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General Sheridan.

General Sheridan was interviewed shortly sc
ter his arrival home, and gave in short. crisp
sentences vast amount Of valuable informa.
ton regarding the fighting qualities and the
advantages and disadvantages possessed by the
French aud Prussan armies. He is thus re-
ported:
1T is not an easy thing to cay who fights best
They are all good soldiers. But there is a won.
derful difference in their respective PECULIAR
ties. The Germans are tremendously stubborn
and stand FIRE like wall of stone The French
are more full Of dash " lie does not make any
invidious comparisons. The grand success of
the Germans, he says was partly owing to the
excellent training their officers have received
in their military schools, and to the splendid
discipline Of their men. The same thing may
be claimed for the French. 1t is wonder that
the latter have stood out as long as they have
Their reverses are not due to a lack of prowess
or skilled officers, but political trouble at home.
Place both OF those nations in the same pros
porous state they were five years ago and the
present situation might be greatly changed
Then, again, there Is the question Of arms
The needle.guu is OF immense power. So is the
chassepot. But these do not excela perfect gun of
our Springfield pattern. 1t is not fair to draw
nasty conclusions in these matters. The cam
paigns there were not comparable TO those Of
our late war. The country is an old one. 1t
has been mapped out and surveyed almost to
the foot for warlike operations. 1t is better
known. The roads are older and better than
ours. The territory is more thckly populated
and the battlefelds in closer contiguity. Their
bases of supplies and objective points are Of
easier range. Besides, they have made war q
science for centuries. Military schools abound
Their soldiers are more absolutely subservient
than ours. They have drilled reserves ready
at any time-even in peace. Our country is
immense, with inferior and scattered roads.
The territory is not we'll known. We have but
one military school, with d small number of
pupils, and a small standing army. But in war
like operations they have more red tape than
we. There are many improvements suggested
TO US by their systems. But, after all, there il
no such material as is found in the American
armies. Place those armies here and they
would be nonplused at the Typographical
difficulties we overcame. There Is nothing ike
our army for work. We have an excellent
system but IL needs changes, and can be vastly
benefited by some Of the European examples.
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q small nationality in our own south had been
crushed at great expense OF blood and treas
ure. The entire tendency of modern civiliza-
ton vas toward large nationslities and strong
governments. 1t was difficult. for q small ma
tionality to maintain position OF responsibility
Delaware would make q very respectable
county, scarcely respectable State, bat as an
independent nation she would be simply ridicu-
lous, yet it was expected of San Domingo to set
up as nation on an equally small capital. For
his part he had no wish to be citizen of
meek nation that could be kicked about by
every one with impunity. He wanted TO ge:
into large relationship and was he q citizen of
San Domingo, he would hold up both his
hands from the rising to the setting OF the
tropical sun for annexation to the United
States He had thought of other nations. but
could think of none except the United States
with which as a citizen of San Domingo he
should desire TO cast in his lot.
There were few churches equal to the Con-
stitution of the United States. He believed
this church 1.-THE Congregational was the only
mo distinction on account of race. color, or
previous condition Of servitude.'
There were some people very anxious to save
San Domingo from the humiliation OF surren-
dering her own independence and coming into
this Union. He would ask, did the original
thirteen colonies, which also were independent,
humiliate themselves when they came into the
Uniony He did not believe that San Domingo
would be degraded by coming into the society
of Massachusetts, New York, and Maryland
The exchange of o petit independence for the
position of a State in the Union would be to
exchange impotence for power, revolution Cor
security danger for safety, stagnaton for ac-
tivity and prosperity, and anarchy for good
government, with all its blessings.
1t was asked, would 1t not be we'll if San
Domingo should give the world an example of
q free and independent cOlored Republic? He
answered yes but she could not do this for
the reason that her population was too insig-
niGcant for a separate nationality.
Looking at the various Governments of the
world, our own not excepted, the time had not
vet come when the success of a nation ia self
government might be made fair test Of the
merits of its people.
Mr.. Douglass answered the question, What
do we want with San Domingo?" in q some
what humorous vein. but with earnestness Of
argument, and then proceeded to an eloquent
defense OF President Grant from the charges
Of violations of international law in connection
with the San Domingo project.
In conclusion he said the time must soon
come when all free governments must unite in
opposition to despotism, and thought the bring
ing Of the frst of them in under our flag would
be the beginning of that millennium which
would see the earth cursed no longer by war
or slavery.
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Political.

The Missouri Repubhcar is not we'll ol.a..s
with Nsllandigham's platform. II accuse, NJ
'. oil determination not to allow his light To
he hidden. The views Of the Pepubl,ea. a.
II the platform are SO peculiar that we reuno.
duce them. as follows
The whole platform. so called. is remark
able simply "a giving in the adhesion of one
OF the extremists of the Northern politicians
20 accomplished facts. though it 10 done. we
think, rather haltingly. The acceptance OF
the amendments and acquiescence in the doc.
trinc at equality are indeed Democratic. As Is
The absolute equality of the States but we
see no reason for the Insertion of plank which
may give the Republicans prefer Tor declaring
that the policy OF The Democracy 10 To prevent
the enforcement o: the amendments BY uu.
friendly legislation. This Is the meaning
which Will be given ia the Administration
papers 10 the sixth resolution All legislation
IA temporary, to be sure, but precisely the arsu-
ment on which th. Republicans place most
stress * that the Democracy when in po~es
Will endeaSor 10 nullify the force of the lats
amendments by refusing to give them any Legs.
latlVe sanction. Such is not We believe. the
temper Oi the party. and the effort To eoncilist.
the support OF e" Southern ultraists by these
means IS demagogca Mr.. Vallandix CHAM has
survived has time, aud the sooner he subsidies
the sooner will be have recogn I'D The preva-
lence OF conservatism in politics which has
kept han ia private lie since an early period
o! the war for the Union
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"A gratifying item of news Is that from
Washington, that General Cspron, Commits
soner OF Agriculture, reports that tea culture
10 fast becoming q recognized industry in the
Western and Southern States, and thstin q few
years enough tea will be grown on native coil
10 meet the home consumption. He states that
the trsnsplanting Of tea TO these sections has
been great success, and the prospects for lite
rapidly becoming N important feature are mos.
encouraging.
The Emperor Willism has pardoned, il is
said, all the convicts sentenced 10 death in
Prussia since his return 70 Berlin, except three
men and one woman, who had committed mnr.
ders of the most diaboli sort
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TaE CoLoRKD PorrLATloS.-The total colored
population of the United States, according to
the Official returns OF the Census Office, is
S.s57 600. being gain of 935 per cent. over
1907. The States and Territories stand in the
blowing order in respect to the number of the
Soiored population: Gsorgis, Virgins, Ala
,oans; Mississippi, South Carolins, North Caro-
Una, LosisisDs, Tennessee, Keutucky, Texas,
4srylsnd, Arkansas. Missouri, FIorids, Penn
sylvsnia, Ohio. New York, District Of Columbia,
New Ne Jersey, Illinois. Indiana. Delaware, West
CoI 1,n.s, Kansas. Massachusetts, Michigan,
W; ,oer.;a u iowa Rhode Island, California
nssota, New Hampshire, Nevada. Oregon c"i
1rado. Washington, Wyoming, and M"n,sn U.'
Inc number is about equal in Nv Ws";us
Utah. Dakota, Idaho, and Arizona 'A'e''
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lT isn't pleasant 10 read that, IN Australia
MIR. William l.. Jones has been sent 10 prisoa
Tor two years for speaking disrespectfully of the
Old Testament and calling Moses "a robber.
murderer, and cruel old wretch" This freedom
OF speech IS decided to be " baspheIny" by the
Australian tribunal, and under such circam.
stances, t wouldn't be exactly safe for Bishos
Co'enSo tn 20 there tu preach. IL is very odd
that 10 this age of enlightenment aud toleratio4
a man should not be ut liberty TO say what he
pleases Of quite historical character like
Moses. Would 1t also be telOniOus to allude ~
Aaron taIlIngs. to David and Uriah's wife, to
solomon and his concubineS' Does the legal
provision extend to the cOsmOgouv of the Old
Testament? Where. in fact, does il stop? II
should be stated that the Australian blasphe-
mer, according 20 the testimony, spoke reyer-
entialy of the Deity, and of the Saviour as good
man but this did not save him from the pain.
ful consequences OF undertaking Moses
pretty statute-book we should have II all the
jewish lavglyers and monarchs were sakeu
under its protection Why not send Mr. Oar.
win to prison Tor his monkey theory: How
many biologists are there worthy OF the name
who would not be liable to indictment. How
long before the State coustablcs would be after
the Radical Club in Boston Two hundred
years ago poor Mr.. Weiss and the rest would
certainly would have locked up, tried for blas-
phemy, and duly hanged upon Boston Commoa.
Since then the world has discovered, or at least
the rational part Of il has, that truth is never
III any real danger from freedom Of speech, AMI
rather gains than loses by attack. They would n
hang Quakers in Australia now, aud why should
they lock up Mr.. Jones because he doesn't like
Moses - Tribune
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A special meeting of the Medical Assoeia-
ton Of this District was held Tuesday, the
sd instant The name of DR.. A. T. Augusta,
q colored physician Of this city, and late sur.
geon in the United States army with the rank OF
brevet leutenaut-colonel. was up for member.
ship. lie has proven by rigid examination,
made BY surgeons whose prejudice against
color was uudoubted, that he is in every way
qualified as physician, SO that there was no
question as to his competency. He was, how
ever, denied admission, and resolution was
passed forbidding members Of the association
from consulting with him on pain of dismissal
from the association. IL this an evidence of
the civilization. enlightenment, aud progress
OF the 10Th century,
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General Steinmetz, the old hero who's. -
petuous valor accomplished SO much for ~.
German army upon the bloody field o! Gr.y..
lo1s, has been created field marshal, notwith.
Standing the fact that be was relieved of his
command for "too much lighting" on that
e'sntful day. Hsying disciplined" him for the
technical act Of transcending bis orders, the
Emperor now pays this deserved compliment
70 ais ehiyalrous daring and courage.
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The Temperance Monitor, miniature sheet
just started in New York, argues that drunk.
enness 10 crime, and should DO punished by
not less than thirty days imprisonment and
hard labor for the hrst oaense, sixty for the
second, and one year, either In prison or an
insbriate asylum, for the third
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Toledo brsgs over . oolored baby. only
two years old. that can spell words Of four syl-
tabies.
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United States marshals L. Is. James and
valentine Prewett arrested Q few days ago in
Bollinger, Missouri, John A. McCieary and
Frank Rogers. charged with illicit distilliug.
when near Marble Hill the party was con.
fronted by . gang Of masked men, who de-
manded the prisoners. On being denied they
fred, weunding Marshal Jsmes IN the leg and
arm. The officers returned the fire, and
wounded some Of their assailans The pris.
oners were brought to st. Louis yesterday and
lodged in Jail.
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opcuR"S vi tuC CANcu6 ItTtiilty Ol the SOIL
he said that in the vicinity of SANTANA, two
acres, well cultivated, would abundantly sup
ply an entire family, and the country in that
region was not exceptionally good. He fully
and heartily Endorsed the report of the Com.
mission, which he said had been laughed at by
some and by others characterized as a white.
washing report. But the man was either a
knaye or fool who believed that Benjamin F.
Wade would put his name to q lie.
At the conclusion Of an eloquent passage. de.
scriptive Of the beauties and resources of the
country, he said that it needed only stable
government to make 1t one Of the most delight
full spots on the globe.
II was asked by some if the people have the
merits ascribed to them why they have not or.
gained such government. The answer was
TO be found 10 the history Of their country.
This history be glanced rapidly over, showing
how Spanish thirst for gold had first auniblated
. million natives within score Of years, and
how Spanish cupidity had next, at the suggss.
ton OF Catholic priest, reached out its long
and bloody arms to Africa to ind substitutes
Tor the sborigines The society of the leland
had moulded In the matrix of slavery, and its
wheels had 30 long run in the grooves of the
Old social order that nothing but outside as
sistance could now lift them out. Annexation
to the Unlted States would sweep away the
80, sP''nk'ss W ono eieer suotnoIs
keep the country in perpetual revolution. This
the men Of peace, order, and industry perfectly
understand, and therefore they earnestly desire
annexation.
There were some who thought it base in the
people OF San Domingo to seek to escape the
burdens Of an independent government, but
nsuonaiity on community Of l20, people
very much like Ssuls srmor on STRIPPING.
snS -. ostonalitiss were going out of fashion,
9.. az. ,Ss 1sooeney now was toward large aggre-
F,siv s. 81 people under Q single government
Say Jay rom its divisions into number Of petit
ns sss. naa recently been united into single
s sugn ana Trussia had just witnessed the uni
Aea''0n u germany while the attempt to erect
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DTazu Df Vlsious OF SPEEDY aMuehce ana Tree
dom from toll, aud having these bright dreams
as speedily dispelled, concluded, it seems, that
honor was only mite more to lose, reeklessly
plunged into an abyss of fraud and forgery, and
as consequence are now enduring miserable
existence on the lonely island of Naronha rs
Brazilian convicts.
A very intelligent gentleman, who Was for
merly an extensive sugar planter on the Bayou
Sara, In Louisiana, recently stated, while on q
visit to Rio from his new home in the province
OF San Paulo, that he was not alone among the
Southern colonists when he said that he was
intensely disguised with the country, and
would willingly return to his good old home in
Louisans il he had but the means. Said he :
Brazil is an immense country, there 10 no
doubt, and has all the known climates and
soils of the world. Nature has lavished upon
her, it 10 true, her choicest gifts. aud there is
perhaps no moro delightful country in the
world for rich man, and certainly no worse
one tor man Of moderate means to live in
than Brazil. But" he continued, "men live
for society a. we'll az for climate and soil. 1t
10 difficult for an Anglo Saxon To become hs.
bttusted to the customs and practices of the
s0ete Portuguese who here have been sngrafted
upon q stupid, stolid Indian stock. OF all the
emigrants who have come TO Brazil from the
Southern States / know of but one who has
been benefited, and he, q reverend gentleman
from Tennessee, secured his wealth by obtain
ing grants Of land at nominal prices from the
Brasilian Government, and jobbed the tracts
out to his credulous fellow-countrymen at ex-
tortionate figures. In the legitimate exercise
of his vocation as q planter" continued the
gentlemen, lyon may rest assured not one OF
40 has met with success"
The above are only few Of the instances OF
the results OF an attempt 20 plant North
American colony upon the soil Of Brazil. They
are BY no means overdrswu pictures, and are in
truth sad episodes In the history OF mis-
guided people. Reports come TO this country
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Virginia.

The Petersburg (va.) Courier of the goth
instant learns that some ten days ago Mr.
Roderick Vaughn, Svery inofsnsive and harm
less man, residing about three miles from that
city, in Dinwiddie county, was taken from his
house by party of colored men in the neigh.
borhood and carried to the woods, where he
was very severely whipped, from the effects
OF which he was taken sick and died few
days ago.
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C%OPARTNERsHIP NOTICES.
DISSOLUTION.

THE Partnership heretofore existing be-
tween the undersigned is this day dis
solved by mutual consent, Thomas Sheridan
having sold his interest In the Marble SEN
ate" to his partner, Patrick MOnagan, who
alone Is responsible for all Indebtedness and
Will settle all outstanding business up to late.
PAT. MONAGHAN,
THOS. SHERIDAN.
NFau~nhFa TuguT 1871 iva
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SoMERVlLLE ITEMS.
The Weather-Items Wanfed-RafIrOa'
acknowledgements.

ZINE ~1heF-At Wamfed-RaflrOad
Meetlng-PersOnaIs.
We copy the following from the Somer.
vile Falcon Of yesterday:
THE WEATHER The weather seems to
be on a spree this week and is cutting uL
extensively. It has been raining almost
necessarily since Monday night, and our
streets present disappearance of winter,
The rain has fallen slowly and gently, and
consequently mother earth is well soaked,
and 1t Is cold enough to render fires nee
essary for comfort. The sky is still OBJ
scured by clouds threatening more rain.
ITEMS WANTED.-Wm not our friends
at LAGRANGE send us any items of local
news of interest in their town. We also
make q similar request OF lafayette, Mos
cow, Macon, Oakland, Belmont, and
every other section of the county. News
of interest from any point in the county
will be thankfully received. 1.-THE AP-
PEAL Joins the Falcon in this call
RAILROAD ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the
railroad meeting at the courthouse, on
Saturday next, to take into consideration
the building of 8 narrow gauge road from
Jackson to Memphis, via SOmervllle.
Let all attend.
PERsoNAL.-We had the pleasure of g
call this morning from Mr.. William B,
Mitchell, of the enterprising firm of Hill,
Terry and Mitchell, wholesale dealers in
boots and shoes, Memphis. This firm is
one Of the most substantial in the West.
j. L. SPARKS and family left on yester-
day morning TOR Ripley, Lsuderdsle
county, Tenn, his field Of future opera
tions, from which place he will shortly
issue q weekly paper, to be called the
Ripley Nea0s.
We learn with pleasure that the trus-
tees of the Somerville Female Institute,
at q full meeting Of the Board on Satur-
day last, reelected W. 7. Plummer TO the
Presidency Of the institution under their
charge. He enters upon another term
with their hearty approval and indorse-
ment as a competent and faithful educs-
tor, and we earnestly hope that he will
receive the patronage he so richly de-
aaruaa
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ITEMS.
Attempt al Murder-AgrieulGaraI Col
IeRe-The 9faPm OG last WEAK

Attempt at Observation-Disclosures Col.
Iege-The storm Of Last Week.
The States of yesterday says: "Jerry
Wilson and John Humbolt, two negroes,
attempted to murder and rob q peddler
named Egsn, at Cypress creek, In this
county, a few days since. They shot Egan
in the back of the head with a single bar
rel shotgun, but did not kill him. He,
some way OF other, got the gun from
them, and they sfterwsrd attempted to
murder him with a large butoher-knife,
but he also got that away from them,
when they ran of. The object of the des-
perate attempt was to rob the peddler of
his pack. The negroes are now lodged in
Jail, to await their trial. Egan seems to
be a man OF courage"
The Bee reminds its readers that every
representative in the Tennessee Legisls-
ture has the right of nominating three
young men for scholarships, free Of tut
ton, in the University at Knoxville. A
department of agriculture has been es-
tablished in connection with the Univer-
sity and q farm is attached so that any
young man who desires to do 70 can, by
manual labor, defray all Of his expenses
while obtaining a thorough collegiate
course, without having to pay out any
money. To working boys, we would say
here is your chance. Apply at inc to
your county representative.
The Bee Of yesterday says: "The storm
that swept over this section of the State
last week, did some damage in this couD-
try. We learn that it was particularly
severe on the north side OF FOrked Deer.
In places fences We're blown down, trees
torn up by the roots, and the growing
corn, now approaching maturity, was lit
orally stripped of its foliage, and much of
it blown fiat, making the injury pretty
serious. Cotton is getting rather more
rain than is needed this week, after the
liberal season" it had last.