Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 9, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 17, 1866 Page: 1 of 4
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The Cross and the Crescent.
Again after tlio lupso of some
years iId wo' find tlio cross arrayed
uguinst tlio crescent ami the lutost
accounts received indiunto Hint tlio
Christians of Cundia uro making a
determined fight uguinstthelr Turk-
ir.li oppressor. Tlio very lutost
items iif nows from tlio scat of war
U contained in tlio tolographio dis-
patches wo published day beforo yes-
torihi' which tolls us tliutatlor four
days' luird fighting tlio Christians
hud been victorious.
In viowof tlio interesting nature
of tlio struggle tlint cannot fuil to
claim tlio sympathies of the Chris-
tian world 11 liiHtorical sketch will
ho found interesting.
Tlio Island of Cundia lying south
of tlio Grecian Archipelago w)nro
the .Kgoan Sea on tors the Mediter-
riiiii'iiii bus a wonderful history. In
the old (ireek Mythology it wis tho
fahlcd birth place of Jupiter and
the scono of his amours with tho
Phoenician Princess Europu.
Uoro also tho colebruted Minos
whom tradition assorts to havo boun
j a son of Jupiter ruled wisely and
' well two generations before Paris
I the son of King Priam curried from
j Spuria tho beautiful Holon tho wife
! of Mcnoliins nnd thus became tho
' cause of the Trojan wnr.
It was in Candia likewise that
Theseus of Athens is said to havo
threaded tho intricacies of tho Cre-
tan Labyrinth and assisted by
Ariudno was enabled to kill tho
dretulod Minotaur. Coming back
from tho selgo of Troy Idomcneus
tlio grandson of Minos was expelled
by Ins subjects and took refuge in
Italy. For u long period subsequent
to this tradition is silent as to who
becumo tho rulers of tho Island; but
small us it was its hardy and en
terprising inhabitants are said to
havo flourished . greatly ; to - have
founded many fair cities and to
havo been as renowned" in war as
they wero treacherous in policy and
untruthful in speech. . Rather more
than half a contury before the Chris-
tian Era tho Ilomans took posses-
sion of Cundia and held it for near-
ly nino hundred yours. In 823 tho
year in which tho foundations of the
present English monarchy wero first
laid by breaking up of the Saxon
Heptarchy and nino years after the
death of Charlemagne the Saracens
seized Cundia held it for a century
und 11 half and wore'driven out in
901 by tho Greeks. Two hundred
und forty years later when Con-
stantinople was wrested from the
Greeks by the Franks with the as-
sistance of u Venetiou armament
under that famous Doge whom By-
ron has celebrated as "the blind old
Dundola" Candia was given to the
Marquis of Montserrat lor bis ser-
vices on that occasion. This is the
same Conrad of Montserrat whom
Seott perhaps unjustly has since
consigned to everlasting infamy in
his romance of the Talisman.
Richard Coeur doLion hadreceiv
ed a mortal wound in the front of
tho castlo of Chuluz five years bo-
fore his pld enemy took possession
of the new principality. He did
not hold it long. A few 'months
later he sold Candia to. tho Vene-
tians under whose benificent sway
it flourished for more than four cen-
turies. ' '
v In 1G45 tho Turks undertook to
reconquer the Island lnthecourse
of tho next three years they be-
sciged und captured the towns of
Canea and Retinio and in 1609
when Charles II was king of Eng-
land und whilst London was still
black with the ashes of tho Greut
Fire thwy obtained 1 possession of
Candia the capital after a soige
; which bad lasted lor twenty years
1 and is famous in history for the ob-
; stiiiate valor with which tho defence
; was conducted. Tho Venetians af-
ter making almost superhuman ex-
ertions to maintain tlieir position
surrendered tho pluco and ubunuon-
ed tho Island to the conquerors.
From that period to tho present
day Cundia has remained in the
hands of the Mahonieduns; but the
nonulution which ut one time was
said to have numbered a million of
! souls does not now much exceed two
hundred thousand.- ; . . .; :
Tho nathe Greek inhabitants
havo never yielded a willing alleg-
iance to tho Turks whilst over the
Sphakiotes a hardy Greek tribe.in-
hubiting the valleys and gorges of
the Sphakiotcs mountains along the
south-western coast the Turks have
not been ublc at any time to exer-
cise any jurisdiction whatever.
Ever since the Greek revolution
which broke out in 1810 and which
resulted in establishing in 1829 the
independence Of Greece tho Can-
dians havo attempted at intervals to
throw off the Turkish yoke. In 1821
they revolted bat fter a bloody
struggle tho Turks were victorious
and the insurrection was suppressed.
In 1830 by the intervention of the
great Western powers Clndia was
transferred to Mehemet Ali the
Viceroy of Egypt in consideration
of the losses sustained by him at
the battle of Ravarino. In 1840 it
again become a part of the domin-
ions of the Ottoman Empire and in
1841 and 1842 the entire Ialand was
once more the theatre of revolt
The stringency of the Tsrkith role
was the pretext for the rising; but
it cannot be doubted that aq-ardsnt
desire to be annexed to and share
the fortunes of the new Kingdom
of Greece was the predominating
motive. ; . '
After a series of bloody conflicts
the insurrection failed." In 1858 it
broke oat again and was again pat
down by the Sword ' A tfiTJdW rule
was then instituted and the Can-
dian may be eaid to have lived an til
now jn a state of merely nominal
dependence OS) the Porte. But th
hereditary hatred of the Turk and '
Ibe desire to be incorporated with
tho Kingdom of (Jroece joined to
the intriguos which It is boliovcd
have been set on foot on tho purt of
Grock and Kussian emissaries for
the purpose of affording now pro-
texts for a war with Turkey have
made tho present rising fur moro
formidable than any that precodod
it. Arms ami munitions of war
fVom the mainland havo boon furn-
Ishod to tho insurgents and they
are also said to have boon joined by
re-enforcements of men both from
tho mainland ond tho Islands of the
Archipelago ; at the samo time there
have boon troubles in Smyrna on
the Danube In Roumania in Mon-
tenegro and also in Syriu whoro
tho feud betweon tho Druses ond
tho Maronito Christiuns has broken
out again with apparently increased
vigor and ferocity. Simultaneously
with this revival of tho old nntago-
nistie spirit betweon tho Mussulman
and the Christian the cry Is gono
1 forth that Turkey is again in evil
j plight and whilst King George of
j Greeco is eager to takq uuvaniogo
of tho assumed weakness of his
neighbor to extend the territorial
; limits of his own littlo kingdom
J Russia is craftily watching tho
' symptoms of "tho sick man ' and
; waiting in ill-concealed impatienco
j a favorable opportunity to adminis
ter the coup de grace. Houston
I Journal.
Prospects of Another Civil War.
We find tho opinion among our
people generally current that there
will be another civil war; this timo
between tho people of the North
themselves This opinion is not
without foundation. When we loan)
tho fact that -tho organizations of
the liudical party are all moro or
less of a miatary character ; when
wo see at the first collision between
Radicalism and a Conservative au-
thority tho adhorents of Congress
not only advising resistance . but
marshalling of armed men for the
contest and when the Governor of
Maryland is compollcd to ask assis-
tance of tho President to enforce his
legal authority against trained
bands arrayed against him we may
all look-for a serious and bloody
struggle in tho North.
Nor is this all. Tho Radical par-
ty are evidently determined to hold
their nowor as long as possiblo and
their lea dors and press declare that
if war bo necessary to crush the
President they will appeal to the
God of battles. They speak of his
impeuchmont and triul and some
even of his execution as a foregone
conclusion. ' This war if it comes
will be purely of Northern birth
and it will bo in tho wild passions
displayed a complete answer as to
the causes that brought about our
late revolution and it will decide fur
the generations yet to come as to
who were really the true frionds of
the Constitution the people of tho
South or tho people of the North.
Wo do not propose to give in this
article tho declarations of the lead-
ers of tho Radical party as to what
their intentions are. From time to
time as part of the history of tho
hour and for tho information of our
people we have published the charg-
es and sentiments of the foul mouth-
ed wretches . Humilton 'Butler
Erownlow and the rest. With tho
infernal nature of the sentiments of
these men our people are by this
time familiar. But we would as a
purt of the record muko some few
extracts showing tho temper of the
Radical Press. "
The New Yovk Evening Post
says : - - "
'The great mass of our popula-
tion excited ulmost to the samo de-
gree as when the rebel Runs- bom-
barded Fort Sumter will listen to
no project of reconciliation short of;
the acceptance of the 'amendments j
to the Constitution." i 1 J
' Says the Tribune in an articlo 1
from tho pen ot its Icaaing spirit
Iloruco Greeley.; . . f
. ''l.warn those who are' now seek-
ing what they term a conservative
rewtoration of the Union thut a re-
public cannot be pinned together by ;
bayonets that it must rest on and 1
be upheld by the affections of its '
people that if the loyal blacks of
the South shall not be fully enfVan-M
chised there will soon be another j
outbreak of the robel spirit how
smouldering there even more des-1
perate and formidable than that j
which has cost" the country such j
lakes 01 blood and such mountains
of treasure. Count the four mil-
lions of black ciphers and the re-
bellion has to day what it had not
in the winter of '60-1 a decided
preponderance at tho South ; and
that preponderance wilt soon blood-'
ily maniiort itself lbere is nosaiu-
ty. no rebel peace but in aniversal
justice and impartial freedom."
The Herald contains in follow-
ing in which falsely it tries to throw
a portion' of the blame of the exist-
ing state of affairs upon the South :
- "Outside of Congress the politi-
cal stump speakers on both sides
have been yet more riotous and vio-
lent. The Butlert and Brownlows
and Uamiltocs oh one side and the
Sharkeys Dawaona and Monroes on
the other have don their beet to
excite the prejudices and passions of .
ine people anu vo ueeiruy toe u lea-
sing ox peace. : One set of men in
the SoBlUand aaottter in the East
bare ased their breath unceasingly
to fan the smoalderiag embers of
fanaticism and sectionalism once
more into a flame. On one side we
are told thst Congress is to be forci-
bly entered by the Southern mem-
bers and the organization carried at
the point of the bayonet. On the
otber we are promised the lmpeaca-
ment of the President as soon as '
Tk-e Times earaciously remarks :
Tbe Same feeling prevailed six
rears ago. Few then attached in-
DALLAS DALLAS COUNT
portnnco to tho threats of the flro-
outers or ronlizod the crisis which
was immlnont. So It is to-day.
Tho cxplosivo force of the elements
which arontwork Is underestimated.
The possibility of collision of con-
diet of civil war is not acknowl-
edged. Tho causes which npcruto
in that direction are passed over us
of no immediate importunco and
the influences that are most likely
to bring it about uro persistently
disregarded."
And thus wo could go on ad infi-
nitum in multiplying extracts prov-
ing tho correctness of tho supposi-
tion thut tho clemonts of pulsions
north nro ready to burst out in tho
flamo of civil war.
Tho South has no responsibility
wo again repeut in this stuto of nf-
fuirs. Hor submission wus free and
hor manly acceptance of tho result
of tho confl'ct in which she had sac- furthor outlay inense of emergency
rifieod somuch wus a niurvul of good Tho first symptoms are palpitation ;
feeling and moral magnanimity. It then contortion of tho facial mus-
was tho Radicals of tho North who ; clcs into a sweet smilo and rush of
stepped in to mar tho harmony. It j blood to tho head ; then congestion
was tho Northern Radiculs that i of tho brain and an Itching for
lighted anew the torch of discord j scribbling epistles delightfully oon-
and flung it blazing into Congress. J fused with adjectives; the unenson-
It is they who have excited the pns-; able and sleepless nights; and then
sions and prcjudico of tho people j various things too numorous to
nto a mutiny against the ITCSlUOIll
and they aro determined to thwart
and crush at alt hazards his wiso
ond conservative policy. Upon them
then lot all the blamo and responsi
bility rest. Houston Journal.
The Man They Want to Hang.
In a long editorial calling tor a
subscription of tun thousand pounds
to Washington College by the friends
and admirers of Gen. Leo in Eng-
land the London Stangard of Au-
gust 17th speaks of him as follows:
There is no living hero thero arc
few if any among thoso whoso
names shino with tho purest ltistro
in history whoso character has
commanded so higli a tributo of
affection and admiration from theii
friends of respect and honor from
their foes as that" of Gen. Leo. No
life moro pprfoctly heroic no reputa-
tion moro perfectly clear no reputa-
tion moro untarnished even by tho
minor blemishes which aro not un-
commonly found in union with the
highest heroism has over been con-
nected with a grout national strug-
gle. No shade of vanity or ogotism
nothing of the self-will or petulance
so often characteristic of cpnsious
genius no tingo of affection no taint
even of tho pride almost inseparable
form ordinary groatness ot mind
which can enduro everything but
liumilation and regards submission
as disgrace alloy the si mplegrandour
of the Virginia soldiou's nature.
A piety without the slightest show
of Pharisaism ; a senso of duty to
which tho sacrifice of every personal
feeling and interest appears a mat-
ter of courso havo mnrkodhis wholo
courso and guided his every public
act. whether as a soldicror a citizen.
A family connection and fho nearest
representative of tho great cham-
pion of American independence
General Lee has been tho Washing-
ton of the Confederate War; liko
Washington a man "whom. envy
dare not hato" if not of dishonor
Which the death of Major Andro has
left on his prototype. No . moro
"solfloss man and stainless gentle-
man" ever: lived; no soldier ever
set a more admirable example to
the soldierly virtues of honor chiv-
alrio generosity and manly simplic-
it)T ; no greut mun over retired into
obscurity' after witnessing alike the
ruin of his cause and the destruction
of his private fortuno with more of
christian patience and uushokon
fortitude. ; 1 :
Of his military achievements we
need not speak.' It is enough to
say that nearly all his victories wero
won against eni rmous wdds and
that his four year's defenso of Vir-
ginia hud but few parallels in histo-
ry as uu example' of. "great results
accomplished with small means nnd
at a fearful disadvantage. What is
more interesting to remember is tho
personal character of tho man ns
displayed iu the various exigencies
of that trying strugglo; tho simplo
honesty and kindly feeling which
prompted him to console his soldiers
as they recoiled from fho cannon-
crowned mouth at Gettysburg with
the assurance. "it is all my fault;"
the unaffected self depreciation which
was pronounced when Stonewall
Jackson fell "I could wish for the
Stonewall
sako of our cause that 1 bad boon
disabled rather than you;
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UICMVIVV. 1 11 1. 1 1 tj. .null J t II'V .
christian chivalry which nooutrngo
could provoke to retaliation which !
aft:r Virginia had been reduced to
a desert withheld the army that
invaded Pennsylvania from inflict-
ing the most trivial injury on per-
son or property; which' when his
own estates bad been plundered
ravaged and confiscated took . care
to protect tho henses of his enemies;
the - horror vf useless bloodshed
which withstood the cry for retribu-
tion excited by the murder Of South-
ern prisoners in cold blood and sup-
ported the resolve of the President
that aalese the art si murderers
were taken no blood should be shed
baton tb field of hutthr: the touch-.
ing nneelnshneM of his last words
to his dinbanHmg armr on the sor-
rowfal 8th of April "1 have done
mr best for you." But It was when
all was over when the chief of a
great and
a nririla '
long victorious army wit .
man and a paroled pris-
ener that the peculiar greatness of
General Lee's natare shines at
ith unequal brightness.
LteaWBrana. wbeclaimedtebsve
!M a Maiuim in tL Onnftie-
rate State Navyand who seised sixty-three. Public officers cling te
the steamer Cbesspeaks during the ' their existence with as 'much prt-
p haa W-n inJn ted avtlieerand fiacitT as tbey rtOaia their offices-
jury fr merder and piracy on the
high seas. He will be tried at the
first session of'tLe U. . circuit
PCBrt; '
Y TEXAS NOVEMBER 17
A DANiiKKors Dishasr. The
Hartford (Conn.) Times gives tho
following description of a terriblo
scourgo which is attacking some of
tho inhabitants of that town :
"Tho cholera fever hus about sub.
shied with tho advent of cooler
weather and as tho thermometer
indicates .tho nearer approach of
winter a nsw epidemic starts up
which promises to reach all classes
of tho community beforo Christmus
und New Your. It commencod in
good eurncst this week. There is
nothing fatal ubout it if enro is ta-
ken by tho parties uOlietod j yet a
d incase will sometimes ussumo a
troiiblusomo phaso whan least cx-
pooled. This opidomio is stylod by
tho doctors (of divinity) a rugo for
matrimony; fuo fivo dollars or
moro according to tho condition of
I the patient with a prospect of a
' muimun unu nnuuy visiuiiB 01 eiu
broidery and the cradle season."
Simple Mode op Computing In-TERESTr-Ncw
method of computing
Interest on any number of dollars at
six percent appears very simplo
Multiply any giron nuuber of dol-
lars by tho number of days interest
desired separate tho right hand
figuro and divide by six; the result
Is the truo interest of sijeh ' number
of days at six per cent. This rule
is so simplo and sure according to
ai! business usages that every bunk-
er broker merchant or clerk
should post it up for rcforonco and
uso. Tnoro being no such thing as
a fraction in it thcro is scarcely any
liability to err or mistake. By no
other mathematical processs can
the desired information bo obtained
with so low figures
A correspondence of tho Chicago
Times says that during tho session
of the 'loyatists' Convention at Phil-
adelphia tho hotel-keepers rcmovod
all small articles from their rooms.
Ben Butler assured his landlord that
he did not intend to do any stealing
during his stay and moreover ho
deposited with that person a war-
rant for one thousand acres of land
in Lower California as a surety for
his good behaviour.
. Says an ill naturcd old bachelor
young man can't be blamed for' not
marrying now-a-daj's they don't
know what they aro going to marry
a woman or some dry goods-Kilting
hoops" .'"palpitators" "false
calves" "rats and mico" and a big
wad of hair belonging to sbmobody
else I It ain't safe to invest! Girls
aro uncertain now; and it would
seem that the French dressing wo
men nro rapidly making them un-
ccrtainor! If I wero young and
wanted to inarry 'I should want
some female coroners appointed to
render a verdict as to the condition
of tho patient for marriage; Some-
thing must be did. ;
' i i 1 I
Brick romeroy senior editor of
the La Crossb Democrat who is
writing a history of the "American
insurrection" saj's lie designs visit-
ing the Southern States during the
winter to extend his knowledge of
tho country thut ho may write ful-
ly impartially und truthfully ofthe
iwunls capacities resources and
business of tho South; tho senti-
ment and sufferings of her pooplo
and the ravages und marriugs of
war.' Ue says ho will "follow tho
i trail of Curtis. Bunks Butler and
j all such thieving army officers and
publish names und dates of such
villainous transactions no more as
j retributive justice to such men than
to show to the world how a bravo
! pooplo liavo been robbed insulted
! desolated and impoverished in tho
j name of "loyalty" by tho ' God and
Morality intolerance of tho North."
. Inland Sea Port. Memphis has
been trying for a number of years
to establish direct trude with Eu-
rope particularly with Belgium
and is at last about to succeed. Tho
Commerical ot that city snys: "Wo
huve the best authority for stating
that the novel spectacle of an ocean
craft discharging hercargo brought
f.-nm tlm .uliiirA of unnt linr contl-
"i"
ftent will be presented at our land-
ing at an early day. OneMons Boyo
Ia nA..- L.twlimr siv alitna of Afnranil
1 1 i.-. . ifl. .... v t ..j
109 XmilCC UllUCb 1UI JUUII1J11I0 auu
the first of the fleet will probably
cast anchor during the the coming
week. As was to have been seen
by the proceedings of the Common
Council at their last meeting free
wharfage has been granted the ves-
sels when they arrive." '
The Chakces or Lite. An old
document contains some interesting
information unknown t many and
rarely encountered in tho papers.
Among other things it contains a
table exhibiting an overage age at-
tained by persons employed in the
various popular . professions of the
day- - In this particulars as in most
ethers the farmers have the advan
tage over most of the rest or man
kind as their average is sixty -five
XU npo e docket come the
judges and justices ofthe peace the
' dignity of who-e lives is lengthened
"1 out to sixty-four. Following them
i immediately in the catalogue of
longevity is the bank officer Who
' sems on bis aceoant at tba age of
-tbey sever resign tbe offices bst
life forsakes them at fifty-six. Coop-
ers annonn ur m-m
throrgb life barg on antil they are
1866.
fifty-flight. The good works of the
clergy men follow thorn at forty-five.
Shipwrights hatters luwycrs and
ropemakors (somo very appropri-
ately) go together at fifty-four. Tho
Villugo Blacksmith' liko most of
his contemporaries dies at fifty-one.
Butehors follow their bloody career
for precisely half a contury. Car-
pontors ure brought to tho scaffold
at forty-nine. Masons realise the
cry of "MortI" at tho ago of fbrty-
seven. Traders ceaso thoir specu-
lation at forty-four. Bakers man-
ufacturers and various mechanics
dio at forty-throo. The painters
yield tothofrcolioot forty-two. Tho
brittle thread of tho tailor's life is
broken at forty-one. Editors liko
all other boings who come undor tho
special admiration of the gods dio
comparatively young thoy accom-
plish thoir errand of mercy at forty.
Tho muslcion rcdocms his last note
and plays his dying fall nt thirty-
nino. Printers bocome dond mat-
tor at thirty-eight. The machinist
is usually blown up at thirty-six.
The teach or usually dismissos his
scholars at the age of thirty-four
and the clerk is even shortor lived
for he must needs propare his balance-shoot
at thirty-three.
A Broken Heart.
The following interesting case of
a literally broken heart was rotated
by a lato distinguished modical pro-
fessor of Philadelphia to his class
whilo lecturing upon the diseaso of
tho hoart. It will bo seen on perus-
ing it that the expression "brokon-
hoartcd" is not merely figurative ;
In the early part of hit oarcor
Dr. Mitchell accompanied as a sur-
foon a packet that sailed botweon
livorpool and one of our Southern
ports. On the roturn voyago soon
after leaving Liverpool while the
doctor and captain of the vessel a
woather-beaten son of Neptuno but
possessed of uncommon fine feel-
ings and strong impulses wero con-
versing in the hitter's state-room
tho captain opened a largo chest
find carefully took out a number of
articles ot various descriptions
which ho arranged upon tho tablo.
Dr. M. surprised at tho display of
costly jewels ornaments dresses
and all tho various parapharnalia
of which ladies are naturally fond
inquired of the captain his object
innavingso many valuable pur-
chases. Tho sailor in reply said
that for sevon or eight years ho had
been devotedly attached to a lady
to whom ho had eovoral times mado
proposals of marriago but was as
often rejocted ; that her refusal to
wed him however had only stimu-
lated his Ipvo to groator exertion
and that finally upon reuewing his
offer declaring in the ardency of
his passion that without hor socie-
ty life was not worth living for sho
consented to bo his bride upon his
return from his next voyago.
Ho was so overjoyed at tho pros-
pect of a marriago from which in
tho warmth of his feelings he pro-
bably anticipated more happiness
than is usually allotted to mortals
that he spent all his ready money
for bridal gifts. After gazing at
them fondly for some time and re-
marking on thorn in turn "I think
this will please Annie" and ' I am
sure she will liko that" ho replaced
them with tho utmost care.' This
ceremony ho repeated every even-
ing during the voyage ; and the
doctor observed a tear glisten in his
eye as ho spoke of tho pleasure ho
would have in presenting them to
his affianced bride. i-
On reaching his destination the
captain arrayed himself with moro
than his- usual precision and dis-
embarked as soon as possiblo to
hasten to his love. As he was a-
bout to step into the carriage await-
ing him he was called aside by two
gentlemen who desired to make a
communication the purport of
which was that the lady hod prov-
ed unfaithful to the trust reposed in
her and had marriod another with
whom she had 1 decamped shortly
beforo. Instantly the captain was
observed to put his hand -to his
breast and - fall heavily . to the
ground. Ho was taken up and
conveyed to his room on the vessel.
Dr. M. was immediately summons-
ed but before ho reached tbe poor
captuin he was dead A post tnor-.
tern examination revealed the cause
of his death. His heart was found
literally torn in twain I The tre-
mendous propulsion of blood con-
sequent upon such a violent nerv-
ous shock forced tho powerful mus-
cular tissues asunder and life was
at an end. 1 The heart was broken.
. k Droll Postm astku. In the
days of Andrew Jacksen his Post-
master General Amos Kendall
wanting to know whereabouts tho
source of the Tombigbee river was
mntn in tlia Postmaster of a village
on iu courso for the required infor
mation. - j ' ' -
"Sir" wrote tba higher officer to
the lower "this department desires
to know how-tar the - Tombigbee
inns ap. Respectfully eta" .
The reply was brief and runs
thnsi - ' i ; '
'Sir the Tombigbee don't ran np
at all; it rondown. Very respect-
fully etc." -
Tb Postmaster General continu-
ed the correspondence in this style :
Sir your appointment as Post-
master at -is revoked. Toa
will turn over the foads papers
etc. pertainrng to your office to
your unoceor. Respectfully etc"
Tbe droll undert tamper closed
tbe eerrespondeace with ibis part-
ing shot. . i i
-6ir tbe revenoes for this aaar-
fer ending September 30th bare
been 9i cents; iu expend it arte
same period for tallow candles and
twine f 1 05. I trust my ssooesaor
is instructed to adjust the balance
doe me. Most rwpcctfnlly etc"
TOl. XIV 0.
Loss of Purllr of Character.
Wo find tho following very beau
tlful extraot going tho rounds of tho
papers credited to no paper no
author. Its exceeding grout beauty
leads us to cull special attention to
it. Let the young read It and treas
ure up the moral it would illustrate
and inculcato it in thoir hearts:
"Over the beauty of tho plum and
tho apricot there grows a bloom and
boauty moro exquisite than tho fruit
itself a soft uolicnto blush that
overspreads its blushing cheuk.
Now if yon strike your hand over
that and it is once gone it is gone
forever; for it novor grows but
once.
"Tako the flowor that hnngs in
morning imparelod with dew ur-
rayod as no queenly woman ovor
was arrayed with iewels. Oneo
shako it so thut the beads roll off
and you may sprinklo water on it as
caroi'uliy as you please yet It novor
can be mndo again what It was when
tho dew foil silently upon it from
the heavonl -
On a frosty morning you maysoo
tho panes of glass covered with
landscape mountains lnkos trocs
blondcd in a beautiful funtastic
picture Now lay your hands upon
the glass an by the scratch of your
finger or by tho warmth of your
E aim all the delicato . tracery will
o obliterated. So thcro is In youth
a beauty and purity of character
which when onco touched and de-
filed can novor bo restored ; a fringe
moro delicato than frost work und
which when torn and brokon will
never be ro-ombroidcrod
A man who has spotted and
snoilod his garmonts in youth
though he may seek to mako them
white again can never wholly do it
even ho to wash thorn with histoars.
tears. When a man leaves his fath-
er's house with tho blessings of his
mother's tears still wet upon his
forehead if he onco loscse that curly
purity of character it is a loss that
no can never mako whole again.
Such is the consequence of erimo.
Its effect cannot bo eradicated. It
can only be forgiven. It is a stain
of blood that wo never can make
whito. "
Idleness.
Tho idle man is an annoyance a
nuisance. ' Hois of no benetitto any-
body. Ho is an intruder in the busy
tliorbughfare of everyday life.' .lie
stands n our path and wo push
him contemptuously nsido. Ilo is
of no advantage to anybody. Ho
annoys busy mon. He makes them
unhappy. Ho is a cipher in society.
He may have an incomo to support
him in idlodess or he may "sponge'1
on his good natuaed friends. But
in either case he is despised. Young
man do something in this busy
bustling widoawako world. Movo
about for the benefit of mankind if
not for yourself. Do not be idle.
God's law is that by tho sweat of
our brow wo shall ourn our bread.
That law is a good one and the
bread wo oaru is swoot. Do not be
idlo. Minutes nro too precious to
bo squandered thoughtlessly. Eve-
ry man and overy woman lowever
exalted or however humble can do
good in this short life if so inclined;
thercforo do not bo idle.
The Widow. In tho great an-
nual exhibition of picture of Paris
there is this year a portrait of n la-
da' with the simplo titlo of "The
Widow" in the catalogue. There is
& terriblo story connected with tins
picture and it is thus related by a
correspondent: "The lady is the
Countess D who although
twenty-four years of ago has been
twice widowed. Sho Is said to bo
of humble birth but when only six-
teen years of age her great beauty
attracted the attention of tho Mar-
quis de D who married her.
On leaving tlio church however
the Marquis wes assassinated by
some obscure riual and the lady
was loft a widow with an immense
fortune. The Countess retired to a
convent where sho remained until
her twentieth year. Sho then made
a journey to various parts of Europe
and visited among othor places
St. Petersburg whero one of the
most wealthy boyards of Rusxia
placed at her feet his heart his dia-
monds and his mllfions. The mar-
riage was colcbratod in tho house of
the bridegroom's mother in rcmqtc
parte of Russia somo distanco from
her own estate Tho newry-niar-ried
couplu left for their new home
in a magnificent sleigh.' On tho
way they wero attacked by the
wolves and tho Count in trying to
defend his brido mado a false step
foil out of tho sleigh into tho snow
and was immediately devoured by
the wolves. The horses mad with
terror dashed . off with immense
spood and did not stop till they ar-
rived at the Count's cbatsau which
was brilliantly illuminated for the
reception ofthe ncwlj-marricd con-
UlllUry Interference vith Civil
AntBorltratanEnd.
ArsTis Nov 5
-i
Gov. Thnc:kmorton has received
a communication from Gen. Hein-
tzelmaft) endowing instrnctions from
Gen. Grant relative to tb nnllifka-
tion of certisn military orders to
which Post Commanders in this
Rule have been ordered to conform.
Tbe instructions are as follows :
H1 Q'aa U. a AaJtr
Washington Oc. 17 .
To Msj. Gen. P. H. Sheridan.
Sim Referring to ytmr endorse-
ment apon communications vf Gen.
Foster commanding Districtof Flor-
ida of date Sept. 18th and 2h
relative to the effect of the Presi-
dent's proclamation etc. I am di-
rected try the General-in-Chief to
enclose yoa a copy of tbe earae an 1
9.-.WII0LK MMUKIt CSO.
lossy that he understands tho
lil'iic liiiiuilioii lis nullifying General
Orders No. 3 innied from the W'ur
I!'iartuiciit Adjutant General's
Olheo January l-'tb 1S0G and Gen-
eral Order .No Jl llrudqtiurtcr
of tho Army Julv 0 lsiiti.
(Signed) JS'O. K TEKT.
Asst. Aj't General
IIF ADI)t' A t'TKIIS OP Til K AllMY )
Wasiiinoto.n July 0 1800. j"
Gen. Ohdeii No. 41.
Department District and Post
Commanders in tho States lately In
rebellion uro hereby directed to" ar-
rest all persons who havo been or
may bo hereafter charged with the
commission of crimes and offences
against ofllcers agents citizens nnd
inhabitants of the I'nited Stu. ir-
respot tivo of color in cases whero
the civil authorities havu lUiled neg-
lected or are unuhlo to urrost und
bring fcut'li parties to trial and to de-
tain them iu solitary confinement
until such times as a proper judicial
tribunal nray be ready and willing
to try thorn. A strict enforcement
of this order is required. .
By command of
Gon. GRANT.
Signed E. D. Townsend A. A. G.
Impeachment of (lie President
Civil War Acknowledged will
Follow -TIic Radical Pro-
gram me.
Gen. Butler spoko in Mozart Hull
in Cincinnati a kw days ugn ami
took decided ground in favor of tho
impeachment of tho President when
Congress meets next December. -Ho
stated the grounds of impeach
mont nnd argued their validity. Ho
also took the ground that so soon us
tho House of Congross) presented to
tho Senate its urllcles of impeach-
ment the Senate has the power ami
must exorciso it of ordering tho
President into confinement. He ad-
mitted that this would bo likely to
bring on n civil war. On this point
ho said :
"We nro told that this will bring
on a strugglo. Very well. I am
convinced of ono of two things: di
ther that the strugglo if it should
como at all must coino in this way
or it will bo precipitated upon nsin
tho next Presidential election when
wo coino to inaugurate our Presi-
dent when tho States still in rebel-
lion if they shall not have aecopted
tho terms of Congress to come hack
will endeavor by tho aid of their
sympathizers Nort l to foi-t upon
the Northern States a President of
their choice ; and iu such a case it
might not be so clear whore exactly
was tho legal right. Iflamcor-
io:t in my statement of tho law of
impeach mont and the form of trial
tho right und form if right uro
clear. And therefore if tho trouble
must coino wTiich God forbid let it
como in -March 1807 not in Marcli
lSiiil. 'Let us have tins thing done
with. This country has been in
turmoil and trouble und difficulty
and commotion long enough from
traitors nnd thoir sympathizers.
Let us settle this question nt oneo
and forever. If Baal bo God let
us serve hi in if tho Lord God bo
God let us servo Him I"
AVo suppose it will hardly bo de-
nied after this speech as the Cin-
cinnati Enquirer says that it is the
intention of tho Radical Congress
next winter to depose the President
Nor will it bo denied that civil war
will follow tho uttempt. Butler
says let it cotne. But what.' say
the pooplo? What say men of fam-
ilies? What say men of property?
What say the holders of Govern-
ment securities? To avoid this
threatened reign of terror - and
blood thero is b-it one way and
that is to vote down the Rudiciils at
tho noils on tho 6th.. If tho people
condemn by their votes this Radi-
cal programmo tho Radicals of
Congrcs will not daro put it into
exocutiov 'Therein lies our only
hopo of futuro peaco But if noth-
ing olso but n littlo moro blood let-c
ting will satisfy the crar.y radiculs
let them havo it to their hearts con-
tent. Lot every democrat nnd con-
sorvntivo who desires tho restora-
tion of the Union the maintenance
of tho Constitution tho equality of
tho States prepare themselves with
arms and ammunition to sustain the
Presic'ent' if he should stand in
need or assistance. Tlio President
must ba sustained. "
New YonK Oct. 27. Henry Ward
Beecher delivered a m-rnion at Ply.
mouth Church lust nifflil of which
tlio following is the conclusion ;
Brethren Gov. Fen ton repre-
sents the idea of tlie-civte reforma-
tion nnd Mayor Hoffman represents
the id 'a of tonlinued misgovern-
jnent in this State and you may
smooth it ovor by what names yon
please he represents no reformation
which tho jKinnIsr party represent-
ed by Gov. Fentoii of this State
represents; roiurmatiun In civil af-
fairs. 1 have a right then on tho
broad ground nf morals to apnea'
to the interets tw the reason and. to
the conscirmce rf Trcry' thoughtful
man on this 'subject and I do. . I
have a right t appeal to every
man of whatever party and I de-
mand in tho nam oi'-Cbrist and
morality that yon give your votu
and in fl sen co U thai side that will
moat eorUisly establish jostioo and
equality. -
New" York. Oct. 2;'. -The princi-
pal feature of intert-t at the bead-
quarters of Ja.'nca Stephens to-day
was the very liaiidwnne douatioii
from the Fenian of Cuba accompa-
nied by a Cattering communication
indorsing th polity of tin-CO. LR.
and inviting a deputation of officers
to goto Cula ff orgauisiug pnrpo-
ses i
In New York T ty. they are agi.
taxing a project to apply tteam to
thettrcct railroads.-
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