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Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston.

The Augusta (Ga.) ConstitutioaaliSt
has the following upon the great sol
dier, for which we make room, know
inc that it will be read with pleasure
as well as profit: He was very large
and massive in figure, and finely pro-
portiOned. He measured six feet two
inches in hight, and had flesh to give
him perfect symmetry. His face was
large, broad and high, and beamed
with a lock of striking benignity. His
features were handsomely moulded.
He was very straight and carried him
self with grace and lofty and simple
dignity. He dressed neatly but
always in full Confederate grey Cen
erals uniform, that suited him admir-
ably. His whole appearance indica-
ted, in marked degree, power, de-
cisiOn, serenity, thought, benevolence.
We thought him then at first flush,
and thought it unYaryingly after
wards, and think now in the haliow-
ing memory of his noble manhood,
made sacred by the conservation of
his thrilling and heroic death for the
Southern cause, thai he was one Of the
sweetest and most august men we
ever met. His character was en-
trancing in its pure nobility. There
was something in his manner that
emboldened confidence, and when we
cot through, nothing could exceed the
fatherly manner with which he re-
piled, encouraging, instructlng and
assuring US of his kindness. he prof
fered to help us with his counsel, or,
otherwise, invited US to call on hlln at
any time, and, giving US the necessary
orders, we left. 1t was that gentle
politeness that won everybody who
approached him, and endeared him
to his people. Often afterward we
met him at his headquarters and in
the field, and he always was the same
affable, considerate, fatherly gentle
man, inspiring the gravest reverence,
winning the fondest regard, and ex-
citing the highest admiration. But
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Josh RiIIinqs on the Black Man.

The black man emigratid teW this
free and plus kuntry about 200 years
formerly, in the lower story Ov a
vessel; ne was kindly furnished with
a free ride, and some rice and water
for vittles.
Immediately upon his arrival he
commenced Dizziness for other folks
on our eastern coast, and had plenty
tew do.
He was very Economical in hiz
habits of clothes, wearing but fu, and
those seldom made out of cashmere.
He Ockasianally changed hiz lOka-
ton, moving in to an adjoining State,
but in these Journeys he waz always
kindly furnished with a guide, so
that thare waZ no danger ov his git
ting lost.
In these trips he seldom took hez
family with him; they were either
tew remaint at hum or made excur-
sion in search Ov work to other States
under the guidance of experienced
guide,
Once in a while the black man
would stray away far to the cold and
bitter North and git cruelty lost.
Hiz guides would mourn for him
then, and sarch for him, but hiZ
family soon got recOnciled tew the
lost.
Everybody sed, where he lived,
that he was the happiest crittuF that
he'd ever bin discovered yet, with
nothing to do but work, and kind
guide tew watch over him awl the
time, and mournd for him when he
got lost.
But the black man IL a very
phoolish critter.
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Exploring Expeditions in the North
Polar Regions.

DIR. Petermann, Of GOtha, has pre-
pared an account Of five polar eypedi-
tiOns which are now in the high
latitudes. OF these expeditions three
are German and two English, and
seven vessels are employed.
The first expedition is that of A.
ROsenthal, with the screw steamer
Bienenkort, of four hundred tons,
and sixty-tive horse power, and a
crew Of tifty-tve persons, under Capt.
Hagens. This vessel is provisiOned
for from eight to twelve months. DIR,
F. J. DOrst, of Julich, is the ge0gra-
pher and astronomer of the expedi-
tiOn, and the object Of research is the
sea between Greenland and Spitz-
bergen, as far as Gillis Land. The
expedition sailed from Bremhaven on
the 2lst of February last. A letter,
dated May 9th, has been received in
GOtha from DR.. Dorst, who dates
from 7f0 north latitude, about one
hundred miles from the East Green
land coast, and reports an average
seal season; in some parts rich catches
have been made,
The second expedition is LamOnt's,
with perfectly new screw steamer,
the Diana, built purposely for the
voyage. She is two hundred and
fifty tons buFthen, and is prOvisiOned
for two years. Mr.. Lamont is a
member Of British Parliament, and is
well known as a thorough seaman
and good geologist. DR.. Smith ac-
companies him as naturalist, and
Hamilton Macallum as painter, His
10 ln ffVb
and Nova Zembla, and he will also
explore Gillis Land. He sailed from
England on the goth Of April.
The third expedition is Capt.
Palliser's. He has a sailing-schOOner
with steam yawl on board. In 1868
Capt. Palliser spent three months on
Spitzbergen, engaged in hunting; but
as that island did not satisfy him, he
now goes to Nova Zembla, and win
explore the still almost unknown sea
between SpitZbergen and that island.
He sailed from England in April.
The fourth expedition is a A. Rosen-
thal's screw steamer Albert, of seven
hundred tons and ninety horsepower,
with a crew of seventy persons, under
Capt. Hashagan. The vessel is
provisiOned for fifteen months, and
has nearly five hundred tons of coal
on board. DIR. Emil Bessels, of
Heidelberg, is zoolOgist and sketcher.
The object of this expeditions is to
sail around Spitzbergen and Nova
Zembla, and to penetrate to the most
northern latitude possible, following
along the Siberian coast in search of
deposits Of mammoth remains, etc.
This expedition sailed from Bremen
haven on the 23d of May.
The fifth is the second German
North Polar Expedition. 1t consists
of the screw steamer Germania and
sailing vessel Hansa. The scientific
force of this expedition includes Drs.
Bergen, BuchholZ, Copeland, Laube,
Pausch and Payer. The chief vessel
is under the command of Capt.
KOldeweg. The object is the explOra-
ton of the Artic central region, on
the basis of East Greenland; the
solving of the polar question; the
measurement of lattitudes, etc. The
vessels left Bremerhaven on the 18th
of June.
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The Israelite SYNOD +.

Rev. Mr.. Nathan, of st. Thomas,
West Indies, speaking of the recent
Synod at Leipsic, of which he was one
of the principal members, says !:
1.-THE whole affair has been a great
and brilliant success not so much as
regards what has been done, but what
will be. The galaxy of literary men,
celebrated for their productions in sci
ence and Biblical lore, the exposition
of modern thought, couched and
clothed in elegant language, the vari-
ETY. of views unfolded, the gradual
harmoniZing of opposing and antago-
nistic parties, the soundneSs of princi-
pies enuuciated and the loyalty and
faithfulness to the matter and spirit of
Judaism proclaimed by every speak
er, lent a charm to the assembly
whose influence on the heart was ap-
parent in every countenance. have
no hesitation in declaring said the
Rev. Mr.. Nathan, that, from all
have listened to, Judaism is safe
enough from those who would so
change its ancient features as to render
it scarcely recognizable, and those
who, on the other hand, would still
have it clothed in the sordid and filthy
rags which the intolerance and perse-
cution of the middle ages had forced
it to assume. Every enlightened Is
raelite desirous of removing existing
prejudices against the inner and outer
life of Judaism and its external prac-
tice will rejoice that beginning has
been made toward a true awakening
of the spirit-a speedy resurrection of
the dry bones-amOng our coreligion-
lists. The numerous friends of Rev.
Mr.. Nathan will be glad to hear that
he is on his way to Carlsbad for the
restoration of his health. "
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Sid0n and Tyre.

No description can do justice to the
squalor and filth of SidOn on a wet
! day. All Of the streets are more than
half arched over, very dark, and so
narrow that three laden asses cannot
pass, with a gutter q foot deep running
down the center. Where not arched,
a rotten screen of sticks, over laid
here and there with pieces of ragged
mating and wattles, adds to the de-
plOrable condition Of the place. Cop
persmiths seemed the most thriving,
as well as the nOisiest of the artiZans,
while, like every one else, they sit in
their open shops hammering away on
the ground. We turned up a blind
entry and then mounted a fight of
steps in the corner, at top Of which a
door led to a courtyard, clean and
tidy. The port, when compared with
the haTbOrs of classic Greece, must
have been a spacious one, and was,
perhaps, enlarged, by an artificial
mode, of which, though not noticed
by any writer, we thought we could
descry the traces. In many places
the old reef has been quarried out,
till the sea makes a clean breach
into the harbor, but this has probably
been the work of later times. The
Jagged fretted rocks and the sea is full
of carved doOrways, huge stones still
visible where the stanChiOns of gates
had been fitted, and strewn with
masses of undecipherable masonry.
We were struck by the CyclOpean
character of the work-immense
stones let in to form the edge
of the ancient quayS, by the
side Of which, among and on
those ancient rocks, must have
been the warehouses of SidOn. The
masses of broken columns on all
sides from a breastwOrk against the
action Of the sea below; but these re-
mains are so perforated and honey
combed by the water and by the bor-
ing shells (phOladeS) that it is impOS-
sible to make out their style. Time,
man, and, above all, the inceSsant
dashing of the waves, have so honey
combed rocks, stonewOrkS and col
umnS alike, that no clear plan of the
style of the building can be aseer-
tained. Such is the harbor of SidOn,
the cradle of the worlds commerce,
the mother of Tyre. Sidon, in the
rain, is wretched enough, and what is
that to Tyre, in the dry ? The filth
and Squalor of the little city surpasses
even that ofa Tunisian town. Scanty
bazaars and palm leaves the streets
never less than an ankle, often a
foOt-deep in putrid mud dilapida
ted, windowless novels, half buried
in rubbish-such is modern Tyre.
Through these we picked our steps to
the shore, where lay a few fishing
boats from the navy Of her whose
merchants were princes. We as
eended to the higher part ofthe prom
OntOry, and from the ruined walls
looked down on the wonderous fulfill
ment of prophecy. For half a mile
the sea flows to the depth of a foot or
two over flat rocks, covered by one
mass of broken columns, leaning or
prostrate, in bewildering confusion, as
If pitched pell nell into the water.
This is insular Tyre "the waters
have covered her - she is place for
fishermen to spread their nets on. F."
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MASONIC FUNERAL NOTICE.


4
/ MEMPHIS, TzNN.. August II, 1862
At meeting Of Leila Scott Lodge No. 2ss
F. and A. NJ, held this date the following pre-.
amble and resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
/ AWHERRAs, The Masonic Fraternity Of this
city have heard with the deepest regret Of the
sudden death Of our much Iamented Brother
HENRY p. WOoDARD, late Junior Warden OF
this Lodge, one OF its founders and earliest
officers, bright and diligent Mason, a true
friend, a man without reproach, We feel that
any Language at our command viii bat family
express our appreciation OF him as a man
and Mason, or portray our sorrowfnQ feelings
at his demise.
Resotred. That though we bow with rever-
enee to the decree Of the SuDrsnaa Grand
master, calling our worthy Brother rom the
neiq OF iaDor, yet We sorrow at our irrepara-
Die loss, and that the fahorers in the VINEYARD
OF Masonry should be deprived Of 50 skflifuI a
Resotred That we recognize IN our worthy
departed Brother, virtues Of the highest order
and such as all members of the fraternity
to follow 1--' wi
Resotred, That in the death of Brother 4. p
" " ooDAkD, Masonry has lost a brilliant JesOel
this Lodge one OF its brightest Ornaments
aha tn1s community a most worthy member
d9etesoteed, That we tender our heartfelt SYM
Pathy 70 our worthy Brothers widow in her
bereavement, with the assurance that We
realize that though our sOrrOws at his removal
rom the fraternal Circle Is deep and lasting
yet her loss Is beyond the sympathy Of even
those who most desire TO assuage grief
IteS0tted., That in token Of our loss the
oIhc1al regitlta Of our deceased Brother sus-
pended in the South be draped in mourning.
thaJ his station in Lodge be similarly draped
ana held vacant during the remainder OF his
term, and that the officers and mem bers wear
the usual token Of sorrow for she space or
sixty days. r-a-r-ll--s
ReSo5red, That a copy Of these resolutions.
whleh but n1ntly express our sorrow at thf =
loss OF so worthy Brother. be furnished by the
Committee to the bereaVed widow and De
published in the official Masonic Journal,
II. II. HIGBEE.
THOMAS DAY,
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HAVANA.

HAVANA, August IA plan has
been discovered in Matanzas to poison
the bread intended for the garrison OF
that place. A negro made known the
plot to the authorities, who have had
the parties tried and sentenced. A
rumOr is in circulation that Col.
QuirrOs has attacked the insurgents
at Silva, and killed ninety. The
Spanish loss was small. This report
is probably cOnfounded with the cap
ture of Gen. JOrdan's convoy. The
localities Of each engagement are con-
fiUuOuc
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AN OLD STORY RE-TOLD.

The ship lay off the harbor bar,
Befogged, becalmed, bedraggled;
And round her not a single star
Through all the darkness struggled.
And there she lay, condemned to wait
Her voyages end uncertain
For far athwart the Golden Gate
Hung down the misty curtain.
4 landsman, pacing up and down,
His bitter luck deploring,
Could almost hear the bells of town
Above the breakers roaring.
Lot overhead a patch of blue,
One bright star in the center
" See, see, the light is breaking through!
Now, Captain, let us enter"
The skipper gaZed on sky and star,
In reverence standing under:
. Ny friend, we're bound across the bar,
And not at present yonder."
-OUeTiGnd 1fOHtAlV.
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light fitting with her swain. To
avoid the unpleasant circumstances OF
living in a country where all the facts
were known, and where she might
any time meet her offended father,
they determined to come to America.
Nine years elapsed and the man for
whom she gave up all, instead of
being the devoted, affectionate hus-
band she expected to find, proved, ac-
eording to her allegations, to be a
brute and a sot. His lavish eXpendi-
ture and reckless pursuit of all kinds
of pleasure gradually dissipated the
noble fortune she had brought him.
Valuable silver plate which she had
also possessed was conveyed by him
to the silversmiths, and converted
into funds to pamper his appetites.
The wife's wardrobe and private jew
els, even, were appropriated with bru-
tai disregard of the feelings of her
who had sacrificed everything to his
One stroke of ill-treatment
followed another in swift succession,
until Mrs. Flotrou, outraged beyond
and fearful of personal vi
olenee to herself and her child, a
lovely little girl of eight years, was
forced to have recourse to the final |
remedy. And thus, yesterday morn
ing, only day or two after the ami |
of her marriage, nine years |
ago, a apetitiOn for divorce was filed in |
this citV.O
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OUR STOCK BEING LARGE AND COM
" plete, purchased from manufacturer and
first hands, at lowest igurers and shipped at
cheapest freights ever known in Memphis,
We are determined TO offer such Inducements
to the merchants Of the surrounding country
as VIII in future make it plainly to their In
terest to trade in Memphis, and with US. In
order that there may be no misunderstand-
ing on this point. we say plainly that WE
WILL on SAME DATE AND WITH SAME QUAIL
Try OF GOODS, DUPLICATE ANY CASH ORDER
FILLED IN LOUISVILLE, CINCINNATE OR ST.
LOUIS, transportation added.
We have now in store and 10 arrive:
400 pieces and half pieces KY. Bagging
1900 bundles Iron Ties, best makes
so casks Clear Bacon Sides
20 casks Shoulders;
65 hhds. Louisiana Sugars
100 bbls. Hard Sugars
IS tcs. S. C. Hams
800 kegs Leaf Lard
400 cases eaddy Lard
IS tierees Lard;
$50 sacks Fair TO Choice Coffee
so pockets lava Coffee
200 cases and pound Oysters;
200 kegs Nails;
100 boxes Candles
100 half boxes Candles
100 One-qHarter boxes Candles
100 boxes Pearl Starch
100 boxes Y. z. and 3. E. Soap
500 bags assorted Shot
200 barrels Superine Flour
$50 barrels Xxx and XXX Flour
rs barrels Fancy Brands Flour
so barrels Golden Flake" FIOur---our
own brand, and the hest Flour in
market.
200 barrels K. D. Meal;
100 barrels and half barrels Whisky;
rs barrels Bourbon and Rye
100 caddies Bright IA Tobacco
IS boxes Tobacco;
100 kegs choice MoIasses;
IS barrels and half barrels MOIasses
500 barrels kanaWha Salt, Etc., Etc. Etc.
An inspection of our stock and prices will
be to the advantage of ALL CLOSE CASH OR
APPROVED TIME BUYERS, and We cordially IN
vite all such to give us a call.
BS- Orders by mail will always secure our
prompt attention.
TO0F, PHILLIPS & CO.,
aul5 26S Front Street.
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TO RESTAURATEURS,
CONFECTIONERS
And Sa1OOn-kee
The Confederate Soldiers Relief and
Historical Association.

THE PICNIC COMMIT EE Of the COnfed-
Il crate Soldiers i:eiief and Historical AssO-
citation is now ready to receive sealed bids
Tor the Privileges OF the ground for the Pic
nlcs 10 be given at James Park on Saturday
August 2lst, as follows:
FOR THE BAR PRIVIL EGE.
This includes the right to sell all the spir-
tuous, vtnOus, and malt liquors, cigars and
tobacco sold on the grounds on that day; the
party bidding having the right to establish as
many stands as he shall see ft.
FOR THE RESTAURANT PRIVILEGE
This includes all edibles, warm and cold.
except such as are generally known as c0aJec-
tl0nd17es and are mentioned under that head I;
the bidder having also the right to establish
any number Of stands that he may see Mt.
FOR THE CONFECTIONERY PRIVILEGE.
This includes ice cream, water ices, sher-
bets, bon-bons, candles or confections.
CONDITIONS:
All bids are to be handed to the Secretary
Of the Committee on or before four O'Clock
Monday, August 18th. The bidder to state In
Written Words the number Of dollars offered
for the Privilege, and to bind himself in case
the bid Is accepted. to depOslte that sum with
Capt. Harvey Mathes, Treasurer of the Com
mittee, by twelve O'Clock Thursday, August
18th.
RS- The highest bid WILL in every instance.
be accepted without reserve.
HENRY SfOODE, Chm.
F. L. JAMES, Sec. aui2
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we must hasten to our interview with
him. 1t was at COrinth, Miss, few
days before the bloody battle of
Shiloh. We had some inn
portant business, and rode to
his headquarters. He met us
with his usual cOrdiality, but stated
that in consequence of pressing mat
ters he would be unable to give US his
personal attention, and must, for once,
refer us to his Adjutant General, but
that we must feel slighted, and ne
would be glad to see US hereafter with
the same freedom. The consideration
Of his manner and remarks amid the
engrossing occupation of preparing
that great movement to Shiloh, upon
which he depended SO much to re-
trieve the disasters of Donaldson and
Nashville, prove how thorough a gen
tleman he was, and how kindly was
his heart. He bid US good morning
with friendly grasp of the hand, and
We never spoke to him again. That
mighty struggle at Shiloh came on.
We saw him once in the dread car
mage, flashing across the field, the in
carnation OF the splendid warrior. He
always rode large and magnificent
horses. His avOrite steed was a gray;
and when he mounted upon the noble
animal he was the beau ideal of
General. His firm, graceful seat in
the saddle, his majestic proportions, |
his sOldierly carriage, his handsome |
his noble eountenance, the |
radiant bearing of knightly chivalry |
that marked every movement and |
feature, all leave a proud remembrance
Of gallant and striking manhood, for
those to dwell upon who knew and
loved him.
He was killed about u o'clock in
the first days fight. When the his
-orian sits to write what will be the
fair chronicles of the turbulent war of
those times, he will lovingly dwell
upon no character more shining, illus
-riOus and exalted-upOn no hero
more luminous for chivalry, patriot
sm, genius and sublime manhood,
han Albert Sidney Johnston,
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TELEGRAPRIC Markets.
NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, August 14.-CottOn
steady; sales l09 bales middlings at
300 304c. Receipts 3S bales; exports,
coastwise, 743 bales. Flour firmer;
superfne 81 IS; Xxx Sc 80; xxx
So -62l. Corn dull; mixed 81; white
81 %. Oats quiet at G4G Csc. Bran
81. bay SO. Pork held at S35 80.
Bacon firm at lie for shoulders, and
19fG20c for clear sides. Lard firm; in
tierces, 20G 2Olc; in kegs 2G2}c
Sugar dull; common ll@ll}c; prime
I3fGl4c. MOlaSses dull; rebOiled
60 to zoe. Whisky 81 12461 I5.
Coffee, fair 1jGl5lc; prime 16l@l6sc.
Gold 1929. Sterling l47i. New York
sight I premium,
NEW YORK.
New YORK, August 14.-COttOn
firm; sales 1000 bales; uplands 33lc.
Flour 81 10 to Z GO. Wheat 81 co to
l65. Corn 81 Il to III. Whisky
81 49,. Coffee firm. Sugar II to 124c
for Cuba. MOlasses firm.
Dry GOOdS.-There is no general
animation as yet. Late failures in dry
goods and wool business, and those
among three or four Eastern WOOlen
mills have excited an unfavOrable in
fuence on business generally, as it
makes it difficult to negotiate dry
goods paper, unless at high rates, but,
nevertheless, there are some classes of
bulky goods which Western and
Southern buyers are purchasing more
| freely on account of the very low
rates of freight. Knit hosiery, Ger
mantOWn goods and heavy WOOlens,
as we'll as cotton goods, remain mac
tive. 4 good style of dark prints
sell as loW as l2}c. Ready sale, such as
Gloucester, LOueslee and Oriental, are
slow. Sheetings are in limited de-
mand at l6l@17c for best Eastern
makes. White goods, like Augusta,
can be bought at l51c, and Bedford II
at IOlc. The Blackstone bleached
muslins are down &c, and are selling
at 15lc. The market generally closes
quiet. <
Money-Easy, at GG7 per cent on
| call. Sterling is quiet at 109E@ll0.
More grain bills are offering and a few
cotton bills. Gold opened at l345 and
| fell to l33 rs, and under sensational
| rumors rose to 134t@l34s. At the
close il was I34l. 1t is reported that
! the Secretary OF the Treasury would
purchase ten millions Of bonds in Sep
tember and October, and sell two mil
lions Of gold in September, but none
| in October. Following this was
statement that at the next Cabinet
meeting Cuba would be purchased,
and, finally, a private telegram gave
| out that bonds were So in London.
! These statements OccasiOned few pur-
chases. The carrying rate for gold is
| 2lGs5 per cent. ClearanceS 81, ,000, 600.
Governments inactive. State bonds
firmer; old Tenns. 81; new 51}.
CINCINNATI.
CINCINNATI, August 14.-Family
-four S6G6 IS. Corn Soc. Oats 81 to
6Oc. Whisky 81 0S. Pork S34 90.
Bulk meats l4a1446l63@1G}c. Ba-
con shoulders I5l@152c; clear sides
| l9919}c. Hams DC. Red wheat 81 35
al SO; white 81 1901 45. Rye 95 to
csc. Butter 25930c. Eggs l4c. Cheese,
Western reserve 13c; factory 15c.
ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, August l4.-Superhne
four s. 25la5 60. Wheat, prime to
choice 81 As to 1 So. Corn s. to csc.
Oats. mixed AZ to 43c. Rye 93c.
Whisky 81 10. Pork $34 %, Clear
sides 172c. Bacon 154@16c; sides 1910
1910. Lard 10000.
CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, August l4.-Flour, spring
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, August 1.-THE
acting Secretary of the Treasury, upon
recommendation of the Commissioners
of Internal Revenue, has reduced the
pay Of assistants for North Carolina
trOm s. so to s. per day, and the Gulf
States from So 30 to So per day, and in
States and Territories on the Pacific
coast from $ to s..