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SUNDAY APPEAL
F. A. TYLER,
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SUNDAY MORNING.
OCT. 17' 1869
NEfSPAPEI! SALES,
On the 31st of March last, the closing
day of what newspaper men all concede
to be the busiest quarter of the year, re
turns were made by the several newsjia
per concerns of this city, show ing the fol
lowing result :
Appeal
Avalanche .
Fob the benefit of the pnhlie w ho
art; likely to be misled a- to the prop
ositions to purchase the railroad stock
of the city, now !eforc the Board of
Aldermen, we will state them clearly
and explicitly ,as we understand them.
The Memphis and El Paso Railroad
Company, of which Gen. JoiXM C.
Fremont is President, oilers, through
Mr. Epperson, who is President ol
the Texas branch, to loan the city of
Memphis $5u,ami, taking $07.",OOO
worth of Little Rock stock as collat
eral, wnicn, as the agreement says, is
to be forfeit to the lender in ease ol
failure to pay at the end of twelve
months. There is no pledge to assist
in the completion of the road, and no
indications that any assistance can be
given the road, which, after all, is
what i needed and is most desirable.
The bargain, as expressed in the trust
deed, is simply thai Frkmont A Co.
are to lc nd the $50,01)0 and the city is
to forfeit the collateral $j7.",uoo in ease
of failure to pay, which failure, judg
ing by the past, is as certain as late.
This, to our mind, would put the
Stock in no U tter condition than at
present, and would secure for the city
Ike use of only 5du,u0u, as the First
National Rank will, and have the
right I i, in-i-t up in being paid $40,000
Of the $.V,UMf' Fiiemoxt Co. projiosc
1 lend. We don't know, but think it
o-sible the bank might be induced
lend the yP'UUu and renew
hi the Mt,0tt now due, retain
'ing the stock as collateral. Rut
thi- will not (ils the Board
of Mayor and Aldermen have unani
mously agreed ) pay all the pressing
liabilities of the city. It will pay the
ItJtJM the eity lost by the sale and pur
chasc of the engine-house and leave
jusl $3i0 to jy the $HM.ik'K) of press
ing liabilities, to stave off which.
.Memphis is now paying enonnou
discouuts and interest. We are in
formed that nothing short of the $100,-
nio offered, through Mr. Maiiax, by
the fir.st mortgage bondholders of th
road, m ill pay the city out and relieve
her of her monvtary troubles. If so
we are clearly of opinion that it to
iK'tter to sell the stock and aeeoi
plish not only the relief of the city,
but also the early completion of the
road. Indeed. to accomplish this latter,
it would pay for the city to give th
stock away. Another reason that
weigli on the side of the Maiian offer
i- that, inasmuch as i guarantees tin
road in running order throughout ils
whole length, in time to move tin
next crop, it also guarantees tin
speedy relief of the city from th
mortgage now hanging over the navy
ya:-d property and the consrsiucnt
possession by the city of an interest
in the road nearly equal to that which
it is proposed to sell it being under
stood thit, for interest paid on this
mortgage by the eity. she will be en
titled to something over $3:000, in ad
dition to $275,000 already refunded to
her in stock of the road. These are the
fact-, pro. and con., as we understand
them. Favorable as they may be,
(and we regard the Maha.v oiler as the
most favoiable; we are yet, as we have
always been, opposed to the sale ol
this stuck, if there is any way to pre
vent it, and at the same time securt
the monetary relief the city needs
This is the position of the Appeai
in mis matter, anil tins is watt we
liave urged, and do urge, ujon the at
tention of the City Council. We want
the representatives of the jx-ople to do
what Ls right, not alone as we or they
may understand it, but as the voice
of the people shall dictate i!. If any
way tan Ie devised whereby this stock
can be saved to the city, we say save
it, keep it, and let it be used for the
benefit and future of the city. If it
cannot Ik1 saved, and must be -old.
then sell it to the highest bidder, and
upon terms that will secure the early
completion of the road. Thin i- the
losition of the Appeal.
While party organization maybe
tHi strong for overthrow to-day in the
Northern Mate-, it i- impossible that
there -hould no: he a -ready gain
against the pre-ent Radical pro
gramme of government. And the
moment reconstruction is completed,
we care not on w hat basis, a conser
vative influence will lie seen in the
hall- of Congress, coming especially
from HicSouih and West. The Rad
icals niay succeed in retaining their
power in many of the States but
they will do it on promises of reform,
which, if they violate, will bring
swift annihilation of their power.
The following statement from a north
ern exchange is true; and, when such
causes operate on the industries of the
country, who can doubt that a chango
of administration will come, either
through the voluntary abandonment
of their policies by the party in power,
or otherwise. Thus, let party tri
umphs go as they may. we -hall have
a better condition of things, which is
the demand of the .North and East, as
well as-of the West and South:
" Expenses are too high, the debt
too enormous, and taxation piled
ujon property ana labo
and both are staggerini;
load. The yearly expe
National and State gove
more than the six millio
creators can provide for,
until
each
uniler
1 10
unit
are slimed in lomi :
t hev forego a por
ries of UK. This
ldciothiie.
mow rarely
utter has been
and ten nod
coaee art j l
'"'' fl,r special occasions. In the
: meantime, children arc lorccd from
school at an earlier age because their
; parents cannot feed and clothe them,
.1 . .... . , ... ., ., f,,,.t(,rcfS ;ml lliirl-
sliojei and other places or lalor, to
earu their own living, and come upon
the stage of action men without edu
cation to fit them for the struggle of
life. These are some of the ettects of
Radical rule. They strike deejierthiin
the present, and if a cure Ls to be effec
ted, workingmcn must act as a unit
against the party in tower.
The Aralatieif continues to lecture
us on the subject of "consistency."
Let him that is guiltless cast the first
stone. When lectures are needed he
is most likely to hit the mark. Only
infallible men are never wrong, and
our neighlior should know that an
ailirin.it ion of preference for the right
over consistency is not an admission
either of past inconsistency or past er
ror. If our reporter goes to the meetings
of 1 he Board of Aldermen, that is
proper enough for aught we see, and
hardly warrant- the suspicion of "lob
bying," or of any malpractice. As to
the minor of lmlery, the first time
we have heard stictl an intimation it
comix this morning from our cotem
porary, who intimates a uumlier of
rumors of that character. We trust
no -uch charge can be sulistantiated
in the present ease, whatever may
have been true ot the past. We cer
tainly should not know ingly support
any men engaged in such practices.
We cannot believe any of those seek
ing to purchase the railroad .-tock
ca iNleof accouipli-diing their end by
such means. Forthecomplimenttotbe
Board of Aldermen implied in this
charge of bribery, we leave our neigh
bor to an-wer, if he pleases, to them.
The Yicksburg ITira'il denies that
the political disabilities of Oen. Ai.
OORX have ever leen removed by
Congress, after a particular examina
tion of the act by which it is reportid
to have liecn done. And it states, also,
that Jomu'a S. Mohhis, the Radical
candidate for Attorncy-Ueneral, is in
the same predicament. How then is
Oen. OrAjTT to permit Aumen to lie
Governor instead ef his brother-in-law
-.'
A gentleman of the city tails our
attention to a mis-tatenient of one of
our c, rre-potidcnls as to the uumtier
of magistrates in the county, in which
he saiil there were fifty. There are
sixteen district-, with two magistrates
10 each, ami w ith one extra to the
district where the county seat is lo
catel. or thirty-three in all. To these
were added, by an act ot the General
Assembly of March 1867, eight addi
tional justices for Memphis, making
forty-one in all, for Shelby county.
Twenty-eight of these are out of the
city, composed of fitrmers and work
ing nmti, and this gentleman savs:
"Honest and valuable citizens, and
their greatest fault is theirdevotion to
the county's crexlit, and watchfulness
of the county's money." Neither we,
nor, as we lelieve, our correspondent,
had the slightest idea of undervalue-
ing them. But whether to adopt the
,ld system of employing them as
agem to direct the county business,
is another matter, and a question to
Ie considerisl indccndent!y of the
character of incumbents to be Reject
ed. If the old sy-tem should be
adopted, we have no doubt we have
ioi.. t men enough to fill the offices.
And we have had no personal refer
ence to any heretofore, or who may
hereafter lx' selected. The gentleman
thinks the present magistrates are
"jus: the men for the present emer
gency. Not lieing personally ac
quainted with many of them, as to
:hi-i we cannot say. That there are
-one- goo.i men among them, we
Tin: San Franci-co fleraM affirms
the exi-tence of a monetary crisis,
and calls for con-ultatioii of the
riUwni of that city as to what
-hi;! I.f done. It -ays "there is no
use in attempting to disguise the fact
that hundred- of our strongest and
most solvent men are in jeopardy
not that they are hss wealthy in sub--tai.ee
than in the ordinary times of
their prosperity, but that there is no
niisliuii! by which they can reprtsscnt
in trade and traQic fiom hand to hand,
the valui-s they possess." In thiscon-
iinioii, and means being unuvaiiabli
it indicates the necessity of a gener
suspension or a cra-h. It states tliat
the State is substantially proserous
and yet mat " never was there a uion
gloomy day for the people ot tic-
Stale, w ho are engaged in busiues:
and that 'many merchants will fa
in the next sixty days, who hav
rr.iperty ten times the amount
their liabilities, unless something In
d me the meantime to nlleviat
their distress." The Callforn lass hav
itcen sustained in inflated prices
speculations and extravagant livin
for u long while. Their gold-bearing
iields, and the continual flow inward
of population and money from abroad
has had a Hitent influence, and they
have continued to push forward tin
- etri.!.nit -chemes, and kept
real estate and other values at Tabu
lou- rale-. But these things are over
strained and unnatural, and an ent
mti-it come at last, w hich perhaps will
lie the real beginning of a more stable
prosperity. The only wemedy sug-
ge-ie,l by the Herald is the following
4rnw :
Why do not the bankers call
a
meeting 01 me merchants and men
of b ;-:i f --, and propose a plan for
t-mg on uiedinicuitv iiv do not
the cmens lu.ft and protect agains
the outrage 01 coiiectmir taxes at
line w hen rum is staring everybody
111 the la v.' 1 hink of the policy of
fn'.; ng up 111 the t try Treasury tfnr
en hundivil thousand dollars and
ab-traetmg that sum from trenera
irculation, w hen the depletion of coin
irom the veins ol commerce is just
dooming commerce to death. lxt no
man pay taxes. e do not advocate
lie- defrauding of the Citv Treasury
or the revenues of the State: but to
e niand the payment now is not
merely a mockery, but it is a tyranny
nd a Piece ol arrmit di-hoiie-i v- Th,
tax collector must stop. If that be
elded to ihe other burdens and ealam
ilii--. there will Is- hundreds of liank
rupteies. 1 fie eity ami State official-
should lead the example of forbear-
anee IP tin dreadful tunes, and that
'xample -hould in- followed up by tin
people m their transactions among
t neipsci ves. 1 ins is no time for exact
mg tiie pound 01 llesli. If every man
ere to priss every other man who
im eg him, nine-tenths of the business
people would be bankrupt in thirty
da - 1 ncn-1- no common sense or
rrrslieo m such severity.
Tin: sympathies of the U. S. Gov
ernment with the Cubans In their
struggle for independence is well
known. The New York World con
tains, in the following communication
from Washington, an explanation
of the reasons w hy Cuba has not been
recognised a a belligerent, with some
further statement as to the Sicklbb
negotiations, ami the present relations
With Spain. Although comine from
- O -
no official source, the writer has ac-
ci-is to information on the subject, and
gives the assurance that there is no
.-jieck of war in it:
There have been so many rumors in
connectiMi with the facts relative to
the Cuban quest ion, that the real situa
tion of affaire seems generally to be
Imiieriectly nndertood. But it fa
known that, ever since the present
administration came into power, ef
I .rfs have lieen made in minti rith
eiiioicc uit- neutrality law,
dB !
ti"n
n irv, on tlie presentation or reception
.v i ol ueh oflii M or other tmstu ortiv
5.1 f infcniiatinn, r-ither frein our own otr-t-
j Qpn or Hum- acting for the Spanish
t. i u.iveriimeiit, as justified proceedings
Hin the premises. While sedu lously
o i endeavoring to strictly observe our
f j treaty obligations with Spain, the
i- government has not been unmindful
n of those due by Spain to the United
k. our Kovernment hat Iretjuent
en approached by agwnt, or al-
ieged ministers, acting fn behalf of the
Cuban- desiring the r. c ignition of be -ligerent
right-: in other words, thf.t
they may be placed en the same na
tional footing with Spain. And the
I'nited States Government has also
been asked to follow the example of
Mexico and Peru, and other South
American republics, and thus olll
cially encourage the Cubans in the r
struggle against Spain. The reasons
for not acquiescing in such appeal-tare
based on the law of nations; the con
dition of the island not justifying, in
the opinion of the administration, the
recognition of the Cuban flag. Nov,
has any satisfactory evidence been
produced to show that there is a '
facto government of the Cubans, pot
sesning the powers efisential to ils
maintenance and character?
The sympathy of the governmerl
has always been with the Cubans, in!
this, under the jteculiar existing cir
cumstances attending the question,
could not be distinctly manifested by
ofiicial aet.- in connection with the
movements in the field; but it is
known that the government has re
cently sough! to induce Spain to cot . -sent
to the independence of the islaul
and thus avoid turther bloodshed.
There was not, as has leen frequent
ly stated, any offer of uteiliatum by
Minister Sickles, as the use of that
word would imply or suggest the ex
istence of war between equally -recog
nized powers, ami was, therettm,
avoided in the correspondence and in
terviews with the Spanish govern
ment. The "good offices" of th?
United States have been tendered, as
they can always be employed between
parties one ol w horn is not acknowl
edged by the other, without the im
plication of any recoguitiou of nation
ality or even belligerency.
The tender ol "good offices" win
sujKTindueed by certain parties who
had visited the' Spanish capital in or
der to effect an accommodation.
They represent to this Government
that' they had had interviews with
some of the most influential states
men and soldiers of tie regency, who
were favorable to the proposed plan
of adjustment, which contemplated
the payment by the Cubans of the es
timated value of the public building,
fortifications, etc., and the abolition of
slavery in the island. While there
seemed to Ik- an earnest and hones
disposition to acquiesce in such an ar
rangement, il was suggested that the
Cubans lay down their arms before
negotiations could lc commenced.
But to this preliminary the Cubans
promptly refused to assent, for in stu b
an event they would lie at the mercy
of the Spaniards without a guarantee
of sivuring their object, viz: their na
tional independence.
Rendered powerless by the surren der
of their means of defense, their
only alternative would be submission
Besides, some of those who, it was
represented, favored the plan, did not
feel at liberty to openly advocate the
surrender of Cuba, as, in their opin
ion, it would ' " an admission that the
Spanish Govt lUioent tat not suffi
ciently strong to deal with its rebel
lious subjects, and that such surrender
would also .-ervc to complicate tht
troubles already existing in Simin.
The note of Minister Sickles, ten
dering the "good offices" of the United
States, was courteous in its terms,
With due respect to Sianish pride. It
gave no offense, contrary to the asser
tion tt that effect Ixjth in Euroe and
the rhlted States. Nor is it true that
the Spanish Government sought to in
fluence foreign powers in its behalf for
the retention of Cuba. The reply of
the Spanish Government to the note
of Minister Sickles was equally cour
teous. While it was deemed impolitic
to entertain the proposition of parting
with Cuba on the terms suggested, the
regency nevertheless expressed its
thanks to the United States for the
tender of these friendly offices. The
tender having liecn declined, the note
was withdrawn in conformity with
diplomatic usage. The question, as a
consequence, now stands exactly as it
did before the oiler was made, leaving
no unkind feelings betwi-en the coun
tries, and nothing to regret on either
side.
Thus the sympathy of the adminis
tration was manifested, not in facili
tating reinforcements of troops and
supplies of arms for this would have
Itcen violative of treaty obligations
with Spain but in a way just i tied by
the law of nations and in the interest
of peace.
The Government, notwithstanding
the rejection of this tender of good
offices, would doubtless renew it at a
future time should circumstances jus
tify the rejietition. It will, mean
time, pursue the course already indi
cated, namely: enforce the neutrality
laws, and hold itoclf in readiness to
-erve the cause of Cuban Independence
in such manner as may not violate
treaty obligations. But it will not
aliow itself to be drawn into compli
cations with Spain orany other Euro
pean power, preferring to follow the
path ol peacu, as affording the lest
mean of accomplishing all the ends
desirable in republics, and assisting
Uio-e who struggle lor indojiendence.
The Northern Radical journals
speak of " two crowning works" still
remaining to be accomplished by the
American tieople. One is the Fif-
tientli Amendment, and the other is
the payment of the national debt.
The,e plans do not work well togeth
er. The rule of the State.- by negro
suffrage will not soon pay the debt.
I o our Northern brothers propose to
pay it all themselves in order to have
the pleasure of impoverishing us, and
preventing our helping them iu the
extinguishment of the debt?
The Constitutional Amendments.
As we are frequently askt-d what
are the XiViu and NVth ConstiUi
tutional amendments, we republish
them for reference. They are as follow-:
ARTICLE XIV.
SECTION L All persons lorn or nat
uralized in the United States, and
subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens of the L'nited States and of
the State wherein they reside. No
State shall make or engager any law
which shall abridge the privileges or
immunities of citizens ot the l'nited
States; nor shall any State deprive
any person of iifr, liberty, or pro.cr-
ly, wniM.ui oue process ot law, nor d(
ny to any per--on within its Inrisdic
tiou the equal protection of the laws
EC 2. Representatives shall h
portioned among the several States
iccordmg to their number-, eouiitite
tne wnoie numiier ot persons 111 each
State, excluding Indians not taxsl
nut when (he right to vote at unv
election, tor the choice (, electors for
President and ice President of tht
I nited Mates, Representatives in Cm
gruss, the Executive and Judicial nffi
cers of a State, or the members of the
legislature thereof, is denied to unv
of the male inhabitants of such Stale
lieing twenty-one years of aire, am
cuizeus 01 me 1 nucu estates; or in
any w ay abridged, except for partiei
palion in rebellion or other crime, the
basis ol representation therein shall
be reduced iu the proportion which
the numliers of such male citiwns
.hall lioar to the whole number of male
ilieiis twenty -oue years of aae. in
such .-suite.
Sit-'. '' No (KTson shall be a Senator
r Itepreseiuative 111 Comrress. or
lector 01 President and Vice-l'resi
dent, or hold any office, civil or mili
t iry, under the tuned State-, or un
der any Mate, who, having previously
taKeii an oath, as a meiuoer ot Con
gres- or as a member of any Slab
gis.lature. or as an Executive or Ju
dicial officer of any State, to supjKirt
tlie t oilsUtuiloii ol ,e I tilted Slate
etiafl have engaged in insurrection or
rebellion against the same, or in yen
aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.
Hut Congress may, by a vote of two-
ruras 01 eacn House, remove such
aisa unity.
8Et'. A. The validitv of the nublic
debt of the I'nited States, authorized
by law, im-hiding debts incurred lor
p.i mi-Hi 01 ensions ana noun ties lor
services in suppressing insurrection or
reoeinon, -nail not be questioned.
Hut neither the United States, nor
my State, shall assume or nav any
lebt or obligation incurred in aid of
insurrection or rtU-llion against the
United States, or anv claim frir fhc
loss or emancipation of anv slave: hut
all such debts, obligations and claims
nan ne held ifJegal and void.
M o. UMlgre - -i,all have i,..uer
to enforce, by appropriate legislaUon,
the provisions at this article.
ARTICLE XV.
ii eaacfeti, etc., (two-thirds of
Houses errneurnnrr.'l That the
wiiiK amendment to the Constitu-
oftbe Li lilted Suites lie -miimiltwl
to the Legislatures of the He ver:l
Suites, and when ratified by three
fourths thereof, it shall be a part of
the Constitution: ..
S-noN 1. The right of the citizens
of the L'nited States to vote snail not
le denied by the United States, orany
State, on account of race, color, or pre
vious condition of servitude.
Bec. Congress shall have jiower
to enforce thia article by appropriate
legislation.
The Pittsburg J'oft of Thursday,
(two days after the Pennsylvania elec
tion), claims the election of Packeb
(Democrat) by 1000, and says Alle
ghany county has saved the State.
There have lieen considerable Ilemo
cratic gains in the Western counties.
The telegraph lias represented Pack
er as beaten by 4000; hut nobody be
lieves the telegraph on political sub
jecta. It is in Radical hands, and as
much the Instrument of the Govern
ment as if, like the postothce, the
owners had no control over it what
soever. The information of the Pott
is from Philadelphia by special tele
gram of the 1:1th, and yet the same
day we were informed here by
the special press dispatches that
Pack Eit was defeated! The election
is undoubtedly close, and how the
tact will turn out to be, remains to be
-en. At all events the official count
Is necessary to decide the result.
We have constant Indian out
breaks, in consequence of bad man
agement, frauds on the part of con
tractors, and the operations of specu
lators and land hunters combining
with cheats and sharks following in
their wake, to make a dishonest pen
ny. And then comes punishment on
the poor Indians by the Government
troops, with a mountain of wrong and
outrage. A new case has arisen, and
we see not how there is to lie an end,
short of the complete extermination
of the Indian tribes. The New York
Tribune says:
In Idaho a party of white men
made some Indians drunk with bad
whisky and then cheated them in
trade. The result is :ui Indian out
break, and Gen. Sherman Is called
ujKin to send out troops " to protect
the settlers and punish the Indians."
This story, which suggested very
vividly the justice meted out by our
" Big Injun " Police Magistrates to
unfortunate strangers who have been
robbed or swindled by Ix-mocratic
oIiticians in this city, comes to ashy
telegraph, as it 1ms come any season
for the last dozen years. If the facts
are correctly reported, we must .sol
emnly protest against spending a sin
gle dollar or sending a single soldier
for any such purpose. Peaceable set
tlers must, of course, be protected ; but
if any hunting is to lie done in Idaho
this winter by United States cavalry,
let it be to chastise the rascally traders
and not the simple savages. A few
thousands spent in bringing these
white scoundrels to justice will do
more toward securing permanent
peace on the Plains than millions
spent iu " punishing" the Indians for
lieing angry at getting cheated.
SOMETHING NOVEL.
A New Plan for Building Railroads.
The Columbus (Miss., Index in a
recent number gives this new plan for
building railroads, which it urges
should be tried in the construction of
the Columbus and Elyton Railroad:
After two hundred and sixty thou
sand dollars shall have lieen sub
scribed, and the Company organized
shall issue MOO bonds of $10U0 each
payable forty years afterdate, bearing
ten per cent, interest, payable an
muury no advance. The company
reserving the rigln to redeem one-
third of the bonds in ten years, one
imni in nuecn years ana one-third in
twenty years from date of issue.
This Issue of bonds will amount to
one million dollars. It is then pro
posed to purchase with the two hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars, one
thousand policies of insurance, of one
thousand dollars each, on the lives of
persons along the line of the road
between the ages ol fourlceu and
thirty, inclusive. Those poikies will
cost two hundred and sixty dollars
each, under an endowment table nav-
anie in mriy years, or at death, il it
occur sooner.
1 nc poiicius-'w ill amount to one
million dollars, and will only co-t
two hundred and sixty thousand dol
lars.
It is proposed that the bonds and
ihmicics shall hear corresponding num
liers, and in addition to the mortgage
upon the road, by which the payment
of the bonds is to be secured, it'is pr,-
poseu 10 aiiacu policy ,o. 1 to bond
.o. 1, tor its protection and ultimate
payment; policy No. 1 to lie attached
to bond so. z, and so on. When tht
IH-rsou in-ured by policy No. 1 tlies,
me proceeds 01 tne policy will pay
bond No. I. and the lioud will lie re
turned to the comjany. Policy No. J
Will pav bond No. 2, ond so on.
MB. . I. . ...
1 ne oomi.s inns secured, can, it is
believed, lie 11egotiat.1l at par. It
WiH te seen, then, that by this pro
cess, the bunds amounting to one
million of dollars, w ill bo paid by
like amount of policies, which only
co-t the Company two huii.lnil and
sixty thou-and dollars, or twenty-six
cents on the dollar, and interest 011
tneDpnus.
Jl it will require three millions of
dollars to build tne road, the second
and nurd million can be raisul by the
same process, so that thp road may be
built at a cost of seven hundred and
eighty thousand dollars to thecom
jwiiy, and interest on the bonds.
Although ion percent, would seem
to be 11 high rate of interest, vet it
nnpt be remembered that both prin
cipal ami interest will lie annually re
duced by the maturing of policies and
the retiring of bonds so that when
the bonds are all taken up the aggre
gate amount of interest, which the
company will have paid, w ill be less
man 1 per cent, on Hie amount
money used.
It is not now proposed that the com
pany snail avail themselves of the aid
which the State of Alabama gives to
railroad enterprises. This will be
i?onsidered after the company is organ
:zed. The Future State.
The belief, the hope, that (here is a
future in which the wrongs of suffer
inr humanity will he righted, haslxt-n
plowed into the conscience of man
kind by the oppression of centuries.
But that men held a doctrine of future
retriliution for wrong-doing they
Would have sunk into despair. Theo
tlosius ordered the slaughter of the
jKipulation of a cily because he had
l-oeii defaced. Adonibezelc cut off the
thuuilH and great toe of three-seiire-aiid-teu
kintft, and made
them gather crumbs under his
table. Cawar wished that man
kind had hut one neck that he
night hack through it. Justinion
lilintied the saviour of his throne.
The King of Dahomey sips sugar and
water while a hundred human Man
are being lnassneered before his eyt,
ami their hlisxl i- being puddled with
the blood of tigers. History paints
oppression whirling ju bloodv lash
aiierman, and man in the madness of
his despair, Hying, like Orestes, to the
tejiiple of Ood, and there sitting a-a
uppiiant, sullen and resolute.
"Here will 1 keen mv station
and
n n ait the event ol judgment."
t linoui a iM'iiet inuotl, the avenger
oi'all such as call upon Him and a fu
ture life, in which the wicked should
eea-e from troubling aud le troubled
himself in turn, man. the most down
trodden of all creatures, would wrap
h:s mantle about his lace, creep Jjke a
wounded hare into a corner an l sob
to death.
A belief iu a future of rewards ami
punishments has thus lieen a natural
escape for man groaning under des
potism, under the most stinging
wrongs, he will and must hone. and.
hoping, llieve that somewhere there
is fine above the wrong-doer, and that
at some time He will recomoense the
wnong dane. When oppression is
monarchy or feudal despotism racked
men wantonly, men trusted that here- i
after the king and the noble would
writhe in the agonies they inflicted m
th4r subjects. When the power of
the crown and of the coronet to
aiimed by Justice, men hope that
there to no future of suffering, or believe
thj.t it to easily evaded. Thus in the
times when itoiuan dsnotism hail
reached its acme, men burnt awav
froai the slavery popularly llsl
citizenship, and realizing with an aw- j
iui inu-iisiiy me justice or uoti, which
they imprecatedlon tlie tyrants, thev
fawtied and torturtd their bodiea in !
dens and eaves f the earth, that thev i
,1,1 ..4iaf .1.. 111. All- .i. i,
iiuniu; nit? uini oivine
fustioe which they tylicved would as
,.i.. .... ..V T, . .r ,
sur?iy exact siiUsfjw-lfioij for their of-1
ien:ss as It Would ivreak Vi'l'p-onnee
... m r'm
on uie oppressor let his crimes. Jf
we turn to later ae, when political
wrong-doing is leas In amount, or t i
-hJuato Js tierreptibly, we
and the bTf a Th
ana tne Wll- retribution
fade fn
' Oe-
the.t h
ii-i.-.i
s to n
SUrfiei liiH, elc.
it". , v ... - "
auga Wunnolicitea ana prururn
....
:
ui.ni luHju-miw, me conviction 01 h i wnert liu mr. itael then was (Pellv
future of retributivo Justice is most 1 Bay), in the spring of 1854 His
lively, but w hen prosperity smiles it name is In-uook-poo;be-jpok, and he
....... 4 ituwj .iifK u i- ;i iiiiLi vc ( h ah urn h u
MY CHILD.
I Me,: 1, lake Itttn ilei.il!
Ills f ilr umiKlitny heart
la ever IkihiuIIiik reuDd my study rlialr;
Yel, when lay eyea, now ilhu
With team, 1 no 11 to I1I111,
The vidua vanlahes he 1 nut there!
I walk my parlnr floor,
A ml, through the open door,
1 hear a tootfuli on the chamber htalr;
I'm ateppltiK towar1 the hall
To give the hoy a call.
And then bethlhlc me tbat-ne In not there!
I thread Ihe crowded street;
A satcbeleri lad 1 meet,
Willi tin fume ti.-Hiiiingeyeft and colored hair;
And, aa he's running by.
Follow hliu with my eye,
Hon reel y believing that he la not there!
1 know his face Is bid
ruder the coffin lid;
Clowd are hi eye; i-old Is Ms forehead fair;
My hand that marble felt;
O'er It fn prayer 1 kuelt;
Yet my heart whispers that be ls not there!
I unnot make him dead !
When pass! ng by Ihe bed,
s, lom? w iin-ii.Ni .,ver with parental care,
My spirit and my eye
Seek nun Inquiringly,
Before the thought comes that he ls not there.
When ut the cool, gray break
Of day, from leep 1 wake,
With my Unit breathing or the morning air.
My soul goes up, with Joy,
To Him who gave tuy boy; .
Then comes the aad thought that he Is not
there 1
When at the day's calm close,
Hefnre we neck rerawe,
I'm with his mother, ottering up our prayer,
Wliate'er 1 may tie saying,
1 am In spirit praying
For our boy's hplrlt. though he Is not therel
Not there? Where, then, ls he?
The form I used to see
Wie. but Ihe raiment lie lined Ut wear.
The grave, that now doth presa
IJpoti that cast -off dress,
la but hi?. wanlrolK lockil; he ia not there!
He lives !
-Ill all the past
He live; nor. to the laat.
Of seeing him again will 1 despair;
111 . : I - ..iii- 1 aee tilln now,
And on his angel brow
I see It written, ' Thou shall see him there!
V-s, we all live U God !
Father, thy chastening roil
s,. help us, ihlue aftllcted oues, to bear,
That, iu the spirit land.
Meeting at Thy right hand,
'Twill be our heaven lo nud that he ls there!
John lHfrpunt.
TRUTH.
Oh. Fnther. thin.? nm I,
) et still through man's (Jim ways
1 Kn'i tor Truth and cry,
Thy hutiJ, Oh Uh1. imj gazt
Out on the clash of htds:
All, Mil tor Truth, inrn Hay.
'TH not Thy hand that lemtH
Houls grappled iu the way.
Bui when the full-o:hed sun
On man aud tree dotli glow,
With liffp tor every one,
And makes the winds to Mow,
And bring the worm that kills,
Ttie chtlliug blast to fr,ezet
The Buffering -4 and the ills
Of everything that hreathea.
Thy hand of Truth I see.
Wt, weeping here In douM,
Nui IwMtks, naff bended knee
ttlftfti wipe our sorrows out.
But when our summer' o'er,
When ehltly Ueuth doth route.
Truth stands at Heaven's door.
Thou, Loid, host brought us home.
FROM THE FROZEN SEAS.
What was Discovered Concerning
Sir John Franklin's Party.
BVCUB Bay, June 2i, ls$. Dear
Sir: This day I have returned from a
sledge journey of ninety days to and
from King William's Land. It was
my purpose, and every preparation
WIH Bade, to make this journey last
-ason; nut my attention Uien having
been called to Melville Peninsula, in
the vicinity of Fury ami llecla Straits,
where native repo'rt had it that white
men had been seen, i directed my
expedition there by way ol Am-i-toke,
Oog-lit-isle, Ig-loo-lik, with the ardent
hope and expectation of rescuing
alive some of Sir John Franklin's last
companions. Jfhe result of this jour
iwy was the finding of a tenting-plaee
of a few white men, and a stone pillar
they had erected close by it at the
bottom of Party Hay, which is some
tilty miles south ol the western outlet
of Fury and Hecla Straits, and the
fWting ol several places where white
men and their traces had been seen
by natives of Ig-loo-lik and vicinity,
about the years 18i(i-'7. 1 also gained
much information from the natives of
Ig-loo-lik, North Oog-lhVisle, and
thereabouts, that confirmed the report
I heard in the winter of ImOT-'h, which
I have already stated. And still
further proofs of this report have lieen
also obtained on my late visit to King
William's Laud. My sledge journey
to the Straits of Fury and llecla, and
thence down to I'arrv IJav and hack
to ilepulse Bay by the route already
denned, consumed ninety-six days.
the result ol my sledge journey to
King imam's Land may lie summed
up thus: None of Sir John Franklin's
companions ever reached or died on
Montreal Island. It was late in July,
I sits, that C'rozier and his party, of
about forty or forty-rive, passed dow n
the west coast of King William's
Land, in the vicinity of Cae Her
scliell.' The party was dragging two
stedgra on thesea-ice, a ataa was near
ly in its last stage ol dissolution one,
a large sledge laden with an awning
COvered boat, and the other, a small
one, laden with provisions and camp
m-tu-rial. Just aefore Crozier aud his
party arrived at Cape Herschell, they
were met by four families of natives,
and both parties went into camp near
each other. Two Ksquimaux men,
who were of the native party, gave
ne much sad, hut deeply interesting.
liiiormation. Some of it stirred my
heart with sadness, intermingled with
rage; for it was a confession that they,
with their .'ompaiiious, did secretiy
and hastily abandon Cruajar and his
party to suffer and die for need of fresh
provisions, when, in truth, it was in
the power of the natives to save every
man alive. The next trace of Crozier
and his party is to be found in the
skeleton which McCiintock discovered
I little below, to the southward and
eastward of Cape Herschell. This
was never found by the natives. The
ine next trace is a camping-place on
the seashore of King William's Land,
aliout three miles eastward of Pfeffer
Uiver, where two men died and re
ceived Christian burial. At this place
fish-bones were found by the natives,
w Inch -bowed them that Crozier and
his party had taught while there a
species of fish em-ellent for food, with
widen tne sea mere abounds. The
next trace of this party occurs some
live or six miles eastward, on a long.
low point of King William's Land,
w nere one man men awl was hunetl.
rlieii about 8. S. E., two and a half
miles lurther, the next trace occurs.
on Todd's Islet, where the remains of
live men lie. Ihe next certain trace
ot ihis party is on the west side of the
inlet west of Point Richardson, on
some low land that is an island or part
of the main land, as the title may be.
Here thea wning-covercd boat and the
remains of about thirty or thirty-five
ot ( rozier's party were found by the
native Poo-yet-ta, of whom Sir ohn
Bos has given a description in the
account of his voyage in the Victory,
HIP III.
Iu the spring of 18i9, a large tent
was found by some of the natives
whom I saw, the floor of which was
completely covered with the remains
of white men. Close by were two
graves. The tent was a little way in
land from the head of Terror Bay.
In the spring of 1801, when the
DOW was nearly all gone, an Esqui
maux party, conducted by a native
well known throughout the northern
regions, found two boats, with many
skeletons iu aud about them. One of
these boats had been previously found
by McCiintock; the other was found
lying from one-quarter to one-half
mile distant, and must have been com
pletely entombed in snow at the time
McCliutock's parties were there, or
tney most, assuredly Would have seen
it. Iu and about this boat, besides
the iiiituy skeletons alluded to, were
found many relics, most of them sim
ilar iu character m those McCiintock
has enumerated as haying beau found
in the boat he discovered. The native
who conducted this native party iq its
search over King William's Land to
the same individual who gave Dr.
Hae the first information about white
men having died to the westward of
traveler, and very internment. rf I.
'.lt.' I'fe.lt
in fact, a, walking history of the far
of Sir John VrQnL'lin'u i;ii. ..
of Sir John Franklin's exnwiition
This native I un-j wbeo within one
day s sledge journey of King Wil
liam's Land off Point Dryden and
after stopping a few days among his
people, he accompanied me to the
places i visited ou. and about King
William's Land.
The saint year that the Erebu and
J error wer abandoned one of them
consummated the Great Northwest Pa
,;,', lim ing )lre nun aboard. The
evidence nt the
eumstantlal. Everything about this
Northwest Pe,m hn of siir Jr.hr
, rnr. ' "
rraiiKui
itjon was in complete 1
order; f
fV -,,iir lliuhl wura kanm'nnVlnli !
, wv. "i'5.i, "IK"
up at the ship's sides, and one wad on
the oimrter deck- the, vessel mln
" - , ' w . . .
its winter housing of sail ortentdoth.
This vesse was found hv the Onk-lno-
nir'nti tvuuiv ut.T. I f
itude w n'h loVfcwTIrr j
west early in the spring & 1849, It be-
nir fmvt.ii il n tlium iutiif . amnnlh
tp,i 1 ... "-. '"-"u i
7m APa and unbroken floe of ice of only one
--riw:ttiter'8 formation. From certaifi
n , ...... 'nit-nee I have trained both nt Ta.lno-
, -. r, , , J w, '
,,auu aui nuniu a 44UUj Ijwrv oo
must have been a dog of the grey
hound species belonging to one or the
ot her of the two ships. I only know
this through native testimony. It to
quite likely that some one in Kngland
can tell whether there was a dog on
Iioard either of the ships when Sir
John Franklin left in l -1 "..
To complete the history of 8ir John
Franklin's last expedition, one must
spend a summer on King William's
Land, with a considerable party,
whose only business should be to
make searches for records which be
yond doubt lie buried on the island.
I am certain from what I have heard
the natives say, and from what I saw
myself, that little or nothing more can
be gained by making searches there
when the laud is clothed in its winter
garb, for the Esquimaux have made
search after search over all the coast
of King William's Land, on either
side, from its southern extreme up
to Cape Felix, the northern point,
for anything and everything that be
longed to the companious ot Sir John
Franklin, and these searchea have
been made when the snow had nearly
all disappeared from the land.
My sledge company from Repulse
Bay to King William's Land consist
ed of eleven souls, all K-Muimaux.
Although they art- as untamable as
eagles by nature, yet by their aid
alone I was enabled to reach jioints
otherwise inaccessible, and when
there to gain much important infor
mation relative to the fate of Sir John
Franklin's expedition. I tried hard
to accomplish far more than I did,
but not one of the company would, on
any account whatever, consent to re
main with me in that country and
make a summer search over that
island, which, from the information I
had gained of the natives, I had rea
son to suppose would be rewarded by
the discovery of the whole of the man
uscript records that had accumulated
iu that great cxedition, and been de
posits in n vault a little way inland
or eastward of Cape Victory. Know
ing, as I now do, the character of the
Ksquimaux in that part of the coun
try in which King William's Land to
situated, I cannot wonder at nor
blame the Kepulse Bay natives fur
their refusal to remain there as I de
sired. It is quite probable, had we
remained as 1 wished, no one of us
would have got out of the country
alive. How could we expect, if we
had got into straightened circum
stances, that we should receive better
treatment from the Ksquimaux of
that country than the I no souls who
were under thecouimandot the heroic
Crozier, some time after landing on
King William's Land? Could I and
my party, with reasonable safety,
have remain- d to make a summer
search on King William s lind, itfc
not only probable that we should
have recovered the logs and journals
of Sir John Franklin's expedition,
but have gathered up and entombed
the remains of nearly 100 of his com
panions; for they lie about the places
where the three boats have been
found, and at the large camping-place
at the head of Terror Bay, and in the
three other places that I "have already
mentioned. Iu the Cove, west side of
Port Hichardson, lwiwever, Nature
herself has opened her bosom and
given sepulture to the remains of the
immortal heroes that died there.
Wherever the Esquimaux have found
the graves of Franklin's companions
they have dug them opeu and rubUtl
the dead, leaving them exposed to
the ravages of wild beasts. On Todd's
Island the remains of five men were
not buried, but after the savages had
robbed them of every article that
could be turned to ahy account for
their use, their dogs were allowed to
finish the disgusting work.
Wherever I found that Sir John
I-ranklin s companions had died I
erected monuments, then tintl salutes
and waved the Star Spangled Banner
over them in memory and respect of
tne great sage. coui-j nave gathered
great quantities a very great variety
of relics of Sir John Franklin's
Expedition, for they are now posses
sed oy natives an over the Arctit
regions that I V to! ted or heard of
from Pond's Bay to Mackenzie Hiver.
As it was, I had to bo satisfied with
lading upo our sledges about one
huudred and twenty-live pounds total
weight oi relics trom natives about
King William's Land. Some of those
I will enumerate: First, A portion
of one side (several planks and rilis
fast together) of a boat, clinker
built and copper fastened. This part
of a boat is of the one found near tlie
boat found by McClintoek's party.
Second, a small oak sledge-runner,
reduced from the sledge on which the
boat rested. Third, part of the mast
of the Northwest Passase shin.
Fourth, chronometer box. with its
unilier, name of maker, and the
ueen's broad-arrow engraved unon
r inn, two long neavy sneets of
pper, tnree and tour inches wide.
with counter sunk holes for screw-
th it
laia
nai
nio
On these sheets, as well as on
very tiling else that came from
tht
irthwest Passage ship, are
nun
ous stamps of the Queen's
broat
irrow. Sixth, mahoir.mv
writing desk, elaborately finished and
bound in brass. Seventh, many pieces
of silver plate forks and BfMOnB
bearing crest and initials of the owner-.
Light, parts of watches. Ninth,
knives, and very many other things,
all of which you, Mr Grinnell, and
others interested in the fate of the
Franklin expedition, w ill take a sad
interest in inspecting on their
arrival In the States.
I must now tell you of the heart
rending, tragical part of my expedi
tion before I conclude this rapid, and
I must add, incomplete report, for af
ter all it is but a drop in the bucket to
giving you a full idea of the vast
amount of interesting and important
information I have gained of the na
tives aliout ltepulse Bay, Ig-loo-lik,
Polly Biy, Neitchille, tireat Fish or
Black Hiver, and King William's
Lamd, relative to the fate of Sir John
Franklin's Expedition. In thespring
oi ioi i siarteti irom ltepulse Hay on
a dog-sledge journey to King Wiliam's
Land. My company was entirely of
natives, and on our getting about two
hundred miles on our wav we met a
party of Pelly Bay natives who were
tleeing from their country ou account
of " war" raging there. Theellect on
my company was that on no consider
ation could they lie iuduced to pro
ceed further, and therefore, terrible
as was the blow to my plans, I had
to turn back, trusting that 1 could
succeed in getting a small band of
faithful white men. out of some whale
ships, if they should happily make
into Ilepulse Bay. Not uutifthe fall
of lsf.T was I able to get the desired
number of white men to accoiiipany
me, besides my Esquimaux interpret
ers Joe and Hannah -as an escort of
defense, while makingthe long-delayed
sledge journey to King illianis'
Land, ami even then, it was ut the
very last moment that is, while the
whaling vessels were weighing anchors
anil starting for the States that I was
successful. The result of my taking
seamen that neither I nor their cap
tains knew much about, proved as
many wouid exjieet. One of the men,
Frank Lailer, ever proved during the
year 1 employed the partyof five men,
a most faithful, hard-working and en
ergetic man, fulfilling every position
in which I placed him wjtlj ability
and honor. Two men of the ffye
would, I am quite confident, have
proved better men than they did, had
they not been ill-advised. None ot
the men, except noble Frank Lailer,
ever accompanied me on any of my
great sledge journeys; In the fall of
iSttM, during a mutinous attack made
upon me, w hen my faithful man was
absent about seven miles distant on
business, i was compelled, in self
defeuae, to cad into requisition a re
volver, coieman, the loader, fell, imd
died In fifteen days. At once the re
bellion ended, and one of the band
came, and like a man acknowledged
freely and truly that he and his com
panions were altogether the guilty
ones, and hoped that I would forgive
him, which 1 did on the instant. I
foe! that had I not taken this last
dread alternative," my late would
have been quite at sorrowful as that
of Henry Hudson. C. F. l i . l .
PROTESTANT SISTERHOOD.
Statistics of the Order in England.
A correspondent of the Living
Church gives the following statistics
of tlie "Protestant Sisterhood:" In
the i-.ngiish khreh tlfere are now
probably somewhat over (X)0 sisters,
belonging to forty -one different order-,
aud having under their charge
no less than thirty-flve charitable in
stitutions of different kinds. In ad
dition to these, they have the direc
tion of certain government hospitals
and workhouses; and in times of great
emergency undertake work of a sne-
clal sort ; as, for instance, during the
aK. - .I...., f too.' L .
oiio wwiuu ui i.-io.., w iien ineiiioers
pf no less than seven different stoter-
Uinnl. .... I- . i... l-
- Jl ' I I, l'l,lUt ill L ( 1 llSl 11
London in hosoitals aud parochial
rilsfrict fl. fi-i i. k.i w,,o.i -
".E3" 7-r -irS.?!
ectol' mbd. aau l
ed In the streets, cUntoiauced aid MJ
irful hu s small ,l l.. ...L.I.
"j kjo' " "oi. 01 miar i
own household of faith. That they
have beep able in the few years since i
their wort u-us haaun to ounnmnllul. 1
. " . , ,
jiiu.cn, !UUH "e 9 CajSC fit tl
est gratitude to the Great Head of the I .'hmitevr these memorable " ordon
Church. under whoso guidance the nances," which are a striking viola
" little one" lias indeed become "a I tion of the law. The legal reign i
thousand." Difficult as it to for us, j I 'lu-rel 'ore finithed and tlie reitn of force
so far removed from the scenes of hat begun. Obedience cease to be a
the r self-sacrilicing lalsir, to form
a i stinct conception of their work, it
may not be unprofitable to give a few
gtucistics of one ot these sisterhoods,
that of St. Margaret, East Orinstead.
It was founded by the late Rev. Dr.
Neale. in 1856. aud the sisters were
designated " to go wherever called for,
as the unpaid nurses of the poor, espe-
cially in those cases of contagious
sickness where money will not pur-
chase an attendant." Whole towns
have been entrusted to the care of the
Sisters of St. Margaret's, e. g., Calstor
in Lincolnshire, with sixty lever cases
from August 31 to October 1, 1864;
Hitchin, with about seventy cases
from October l.'t to November il ; Bal
dock, from October 20 to Decern tier 8;
Buglawton, Cheshire, from February
I to April 11, IKOii; while in tne tern
hie fever atTerling, Essex, there were
three Sisters sent from St. Margaret's,
witn seven nurses unuer mem, some
of whom remained for sixteen weeks.
In addition to all this, those Sisters
carry on regular work at Fast Orin
stead, where they have charge of a
school for young ladies, an orphanage
antl three separate night schools.
Hospitals, houses of mercy, conva
lescent homes, schools, orphanages,
missions to the poor, homes for the
aged, the training of nurses and ser
vants to such labors to the time of
these English Sisters devoted.
FRANCE IN 1830.
A Reminder to the Nephew of His
Uncle."
From the Now York Herald.
We propose to send you a condeu
sed historical summary from an able
series of articles by Mr Henry Marsey,
and trust that readers may find in the
exciting scenes related herein some
historical points to interest them as
well as the evidence of some patriotic
efforts made by the people to be able
to act for themselves and that they
may aLso be convinced how the
French nation, when the moment
conns,, iu which they really believe
that their liberties are being tampered
with, can rise up and throw otf the
yoke that may be about to be riveted
upon them. We shall be as rapid as
possible in this review and explain
some pijjjfits otherwise unintelligible.
Charles X came upon the throne in
1824. The Bourbons had given the
Charte, which created two adverse
parties, Jioyaixtx, and Jiourgeoinie
I French gentry above the class of
trades-people, who had no vote, aud
not so higll as the aristocracy who
composed in part the Chamber of
Peers.) Between these two parties
was the center "gauche" which tried
to influence the country, but was
carried away itself by the revolution.
Th" government then voted a bill for
the indemnity of the milliards (to
the emigrants pf ITiiJi; established
the Censure and dissolved the
National Guard. On the ."ith of No
vember, !, the Chamber was dis
solved, anil the country at once sent
up a majority of opposition members.
The government washed to force the
press down, by oppressive measures,
as well as by a tyruniea! censure, and
the Prince de Polignac was placed at
the head of attairs, as leader of the
Ministry.
On the ltith of March, 1S, 221 "op
position" members "protested" to the
King that this state or affairs could
not last. At their head were Berryer
and (iuizot. The cabinet relused every
species of concession.
Charles X replied : " In my open
ing speech I have expressed my reso
lution and that is unchangeable; the
interest of my people demand that I
do not vary from my position; my
ministers are charged to communicate
the rest to yon;" the "rest " was the
"dissolution," after the "proroga
tion," of the chambers. New elec
tions took place in June, 1M0, and the
whole M were sent back to their
seats. The "th of July a council of
ministers took place for a final de
termination. The legislature was
called for the :ld of August; but on the
2MU of July there appeared in the
official Mnniteur the famous " Ordon
anceji" which caused the overthrow
of the Govern meut. These were
signed the evening before, 'at St.
Cloud. The King hesitated to sign
them; but the Prefect of Police said
that " whatever might take place he
answered w ith his head that Paris
woulti not stir!'' The report on the
press which preceded the adoption of
the " ordonmtneeji " said in so many
words (and here is the whole secret iif
the convulsion of society in 1S.-JU.) tlutt
"the press is seeking to sow trouble
and civil war everywhere; all ' agita
tions ' are the consequence of the lib
erty of the press! We should be de
nying all evidence not to see that the
press is the principal seat of a corrup
tion whose progress is daily more
sensible and the main sourep of the
ejlamitius that threaten Ihe kingdom.
It is the , nature of the J-ess to be an
instrument of sedition lid disorder.
The press has put disolder into the
most straightforward ant upright con
sciences, antl shaken the j- firmest con
victions. It is by the iftarehy of its
doctrines that it precltnlSthe veriest
anarchy iu the State," These re
volting doctrines were followed by
"decrees" abolishing t liberty of
the press. No newspap was to be
allowed but by a separata permission
for printers and editors, M.i: only for
three months. The Chainer of Dei-
ut'es of the departments alls dissolved
and all discussions in caucus meetings
utterly prohibited. These " ordi
nances" overthrew the Charte.
The struggle was now to begin : the
Minister of War had placed thirty
thousand men around Paris to gu tr I
the capital. The Minister, Polignac,
detested by the people, thought he
was invincible. M. Thiers, then a
young man of thirty years only, at
tacked these ordinances in his journal,
the National. Here began his great
lessons iu the school of politics. Of
the banker, Jacques Lifitte, he
learned the art of financiering; from
Join iui he learned the art of war, and
eutered bravely into the gulf before
him. Seeing the Bourbons shaking
on the throne, he give them aside
lift with his shoulder, antl wrapping
himself up in the charte, he thunders
his articles in his daily paper, and
when the authorities tame toseizethe
journal, Ke replies, " we shall never
cede except to violence." Guizot was
ten years his senior, a stiff, but up
right Protestant. In 181H he had pre
pared the law which served as a
model to the "ordinances;" yet he
signed the " protest " of the 221. He
plunged with Thiers into the waves of
polities, and they kept tgether till
the succeeding king had fled and left
them without a shelter. Latitte, the
banker, was twenty years the senior
of Guizot, but he was to furnish the
sinews ot war either to Charles X to
hold on, or to the revolters " in case
he should fall. Last of all, but not
the least, tame the Marquis de Iji
fayette? the same who ordered a
h vr $ ; upon the people on tfie 17th of
July, lVsi now -seventy -three year
old a Girondii) tyho was hot "from
the department of ihe fjirpndc
When popularity failed him in France
he sought it in America in 1824. And
indeed, almost everywhere he went,
he could hear the cry, " Vim La
fayette." With these four men,
Thiers, Guizot, Lihtte, L-ifayette, as
leaders, and the various journals, the
National, Const tint ionml, tlMje, (our
rier Francais, aud Journal des Debuts,
with such a list of writers as had never
before ha$ never since been seen
In France, the elements were pre
pared lor the opening of the grand
drama.
While the people were reading the
famous " oruoniiancesj " placarded at
the Palais Royal and elsewhere, the
same sentiment which fired Councillor
Desmoulins in the Revolution of 1789
was momentarily waking up the
whole nation
Thiers proposed, in a 1
secret convention, to refuse to pav tho
taxes, but thto day nothing was de- i
cided. The Govern ment stocks foil
in "KlPnur- The party
ui . uiinn was men susiaiueu oy
v usimir i-erier. iiiierwarti .11 sir or
- - - il i ', niTiti j
finances under Louis Philippe and
S.1.?.,0! ablest men of his day. the same. When the fruit to ripe it we are to have a man of Mr. John
While the deliberations of the opposi- mustfhll, no matter from which side'n's politics there, we may as well
UoB g0'ng.il PaTM.h' Rin& eomes the taking. j have Mr. Johnson himself: There
hn.a, 'S01' ?' thlnk tlmt , At ni&ht,men, women and children, ! will, at least, be no trouble in finding
with 13,000 troops 111 ana M, J"V around ! all worked in this trreat strut-trie for out which side he is on : and we tsS
raris, mat into, arl- luaswjrn 01 me sic-
uanou. .'uuimmi .miiiiuui, ignite ue pavements were torn tip 'and baTTt
Kagpaa, was nominated to the su-i cades made with the t-ountrvnien's
prerne command of the army. The wagons; others brought trp iSa
Marshal was placed in a (Jetestable stone and tiles, which, broken Into
position - he was obliged to draw his fragments, were carried to the toi of
sword and charge his lellow-country-. houses, to tfie tops of the mohumt-nfs,
men in defense of " onJonuancee " ' and from thence were to pour down
n ,k !k i 1 1 .k i'
On the 27th ot July the King, being I
iirnorant of everything and wwhimr
. m . , -- '
.S.?Mn hH"'?0'uto';- wen-still
uncnangeaDie. But he did not reflect
that the love of liberty and hatmrl nf
rlMlwitiarii niw nni.kanM.ku i
r '.MiHuiti in tile
neans oi a people. On this dav the
i 1 r : X. "--r
IX.T." lenipte giving
Suh.Vwn
11.. ...i VT VV" 'M'1'' ! 1,1
uie nisi si.v muni lis liat We should see.
the laws vieiated and that the tatw
meditated a sHfo ai tloti oraoowp
Ws Tlu, ..Cm.. ... wu
q VrKrtioep '4fr-tAil we now see published iq the
otiu . lire i'uoth. rT i usrn .o o. ne e
.didu. The writers of the journals
w ho ought to be the first to obev. wil
give the first example of resistance to
the authorities. We resist for our
selves," etc., "and it to for France to
judge to what point it will extend Its
own resistance."
This was signed by all the directors
: and editors of journals then in Par
to the number of between fifteen anJ
twenty. At V a.m. on the 7th Julv
the gendarmerie seized the presses of
i the National. The Place de la Bourse
was occupied by the troops and patrols
establishetl in all the adjacent street-.
At 11 o'clock two Commissairesof Po
lice present themselves at the printing
olliee, and, although armed with an
order from the Irefect of the Police,
they barred all the doors against them
and refused to allow them to come in.
j But they force themselves in, make a
perquisition and find nothing to incul-
pate the editors; they then brokesev
eral essential pieces of the presses.
putting them out or service, and left.
In one hour afterwards these same
presses were printing otf thousands of
the " Protest " which had been issued
in the morning.
The presses of the Temps are broken
in like manner, and the editors pub-
Itsh, that " men clothed with the pow
er of the ' ordon nances ' ha-1 violated
the privacy of their houses; that they
took seven hoars to force their way
into the printing office. No locksmith
could lie found so unworthy as to force
a private house, and it was only by
searching tait the man charged to riv
et the chains on the galley stares that
they were able to enter. Frenchmen !
these men have counted on your cow
ardice! Iet us make them pay dearly
for this outrage; with energy and de
uotion France may be saved!"
Some of the printers, fearing they
should lose their license, refused to
print the morning papers (recollect
that few paper in France do their
own printing. Fliting a paper is one
thing, printing it is another). But
being summoned before the courts,
they were forced to print them imme
diately, for one of the Judges stateil
distinctly, In his judgment, that the
ordonnanees were contrary to the
Clutrtr. So much for the troops. So
much for the newspapers.
As early as five a. m. the people
began to come in from the outskirts
to the center of Paris. Ou the Boule
vard, that great veinal artery where
lile ebbs and throbs so violently, the
whole pulse was heating with emo
tion, that the day was hang with such
black and sombre forebodings. The
heat was overpowering, and the well-to-do
trades-ieople and bourgeoisie
were walking in the side alleys under
the shade of the trees. The crowd
was greatest in the vicinity of the
Place tie la Bastille. The workmen,
in shirt sleeves anil blouses, form
groups, anil orators and stamp speak
ers get up at every corner to explain
to the people the meaning of the " or
donnanees" which the King and his
Cabinet had just signed. The cry of
Vice in Charte is heard on ail
sides, but the insurrection is still very
quiet, when a man arrived upon tin
Mace tie la lasti!le, with a crowd
around him, crying out that the peo
ple were fighting in the middle of
l'aris; that the troojis had fired on the
citizens; anil that the H'j St. Honore
and round about the Palais Royal was
the scene of a terrible civil war. Just
about this time the hoys came up with
the flaming " protests" of the .Y
tional antl the Temps, which were
read amid the enthusiastic shouts of
the crowd. The appeal to the insur
rection, with which it closed, only set
tire to tlie powder. They could no
lunger hesitate, they must light. M.
Thiers will be at last content ; the
peeate an- going to rise in their might
and eiaim for themselves their iniprt
scriptable rights. They will not eat
for three days; they will tiie tor what
they wish; but on their bodi- will be
crtvted the statue ol Liberty as upon
a pedestal. However, during the day,
but little was tlone, except to deliber
ate and prepare; oue spark more, antl
the explosion woulti take place. This
spark fell in another section of Paris.
As a company of ienlnrmi -.
ing out, at seven p.m., near the Tuile
ries garden, in the Rue ties Pyramids,
a e-un-shot w as tir.il from one of the
neighboring windows. The Midlers
turned right aliout face; they had
been provoked, by whom they knew
not, nor diil they care, but they an
swered this one careless shot" by a
general discharge of muskety upon
the crowd close by. This was enough ;
smarting under the violence ,f thN
outrageous action, the popular fury
knew no bounds. Young and old
men, women and children rallied un
der this terrible tire; a cry of ven
geance went up from the mob; some
tore up the pavement stones, others
armed with pikes and sticks, hatchet
and any cutting tooLs w hatever, with
guns and swords, antl pistols antl
bludgeons. They attacked the troops;
neither the tire nor the charge of tmy
onets entirely repulsed them. Six
Ones repulsed, six times they charged
the troojers. A man saw hto brother
fall and knew the gendarme that killed
him; he glides along till he gets near
him, and engages ia a hand-; , h ind
struggle, which li-iishes by his plung
ing a dagger m Ins adversary s heart.
Hehimselt h is his body pierced antl
falls under the murderous shots of the
roval soldiers. Thisscene had excited
the crowd to exasperation. One of
the bodies of the two brothers was
carried otf on a litter, and the cries ior
vengeance only grow stronger at every
progress that is made. A workman
is trodden under a horse's h-ot and
taken up for deatl; hardly had the
physician touched him and restored
lnm, than he seized a gun and join -d
the insurrection, saying, " Wecan well
die twice in the cause of Liberty."
The barricades are elevated in several
spots in the Rue St. Honore and the
cavalry find it impt:s-ibie to pass over
them. The iutrepid charges of the
troops and the mass of people which
they have to encounter at every
turn, made the battle of the first day
bloody,and all wascontinued till long
past eight in the eveuiiig.
When the troops had quitted tlie
narrow streets it was always in those
days an immense advantage for Un
people to light the troop in the nar
rowest streets, but to-day all would
be changed in this respect) they im
mediately changed their quarters in
the burracks, military posts and in the
palaces. The headquarters of the
army were in the palace or the Tuii
eries. The students of the h-ole l!.,teeh-
mque, desirous of engaging in the
struggle, sent a deputation that even
ing to the house ot M. Lititte and told
him that the whole of the students
plaoptl themselves at his disposition,
aud for the difense of the citizens,
whom the soldiers were niasseering bv
hundreds.
I luring all this time fears were ex
pressed about the action oi the Duchess
de Berry, an Italian princess, who was
tilt- widow otthe Duke de Berry, as
sassinated at the opera in l'aris, and
one of the most intriguing women of
tne r rcneh court, tier conduct, more
especially a a foreigner, in the
troubles of IHoO, was i:i the highest tle
grte) reprehensible. When told at St.
Cloud what had taken place iu Paris
the first day, she replied: "Do not lie
uneasy about tliat; they are ouly a
parcel of unruly children, and all hey
want is a little more whipping! "
At the same time the Swiss guard,
which had been hired by Charles X
to defend his crown, were placing a
cannon at thefoot ot the Rue de Ro
han and pointing it on the people who
attacked and captured it. In all these
struggles the Duchess of Berry, the
Swiss guard and any other foreign
pfetrient.s, will never nieel with any
sympathy in Franne, They pr&artD
do their own lighting, hand to hand
if necessary, aud regulate their own
a flairs.
The first shot which was fired in the
Ruedes Py ram ides, was the signal for
tue iiegiuiuiig oi ine struggle
And
who had tired it? It seemed it was n !
Englishman, who had lone-been wish-
inir to see- th niseallv Knwh men I
cutting each other's throats in the
streets, antl had boasted two dnvs af- I
terw ards that be had been the anise, i
umi ne nau uctuany pred the gun.
, . '"- " VI 'o ,
strugele wotil. I have taken place all '
11 it u i'i ncr if iin t wi it n. r... ii..Miirn ,n.. ..11 ... 'i--ii.
wjiai Was fo COITSe t3R10Tov. The
n t,!e heads of tue """OP8 83 they
paused by. - J
At th,. -mm .i,-,i 1
- " i:v., not? v tjl,. HIM au
admirable system of defence, and ex-
ecu. ted bv the lMunrent Immedlalelv.
Across tfit. n'hr.ln ..it,, t-t,,,,. iuMnn Kw I
extinguishing the gas lights in certain ;
streets, t hen placed heavy posts across !
. . , t . . - . . . . . jr
the
ts, to prevent the cavalry
sing. The citizens went to
miths, who delivered' up their
wder and cartridges ; no acts
from passing,
the gunsmiths,
gnn.s, powder a
of distrrderoecu
In the erenl
came into Pari?
3gi' when tho ty
, they found an :
every strtft ; the
bourgeois were
diers and the
nious crowd fn
sol-still
friends; several of the gua.-d royale
proUt that they will not lire upon
the jieople even at the risk of being
shot for so doing themselves.
Art ofth-cr ordered his sergeant
major to drive- the people back; his
soldiers refused to move. A new order
was without any more -u -css. He
then called the sergeant and asked
him who these blackguard military
men were that refused to obey, and
after his answering, said to the ser
geant, ' I will reiuemoer them here
after." " And I also," cried one of
them, looking at the officer, " we had
rather die a thousand limes than to
Are upon these people, who are our
only friends." These words were re
peated by vast numbers of the sol
diers. It was most difficult to get
them up to the point of tiring, and it
was finally more in self-defence than
from any desire of conquering the
people that they yielded to the supe
rior officers.
All this time Charles X slept at St.
Cloud; h- was infatuated enough to
believe in the words of M. Polignac,
his Minister, and in his Prefect of Po
liee. Little did he dream that night
thai all was already lost; bat he
thought to-morrow would clear up the
storm, and he Im; seated on his throne
firmer than ever. This was his fatal
mistake. The battle of to-morrow
w as to to- decisive; but only for the
I Bourbons.
THE ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
The Pope s Answer to Dr. Cumming.
To the Editor of the London Daily Tele-
ffraph :
Sir By the desire of the archbishop,
I forward to you the inclosed transla
tion of a letter addressed to him by
his holiness m reply to the letter of
the Rev. Dr. Cumming. Believing
that it may be interesting to some of
your rentier', the archbishop places it
at your disposal for publication.
I remain, sir, your obedient servant,
W. A. JOHNSON, Secretary.
" Pope Piun IX, to oar Vciierahl Brother,
HtKIV Kdwahii, Arehbitbop of Wet-
mini-ter:
I enerable I i rot her have
seen from the newspapers that
Dr. Cumming, of Scotland, has
inquired of you whether leave
will be given at the approaching
council, to those who dissent from the
Catholic church to put forward the ar
guments which they think can be ad
vanced in support of their own opin
ions, and that on your replying that
this Is a matter to Ik- determined by
the holy see, he ha- written to us on
the subject.
"Now, if the iinpiirer knows what
is the belief ot Catholics with respect
to the teaching authority which has
to-cn given by our Divine Savior to.
His t tiurch, hiid therefore with iw
spet to its infallibility in deetdinfr
questions which belong to dogma or
to moraN, fee must know that the
Church cau not permit errors which ic
has carefully considered, judged und
condemned to again brought under
discussion. This, too, is wnat has
has already Ix-en made known hy our
letters.' For w hen we said, ' It can
not lie denied or doubted that Jeo
t itrtot Hiutsol,, iu order that He
might apply to all generations of men
the fruits of His redemption, liuilt
here on earth upon Peter Hto own
Church, that is, the only holy Catho
lic and Apostolic Church, and gives to
him all Hiwcr that was necessary for
preserving whole and inviolate the
deposited truth, anil for delivering the
same to all peoples, antl tribes, and
nations,' we thereby signified that the
primate both of honor and of jurisdic
tion, which was conferred upon Peter
and hto successors by the lounder of
the Church, is placed beyond the
hazard of disputation. This, indeed,
is the hingu upon which the wholo
question bci u - n ( atholies and all
who. dissent from them turns; and
from tills dissent, iv from a fountain,
all the errors of non-Catholics flow.
' For, inasmuch as such bodies of men
are destitute or that living and di-vinely-established
authority which
teaches mankind especially the things
"i rami and ihe rule ol morals, antl
w hich a. so uirecis anu governs l
in Whatever relates to eternal:
tion, so tlnss- -ame bodies of men
have ever varied In their teaching,
and their change ami instability never
eea.--.'
"If, therefore, your inquirer would
cou-ider either the opinion which to
held by the church as to tlie infalli
bility of its judgment in defining
whatever lielougs to faith or morals,
or what we oursvlves have written
respecting the primacy and teaching
authority of I ' t-r, he will at once per
ceive tliat no room can he given at
the i-ouncil for the defense of errors
which have already been condemned,
and that we could not have Invited
non-Catholii-s to a discussion, but
have only urged thein to avail them
selves otthe opportunity afforded t.y
this council, in which 'the Catholic
church, to. which their fort-fathers be
louved, gives auew proof of ite close
unity ami invincible vitality, and to
satisfy the wants of their' souls by
luiurawin- irom a state in wmcn
they cannot Ik- sun- of their salvation.
If, by the inspiration of divine grace,
they shall perceive their own danger,
and shall seek Uod with their whole
heart, they w iil easily cast away all
preconceived and adverse opinions,
and, laying aside all desire of dispu
tation, they will return to the Father
from whom they have long, unhap
pily, 'one astray. We, on our part,
will joyfully run to meet them, and,
embracing them with a father's char
ity, we shall rejoice, and the church
will rejoice with us, that our children
who were dead lutve come to life
again antl that they who were lost
have been found.' This, indeed, we
earnestly ask of Uod; and do you, ven
erable brother, join your prayers to
ours.
"In the meantime, m a token of
Divine favor, antl of our own especial
benevolence, we most lovingly give
to you and your diocese our apostolic
blessing.
"Given at St. Peter's, in Rome, this
4th day of September, lstia, in the
twenty-fourth year of our pon titled.-.
POPK PIUS IX.
"VU: Tha letters apostolic of Septem
ber I t, istjs, addressed -To all Pnitwiiiti
and other non-Catho!ie.' "
" A Babe in a House
" Is a well-spring of pleasure," 9avs
some one of our poets, but a lady at
our elbow, who Ins had ample oppor
tunity of testing the correctness of the
observation, suggests that if the wri
ter had applied the remark to a sew
ing machine instead of a baby, he
would have been nearer the truth.
And we doubt not that she is right;
for who that knows anything of the
labor saving character of sewing ma
chines, can doubt that the presence of
one of them in a house is indeed a
source tif deep and never-ending pleas
ure? Tak, for instance, the New Si
lent Wheeler A Wilson machine, now
admitted to be, by tar, the best and
most reliable for family use. This
machine hems, foils, quilts, tucks,
plaits, braids, gathers and sews on,
etc., and performs Its work with such
unerriug regularity and extraordinary
speed that we are always constrained
to h-ok with admiration upon the tnaa
through whose genius it Was' given to
the world. At the ofHce, in this city,
No. 259 Second street, opposite Court
Park, the most liberal terms are offer
ed to all who desire to purchase by
monthly payments, and no pains nor
expense are spared to give full instruc
tions and thorough sattofection to every
customer.
THK New York Trilwie treats the
probable coming election of1 Axdrkw
Johnson in its usual stoical vein, as
follows:
From various sources comes con
firmation of our Nashville dispatch.
announcing the probability that Mr.
Andrew Johnson will ,.i,,n wc
United States Senile An tha firct Kol-
lot. at the ftnnrnQ.'liini, aloimn XL-..
know that the poor reporters of The
Congressional Globe will mourn over
the news; and that Mr. Garrett Da via
WHinear it with some concern
"m .on.! au utiia- niiuiue
shed no tears over the eniomitv
serve to ourselves the right of which
we now jjive auo ann early notice
that wesrraH not print Mr. johnaou
speech mdre than' tnree times-no
matter how many times he may shake
the Senate walls with It.
r ?
sw vosk, October 13. In a re-
cent case in the United States Dto-
Court of Baltimore, which has
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it was shown that three national
hanks of Tin lti more h.v hn lending
as hi-rh as eight per cent, of their
capital for
Private 1
illative purposes,
sfrom Havana report
that a ' battle had been feaght near
Guaymara, between the, .-Spanish fbrees
under Valmaseda ai(S' two divisions
of the insurgentsyjrhder Jordan, and
Quesada, w hichalter seven hours of
severe ubtingJKsulted in the deje&l
of the Spantords. Losses 'on both
sides were vera heavy. Thepaaish
papers areTtkflt In regard to this.
Mr