VOLUME 4.
Jltistgllaneflns.
The Democratic Indictment.
The leading features of the platforra
resolutions of the late State Oonvontior
«112 the Democratic party of Pennsylva
nia is what may be ternwd an indict
ment of the Republican party for offen
-ces alleged to have been committed bj
the dominant majority in the last Con
gress. A» the record of that Congrest
has been di«cu»sed over and over again
in the press and elsewhere, it Beems like
an old story to speak of the matter again
But the Democratic indictment does so
It tells us that wo have "overthrown the
Constitution.'. We thought that wc
were still governed by that charter ol
liberty, and we were rather strengthen
ed in the belief by the incessant appeals
■of Democrats to that charter to hem
them out in their partisan views. W<
were under the impression that accord
ing to that charter we were Buffering
from the abominations of a Democrats
administration after wo had elected a
Republican President, and supposed we
had also chosen a Republican Vice Pros
ident.
We really thought that undor the pro
icction of the Constitution Jefferson Da
vis had been let loose on bail, and the
Indiana rebels set free because they had
been tried by a court-martial, and the
test oath nulified by the Supreme Court,
and John 11. Surratt allowed a civil trial
and the ordinary rules of procedure ap
plied to the rebel attempts to upset the
executive authority in the south. Sc
strong has been the public belief that
tho Constitution is still triumphant thai
the pending amendment to that iustru
rnent, though overwhelmingly adopted
-by Congress and the loyal States, is ye I
not considered a part of tho Constitu
tion, becanso it has not bceu ratified bj
.the Secretary of State. If, however
tho Constitution be everthrown, why all
the stru/gle over that amendment ?
On closer examination, however, we
are inclined to think that the Democrat
ic Convention meant lo charge us with
overthrowing tho Constitution in a Pick
wickian sense. They consider it over
thrown for partisan electioneering effeel
iu their own ranks, but iu lull force tc
restrain tho Republicans at every step
In this respect they very much rosemblt
the rebels, who made war to destroy the
nation itself, Constitution and all, and
then come back prating of being do
prived of tlioir "constitutional rights.'
In the same sense we must hoi J the
charge that wc have ' dismembered the
Union." Wc made war to prevent that
very thing- Wo succeeded in keeping
tho whole nation together, and cow we
arc told that we have dismembered it.—
Worse still, it seems, according to this
platform, that we have "subverted ro
publican government." Do tell us bow
when, where ? At the close of the wai
no Congress was in session, and conse
quently the Republicans in that bod)
could not have subverted anything lir.ti
they met in December. Tho govern
ments of the coiHjucred States were sub
verted by Andrew Johnson, now hoad ol
the Democratic party, of his own will,
upon no authority whatever, und with uc
Republicans aiding.
We might here stop and ask attention
to the cool assurance of these charges,
weie it not that tho people are aocus'
tonied to this sort of reckless audacity
from Democratic conventions. The very
party that fomented rebellion to destroy
the Constitution, the Union and republi
can government, deliberately charges the
offence against the party that thwarted
its schemes, that saved the Constitution
the Union and the republican govern
ment, and lias given them to the pooplo
better, purer, stranger and grander than
ever. As lor republican government,the
thing at the simth bearing that name wat
au imposition. It w;ts an oligarchical
government and nothing e'se. The poo
pie had no power there, and never could
have had auy undor such n system. Our
reconstruction bills secure truly republi
can governments to every una of the ten
ocnr[Ucrbd States, based upon impartial
suffrage. It tho Constitution be over
thrown becauso it no longer tolerates
slavery, and because, iu fact, it now pro
hibits that iniquity, then the Democrat-,
io statement is true. If tho Constitu
tion is overthrown because rebels nre not
allowed to march back triumphantly into
Congress with colors flying and drums
beating, boasting of their deeds of blood
in tho cause of treason, persecuting
southoru loyalty as a high offence, and
prepared, by holding the Senate power>
less and backed by the President, to
prevent all progress at msooustruotion,
then, indeed, is the Democratic state
ment true. If the Constitution is over-<
thrown bocause States containing twelve
millions of people are uo longer allow
ed to be governed liespotioally by a mi
nority of 800,000 persons, according te
their owu interests, policy uud views,
then again our opponents are correct iu
raying so. If the Constitution is over
thrown because four millions ol human
imiugs are no longer deprived of civil
and political rights in a legal manner te
defend themselves and the cause of the
Union agaiust oligarchs, outlaws, rebel;
and traitors, then again do we say the
Democrats aro right. Wc plead guilty
to the indietment on those conditions,an J
on none other. If our Dciuooratic op
ponents are anxious to accept tho issue
on such a basis, Y.e should be glad to be
infprmcd of the fact.
Have we dismembered the Union be
cause we prevepted tho rebel States from
rendering their secession final add effee
tive,-ond actually dragged them back
again by main force ? llavo we dismem
bered tho Uiiiuu bocause wc have added
A MERICAN CITIZEN.
fonr now free States to tbo national or>
ray in defiance of Democratic resistance,
by admitting Kansas, Nevada, Nebraska,
and West Virginia ? Have we dismem
bered the Union because we reorganized
Tennessee as a State the moment we had
reconquered it.and so soon as wo could
feel certain of its loyalty, restored it to
its place in Congress ? Have we dis
membered the Union because wo preven
ted the State authorities of Maryland,
Kentucky and Missouri from consumraa.
ting measures of secession and rebellion,
and succeeded in keeping them regular
ly on with us? Have wo disfnembered
the Union because we reorganized loyal
governments in Arkansas, Louisiana and
Virginia in the midst of the war, and
have held the people of those States to
those governments on the return of peace?
Have we dismembered the Union be
cause we demand that the recovered
States shall not get into Congross on*
tirely controlled by rebels ? Have wo
dismembered the Union bccauso wo are
not prepared to abandon the freedmen
and the southern loyalists to tho rebel 9
under such circumstances ? We should
be glad to have an answer to these ques
tions, and if the Democratic party is
ready togo before the public on such
issues, we certainly shall not shrink from
the contest.
We may say here that we are rather
pleased to find the struggle in this State
restored to its proper uation'il importance
and not restricted to local issues. We
call the attention of our readers to the
fact that this Democratic platform virtu
ally appeals to the riationol record of the
two patties, and thus brings up the
whole history of the civil war, i's autc
cedents, its events, and its consequences.
Now that the issue has been made, the
Ilepublijans will be found unanimously
prepared for it. Of all others this is
the very one we could most have desir
ed, aud assuredly if we caunot maintain
ourselves on ground so strong we deserve
to faiL
Did wo subvert republican govern
ment by abolishing slavery, forever pro\
bibiting it, and making the slaves men
and citizens instead of chattels ? Did
wo subvert republican government by
securing civil rights to the freedmen, so
that they might becomo freemen, in fact
as well as in name, that they might have
equality before the law, immunity from
outrage; injustice aud partial legislation
intended to oppress and degrade them ?
Did we subvert republican government
by securing to the majority of the peo»
pie of the conquered States the right of
suffrage and the right of self-govern
ment ? Did wc subvert republican gov*
crnmcnt by r.fasing tj acknowl'de the
validity ol organizations established by
the President, by no authority in him
vested, upon the ruins of State govern
ments, which ho himself overthrew, and
controlled by tho same evil elements that
had distracted the country and produced
tho rebellion ? I'id we subvert republi
can government by opening the public
lands at the south ro entry, by freedmen
and poor whites, under the Homestead
bill? These are pertinent questions
needing an aaswer. Let them be used
everywhere in this canvass, to put to the
test the men who have g)ne into the
struggle on such a platform as that fram
ed by the Democratic Convention.
This platform charges the Republican
Congress also with a long series of usur
pations, and upou about the same basis
that it made the other charges against us.
As to these "usurpations," wo would re
mark that Congress has no possible
chance of. wielding czhcutive power,and
consequently no oppoitunity of usurpa
tion, because all its acts arc liable to rei
view by tho Supremo Court or nonen
forcement by the administrative depart
ments. Uuless, therefore, Congress acts
within the line of its legitimate autliori-,
ty, it has no means of enforcing its man
dates, and they remain null and void.
Curiousiy enough, the offences specified
iu this indictment as constituting - the
usurpations of Congress arc all acts with
in the strict liue of its regular coustitu-'
tional action. The ''denial" of repre
sentation to the rebel States was the act
of those States themselves. They form
ally withdrew, passed acts ol secession
aud reuiaiued unrepresented lor four
years. Tho war decided that they should I
not be allowed to secede, aud as the !
States were to bo represented it remain* !
ed for Congress, the only legislative pow
er of the republic, to decide how and
in what manner the representation shfulil
bo obtained. This power arises from tho
facto, first, that the State governments
had committed suicide by the act of re l
hellion, and second that President John,
son had substituted irregular and unlaw
ful usurpations of his own. Congress
has fixed the terms of representation,and
consequently the assertion iu reference
to a denial is a fraud.
As to treating these conquered States
as subjugated provinces, were they not
such ? Did they come back voluntarily,
or were they dragged back ? No man in
his senses can believe that they were
aught else than subjugated provinces.—
Their li State riguis" had perished iu the
war. They have as yet no lawful gov
ernments, aud uuless we would resigu
theiu to anarchy we must govern them
by military force uutil they shall be re
constructed according to law. Congress
did not make this state of things. It
resulted from the war. Nor do tho south
ern people regard tho military govern*
ment as oppressive. On the contrary,
they know that it gives them the tdess
iugs of order, common justice, and pro
tection from outrage. Tho military au
thority rested there because of the re
cent terrible rebellion, and no one could
regard it as safe to trust tho country with
out sueh a guard. Moreover, it is no ex
traordinary force, but the regular army
"Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to do our' duty as we understand it"— A - LINCOLN.
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, I'ENN'A, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1867.
of the republic in time of peace, which
should be there just as touch as any
where else. Remaining where it oon
quered, this army garrisons the conquer<•
ed territory because there is no other
government yet provided by the con
quering power, except that worked out
by the reconsideration. It is rather fun
ny to see Congress charged in this in
dictment with "resistance to the authori
ty of civil tribunals, and their overthrow
by the substitution of military commis
sion! for the trial of undefined offences,"
when we know that Congress never did
anything of the kind; that the acta re
fcrred t» were those of the Executive,
-mid not within tho line of Coßgression'
al action at all. It is still more amusing
to find one cccntof the indictment to be
the mere threat ftf "impeachment when
tho Constitution vests in Congress the
power of impeachment it-elf.
~ howTONG?
John Hampden and his friends found
at last that Charles I.was a liar. Souie
veraoity is essential to human affairs, but
Charles showed that he had no percep
tion of honor or pood faith. Whether
he signed a paper, or pledged his word,
or swore a solemn oath, his conduct was
the same. The moment lie thought that
he could safely forswear himself he did
not hesitate at the meanest falsehood.—
And when he had fully proved his un
exceptional falsity the l J arlimentary lead
ers resolved not to trust him again, aud
to seek some surer foundation of Euglish
liberty than the word of a common por
jurer.
Andrew Johnson, without the same
duplicity as the Kuglisli King, is guilty
of the same weakness. When Charles
assented to tho Petition of ltight he ar.n
cooled his hostility to it and it was sup
posed to be a final pacification because it
was believed that he would execute it in
its owu spirit. When tho President re
ceived tho Military bill he did not pre
tend to like it, but when, despite his op
position, it became a law, he was bound
to execute it accor ling to it# clear inten
tion. He began in that spirit. He ap
pointed military commanders who were
acceptable to those who had made the
law, and who were very sure to execute
it as they meant it. The result was an
instant cessation of the tumult of leeliug
in the Southern States, general and
happy conviction every where of a speedy
return of tho normal condition of the
country, the reviving of trade, there
sumption of industry, aud universal pac
iu -atiou. And as a consequence of this
agreeable prospect, and this truce of par.
ty contention, there was a reaction of feel
ing in favor of the President,aud a gen*
eral willingness that tho project of im
peachment ilioulJ be no fuathcr discuss
ed.
But it is beginning to be evident that
the President, like the King, is his own
worst enemy. It seems impossible lor
him to leani fivm experience. A form
alist and a doctrinaire, he can not com
prehend that ho is the chief magistrate
of the most practical people in the world,
and that their minds are mado up to a
certain course which lie can no more re
sist than he could resist the blow of a
trip-hauiraer. To interpose technical ob
jections to a law of which the intention
is written with a sunbeam, to invite an
Attorney-General who has declared his
hostility to the law to interpret it so as
to secure the power of those whose pow
er it is the known design of the law to
overthrow, is togo very far toward out
raging the public patience beyond en
durance. and to persuade the loyal people
of the United States that their policy of,
reconstruction is impracticable so long as
Mr, Johnson is their chief executive Of
ficer.
The Military bill, as every body knows,
was meaut to submit the ;iutc> .
directly to the national authority, until :
tliey were reorganized according to it"
provisions The existing civil officers |
were td bo rc-'peetcfl.' tinksS thtv* 1 inter
fered with the working of tho military
system. Then. of ooutte, they.Tvere to bo.
Thorn was to bo no cxcuso
for a conflict. The civil authorities were
not to be oqual or co-ordinate with the
military, etich [aralywng.tueother. Nor
were the limits of each sharply defined,
that they should be scrupulously respect
ed. Such nu attempt w mid be utter,
lolly in a community radically .disorgan
ized by war, In a word, the plain iulcnt
of the bill was to mak" the military au
thority supreme and the erviUubordiuate.
If there wore auy diCioulty of interpre
tation thcro were but two evident course -
es—cither the Legislature must be asked
to explain its intention, or, iu the abscnoc
of the Legislature, the law must be inter
preted ia tho spirit of its welbknown de
sign.
The AttorneysOenaral liusg'.ven an in
terpretation of tho law whi 'h is intended
to defeat it purpose. It is intended to
procure the restora'ion of Wells as Gov
ernor of Looisiuua; of Alellas Julge;
of Monroe as Mayor of New Orleans ;
and Withers us Mayor of Mobile. If
the President acts upou the Attorney-
General's opinion ho will break faith with
the count ty. But that he may clearly
understand what the couutry.vueau.s, Can
gress, now iu session, wilt declare Its own
purpose iu the reconstruction law. The
President should himself desire it.—
Then, when the wish of the country has
been indicated, should he still seek to
pervert tho law to its owu overthrow, lie
will compel every truly conservative citi
zen to ask whether it is not his manifest
iuteutiou iu this grave crisis to battle the
national will aud to prolong the perilous
position of tho couutry. Harper's
Weekly.
Of what trade is a clergyman ut a wed
ding ? A join far.
Comiuuwcttti<m<j;
♦ Fm m* Ciiitjsx.
ANNA, UNION CO., Int.,)
Juno 29th, 18G7. j
MR. EDlTOß: —Presuming there may
be n few in Uutlcr county that hare the
•' Western fever," 1 take the liberty of
calling the Attention of such, through
your paper, to this portion of Illinois,
familiarly styled Egypt.
WHERE IS ANNA?
If you spread out map you will
find the point from which I write, on the
Illinois Central ltailroad, 86 miles north
of Cairo. Tho station is called Jones
boro, although the town of Jouesboro liei
OHO mile west of the road. Anna has
sprung tip aj: the station since the com
pletion of the railroad, and it nowlargor
than Jonesboro.
WHO HHOUIJ> EMIGRATE.
Inducement* are only offered to tlvosc
who coul i invest frern two to three thous
and dollars, or more, in the farming and
fruit growing business. If he is able to
buy a farm already fruited, S9 much the
batterj if not, he will get returns from
his berries iu ODO year, and from his
peaches and other fruit in from three to
five years, after setting them lihtlsclf.—
All branches of professional business are
overstocked; BO is the mercantile; while
mechanics ure plenty. Fenasylvanians
are generally good farmers. There are a
few of them in Southern Illinois, and so
far as my acquaintance extends, all, with
out exception, who have turned their at
tention to the farming and fruit growing
business have made themselves comforta
bly rich in a few years. For this slime
business, I see many in the last fewyeaVs
that have laid aside the scalpel fir the
pruning knife—bills in chancery for fruit
bills in Chicago, and even the clerical
robe for u "wamus."
ADVANTAGES.
There are several reasons why farm la
bor is better remunerated here than it is
in Western Pennsylvania. In the first
place the soil is much moro productive ;
nod whatever is produced commands a
high cash price; cash it any of the sta
tions on the railroad. There is no bet'
ter market in the West for butter, chick
ens, tggs, and all kinds of vogetiiulcs,
than Cairo, where the steamboats of two
great rivers stop fsr supplies. Cairo can
be reached in a few minutes, while a few
hours will trausport the same to Chicago.
All kinds of fruit mature here five or six
weeks earlier than they do iu the neigh
borhood of Chicago, 'lhe grower is en
abled therebj to throw tho first into mnr»
kiet, aud ol'teu gets fabulous prices. In
the licit place, the winters are at least
two months shorter here than tliey are in
ljutlercounty,requiring so much less feed
lor stock.
STRAWBERRIES.
It ie on'y within the last five or six
years that fruit growing has been made a
■speciality iu this soction, aud become au
important branch ot industry. It is in
W* infancy yet, but the magnitude to
which it has already attained, may be in*
Icrred from the fact, that tho J. C. It. It.
wa'o obliged to put on a special fiuit
train to transport the strawberry crop
alone, starting from this station daily.
1 will give you some figures as col
lected by others, which seem almost in
credible except to tho3o who have exam
ined into the matter.
Cobdea, six miles north of this, the
most important fruit station on the road,
shipped as high as eighteen tons, or six
hundred bushels of strawberries in a sin
gle day. From two to six tons, or two
hundred and tilty bushels, were sent daily
from this station, while smaller ones sent
forward from one to five tons, or an aver
age of 70 bushels per day.
It is estimated th it night thousand ton#,
or eighty thousand bushels wore nhippad
during a«ea*ou laating-^uw.three to four
weeks, from this j onion of Bliuoip sdtith
tf the Ohio & AI It. It.
The prices roaliiwd by. the jromer ra
rit's from ten ccitt* » one dollar and twen
ty-live oeiiis a quart. Perhaps thirty.
cents a quart is not an ovfer average -
Sixty bushels, to the acre is nn average
yield. Prom this wo find tliat an acre
devoted to strawberries', will yield sflhie
whftt Iu the fieighbtThood of nix hund
red dollars. The boxes, packing, fieigjit
iiud cumioUsiou, coat six cents per quart.
Strawberries grow everywhere; but
the grower hero Sends the first to thc' !
Chicago market, thereby commanding tho
highest prices, and by the time tho eatli
v-t mature in that neighborhood, the crop
is used up here, aud ho is ready to ship
Ilia
RASPBERRIES.
Tills berry is becoming quite as impor
tant as the strawberry. The oust of
grmviny them is not more than half as
much as, iu the atruwberries, —
They, produee froip to fifty bushels
to the acre, and are worth about twice as
much in market. I will not dwell on it,
but take up tho
PEACH.
The cultivation of the peach is the
most iuiportaut, extensive aud profitable.
When a peach crop pays at all, it pays
well. Last, year tho ctop was light
This year tfie tfrces are bending with the
luscious burden, atid will more than com
pensate for farmer failures. The lruit
mau is already counting his profits by the
thousands. There are many instances of
growers making ten thousand dollars net
profits from a single pe#eh er»p ; in om
or twoin.stanoesnearly double that amount.
It is only awong the hills and wooded
slopes, commencing at Villa Itidge. 12
miles above Cairo, and extendiug 80 of
ldp miles north, that the' peach will
flourish. Throughout this region, fail
ure is the exemption,—above the tiaiber
belt, and north of'Ccnlralia, it is tho rule.
Getting on the cars at Centralis, paing
south, you pass through an interminable
succession of peach orchards, ranging
fr.iiu five to one hundred acres. Then*
havo been nearly all set out within the
past five or nix years. You would sup
pose that you saw enough peaches from
the car window alone, to glut the markets
of half the world. It » from this re
gion that Chicago and the entire north
west are suppliea, and there is not half
enough yet. From two to four car loads
will be sent daily from this station.—
Shipping will commence in about two
weeks. Other stations will ship more,
making a train of from fifteen to tweuty-
Gvo ear loads of peaches alone.
MORE FUTHTS.
Besides the fruits here particularized,
Egypt has apples, plums, poars, cheiTies,
and, besides, hundreds of scores of gppes
that have lately been set out." Two va
rieties of which goeni to be at home in
this soil.
The early variety of apples are being
shipped now. The wheat crop this year
WM very heavy. It has been
and much of it already made iuto flour
and gono to market.
SWEET POTATOES.
The sweet potato Is another staple ar
ticle of Southern Illinois, and in reliable,
yielding about 150. bushels to the acre,
and are generally worth one dollar a bush
el. In the spring of the year they brawl
up to two dollars and fifty cents to three
dollars per bushel. It requires good carc
to keep them through the winter.
Cotton was extensively cultivated in
this county during war times, particular
ly in (lie Mississippi Bottoms. These
bottoms lie sis miles west of us, and are
from four tti six miles in breadth; soil
fVom five to twenty feet d'eep : drainage
imperfect, and mnlarid in abundance. It
would take a page to describe them. The
cultivation of the would be-kingis aban
doned.
vnAtETir.
The producer here, then, has a rarie'y
of hoary and semi-tropical products from
whteli to choose, cultivate and till his
purse. He cau have his strawberry,
raspberry and peach all growing on the
same piece of ground. If one fails the
other will hit. Neither one of them re
quire much labor al'teij being set out.—
lie has plenty of leisuro 10 cultivate
wheat, corn, potatoes, or any thiug else
he may fancy.
1 see 110 set of men that look "so fat
and sleek as the fruit growers iu this roi
gion. They paid out their money a few
years ago in what seemed an experiment
—patiently waitiug for their trees and
vines to grow. Mow they have the snt
iif'actiou of putting it all back into their
pockets, with a four-fold iucroaso.
From two to three thousand dollars
will buy a farm already fruited in close
proximity to a station—say from 20 to 40
acres. This may appear to be ft small
farm. For fruit alone, it is plenty. Home
think ten. arret enowjh-. The country is
rapidly lilliug up with Northern R nd
Kaatcrn people, all in oueat of' fruit
farms.- They .are generally a g&aTiead
enterprising class of people—such RR give
society a healthy tone, and assist iu.the
march of*improvement.
Tbo impression prevails to somo exs
tent ligypt is a 10-.v, swampy, sickly
country As this article is getting long,
1 wiil merely say that it is a great mis
take.
Should any one be favorably impress*
ed, and des-iro further information, it will
be cheerfully giren by addressing the un»
dcrsigned, at Anna, Illinois.
FORD S. DODDS.
TUB LORD'S PRAYF.R. —Did you ever
think, short though it is, how much there
is iu it? Oh, it is oeiutifull I<iki>a dia
mond in the orown of a <p)een,U unites
a.thousand sparkling geriisiti one
It tenches all ofta.'e+ry «no of »is, to'
look totiodasoßrparwit '-Our Father.
it-prpuipts us r;ri«c onr; tlnufffctq
and our aijj»ve tap eaitji—' \y ho
art in heaven. . (OMB® mrrm
It tells us that wc must'rftveretiws our
(leaiMhly • Father—''Hallowed bo thy
name."
It breathes tho, saint's reward —Thy
ki:ijjdoui cyme,", . .
And a submissive, obedient spirit—-
"Thy will be d u ue on earth as it'is in
heaven.''
And a dependent, trusting ipirit—
"Givu ua this day our daily Imend,"
And a forgiveing spirit— l! Forgive us
our tresspasses as we forgive those who
trespass against us." And a cautions
spirit—"Deliver us from evil."
And, last of all, an adoring spirit—"
For thine is the kiugdhm, apd the power
and the glory, forever an<£ ever. Amen/
NOT AFRAID. —A naval officer being*
at sea in a dreadful »tuiiu. Lis wife was
, »iHiug h ,tke cabin with him, pivj, j(ijle\l
with alarm for, the safety uf the vessel,
was so surprised at his .serenity aud
posuie that she cried out:
'• My de<ir, arj you ndt afraid? How
is It possible you cau bo so calm in such
a dreadful Btorni T"
lie uro-e from his chair, dashed onto
tho deck, drew his sword, and poiuting
it at the breast of his wifo, exclaimed :
"Are you afraid ?"
Shs immediately Linwered;
"No."
"Why ?" said the officer.
"Because," rejoined tho wile,"l know
tho sword is in the bands of my husband,
and he loves me too well to hnrt mo."
" Then," said he,"l know In whom
I believe, and that Ho who hold* the
winds in his fists and the water* in the
hollow of his bauds is my lather."
A Good temper, a library,
good health, a good and a good
ncwspiper, are five choice blessings.
MEXICO.
Execution of Maximilian, Mejia and
Miramon,
Dying Speeches of the Victims,
Nkw Organs, July 9. —The Timet
has a special dispatch from Houston, Tex
as, giving a detailed account of the exe
cution by the Liberals of Maximilian.
Miramon and Mejia. None of the pris
oners were bound or blind-folded, nor was
any indignity offered. Maximilian, be
fore ho was shot, recapitulated the causes
that brought him to Mexico, and denied
the authority of tiie Court that tried him,
and hoped his blood would stop the fur*
tlier effusion of blood in Mexico. Just
before led out, be oalled to the sorgoant
of the guard, aiid gave hsm n handful of
gold, and toguested'an a f>v>r that the
soldiers Would aim at his beaat./ His
lftsfc words Wifve, f'Pooir Carlotta 1" Fire
bulls entered hip breast, bat these did
not kill hitn immediately, so two other
soldieis were ordered to shoot him in the
side. In this manner ho to dispatchod.
Much <iiwatisfn<!tiou and grief was man
ifested by those who witnessed it- Mir
amon rend from a papor which he had
written, that the only rogret Ivo felt iu
dying wft" that the Lttidrnls should re
main in power and should hftvo power to
point out his children as the children of
a traitor. Mejia made bo address, but
met his fate quietly and bravely. The
sword of Maximilian was presented to
Juarez by Escobcdo in the Government
Palace.
News from Mexico, via Havana—not
so late, however, as that which reports
tho shooting of Santa Aniyi—has boon
received. A letter dated Havana, J uuc
'i'l, announcing .the arrival of the Spau
ish steamer Cuidad Condas, snys:
Among the most notable of the refu
gees by said stoainer, I noticed General
TuboSua, who commanded the Imperial
ist forces in Vera Cruz, and whosq doings
ou tho arrival of Santa Anna gave rise
to the old hero's last fiasco. No less than
eight individuals of bis family accompa
ny him. Another notable character, tho
high and mighty ox Imperial Commissay
of Yucatan,Balazar Harregui, has arrivod
in the Spanish steamer. The fact is that
McriJa had to surrender at last, after a
fruitless and disastrous resistance, and
now the whole of Yucatan is in the bands
of the Liberals.
General Santa Anna had been removed
from Sisal to Canipeche, whero the p"p
nlace were Very mueh infuriated against
hiui. The Geueral was sent there in a
small guubpat, ami when ha was taken
asjiore he recurred to tho magnificent ro
coptiou he met with iu that oity. ia tho
year 1825, as Commandant General, so
different to that which awaited him in
18(57.
From tho moment ho pat his foot on
shore tho pppulacc, composed of all castes
and colors, got up a tremendous huo and
cry in the most insulting terms, and the
lehder of this mob approached tho Gen
eral so near that ho found it necessary
t'> repulse him rather rough'y himself.-
These violent proceedings, however, were
decidedly disapproved Of by Mic respect
able part of the inhabitants, l'lio Gen
eral continued in prison, without any
communication whatever with outsiders;
but in case any tumult were to break out
among the mob, demanding his hfo, it
was not improbable that he would be sac
rificed to their fury, just as was the case
with General Espejo, Senors Govantes,
Avilu aud Ponce, after the fall of Mer
ida. Espejo was tho Military Command
er of Calquisnini; Nicolas Govantes.
Prefoct of Oampeche, and N. Ponce, Pre
fect of the Island of Carmen. They
were all shot on tho 20th instant.
It was currently and belirvod
'id Campeghft lk»t iiuiruuieimyit n very
• ifujyjrtant nature had beou found iu tl}e
:i i.- • .sion 'of Geitf-rat Santa Arw.
. The tcrmS 1 render of Vera
jOrtiz to flencTAF" lWßuvide« had been
isfllßnV" ■ust c)«'
' A Icltel* tlstod Vera Crn*. Juno 20tb,
th the foltawflij effect,has l eon received
; fi\>m a Liberal source • Souor Oarran, un«
of the riehesl aud most: promineut. mcc«
ohants in Vara'J-'rH*, w atHacrifuuus.iiu(
uovv, where lie is wakiiig arrangements
witifj the jLtuncrial (!ommis.«iry for the
dapitula'tion oP Vera' Crtfz to Gen. I!ena
vitfes.' flndfi'T those circumstances tho
I'eclingS among tho three prevailing par
ties glow dexperato. The garrison np
pourfi determined t.o do anyibiug rather
than'sarretider. Ths liepublieans, join
ed by the American and English Consuls,
ar« for supporting Juarez; aud the pig
my party, io l on by a few military chiels,
would.liku to pronouuee for Sai(ta Anna.
The latter party seuf a commissioner by
| thg last French steamer to Havana—the
France—o loik for Santa Atitiit/presuiii-
I ing, ttiat tho Gerteral went oh in the Vir
ginia. Njt meeting with hiui ho pro
eeciled to Xew Ye>rk.
Everything is iu a miwt disorganized
state, aud the disorder increases daily,
whieli uiuy at last, prove disastrous. In
112 tho i'inza de Armas, and at tho corucrs
of the principal streets, guns have bceu
plaued since the lfith ult., and the next
day seven earthworks, mounted with in
tiliery, were thrown up. The con-iter.
nation was general; a conflict is in vita>
ble, and before loug'the hour fbr c thirst
for blool and vengeance may arrive.—
Senor Carrari has ari ivod, since tho above
from Saoritieios; on reaching tho wharf
Geueral Toduuda eemuiitied violence on
him by wrenohifg out wi' his hands a dis
patch hu for the American Cpu
sivl. as also a free p_iss which the Prefect I
bad granted him to to
The tieperal desisted afterwaids from his"f
purpose, and wili rrobabfy bo bahished.
In a libi .iiscn'siort tvhhrh Ibo com
owudaat oi'SanJitau de Ulloa C'astie aad
NUMBER 30
wUh the Imperial Commissary, the form
er told hiui he waa too timid to confront
the actual situation, and that the Com
missary ought to give wp the command
to him. As the latter resisted, the com
mandant reminded him that the castla
was uuder his command, and that he
could place his artillery in such a way
as to sweep away all the impostors that
were in tAe city, and snre enough seven
pieces of heovy caliber have appeared
mounted toward the' city. The parties
have since had another meeting, and Bu
reau having become very mueh alarmed,
it has almost been decided that tie resign*
his post in favor of this Perez Gomez,
whoso second was then to take command
of the castle, apd Gen. Cuevas would, in
that case, be named General-in-Chief and
Director of' the Artillery.
MAXIMIfcLJAN AND JUAEEZ.
Lite Hsu Luis l'otofii papers contain
tht' ooirespraidenoe between Maxiuiilliau
aud Juarez. The first* is a letter ftou*
Matii»Hlian, dated May iioth, asking, iu
easo his oou 1 sel did not arrive in time t
that he be allowed time aeeessary for his
defense.andto nrtangn his privato affairs.
•To this Juaroz promptly replied that »ha
time should be allowed. Tho next let
ter from Maximilliah is dstod May 27th,
asking that tho Supreme Goverment is*
suo an order allowing his counsel toleavo
the Oity of Mexioo, which was under
seige, aud desiring to speak persoually
with Juarez upon grave affairs and yory
important to the couutry. Juarez gavor
tho order for the exit from the oity of the
parties named, but as to the interview,
that could not bo granted, considering
tho distance which separated them. Ev
erything fitting as to Maxiinillian'g pri*
vate affairs shonld, however, bo done.
What js Not CU aki rr.—lt is not
charity togive a penny to tho street men
dicant of whom nothing is known, whila
we haggle with a poor man out of employ
ment for a miserable dime. It is not
charity to beat down a seamstress to star
vation-prioe; to let her sit in wet cloth
ing sowing all day | to doduet from hef
pitiful remuneration if the storm delays
her prompt arrival. It is nut charity ta
take a poor relative into your family,
make hur slavo to all your whims, and
taunt her continually with her dependent
situation. It is not charity to turn a
man out into tho streets with his family,
because he cannot p.iy his rent. It is
not charity to exact tho uttermost farth
ing from the widow and orphan. It is
not charity to givo with a supercilious
air and patrohage, as if God had made
you tho rich man, of different blood front
tho shivering tecipiont, whose only crimo
is that he is poor. It is not charity tor
bo art extortiouor—not though you be«
i stow your alms by thousands.
TiieLivinustokis Exx'Eujtxon. —TLa
expedition iu search of Dr. Livingstono
left England on the 10th of June. It
consists of only four persons: Mr. E. D.
Young, who has been entrusted with tho
command ; Mr. Henry Faulkner and two
experienced men named John Heed and
John Buckley, one a mechanic, who trav
eled with Dr. Livingstone (or two year*
and a half in Zambesi; and the other a ,
soaman, acclimatized on the east coast of
Africa, and thoroughly acquainted with
tho nature of the country and with tho
manners and habits of the native popula
tion. Mr. Young was also a companion
of Dr. Livingstone on some of bis former
cventlul journeys. Mr. Faulkner accom
panies the expedition at his own request
and expense. All four started on Friday
from London for Southampton, wheneo
they procoeed to the Cape of Good Hopa
by the African mail steamer. The steel
cutter which has been furnished to the
expodition, to caablo them to navigate
the rivers and lake? of Central Africa,
was also tijkcp out in the Bame vessel free
of j , i»*r T
HaiVe;! AO .NUoak befu'' askod what
waj the uiw.t excellent thing in ''wan;**
replied, "S'ensi.'* Hat if 6c have no«<?
wh'nt is'fbe bolt then T "The cctuMel
of his friend," replied the doctor. And
in want pf that '! "Taciturnity." And
if he canttGt' ha7o any of those tli'ngsf
"A sudden death as aopu as possible.''
—Some close . observer says that young
la>lies who arc accustomed to read news
papers are suro to possess Winning way*,
birtillke dispositions, have cultivated minds,
never commit saiciile, nor sing "No onu to
love are free Irons Kflßsipieg,- always
select pwid husband*, and invariably niako
the sweetest and Lett wives, and never apply
for a. divoroc.
—"Pour water" hastily into abottlcf
of a narrow neck* little enters; pour
gradually, and by small quantities,
awl tlw vessel ia filledl' Such w tho
simile employed by Quintilian to show
the folly of tcaehing children tow
much at a tittie»
—A man that puts himself on tho
ground of moral priueiple, if tho
whole world be against him is mightier
than all. Never bo afraid of being ia
the minorities, so that minorities aro
based upon sound principles.
—" John, you seem to gain flesh every
day ; the grocery business must agree with
you. What did yon weigh last?" "Well,
Simon, I really dou't know, but it strikes
me it was a pound of sugar."
—A husband, on being tohl tho
other evening that his wife' had lost
h<ir temper, etaid 'l»e was glad of it,
i:i"of it ivas a very ba 1 one." <
Why ift a woman itt'.adiuy her stockings
lotniuicd?, lJtcstUfc her tuut&i ate whcca
' ter fUt, ougjitj.. be.