Smyrna times., 1865-06-28

Mr.. Robert Dale Owen has addressed to the
President long letter, reminding Mr.. John
SON. |. OF the days III which they were Con-
gressmen together; 2 That there is an aspect
OF the negro suffrage question that has attrSc-
ted less attention that it merits; 3. Goes into
an elaborate statistical statement of tire pro-
portions of white and cOlo~ed representations.
4. ContrOverts the idea Of different political
status for different cOlorS and enumcrates the
axiom that all the political power which iS
withheld from the elnanclpated slave is gained
by the Southern white. 5. Thenceforward
plead with great force for the enfranchiscment
of the freedmen. Mr. Owen Ill this lecture is,
even for him, unusually clear, terse and VigUr
Gus in his argument.
The exciting contest at the fair in Chicago,
betwren the friends ofSheridan and Sherman,
for the magnificent gold-mounted pistol, given
for " the best General, finally closed Tuesday
night, the vote standing: Sheridan, sc, Shcr-
man, Al with two or three hundred scatter
ing Sheridan kept ahead the first two week,
Sherman friends got the start last week, but
Tuesday the Sheridan men rallied III force and
took the prize by an overwhelming majority.
The silycr-mountcd pistol voted to Brig. -Gen.
I. O. Osborn, Of Chicago, late Colonel Of the
!Ihirty-ninth Illinois. The magnificent $500
sword i'll the Philadelphia department III
Union Hall has not as yet been awarded, but
is is hoped that it will be voted to Gen. Logan.
BY an official report of the Secretary Of
War; it appears that between October 1868 and
1854. G75, 452 men were enlisted i'll the arn
and navy. On November /, 1864, there We're
l0l $50 colored soldiers in the army. In the
sixteen months preceding March, 1868, 1873 -
persons were tried by courts martial. In this
draft Of 1863, l94, ,9j2 men were drafted, OF
whom all were exempted but y84S. In the
draft cf Noe 1881 SfI W. tirutfgI all
being exempted but 343l. In the draft OF Sep
tember 10, 1854, -, 43O were drafted, 1864
being held to service.
Messrs. Stanton. Speed, Harlan and Denni-
son, Of President johnson Cabinet, are said
TO be in favor Of negro suffrage while Mcssrs.
Seward, Welles and Mccullough are opposed
to it. SO says a Washington correspondent,
and Of conrse they are always " reliable.
The louisville Journul, while opposed 70
negro suffrage at present, says:
The question is not whether the negro can
ever be entrusted with the ballot under any
given set Of circumstances That has been
done even III the South, and without any harm;
and it may and very probably will be done
again.
The report of the rough treatment Of Jeff.
Davis, which has been tree " circulating, are
set at rest by dispatch from Fortress Mon
roe, which states positively that he is not in
irons, but has roomy and comfortable quarters
If you want to be man of genius, hold in
tercourse with men of genius. BY being in
frequent contact with magnet, you may be-
come q magnet.
Washington and Richmond were on Mon
day brought into direct boat and rail communl-
cation after divorce of more than four years.
H. .o,1 .,,.o,,r of ,oI,l ,,r;.o,,o,c .l,,,,.-l
out the North are being cleared out.
Ger. raj Joseph d. Cox has been nominated
by the Republicans for Governor Of Ohio.