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<l. B.lh houses oT tlio legislature
adjourned to do honor lo the old hero,
and the slate officials and many pmmi
nent persons from St. Louis and other
portion*oil the statu participated in the
demonstration. Aftei the enlhusiastie
iortnsl reception was over, and fitting
speeches of welcome made, (Jen. Shields,
in reply, referred to Ins recent senato"
rial career, and said the s.une irrepres
siblo conflict confronted him as in the
days of yore, and the sectional contest
between the North and South appeared
to him as fierce as ever. Against thi
un-American policy ho protested. Tie-
North and South must go up togi-tlu-i
or down together. Providence ha
hound them together by ill tins forged
by nature, which aro as hard a-> 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 <leorge \V.
Getlv,-three of the ablest and mot
trusted of our military office as. were
selected to hear the ease. They have
done so with the utmost patience and
their report must startle the country
and the worl l at the measure of itt
ju-tice that may la* indicted upon it
faithful defender of the nation in its
greatest peril bv the accidental power
of selfishness, jealousy and incompe
tency and the criminal prostitution of
military authority. The chuplcr of
our history that condemned Fit/ John
l'orter to infamy has now boon effaced
from the thrilling annals of the war.
and it is proven that the accusers were
of those most responsible for the de
feat thev imputed to their abler and
nobler leilow-soblier, and that not
only was the chief accuser among the
guilty, but that two of the members 1
of the Court who pronounced the ter-1
rible judgment against l'orter were
among the authors of the military dis
aster for which they condemned the
man who, as is now decided, was "obe
dient, subordinate, faithful and judi-'
eiotts," and who "saved the I nion
army front disaster" in the engage
mcut for which l'orter was condemned. |
Such n judgment, given nfter the most
exhaustive inquiry and the most de- ,
lilierate consideration, by luch ( letter
rals as Hchofield, Terry nnd (Jetty,
furnishes one of the most startling
records in the history of the country,
and it is not wonderful that their de
cision is followed ly the tinnniinotts
recommendation that justice requires
the restoration of Geueral l'orter to
the |>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 <ld |'Mt' h fn tho PhiUriolj'liJ* Ttrm-w.
Wll.k Kill a kiii;, March 31. —An ac
cident occurred tldn morning on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, about one
mile north of thin city, which wan at
tended with peculiarly horrible fatal
cirouniHtancen. '1 lie Buflitlo and
We.,torn cxjiress train from Philadel
phia and New York, due at. thin city
at 1:15 a.m., lull on time. The en
gineer and fireman hud been changed.
The engine wan one of tie- In-t upon
the road, and the engineer, Nicholus
Hiillmger, one of the oldest employe*
of the company, had taken his neat al
the lever. Henry .Stevenaon, for the
past hail'do/.eii yeaia upon the pay
roll of the company, was in the fire
man'* seat.
The aigual wan given and the long
train louded with human freight Marl
ed olf at a thirty-mile run. The bed
of the road between and
Pitt.Hton i* ordinarily of the very hi >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<l hi*
voice. The fireman was lying very
close to him, hut in an.< r> 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
e<l wfth furnace flames, while the
steam had so scalded him tlint the flesh
hung in shreds, ujsui the upper |*>r
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 <d brandy was swallow
ed hv her, hut it u..s at once rejected.
Brandy i* the only stimulant she can
take, an I recently oven this ha* pro
duced muisea. Colom l Jerome Bona-
I arte and Mr. J. Bonnpart'-. grand
sons of the v nerahle lady, and num
erous friend- of the family have re
mained by her lw-dside for several days
in anticipation of her death, which, in
all probability, will taki plaoe within
the in xt forty-eight hour*.
[Madame Bonaparte, then Miss
Kiiziihcth Patterson, the b<-ll<- of Bal
timore, married a Iron t the year lHO.'l,
when It year* of age, .Jerome Bona
parte, v,itn_;cst brother of Naj-oleon
Bonapai le, tii ii ITr-t < 'oiisu! ot I i ancc.
for a while the pair wen vrt happv,
hut Napoleon, with the selfishness that
wa* charm Uri-fie of hi* lit<, claimed
to have greater prns|M>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<s<u, d<•■* tted
ill- wife, who wa* then in I'ngland,
not l.cing [..-rio tt'd to n-t. fool oil
Fnnch soil, with a babe born s<kid
af;< r she lundt-d. Jerome Bonaparte
was made King of \S'<-tphalia, and
wu> married to a prince.** that hi
iin th' r's j owcr might t *(r<iigthent d.
Hi* wife rcturnet) to Baltimore, fre
quently visiting Kuroj*-, however,
with her son, it Is-ing the aim of hi r
life to have the !*>y 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•-<!?,. k* In A|>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<mcmbering the in
telligence and bravery of the young
criminal, spared no pain* to obtain a
remi—ion of the sentence; at first w;th
no M;I ~ but finally hampered with
H e< rtain condition —that the prisoner
should uevi r again in hi* life be found
intoxicated.
'1 be (Colonel a: once proceeded to
tlie military prison, and summoue-d
( am:u line.
" Vou arc in serious trouble, corpo
ral," he said.
'•'l rue, Colonel; and I forfeit my
life for my folly," returned the corpo
ral.
"It may he so," quoth the colonel,
shortly.
" May he?" d< mamled Cambronne.
") ou ar> 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."
" V<HI must never again get drunk."
" Ciilotiel, that i- imisnvible!"
" Impo -ible Imy ! with death as al
ternative? Von will 1H- shot pernor
row otherwise; think of it."
"I do think of it. Hut never to get
drunk again! I must never let one
drop ■ f wine touch my lip-! .Seeyou,
( >lom 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.
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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.