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T :. Letter .from a Yankee Lady.
Austin. Tkxas July "16 1871''
Editors lieformef :
. k Yankee iady desires' the publi-.
eutioh of Ihd followins: colloquy
' through tlia coluraus of your truc-
X -blue paper' in the hopo ihat the
iame' mav attract tho attention of
true llepublicanB .and thereby an
vipr treachery which now exist
"." in the government of our State be
r; "obliterated and a radical change
J 'tubBtitutecL j
' Thoicolloquy iB between .an. orig-
. ! inul Unionistj who fought to inain-
r tnin tho XJ'nionlYom tho very coni-
menceinent of Wle late rebellion up
to iis close alio" who him remained
true t'vov-Bince anu. ai convert to
Republicanism from the Confederate
ranks:
' Unionist. J)o you beht've that
potatoes could b? made to. grow on
an apple "tree ?
Convert.' No! why hould I?
the thing is naturally impossible.
Unvniet. Well if I were to tell
rou that I knew of an apple that
had become a potatoe or vice versa
would ypu believe me ?
Convert. Of course I should not.
Why it is absolutely ridiculous in
any sane person to propound Buch
absurd fooliBtrqnestions !
r Unionist. You are right my
friend and therefore you must ad-
mit that I as an original Unionist
who has never known anything else
than fealty to my; government the
United" StateB cannot have the con-
'fidence in yourebols who murdered
men of mykirid during the late re-
bellion and often since that I have
in the man who has never been de-
based bv the polluted teachings ot
alavery or treason.
r Convert: v J3ut yon must iorgive
iB you expecttto be forgiven;.-
Unionist. True butis it safe in
me to put. the very weaponpower
into your Hands with which jon
so recently and bloodthirstily sought
toanniuiinte my? people ana eatau-
lish a slaveocracy over their ruin.
I see you dure not. give a thoughtful
answer to this' question. Do; ;not
however thiuk that I am; surprised
at your trying to secure by dissimu-
lation hypocrisy and ?.d6rpright
.JyiuV what you bo signally faijed to
win in your late devilish rebellion.
There is no depth of depravity to
which the traitor will not unhesitat-
ingly plunge to secure the success of
hiB villainy.
Convert. Wow: Mr. unionist it
Vtlco'meB tHaf arty eyery office of
iODfloquence throughput .our State
Vday Di'sfxict Judges District
Utbrn'ej'BjBberiffB; District fTerks
School. offi'WnTj'ljState 4 Policemen.
Jupticee pf .ifta '$&$ Ohitf iOlerk
of. State Dmmioffm
acting Secretary of State Afc-are
filledV taeniTom m;Tae'Tof the
'H5ueana:thati66' in mV"b( the
fact of there being plenty of your
kind right irftjamohg us ?
yeJ7tPjiK;I confess my fnend
that I cannot answer yo4ijr queajtipn
You will hayVtb'go for ahexplana.
tibn of this 'truly lamentable fact to
thoDavho hold .the pfficea in their
.gift. -But Jell mo-. ?f you wflt Mr.
Recent. Conyertwb$k is .that none
or you iate. iponfeiJetf wh"t have
.jBOt a gOOU Ifc UlUUO U JUBU 44IJUIII
tP gM one ate ever found advocating
Republicanism ?- ?NoW I leave it t
you candor ia not .this last fact
nbovc all others sufficient of ttsell
to mako e very man wlio helped inain
tain the UnioiVainst your treach-
.enms loyaUhaiBngre.ll legiynsBus-
Wcioub to Bay. iuu ici? :v Jw:
of your applying fdifofltatfitauV
you mean"t5i'ay-- that' there is no
iUchhingjaBTW'lato rebel being a
imp Rfinuhlican. nrav tell me how
rpftwJons ptrepentanc anui es-
'.fenir tio.-jRejul)lian' creed.
:i ispeeially wheh' ''"tliiit conversion
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You have reasons that will not
bear vehtillaliom on your pari for
not-wiBhing to answer such questions
as my last and to spare your feel-
ings for tlia present T shall tleist
from further inquiry a
Very truly
Yamkkk Lady.
Of kte years says the Boston
Transcript many wealthy families
have adopted the custom of taking
children to tho soa-side and of pro-
viding for them far more showy and
expensive elothing' than usell' to be
thought' becoming or sensible. Hence
the costiy trousseaus for children
now oiifered at some of the atoreH.
So the New Departure is not a
success in Iowa. When the State
Convention was held a few days
since a bitter nginvvas.maue against
tho new-fangled Democratic notions
bv some of the ancient members.
but they were put-down by a large
vote and the platform was white-
washed. Now come Legrand Bying-
ton and sundry other dissatisfied
Democrats with a' call for a new
Convention and an Old Doparture
to meet at Des Moines August 15.'
N. Yibune.
Weston made his. four hundredth
mile last. Friday -in 11:07: As
usual he made a speech in' the
course oi wnicu ne Baia tne j.ruse
was uue to tne inspiration ot coun
try more than to himself and to God
more than all. In the" future he
added he should stop walking and
adopt the profession of journalism.
Mr. J. B. Johnson of Leeds re
cenily jumped from the parapet of
London Bridge into "the Thames a
distance " of ' thirty feet to save a
passenger who had fallen overboard
from . 3 Wolwich steamer. The
rescued man offered to compensate
his .deliverer liberally but he de-
clined to receive any reward.
General Scheuck's daughters have
occasioned a stir and gutter in Lon-
don society" find at this early period
already number their titled admir-
ers by thedoen. ' They are at pres-
ent guests of Countess Granyjlle an
English lady who evidently has a
"mania for hfatrohiisTng beautiful
American' ladies.
A private letter from a gentleman
in Holland announces the return to
this" country -'of ' Hon.- J. Lafhrop-
Motley ex-United Stateo Minister
at Loudon. Mr. Motley will arrive
.m ooptemoer ana win oe accom
panied by his son-in-law and daugh-
ter Mr. tine! Mrs. Brinsley Sheri-
dan. The BoBtbnians will give him
a reception.
t
E. Remington of the gun firm a
few dayB since doubled his endow-
ment subscription' for the 'Syracuse
University $25000 and-gave '1m
check for $5Q;000. Ho had pre-
viously purchased and given the St.
Charles. Hotel to the Methodist de-
nomination for a public ostabjieh-
mcn;. His united donations in Sy-.
racuse amount to 1701000.
A letter from General Spinner
gives a. i account of his attempting
to gallon the Rothschilds at their
"London office After waiting a lon
time in the ante-roomj he deft. A
meBsenj?er booh followed: with an
apology bnt tho General contented
himself with letiirning a message
that they did not treat dogs thai.
way iii America.
Mrt. Swift who was sent to jail
in San Francisco on tho 14th foi
persist ingjj) keeping an intelligenci
ffi(!ewitljpit a license declares hn
intehUiinV.ip die a martyr to-tin.
caijse of Womnu's rights arid rot ii
Her'c'tYl-'mUfer than submit to liiw;
imposed bythe tyrant man. It v
foiirfd; ahov yjjlJtafctarve her8elft"ti
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Off for the North. Pole.
Tho steamer Polaris left' the
Brooklyn Navy Yard about? o'clock
laBt evening. Sho will proqeedj di-
rect to St. John's Newfoundland
and thence to Drisco. a Danish set-
tlement on the cono't d Labrador
whence she will sail to her winter
ing ground wherever that may be
found. The last stores ana instru-
ments were placed on board early
vesterdav. Orders had been received
Irom 'Washington' for the expedition
to sail at 9 a. in1.- but itwasvideemed
inexpedient to .leave before evening
and considerable additional doliiy
was also caused by the difficulty; ot
finding a pilot. About- 12:20 k the
Government tu"- Rocket sloanied in-
to tho Wallaboiit chartnol .and took
5V line from the Polaris. The leave
takings were hastily concluded be-
tween the sailors and their wives
and friends j tho hawser was .cast; off
from the pier and tho Polaris'swung
slowly out into the 'streak j'intow .of.
the propeller. She was Vtlnjn con-
ducted to tho buoy at the .ontrae
of the Navv Yards neaS- the receiv
ing. Bhip Vermont where .Captain'
Chandler m the Rocketj took iqr-
mal leave and was thrice saluted by
the dipping of the colors at the 'peak;
of the Polaris. At. 1 Capt Chan
dler went aboard again jji a small.
bo..t and the Polaris casting loose
from the buoy proceeded up the
East River to-settle her cargo and'
to test hot" enginds. 'Constructor
'Delano who was standing; oni the
bulkhead as. the vessel vsteamed up
the river remarked thsft she. was rtjri
every respect a. very seawoirthy boat.''
Tho triu as far as the lower end of
Blackvell's Island was soon-alccbm-plished.
The officers expressed un-
aualified satisfaction with;theuwbrk-
ing oi tne sieenng apparatus iauu j
the engines and the vessel returned
at 4 to her anchorage off the buoy;
She was saluted by numerous pro-
pellers. and on"1 passing' the ferry
boats crowds gathered al(ng the
guards to get a last look at tlie
Arctic voyagers. Small boats plied
between the shore and the Polaris
conveying small packages of presents
from anxious friends to those on
board. Capt. Hall was busy tothe
last moment; superintending ihe
drawing up)'f the ship's boats and
the stowing away of everything
movable".
The visiting boats had all taken
their departure the business or the
Navy Yard had ended for the day
and the long lineB of workmen had
left their BnopB vheu the Polaris
raised lier anchor and in the quiet
of tho early evening headed up the
East River for Hell Gate the sun
set gun at the ordinance dock boom-
ing a solitary farewell. The pilot
hoped to pass the Gate before dark
and intended to accompany tho
Polaris as far as Block Island.
Capt. Hnll has expressed his desire
from the beginning to delay the de-
parture until the 1st of iJuly and it
is rumored that he intends to stop
at New London Conn. and spend
some time thnre befoie his final de-
parture. JV. P. Tribune.
'Thk Ku-Klux and their Workb.
Gen. Napoleon B. Forrest has been
before the' Ku-Klux Committee at
Washington in fact he has been
twice cxYmiiped by it. There's the
pity of it. At the first sitting lit
went as became so gallant a chief.
j)io wfiolo hog bristles and all.
There were no KuK-lux never had
been any at least he had no knowl-
edge of an; Thai wns swearing to
umc purpose ana tne wnerai Btep-
ied down to receive the adniirine
ilandits ot his- coiipatriotB. N. Y.
Vribune.
The Hteani power employed in the
United States doci? tbedaljpr of 130-
100000 meti whilst itjiatjjof .Grai1
Britain is equivalent i0;!0pq000;
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rrdf. Morfic and His Invention.
It would seem as if nothing had
been left unsaid in relation to tlc
birth progress success and useful-:
nesB of the telegraph system in con-
nection with tho unveiling of tin
Morse statue and yet 1 hav& heard
somewhere an incident that X have
never scon in. print.
The' story qoest on this wise.
When in 1833 Professpi1 Morde Innde
aii -application at Washington for
an appropriation of $300 )6- to test
nis experinieniB in eiecincai tea;
graphing it was received with deri-
sion and contempt while one mehi-'
her thinking hmirioli niorb astute
than the rest snoeririgly inquired.
"-Had not tho learned Professor
.better modify his petition by re-
questing that one-half of the sum
be appropriated to trsfr Mesm?j?'s
wonderful eapeiirnentB ?"
The "Father of Telegraphy"
must' have experienced varied emo
tions on the occasion ot ins late
crowning triumph as he reflected
upon (he hopes and fears that then
animated his breast and remembered
the sneers of the ignorant the pre-
judices of the learned and the slow
but' isure changes jn public Bentii
raeut tliRt.h.ftd mprkje.d the interven-
ing thirty-eight years. -
. Thpi eulogy of Mr Bryant at the
uedication must nvo been pecu
liarly soothing and grateful tohm
also encouraging toihis hopes' for'fu-
ture.n8jing genvus in his .struggles
viz : rWeTaro erec1ing a statuein
marble not as a tribute to. departed
worth but to living merit.''
The folJowing is an extract from
a speech made by Citoyen Ycsnier
a member and secretary at" one time
of the defunct Paris Commune.
Thfit his hearers believed in his mad
utterances is e'videnced from the
manner in which .they receiyed it :
" We must conquer or die. For
that we must boldly deny God
family and country. We must with
draw our children' -fibm the stupefy-
ing vinfluenc'es of priests kings and
nationalty. Applause. J To deny
God. is to proclaim man the sole and
veritable ruler of his destinies. It
is to kill the priest and religion.
The denial of divinity is man assert-
ing his strength and independence.
Tremendous applause. Am to fa-
mily we reject it with all our force
in the name of the emancipation of
the human race. To the ties of
family we owe the slavery of woman
and : the ignorance of infancy. The
child belongs to society and not to
his parents. It is for society to in-
struct Jiiin? to rear him to make
him a citiiceu. To deny family isto
paffirm the independence of man from.
his cradle to snatch woman from
thtv bondage in which she . has jbeen
cast by the priests and a rotten
civilization." Frantic applause.
It has been definitely ascertained
from the census returns in General
Walker's bureau that the total
population of the United States is
38545153 of which only 422500
is in the Territories. What a mag
nificent opening our Territories pre
sent tor the countless millions yet
to be I
Tho New York city tax on real
estate for 1870 ip $18338052 on
the personal property $6)860595.
Tlie 'nail works of Terro Iiautc
Indiana are making more than .three
hundred kegs of nails per day
Ten thousand dollars in premiums
are to be offered for spool nitthB of
'cotton at tho next St. Louis Agri-
cultural Fair in October; - -. '
There is iron enough in the ljlnod
ot torty-two ;nen to mako a plopgn-
Huuru.
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Swit zerland has '60000 ' watch-
makersarid turns btft'-uVuHlioJiof
watches .ariuuully. J : J-.'-i l-. i
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tninjrs.
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suresettles many things which uc-
thing else can seltllbVJtit does not
settle them with that Completeness
with which they are ".settled byitho
tonguo. There aro mften seo'stand
parties. which would facovn-world in
"ulsi yiu "H"1' vn!fia manwaSjiiett
tp stand; behind a?;hedge or a barri-
cade. ; but any parly which finds the
inijority of the slump orators on tlie
rnbmy's pide and finds that if ig
being 'denounced-' steaailyfweSl? in "
jnd week out lnr tho Tkm-fcom.
Blathci-skire nud the BfauketSheet
ciin.nqt;jkeepup.Us couragOone.
ft may be.Jtbafc the foe has neither
logic noYwii: tior knbwledjre. but if
ho has the longest tongue the gamo
'is tolerably -sure" Tlie noist if it .
iiuucj iiuu uutijj uuuyiuiion 80(ner or
laler hrihgs weariness of the subject
anuanin8ionaio aesirtor a quiet
life.. .Thousands of Democrats who "
as'ehow gaping to acquiesce irtl'the
changes wrought ' flic warfare no '
more convinced Of the constitution-
ality of them or of tho expediency
of thetri than they evef wrajbut1
the damnable iteration is tpomuch -for
them. Tlie immortal' mirid'.niay"
be ever so mulish.'tbe nervftsKitfft'r'
way: at la's't. Nation. ?';
The Lancaster Express saythe
executors of 'tha estate of 'the laic
V-i
Hon TJiaddeuei Stevens will erect a.
monument Pver'liiBgrave'tho present
summer. "The Express . adds :
(''"When Mr. Stevens discovi-ed. that
The sword settles
there was a clause TitFtho .tharfeis of '"?$
the several icemeteries piohibiting :
the bqriapif anyVbut' white' iperjsohs' ; '
in them he declined to take any of
the lots and went to Shreiher's pri-
vu.w.uuuic'icr' wurro iip aucn prom- ..'.
bition existed. 'He pUrchasedf twoi';
adjoining lots. Une'ol his' friends "
in view-.of the fact that there wasjf''
no pne.butu himself to be. buried iri
them asked him why ho ecured so-
much ground? ' Oh well' ho re-
plied .in his inimitable humorous
way 'some poor. devil may eomo
along one of these days- and will
have no place tp'gb'. He enn'ut-w
in with mo.'" : i - '
La Cbmmurie of 1792 consisted
of thirty-seven membeis--three sur-
gconft four lawyersj three' -journey- y
men butchers four butchers; throe -
carpenters three play actors two
giblet dealers three 'tinner's six bar- L-.i .
keepers two grocers one rag dealer
three cobblers (one of whqni wiui
Simon the. jailor of the Temple).
The attorney-general of Iia. Com
mune had been the bullv of a brothel .
and a dealer in theatre checks.
10th- Thermidor ten nieraWrc
Of Lbi '.' '
Commune were outlawed aiidguillo-My'v
tined on Plate dtf la Revolution; ''
(Place de la Concorde) ; the fqllow- .; .
ing 'day twelve others were guillo-'
tined; the 18tbCoffinhal vicft pre-
sident of the revolutionary tribunal"
and one of the most influentialmem-
beis of La 'Commune was giiillor; i
tined. The 22d seven other mem-
bora of La Commune were guillo-
tined. Of thp thirty .membsers of
La. Commune yho perished.on the
scaffold one ya a ;Prueaian .three ;?r
Savoyarde two Bfilgians two Swiss-':
six Marseillaise three Auver'gnats- "
two Lyonnais three Nimois one .
Bouennais five Limousins and onlyV
two Parisians
There is nearly 5OO0O fmid.oulv '
yearly for Bewing straw ju 'Tnuntou
and vicinity. ' 1 .
Pritinw8 introduced intoKng- : .:
land by Caxton in 1474. ' r
Fortifications weruifiret' built iu '
the present style in 15.00. J?.
Sugar refining was first practiced.
kby a Venetian in 1503 M .
Engraying on coppcrwusinvcutody jr
by: FJminiguero; in Italy; 145 L . " "
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