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Memphis, July 14.—The ^attendance
to day at the Labor Conventipn was
not so large as yesterdlfcy. An address
of the Com missioners of Emigration
of Louisiana was the leading feature,
which were argumentain favor of the
New Orleans route*for European emi
grants from the Northern "States and
Europe', i It yas referred to the Com-
mittee on Emigration.
The Finance Committee reported
recommending that a stock company
be organized, with a capital of-one
million of dollars, to be increased to
two millions if necessary. The stock
books to be opened at. odco and all
the principle Southern cities and kept
open until August 15, when the stock
holders should meet here and organ-
ize. The shares to be of $100 each,
entitling the owner to one vote. Pay
ment of tfin per cent.* necessary to
vote for directors. • '_ A
Gen. Pillow, Chairman of the Fi-
nance Committee, spoke at some
length in favor of - the report, which
included: a coostitotion and by-laws
for the company. He said it was only
the skeleton of\the flesh and.muscle
which will sdo&be adfled ab the ino
tive power of tmS'gteat enterprise,
which & to supply^ the- Mississippi
Yslley with thelabftr it needs. Speak
ing of the advantages a company of
this kind wo lid have over individual
enterprise, %e Wid the company
could be ableMplaiJeanagent in>S$a
Francisco who could control and
, ply labor enough for all the Southern
States. The report wasfitlWly adopted
unanimously. 1
Forrest read a l^fer frtfm
China they .could be obtained much
cheaper.' Contracts could be. made at
about $12 per month for field hands,
$80 in gold will bring them to .this
country. As a class they -were, gen-
erally reliable* i. • i "IT.'
At the conelusion of his remarks,
Mr. Fyekim Oer, a native of'China,
was called upon and addressed; the
Convention at considerable .length,
going over about the same grounds as
Koopmansehoop, but going mOre is to
details, advising the Convention to
send their own agente to the interior
of China, where labor could be se-
cured that is, acquainted with the
products of the South; recommend-
ing that families be brought as well as
laborers; their women worked in the
cotton, rice and tobacco fields; that
by importing families no trouble
would be experienced and the labor-
ers would soon become identified
„with the country; stating that as a
class, they were sober, industrious
people, and very few aafKeted to
opium eating -quoting, as an exam
pie, a settlement of fifty now living in
Louisiana, only one of whom w«sad -
dieted to strong drink. - ^
Washington, July 11.—Governor
elect WalkeiyOf Virginia, ^presents
the conditionot affairs in Virginia as
very hopeful, the people feeling that
a new era in the political'condition of
that State has dawned. It is thought
that Gen. Can by will promulgate the
official vote ot the State in about
.fifteen days, and direct that the in
auguration of the State officers shall
take place soon thereafter.
/The coostitotion of Virginia, re-
cently adopted, provides that the in-
auguration of the Governor shall be
on the lat of January succeeding his
election, though an .ordinance of the
convention wuich framed the cons tip
tution provides that, the inauguration
of the first Governor elected, there-
under shall take place ,immediately
after the election, the effect of which
will be to install Gov. Walker within,
the next thirty days. , He is also of
the opinion that the representatives
elected Xo the State Legislature will
do credit to the State; but, owing to
wthe chaotic condition of affairs, re-
sulting from the absence of any set
tied State government, some time will
necessarily have to he taken to bring
about a more perfect organization in.
, the political econpmy of the State,.,,
One of the first measures to qngsge
the attention of the new Legislature
.W$,hja the consideration of the. 15th
amendment* which will be adopted. 1
Thdspeoutf Washington correspon-
dent of the New York Herald, m his.
dispatch Of the ^th, giving a report of
VOL. XXXV.—NO. 13.
ESTABLISHED 1834>
JUL\
22,1869
HOUSTON, THURSDAY
Opinions on the
Election
CIiOOB IN THE
west.
Washington correspondent to
members of the Cabinet didn't seem
to be pleased with the result. They
thought its effect upon the elections
to come off in the Northern States in
the fall would be bad for the Repub
lican party. The indications \yere
that in most of the States, especially
Pennsylvania and Ohio, the elections
would be closely contested and the
Republicans could not afford to lose
any ground. It was conceded that
Mississippi would follow the example
of Virginia and give a large minority
for the Conservative ticket. Texas,
of course, would do the saipe. This
would tend to increase and/intensify
the effect produced *by the Virginia
election. ^
Mr. Boutwell, i£w seated, sugges-
ted that, in view of ,811 the circum«
stances, the best policy would be to
postpone the elections in Mississippi
and. Texas until after the electiop in
the Northern States. In this he was
warmly seconded by Mr.vCresswell.
The last Tuesday in November waB
proposed for the election in Missis
sippi. The President and one or two
members of the Cabinet thought this
would be too late. Mr. Boutwell,
however, arguedlfcn point so persist-
ently that he succeed in getting a ma-
jority of the Cabinet on his side, and
the proposition was finally agreed to.
The Mississipians are very much diss
appointed and dissatisfied with the
arrangement. They say it will inter
fere to an alarming extent with the
material interests of the State. The
time fixed upon occnrs in the middle
of the cotton picking* season ^jatfd the
negroes cannot be spared from the
/cotton field without detriment to the
crop. The result politically, they say
Gen. Forrest read a I^Jjter r ^
Walter M. Gibson, agent for the King, twill be the same, whether the election
of the Sandwjch Islands, who had takes place in September or Novem-
much experience among the Chinese. * -* * •* • *
He stated that Japanese were very de
sirable as laborers, but less energetic
than. Chinese. He could deliver
Coolies at San Francisco at $60 each ;
Pacific'Railroad tickets through would
be $75. By water, round Cape Horn,
they could be brought for considera
blc less. ,
Mr- Koopmansehoop, the Chinese
importer, was introduced, and ad-
dressed the Convention, stating that
in California we have fifty or sixty
thousand Chinamen employed in va-
rious ways, as manufacturers, arti-
sans* and upon railroads. They get
from 90 centeto $110 in gold per d^.
Railroads- .gay them $30 gold per.
ber; so that on that account nothing
can be gained. .;.i
The Chattanooga Railroad Corns
pany, west, of the Mississippi, has
reached tb^neighborhood of Donald
sonviile with their lines and sqi&eys.
It is thought tnat a few miles above
that town: will be their point of divert
gence westward. Thence thteir course
will be in*a direct tine to Vermillion-
ville^nd on to San Antopio* Thus
they expect to reach the Texas line
by a route nearly thirty miles shorter
than the contemplated extension' of
the. Opelousas Railroad.—New Or
leans Times.
Titusville, July. 8.—At 6 o'clock
this evening^ flashbf Ughtnjng.struck
on ifpfaE' Upper unexry
Run. The tanks, 'contained over a
thousand barrels of oil, which ignited
instantaneously, arid^tjie tanks burst.
The burning Otf rita across the Tall-
man farm andthe. . Pittsburg and
Cherry Run Oil Companies tract,
burning eight other wells and 3,000
barrels of oil. The daily production
of the wells destroyed isestimfeted at
400 barrels. The total amount of oil
burned was 4 000 barrels. The total
loss was $35 000. .
New Yokk, July 10.—The Spanish
Ministry have, been generally con-
demned by the press and the people.
The Governor of Catalonia, has been
dismissed because of his preventing
a Republican demonstration in Bar-
celona.
Gen. Canby on Thursday expressed
his gratification at the manner in
which the Virginia election was con-
ducted, and pronounced it one ot the
fairest that .ever occurred. He says
the whole country has cause of con*
gratulation at the success of the
President's policy in reconstructing
Virginia. Under the reconstruction
acts Governor Walker cannot be in-
augurated uhtil after the State con-
stitution-has been accepted by Con-
gress. . v
Eighty four counties in Virginia
gave Walker 23,000 majority. The
Senate will be composed of thirty-one
white Conservatives, eight white and
four coiored Radicals. The House of
Delegates will havd ninety seven
white and three colored Conservatives
and thirty-three white and eleven
colored Radicals.
Tennes6e$ and Mississippi.—
Tennessee will be earned .by the
Republican*' Conservatives and the
Democrats, afm* the fashion of Vir
ginia, and, in Mississippi ever the
Radicalsj&aye taken ground in favor
of white emancipation^ So much for
the" decisive example of Old Virginia
•f(fcf-New Yor|t Herald.
The Herald might have added
Texas to the list.
The bridge across the San Marcos,
one mile above Gonzales, is still
standing.
The San Antonio river was not s6
high in the city of (San Antonio as it
was one year ago. _ ...
The San Antonio Herald of the 15th
lays:
The Atasco80^ creek was never as
high as last week, and we don't sup
po8eit ever will be again, A number
of Mexican ranches along the creek
were washed away. The corn near
the creek is entirely destroyed.
Mr. Thomas Morgan, of Blanco
county, informs the Herald that great
damage was done bv the high waters
on the Nueces; the corn is almost en-
tirely destroyed, and a great dieal of
stock is reported to have been
drowned. In several cases persons
had to climb trees to save their lives,
one case of a lady and child and an
other of a whole family. In these
cases boats were improvised for their
rescue, which was effected. No lives
were lost so far . as he had heard.
We have jqst seen and conversed
'with Mr. J. A-'G.-Navarro, who is jnst
up from Pana Maria, Karnes coanty.
While he was at that place, he saw
three carts loaded with goods, to-
gether- with teams and drivers, all
swept down the" Cibolo, One of the
drivers escaped* but the other two
have not been heard from. The town
of Pana Maria was entirely inundat-
ed, with the exception of the church,
which stands on a high eminence.
The Cibolo and San Antonio came
together. Mr. Navarro Bays the corn
crops were ruined all along the banks
of both streams.
We learn that *Lindsey Walker, a
colored man and formerly* owned by
Mr. Gpodloe, on the Cibolo, was
drowned on Sunday last near Bra-
ban's crossing of the Cibolo. He and
wife chme in town to attend the cele-
bration of "the Fourth of July, leaving,
seven children at home to "root hog
or die," until the old couple returned,
A negro man by the name of Miller
was also drowned at the same cross-
ing about an hour before. His family
were sick and he . came in to buy
medicines.
We also hear it reported, but do not
iveit as^T^ifcWe, that a white man
rowned the aame^lKy at another
crossing, in attempting to cross the
Cibolo. '
Speaking of the losses by the flood,
the Gonzalea Inquirer says :
A great quantity of corn will be
lost on the river farms, but the most
serious loss is that of rails. Thous-
ands and thousands of pannels were
swept off py the flood into places en
tiTely inaccessible. A sufficient quan-
tity have been recovered in some
places to enable neighboring farmers
to join their fences and thereby keep
out the cattle.
black
f says:
teran politician observed in
sence :. "The Virginia election
only important in itself but it
s that the South is tired of
a loosing game, and is going
They are now doing what
they ought to have done two or three
years; ago, they are conciliating the
and cutting the ground from
the carpetsbaggers. What
iia has done the whole South
id will do, get possession of it-
and control its own political
As soon as this is done the
becomes a great power in the
ment. A set of stupid Demo-
the North who see no differ-
ence between 1869 and 1860, have
disco^aged every wise movement at
the South. If Virginia had consulted
these: antesdiluvians, Wells would
now $e entering Richmond-in trium-
irocession. The South must
itself, and to accomplish this
it must use the policy neces-
detach a sufficient portion of
the black8 from the carpet baggers."
Ttfe party "press do not understand
it. Tfche Virgiaia battle perplexes
the nbliticians of both parties North
To tie Radical ultras it is an ugly
defeat of Men with the success of
^equality. To the Copperheads
mce'ess over the Radical ticket,
ng a' surrender of the princi
if the ^Democracy. But it is for
le inauguration of a new politi-
ivolujion, with a new Southern
ice of power.—New York Herald
reston items from the Civilian
i*17th :
understand that the present
Jury of theU, S. Court at Gal-
this morning returned bills of
tment against Jesse Stancel, Reg-
i and L. F. Harris, Assignee in
cruptcy, for extortion.
receipt of hides at Galveston'
i^lst September, have been 283,-'
>OL.—Within a fraction of 2000
is all the wool received at Gal-
since September 1st. Nearly
e Texas wool is sent out tWouglT
"item ports. ' 7$ *
receipts of cotfepn at Galvestlfn,
" ' • " 7.
nst.,^have'been 144^500 bales, against
111,500 last year. The exports this
year include 80,211 bales to Europe,
42,612 to New York, 11.000 to New
Orleans, 9207 to Boston, and about
1500 bales to other ports. Only about
130 bales remain on hand.
pi-elaetion, says s«-..
The extreme Radicals & ttfe' Cabi-
net took Exceptions to the lit Of Sep-
tember as the time for the election.
They thought it should be postponed
to a later day. Mr. Boutwell, it ig
understood, led off in advancing this
opinion, and was stcoeded by Mr.
Creawell. Itr the oufte ot the long
dMcuMion which followed the result
of the recent election in Virginia nat-
uraily came in for comment. Radical
-We were pleased to meet with' Col.
W. T. Austin, of the Grand Royal
Arch Chapter of this State, who paid
oar city a visit for the purpose of or-
ganizing Perham Chapter No. 91, un-
der a charter recently granted by the
Grand Chapter. We are pleased to
leant that the Masonic Fraternity
were gratified in the highest manner
with the a^tion of the Grand Chapter
in sending*!! envoy of such high at-,
tain men ts 'and knightly courtesy,
'whose visit* ffrthein we understand
was exceedingly beneficial and in*
structive, both in the Lodge and
Chapter.' ? '■
Perham Chapter,, No. ""91, com-
memorates the name of Rev. J.' P•
Perham. wh6 died in this city of yel-
low fever during the epidemio of
1867, after faithfully performidg ther
duties of President of the Howard
iAssociation and of minister of the
Gospel;—Corpus Christi Advocate.
The latest ai^d most remarkable
novelty in the world of finance is that
the British Government is about to
sever its connection with the bank of
England.
Before the Virginia Election.
Three days before the late election
in Virginia, the S. A. Express used the
following language in reference to it:
Walker insisted that he shonld be
voted for because he was in favor of
universal amnesty and impartial suf-
frage; Jack Hamilton makes the
same plea. Walker promised univer-
sal amnesty, Jack Hamilton does the
same. v;
In Virginia the Democrats adopted
exactly the sam.e tactics that they
have in this State^hey have made no
attempt to make {T fight as a party.
'The parallel is well put and for this
the. Express deserves credit. But
says the Express:
At first this stratagem worked very
succes^lly, bat as the day of the
Election approached, and the situation
has been discussed, the tide has
turned.
True, the tide did turn, but not the
way the Express desired. The Ex-
press continues: . .
'General^ Grant and the Republican
party of the-North have-thrown their
influence in the scale in favor of the
regular Republican nominees, and a
certain victory iB promised on the 6tb
inst. As soon as Virgitiia is out of
the woods, General Grant and the Re
publican party of the nation will turn
their support and sympathy towards
the struggling Republicans of Texas,
who have a Hamilton as Virginia ha9
a Wdlker to defeat.
Now, instead of "defeat," read elect,
and you have irom the San Antonio
Antonio Express a perfect picture
both of Virginia and Texas.
A Foktunate Soldier of For-
tune.—;We take- the following from
,the Rio Grapde Sentinel;
It appears that ten years ago Gen
Escobedo > Wass a poor man. He has
had no means of mt^sh mouev
outside of his'salary, yet he is now
one of the richest men In Mexico. He
has aboot three large haciendas op
this side the SierraMadre, each worrh
many thousands of dollars. He owns
a sugar plantation near Liu ares, where
he has been establishing a refinery.
He has recently been negoiiating
for a very large hacienda not far from
San Lais Potosi. He uttered $150 000
cash for the place. If is worth $400,-
000-
■-That political barometer, the New
York Herald thus indicates the popu-
lar wave. The following are all clip-
ped from the Herald of July 7th:
Virginia Fights it Oct on
Grant's Line.—All honor to Grant
for his second Appomattox victory.
Bad for All the Southern Car-
pet Baggers—The Virginia election.
It tells them that their reign is over
and their ti#ne "has come.
"Up! Up! Up!"—All the boys for
the conservative victory in Virginia.
Now for Mississippi —Mississippi
must follow in the wake of Virginia,
and roll up a vote like a spring freshet
for the conservative candidates.
Texas, with her luxuriant fields and
boundless herds, must follow the ex-
ample of Virginia, and, when her
time 1 comes, go in like a prairie on
fire for Hamilton and the conservative
ticket.
Grant Ahead Once More.—Vir
ginia acknowledges the wisdom of his
generous policy.
One of the gentlemen called upon
for a speech at the Williams CoUege
Alumni dinner, was Mayor Samuel
McClellan of Wheeling, W. Va. He
excused himself on the ground that
when he left College—by premature
graduation—the faculty did not think
him competent to make a public
speech, and his experience has assured
him that they were right in their
opinion. He said that he wonld, how
ever, leave with the College his auto-
graph. and he handed Mr. White, t':e
College Treasurer, his check for five
hundred dollars. The colleges gener-
ally, would be glad to commute for
after dinner speeches in that way.
Here is something for the platform
of the next "Female" Convention. It
must be trne, for it is in all the news
papers. Bi-marck says that he "al-
ways intrusts difficult commissions to
men with spirited and ambitious
wives " When Bismarck said it, or
whom he said it to, we crieve that we
are not informed. The ill-natured
might aver that men with "spirited
wives" are frequently in that desper-
ate state which makes the most haz-
ardous enteiprise, welcomej thmr
livee having lew charms, and their
homes none at all.-Escbange., •* <
! Accident.— Col *-John Anderson,
for many years a resident of thiscouu-
ty met with a fatal accident in this
place, on Saturday night last. He
was stopping at the Commercial Ho-
tel, /ind getting up in the daik, stepped
out of a window in the second story,
mistaking it for a door. He was a
heavy m%n, and fell with great force
to the ground. He lingered until
Tuesday, when he died. The deceased
must have been near seventy years of
age.—Jefferson Times.
National.—Sincp the great Peace
hubbub iin Boston,.the next excites
ment is the great National Methodist;
Camp Meeting at Round Lake, mid-,
way between Troy and Saratoga
Springs. It commenced July 6. The*
N. Y. Herald describing it, says :
Its audiences are immense, excelled
in numbers only by the Boston Peace
Jublee; and its attractions to the
worshipper, the summer butterfly,
philosopher and the Bohemian are
infinitely more attractive than the
late stupid and senseless " hubbub of
the Hub." This Round Lake estab-
lishment is the perfection of the camp
meeting, with all the modern improve
ments. The grounds are forty acres }
the encampment is laid out like a city
with its streets, avenues, squares and
fountains. The association have tents
to rent in any quantity, and very
cheap ; likewise cooking stoves, bed-
steads and bedding,chairs,tables, &c.;
there are also boarding tents, where
strangers can be accommodated at
from fifty to seventy-five cents per
meal, or for a term not less than three
days at one dollar per day;, They
have accommodations for carriages
and teams, a market, a postoffice, a
telegraph and express, and a book-
store, and the only wonder is they
haven't a daily newspaper. The en-
campment. is under strict discipline
in reference to order, good behavior
and cleanliness, and shows, games,
hucksters, liquor dealers, &c., are
tabooed.
The wonderful spread of Method-
ism in this country is due .to the facts
that it is a simple, earnest, dem-
ocratic and positive religion ; that -its
followers,' with few exceptions, are
good men and Women,' and that in
thousands of cases it has changed the
most vicious characters to the best
and most amiable in their everyday
life. Hence the universal respect
which these camp meetings command,
notwithstanding the reports of evil
tongues concerning them; for they
have come to be regarded as sure to
reclaim and reform some of the black
sheep of the community. ThiB estab-
lishment at Round Lake, midway be-
tween Troy and Saratoga Springs, is
evidently intended as a flank move-
ment upon the fashionable and the
sporting world ; and as in this direc-
tion the regenerating influences of re
ligion are much needed, we hope that
this fliirik movement will be crowned
with a glorieus success. „ : . :
A Fearful Risk.—From a letter in
the New York Tiibune we copy the
following narrative:
At Echo, on the Union Pacific Rail
road, the other evening, three freight
trains stood upon the main track,
when word came flasbing over the
telegraph from the superintendent,
"A locomotive and tender, with steam
up, and with nobody on board, have
broken from a freight train and
started down the grade." Ah ! then
and there was hurrying to and fro!
In a few moments camc a second
message : "She has just passed Castle
Rock station." Never were there
trains got off upon a siding with less
delay. Then the workmen piled
sleepers high upon the track, lest
even that should not stop her, and
she should do murder further down
the road, they torei up the rails below
Just as this was accomplished she
came in sight. She shot through the
sleepers like a bullet through a pine
board, sending them flying in all di-
rections, and darkening the air with
the splinters, but at the broken track
she jumped np and down with vexa
tion, and finally plunged angrily,
head foremost, into a hill side. She
had run twenty six miles in twenty-
nine minutes—the best time yet made
upon the rdad.
MezquitePavements.—In Browns-
ville they are trying tha mezquite
pavements. The Sentinel says:
The mezquite, it is contended, will
continne good from twenty to forty
years. It is one of the most durable
woods known.
The cost of construction is about
the same.
The mezquite pavemants in Mata-
moras are a success- The blocks in
the streets are about six inches in
length. They have been used some
mouths. Tnere is yet no change
Wheels have made no apparent im
pression on them.
Mexicans are substituting the mess
quite pavement lor brick anesin their
houses and stores.
For cheapness, comfort and dura
bility the mezquite will prove second
to none, not excepting the Nicholson
pavement.
grrai Vall Election*.
Ken tucky, AqgQLS 12—Treasurer and
Legislature. - ,:y -
Alabama, Aqgwt 2—Members of
Congress. --
Tennessee, August 6—Governor,
State officers and X*e£
Montana, August .10-
Congress.
Vermont, September;'*—
State officers and Legislature, !<J
Maine, September .13-Govdaptt^
and Legislature.
Colorado, October 5—Delegate to
Congress.
Pennsylvania, October 12—Gor-^
erhor, Jadge and Legislature.
► Ohio,'October 12^Governor, State i
officers and Legislature.
Iowa, October 12—Governor, State
officers and Legislature.
, California, Ocrober 20—Judges of
Suprendie Court.
^ New. Yo^k, November 2—State
officers,' J ridges and Legislature.
New, Jersey, November 2— Legisla— -
jure. - - • • • i'f. ■"
Massachusetts, November 2—Gov- $
ernor, State officers and Legislature*
Minesota, November 2'^- State *
officers'and Legislature. - •- • "A . 'io
Wisconsin, , November 2—State ^
officers and Legislature. "* , \
Mississippi and Texas on the 4tb '
Tuesday of November—Governor,
State officers, Legislature and rifoms- :
bers of Congress. Also to vote on the -.
new Constitution. * t
During the election riots in Paris,
the Emperor and Empress were mom
than once drove at a foot pace among
the elkeutiers. M. Forcade de la«Ro*
quette, however, felt so exc6S8ivel[f
nervous about the-personal safety of **
his sovereign, that he walked as near. ;
as possible to the imperial carriage .
daring the whole way. At a Cabinet
Council M. Rouher, before commence
ing business, addressed the EmpfctOr t 3
"Sire, in the name ot my colleagues, I
congratulate your Majesty on the
courage you displayed. It is you
who have conquered the-emeute." "It
appears to me," replied Napoleon, .
''that, if my presence overcame thsie-' ;
emeute, there is anothe* person whom-- -
you must congratulate aB well as me,
and that is my dear Minister ot the
Interior, who alone and on foot never
for a moment took his eyes from 'my
carriage. The Emperor then arose *'
and twice embraced M. Forcade.
-' w
The Duchess of Saxony, while driv-
ing oat in the neighborhood of Sor-
rento, were lately made prisoners by
the band ot the terrible Fuoco. form
erly one of the King of Naples' forest
guard. A few inioutes after the
capture the chief arrived, and ap-
proaching the prisoners, who bad been
made to alight, he asked them whom
he had the honor to address. ThiB
Duke stated whom they were, and the
oandlt, immediately taking off his hat
politely handed them to ttieir car
riage, and giving a five-franc piece U>
the coachman, said, with a final bow,
•'Will your highness deign to excuse
the audacity and insolenceof my men
and carry away with you a favorable
recollection of the poor Neapolitan
Fuoco?" The Duke is said to have
sent to his captor a magnificent gold
watch. and chain, valued at 4,000
francs.
A Russian paper relates that a foal
belonging to a troop of horses brought < *.
from Asia, traveled fifty-five English. /
miles on the day of its birth. v
The papers are fnll of fgcideptp and
reports of the great RoajodLake Camp
meeting/ Five thousand people from
22 different States attended the love-
feast Sunday morning. Bishop Simpf-
son preached to 8,000, and some 15*
000 more could not hear. Like alt
the Bishop's sermons it produced a
powerful sensation* v '.If >' '
A goo3 many ladies in variouB pafta - ~
of the vast atea, mounted temporal;. ic *
stands and delivered addresse.s. Some
were very eloquent, others very poin- j
ted. The reporter of the. Tribune?-
thus describes one : ;
She was mounted npon a wagon,
and her untidy cap fluttered and *
flapped in the breeze like the tittered "
banner of sotine veteran regiment re- -
tnrning from the war in a storm. 'X <;
am sorry that I missed the best part
of this lady's discourse. There's
many a woman fair as She, whose
nouns and verbs do more agree, bdftil ■
doubt much whether there are a score-
in the whole land who can give more
earnest expression to their thoughts
than tiiia same brave old disciple. , -
"Shame on yon," eaid she, "shame on
yon, you, young woman, with that
brazen head gear and that ungodly
hump on your back! Where's tha-j"
modesty your mother teached you to
kerry through life with youf [Here
a very pretty girl vanished into tfi®"|
wood.] There's a fhll' grown niaa
chawing a nastv, filthy weed thatibe ' -
pigs would'nt tetch. -■ : „
Next to godliness, young man, la
cleanliness. Ef I didn't lov% tike
hnman race as I do, bless God,* Fd
like to git down from this waggia and
sicken your tobacker chawers with
your nasty mouthful." And so on* -
one bj one the old lady took up the
Ten Commandments and handled the
infractors thereof with rough hands.
She was the plainest talker I$per had
the pleasure of hearing—for fo me it
was a real pleasure to listen to the
spontaneous outburst* ot an honest
woman's feelings.
*
The Univarsity ot Nastivnie was
fouuded in 1784 by the State of North
Carolina end endowed with lands ia
khe neighborhood of Nashville, now
within the city, the rise in the value
t>f which, has placed tier among the
wealthiest institutiods of tj^ldation -
and secured her permanent<pro8perity.
She was created independent of
Church or State, but Has in her long
and successful career benefited botlu
get; avowed mission was to elevate
the lowly, givaatfength to the feeble i'
and' to polish tire strong and vigorous.
While her faculties have had to rely >
mainly npon fees for support, none of
them ever' turned away from an am*
bitiouB young man - because he was <
poor,'buff, on the contrary, always' .
,gave him the hand of kindness and
encouragement, making the £am* of
'his after years add lustre to hot re- •
nown. * i i,.
c The graduates of her various de-
partments are familiar with the high
positions throughout the Southern
country. Hei medical department
'atyne has had between four and five
thousand young men in her classes,
having enjoyed, to an unexampled
extant,'tlie Confidence of the profes-
sion in the former slave holding
Stares. This department is in a bet-
ter condition to deserve well of the
public than ever, having greatly in-
creased the means of illustration and
also the facilities for studying olinical
medicine and surgery.
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