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TRUTH ABOUT THE SOUTH.
What a KfpuhlioiH Physician who has
11vt*<l l Ueargla f° r Twelve Years
has seen ami knows.
\mor iiim.'* STORY or Ntnao THRIFT AND
" ,'RORPKRITY ISIIRK IIBMOCRATIC
RILR roM.Y coarißMgi).
} vn. Il>* • v Worl,l
Dr. William 11. White, of Atlanta,
(ia recently visited his birthplace at
Cherry Valley, in Otsego countv, in
this State, and at the published r
, iu . s ts of its townsmen in both parties
Java them in Union Hull what he
railed "A Talk About the South and
Smthem people." Mr. Kenneth (.
White, who was the predecessor of
Mr. John Davenport as Clerk of the I
I'iiited States Circuit Court, is a broth
er of Dr. White and has sent to the
World a full report of the "talk," from
which to select interesting passages.
Dr White soon after his medical edu
ction in this State was completed
settled in lowa. There he becan'ie a
Kepuhlis'an and was the tirst surgeon
appointed from that State for service
during the civil war. When peace
returned Dr. White determiner! tore
main in the South, with what results
and present views he himself now tells:
MY FRIENDS: Alter the close of
the civil war a soldier on the Northern i
side was impelled by considerations of;
health to seek in the South a home. :
I entertained the views of the domi
nant party of the North ; 1 carried
with me the ideas, hahits and manners
of an average, typical Northerner. I j
went South with strong prejudices, ;
lmt at the satne time with the resolve |
to judge fairly and to study with crit
ical impartiality the people", to live as
I had lived, with respect for law, with
courtesy to neighbor, and with inde- •
jiendent sincerity and freedom of con
viction. I did not intend to play the ,
part of a self-appointed pharisaical re
former or malicious marplot; nor did
1 go as a political adventurer, seeking
on the strife of races aud in the chaotic '
wake of unsuccessful revolution those j
twin objects of the hummer's desire,!
pelf ami preferment. 1 went as a
simple citizen to make my home there. 1
After fourteen years of thorough mitig- '
ling with all classes of Southern so- '■
cietv, ami experience of every varied
phase of Southern life, after nn ac
quaintance with a considerable num
ber of the leading men of the South
as well as with the masses of the peo
ple, it is my privilege to tell my old
friends what I have learned and the
judgment at which I have arrived in
regard to the misunderstood "Sunny
Smth." The most perplexing prob
lem connected with the Southern pol
ity is the relation of the white and
black races.
1 went South conceiving that there
must he more or lo* of the spirit of
the old masters towards their former
slaves that would require the repre
sentative hand of power to regulate;
that the changed reiatious of the races
had an inspiration of white tyranny
that was the inexorable vestige of
slave domination. The truth has been
a revelation to me, working a revolu
tion of belief that arrays inc in con
trast with my erroneous suppositions.
Uuderlving all the massive miscon
ceptions growing directly from the
]<ersi-tent jterversion of the truth for
political purposes is the great domi
nant reality that the Southern people
are warmly devoted to the genuine
welfare of the blacks. This is a broad,
a -weeping, aye, a startling assertion,
but if I fail to prove it by irresistible
testimony, then reject and denounce
my conclusions. I shall give you the
logic of facts to contemplate. My
talk will be on the past and pre ent
condition of and outlook for the color
ed people of the South, with thoughts
a- to the hopes and social and politi
cal relations of the whites.
During the first State administra
tion in Georgia after the war, there
were ti,(i.V4 colored children enrolled
<n the schools' report* then published,
but I regret to have to add that not a
dollar of the school fund raised was
Used for their advantage. The first
year sfter a change in the administra
tion of Htate affairs, or when the old
citizens of the Htate became its rulers,
3 9,7A0 colored children were SCIWOI'HI,
nd received their pro-rata share of
the $250,090 school fund raised. The
number of colored children educated
ia |B7f was 50,358; in 1876, 59,987 ;
in 1877, 62,377. I>ast year the num
ls-r was 72,665. This year tho Hchool
Commissioner tells me the number
*ill reach 90,<100, with a large in
creased school fund. There were 1,457
colored schools, between 400 and HOO
of which were taught by colored teach
ers— cnpahle men and women. Of
our State school fund, $411,000, the
colored and white teachers qf colored
children received their pro-rata, or
8157,000. As you see, the number of
colored children attending the public
•whool* has steadily and rapidly in
creased. The State has given to the
colored college in Atlanta the name as
to its white university, SB,OOO per an
num, and its successful progress hn*
been fostered, as seen in the several
reports made by the visiting commit
tees appointed hv the Governor*. It*
, graduate* would do honor to many of
your best Northern colleges. They
can teach successfully, Htill more, I
add, the larger cities of Augusta, Ha
vannah, Maeon, Columbus anil At
lanta have supported and fostered with
pride at public expense some eight to
ten public colored schools each, out of
tux largely gathered from the old
masters of the fathers ami mothers of
the children attending them, and as a
rule it lyis been most willingly paid.
Our Htate Hchool Commissioner has
the universal respect of the colored
preachers and teachers nil over the
Htate (as they think and uet so do the
masses of this people), and of the
whites everywhere, because of his care
of this publio charge. Aside from the
good feeling entertained, it is the best
of policy to educate and elevate the
colored race. It is cheaper to pay for
schooling than crime caused by igno
rance. This is understood and being
promulgated. The thinking, reason
ing planter as well as others who em
ploy labor realize that intelligent labor
is better than ignorant labor. They
also realize that they will always have
the negroes among theni, that it is best
for both races that they should stay in
the Houthern Htates. I proclaim it to
he the teaching of our leading Houth
ern statesmen that this people should
be given the same common-school ad
vantages as arc given to white chil
dren. If this ]>enple get into trouble
or need advice or are sick, they uni
versally go to their old masters and
mistresses feeling they will be helped.
Their surplus funds they give to them
to take care of; in a word, in every
way they trust them, and while some
times they are met with a coarse re
huff, they arc generally pretty apt to
get what they want. The truth is, the
former links which bound them to
gether are often thought of, and a
sympathy aroused which could hut
gratify you all as it has me. I never
saw more patience, more generous
kindness, a better appreciation of the
wants of those needing assistance than
I have seen exhibited by the whites of
the Houth towards the colored people.
Northern people do not know how to
get along with the blacks of the Houth ;
they have not the patience to put up
with their thoughtless, inefficient,
thriftless ways. I have become con
vinced they are best off in the hands
of their old owners,
No Southern gentleman or lady
hesitates to speak to them when thev
are recognized by them, and general
ly n kind word is returned. The war
left very much of the Houth a desolate
waste, Great armies had marched
over the country, plan.ation fences,
gin-hojses uud cotton-gins, family res
idences, as well as many of the old
slave tenement-bouses, were, with vil
lages and cities, left in ruins, and the
dependent, truly helpless, ignorant
and generally homeless colored race
in the first days of their liberty were
in a frightful condition. Many for a
time followed the Union Army ; others
fell into the hands of new-comers, de
signing men, ami were senttered like
: leaves before the fall winds. Those
who remained with their old masters,
| like them were without provisions.
Cattle, sheep ami hogs had Imen taken
to supply the demands of the armies.
Thev were nlso without money, and
had they had it for a time they could
not have procured the common com
forts of life. Htill they by untold nnd
1 many laughable but commendable
dodges kept their bends above water.
It was about the year 1872 that the
present system of working this |>eoplc
I was generally adopted by the land
owners. Briefly this is done on one of
three different plans, viz.: One mule
and food for it, with working tools, a
small house ami a certain number of
acre* of land are given to a family,
with the understanding that one-half
i of the cotton, one-half of the corn, and
whatever else raised, except on the
acre garden patch, belongs to the
landlord. Where the colored man
owns everything save the land, and
feeds his own tnule, then one-third of
| everything raised is the landlord s
part. Others hire a certain number
of bauds and supply them weekly with
i rations of meat, meat, flour ami tno
, lases,Iases, anil |>ay them on nn average
$lO per month. Under these systems
' the I test of feeling has been developed,
1 ami it is to the interest of the employ
-1 er to deal justly, and of the laborer to
work faithfully. There certainly has
liecn, and is, a growing feeling of mu
tual interest. It is very rare that
marked injustice is done nt this time
by either party. When tramps and
thsic who had everything to gain and
nothing to lose had possesion of leased
ground, or a large proportion of the
planting lands of the Houth, I heard of
rntieh injustice having lieen done to
the poor ignorant blacks.
On the Ist of last January the col
ored people owned in Georgia 502,000
acres of laud ; town and city proper
ty, awiessed at $1,110,147; horses,
mules, hogs and cattle, at $1,641,367 ;
mechanical tools ami farming imple
ments, at $620,000; had out at inter
est, $76,608; or paid taxes on an ag
gregate of $5,124,876 worth of proper
ty at its assesses 1 valuation ol two
thirds of its real value ami which was
about 15 per cent, below that of the
previous year. I have taken some
pains to gather like statistics from
other Houthern Htates ami the general
result has been alike favorable —iu
some of the Htates, all things consid
ered, even more favorable. 1 hold
the reports of the ('nmptroller-General
of Georgia and that of the Htate
Hchool Commissioner for 1878 and the
fact* as above given are just a* they
reported them to the Governor and
legislature. 1 shall ho glad to show
tlicm to any one who may desire to
examine them. Vanderhilt once said
he found it harder to make the first
$2.'i,000 of his fortune than the next
$5,000,000. When it is considered
that the negroes of Georgia have made
this start within the past seven years,
and that they had to purchase the im
implcmcnts to work with and supplies
on credit at gamblers' prices, what
may not he expected of their showing
at the end of the next ten years? They
have their churches, Masonic lodges
and any number of benevolent socie
ties. The latter are composed of both
sexes, and when they, with their clean
white aprons and badges appear upon
the street they attract attention. They
are fond of making a display and are
extravagant in this respect. We also
have in the State several colored mili
tary and fire companies in Atlanta,
four of tho former are splendidly
uniformed, the gift mostly of the white
citizens. Their fine guns were fur
nished by the State.
Before entering upon matters in the
evory-day life of this race as seen by
me, I will try, in purt, to correct what
1 grant may have appeared strange as
to their political rights and the large
dropping off of the colored vote siuce
the five years succeeding the war.
This seeming durk cloud has caused a
vast amount of food for a certain class
of Northern political speakers and
writers.
It has been assumed that all this
people would have voted a Republi
can ticket if they could and dared.
As well might it IKS said of all white
men in the North. For a time, I
grant, they believed nothing of a JH>-
litical nature save it was told theni by
white Republicans; hut it is not so
now. They learned these practical
lessons—that the pomp and display
inside and outside of loyal leagues
meant office uud power to worthless
men and no good to them.
Our elective franchise laws as I see
their operation nre made to fall equal
ly upon both races. Three years ago
all male citizens in Georgia were re
quired to pay their poll and other
taxes liefore they could use this priv
ilege. It* justice has beeu questioned,
but a glauee will show that the delin
quent white tax-paver is at lea-t as five
to one of the blacks. People South
soe the advantage they now hold in
this colored citizenship, and they will
not lose the large increased Congres
sional representation it gives them.
They also believe in an intelligent use
1 of the ballot, and thus favor the edu
cating of the colored children. The
j intimidation of colored men at the
| polls is only in the imagination and
the preaching of interested politicians.
We have read of how they have been
shot, deliberately murdered aud other
wise outrageously maltreated.
Yes, I know you have. I admit
there arc some barbarians in the
Houth, some drunkards and some
thoughtless, reckless men, as well as
; in your .State, the world over. I late
-1 ly picked up a newspaper ami counted
j five murders, three hurglaries and oth
i erTrimcs committed in this good Htate
'of New York, and a few days after
wards called and examined the ex-
I changes of a certain newspaper. I
. found no savage comments as to the
barbarous, terrible condition of yaur
| society, but nearly all of the rmpent
examined raged and waxed wild over
the condition of things in the Houth,
of the poor blacks, thus magnifying
aud turning the unfortunate private
fights, murders and acts of desperadoes
here aud there in that section into n
general lawlessness, a propensity to
' bloodshed, and insisting that there is a
lack of proper administration of the
i laws. I pronounce unqualifiedly such
a general arraignment of the Southern
iieople as undeserved and ungenerous,
t evinces to me a want of magnanim
ity not in accordance with my notions
'of the intelligence and candor of
Northern men and women.
This altered relationship between
the whites and negroes has resulted
I in materia) advancement to l<oth. as is
i conclusively shown by the fact that in
j the great Southern staple of cotton
there has been raised during the Inst
ten years largely more hales than dur
j ing the ten vcars just preceding the
: war. I think lam right iu giving the
j number in excess to be 11,342,000
' bales, which at fly present price*
| would be worth $567,000,000. The
j increase of grains, the grasses and
i fruits has been equally as great. At
the same time both races arc more in
dependent, while iu a business jint of
view both feel dependent, and staud
ready as a whole to do right, to work
for the interests of each other.
I grant that when this fienple large
ly forsook their old masters for a time
after the closing of the war the unex
pected treatment caused with many
whites unpleasant feelings, hut it is
forgotten. In the last legislature of
Georgia, a Democratic body, an issue
arose as to which of two parties, a col
ored Republican or a white Demo
crat (a nephew of a former Governor
of the Htate), McDonald, was entitled
to a seat. The vote was close, and
the white applicant had the certificate,
but it was decided that the colored
mau was elected, and the white man
was unseated aud the colored man
given his place.
My friends, I close with a word as
to the social relations of the Houthern
people? Thia relation is a delicate
matter for regulation by arbitrary
law, even where the natural distinc
tions are less marked than they are
between the whites and blacks of the
South. lii no part of the country
would such an attempt by government,
either Federal or State, lie aooner re
sented than in your own Hccliou. I
repeat I know the people of the whole
South are heartily willing to abide hy
and ren poet the political right* confer
red <ai the colored race hy the amend
ments to the Constitution. Vet, while
this is true, they felt and still feel tlint
much of the "reconstruction" legisla
tion of Congress was an attempt to in
terfere with their social customs and !
needlessly to humble their pride ; that
the legislation uimcd, or seemingly so,
to give advantage to the colored jieo
ple in the struggle for political |wwer;
to exalt the ignorant classes of that
section above flic intelligent; to con
fer special immunities and protection
upon tlio late slave. Now I ask,could
any sensitive, brave, high-minded |>eo
ple, no matter how sadly crushed by
the adversities of war and the general
derangement of their industries, no
matter how great mistakes or wrongs
they might have made, do otherwise
than regard this as an indignity uud
humiliation ? I did not tight them
nearly four years for the pleasure of
mortifying them and then continually
trampling them uudcr foot, hut to
keep our Government intact and to
bring them hack into the Union.
Great injustice is down them when it
is imputed to disloyalty or a continued
spirit of rebellion. My best informa
tion and olwcrvation, obtained by lis
t ;ning to conversation in cars, hotels,
reception-rooms, in private ami public
places where I was uuknown, lias con
vinced me that the earnest, anxious
desire of that people at the close of
the war was to resume quietly and
diguitiedly their political relations in
the Union. They accepted in good
faith the results imposed upou them
by the constitutional amendments and
strove by accommodating themselves
to the changed condition of labor to
build up again their waste places and
regain their lost prosperity. The
solid South would soon thaw and par
ty crust crumble if they were left to
manage their domestic affairs unmo
lested. I feel that that |>eople will not
le correctly understood and a general,
liberal, generous sentiment established
over the North until Southern states
men come here and meet the |>eople
on the stump, face to face, and make
known their manly feelings aad hopes
of a grand future for our great and
blessed Government.
The First Attack <>n the American
President.
i 1
■
It may interest President Hayes to
read Mr. James l'arton's account of
the attack made hy Lieutenant Kan
doljdt on President Jackson in 183'!:
"On the sixth day of May the Pres
ident, accompanied by members of his
Cabinet, and hy Major Donelson, left
the capital in a steamboat for Freder
icksburg, Va., where he was to lay the
Washington which is still unfinished, j
At Alexandria, where the steamer
touched, there came on hoard a Mr.
Randolph, late a lieutenant in the
navy, who had been recently dismissed
the service. Randolph made his way
to the cabin, where he found the Pres
ident sitting behind a table reading a
newspaper. He approached the table
as if to salute the President.
"' Excuse me rising, sir,' said the
General, who was not acquainted with
Randolph, 'I have a pain in my side
which makes it distressing for me to
rise.'
"Randolph made no reply to the
i courteous apology, hut appeared to lie
tryiug to take off his glove.
"'Never mind your glove, sir,' said
the General, holdiug out his hand.
" At this time Randolph thrust his
hand violently into the President's
face, intending, as it appeared, to pull
his nose. The captaiu of the boat,
who was standing by, instantly seized
Randolph and drew him back. A
violent scuffle ensued, during which the
table was broken. The friends of
Randolph clutched him au<l hurried
i him ashore before many of the |>as*eu
' gers knew what had occurred, and
I thus he effected his escape. The pas
j *ctigers soon crowded into the cabin
to learn if the General was hurt.
" 'Had 1 known,' he said, "tlint it
was Randolph who stood liefore me 1
should have been prepared for hint,
and 1 could have defended mwclf.
No vidian, said he, 'has ever escaped
me before, and he would not had it
not beeu for my confined situation.'
"Some blood was seen on bis face,
and he was asked whether he had
been injured.
"'No,' said he, 'l am not muehhurt;
but in endeavoring to rise I have
wounded my side, which now pains
me more thnn it did.'
"One of the citizens of Alexandria,
who had beard of the outrage, ad
dressed the General and said : 'Sir, if
you will pardon me in case I am tried
and convicted, I will kill Randolph
for this insult to you, in fifteen min
utes.'
" 'No, sir,' said the President, 'I can
not do that. 1 want no man to stand
between me and my assailants, and
none to take revenge on my account.
Had I been prepared for this cowardly
villain's approach, I can assure you
all that he would never have the tem
erity te undertake such a thing again.'
" Randolph published statements in
the newspaper of the 'wrongs' which
he said he had received at the hands
of the Government. The oppositon
paperv though condemning the out
rage, (lid not fail to remind the Presi
dent of certain passages in his own
life which sanctioned a resort to vio
lence. Randolph, I believe, was not
prosecuted for the assault. His friends
said that his object was mdVely to pull
the Presidential nose, which, they fur
ther declared, he did." .
AT KKMT.
From tin* t*rUri.
"How 1 long to lie at rest," wrote an
aged Christian lady to a Scottish rela
tive. "I'm weary, faint, and worn ; '
life's a dreary burden ; all my early
Friends have left me ; I'm standing at- |
most upon the threshold of eternity; I
und if it were not for the fear I might j
prove h castaway, my prayer would
lie, O! Father, hid me rest!
The letter was duly received, and
read to Dr. Guthrie, who was on a vis
it to the family at that time. The next
moraine he gave them the following
lines, which he said the letter had sug
gested to his mind during the night.
They were sent to America to the old
lady, and highly prised by her during
her life. The prayer was soon after- j
ward answered, and her weary body is
resting, "life's duty done,' r in the j
Presbyterian church-yard of Wicomi- 1
co, Aid.; and Dr. Guthrie, with tliei
tears of a nation following him, hath
entered the golden portals, and though
strangers on earth, they have now
met in their eternal home, "where the
wicked cease from troubling, and the
weary are at rest."
UXM IT ML OCTSMk.
I'm kn*liiifr t the threshold, weary, faint and aore,
Waiting for th* dawning, for th* owning of the 4m*- ; ,
Waiting till the Master ahail bid Die ri*e and rrnns
To the glory of Ilia pretence, to the gladneaa of hie
home.
A weary |ml)i I've travelled, 'mid darkneaa, atorm and
•trtfe,
Bearing uiauy a burden, *t niggling for my life ;
But now the morn la breaking, tny toil will aoon be
o'er—
I'm kneeling at the threshold, m> hand ia on the dor.
Methink* I hear the voice* of the hle*ed aa they
•Hand
lingering in the aunahine of that far-off tinier land '
o: would that I wera with them, amtdet the abiding
throng.
Mingling in their worehip, joining in their aong !
The friend* that started with me have entered long !
ago-
One |.j one they left me. tmggllng with the foe;
Their pilgrimage waa shorter, their triumph sooner
won.
llow lovingly they'll hail me wheuall rny toll ia done? '
With them the Lin**#*! angels, that know no grief nor
•In—
I see them by the |>oriala, prejMred !• let me in ?
<>? I>rd, I wait thy pleasure—Thy time and way are
heat-
But I'm waatad, worn and weary, O? Father, bid me
reet ?
A Kailwaj Hollduj Scene.
HOW THE I'RAVEKH OF TWO LITTLE EMI- j
GRANT* WHO IIL'NC. THEIR STOCKINGS
ON THE UAR WINDOW W ERF.
ANSWERED.
Frem the Bradford fPa.) Era.
On Chri mas eve as the night ex
press on tuo Krie Railroad left New
York Ci y there were seated in the car
a poor woman and her two little child
ren, aged about four and five years,
Eoing tq the far West. A conversation |
etween the mother and children in j
which Santa Clans was talked of was I
listened to hy the passengers. The
mother told her little blue-eyed girl !
that as they were iu the cars Santa
Clans could not give them any pre*- i
cuts because the train was running too j
fast for him to get on. This statement i
east a shade of gloom over the bright- i
faced children. They sat for some!
time iu meditative silence. It was :
soon oliserved that the little travelers ]
were growing sleepy. Tears gathered !
in many eyes as the little ones kneeled
on the car cushions to lisp their evening
prayers. The little girl said, "Please tell <
good Sauta Claus that we are on this |
train going to see jwpn, and if he can, I
to put some presents in little Joey and ;
Maggie's stocking* hanging up on the 1
car window. Amen." The children ;
then hung up their stockings hy the
car window. Iu a few roiuutcs more
they were soon asleep in the arms of J
their mother. After a pause a geutle- !
man in front of lbcm spoke to the pas- 1
senger* as follows : ou have heard 1
the prayers of these two little children.
Now 1 will give one dollar towards
making them happy when they wake i
up in the n orning." He then passed j
his hat around the car and collected j
so.7f>. He next bought some candy, |
oranges ami tigs and a picture book
for each, which with two more silver
dollars he placed in the little stockings.
When tliey awakened in the morning
and saw their stockings full the little
girl exclaimed,' "Oh, mamma, see
what Santa Claus has found us be
cause we prayed."
His First Offence.
An affecting scene occurred in the
New York Tombs Police Court re
cently. Charles B. Sheridan, aged
eighteen years, was arraigned for
stealing a valise, the propertv of Mr.
McVeigh, of Pennsylvania. The pris
oner freely admitted his guilt, and
i conducted the detectives to pawnshop
where the stolen property waa recover
! ed. The detectives agreed that it was
| Sheridan's first offense. After the
: formal complaint had been made, Jus
; tire Morgan asked Sheridan what he
had to say in his own behalf. The
boy burst into tears and said: "I nev
er stole anything before. I had not
eaten anythiug for two days and I
wanted to bring some food into the
house." Justice Morgan said : "Your
I story may be true or not, but with
| that I have nothing to do. You are
: held for trial in the Court of Special
! Sessions." As Sheridan was being
taken away, his mother, a respectable
-1 looking but pocr'.j-clad woman, ad
vanced to the railing before the bench
and begged the detectives, with tears
in her eyes, to be allowed to speak to
her son. The officers could not resist
the appeal, and granted the interview.
Mrs. Hhcridati throw lier arras around
her son's neck ami said, "Oh, Charier,
why didn t you t*-II me where you got
the money ?' fc The boy answered,
"Mother, what could I do?" He WHS
then taken into tin* prison. There
were few dry eye* in the court-room.
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t'lrero'* t ha meter.
AS DRAWN NR DR. I.ORD IN ILL* I.ECTL'BE ON
TIIE GREAT ROMAN.
At noon yesterday Dr. John Lord
opened his course of historical lectures
ill Association Hall to a large and in
tellectual audience, mainly com|H>scd
of ladies. The subject was "Cioero,
and His Influence on Civilization."
The character of the illustrious Hu
man was fully considered, his faults as
well as his virtues lining handled with
much fairness. In closing his lecture,
the s|eaker said : "Thus did he live a
shining light in a corrupt and godless
age, in spite of all the faults that mod
ern critics have raked out in their am
bitious desire of novelties, or in their
thoughtless desire to show up human
frailties. He was a patriot taking the
side of his country's highest interest;
a statesman seeking to conserve the
wisdom of his ancestors; an orator
exposing vices unci defending the in
nocent ; a philosopher unfolding the
wisdom of the Greeks ; a moralist lav
ing down the principles of immutable
practice;—a sage pondering on the
mysteries of life, ever active, studious,
the charm and fascination of cultivated
circles, as courteous and polished as
the ornaments of modern society, re
vered by friends, feared by enemies,
and admired by all good people; a
kind father, an indulgent husband, a
generous friend, hospitable, witty, mag
nificent—a most accomplished geutlc
inan,"
Coming Events for IHHO.
The present new year, IKSo, will
have .'hit! days, the extra day being
tacked on to I'ehruary. On January
11 there will be u total eclipse of the
sun, visible in the western part of
North America ami the Pacific ocean.
\N ashington's birthday will come on
Sunday, February 22; Good Friday,
March 26; Faster Sunday, March 2*;
decoration day, May .'lO, will fall on
•Sunday; the Fourth of July will also
conic on Sunday ; Thanksgiving day
will be Thursday, November 25, and
t hri-tma- will fall due on Saturday.
There will lie a total eclipse of the
moon June 22, invisible here; an au
nular eclipse of the gun, July 7, visible
in South America and Southern At
lantic ocean; December 1, partial
eclipse of the sun, visible in Southern
Atlantic oc^a n; Dee. 16, total eclipse
of the moon, invisible here; Sunday,
December .'ll, partial eclipse of the
sun, partly visible here. Sun rises
eclipsed. Venus will be the morning
star until July 13; Mars after October
25; Jupiter, after March 15, until Ju
ly 12; Saturn, after April 8 until Ju
ly 9. Venus will lie evening star af
ter July 13; Mars, until October 25 ;
Jupiter, until March 15, after July
12; Saturn, until April 8, after July
'
A Slave Saved by a Itank Note.
A Paris curiosity-collector has in
his possession a hank note with a
strange history. Sixty-one years ago
a Liverpool cashier, while holding the
note to the light to test its genuineness,
noticed some faint red marks upon it.
which ou closer examination proved
to be semi-cttaced words scrawled in
blood between the printed lines aul
upon the blank margiu of the note.
With a good dial of trouble the follow
ing sentence was made out: "If this
note should fall into the hands of John
Dean, of Long Hill, near Carlisle, he
will learn hereby that his brother is
languishing a prisoner in Algiers."
Mr. Ikan was promptly communicat
ed with by the holder of the note, and
he appealed to the Government of the
Dev for assistance in his endeavor to
obtain his brother's release from cap
tivity. The prisoner, who, as it supsc
quently appeared, had traced the above
sentence upon the note with a splinter
of wood dipped in hie own blood, had
leen a slave to the Dev of Algiers for
eleven years when his writing first
attracted attention. His family and
friends had long believed him dead.
Eventually his brother, with the aid
of the British authorities in the Med
j itterranean, succeeded in ransoming
him from the Dey and brought him
home to Knglaud.
♦
Traveling Stone*.
The Virginia City Enterprise pulw
lishes the following: Mauy of our
readers have doubtless heard of the
famous traveling stoues oT Australia.
Similar curiosities have recently been
found in Nevada, which are described
as being almost perfectly round, the
majority of them as large as a walnut,
and of an irony nature. When dis
tributed about upon a table, or other
level surface* they begin
traveling toward "a cdfflfton centre,
and there lie huddled up in a bunch
like a lot of eggs in a nest. A single
stone removed to a distance of three
and a half feet, upon heing released,
started off with wonderful aud some
what comical celerity, to join its feh
lows; taken away four or five feet it
remained motionless. The cause of
these stones rolling together is doubt
leas found in the material of whieli
they are composed, which appears to
he loadstone or magnetic iron ore.