A VETERAN'S WELCOME. OF.N. JAMES SHIELDS' RETCHN TO lIIH HOME IN MISSOURI. , One of the largest Demonilration* Fv r WitneMttl in Jejfcreon t\'g—-I Fitting Speech from the Oil Soldier and Senator — Wortl.i of Warning Again, t Sectional Singe. P|HVUI Dijitrh to tlio Pint. JirfßßSi N CITV, Miirch 21.—fli'iiiritl James Shields, tlio retiring Missouri senator, an his return home lo day, was tendered one of the grandest ovations tlio otpital ot the stale has ever wit no-se ad mant und as strong as iron. If. in an excess of maiine.is, this p> ople ever break theso chains, tiny will nil go down together. North and Noiith, Ivist and West, will all sink down logeth'-i to the dead level of the other unfortu nato republics of this continent, l'ur there are iioliiic tl leaders who t**ll u that one of the cnu*es of ihis sectional struggle is a "Solid South." it ought not to be forgotten, however, that tic South has been compelled by circum stances to become solid in self-de'euse , that the Southern people considered u their duty to unite to save themselves and their families from what they p garded as morul, social and political degredation. Then there are state*- men, and üble statesmen, too, who look upon tl.e solid .South as something hon orable at tins time to American ebar-ic ter. They think it demonstrates to the world thai the grand old American spirit still lives amongst the American people. They say that the spirit of 1770. which united the thirteen coloni< - into a solid America against the threat ened injustice of England, is the spirit of IST'.) which unites the Southern states into a soli.l S >utli against litre >t ened injustice front any quarter. >• long as this spirit lives amongst our people so long will we h>- able to pre sent a solid America against ail enemies, and a solid America, if true to itself, will be always üble to bid defiance to tiie combined powers of a ho.-.tile world. But to tny notion Southern human nature is the same in all respects as Northern human nature. Insult an I injury produce alienation and discon tent, while kindness and confidence in sure c mediation and goml-will. Would it not be well, therefore, to hazard the experiment of treating the Southern people, for some tune at least, with kindness and confi lence, and with that which i due even to the South—com man justice? The result, in my opin ion, would fully justify the experiment. A historical incident occurs to me at this time, which will illustrate what I mean in recommending this policy. In INapoleon Bon:i| arte was chosen First Consul of the French Republic. .Soon after his appointment he called his counselors together and informed them, in his frank and fearless w iy, that France had to prepare to make head against a coalition of ail the great powersof Europe. "To fight all Europe successfully," said fie, "the complete pacification of tlm province of let Ven dee is absolutely necessary. < ientleraen, what course ought this government pursue to effect the pacification of that province?" "I'acify Li Vendee !" an awerod his counselor ; "that is a task which is simply impossible." "La Vendee cannot be conciliated. The people are incorrigible rebels, and they will seize upon the first opportuni ty to aid in overthrowing the republican government. Wo havo no alternative left but to crush them. This govern ment will be compelled to destroy La Vendee in order to save the French Republic." '"I hopemot," ssid Napoleon. "France needs ail her sons, and 1 will not be the man to destroy the children of France. I shall try an experiment upon these Vendees and I wdl hare to ch in/ my estimate of human nature if it does not prove successful. I shall send for the Vendean leaders and meet tlieni alone in the Bois do Builogne, and conciliate them by doing them and their people complete justice." "Meet these rebels alone in that for est ?" said his counselors. ' The traitors will assassinate you." "No." said Napoleon, "there is no fear of that. Men who light for a con viction, however erroneous it may be, are not assassins." He sent a safe conduct to the Ven dean chiefs. He met them alone in the Boulogne forest. He told them frsnkly what he had told bis counselors before, that France had'to prepare to battle against combined Europe, and that the reconcilement of the people of La Ven dee was absolutely necessary to unable her to encounter the coming storm. "I might be able," said be, to "destroy that province, but I cannot reconcile ita people to a republic. You can, how ever. You are the natural leaders of the people. You can aid France and save your native province. There is a pledge under the seal of state that you shall lie left hereafter in full enjoyment of your own institutions Rtid law*, usages and traditions, rights and privileges. The people of La Vendee shall hao full power to manage their own alfwis in their own way, without any interfer ence on the part of the general govern ment. The only return I ask for this is that as Frenchmen you will assist your country In the coming struggle." The Vendean chiefs hurst forth into accla mations of joyful surprise: ">Vhy, tins U all we ever asked ft r and more than we ever hoped for. The republican rulers always treated us as rebels and almost succeeded in making us forget that we are Frenchmen ; but you are magnanimous, you place confidence in us and treat us as fellow countrymen, and from this hour, fellow-countrymen we will be, and aa such assist France under any government to fight the combined powers of Europe." And handsomely and gloriously tin y kept, that pledge; they were amongst the best soldiers of those armies that outer ed in the triumph afterwards into nearly all the capitals of Europe; and from that day to this they nave con i > ued to bo amongst the most faithful citizens of their beloved country. 'I la wns the policy of i he great Napoleon in n case very similar to ours, nnd m opinion is that if both political parties, I'eurocrats and Republicans, would fol low this example in their treatment of the South, tlio "irrepressible conflict," as it is called, would soon come to an end, and that dark cloud which now ohscurcs the brightness of our political horizon would ho uro to disappear for over. ♦ I'll'/ JOHN PORTER VINDICATED. From llir I'l.il't l>-!|>liia Tliass. The dtrisiou of the court of inquiry in the ease of Fit/. Joint l'orter is one of the most important juilgtiiciils ren dered in t'.tiy ense since the conflict of amis ceased lietwvou the North nnd the South. < hie of the most necoin plishcd, skillful and tried soldiers of the army was summoned from his high command, after one of the tunny military di.-astcrs of the war, and ac cused before u eon it-martial of delib erate disobedience to hi- superior <-fli ecr and perfidy to his coutitr} cause fit tin- face of the enemy. He un tried in a Hood-tide of pn-.-ion, when atonement wit- dt tiiuiided for lite ter rible blunders and uuntoli sacr.lice- ol iucompcteucy or worse in the direction of our armies, llis case was heard with all the appearance of fairness, and he was condemned to he dismissed from the army lie had adorned und tnude an alii ti to the country in whose cause lie had olb-red his life. Indeed, with such malignant carneMtiess wa it i* prosecution pressed that the court narrowly escaped the judgment of| death against the accused soldier. Sixteen years have elapsed since; Fiu John l'orter wits distill-ed from the nriuy in disgrace and solemnly ad- I judged ineligible to any jx> ition of honor or trit-t under th>- national gov ernment. He was helpless nnd had hut lo how to the hardi dceisiou ; hut i when the strife ended and the surge-I of im-.-ioii began to abate, and when , the • vidence could he readily obtained atni clearly presented in refutation id the sjivcilio uccusntiou* preferred against liitn, h<- appealed to President Johnson and next to Grant for a re hearing of his ease, hut both denied it. ' !'r<-ident Haves finally hearkened to the |x titioti of the condemned soldier for a full nnd impartial review of the judgment that made his life aimless and hi ts-less, nnd I h-n< ral* J. M. Sdm lichl, Alfred H. Terry and osition in the army of which the unjust sentence deprived him, "such restoration to take effect from the date of his dismissal from the service." At last, after sixteen years of ex posure to the obloquy and resentments of n patriotic people, Fit/ John l'orter has been vindicated, nnd full effect i will doubtless be promptly given to the judgment just rendered ; but ran | the claims of justice be satisfied by the restoration of the wrongfully dis ! graced soldier to bis rank and Inttrels, while those who falsely accused and condemned hi in are |>e.rmilted to hold their commission* and escape retribu tion for their double crime against a faithful officer and an imperiled nation? This is now the important question for the army to consider, nnd if such a monstrous wrong shall es cape the shame nnd punishment it has | so'justly earned, there must rctnnin an indelible blot upon the military hon ors of the Ilrpublic. A at'PEiLSTiTiy* which is religious- Iy observed 'lit Bohemia is that it is unlucky for a lover to visit his sweet heart except on Thursday* and on ; Sundays, lite saving in lights and ; fuel is simply incalculable, nnd the ; young woiucu of the country, being j thus enabled to get five nights' sleep every week, pn icrvc their singular i beauty for many years. JKFFKK.SON I>AVIM. come KxraEMiOMS riioM Tiir. i-heohest or rtIK I.ATK *' CONrEDEIIACV." The llo*lon 111 rahl, of March 2Uth, contained an interview with Jcfl'iTAon Davis. After speaking of Ins expe rience in I'ierce's Cabinet and the Mexican war Mr. Davis is led to ex press himself upon the late rebellion, raying: "It is generally believed in the North that 1 am chiefly re*jsui*i blc for that great calamity. I wits hut one of a vuM hotly of the South, and no more respt n ihle than tlmus unds of others. The war would have taken place without me as inevitably as it did with mo. It was one ol' the tilings which was sure to come in the ! progress of events ami HI solving great , problems of government upon this ! continent." lie conceded expressly I that the abolition of slavery would j prove an ultimate good to the country; that it tyt.-i a manifest advantage to the white race, for it would led to the development of the South and multi ply her manufacturing and medium- ; cul industries. From advantages of climate alone the future of the South j is more promising than any oilier sec- ' lion of the country, hut the condition ' of the present generation of the black ; luce is ail the wor.-e by reason of the , aholili'4l of slavery. Mr. Davis doubts very much the | wisdom of an nit< nipt to educate the negro, and utterly dishlievcs'iu giving j him the ballot. It was his opinion, j thut wherever the negro race was found it must he us an inferior mid j servile race, tiud in the long run ' would give way to the uupcriur rare tinder auv and all circumstance*. Mr. i Davis acknowledged, howevi r, that lie 1 had changed Ids mind entirely upon ' tho one question viz., that the great staph.* of the South—cotton and sugar —could he produced \fitli great er ecouomy and in greater abundance by paid labor than by the labor of slavo. This has already Isvn d< nion s!rated and that fact alone gov* tar to prove tin* advantage which the uholi tioti of slavery has the white*. K (erring to tie- p lite al status of tie negro Mr. Davis .-..id the free*l men had naturally he< u misled by |m,!itie-iuii~. thinking that Northern men were their truest friends, hut of late years they seemed to have reached the opposite conclusion, and in the long run it would he lound that the negro, havit.g but little self-dependence, would vote in accordance with his wishes and the wiiJies and tlie sentiinenU of those who employed him. For tlii* reason the negro vote would is- a less, impor tant factor in the politics of the fu ture than the Northern men suppo-cd. Deferring to the oft-reiterated Hiar gc* of coerciuu und bulldozing of ne gro Voters, lie said that he Had no doubt there were individual instances of cruelty and coercion on the part < f lawless men in some sections, but le believed the prevailing sentiment among Southern met? wa* one of the greatest kindness and g<*>d will to ward the former slaves, Hpcaking of national affair*, lie said lie accepted the situation a- decided by arbitrament of the sword, and that lie wa* very hopeful of the future of the country. He did not believe there was an exist ing cnusc for sectional estrangement or that there could le any hereafter. One of the results of the wnr already apparent was that the Mouth wa* h-s* deiM'iident upon the N'rth than here tofore: for, while she could supply great staples a* la-fore, her jMoplc hud begun to produce n greater variety of crops for their own use than ever be fore, nnd they would eventually com pete with other section*, in manufac ture* and mechanical arts. In thi* connection he remark**! that while the South wa* destitute of money and the value of real estate was greatly de pressed, in a very short time the price of landed property would advance IK cause of its intrinsic value in the pro duction of staple articles of commerce. He remarked thnt the only disturbing elements to lie discerned now were the efforts of extremists u|>on both side* to Weep alive animosities nnd hatred* of the past. If Congress would pur sue a moderate course, attend to it* legitimate duties of general legisla tion for the good of the whole country, the gnat social nnd industrial quo*- tions which were now a source of so much contention would settle them selves, and the country would be at peace. In conclusion he said : " You may assure your people that I have no tilt kindness in iny heart to them or any of the people of the North. lam not the devil they have painted me. I have neither horns nor h<*>fs, and if they knew me they woulj) find I am very much like one of themselves." A Modest Tiump.— Tlie gentle tramp mounted tltc landing and rung tlie. front-door J>cli. "Would you IK? so kind,' said bs, its the mistrra* of the house eame to the door, "as to ex change this piece of pie for a couple of hard-boiled eggs and a cup of cof fee? I am of a dyspeptic turn, and this is the ninth quarter of mineo-pie that I have tried to go through this morning. I can't stand it; it's too much of a sameness. If you accept my proposition, you can also have the satisfaction of telling the neghbor* that Mrs. Dvhinsoti, across the street, uses allspice instead of cloves, and that the iiutlercrust is very slak haked." Tho temptation was great, and the genteel tramp had hi* eggs and coffee and a large triangle of , frosted cake a* a bonus. TO Til KI It UKATIf. AN BNOINKKR AND FIRXM AN, 111) HI AD IS- UfcK Til I.IK MACHINE, UELUINU 10 Lfe •HOT* Kroin t and the i urves are regular and long. The nim mile, between Millions are frequently made in twelve minute. 1 -. Tin- luoruing, however, there wo* no S|M'< illl necessity of crowding the schedule time and the train wit* hounding along through the suburb* of the city at the usual even speed when it eulertd a cut at the northern boundary of the city. It ha* never been considered a particularly danger ous place and no watchman ha* ever been Muliohcd then . The truin hud proceeded hut a few hundred yards inti) the cut when, a* the lireiiiau said, " tlie engine la gun to go up and down," and in an instant later it had plunged headlong into the right hank of the i nt. The engine Under doubled ov r upon top ot tin engine house, and buried in (lie ruins were the en gineer, Nil hola* Shilling' r, and llenry Stevenson, the liremati. 'lh<- pipo, filled witli scalding water and steam, w re broken and tluir coiiU lit* tum id 11jh,ii the jmi< r unfortunate* lying under the engine. The baggage oar of the train alone 1< it tin trio k. hut the Sllddi nil' s, of the -iq I n-ioll of travel pi.do •<1 ,\iral severe contu sions and great fright. laid it-.* faint ed and men wire thrown over hacks ol i-a Is and upon the fhsir. 1 lie voices of the engineer and fire man, trying piteously lor help, almost drowned the noise of the <-taping sit am. Shilling, r ht-ggt <1 in the name of Immunity for soniel*.#tiy to kill him. He was a (itrii.au, and in Ids broken act tilt he pleaded; "If there he a lOrui -o kind to me will lie slesit me in the heart or t lit my throat ?" and wiieii lie found id* appeals ji.i dt liver ance fr m his horrible position un availing, he cried like a ehihl until iineonsciourne,* and thath hushe favorable p--itioii. The willing hands ol suc cor were, however, greatly Baffled for some time in their deteriniiiatlon to render all the assistance human js.wi r cotihl coiiimauil. The escaping Meant was so dense that nothing could Ik seen around the wreck hut the frag ments, and when assistance did come the brave engineer was post all human aid. The fireman with g p eat difficul ty was extricated, hut died this eve ning. Your correspondent visited thcfanii lios of the men. Ktrveson, befure his death, lay upon a lied, writhing in ngonv and praying for the end to come. " Why was I not kilh-d at once and pot out of this misery ?" wo* hi* oft-rc|iited ejaculation, lie said he was rompcllcd to br'-athe air laden er tion of his lssly. His hands wrc burned to the bone and the fingt r nails drop|s d oil*. Shillingcr, the engineer, is scarcely recognizable by his old comrades. He leave* a wife and daughter. Stevenson had a wife ami two children. All trains over the road have been stopped at this place by reason of the wreck, and passenger* and baggage have been transferred. The immedi ate cause of the accident wa* a land slide. from the l;fi hank. Important to Owner* of Ileal Estate. Among a number of very important decision* made by the Supreme Court, a few day* ago, wa* one of vital im- Imrtanee to most owner* of real estate, .'iider existing ruling* and practice, holders of projHTtie* ]>urcha*cd and sold "under and subject" to a mort gage. have leen held jtersonaUy liable for the difference between the face of the mortgage and the pneeed* of tjjo sale of the property, in case it ha* depreciated below tiic amount of the mortgage. Divested of it* technicali ties, an elaborate opinion delivered by the Supreme Court, reverse* the ruling* of the lower court* mid a long existing practice, and make* the holder of the mortgage dependent wholly upon the property iteelf for hi* satisfaction un less the owner ha* expressly promised to be liable for any deficiency. If the property fall* in value helow the amount of the mortgage there is no claim on the owner Itcyond what is sat isfied by the sale of the property itself. Tho ruling settle* a principle of great importance to all owner* of real estate upon which there i* any mort gttfC*- THOSE who hope for no other life arc dead even for this. MADAME I'ATTEIiSON- DON A I'A JtTE. THE WIDOW OK A IIItOTIIKIt OK THE Olt EAT EMI'EKOfI DVINO IS IIAI/- 'll Moll E —II Ell EVKNTKC I. HISTORY. Baltimore, April 2 Madame liouupurtc's condition daily lajcoiues more critical, and her deal ft is looked for at any moment. On Maturdav she was stricken with paralysis in the left side, sincts which time she ha* been unable to converse with those gathered around h< r beside. Hhe wa* conscious up t/) 10 o'clock yesterday morning, us shown by tlie movement ot her eye when s|Siken to, hut since then ,-he. hit* been iving in a comatose condition. Dr. Mackenzie, her at tending physician, states that she can not survive thi* week, and < xprcssvd great astonishment at her wonderful vitality in not having already suc cumbed. For nearly a vetir she ha* not partaki nof anv soli'l food. Y'*- tcrdav nJu rnooii her pulse was some what improved, considering the pa tient's extreme age and debilitated condition, and although rendered j* r f'-' tly lielph * by paralysis, there were no signs of immediate dissolution. A .-mall quantity cts for .Jerome, and refused m f.-,, gnirc tli>- marriage. Jerome Bonaparte pleaded with hi* irou-hcitrted lroth' r, but u no purjs.se, and finally, 1 ik•- a |sdtr married to a prince.** that hi iin th' r's j owcr might t *(ry legitimately rec nguized by th< Fn nch Kmpirc, and -he finally succeeded. She onT- met her recreant husiiand in an art gallery on the ( outincnt. lie turmd to his new wife, n marked in an undertone, "That i* iny former wife," and hurri ■slly l< ft tlie j lao'. Madame Bona parte becalm misanthropic and athe istic in her views after her great mis fortune. Slii i- now !M year* old. M*Jaiuc I"..zb"th Patterson B hi* parte, the subject of the stove sketch, died at Baltimore on Friday laM. * The Negro's Friend*. Th hi*# A II•-nl rtli Amrk. In the tHTi<*l* of provisional govern ment nnd rccon*tniction Mr. Blaine ha* k*crilK*l the colored lalsorer a* alimist a slave. How is it now? He i* Utter protected in hi* wages by the laws of many Southern State*, than is the laUirer in any Northern State. Bv the act of April 14. ISTfi, the laborer in Miniscippi is given a lien for hi* wagi* upon the crop he help* to rai*<-, and for hi* portion of the crop when it i* upon share*. The lien is prior to ail other*, and exist* without record and without any written contract. l"|Kn judgment for wage* no property i* exempt from execution. These pro vision* were adopted at the first session after the Ikuiocrnt* obtained the control in Mississippi. Bv the act i of February 24, l*7fl, the laW>rer in He -rgia is given a lien for hi* wag* ujsin the property of the employer, first above any other lien except for taxtw, judgment*, and decree*, and a special lien UJM>U the product* of hi* laUir above every other lien except for taxo*. In S'orth Carolina the farm laborer i* given a first lien upon the crop he heljis to produce. In 18fi. r >, uiuh-r the provisional government, Siuth Carolina established and m regulated the donustir relation* among the colored jieople a* to promote their morality, virtue, nnd penoaal welfare. In the regulation* of ialior it was provided that "wages due to servant* shnll be preferred to all other ; debt* or demand* except funeral ex i |>en.*e*, in ease of the insufficiency of the master'* property to pay all debt* ami demnnd* against him." A CANDID Oriitinsr. — A Detroit lawyer, famous for hie wise and can did opinions, the other day visited by a young attorney, who explained : ?' I wan admitted to the trar two yearn ago, and I think I know some thing anr.ut law, yet the minute I arise to add res* a jury I forget all mv points, and can sav nothing. Now 1 want to ask you if this doeen't show lark of ronfhlcure in myself, and how can I overcome it V' The wise attorney shut his eves and studied the case for a moment before answering: " My young friend, if it is lack of confidence in yourself it will some day vanish, but if its a lack of brains vou had better sell out your ofßee effects and buy a pick-ax ami a long-handled •hovel. " But how am I to determine?" nnxiou lv asked the young man. " 1 'I buy the nick-ax anyhow ami run toy chance*! '• w|ii*|ercd the aged adviser, a* he moved over to the jeg lor hi* overcoat. HKJIKHAI, ('AMHIHOiSE. Th( re wa* a young corporal in the garrison of Nante* in the year 1795. He Ufl u spirited young fellow, barely twenty ; but young though he wan, he hud already harned to drink to ex ec—, according to the too frequent cus tom of the day. Brave and excitable, wine war a had master for hitn ; and one day, in a moment of intoxication, he was tempted to strike an officer who wa-> giving l.im at. or ler. J>cath was the punishment of such an offense, and the lud iv;i c'lOdcmiicd. The Colonel of hi- r giment, r aware of the sttictueaa of martial law, Colonel; 1 expect no pardon; I have only to die." " But suppose 1 bring you a pardon on one condition ?" The lad'* eye sparkled. " A con ditio!. ? hi in.; bear it, Colonel, 1 would do much to save life and honor." " Vlom I, Caubr>>nne ami the lsottle love one auotlicr so well that when once they git together it is ail up with sobriety. No, no! I dare not pro mis-e n ver to get drunk." " Bui, unhappy boy! could you not promise never to touch wine?" " Not a drop, Colonel?" " Not a drop." • "Ah! that is a weighty matter, Colonel. Let me reflect. Never to toil' h wine !—not a single drop all niv life The young soldier |KiuiK*i, and tie n looked up. "But Colonel, if I promise what guarantee will you have that I will keep my promise?" " Vour word of honor," smid the officer. " 1 know you ; you will not fail me," A light came into the young fellow's ! eyes. "Then I promise," lie said solemnly. " God h'-ars me. I, Cambronne, swear that never to my "lying day shall a •Iron of wine touch these lij "I hi' next day Corporal Cambronne resumed his place in his regiment. " Twenty-five years after he was General Cambronne, a man of note, respected anil In-loved. " 1 fining one day in Paris with his i old colonel, many brothers-in arms being present, he was offered a glass of ran* old wine by his former com manding officer. Camhroniw? drew hack. "My won! of honor, Colonel; have you forgotten that?" he asked excited ly. " Ami Nantes —the prison—my vow ?" he continued, striking the ta ble. "Never, sir, from.that day to this has a drop of wine jassed my lip-, 1 swore it. ami I have kept my word ; ami shall keep it, God helping, to the end." Mr. Joseph Jefferson'* Fence. Sf (YA ) Mr. Joseph Jefferson, during hi* re cent visit to hi* Orange Grove Planta tion, ha* hccn actively engaged in ap plying to practice a cherished tbeorv— that every country possesses sufficient material for its own fences. He act to work to prove it, hy erecting for each side of his fence sods three feet in width, divided into five layers, at an angle of 75®. The soil from beneath the sod exactly fills the space between the erected sods, leaving a three-foot | ditch on each side. On the fop of this sod-and-eoil fence, which is 4J feet at the hose and 3 feet high, he plants cuttings of the Macartney rose, which are protected by a panel jof boards. This fence, while within the maeh of any man who will should er his spade and work, jw**eso* the advantages of an impassible harrier, of |crmancce, of not needing repairs, of drainage, and of being a roost beauti ful ornament. Mr. Jefferson win soon have inclosed a section of his planta tion containing 2,000 acres, and at one-half the cost of a stake fence. Without being over sanguine as to its rapid adoption, we feel safe in saying iit is the most economical and useful fence in the Southern States, ami des tined to come into genera! use, " VusTintiLß guards" is the latest appellation which young men received who hang around church doors on meeting evenings.