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THE JEFFERSON NEWS.
r. A. CARPENTER,]
"Freedom of" Conscience, of Speecli and of" tlie Press.'
[Editor and Proprietor.
,D SERIES, VOLrxHI.No. 11.1 JEFFERSON, TEXAS: FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1865. [NEW SERIES, VOL. 1,No. 33.
▲ Bit of History—How [and why
Maioi was Snubbed., by Earl
SUmell.
The Atlaata Intelligencer makes a cu-
rious statement concerning the rebel
•gent, Mason, and Karl Russell, as fol-
'iowb :
. 'It is said that after Mr. Mason had ad-
dressed several diplomatic notes to Lord
Palraarstoa or Russell, we.do not rcmeru-
" ber which, ho was formally notified that
oa a certain day he would be received
in his diplomatic character, and an audi-
ence granted him in London. Two days
io advance of the day named for his re-
ception, Mason repaired to Londgn to
•wait the summons of the British minis-
ter to the appointed conference.
The day passed, however, and no usher
appeared to introduce or to convey Ma-
son to the Britieh Minister's presence.
Another passed, and he was still neglect-
ed ; and yet another, withihe same mor-
tifying result. Annoyed at this treat-
ment, Mr. Mason, who bad many person-
al friends at Court, made it known to
them, and they, it is said, expostulated
■with the British Minister at his cavalier
treatment and neglect of a gentleman
ivhe had been invited to London in an
official business. Whereupon the fol-
lowing, in substance, was tendered as
an apwlogy fur the treatment, by an offi-
cial of the Government:
That the invitation given Mr. Mason to
visit London and have an interview
with the Minister, at the time specified,
■was given in good faith, but on the day
preceding, a deputation, representing
the ueited eotton manufacturing interests
of Great Britain, had been gianted an
audience, during which they protested
against any recognition of the Southern
Confederacy by the government then or
in the future. That then England was
upon the yorge of general bankruptcy,
• •w'og to the vast accumulation of manu-
factured goods of every description, and
stored away in almost every store house
in tho kingdom, amounting to a supply
more than sufficient for two years' de-
mand, besides enough of the raw material
on hand to last them for at least two
years more.
n That if the war continued, England
would be saved from general bankruptcy,
and Hotking else would save her. That
eren if the South were conquered, slave-
ry abolished, aud the laber to grow the
etaplo withdrawn from it entirely, it
■would b* better far roi
ker manufacturing interests. The former
eould vigorously encourage the growth
of the staple in her East India possess-
ion v, and the latter could have time
S*t off their accumulated steck of goed*,
to manufacture their raw material then
on hand, and to prepare their machinery
for the manufacture in future of the j
.coarser East Iudia staple. The fscts
and the argument prevailed. Hie British
^Minister was sorry, very sorry, but Mr.
^faeoa could not ke received, and the
viouthern Confederacy must take care of
itself.''
The Intelligencer asks why this intel-
ligence was wiltiheld from the people at
the time it was communicated to the
Confederate Senate, aud adds : Had the
delusion then been removed from th-v
people's mind of cotton being king, or of
_ foreign recognition, the war mij^ht have
. *:lo'sed two years ago, with lees ad van
. lago to Great Britain and more to the
Seuth and the United States than at this
. late day. But crimination and recrirni-
xietieu are now out of place. Cotton
is not king, was not, and never can be
ibis, like some other theories of
eur Government to which the South has
given credence and long maintained—
such as are embraced in the doctrines of
otate rights and State remedies—are
enceforth to be and must be considered
baseless political fabrics. Our people,
oae government, united for the general
ml' at p,eaco'if u wi!l let us> with
all the world, hut united against it
whenever assailed. And so we go for a
new, and, we trust, a peaceful aud pros-
perous future.
We can state on the best authority
that t*e above account is substantially
true. The facts were given to us by ex-
Governor Morebead, of Kentucky, about
a year ago, on his first return to America,
after two or three years sojourn ia Eng-
land. His account w.i very full and
minute, aud left the impression distinct-
ly on the mind that England was ac
mated by a w>sh to profit on the war in
the _ vasodilating course .pursued by her
cabinet at the time meutionsd.
Th* Indictment of Gc.v. Les —There ia
a great deal of nonsense printed in vari-
ous papers in relation to indictments for
treason against Lee, Johnston, and other
.military leaders of the rebellion! On
one side there are violent denunciation* of
the bloodthirstiness and bad faith of such
persecution as it is called, am' on the oth-
er side equally violent expressions the
other way. No one need feel much dis-
turbed about any such indictments. They
> gotten up and engineered simply as
of notoriety by small politicians
irginia. They emsnate from men
hoose that method to make a noise,
•le country should not be aware of
existence. When the indictments
■wcomplished this object they will
* of do moie.—n. Y. Herald.
National Taxes. - *
The following is a summary of the
rates, licensesrduties and excises imposed
under the present law of the United
States :
MISCELLANEOUS.
Advertisements, where circulation .of
paper exceeds 2,000 copies, oil- receipts
above $600, 3 per cent.
Ale and all malt liquors, pr. bbl. $1.
Auctioneers, on sales j of 1 per cent.;
license, $10.
Awnings, 6 per cent.
Bags, 6 per cent.
Banks, per mo. on deposit and capital,
each, l-24tb of 1 per eent; circulation,
i-12th; dividends, 4 per cent.
Barges, earning over $1060, per ye$r,
on excess, 5| per cent*
Books, all kinds, 5 per cent.
Billiard tables, each, $10; rooms, for
each table, $10.
Bootmakers,!custom, on all earnings
over $600 a year, 3 per cent.
Bricks, 3 6 10 per cent.
Bridges, toll on earnings, 3 per cent.
Caif-skins, tanned, 6 per cent.
Calves, slaughtered, under 3 months
old, 5 cents, over, 40 cents.
Candles, 6 per cent.
Carriages, worth $100, $1 ; $200, $2 ;
'3c0 to 600, $6. Repairing carriages, in-
creasing tne value over 10 per ct., $ g-10
per cent.
Cattle, slaughtered, each 40 cents. For
private use, less than i, free.
Clothing, made to order, over $600 per
year, 6 per cent.
Coffee, ft 1 1-15 per cent.
Cotton, raw, 1b 2 cents, manufactured
6 per cent.
dress makers and mlUineri, on ail sums
above sfios per year, 3 per cent.
Express companies, on receipts, 3 per
cent.
Ferry Boats, gross receipts, 3 per cent.
Fruits, preserved 6 per cent.
Furniture, 6 per cert'
Gass, per 1000 cubic feet, frora 12 to
30 cents.
General business, trade or profession,
ten dollars.
Hsgs, slaughtered, 10 cents each.
Income, ef every person, exceeding
$600 and not exceeding $5000, on all
above $600, 6 per ct., excess over $5000
10 per cent.
Iron, manufactures, 6 per ct ; casting
and railroad, ton $3,go; pig $2,40.
Leather, manufactures, 6 per cent.
IN
X
tyris Paschal.—Gentlemen
■ington inform us that
nguiabed jurist, Judga
\v . urged for the u.S.
.. place of Judge Catron.
| . 'hal will receive the
v Ticntiy qualified for
. V t ho ought to bo
vt ,Uoag devotion
* •• .
*1*0*1 liberty.
;&Vi
to
Licenses must be taken out cach year
by the following named persons* for
which they are to pay the sums placed
opposite their names, viz :
Agents, insurance, ten dollars.
„ " " foreign, 60 dollars.
Apothecaries, 10 dollars.
Architects, 10 dollars.
Assayers, see " Ass ay era.''
Auctioneers whose annua! sales do not
oxceed $10,000, 10 dollars
.■vuctis'-eere, exceeding $10,000. 20 dol-
ing.
Bankers, using capital not exceeding
$50,000 for each license, 100 dollars.
Binkers, using capital exceeding $50,-
003, for every additional $1,000 in excess
of 50,000, 2 dollars,
i.-Milliard tables each, 1® dollars.
Brewers, (see "Biewors,") S5 and 50
dollars.
. Brokers, 50 dollars.
Brokers, pawn, using capital not ex-
cacding $50,000, 50 dolltrs.
Brokers, pawn, using capital in excess
of $50,00u, for every additional $1000 in
excess of 50,000, 2 dollars.
Bowling alleys, for each alley, 10 dols.
Butchers, see •'Butchers*''
Cattle brokers, whose annntl g^ie® do
not exceed $1*,000, 10 dollar.
Cattle brokers, exceeding 10,000, for
each additional $>jl000, 1 dollar.
Circueses, 100 dollars.
Civil engineers, 10 dollars
Claim agents, 10 dollars.
Coal oil distillers, 50 dollars.
Commercial brokers, 20 dollars.
Concert halls, 100 dollars.
Coiifectienerg; 19 dollars.
Contractors. 25 dollars.
Conveyancers, 10 dollars.
Custom-House brokers, 10 dollars.
iJeatists, 10 dollars.
Distillers, see "Distillers."
Eating houses, 10 dollars.
Exhibitions, not otherwise provided
for, 10 dollars.
Gass-iitters, 10 dollars.
Gilt enterprises, 50 dollars.
lloise dealers, 10 dollars.
Insurance agents, 2 dollars.
Insurance agents, foreign, 50 dels.
Intelligence office keepers, 10 dols.
Jacks, 10 dollar*.
J uggleri, 20 dollars
Land warrant brokers, 25 dollars
Lawyers, 10 dollars.
Livery s'.able keepers, 10 dollars.
Lottery ticket dealers, 100 dols.
Manufacturers, 10 dols.
Patent agents, 10 dollars.
Patent right dealers, 10 dols.
Peddlers, see " Peddlers."
Photographers, see " Photographers."
Pawnbrokers, see "Brokers."
Physicians, 10 dols.
Plumbers and gass fitters, 10 dols.
1 roduce brokers whose sales do not
exceed $10,000 10 dola.
Real estate agents, 10 dols.
Rectifiers, see " Rectifiers."
Retail dealers, 10 dols.
Retail dealers in liquors, 25 dols.
Savings banks having no capital stock,
and whose busiuess is confined to receiv-
ing deposits and loauing the same for the
benefit of their depositors, and which do
no other besiness of banking, shall not
be liable to pay for license as banker*
100 dols. '
Stows, 10 dols.
Stal.ions, owners of, ten dols.
Steamers and vessels boarding passen-
gers, 25 dols.
Surgeons, 10 dole.
Tobacconists, 10 dols.
.manufacturers.
Manufacturers and producers of agri-
cultural tools and implements, garden
seeds, stoves and hollow ware, broomp,
wooden ware and powder, delivering and
selling at wholesale any of said articles,
by themselves er their authorized agents,
at places other than the place of manu-
facture, shall not be required, for any sale
thus made, to take out any additional
license therefor.
Manufacturers not otherwise specified :
Of bone, 6 per cent; brass, 6 percent;
bristles & per ct.j ooppcr, G per oti j COL-
ton, 6 per ct; flax, 6 per ct.; glass, 6 per
ct.; gold, 6 per ct; gutta*. percha, g per
ct.; hemp, 6 per ct.; horn, 6 per ct..; iu-
dia rubbor} 6 per ct,; iron, 0 per ct.;
ivory, 6 per ct.; jute, 6 per ct..; lead, 6
per ct.; leather, 6 per ct ; paper, 5 p«;r
ct.; pottery, 6 per ct ; silk, 6 per ct.; sil-
ver, 6 per ct.; steel, 6 per ct.; tin, 6 per
ct.', willow, 6 per ct.; wood, 6 per ct.;
wool, 6 per ct; worsted, 6 per ct ; other
materials, 6 per ct
Masts, 2 2-5 per ct.
Matches, box, lc.; cigar lights, 2c,
Measurer's returns, first 100 bushels,
10c.; exceeding 1000, 24c.
Meats, preserved, g per ct.
Mineral water, quart bottles, l|c.
Molasses, gallon, 6c.
Monumental stones, 6 per ct.
Paper, all kinds, 3 per ct.
Pianos, worth from 100 dol, to 200 do!.,
3 dol.; 200 dol. to 400 dol., 4 del..; over
400 dol., 6 per ct.
Mrs. Aubine looked troubled. "Say, yon and
your sister were twins; so closely did yoil resem-
ble each other that it was almost an impossibility
to distinguish one from the other. Years have
■intervened since then, and had you stiil remained
as you were when I first saw you, there would still
have been tho same resemblance, the same conge-
niality of thought and feeling But you were
separated; ycu from your earliest remembrance
have been brought in close communion with those
who were educated and refined, while education
fitted yoa for that social sphere. You were pos-
sessed of equal taients; yet white he.r's have lain
dormant, yours havo been called into action.—
There is now a vast difference between you, which
you cannot fail to perceive. Having always lived
secluded, not mingling with the refined and intel-
ligent, not having been-fitted by education to find
pleasure in that which is instructive, her manners
or conversation cannot partake of that which
would please the fastidious taste of a reiiaed and
educated cerson " .
" Yet I cannot overlook all this," replied May;
eagerly, "although I must confoss I did not think
of that, if she has a iovlng heart, for is she not my
sister?" she added, softly.
Mr. Alton smiled at her enthusiasm. " "We must
geo this country sister of yours, May, and if she
does not reach' the standard of refiuement, and
promises to be an apt scholar, we will take good
care that she has suitable instruction to fit her fur
our circle.',
•' That is just the idea," replied May, quickly;
" we will go to-morrow, can we not, mother?"
"Certainly, if you \yish it, my dear."
Nine years had wrought but tow changes in tha
quiet spot where Mr. and Mrs. Ilartwell had resid-
ed so many years, and the carriaga took the samo
path whore, years before, Mrs. Aubine hacHirst
caught sight of May's laughing faco. She neared
tho-home of her childhood, tier heart beat wildly
as she saw in reality the picture that had «o oft*?a
arisen iu her memory. A young girl sat in tho
doorway, quietly reading. She started as the car-
ri«ge stopped ut the gate, and the glow of raornen
tary embarrassment mantled her cheek; then she
came forward quickly with a smile, half baahl'ul.
She was the living image of May.
One glance.at the face of that young girl, and
Sl'ay sprang eagerly forward ani clasped her in
Plate, silver, iu use, 5c. per OZ.; to the ( ber aims. "Dou't you know me, Marion? I aai
extent of 40 ounces, free.
Preserved fruits, fish, vegetables and
shad-fish, 6 pel ct.
Railroads, on gross receipts, 2£ perct.
Ready rnude clothing, 6 per ct.
Salaries, on all sums exceeding gdo dol.,
5 per ct.
Cigars,*per 1000, 10 dol.; cigaretts,
for 25, 5c.
Sewing machines, 6 per ct.
Sheep, slaughtered, 5c.; under 20, ex-
empt.
Ships and other vessels, on value, 2 2-5
per ct.; ou receipts, per ct Repairs
on ships, abovs 10 per ct., 3 6 10 per ct
Skins, tanned, 6 per ct.
Snuff, pound, 40c.
Soap, valued not above 5c. per pound.
2 2- mills: ab^yd Jic.. 1 voti^v
soaps, extra, ootf, o per ct.
Spirits, distilled, 2 del. per gallon.
Steamboats, on earnings, 2£ per ct.
Stills, tanks, &c , 6 per ct.
Sugar, from cane, 2 2-5 per lb.; re-
fined, extra
Tobarco, smoking, so'?, per lb.; chew-
ing, 40c. per lb.
Tools, 6 per ct.
Waiehouse receipts for property not
exceeding 500 dol. in value, 10c.; from
500 dol. to 1000 dol., 10c.
Water^nks, 6 per ct.
Watches worth 100 dol. or less, 1 dol.;
over 100 dol., 2 dol.
Wholesale dealers, in sum; up to 50,009
dol., 50 dol.; each additional 1000 doi.,
1 dol.
"Wholesale liquor dealers, selling i.i
quantities over 3 gals. 50 dol.
Wood, manulacturers, 6 per ct.
This list does not contain articles not
made, or but rarely made, in Texas, and
taxed at the place where they are r^anu
lactured.
W o o d I a n 3. Flower,
BT APPLE-BLOSSOM.
Continued from Last Week
"Whoa alone, Mra. Aubine sprang from her
couch, while the vieus iu her forehead and temples
stood out like colds in tho agony of tho moment,
and she paced the room with her hands pressor
tightly over her heart, as if to still its boatings. .
"Great Heavens 1 and ba3 it come to this?*
sho murmured. " I cannot bear it. I shall hate
her, oh, how bitterly! the chiid I have loved and
nourished in my bosom—foi is she not his cnoice?"
Then her conscience reproached her. St. renum-
bered May'a iook of agony, aad ene murmured
witst reaming eyes, " Oh, God, forgive me."
For several days after this, there vas evidently
wldtztfll1u h'Ml raann|ei! whicl 'au3ftd maj''s > ertcu. uv^, u p
h'rM rl 7' nS1Dg 8obs cb"f'Kl-'d I make her retain her ong^ai character
her utterance; but managed to stifle all outward Mav was married. Her adopted mother an!
appearance of emotion, and appear the same as t dirling sister were all unselfish in their wish to
"a, th!S C0!'stra!Dt wore away. and h:ive her longer remain single. Mrs. Aubino had
vrUr own sister.'1 And she wept tears of joy, w'jils
M,e. Aubjne looked, on silently. When her emo-
tion had jomowhat subsided, May introduced Mrs.
Aubins and Mr. Alton. " This is sho whom I call
mamma," said May, sweetly,
u And Marion, let me be a mother to you," said
Mrs. Aubine gently.
They were touched at her look ot resignation,
and the mourning garments she wore. They soon
learned the cause of this; her aunt, her sole re-
maining relative, vr.g dead. Mrs. Aubine was
sensibly attracted towards Marion, Everything
she said or did was not altogether graceful, but
there was nothing vulgar about her; she was just
what she appeared to be—a simple-hearted maiden
with a loving heart; nothing more, nothing less.—
She told Moy thafc her mother, in her dyiug mo-
ments, had told her of a twin sister who had been
adopted iu cl.ildhood by a rich lady whose name
was Mrs. Aubine; and she had committed with
her last breath, a chaiu into her keeping, at the.
same time exacting from her a solemn promise that
she would not «eek to discover her whereabouts,
Wut AU WUG iivyx? vAAttw out; WUU.U at ictblCorciG
to her. "And 1 Jtnew you would come, May," she
sobbed in conclusion, " for night and day, I have
prayed to our Heavenly Father to restore you to
me."
Mr. Alton arose and took her hand in hia. "Ma-
rion, I am the betrothed of your sister, aud shall
wish to claim a brother's privilege." Ho took a
hand of Mr*. Au'rino and May, put them with Ma-
rion's, and clasping them together, sail solemnly:
let us be united together in love. Say, Marion,
shall it be so ? Will you go with us to th homo
of her whom May has learood to call mother, un-
til I can take your sister to her Southern home,
then you may accompany U?; if you wish."
Mrs. Aubino warmly urgod her io comply with
his request, and she could not refuse ; while Mr.
Alton kissed her brow with all a brother's tender-
ness, and promised that they would love and cher-
ish her.
come down tho steps hastily and advanced to meet
them. , ..
',How are you, Harry?" said Undo Charlie,
shaking him heartily by tho hand. " This is the
new bride, heyt" aud he glanced at her sharply;
then, as if satiefied with the scrutiny, imprinted a
cordial kiss, on her biushiug cheek, aud ihoii a&jis c-
ed her to alight
Harry looked on smilingly, then threw a d:mJ at
the head of the boy, who stood ready to care far
tha horses. .
They passed up tho ateps into a cool, airy hall,
then into the drawing-room. Careful bauds had
ranged the heavy draperies, and everything in the
house told the eama tale neatness. Overcome with
fatigue and excitement, May sank exhausted on
theluiurious sofa, while Harry bathed her flushed
face. Sho thanked him sweetly, but it did not re-
lieve her, and he Bent for Aunt Polly, the presiding
genius of the household, to show her to her own
a-jartmeot.
~ It was a fairy-liko retreat that May was ushered
into by the asBiduous Aunt Polly, who kindly in-
formed that it was '* de private 'partment dat Mas-
ga Harry had all fixed for her."
As May gazed around the beautiful chamber
prepared "for her receptions, the though, came into
her mind, " Why am I thus blessed?'' When
she had laid aside her dusty garments, Aunt Polly
again ushered her into the drawing-room. Sh3 s*t
down to a boautiful piano which she had not before
peiceived, her fingers pressedjihe keys lightly, and
there arose a gush of melody, then her voico min-
gled with the strains, and she sang—
' The dearest spot on earth to me
Is home, sweet home.
The fairyland I've longed to sea
Was home, sweet home.
Here how charmed the senge of feeling;
Here's where hearts are so endearing;
All tho world is not so cheering,
As home; sweet home/'
There wf re two voices that mingled with hers
in the lasf two lines.
"All the world to me is not so cheering as home,
now that I have some one to mane me happy here,"
3.\hi Harry.
Uncle Charlie's eyes-glrstened, and he said, aside,
"Tou have won a treasure, Harry."
Uncle Charlio was but a few years the senior of
Harry. He was his father's youngest brother, and
resided wth Ilarry since his father's death,_ He
bad been a kind friend to Harry, and Harry, in re-
turn was much attached to him. Why^ he re-
mained single wa« merely a matter of surmise with
his friends. They did not know that the fair girl
whom he hoped to call his wife, had been stricken
down by the hand of disease. Ho was lively be-
nevolent, tiue looking, and withal, wealthy. Eve-
rywhere he was a favorite.
' Time passed. May was vjry, happy in her
Southern home, and locked i&rward anxiously to
the time when she would see her mdfciier and sis-
ter once more. At last her wi.<h was gratified; she
received a letter 6tating that they would be with
har soon, and whije expectation was at its height
they arrived.
Uuclo Charlie claimed rhe privilege of imprint-
ing a kis on Marion's blushing cheek, declaring
enthusiastically that sho was a " woodland violet,"
and in the ame breath that Mrs. Aubine v.-as
•' charming "
May and Harry looked oa smilingly:
lira JLubinA pvph nmr* 4«* iKnrv
usual, and said to her when alone, " I love Marion
very dearly, May, but she cannot fill the void ia
my heart that your absence left."
Marion was very much improved in appoar&ncf;
gradually, refinement overspread her like a veil,
aad scarce a trace of the former Marion could be
discovered. Mrs. Aubine had moulded her after
her own fashion, had taught her to be herself at
all times.
Uncle Charlio began to pay assiduous attention
to Mrs. Aubine, and Marion, who noticed this par-
ticularly, declared that there was no one to gallant
her. But tliia was soon contradicted, when a fine
young man, a con3iu of Harry's by the by, hap-
pening t« make htm a visit, was captivated by her
bught eyes, and concluded he was in no hn,c® to
dep art.
Overruled by th« uuited persir^5ons of Ma?,
j Harry, and, lastly, of Uncle Charlie himself, who'
a great influence
When tho carriage left that lovely though soli- s ' or other, had acquired
tary retreat, a fourth party had b2uU addod to their 0 ^ ,C0lia^l-ea f° remain
happy citcle, and Marion wag Supremely happy in ; vv'"tl thcm' vrhile-Edward Alton, Harry e cousin,
the love manifested for h
Ia the new homo to which she had bee a thus un-
rrr*ctedly ta^-n, Marion was hapr>~ Tes every-
thing va3 ne* auu strange. Sh* wks n^ver weary
C, admirmg the beautiful c'rpsts, tho rare pieces
statuary, tne fice pamtiun, and even the innume-
rable books and cos«.y knick knack* that were
scattered about in Wud profusion. Sho paused be
foro tha mirror which raflecied her whole figure
and thought sauiy ot the vast difference existing
between May and hersell. She listened to May's
playing and singing with delight, and having ex-
pressed a desire to be instructed, a competent
teacher was immediately employed. Mr. Alton
marked out for her a course of reading, while May
undertook to instruct her in those delicate though
essential ru'.es of etiquette. Marion listened with
woflder to their conversation ; and idolizing as she
did her beautiful jtnd accomplished sister, she be-
came an apt scholar, and, unconsciously, her con-
versation assumed a different tono, and her de-
meanor Ghanged rapidly. After a time, she ap-
peared in society, and every one was captivated
with hor swet air of simplicity and her "marked
attention to thoii conversation, yet they could not
change ner from the simple maiden to tho lady of
fashion.. Beautiful and graceful, she was flattered
and caressed, yet the influence of Mrs. Aubine ex-
erted- over her a powerful charm, and served to
having been see* to look with aamiriu^ eyes at a
neighboring plantation, and having b )eu bot>r, in
close conversation with Marion, it was conjectured
rightly that ho Would remain also.
Mrs. Aubine had performed her duty. In the
happiness of her adopted child she received her re-
ward. She was young, beautiful aad wealthy, and
ioved by all, with many admirers, yst she hkd de-
voted her life to the child of her adoption. It is
true she had loved Karry Alton, but this settled
into friendship, therefore contradicting the old say-
ing. that " friendship Often ends in love, but love
in friendship never." This affection revived, and
centered itself on Uncle Charlie.
on th?ir beautiful Southern homos lot us bepe
they, may live wisely and well, scattering the seeds
of that beautiful plant, happiness, with a lavish
hand, loved and respected by all. Surrounded by
those they love, ]st us again hope thoy may live
wisely and well, and thr-t their days may glide as
sm othly on as waves of a summer sea."
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become so attached to Marion that May could not
i.rge her, as she had 'itended, to accompauy bor
£o hor now h-me , yn 3he often- sighed in s?cret
it tho thought of tl'.d separatiou. Their wedding
was strictly private; no fashionable friends were
admitted to note ail wi'.i curious eyes; sho was
married in <h<, u^ust of the home circle, aud in
the presence of God, promised to love and honor
him to whom she gave her hand;
usual.
soon regained her owu playful manner, although
there was still a trace of sadness mingled with
her gayety.
la the mean time, Mr. Alton still continued a
daily visitor at their house, and looked forward
eageily to ihe ti/ue when, with a lovely wife he
should return to his lair Southern home, no longer
to lead a life of loneliness, or to harbor pleasant
thoughts not .realized in the round of d<'i!y life.
'sx-sra ssris
her face. He thought it was at the prospect of
pat ing with one whom bhe loved so loudly. It
' caused far diff-rent sensat3ons to the agitated ercast
' of May—she thought of her agitatiou on the eve-
ning she told her of her love, snd her manner at
the present moment. Her heart throbbed wildly.
Had she caused her all this suffering? Had sho
come between her?and happims-? Hut Mrs. Au
- „ coming years ..
would be his duty to strew with roses ol love.—
What wonder tbat he wished the bridal to be con-
suraated as speedily as possible.
Mrt. Aubine considered it her duty to acquaint
Mr. Alton with the parentage of May; therefore,
one day when the three were alone iu tho library,
she sx. fenced the recital.
May liatfciiH with sparkling eves and glowing
"toSj. " T6®° ' a ■ 13 s'e recovered h8Hel(;quiiklj, „,d ssij, aolemnl
o.e Sificb; sz sm s.l.jss"
Ma ?''*n<* * am a°W ^°Ur motlier> 11111 * Uoti
" Yes, oh yes."
Mr. Alton was very mijch surprised to learn
that she was but the child of aioption, for not once
had a suspicion crossed his mind that they were
otherwise than they seemed to be—mother and
daughter.
" \Vill you take me to her?" asked Mav, inquir-
ingly. - n
she put
not forget mo,:' snid
them good-bv. Tb.'r.
it hor hand in hor husband'?, aud 3aid, sadly,
'I am ready" She w^s lifted into the carriage,
aad for a long time remained silent, bat u:s gay
ma:.ner soon dispelled the sadness thr.t clouded h-r
spirits.
"And'is tbi8oHrhome?" exclaimed May. as hav-
ing arrived at tho end of their jdurney, Hairy
nointed out to her a beautiful villa risiug ia th<
aiidst of what was ahiK/St a growth of t.'cyu. Tno
icvdy magnolias scattered their fragran t arouud
whiln the acacia trees drooped their br:.n:he as if
iu welcome. In the background, a brojd sava;:nih
Etretched f .r away in the distance, wh.le the- cotton
in strange c-jntrast with tuc dart faces
o busy gathercis.
Some cases of Asiatic oholora have ap-
peared at Malta. Quarantine is laid on all
arrivals from the Levant" There is a panic
at Palermo, but no chelera except ia the
latter island.
Ou Monday, while ljing at Palmyra
Landing, tsveuty miles below Vickaburg,
packet Joseph Pierce exploded her boilers,
caught fire, and was totally destroyed.
Oa Sundy afternooD, while lying at a
landing n<\ar Yaa.jo, in Yazoo river, six
mileg above Techula, the steamer Dove wa?
boarded by a party of robbera, and rolbed
of about $20,000 and such other valuables
as they could curry away. They opened
an indiscriminate firo upon tho passengers
aud crew, seriously wounding the mate ar.d
a passenger named Ilirach, of Silod,•Trunks
baggage and aafo were all broken open'
and the pocket book* and . watchea of the
passengers taken.
Lieut- Colonel Laughlin, Provost Mar-
shal Oencral of the District of Texas, has
been relieved nt his own request, lie is
succaeded by lirig. Gen. Kent, a gentleman
btlovcd by all who havo formed his acqn«a-
lanee. Gen Keijt enteisd the nrmy" a
private and ro>e to rank and distinction by
bravery aud meritorious conduct. (Jul.
i/iughliu left Suteruay with Geo. Sharidatj,
ou board the steamer Crescaut- for New Or-
leans. * *'
Tho timoi' spojal says thr.t Jeff. dav s'i
ease of Emerson Etheridge. If guilty of
using, the language charged to him, he i*
elearly amenable to military authority-
tennessee is under martial law, but milita.
ry authority will not be' resorted to uulesn
civil authority fails to act, cither from ina-
bility or indisposition.
The Unioa says Gov. Browidow hufl
called upou Gen. Thomas to send troop*
into the variuoa conutics to preserve order
and protect the ballot box.
There will be a council composed of
large numbey^of Indian tribes assembled
att Fort Gibson, on the first of Septem-
ber, for the purpose of determining their
future relations to ihe Government, and
to give assurance of their good conduct
and loyalty. ' It is expccted that about
thirty tribes, representing 75,000 men,
will be represented.'
On the 2ltli, ult., the steamer Star was
burnt in lied Bayou with s09 bales of cot-
ton. Boat and cargo a total loss.
On the 28th, the steamer Lclia, with
681 bales of cotton was burnt about 130
miles below Sbreveport,.
New York, August 3.—Gold 144~n)
144^* Cotton, middling, 48c.
VicKsnUKG, August 4.—Cotton 32£c3s.
From the Meridan Clarion, Miss., wo
learn the gap in tho Southern Railroad
will be repaired and ready for the train#
by the 24th inst. Thi3 gives us a con*
tinuous line of railroad conuectiou to
Mobile and Selma from Vicksburg'.
An ingenious pocket time piece, war-
rented to denote time correctly, is selling
in London for a penny.
a citizen of Pautucket has found a
white robiu red breast. Here is some-
thing for Barnum.
One of the Ho th child a won $200,000 on
the French Derby Races.
The New Jersey Republicans have ro-
fused to endorse ""Negro suffrage.1' Tho
New York Conrier savs to have done so
would have been their b'gnal defeat.
The Ohio Republican Convention have
adopted the same course. Gnat lovsrs oj
the 7iegro.
From Flakes' Bulletin, (Ghlvceton) wo
learn that the Yellow Fever is prevailing
at Havanna to an unusual extent.
The President's order, dated June 27,
dividing the United States iuto military
divisions has been slightly modified. Tho
Department of Texas and Lousiana has
been divided iuto two. It will be known
as the Department of Louisiana, to bp
commanded b}' Maj. Gen. e. r s. Canhr,
an/1 tha. Donattmsnt of ♦<"> lii" oni«
mahded by Maj. Gen. ii, g. Wright.
th in it bus been f„r five
hoa'th is btst'e.'
years j a t.
general Jo Teph k. Joh^onteon has appli-
f . r> n-i > ii. .it n i-./4 . v t. .. V. ' — .1 . ••
with her auat in the n " r ' '4' ii nvesl .'5p>ere in strange contrast with tuc u rt facs , 11 t0 a wt:" • utheuticated fact
"iJe"lfcal 1 ^
large Bum. * " swcumalat«d to l rHncbe^, whu tho b'i^-lit suu t^'hoi through ,io
"How I laiir ♦. .iu JV 0Sinj.''J ia thu trees, at if to b d d £a:ic^ to tije
.=4 h,r i, "r •' r?jzl,
Bui lie on.Ciril.War.
What the great statesman and orator
of England, Edmuud Burke, said in Par-
liament, when it wag proposed iu Eng-
land, ia 1776, to try American prisoners
for treason, may have some value now.
On that occasion he tbu* expreSsed him-
self ;
" War is at present carried on between
the King's natural and foreign troops,
ou the one side, and th«* English in Amer-
ica ou the other, upon the usual footing
of other wars ; and, accordingly, an ^x-
change of prisoners has been regularly,
made from the beginning. If, notwith-
standing this heretofore equal procedure,
upon some prospect of catling the war
with success, the Administration pre-
pares to act against those ns traitors w!i^>
remain in their hands at the end of th«
troubles, i^ my opinion we shall exhibit
as indecent piece of injustice as ever civil
fury produced. If "the prisoner* vrllo,
have been exchanged have jio\, ty that:
exchange, been virtually pardonec\ tho
cartel (whether avowed or understood) i
a cruel fraud ; for you have rccciv *d tho
life of a man, and you ought to rmurn a
life for it, or there is no parity or i'turnm*
iu the transaction.
" If, on the other hand, we ad nut tint
they who are actually exchanged ma par-
doned, but contend that you in^iy justly
reserve for vengeance those wii<* remain
unexchanged, then this unplea: ar t and
unhandsome consequences will follow •
that you judge of the delinquency of men
merely by the time of their guilt, and not
by the bcinousness of it; aud yor* rnako
fortune und accidents, and not the moral
qualities of human actiou, ike rule of
justice.
"These strange incongruities must ever
perplex those who confound tho unhappi-
ness ot civil dissension with the crcine of
treason Whenever a rebellion really
and truly ex'.ste, which is as easily known
in fact as it ia difficult to define in woid*
Govcrmuont has not entered Into such
military conventions, but has ever de-
clined all intermediate treaty, that should
put rebels in possession of the law of na-
tions with regard to war. Commander*
wou'd receive no benefits at their hand*,
because they could make no return f.>r
thciu. Who has ever heard of capitula-
tion, parole of honor aud exchange r<f
prisoners, in the late reDeliion in this
kingdom ? The answer to all demands of
that sort was, ' We can engage for noth-
■t;g; you are at the King's pleasure.' we
onght to remember that if our present rn-
erniea be, iu reality and truth, rebels, tho
k'ng'd Generals have no right to release
them upon any conditions whatsoever ;
and they are themselves answerable to
the law, and as much in want of pardon
for doing so as the rebels whum tiny raj
lease."
■ .
"i'll teacn you to play pitoh nnd trj.f
i'd flog you for au hour, i will."' Father,"
instantly replied the incorrigible, as ha
balanoed a penny on his thumb and fingei,
"i'll toss you to make it two boura ct
nothing."
ccamo pa'pably evident that „ w„apil.
was imnrnent. . With this year the Prithh Psrliment haa
rja. homas says : t0,.u ;0 exisfen,.ft sjx hundred \cars. out
i am oni, waiting the report from Col which Lord palin^riton h=s had u tc. th of
De Kuseey to determine my action in :h« hi, thaw
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