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HOWARD AT ATL LANTA.
BY JOHN @. WHITTIER.


Right in the track where Sherman .
Ploughed his red furrow,
Out of the narrow cabin,
Up from the cellars burrow,
Gathered the little black people,
With freedom newly lowered,
Where, beside their Northern teacher,
Stood the soldier, Howard.
He listened and heard the children
OF the poor and long enslaved
Reading the words of Jesus,
Singing the songs of David.
Behold! the dumb lips speaking.
The blind eyes seeing!
Bones of the Prophets vision
Warmed into being!
Transformed he saw them passing
Their new lies portal
Almost it seemed the mortal
Put on the immortal.
No more with the beasts of burden,
No more with the stone and clod,
But crowned with glory and honor
In the image Of God!
There was the human chattle
Its manhood taking;
There. in the dark bronze statue,
a soul was making!
The man of many battles,
With tears his eyelids pressing,
Streatched over these dusky foreheads
His one-armed blessing.
And he said: "Who hears can never
Fear for Or doubt you;
What shall tell the children
Up North about you?'
Then ran round whisper, murmur
Some answer devising;
And little boy stood up: "Massa,
Tell en- wa'er rising.'
o black boy of Atlanta!
But half was spoken; .
The slaves chain and the masters
Alike are broken.
The one curse Of the races
Held both in tether;
They are rising, all are rising,
The black and white together!
o brave men and women.
Iii comes Of hate and scorning;
Shall the dark faces only
Be turned TO mourning?
Make Time your sole avengcr
All healing all redrcssing;
Meet Fate half way, and make it
A joy and a blessing!
Atlantic Month a.
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STEAM ENGINES
NTANTED-AGENTS.-S75 to $500

per month everywhere, male and female to IN
troduce the GENUINE IMPROVED COM
MON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MA
CHIN +. This Machine will stitch, hem, fell,
tuck, quilt, cord, bind, braid and crnbroider in a
most superior manner. Price, ouy SlS. Fully
warranted for five years. We VIII pay $1,000
for any Machine that will sew a stronger, more
beautiful, or more elastic seam than ours. 1t
makes the "Elastic Lock Stitch" Every Sec
ond stitch can be cut aud still the cloth cannot
be pulled apart without tearing it. We pay
Agents from S75 to $500 per month and expen-
ses, or commission from which twice that
amount can be made. Address, SECOMB d
Co, Pittsburgh. Pa, or Boston Mass.
CAUTiON.- not be imposed upon by
other parties palming off worthless cast iron
machines, under the same name or otherwise
Ours is the only genuine and really practical
cheap machine manufactured. 3lt4
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Ten THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF ORANGE
PEEL.-A man from the country invested
five cents in the purchase of an orange and
preparatory to getting himself outside of it,
threw the peel on the sidewalk. Soon after
a young woman came along, slipped upon
the peel and fell, breaking her leg. The
woman was to have been married the next
day, but wasn't. The man who was to mar
ry her had came from st. Paul, Mimi, and
was obliged to return on account of business
to await the recovery of the girl On his
way back he unfortunately took train on
the Erie Railroad, which ran off the track,
and his shoulder blade was broken, forcing
him to stop at Dunkirk for repairs. The
Travellers Insurance Company, in which he
was insured, had to pay $258 in weekly in
stallments before he recovered. On getting
back to st. Paul he found that his forced alb
sence had upset a business arrangement
which he had expected to complete, at pc
cunlary loss to him of 1000. Meantime
the injured girl suffered a relapse, which so
enfeebled her health that the marriage was
delayed which had a bad effect upon the
man, and he finally broke the engagement
and married a widow in Minnesota with
four small children. This SO worked upon
the mind of the girl that she is now in the
insane hospital in Middletown. Her father,
enraged by the conduct of the young man,
brought suit for breach of promise, and has
just recovered Sl0,0 900. The anxiety and
expense of the whole affair thus far has been
enormous, as anybody can see. Similar cases
are likely to occur SO long as people will per-
slst in throwing orange peal around loose
Hartford Courant.
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ATAX1NTS for BUSINESS MEN.

When a business reaches the point where he
thnkS hat nc cnuot spare any time to examine sour
ces OF financial and commercial information, he may
safely conclude that his business Is well managed
When business man finds himself in n financial
situation so embarrassing that he cannot afford to pos.
sess every publication that would throw more lih un-
pm his business transactions, he should not delay an
hour, but arrange with auctioneer to close
oyt his stock to the highest bidder
The NEW YORK MERCANTILE JOURNAL is the best as
well as one of the largest mercantile newspapers pub.
lished III the United States Its market reviews and
carefully revised list of obber prices, embracing al
most every vuotable article of merchandise together
with It's udicous editorials. ill more than thirCyhve
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NUR new terms to agents before sending to any 9TH
~ er firm We give ageuts 105 yards sheeting for
clubs of 100 if al returned and at the rate for
clubs of forty and sixty. Recollect Dollar sale is
the Oldest and argest in this city, and perfectly reliable
all orders and letters being answered the same day
they are received Don't pay the high prices charged
at the stores but your money by sending to u.s.
and don't condem club system of selling goods be-
lore you try it, Male and F5mal agents wanted in all
towns and villages where prices are high In sending
clubs send 10cts for each Circulars sent free
by mail EASTMAN 81 KENDALL, rs Hawley Street
Boston, Mass.
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r ISTEN to the MO KING BIRD.

4
The rraiIic Whistle and animal Imitaor can be used
by n child II is made to initiate the songs of every
bird the neigh a horse the bray ofan ass the grunt
OF hog; birds beasts and snakes enchanted and
enrapped by it. l. used by Dan Bryant, Charley
White, and MI the Minstrels aud Warblers Nantrlo-
qusn can be learned IN three days by its aid. Sent
answhere npan receipt OFFS cents three for 80 cents;
81 % per dozen.
W. T. VALENTINE, Jersey City, NJ
3m
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GLOW HORSES made FAST and fast horses made
~ faster, Simple, practical instructions for imrprov
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Five cents. For sale by NJ. M. LARABEE, En-
porium, Comeron county, Pa Has exposures of hum
bugs. 3m
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CtALEsMEN WANTED by a Manufacturing Co., to
- travel and sell by sample, new lene OF gooods:-
Situations permanent wages good H. IL. hlCHAhDS
d. CO., 413 Chestnut St, Phila. Pa
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1t is estimated that forty-fve thousand
Americans visited Germany in 1868.
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HORRIBLE
had suffered with Caarrh for thirty years it had de-
stroyep my voice and smelling impaired my sight
hearing In six weeks have been entirely cured For
humanity's sake will send the receipt the simple
remedy, postage FREQ, TO all afflicted. Address REV.
II j. MEAD, Drawer No. 176, Syracuse N. Y.
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DUILDERs Send for catalogue of all new Architee'
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S1O A day Address A j. FULLAM, New York
pAO 3ln
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WHY NOT MAKE MONEY
with our Stencil and Key Check Outfit, and by selling
Novel and attractive articlesS STAFFORD MFG, co.
66 Fulton st N. Y. n6-l2t
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1869-05-20
From the Jackson Ky Purchase.
Am Apostolic Bout, i'm which Rev.
II. w. Caslkey takes n hand-.Ehe
Discussion Inn Murray.

In accordance with a previous announce
ment, theological discussion, involving
the points of difference between the Bap-
lists and Reformers, commenced In Muir
ray, (kentucky,) on the 20th inst, and
continued, Sabbath excepted, till the
night of the 26th. Rev. ID. B. Ray, a
Baptist Minister, of Tennessee, and Rev.
I. w. Caskey, of Paducah, were the
disputants A large crowd was in atten-
dance all the time, and much interest was
manifested in the discussion. The best
of feeling prevailed throughout the dis
cussion among the members, of both de
nominations, and the friends of the de
batants. Nor was the respect of the
speakers for each other at all lessened
but on the contrary, they closed the dis
cussion with much good feeling for each
other. They came from Murray yester-
day in the same buggy, and left together
on the same train. Take it altogether it
was a mastery discussion, conducted with
great dignity, earnestness and ability by
the speakers On both sides; and the re-
suits that must follow will, we think, be
salutary.
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Vac yirgGuIa Oucstjon.

SpCClai 10 the " C6GCTN Press
Isl WAsHINGUoN, May 1.-THE Cabinet con-
ddered and partly decided portions of the
Virginia question at It's meeting to-day. The
Conservative Republicans of Virginia sub
mitted the following plan to the Cabinet for
Refing on the Constitution:
e TO vote for or against the. excepting the
blowing portions thereof which are to be
Fotcd on separately:
III Eirst-For or against the section referring
q the DISTINGUISHING clause.
81 Sccond-For or against so much of the
bird article a. prCscribes an additional oath
10 be taken by all voters and officers.
Il Third-For oragainst so much of the sew
snth articles as provides for township and
additional county officers and for township
offcers
8 Should the greatest number of votes be in
the affirmative upon either Of the portions
% separately submitted, it shall be part of
BIC Constitution; but if in the negative, it
shall not be part thereof
The following is a special 10 the st. Louis
Democrat (Badical.J
& The only question of general importanG6
discussed in the Capiuet was the shape in
which the Virginia constitution should bC
Eubmitted 1t was decided to submit the
section containing the test oath. and the
section containing the DISTINGUISHING clause
separately The section regarding town
ships, township officers, and additional
county officers is not TO be submitted separ-
ately This is a middle course between what
was asked by the extreme Radicals, who
wanted the constitution submitted As q
whole, and the new movement men, who
asked to have Il separate vote on five or six
SECTIONS.
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New Orleans Commercial JOnVFu-
VcuaiOu. =

BY circular, we are advised that the
n. O. Chamber of Commerce, have
adopted the following resolutions:
That u Commercial Convention be held on
The 2ith inst. in this City, under the auspi-
ees of the Chambe- of Commerce, to consid-
Fl the prompt and most etiiCacjous means of
Removing the Instructions at the mouth of
the Mississippi River. the improvement of
Bic navigation Of the Southern and Western
Rivers and to confer fully on all matters
4ouchiug the common interests of the South,
Extended to The Boards of Trade of Chicago.
and other Lake Cities, and to the various
Downs on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers
md their tributaries, to send Delegates to
lie Convention, and that Committee of
l*Neuty members of the Cham Der br appoint
ed by the President to make the necessary
arrangements to carry the tenor { + the req
sDlutiOnS into effect"
4 To facilitate the deliberations Of the
Convention, the Committee suggest the
Following ratio of representation:
That each Chamber of Commerce or Board
OF Trade. will appoint two Delegates for
every enc hundred members or fractional
hundred.
IS That each City or Town will appoint four
Delegates for population of five thousand
OF less, and two for each additional five
thousand or fraction thereof
8 Every one appointed. or specially invited,
will please notify tire Committee If he can
attend, and will bring with him credentials
.AS 4 Delegate.
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James r. Cowardin, Of the Richmond Dis
patch, and Franklin SearH Of Wfrrfnfn vla-
lied the PRESIDENT to-day. Thelnterviev
lasted twenty minutes The delegation
left this evening forhome.
LIvEHPoOL-EvEvING- 1f-Coffon
a shade easier Iplands llId.; Orleans
llikd.; sales 5000 bales.
INV YORK, May 14.-Cotton steady
sales 400 bales at 2s1t Money easy aud
unchanged exchange dun gold 'nrmer and
higher, closed 40 39it a39ls: bonds closd
strong, 62's 20lk "a 20lt.
L. >. Marshal, Barlow. erpre-led the
opinion that no regular organized armed
and equipped expedition has sailed nom
this port for Cuba since the commencement
Of the war, aud believes that MANY h,vr
taken passage for Cuba perhaps rs a4.i.t
tae revolutiOnists and also much war mate
rial had been shipped, but men went osteu-
sibly as passengers and munitions as freight.
PARIS, Nav if.-Several electoral meet
ings were dispersed to-day, causing. ma some
Instances, riotous proceedings.
Madrid, May 1t.--iu Cortes. senior Az
erez. enc of the leaders OF the Republican
party, made long speech Ia support of Dis
amendment looking 10 the formation Of a
Federal Republic.
MUNIcH, May l4.-The Bayarian govern
ment has issued circular note 90 the govern
ments of France, Austria, Prussia. Baden,
and Wurtemburg. inviting those powers 20
a Conference 10 be held M this CITY. for the
state against the Church.
vienna, May li.-On the occasion OF the
closing Of the Austrian Chambers, the prcsl-
dent congratulated the members that the
situation Of Austria had been greatly im-
proved, and referred with pleasure Co the
Cancellation ct Hungary, and new laws
which had been enacted on various subjects.
and concluded by saying thar. thc Emperor
protecting. no peril meuacCs The COustitu-
ton, IL 10, friends are faithful.
HAVANA, May l2-Nil key Mcst-priNate
letters received from rebel sources. give ace
counts Of "a battle on the 81 at la. Mems
The Spauiards numbered 1900. under COM
mand of Lesca. The revolutionary forces
were commanded by Gen. Queseda. One
report says that before the lighting CONF
menced Cucscda posted the native lubaus
la front protected by cutrcuChmcuts, aud
placed four hundred Domican and Ameri-
can volunteers iu their rear, with orders tO
fire upon them II they ran. The Cubaus
fought with desperation
The ~pariarls attacked the entertainments
three times with the bayoneL the first Two
assaults were rcpulscd. che third was deter
mined and severe, the Cuhans began to wac
yer, when Quesoda ordered the rear guard
10 the front, they advanced, driving the Cue
bans into front ranks of the enemy, "a hand
10 hand combat cnsucd Ia which the butch
cry was horrible. The ~pluiurds finally
gave way, rctrcating in good order
Their loss Is estimated Ht 100 killed, and
300 wounded that OF the Cuhaus 200 killed
and prOportiouate number wounded,
The forces OF Que-eda aftor the fight
marched to san Miguel and burned Che town
Ia sight of the rctreatin2 Spaniurds.
The Cubans are Jubllaut.
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Sweet POaafoe Culture.

| have made speciality of the sweet
potatOe for twenty years, raising annually
fifteen acres. If a person can devise a
plan by which he can increase his crop
and save half the labor, he accomplishes
something worth telling. Now this is the
case with my sweet potatoe culture.
used to 90 the field with ten hands, and
lay out four-fold the expense in hoeing up
the hills in readiness for the plants, that |
now find necessary to expend in having
the entire crop set. l now set my crop as
fast as twO-horse team can cross the field
and return, following the team closely,
while the soil is freshly turned, planting
all day long, right in the sunshine, with
out any watering to ''sodden" the ground,
or, as my Dutch boy had it, when fol-
lowed the "sodden" plan, "setting the
plants in clod." To show how easy it is
to plant an acre with sweet potatoes, /
copy the following from the Marietta
Register of May %, 1868:
Ten lads, from II to Is years of age,
at Rathbone's Clifton Garden, set out
80, 900 sweet potatoe plants in IA hours !;
and in six days, working from 8 to 10
hours, set out 150,O0O plants, covering
IA acres-and the best part of the item
is, the plants live"
Now, [ am able to do this rapid work
by pudding the plants, and by many
years experience have proved that the
plan is not injurious, as had whimsical
notions that it would be, many years ago.
Again, to expedite, cut the ridges in
to hills at the second hoeing, or first if
you choose. Again, my farm is so small
that cannot afford to plant -four feet
each way" So have my ridges but two
feet two inches, and find that these mar
row rows give better returns per row than
the four-footers. Once per row, with a
single shovel pillow, hoes the row both sides
to perfection, and find it poor economy
to do by manual labor anything horse
can do.
| pillow once week until July Goth,
when the vines become too large, and then
the work is done.
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january and May Como 10 Tow,
STRANGE HALLUCINATION.

From the n. o. Picayune.
\ telegram from up the country advised
the Chief of Police, a few days since,
that the daughter of prominent citizen
had left a secluded village in Mississippi
with Dr. J. B. Hall, a whilom resident
of that place, and that they were proba-
bly, making their way to New Orleans.
The peculiar phraseology of the dispatch
clearly denoted an elopement, and the
police were on the qua riue TO apprehend
them, as desired by the parent of the
girl. As expected, they reached here on
the train, Wednesday, and an officer was
in waiting to receive them and conduct
them to the presence of the Chief
There was evidently a mistake some
where. The gentleman was old and de-
crepit, and his gray hairs and wrinkled
face evinced none of the youthful ardor
one would expect to see in the Lothario
who was Turing beauty from her native
bower On the contrary, the lady was
Young and beautiful-very young, indeed,
for by her own confession she had not vet
seen fifteen summers, petite In figure. and
elear.hazel eyes that sparkle with anima-
ton. The officers scarcely knew what to
think or believe. 1t surely could not be
an elopement, for what would this beau
tiful May violet want with the thorny
cactus on whose arm she leaned. Still,
the telegram indicated as much, and the
Chief inquired of the lady what she was
doing in the old mans company?
That can be readily perceived, sir.
am here because it is my wish, was the
indignant reply.
"Well, but you are not his daughter
His daughter, indeed, I'm his wife.
His what ?"
s.'His wife"
'.Why, he's already married, with q
wife and family of children up in Missis-
sippi," replied the officer, hazarding the
observation TO see what reply it would
elicit
Il know that, replied the little beauty,
H'but, YOU see, they don't treat him well,
and he's got the rheumatism and the
asthma, and he's got a falling in the back;
and YOU see sir, / sorter pitied him, and
he and me concluded we'd come away and
live by ourselves, and if we amt gust ex-
actly married we are just as good, was
the artless reply of the young girl, as she
looked, iTlgnteneu anu SurPIieeu' liieo sile
stern face of the Chief.
lis it possible" demanded the officer
of the man, s'that you've brought thi:
child from her home in this way"
ssShe wanted to come" replied the
wintrv Leander. 1t was all the excuse
he could offer.
1t is probable that the young lady viii
be sent back to her parents to-day, but il
the old man don't find his way to the
Parish Prison, he ought to. Neyerthe-
less, their evasion constitutes rather re
markable episode in the usual character
of elopements. 81
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From the Columbus Index.
JsIdEc Field.

We have long been aware of the ebliga-
stions that our citizens are under to this gen
Htleman for the manly stand he took in the
scouvention against the objectionable fea-
lures of the late constitution and of his lat
ter and more effective labors in our behalf
ut Washington and elsewhere. This gem
tleman stood alone for long time and bat
tied against Carpet-bag destructionists. like
a true Mississippian as he is, and was one of
the first TO propose to 60 to Washington TO
Icouuteract the work of the committee OF
five.
Judge Field is genuine Republican, OF
the conservative wiz 9 of that party, but has
Shown a degree of magnanimity towards
his people that makes us forget the name
&ot his party and shake hands with him upon
his conservative platform.
lie has sought no office and seeks none,
5and will not. A year ago he proclaimed
that he could not be used to widen the
breach between the people of his native
State. While at the 81 me time like true
patriot he was willing to occupy any posi-
ton where he might be of service ia pour
ing OIL upon the troubled waters, and still
adhereS to his position. determined to do
Justice to all men of all parties who are
actuated by liberal and patriotic motives
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GARDEN FERTILHER.-A correspondent of
the Country Gentleman communicates the
following as a simple but good garden COM
pound which has been used with the best
results, bringing into requisition material
that in many instances would otherwise be
wasted (chip dirt and refuse salt-) no insig-
nificant element in the formation of vegeta-
bic matter; II bushels of ashes; l bushel OF
refuse salt; bushel of plaster; II bushel Of
hen manure; 80 bushels of chip dirt Cor
muck). Heap your hen manure in pile
and damben it with brine from your refuse
salt until it heats. Then mix in the other
ingredients. The fermentation pnlveriBes
the mass and kills the grubs so apt to be
in chip dirt, relieving it of doubtful ex-
pediency." This compound is as valuable
as poudrette, and can be procured with but
small cost and labor. during the calm that
precedes the busy opening of spring.