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The Bullet and the Ballot.
From the Baltimore Gazette.


Great is the power of u phrase. Once
hit, in political crisis. upon Il catch
word or pithy sentence that takes the
popular ear, aud il will do more TO ad-
vance the cause into whose service it IL
pressed than hundred arguments
Most men, when thus furnished with a
party cry which pleases them, are con
tent to imagine that the essence ol all
the principles they believe themselves to
be cOntending for has been somehow
compressed into IN axiom, and they shout
il on the hustings and inscribcit Oh their
banners AS the compendium of their po-
lilical creed No doubt there were null
titudes OF prrOns who we're SO tickled
by the phrase, Fifty -four Forty or
Fight" that they at once assumed the
fact our cause of quarrel with England
on the Oregon question was just. and
would have been willing to 60 to war
about it. Homes for the Homeless" and
Lands for tho Landless" are very TAX
ing phrases of the sort referred to. They
are alliterative, and therefore sound well,
and they are easy of comprehension. 1t
seems, too, so good and just thing that
landless men should have lands, and
homeless men homes, that this senten-
tious way Of putting the matter Is ae-
cepted as conclusive reason why indl-
gent people should be furnished with
homes and farms at Government expense.
Another phrase is now being concocted
which we expect to see d0 much service
in coming canvasses. 1t has not yet ia
ken definite shape. 1t stands now i'll tho
form of brief argument, if it deserves
to be so dignified, but it will be simmered
down before long to simple, alliterative
phrase We can pretty accurately UNI
derstand what the character of the forth
coming party cry will be from the follow
ing extract from an article in the Ne"
York Tribune:
"If we give the negro bayonet, why
can we not give him ballot? II he
gives his life To save the country, should
we not give him voice in its manage
ment :"
This appeal in favor Of extending the
right of suffrage TO the blacks has been
pnt forward already by many of the
leading journals and politicians in the
couptly, and will be used i'll future as
the leading argument oh that side of the
subject 1t must not be wondered at
then if, after hearing the pOstulate grave.
ly and persistently advanced by scores OF
prominent public men, numbers of the
people should begin to find their brains
very greatly muddled, and end ny accept
ing the new phrase in toto. They will
conclude il has some howheen proven that
there is a necessary connection between
ballots and bullets, and that the fact that
man he drilled into soldier, renders 1t
self-evident proposition there he is CO.
pable of determining the gravest po!'tl-
cal issues lSo satisfied will many meu
be of the sOundness of this position. that
all who oppose them may feel pretty sure
of being denounced as "haughty aris'o,
Gratis"
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Reconciliation or Negro Suffrage

Chief Justice CHASE is not content
with his present exalted position, bui is
laying plans for succeeding the prese Mt
occupant of the White House. The prin-
cipal hobby, on which he is at present
riding, is negro suffrage The Horid, dis
cussing the Judges maueuvering TO ont
strip his opponents, remarks:
"The problem which Mr.. Chase has un-
dertaken to solve, as Presidential aspi-
rant, is how to make the most OF his aa-
tecedents. He is one of the original anti
slavery leaders, with consistent record;
and he is the father of the national bank
ing system and the mode of funding the
national debt He is aiming TO eStab-
lish such an intcr.connection between
these two parts of his public career, that
they will reinforce each other and joint
ly contribute to his presidentia! success.
His plan, in this respect. is daily leak
ing out through persons known 10 be in
his confidence That plan is to interest
all the koRd.holderS Of the country IN negro
suffrage, BY holding out The idea that the
Southern members Of Congress iciU rote 10
repadiatc the debt, unless the Southern ne
groes are admitted 10 the suffrage. This is
one of those ,pecious ideas which are
well calculated for political effect IL
may be urged, with glib plausibility, that
the Southern whites are not going to
vote for the payment of a debt incurred
in their subjugation, while, Oh the other
hand, the negroes will gladly contribute
to defray the expenses of their emancipa'
ton"
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The Conspiracy Trial.

WASHINGTON, June Ia In tho con,
spiracy trial, the previous days record
was partly read, when the commission
took recess until 9 o'clock, in order ia
allow an examination of Payne by the
commission appointed for the purpose
The commission reassembled at 2 o'clock
Mr.. Doster stated that he had closed
the defense in the case of Payne, and did
not propose to call as witnesses the med
ical gentlemen who had been appointed
to investigate the condition of Payne as
to insanity.
Judge Advocate Holt stated that these
gentlemen would be called for the Gov
ernment.
Re-examination of DR.. Hall by Judge
Advocate Holt-Witness examined the
prisoner (Payne) this morning, and was
assisted by Drs Norris and Porter, and
was subsequently joined in the eXamina-
tion by Surgeon General Barnes, The
prisoner was asked almost the same ques,
tion that was put to him yesterday, in
order to ascertain whether his answers
would be similar. He answered with
rather more promptness than before, and
his answers were much the came.
Q-Are you now prepared to express an
opinion whether or not it is your judg
ment the prisoner is sane and RESPONSE
BILE man
Al am now prepared to say there ia
no evidence of insanity, The prisoners
mind is feeble and uncultivated hut
cannot discover sufficient evidence of
mental incapacity.
Cross-examined by Mr. Doster %
What are you prepared to state as to his
moral insanityl
Ave asked him to-day whether he
believed in a God, and he said he did
and believed he was just God. He
also acknowledged to mo that at one
time he had been a member of the Bap-
tist church. | asked him whether he
thought that the assassination of an en-
emy in time of war was .justitiable. He
said he believed it was.
Examination of DR.. Norris The wit
ness, in company with Surgeon General
Barnes and other medical gentlemen,
made an examination this morning of
the prisoner Payne, and arrived at the
opinion that he was sane. There was
nothing in the prisoners looks, speech,
or conduct TO indicate that he was ofun-
sound mind.
Cross-examined by Mr. Daster am
not familiar with cases of insanity, lido
not think the conduct of the prisoner
prisoner during the examination could
have been that of madman. The pals
oner might be Il monomaniac, bu@ if such
were the case witness would probably
have had his suspicious aroused, as such
persons almost invariably in converse
ton with strange parties refer to the
subject Of their insanity.
Examination of Surgeon General Brown
by Judge Advocate Holt-The prisoner
(Payne) was examined by witness and
other medical gentlemen. but no owl
dence of inasnity was discovered The
coherent manner in which he narrated
his story of the places at which he had
been and his occupation.
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W. w. THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 15 1865.

ber of Union men every day Some there
are whom nothing can change; but with
all it is not So" Again in 1862 received
another letter of the same same import.
Thus it went on until il was almost AS
much as mans life was worth to say he
was Union man, and we owe nothing to
the abolitionists that Hhe Union is restor-
ed, and the Federal authority once msre
supreme, for they gave us very much to
contend against, so much that L have
more than once feared during the past
four years that the Union was q TIL & OF
the past But now that the Union is re-
stored. thanks be to God. ii is time the
Radicals of the North stopped their mis-
chief-making, and it is TO be hoped they
will not he allowed 10 call ia question
the loyalty of men of the South who are
dsing their best to bring about true and
lasting peace, with feeling of the broth
erl.ood of American citizens from Maine
to Texas.
Speaking of the Radicals, cannot they
learn a lesson from the past, and let the
negro question alone? Knowing the SEN
timent of the Southern people of all par
ties, assert that they will never consent
to allow the negro 10 vote. Even II the
privilege be given to the negroes against
the will of the people of the South, it vii
advantage the Radicals nothing, for the
power will be turned against them. But
the negroes do not want to vote. They
want to live, and their so-called friends
in the North would do well to go South
and see their condition before preaching
mp Equality and Suffrage TO their brothers.
Hoping that the Equal Rights men OF
the North formerly known rs abolition
ists) NAV vet have the good sense to seek
some place ont of the United States where
they and their dark brothers may colo
ni2e and miscegenate at will.
remain yours truly. A. ii. a
RHOOKLYN. July ". ls6L
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ArIesf nG I0hu Mitchell.

NEW YORK, June 4.-Johu Mitchell,
editor of the Daily News, and lately edi-
tor of the Richmond Examiner, was ar
rested this afternoon and taken to Fort
Lafayette, it is supposed
New YORK, June l4-The Evening
Post says of Mitchells arrest: We learn
that the arrest was made by Detectives
Relse and Elder, under direction of Gen.
Dix, the latter having received orders
from Washington to arrest Mitchell on
the charge of treason Soon after the ar
rest of Mitchell, Judge McCunn visited
Gen. Dix's headquarters, but could learn
nothing of the prisoners movements.
The Judge said the Government could
not try the prisoner as traitor, for he
was an alien, and none but citizens could
be tried as traitors. The Judge also
declared that the Government could only
hold Mitchell as an alien enemy, but now
it is supposed to have no enemies. Dur:
ing the afternoon Judge McCunn visited
General Dix at his residence, but proba-
bly, before that time Mitchell was at sea
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The INDIAN CorToN TRlDE.-Antic!-
patiug the possible effect OF the close OF
the American war upon the reproduction OF
cotton in the East Iudies, some Of tho
English journals are figuring up the re-
suits of the last four years, aud making
an analysis of the conditions essential to
continued success. Theys state that there
was imported by Great Britainin the last
year more than S00,000,000 lbs. of free
labor cotton. of which about $4,000, GOO
was from India and 3O0,000,0O0 from
Egypt, Turkey, aud other countries. The
increase of supply from the British pos
sessions in the East is truly remarkable,
the receipts from the three Indian presi-
dences of Bombay, Madras and Bengal
having amounted to 500,0O0,0O0 in the
year 1864, against only about 5000, 700
in the year l545, and 2OO,000,00 in 1860.
Progress has been steady, therefore, be
fore the war and since, under every va
riety of condition, though the great i'm
petus impaired was within the last four
years, bringing out labor and capital in
abundance, not only for the culture OF
the plant, but for the construction OF
railways for purpose of transportation
The English manufacturers are prompted
to believe that while it is not probable
the high prices for cotton realized for
some time past will continue, prices will
still range higher than the average pre-
ceding the year 1860, and that, with the
improved facilities now enjoyed, cotton
from the East can be grown and brought
to market at handsome profit, in def
ance of competition. While this may
be true. the grand fact still remains and
cannot DO controverted, that the choice
grades of American cotton have no rival
in the world.
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Release Of Prisoners.

BosroN, June l4.-Fifty-one more rebel
prisoners were released from For, War
rem yesterday, on taking the oath of
allegiance. The Boston Traveller says :
Some of them We're shown great atten.
tion by number of citizens, who seemed
to spare no pains to make them enjoy
themselves during their brief stay in
Boston. These rebels freely acknowledge
that though they have taken the oath OF
allegiance, their love for the old Union is
not very enthusiastic.
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SHERMAN spoke words of wisdom.
when received in Chicago. Said he-
"All is peace from here to the Gulf You
can tell what your duties have become
Instead of insulting. You must encourage.
Instead of destroying, you must aid those
who are willing to assist MS in building
up the land. You must not expect those
Of Louisiana and, North Carolina to feel
as we do. All parties have their preju-
dices, and you must respect them, as they
respect yours With that simple caution
there is no danger of the peace which we
now enjoy being disturbed during our
lifetime, and we can leave the future to
the future, no.
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From Havana.

New YORK, June 1.-THE steamer
Moro Castle brings Havana dates To the
10th.
The evacuation of San Domingo BY the
spanish was ready to take place OH the
reception of the formal order. Numbers
of persons loyal to Spain were leaving
San Domingo as refugees for st. Jardo =
Some were also expected at Havana
The Wren and other blockade runners
were to leave Havana for England to be
sold.
Weather at Havana cool and healthy.
The rebel General Slaughter arrived at
Havana from MatamOras on the 10th.
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Fire i'm Louisville-ExecutiO
mans Soldiers.
Press Dispatch.

LOUISVILLE, June 13.-Midnight.-A
serious fire is progressing on the premises
of R. A. Robinson & Co, involving one
of the largest stocks of wholesale drugs
west of the Alleghanies. Probably the
total loss will be from 100000 to $780,
600.
Marshal Stewart, guerrilla, and Lewis,
the murderers of fMcGrath at Shelbyville,
were executed here at the military prison
to-day.
The rumors that the Federal soldiers
have been committing improprieties at
the water works are officially denied
Perfect order appears to be kept among
the vast number of Sherman's troops
which are in the vicinity of our city
Preparations are making to give them a
barbecue on the 4th proxinrO
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SOUTHERN NEWS.
Gov. Aiken in Charleston.
Planters of South Carolina.
Return Of Ex.Gov. Aiken 70 Charles
ten-South Carolina Planters Em.
ploying their Former Slaves.
Press Dispatch.l

New YORK, June l4-The Heralds
Charleston correspondent says ex-Gov.
Aiken arrived there, on his return from
Washington, OH the 9th, and had an. en-
thusiastic reception from the citizens on
landing at the wharf. He is on parole,
with orders to report once month to the
commandant of the post The Governor
was very favorably impressed with Presi-
dent johnson, and speaks in high terms
of him.
The people are much engaged in dis
cussing the question of who is to be their
Provisional Governor.
The business prospects of Charleston
were improving, number of the old
South Carolina planters having taken
the oath of allegiance, and being willing
to make contracts for labor with their
former slaves, had gone to Hilton Head to
confer with Gen. Gilmore and endeavor
to recover their plantations
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From Detroit.

DETROIT, June l4-The large sawmill
of Wright & Co, Saginaw City, with a
million feet of lumber, was destroyed by
fire. Loss 100000.
By some misapprehension the recent
visit of certain Boards of Trade to Bos
ton has been regarded, to some extent, as
q cause preliminary to the assembling OF
the international convention. The visit
referred to was purely OF social charac
ter, having no connection with the pom,
ing convention
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Wool.
The following is from the Washington


Rerie,0:
An old dodge is being resort' TO just
now by eastern wool spectators, to-wit:
exhibiting letters lust received" from
the manufacturers, saying that plenty OF
wool can be had for so or GU cents per 10.
If this is so, why are they so anxious TO
buy at higher figures. If the eastern
market is full and prices so low, how
strange that men hould travel several
hundred miles array from such favora-
BILE place to buy.
We have heard of small sale of wool
within a few days at eighty cents
Though this is not test of what buyers
Just now propose to sell-it shows what
a well posted wool man thinks about the
future.
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Drowned.

TORONTO, June l4-Last evening, as
a party consisting of Mr.. E. Coleman,
Miss Carrie Coleman, Miss Kate Gage,
Miss Creighton and George Creighton
were rowing i'll Desjardius canal, the
steamer Argyle passed them, capsizing
their boat Efforts were made to save
them, but unfortunately all except Geo.
Creighton were drowned.
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Soldiers, Arms.

WASHINGTON, June l4.-All the honor
ably discharged soldiers have been grant
ed the privilege of retaining their arms
at the following rates: Muskets of all
kinds, with or without accoutrements,
ten dollars; all other carbines and revol-
vers eight dollars; sabres and swords,
with or without belts, three dollars.
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WHEELING REGISTER
THURSDAY MORNING. JUNE Is. 1865.
TeIeyrapbic Summary

Gold closed at the regular board IN
New York yesterday at 81 .4244, and at the
evening exchange at sl.43s.
= Ex-Governor Aiken arrived at Charles
ton from Washington on the 9th. on pa
role, and was enthusiastically received
Anumber of South Carolina planters
have taken the oath of allegiance, and
are trying to make arrangements to cuitl-
vate their plantations in the free labor
system.
An agent is now in Washington to
make arrangements for the settlement OF
from ten to twenty thousand Poles in the
United States. probably in Virginia.
G.M. Delauy, the Maine bounty bro
ker, was sentenced to ten years impris-
onment and the payment of $4,000. The
Tribuae's special says he has been uncon-
ditionally pardoned.
The Cabinet has agreed TO remove the
twenty-five per cent. tax on cotton.
The Mexican minister thinks that III
one wear there will be no French in
Mexico.
Perfect order is reported among Sher
mans troops about Louisville.
The rebels in Hayti announce their i'll
tention to establish more liberal Gov
ernment, and place themselves under the
patronage of the United States
General Sheridan's report issaid To pre-
sent fresh evidence of his excellence rs II
General.
John Mitchell, editor of the New York
Ne,cs, was arrested yesterday.
Citizens OF Savannah are about tocon-
suit with the President on the reconstrnc-
tiOn of civil government there.
Governors Vance and Letcher arc still
confined
Application has been made to the Post
office Department to use tho surplus ma
val steamers as ocean mail packets.
The ships b. S Kimball and Deurch-
land have arrived from Hamburg with
l,120 passengers.
Fifty-one rebel prisoners were released
from Fort Warren on the 18th. and al
though they took the oath of allegiance,
the Boston Trarell'r says they exhibit no
great affection for the Union.
A fire in Louisville on the night Of the
18th destroyed the largest stock OF drugs
west of the Alleghenies.
The murderers of McGrath. at Shelby
vile, were executed at Louisville on the
18th.
A member OF the Atlantic Telegraph
Company announces his confidence that
England and America will be connected
by telegraph next month.
A loss of one hundred thousand dollars
was incurred by fire III Brantford, {.
W., yesterday.
The Collector of Internal Revenue at
Albany has seized large quantity Of
whisky and beer
Discharged soldiers have been accorded
the privilege of purchasing THEN arms.
The Congregational Council convened
in Boston yesterday.
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"The VilIainy You. Teach We l VIII
Rxecute.v

You will find this sentence i'll Shak-
speare. and you may find a practical IL
lustration of it few years hence in this
country. 1t has been accepted by a large
portion of our people as perfectly right
TO strike out of existence in the South.
by single stroke of the pen. property
amounting to about four thousand mil
lions of. dollars. To be sure, it was prop
erty we did not like; but il had been
held and regarded as property from be-
fore the formation of the Government
until recently Through War necee-
sity," it was stricken out of existence.
For years Wendell Phillips wared
against this species of property He
abhorred and detested it. He has now
proclaimed war against another species
Of property II is property coined out
of the public debt created By the late
civil war, and as the bad precedent of
abolishing property by legistive enact
ments and Presidential proclamations
has been set, it is not unlikely that he
may rally TO his standard ve-y formid-
able party, who may take up the cry and
give to it practical point" the villainy
you teach me 1 will execute. ."-Stdtesmnn.
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Conversational Council.

BosToN June 14.-The National Coun:
ell of Congregational Churches convened
today. About four hundred were pres
ert. The following officers we're elected;
Moderator, Ex-Governor VIM. A. Buck
ingham, of Conn First Assistant, Hon
Chas. G. Hammond; Second Assistant
Rev. JOS. P. Thompson, of New York
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The Rebellion In Hayti.

NEW YORK. June l4.-The Tribune has
private intelligence from Hayti stating
that the insurgent force was reported to
be OH the march for Port Au Prince. The
rebels assert that it is their determine
ton to establish a more liberal Govern
ment and place themselves under the
patronage of the United States.
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Destructive Fire.

BRANTroRD, C. W, June IA very
destructive fire occurred here at o'clock
ihis morning, raging until 5 o'clock.
About half the business blocks i'll town
were destroyed. The fire was no doubt
the work of an incendiary Thirty build
irlgs we're destroyed Loss from $10O, 900
to $12S, ,O0O-insured for $4,000.
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Arrivals by Sea.

New YORK, June l4.-The ship B. ).
Kimball, from Hamburg, arrived to-day,
with 600 passengers. Thirty children
died on the passage. The ship Dentch-
land also arrived from Hamburg, with
nearly 500 passengers. There wers
twenty-three deaths on the passage
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The Missouri Election i.
The st. Louis Press of Tuesday, {

The St. Louis Press Of Tuesday, says:
The returns come. in slowly. but the
majority against the Constitution is be-
ing slowly cut down. Last night, with
some thirty counties and four regiments
to hear from, the majority against the
Constitution was about 4,3O0. 1t will
probably require an official count to de-
fermins whether we are under the new
or old Constitution.
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The Gold Market.

NEW YORK, June l4.-Increased ac
tivity in gold continues. The recent rise
has produced speculation for an advance,
and the price shows corresponding firm
ness. The premium during tho morning
has ranged at 424a421c.
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Accident.

BosToN, June A.-A portion of Clark's
wharf, in East Boston, tumbled overheard
last night, the under-pinning being rot
ten. Some 1000 bushels of salt, stored
insmall wooden tenements, were lost. The
total damage is estimated at $4,000.