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me in connexion with it. Excuse me for
troubling you in regard to it. My ar
dent attachment to glorious Forrest
mast bo my excuse.
Now won't you help to relieve him ?
It would belp in the matter, probably,
to know that John Green, the actor,
now iu New Orleans, is the warm friend
of Forrest, and may know Jatnieson
well. You can use your own discretion
in lettirj him know the facts and invo
king is aid. This letter is addressed
to you in the knowledge of Forrest.
Please write as soon after receipt ?s you
can find opportunity to look about you.
With kind regards, I am dear Roberts,
Yours very truly,
JOHN W. FOllNEY.
To George Roberts, Esq.
Philadelphia, Jan. 25, 1850.
.. Iteantiful Illustration.
The following is from a brilliant lec.
turo recently delivered in New Orleans
by the Hon. Charles Gayarre, on the
subject of " Oaths, Amnesties and Re
bellion." The moral pointed out is, that
President Johnson may trust without
fear those men who fought to the last
for the cause they so loved, and which
claimed their fidelity may trust the
rebels who come to him with clean hands,
after having deposited the keys to their
loyalty on the dead body of the South
ern Confederacy :
Some centuries ago two kings were
contending for the crown of Castile. I
forget their names for the present, but
to facilitate the feeling of my story, I
shall call one Alfonso and tho other
John. Alfonzo proclaimed, of course,
that John was a usurper and rebel, and
John returned the compliment. Well,
J ohn defeated his rival, horse and foot,
and carried everything triumphantly
before him, with the exception of a sin
gle town, which Alfonso had entrusted
to a stout old knight called Aguilar, and
which, after a long siege, still remained
impregnabM. you hasr done enough
tor honor," said King John one day to
tho knight j " surrender, and you shall
have the most liberal terms. " " If you
ago, While playing m i,iueinuau, uc uad road tne history of your country,"
caught Mrs. F., in a very equivocal po. answered Aguilar, "you would have
sition with a young man in his own par- known that nono of my race ever ca
lor, not in actual connexion, but near it. pitulated." I will starve you, proud
one pu;ieu mui u. ana obstinate tool i " starve tne ea-
it pass by, loving her, as he did, most le jf you can j win put you and
11hy Forney Hails.
The Clerk ot ttio senate ana proprie.
tor of tho Wnshiugton Chronicle and
Philadelphia Press, has found new ob
jects of defamation. lie now iutorspei
ses his denunciations of the President
and Secretary McCullouoh with fiereo
vituperation of Mr. Davis a helpless
prisoner, and of two of tho gentlemen
who are understood to bo his oounsol,
Mr. Chas. O'Conor and Mr. Wm. B.
Reed. In this the public may not be
aware, though we are, he is but fatten
ing tn ancient grudgo.
Mr. Davis wns one of the Southern
gentlemen (Governor Wish; was anoth
er,) who, on Mr. Buchanan's accession
to office in 1850, warned him earnestly
and successfully against trusting For
ney as the editor of tho administration
journal, on the score of his private
character. Men ot unspotted reputa.
tion could not stand the contact.
Against the other gentlemen this
man has still more specific grievances.
In the great Forrest divorce case,
years ago, Mr. O'Conor was tho leading
counsel for the lady in New-York, and
Mr. ReED in Philadelphia the latter
gentleman being the one who forced
Forney, on his examination as a wit
ness, to admit he wrote the infamous
Roberts letter, in which he advised
the suborning of a drunken witness to
confess to adultery, with an absent wo
man. No wonder Founet hates and
defames these distinguished gentle
men. Ar. Y. World.
Tho following is the letter alluded to
above. The " Newgate Calender," doc
not furnish a more degraded specimen
of human depravity.
rRIVATE
Our friend Forest is now hero and is
about to apply for a divorce from his
wife. He lias had for eighteen months
tho proofs of her infidelity, but has
chosen to keep them quiet, and would
have dono so still, but for her folly in
censuring him for leaving her. It is
really astounding how he has kept these
proofs to himself, from all his friends
for all that time, but it is so nevcrthc.
less.
The facts are these: Eighteen months
while playing in Cincinnati, he
test ? " " Yes, sire." " Where are tho
keys of the town f " " On the King
Alfonso's breast ; go and get them ; we
meet no move." " By heaven, we shall
never part," exclaimed tho King. " Get
the keys back yoursclt, and remam in
command of the town in my name.'1
Tho followers of the King murmured,
and nnnnvanen. ami fhn rfismlfc will bo '
j ,
tlint rather than place himself in tho
position that ho will under tho making
of this law, the white man will avoid, as
far as may be, employing or making
contracts with negroes, preferring to
employ white mon in all cases where
it is practicable, as with them ho is
and complained of his rewarding a rcb- placed at heart on an equality before
el. " Ha is no loncer one," said King the tribunals."
John j "such rebels, when won, becomo
tho best of subjeota."
profoundly. They passed on to New
Orleans and so home to New York.
After they reached, and had been
there for somo time, he found one evo.
ning on his wife's table a Lillet doux
in the hand writina of, though not
signed, by this young man, in which
she was alluded to in terms most amor
ous and unmistakcable.
Tho language alluded to her whito
arms that wound about his neck, to the
blissful hours they had spent together,
nnd the letter had been kept as a me
mento till it was well worn. Upon this
evidence, with tho other confirmatory
prooD, ho intends applying to our Leg.
islaturo for a divorce, hut you are now
in a position to seroe him in a manner
he will never forget. The person who
wrote to Mrs. F., and in whoso compa
ny she was detected is George Jamie
son, now playing in New Oilcans. If
you don't know him you can, as the edi
tor of a hading daily paper, sot n make
his acquaintance' What Forrest now
desires to clinch the. nail, is to ohtain in
some way an admission from Jomicson.
I named you to him us a safe, steady
and intelligent friend, and he will never
forget whatever you may do for him, in
this, (to him) a most vital matter. He
suggests that you mtjhl institute
intimate relations with J., and in
duce him, either inyour presence or in
company, to admit as a thin' to be
proud of, his connexion with Mrs. F. Jfc
is fond of a glass anlpossilly in u con.
tivial mood might become communica.
tiee.
No harm will como to mm; no ih
game too small for Forrest, and any ad
mission ho may make, may to impor
tant ouly as aiding an injured man in
getting relieved from a hateful bond.
Can you luanago this thing, my
friend ? It will require skill and can
turn, and if successful will endear you
to Forrest. He is nearly crazy at the
idea of being placed iu his present posi.
tion, but he will speud half he is worth
to he released from it. This mutter must
bt Ictpls-.cret ; nLo:c all do not iwii.tf
tho sword. "
response,
and
tho wholo garrison to
" Try ! " was the laconic
the sie''c went on.
One moruinp; as the ri:unr sun was
beginning to gild with its rays tho high
est towers of tho beleaguered city, a
parley was sounded from the camp of
the enemy. The old knight appeared
on the wall, and looked down on the
King below.
" Surrender ! " said John again, " my
rival Alfonso is dead, and the whole of
Castile recoguizes my sway os that of
its legitimate sovereign. "
" Sire, I believe you, but I must see
my dead master. " " Go, then, to Se.
ville, where his dead body lies ; you
have my royal word that I shall attempt
nothing against you on your way, nor
against the city in your absence." The
knight came out with banner flying and
a small escort of grim-visaged warriors.
Behind him the gates closed ; before
him the dense battalions ot tho enemy
opeued their ranks, and as ho pr-sed
along, slowly riding his noble war.horse,
shouts of adniiratiou burst wide and far
from the wholo host who had so often
witnessed his deeds of valor, and the
cchos of the loud and enthusiastic greet
ing accompanied him until the red
plume which waved over his helmet,
was out of 6ight. He arrived at Seville,
and went straight to the cathedral,
where he found the tomb of his former
socrcign. Ho had it opened, and after
gassing awhile with moist eyes at the
pale face which met his look, ho thus
addressed the dead monarch : " Sire,
I had sworn never to deliver to anybody
but yuuiaelf tho keys of the town whieh
you had entrusted to my caro." Here
they aro. I have kept my oath," and
bo deposited them on the breast of Kiug
Alfonso.
Then, bestriding his Mued, he gallop
ed back to his po::t. As soon as he ap.
proached agaiu, the ranks of the enemy
opened, aud King John confronted him.
" Well," said the King, " ure 'you satis
fied, aud 'h you ccv ijive up tie con-
.4 llebcVs Opinion or the Civil'
llights Uill.
A correspondent of tho New York
Herald, writing from Tans, says :
I had a long and very interesting in
terview and conversation a few days
since with Jacob Thompson, Secretary
of the Interior under Mr. Buchanan.
Mr. Thompson, with his family, has
just returned from a tour through
Egypt and the Holy Land, and are only
awaiting the return of events to return
to the United States, and to their form,
er rcsidenco in Mississippi. Mr. Thomp
son expressed himself very freely and
fully upon the various grave matters of
interest now agitating the poople and
Government ot the United States.
" Sooner or later," he said, " the South
ern States must be admitted to repre
sentation in Congress ; and tho sooner
it was done, the sooner would past dis
sensions be healed, and success, secu
rity and progress secured." " What
the peoplo of the South want now," ho
said, " is peace and an opportunity of
rebuilding their ruined fortunes, and
restoring their section of the country to
its former prosperity." " Have you and
the thinking men of the South," I
asked him, " altered your opinions at
all since the close of the war, in regard
to the right of secession, or do you still
theoretically hold the same opinion on
that subject that ynu previously did ? "
yir Tliuiuyson replied to this, " That
until the close of the war he believed
that tho States in their union under the
Federal Government had reserved to
themselves the right of withdrawal from
that Union ; but that there had been a
revolution, and that by the arbitrament
of the sword it had been decided that
no such right now existed, and we are
willing to accept the decision."
Do you mean by that," I askod,
" simply that having fought upon this
issue, and having been defeated, you
feel yourselves at present powerless to
sustaiu your theory, or do you iu good
faith acknowledge that the right of se.
cession does not now exist ? "
" I acknowledge that it docs not ex.
ist ; the Constitution and the Govern,
ment have been revolutionized, and by
the decision of the sword the right of
secession has been removed and no lon
ger exists."
" Are you conviuced that the niajori.
ty of thinkiug mcu of the South are of
your opinion, aud accept the result in
good faith?"
" Most unquestionably," replied Mr.
Thompson. "What we now want is
peace and quiet, and an opportunity to
do our share towards the restoration of
that prosperity and happiness whieh ex
isted before the war."
" Do you in good faith accept the
fact of the abolition of slavery ? "
" Cortainly ; and I am convinced that
tho slave system during the war was a
weakness to us rather than a strength."
" Do you think any considerable
number of Southern property-holders
would, under any circumstances, favor
the re-establishment of the slave sys.
torn f "
" No ; but would oppose it."
" What do you think of the civil,
rights bill ? "
" That the President was perfectly
right in vetoing it, and that tho Su.
prcme Court will unquestionably decluro
it unconstitutional. One of my princi
pal objections to it is tho injury that it
will necessarily inflict upon tho negro,
who will really bo the greatest sufferer
by it. Creating as it does a special
tribunal for the investigation of casos to
which ho is a party, it invests him with
a certain degree of superiority over
white men. It assumes that, in oases
which will eome up for adjudication,
the negro is right and the whito mau is
wrong. It will lead to continual trouble
" Do you not think," I nsked him,
" that some special legislation is ncccs.
sary in the new state of affairs which
has resulted from the abolition of sla
very, to protect tho negroes formerly
slaves from oppression and wrong ? "
" If it is," he replied, " it should bo
done by tho local legislatures. It is
absurd for men who have never lived in
the South and know nothing of tho ac.
tual relations botween master and ser
vant there to attempt to legislate for
us. We have no disposition to oppress
the negro, but on tho contrary to render
him as fit as possiblo for his ew condi
tion. I believe that the effect of tho
enforcement of tho civil rights bill in the
Southern States will bo to create confu.
sion, disorder and ill-feeling, and will bo
infinitely moro injury than service to
the negro."
Six
Honoring! the Dead. The Chica
go Tribune is very fierce in its denun.
ciationsof the peoplo of Richmond,
because on a recent occasion they ro,
paired in large numbers to a cemetery
and cast flowers upon tho crave of
" Stonewall " Jackson. It sees in this
incident an evidence of untameablo re.
hellions spirit that merits severest rep
rchension- Upon th'S text tlio Albany
Journal (Rep.) well says :
" We cannot agree with this view
vv natever tne lauits ot tno cause in
whieh ho died, Jackson was a brave
man noblo.hearted, gonorous, and tho
beau ideal of a soldier. Personally, he
uvea a blameless Jile. lo tno service
in which he was cnaased he gave all
tho energies of a miud, mistaken and
wroncly directed indeed, but free from
inalico and from taint of intended crime,
" We conversed leccntly with the
major-general who commanded tho
vision in front of which Jackson foil
In speaking of him, this bravo Union
soldier could not repress a tear. He said
" lie was goutlo as a woman, and my
men, who were taken prisoners by him
always came back loudly praising the
kindness they received at his hands."
" ' Beyond the gravo thore aro no re
venges. " For the hateful spirit of rc
hellion there can be neither forgiveness
nor toleration but it is not necessary
to tho honor or to the welfare of a great
people that its mistaken votaries shoul
be followed with obloouy into their
tombs."
A SiKGULAR Fact. The Locality
of the President: -The Cincttanati i.
quirer calls attention to tho singula
fact that tho opposition to the Democra,
ey, which has always made it a subject
of complaint that so many of our Prcs
idents were taken from the South, has
nominated none but Southern bora
Presidents itself for near forty years
Months iMhor for Party
Supremacy.
The Rump has been in session for
six months, and, in all that time has not
performed a singlo act of importance or
benofit (o tho country oi people, Al.
most every measure broached has cith
er tho negro or something looking to
partisan supremacy in it. Days, weeks
and months pass in discussing tho ways
and means by which the present batch
of politicians may hold on to the places
of plunder and power. Congress
BO.callcd has thus been turnod into a
vast electioneering booth, where " pol
itics," not political coonomy, are dis
cussed ; where Presidents and governors
and legislatures are designated; and
whence forensic champions sally forth
to tho vnrinna Statoa to drivo awav
poachers upon the loyal domain-" I that is during all tho term of the anti
JNo thought whatever is taken ot the slavery agitation, when tho complaint
public weal. Questions relating to fi- wa8 first heard Th ia lg32 th
nance, taxation, tariffs, internal improve- nm... n. -
V,.-,, - vu.u.uu,
ments, commerce, agriculture, mechan
ics, mining, bounties, pensions, treaties,
and a score of other interests are never
mentioned, or, if mentioned are imme
diately dropped or abandoned. Per
sonal agrandizement and party 6upre.
macy are the all.engrossing subjects of I
thought, conversation, discussion and
action ; and no attempt whatever "is
made to conceal the disgraceful fact. It
io patent to every observing and reading
man, woman and child throughout tho
country.
Look at the record. What have been
the leading measures and acts of the
Rump for the preceding six months?
A bill to establish negro suffrage in the
District of Columbia ; a bill to enlarge
and make permanent and tenfold more
expensive the Ircodmen s Bureau ; an
act to give tho negroes civil or political
equality with whito men and a host of
" amendments " to tho Federal Consti
tution, which are aimed at tho subver
sion oi that character, the destruction of
State rights, the establishment of negro
suffrage aud the concentration of all
power in a Central Directory of tho mo3t
arbitrary and despotic character
Of what use is such a Congress ? it
such a revolutionary fragment may bo
so designated. Having done nothing
for the couutry's welfare, and having
only excited, agitated and produced dis.
trust and alarm within the publie mind,
it could not render a more important
service, at this lato Jay. than that of of Southern men, and yet invariably so
a native of Virginia, for President. In
I83G they selected William II. Harri.
son, a scion of ono of the first families
of Virginia, where ho was bofn, for this
office. In 1340 they selected this Vir
ginian again, and put up with him for
Vice President John Tyler, another
Virginian. Tyler became President.
In 1844 they ogain nominated the Vir.
giuiau-Keutuekian, Henry Clay, for
President. In 1848 they went to the
extreme South, and selected another
son oi Virginia, uencral laylor, as
their standard bearer. In 1852 they
again went to Virginia and selected an.
other distingtinguished son of that State
General Winficld Scott, for President,
and they put with him, for Vico Presi-
dent, Mr. Graham, of North Carolina.
In 185G they voted for John C. Fre
mont, a South Carolinaian by birth, and
a Missounan by adoption and family
connection. In 18G0 they selected
Abraham Lincoln, a Kentuckian, and in
1864 they re-elected him, and with him
Andrew Johnson, a native of North
Carolina, and a resident of Tenncssco;
for Vice President. Thus we find the
party declaiming against the iuflucneo
Names ot Countries. Europe sig
nifies a country of white complexion J
bo named becauso tho inhabitants there
were of a lighter complexion than those"
of either Asia or Africa.
Asia signifies between, or in the micL
die, from the fact that geographers pla
ced it between Europe and Africa.
Africa signifies tho land of corn, of
rs. It was celebrated for Its abun
dance of corn, and all sorts of grain.
Spain, a couutry of rabbitts or co
nies. J uis country was once so luiesi
cd with these animals, that tho iubabi..
tants petitioned Augustus for an army
to destroy them.
Italy, a country of pitch ; from it."
yielding great quantities of black pitch.
Gaul, modern Franco, signifies yel
low-haired ; as yellow hair characteri
zed its first inhabitants.
Hibcrnii, is utmost or last habitation
for beyond this, westward, the Phonie-
ians, we are told, never extended their
voyages.
Britain, the country of tin ; as there
were great quantities of lead and tin
found on tho adjacent island. Iho
Greeks call it Albion, which signifies in
the Phonician tongue, either white or
high mountains, from the whiteness of
its shores, or tho high rooks on the wes
tern coast.
tfif A very entertaining book, by
Elihu Burrott; has been published in
London. It is called "My Walk to
Land's End." He footed his way from
John O'Groat's to Laud's End with a
knapsack and staff- In Devonshire ho
visited the celebrated place of Lady
Rolle, who has inhereplcndid park no
less than 3,000 varieties of trees and
shrubs. AmoBg them are two hundred
varieties of the plno, three hundred
kinds of willow, aud nearly two hun.
dred of tho oak. There is an artificial
lake deep enough to float tho Great Ea
stern, whoso surface is covered by aquat-
io birds of every form and plumago.
Thcro is a wonderful Swiss cottage in
the grounds, which is made of tha
trunks, branches and leaf stems of hun
dreds of various trees. Tho floor is a
rare piece of mosaic. It looks like ivoryp
ct it is really paved with tho knee-
ones of sheep, with the half-joints up
permost I " They are fitted together s
compactly that 40G of them only mako
square foot. Tho floor is so oroad that
it required 70,000 sheep shanks to pave
it with these fluted joints of " ovmo
ivory."
dissolving, aud, by individual resigna
tions, allowing the people to elect repre
sentative men, who will try to be ser
vants to the people and not labor to
wield the rod as masters. Patriot and
Union.
Jewelry of a Princess in the
Interior of Africa. Dr. Livingston,
in his recently publishod account of his
voyage up tho great river of Eastern
Africa, says tho sister of ono of the
ohiefs woro eighteen solid brass rings,
as thick as one's finger, on each leg, and
three of copper under each knee, nine
teen brass rings on her left arm, and
eight of brass aud copper on her right ;
also a large ivory ring above each
bow, or seveny-one rings in all. She
had a pretty bead necklace, and a boad
sash encircled her wist. Tho weight
of the br!ght brass rings around her
legs impeded her walking and chafed
hor ancles, but as U was the fashion she
did not mind the inconvenience, and
guarded against tho pain by puttiugsolt
rags around the lowor rings. So much
for fafbioQ.
looting Southern men by birth aud edu
cation for tho highest offices of the coun
try for nearly forty years. During most
ot tho time tho Democracy have voted
for Northern men, like Van Burcn
Cass, Pierce, Buchanan, Douglas and
McClcllan.
Votes the Way tit. Shot. The
writer of tho following pithy letter, who
is vouched for as a Republican soldier
by the Wayncsburg (Grceno county)
Messenger, is evidently a man ot sense
. For tha Messenger.
Col. Jinnings: Will you grant
Republican soldier room in your paper
for a very short article? I merely wish
to notice au admonition in tho hst
el-1 Greene County Republican, and to as
sure the editor that bis advice is good
and I believe will bo very geuerally lol
lowed by tho soldiers of the county
The editor says ,
" To those who have borne the blunt
voto the way you shot.
Now, Mr. Editor, we shot for th
Un'm. and not for the negro, and we in
tend to votj for the Union aud not for
the negro. This is all I havo to bay at
present.
ARfUlUCAN tOJ.UHU.
Sardines. The lovers of tho " littlo
fishes bilol in ile." should know that
the fish which furnishes them with such
a delicious repast belongs to the herriug
family, and genus alosa. Tne popular
name was given to it by Cuvier, who
was tho firht to assign it to a distinct
place in the finny tribe. He called it
sardina, from which it is known as tho
sardine. Sardines are caught princi
pally along the coasts ot Brittany, and
to a less extent iu Portugal. The fi.sh.
eries employ a large number of mcu and
women. The fishing vessels generally
of eight or ten tons each, and carrying:
a crew of from sis to ten go out two
or three leagues from the land and
watch for shoals of fi-.h. When they
see them, they spread their gill-nctii for
hem, and scatter on tho water the bait
which has been prepared, aud wtucii
consists of the eggs and flesh of fi-sh,
especially of cod and mackerel, aud
sometimes of salted fish. Largo quan
tities of sardines arc taken in this way.
Some are salted on board and others aro
carried on shore, and either sold fre3h,
or prepared for shipment. For the lat.
ter purpose, they are salted and packed
away in tin cans, with mcitcJ butter ana
olive oil, which are poured upon them
in an almost boiling state. Tho cau:)
are sealed up to prevent the air reach
ing the fish, aud are then ready for
shipment. The sales in Europe aro
very great, as the fish are there consid
eied a great delicacy, and largo ship
ments aro annually made to Amsrica,
tvbore they are no less esteemed than
i:i Europe.
Where is paper money first men
tioned iu tho Bible ? Wheu the dovo
bro't the j-roouback to Noah,
VOTM 1-0 It CI.YMF.lt.