Wilmington journal., 1870-09-30

tho Great Library, Ikc. ] Gsl-
With the Strasbourg cathedral Knocked
over by the Prussian guns goes the ia
mons clock, the prodoct of German
clockmaker, in about the year 1850, and
described as a marvel of ingenuity aud
mechanical skill that has no counterpart.
1t performs not only the ordinary service
of a clock, but exhibits the days and the
months and the years the process of the
seasons; the signs ofsthe zodiac and the
names and moverAentso of the heavenly
bodies. AT each quarter hour an angel
comes out and strikes one stroke on u bell !;
at every hour another angel comes out
and strikes twice; and at ~, meridian, a
figure of Christ appears. 1accompanie ed by
the twelve apostles. sH OF whom move
around ceutral point and pass in, ont of
sight, by another door, the stroke of
twelve being given, and q cock flaps his
; The clock Is enormOus In size, like every
thing else connected With the vast cathe-
dral, and is invisible from the outside
street.-the spectator passing through the
naya of the cathedral TO see it. 1t has suf-
fered from fire and violence before the
present year. having been out of repair
and motionless since the revolution of
1903, until the year 1842, when it was re-
paired by a matchmaker of Bas -Rhin, and
has been in operation since. 1t is to be
hoped thet this ingenious piece of mechan
ism has not been irreparably Injured by
the present bombardment. The loss of
the Strasbourg library-a vast collection
of 800,OO volumes, including many col
lections of rare and curious monkish parch-
ments-is total and irreparable.
Political Call
To Tie Nltiue Union Men Of tie South:
After consultation with many of the ma
tive original Union men of the South, it
has been deemed advisable to call meet
ing of such at the city of Knoxville,
Tennessee, on the first day of November
next.
The main object of this conference is to
consult upon the present condition of the
country, and TO take into consideration
the rights of those who, during the late
civil war, were true to the Constitution
and to The Union. It is not called in the
interest Of any particular party, or for any
special party purpose. Hence all who
were Union men are respectfully invited
to meet us on that occasion.
Amongst the subjects which will be
brought to the attention of the meeting
will be something like the following plat
form of principles:
L. To accept in good faith the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments to the Consti-
tuition of the United States as the final
settlement of the status of the African
race.
2. Universal amnesty, and the restora-
ton to every man Of the civil and political
rights which he enjoyed before the war.
3. Equality and uniformity in taxation,
SO that every section shall pay its proper
tionable part; that no interest shall be
charged with more than its just proper
ton.
4. Compensation to loyal men in the
South for property taken for the use of
the Government during the war; and the
payment of all claims due citizens of the
South for services rendered prior to the
war.
5. Payment of the public debt accord
ing to contract. and as speedily as is con-
sistent with a due regard for the interests
Of the people; and fair and equitable dis
tribution of the banking capital in the
South and West.
6. The repeal or modification of the
oath of Office rs prescribed by the act of
July Cd, 1862.
7. That all who are required to discharge
the duties of citizens are entitled to all the
rights and privileges of citizens.
It is desirable that every State in the
South should be represented in the meet
ing.
GEO. W. BOOKER, of Virginia.
A. j. HAMILTON, of Texas.