.,f ii.
oue ls..Ht ui be a guide to pubi.
. bliiion who -has not fr amed that the
laid men - are ct gen.-miiv .iUttr sft
bad, aor the good men quite gooil
an the intemperate partisan is dLsposs
ed to believe Mm, and st words of
ten dissolve prejudices and errors in
eitr adversaries, which violenxe aiiA
detrjctibn render solid and trtnerlsti-
ablo. ffaptih' U
nV 1 icimT T. 1 ' , 1 ! s fl . ri 1 Vrrr.
lisin' ha',-e pttty m,utn dis
,et us hope that they maj'
altogether. Fjlitcjs can
4 qetter excuse than the
appea
dlsiipi
appear
gratittcatlun of personal vanity for
washing their dirty linen in public.
Thev are simply organs of public opin
ion, and they are false to their posi
tion when they are betrayed into an
abandonment of their impersonality.
A Cambridge tutor said to hLs
pupil: "If you go over to Newmar
ket, beware of hotting, for in nine
eases cut of ten i; brings man i
ruin." r Sir,',.saitkthyeBth,." I.mo
.He .TfrtTer from vou,so ftir from eeT
being the worse for it, I have Lqvana-
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