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r. The health of Jefferson Davis is said
to have been failing rapidly of late, though
he is supplied with plenty Of fresh air, good
food, and such opportunities for exercise as
the contracted limits of d Fortress Monroe
cascuate will permit Within q few days he
has, wi,hou. eny apparent cause. become I'M
usually detected, aud it is surmised that this
dettession OF spirits has been caused by some
one having communicated to him intelligence
os the execution of the assassination conspira-
tors. 1t il said that one of his eyes is almost
entirely bliHd, and that the other gives indi-
cations of soon becoming So The only read
rig matter allowed him is the Bible, tc the
pcrusal Of which lie devote5 considerable time,
and lie Is not permitted to write or recei ge
any letters, A correspondent says that unless
his condition improves he will Not live six
weeks.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-27

ONE OF THE Evils OF HEREDITARY ARIs-
rocRAcY.--It is now nearly ten years since the
House of Lords, under the guidance of Lord
Lyndhurst Lord Brougham, and Campbell,
refused to acknowledge the right of the Crown
to create life peers " ho should sit and vote in
Parliament: But surely there ought to be
much less difficulty than there was nine years
ago In convincing the House of Peers that an
act comforting such power on tie Lords
would be expedieit. Certainly the prospect
which lies before some legal peers is far from
enviable. In the case Of all ex-Chanccllor
the nation might have been spared the aPPre-
henson Of seeing an illustricus name borne
by one who still labors under the severest
censure pronounced BY those who must before
long acknowledge him as their equal i
And should anything bcflll the Chancellor
his name will be borne by son of whom his
own father has said that his childish vanity
aud weakness are such that he is always the
prey Of some rascal or other and that IBIS
wife and six little children, sfection for his
father and brothers aud sisters, ard regard
for his own character ard position. have not
been sufficient to Keep him from plunging a
fourth time into mad and evil courses."' foes
any reasonable person doubt that the pangs oil
the Lord Chancellor are rather aggravated
than relieved by the certainty that. this worth
less creature prust succeed him. --London Dai.
" Neps.
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Corroy IN Souru CAROLINA. People who
suppose there is but little quantity Of Cotton
ren,an ming IN South Caro- ina are very much
mistaken in their belief. When the railroads
are opened and other transportation facilities
secured, " may look forward for an immense
supply of that staple in our market. 1t could
no: be expected tha: the holders q cotton
would send that article to MARKET when they
knew that they were. compelled to give one
fourth to the Government, and also had an
intilnaton that the restriction would be re-
moved m course Of, time. It is very well to
say, press the South to its utmost extremity
in order to satiat. the vengeance of the North;
but, in the long run, it will be discovered that
such policy will only serve to cripple both
sections. Under the wise administration o
President johnson, we doubt not that THU
whole question Of commercial intercourse vii
be favorably and bene6cially settled to tn
satisfaction Of the entire country. -CharleTo'
Courier ...
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TINS SUGAR 'CRor IN LOUISIANA Before
the Rebellion the afnna, produce of sugar in
the State exceeded 400 600 kogsheada. crop
which has since diminished to about 10, 900 or
Ii ,G0c, It has been stated that the probable
amour. this year would reach 30, 900 hogs
her,la. The Picayune, however, thinks the
quantity raised this year will not greatly ex-
cecd that of 1868. and says:
To promote this important aud desirable
end-tho revival of our sugar culture-it is
necessary that our planters should be alive to
serious danger which threatens their future
ard that is, the loss of the seed cane. the
extinction or disappearance ofwhich will make
it a work of many years to recover this most
valuable product. A large portion of The
country which Rad been planted with cane,
on the vest bank of the Mississippi has been
overlooked. and the aggregate crop Of this
year will be further reduced from even the
besgarly exhibit of the last season. If steps
are not taken to save all the cane of tits sea
sen, for seed, instead of grinding it into su
gar, there is reason to fear that for the mex
year there will not be seed enough to suppl,
dozen plantations.
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EE-To those of our friends who are aspi

EETo those of our friends who are aspi-
rants to the Legislature we dedicate Tie fol-
lowing from the Nashville Dispatch:
WHAT WILL BECOME or THAT Boy "A
righteous cid lady living in this city has a
very bad boy, who keeps bad company, aud
cannot be induced to look into book She
has tried whipping, but i. Eas signall5 failed
A few days sgo the old lady called him aside
and commenced reasoning with him in this
wise: My son, you are going to ruin by the
short route. You stand no More chance for .
good social position in life than a bob-tails /
horse in fly time. ard il IS my candid belief
that if yet continue in your present course
sou will be member Of the Legislature be-
fore you are old enough tc get married to a
respectable girl"
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GRAyD LODGE 7. o. O. F.-Isaac NJ
Feitch, Grand Sire of the Grand Lodge INDIE
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, has issued his
proclamation inviting and exhorting all Grand
Lodges and Grand Encampments throughout
the United States to send representatives to
the Grand Lodge of the United States, to as
semble at Baltimore on the third Monday of
September next. For four years, the South
ern Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments
have not been represented and the Most
Worthy Grand Sire expressed the hope that
the brotherhood may renew its fraternal IL.
tercotrse, and that SITS great heart may ever
vibiate in unison with the teachings Of chart.
ty."
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ES"Further details of the European news
by the Africa state that Parliament has been
dissolved. and writs for the new elections arc
issued forthwith. palmcrston and Disracli
have published addresses. Lord Cranworth
is the successor of Lord Westbury. The Aus
trian Army in Italy and Dalmatia is to be re-
duced to peace footing. The cholera is Off
cially announced iii alexandria, Egypt, and
the deaths had been as many as $50 in day.
Thirty thousand people fed from the city -
Later dates report fewer deaths. 1T the cape
Of Good Hope there was fearful hurricane
on the 18th May, in which the English mail
steamer Athens was lost totally, seventeen
ctteg vessels wrecked and seventy lives lost.
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4 GREAT ENTERPRISE A pneumatic rail-

4 GREAT ENTERPRISE A pneumatic rail-
way is to be built under the Thames river,
England, to conhect two railway stations
Piers will be built up within caissons sunk
below the bed of the river, till they reach
within few feet of the river bed Upon
these will be laid the iron tubes which form
the passage way for the railway These tubes
will be laid upon the masonry in concrete.
the carriages Of the railway will be impcllcd
by the atmosphere working directly upon them
instead Of a. piston, the carriages having a
closely fitting collar or frame work of the Sec
tichal area of the tunnel, which answers the
same purpose as piston.
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A Man Bitten by A Decapitated Aa.tlssnaks
from the JubuGue Herald


One of the most extraordinary cases Of tie
effects Of d snake bite of which we have heard
occurred last Saturday at Balls Prairie. in
the northern part Of this county. Mr.. David
Schuster, fafftner. was engaged in moving.
and, in swinging his scythe. severed rattle
snake \ few inches below the head lie tGen,
prompted by curiosity, presceded to examine
The reptile. and approached it for that purpose,
supposing it to haze been rendered harmless,
when # instantly threw its head about and
fastened its fangs in his thumb He threw
the snake of by jerking his hard violently
and Immediately his entire system received a
shock from the venom infused 10y the snake.
His arm swelled rapidly to four times its
natural size, and became Of dark color -
He was seized with vomiting and purgirg
blood; and it even oozed through the pores of
his skin, and large blisters filed with blood
covered his arm and Hands. His agony was
intense, and all efforts to relieve him were
futile, and it was found necessary to call medi-
cal aid. A messenger was therefore dispatch
ed to this city for DR.. Staples, ard he in,,iie-
diately tetalrcd to the residence of MIR.
Schustcr, arriving there early on Monday
morning. He found him suffering greatly,
and, though the case seemed hopeless, made
every effort to counteract the poison which
was spread through bis system When DR..
Staples left him, at about noon on Monday,
the patient was somewhat easier. but there
was little expectation Of his recovery.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-27

onets erected and now sustain the throne of
Here are grave questions OF
Latin and Saxon, of autonomy and interfer-
ence from abroad, of state religion and r"li-
gious liberty All these cannot be settled III
o day, nor settled at all unless Alright
1t is needless to speak of the transforna-
tons that are at work within the limits of the
Union; vet it is worth while to note the great
diversity of the processes and stages of recon-
struction. Comprehensively, the entire South
is radically changing in regard to labor and the
social gradations based upon it, Individually
Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia
represent quite different phases of the pas.
sage from slavery to freedom; Kentucky still
another, since it cherishes The mnribund ipsti-
tuition as long as it can, though not without
very vigorous opposition from a growing mi
nority OF its own citizens. Tie free States
are not exempt from the progressive impulse
of the times, and are daily correcting their
notions of democracy by the experience Which
every year increases in value. New Jersey
is divided on the ratification of the Constiu-
tona Amendment Other States are consid-
ering the duty of freeing their charters from
the stains of caste and color prejudice. and
Connecticut is presently "to go before the
country on precisely tbs issue. Then. in
connection with negro suffrage, arises the
broader question of universal suffrage upon
which the advocates of the freedmen, the for
eign immigrant, the native-born citizen, and
the female sex. are to be heard. along with
those WIN would restrict the ballot to the in
telligeut or educated Not too trivial for
mention are those experiments Of which this
State has how made SO many, because the
metropolis cannot be trusted to take care of
itself. And if we have our Metropolitan Po-
lice, our Central Park Commissioners, and
our Metropolitan Fire organization, Massa-
chusetts now has her Constable of the Com
mon wealth. whose special function, with the
aid Of proper subordinatcs, is to execute the
law of the State, which has hitherto given to
the municipal police their chief employment.
Last but not least in our review is Canada.
Her part in the continental agitation is an eff
fort to bind the provinces into cdnfedcracy,
and what this has of prophecy in regard to
her future separation from the mother coun-
try. and shat in regard to her ultimate abb
sorption in the American Union. we leave for
others to determine. - Che Nation.
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HOW GEN. LEE WENT tNTo THE WAR.

HOW GEN. Lbh WENT lNIU Iu1 VIM
On The Sunday when the news arrived Of
the fall of Sumter, gentleman of our ao-a-
quaintance, in whom we place perfect conf
dence, took the cars at Washington to go 70
Richmond. Upon the train was Alex. A. II.
Stuart, William Ballard Preston and another
member of the committee which the Virgins
legislature had sent up to Washington to con-
fer with the government, or more properly
speaking, TO see what manner of man the
new President was, and to spy out the land
At one of the stations beyond Alexandra.
quite crowd had collected, and eager de.
mands were made for the news as the train
came ID. Mr. Stuart and Mr.. Preston step
ped upon the platform of the cars to answer
the inquiries Our informant noticed one
we'll dressed gentleman, who seemed to be
the spokesman and chief person Of the crowd;
He was 10 lrishing UP and down the platform
with more or less consequence. and as tho
train stopped cried out, What's is the
newsY
"Sumter has fallen" was the reply.
"l'l raise On army and march to Wash
ington," exclaimed the excited individual.
swinging his cane and walking uneasily about.
" III commence Tomorrow morning." he re-
peated, and raise an army and take WASH
ington. Hadn't better do it, Mr. Preston
1t was some time before Preston answered.
so long that our friends thought he would
make no reply when he said, slowly and
oracularly, "True courage waits on delibers.
ton"
WAS there any blood shed :" asked the cx.
cited man."
mo" -. .
"Wasn't there p looking down, and speak.
ing us If surprised. As the train moved of
he was herd TO repeat, '1'll raise an army
and march on Washington.
When the train was under way our friend
asked, Who is that enthusiastic man !"
THAT is Col Lee" said Mr.. Preston.
And that is the Man who has since been
commander of the rebel forces, and who is re-
presented as having very reluctantly and only
after days of prayer, drawn his sword against
the government tiat ed1tated and promoted
him And it must be remembered that this
occurrence took place before Virginia passed
its bogus ordinance of secession, and five days
before Lees resignation Lee did raise force
of about 1000 men and marched them to Har-
per's Ferry to procure arms. The intention
was to march into Maryland, which it was
supposed would rise at once and go out of the
Union, carrying with it the National capital,
which the ,rebels:: would at once occupy.
and proclaim themselves the goYerhment Of
the United States It's evident that they did
not intend to 90 off and put themselves in the
attitude of rebels, but tEat their plan was to
take the capital end government machinery,
and then let the North 'rebel'' if it didn't like
the arrangement Hartford Press.
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1t ms been asceraincd at the Treasury
Department that $l50.000, 900 will pay all
that is due to soldiers mustered out and in
service on the list instant. 1t is probable that
Secretary McCullooh will be able to meet all
acquisitions Under Tie powers conferred by the
late Congress. without having occasion to re-
sort to unauthorized loans. Nashville des-
patches state that President johnson has ex-
pressed IA determination that the laws passed
By .be Tenhes5ee Legislature shall be obeyed,
and that all illegal voters shall be kept from
the polls during the approaching election.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-27

TIE New Hampshire Superior Court has
decided that an express company delivering a
parcel marke! with the cabalistio &C. O. D."
whom it is consigned Reasonable time TO open
the package aud determine whether he will
receive it or not. The rule. heretofore has
been that no examination conld take place
the receiver must take the packass and deter
mine whether it contained what he had Or
dercd or not. This decision of the court is
both legal and sensible, which latter cannot
be said of all legal decisions.
Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-07-27

A M E RIG A.
from the North American, ]

From the North American.
The hills stood crumbling at our will,
The roek-girt earth her treasures poured,
The seasons came, all regal still,
Glad servants where our grain was stored;
And gazing where broad rivers flowed,
With heart of pride and curious skill,
With backward steps along the road,
We fashioned laws to human will.
In vain, as weeds the angry blast
whirled sudden from their chosen bed
Those iron laws are with the past,
Gods blazing message writ instead
No more dupe to gilded dross
And mocking words the Nation stands,
But pledged to hear each Heaven-sent cross
With prayerful eyes and stainless hands
Pledged meath the fearful battles storm
To hold her glorious bir'hright fast,
Hid under every shrinking form
To own a brothers claim at last
No more with wrong joclnd guest,
All lavish dainties freely spread,
While ut our gates Gods poor oppressed
Iolied, fulntlns, ior their scaity oieao.
Pledged still to wait DER fruitful plain
And waters white with laden failS,
An anthem that shall ring again,
When kirsly voice forever fails
Our bubbles burst, the gamor past,
trucr lesson branded deep;
Fair Freedom in the vain, nj last
u.
The dead the dead no passionate paia
Shall make their shining memories din,
Death wiped away each earthly rtniu,
And so-:a solemn requiem
To honoted graves, to distant sod
No nder mother glance may reach
Dust unto dust their souls to God,
With .rtstihg hearts with broken speech,
We yield them back Patrot-dead;
Forever blest their household fame,
Since, gushing where such vslor led,
4 Nations springs of cleansing came
So dark the old worlds guilt stained leaves
Through all the grandeur, all the glare,
The sorroving dove Of peace receives
No foothold in the chaos there.
And where the proudest glories butned,
Gray, Wondering astes idly strewn,
: Reveal where dross TO earth returned,
While crutSbling columns reign alone.
Blu. we, whose deep, repentant crime
Once hid the light God made 80 fair;
But we, adown the sea Of time,
4 brighter history will bear.
OF Land of Promise, richly blest,
Through fire ard bl5od thy sin is shrivsn;
A truer veal, deeper fest,
The God of Hosts at length has given.
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EUROPEAN advices to the Sth inst. say tina

EUROPEAN advices to the 9Th inst say that
the reported seizure of the pirate Rappahan-
mock is false. as the vessel is safely in dock at
Liverpool. Earl Russell says it s.the opinion
Of the British Government that ships belong
ing to the late Rebel Government. and not
lawfully transferred to other owners before
the cessation of hosilities, may be claimed as
public property by the Federal Government if
found in British territory. The hder, the
Rebel organ in London, has followed the fate
Of the Rebel Government aud is dead. The
Great Eastern was to sail on tho 18th. Five
Twcnties we're quoted At 71fsfes :" -'-s-
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EyThe Canadians are growing intolerant.
Morsc's american Geography" has been ex-
6 uded by authority from the public schools Of
Upper Canada because it is calculated to
impress on the youthful mind the idea that tho
United States of America is the only country
in the world n,critng particular description.
and that other lands are merely pendicles and
appurtcnances of that great nation. while the
pictorial illustrations make evident the bravery
of American troops and the cowardice Of their
opponents"
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Tnr WHEAT HARVEST in THE Wssr-Ths
Milwaukee (Wis.) Times. Of the 18th. says
the winter wheat is being harvested both in
that State and in Michigan, ard the quality
is supcr-excellent The cool and dry weather
is so favorable for wheat that we heard wheat
operator, while listening tc come one conf
planning about the cold simmer, exclaim that
this is bully weather f5r nheat"
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EE-Mr Barnum, whose museum in New
York was destroyd by fire, aunounces bis in.
tention of Immediately erecting new museum
He says that he eau nearly supply the places
Of the revolutionary and other relics which
have been destroyed, and he shall send an
agent to Europe on Saturday to collect curiosi-
fiea 81 -.s-r--.ss...-s. ..s--s=z-, -gs
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Eg-The Albany Journal announces that
Sir Edward Lytton Hnlwer. the illustrious
novelist. poet and statesman. has become ut
tery deaf, and been forced to abandon tho
society even of his intimate friends. He has
gone to Paris to live unseen, under the pro-
fessional care of the worlds most eminent su.
rist residing there.
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a~Tbs Cincinnati Commercial sa,

E-The Cincinnati Commercial says -
Neat cattle on the hoof can be boughtin To-
edo for four cents pound Prices have do
clined all over the country. and the rates at
which fresh beef is retailed in the East and
West is attributed to a combination of the
butchers to Keep prices up. There is a good
opening in our cities for men who will pur-
chase and sell at reasonable rates" .sr.ra
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EyGreet Britain is still talking as t6what
should be sthe boundary Of the United States.s
Will there ever be any BOUNDARY" 10 her
impuaence and .ipsolanoe and presumptioni
Not unless we say, either shall re come
and no farther" l'~s
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County Directory.

JUDI. of the Circuit Court-IIon. JAMES SMITH
Cfers Of the Circuit CourimH0 ,hnp shohSl.
RsJ.ster of HRh-GEo. W. Hcof Ek'
E,srig-BASIL T. GARLlTA
S.r.s Anorn.y--GEO. 4. TiRCSTOS.
Su-peyo--JAMES CHISHOLM, ia.
'A"''' "' J. B. Il. CAMPBELL,
DOUGLAS PERCY,
A. Al. l.. BUSH.
'''"s ''~'""''' CHARLES R!DGELY,
ELIJAH FRIEND
JOHN BELL,
j. II. STALlINGS,
J. L. TOWN 5IlEND.
T,r C,ll.ctor-s. L. TOWNSHEED.
C,ert 10 Ct,.missioners-JAC0B BROWN.
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A son Of Anak has been stalking sbops
Philadelphia recently. to tho astonishment Of
the natives. At tho last dates, be hsd attain.
cd the perpssdicular sltitsds ofssyss feat end
one inch. and vas the despair II tcd-b itek
~ t>;Io,s1E 80 - s9S~S 80 = -.
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CITY Governments

Hrcor-GEORGE HARRISON.
C,uat,lmsn--,R. J. J. BRUCE
J.R CRUZES,
GEORGE LONG,
G. B. SMITH
H. STARTZMAH,
JOHN YOUNG.
Ctrh-JOHN SCHILLlNG.
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RRiT-GEURGE FLCRSHtTZ.
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Through tickets for all the principal cities Mort.
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this Office ..,,,, ..
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