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Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-09-22
HMoND. Nav S, 1865.

,HMoND, May S, 1865.
/ To Mr. Geo. T. Garrison, Accoinao Co., Va .
DEAR SIR;-HaviBg an idea OF leaving the
United States. and unwilling to have myself
connected with any transactions which could
by any posstoiity DC tortured into any reA C
tion upon myself, give you the following
facts
Some ims during the summer of 1864,
General Stonemsn and his command. while
on raiding excursion through the State of
Georgia, were captured, and the ptivates were
sent as prisoners of war to Andersonville. Ga.
Owing to the fact that they had been pila-
ging and stealing everything they could lay
their hands on from citiz-ns of Georgia, Gen
j. H. Wlnder ordered all species of property
in their possession to be taken from them and
deposited in my hands, as Post Quarterm4s-
ter. This order was executed by the com
mandant Of the prison. was then instructed
to return all property identified to the origi-
nal and rightful owners. and to hold The bal
ance subject 10 orders. have thus returned
all identified property, and 10 obedience to
orders have balance on hand.
Knowing the bitter feelings OF the Federals
toward any one connected with the o. ison
department, have not considered it advisl-
bic at.present to call the attention Of any
Federal officer to these facts, or to turn over
said property to them for their action in the
matter; but at the same tins | am unwil-
ling to hold them without proper explanation,
to be used in my defence hereafter, 10 case
any charges are brought against me. Some
OF the property evidently belongs to citizens
of Georgia, while some Of it was evidently
the property of prisoners themselves.
No list of prisoners names from whom
these things we're taken was ever furnished
and consequently can give no information
as to individual ownership. | place these
facts and property in your hands, subject TO
your discretion, and 10 order that, as a friend
of mine, you can protect me from any COM
plants which may be brought against me in
the matter. Any of the officers stationed al An
dersonville at the time Of this transaction will
confirm these statements, as will also my
clerks. All other property in my hands be-
longing to prisoners Of war has been turned
over TO them through the proper channel
the money through the hands of Capt. Thom-
as X. Stewart, Co. q, lst Mary and regiment,
to Col. Ould, Agent of Exchange and 9TH
er property through the Commandant of the
( prison at Andersonyile.
! Hoping il will not be asking too much OF h
favor 10 protect me as faI as ia your power
in this matter,
] 4 am f,ta
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-09-22


PRACTICAL JOKING" A few days since,
writes an attorney, "as | was sitting with
Brother c., in his office in Court square,
a client came in and said esquire, D.
", the stsbler, shaved me dreadfully
yesterday, and | want to come up with him"
State your case" says c.
Client asked him how much he'd
charge me for a horse to 20 dawn to Dvd.
ham. He said one dollar and halt. took
the team, aud when | came back paid him
one dollar und a hslf, aud he said he wanted
another dollar aud half lor coming back
and made me pay it,
c. gave him som legal advice, which
the client immeiiagel, iUiiO~ed
He went 10 he stable and said
" How muci viii you charge me ior horse
and wagon to 10 tn Salem =
stabler replied" Fiye dollars"
" Harness him up,
Client went 10 salem, came back by rail-
road, went to the stable and said
" Here is youf IN .ney," laJ ing hin fise dol
lars.
" Where is my horse and wagoni' says
W.
=" lie ia at Salem" says client :" only
hired him To 90 to Salem.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-09-22

Gen. Swain, of the Ere, dmen's Bureau
Alabama. has given orders that all contract
with the freedmen for labor must be ieducs,
10 writing and approved BY the agent OF th
bureau for plantation labor. Employers mus
supula'e to provide sufficient food, quarter
medical attendance and such further compen
sation as may be agreed upou.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-09-22
/ am your very true friend,

Among tie papers referred to is receipt
from II Wirz for eleven watches received
from X. Is. Winder, to be returned to FEEDER
al prisoners and receipt fromW. II. Hatch
Assistant Agent Of Exchange of Prisoners,
for some $1,000 in notes received from Win
der, being the amount in fall held by him be-
longing to Federal prisoners confined at An
deTsonville.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1865-09-22

YEAST THAT WILL start IrsELF.-See-
ing an inquiry for recipe for making yeast
that starts itself, | send you mothers. Boil
two ounces of best hops in four quarts Of
water for half an hour strain II ana let the
liquor cool down to new milk warmth, Then
put in d small handful OF salt and half a
pound Of sugar; beat up one pound of the
best -four with some OF the liquor and mix
all together, The third day add three
pounds OF potatoes well mashed, and let il
stand until the next day. Then strain snd
it is ready for use. 1t must be stirred ire-
quently while il is making and kept near the
fire. Before using, stir well. II Will keep
two or three months in a cool place --Rura'
, New Yorker.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
Sound Advice.

I A Georgia paper says that the question,
will the white maa work, is one offar great
er importance to the South than the one so
often asked, viii the negro work. When
III RHascIe see loGIsnss sByan f89a bone and
their handsin their pockets gathering round
and gaping at the railway trains as they stop
upon the thoroughfares, in despousiug
mood we exelaim, will these white men
werk?" Aud if they won't work, what Is to
become Of the country?
"A voice from the graund" literally calls
upon Southern young to take hold of manly
labor aud redeem the dilapidated fortunes
of their country sires and their ma
irons, $50.
The negro is plastic character-sasily
influenced and if you will take eight or tea
of them, the best you can find, and put your
selves at their head, pl9w and hoe in hand.
our word tor it, you will find they can work
and you can work too. .,.
But it is too hot Not hit hotter in the
corn and cotton fields than carrying 8 mus
ket and fifty pounds of luggage en- dusty
road. The fortunes Of Georgia must be re-
deemed by her young men, and rscuperated
from her teeming soil 'n
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
The reward OF Treason.

Tho whole population of South Carolina
is 6S3, 900; of which 27l 900 are whites, and
Az, 900 eolorsd Ifshe is re admitted into
Congress on the Copperhead plan, she
will be entitled thereafter to six seats in the
House of Representatives.. This would he
one member for each $500 white inhabi
tsnts, while in illinois it requires 5000
Tor seat in Congress. That is to say. ac-
cording to the Copperhead ideas OF South
ern superiority, eight aristocrats, and forty
poor white trash" (making forty'eight
South Carolina rabels) are equal to l25 10y
al "mudsils" OF Ohio:. On the white basis,
South Carolina would be entitled to two
Representatives-with fraction over; bu,
by including the colored people, she would
be entitled to six And if they are all to
be disfranchised and have no voice in the
making of laws, why should the rebels be
allowed four seats in Congress on their &C
count? Is it right that South Carolina reb
els shall have four votes in Congress, baseC
upon negro population, to be cast agalns
the Republicans and the North on all nation
al questions ?-[ Norwalk Reflector.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07


coming pestilence. If choleraic stmos-
phere be really prssent-it is not an ad-
vance courier, but the reality Of the dis
ease. How far there is any evidence that
this disease pervades the atmosphere gener-
ally, shall consider hereafter. If the aui-
malculs theory be true. it is very evident
that the atmosphere generally is nes perva
ded by II; but as we see insects moving at
times in great numbers, and moved BY winds
or their own interests rapidly on, so we can
easily conceive that these snimalculi may
pervadea considerable extent Of atmosphere,
and be transferred through it with great
rapidity.
While reason and interest both lead us to
guard in every way against the approacbe:
of disease, we should guard well against the
greater disease of human deprsvity, by
which the pcstilcuce which walketh at night
and the destruction which wssteth st noon
day are invited into the abodss Of men.
=. D. n.
Morrow, Nov. 25.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
Death as a Democrat.

Death is iu reality tho only democrat
upon earth who is no respecter Of persons.
His democracy is sublime You cannot
buy him for gold, nor bribs him by office
He enters the palace and the: :hovel with the
same imperial dignity. The maiden with
the raven Il esses, and the old man with the
sivered hair. he greets with equal benig-
nifty. The vigorous and the strong, the
sickly and the emaciated, receive equal
favors. Your consumptiye aud wcak-lupg.
ed patient, as we'll as your gain with the
power of Jupiter and the voice of thunder,
receives equal treatment. The poor and
poverty-stricken, the rich and afluent. he
treats alike. Poets, statesmen, warriors,
kings, tyrants, beggars are all alike to
Death. Like the sun that lights up. the
heavens, this pale ghost Of the grave show
ers his gifts upon the rich and poor, the
famous and the obscure with equal cour-
tesy. The humblest peasant girl is to him
as noble a victim as the most beautiful
queen. He calls for sacrifices within the
sacred sanctuaries of the church and with
equal compesure knocks at the door of the
brothsl. Color and creed, race and relig.
ion, are alike to him. Death knows nc
selfshness. What grand subject would
theDemoeracy of Death make for an eloquent
diver. One cannot write on such theme
The words, phrases, sentences, and though''
should come gushing from the soul, warn
with vigorous life-come like the lightning
flash, aud the roar Of thunder be in harmo
ny With text so sublime. a, .
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
Respect the Aged.

Bowlow the head, boy. Do reverence
to the old man.
Once like you, vicissitudes of life have
.silvered the hair, and changed the round,
merry face to the worn visage before you.
Once that heart beat with incidents CO.
equal to any you have ever felt; aspirations
crushed by disappointment as yours are per-
haps destined to be, ., :,
Once that form moved proudly through
the gay scenes Of life; now the hand Of Time
that withers the flowers cf yesterday has
warped the figure and destroyed the noble
carriage $50,
Once at your age, he possessed the
thoughts that pass through your brain, now
wishing TO accomplish deeds worthy Of q
nook in fame, anon imagining life dream,
that the sooner he awoke from the better
| The time to awake is very near at hand. 7e
his eyes kindle at noble deeds OF daring
and tho hand makes frmer grasp OF th'
staff. :,
Bow low tho head, boy: as you would ii
your old age be rcvsrenced.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
Give the Printers Fair Play

We have piece of advice which We fix
firmly and iudellbly upon the public mind,
and that is, give the printers fair play. Do
not forget that it costs something tof'puff, "
as well as to advertise and never sponge up
on a printer in any way whatever. 1t ID
printer ink that makes nine tsnths OF your
fortunes; it takes money to buy Ink type
and paper; and yet, after all this, few are
the thanks that the printer gets, Give the
printer fair play, and give up all expecta-
tons Of gratuitous putting. etc. The great
American Statesman, Daniel Webster, was
right when he remarked, of the press,
.'Smal is the sum required to pstronize .
newspaper; amply rewarded its patron, l.
care not how humble and unpretending the
gazette he takes. 1t is next to impossible
to fiji a sheet With printed matter without
putting into it something that is worth the
subscription pIios."
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

woodent 6ght or weodent hcv sccesht, bus
l. did it. went out for wsol and cum back
shorD. i secesht with . hundred ,nigeers
to get two hundred, and sIasi / find myself
back into the old government, with nsrya
nigger. 4;t.l !;
but sll this isno excooss for talkin bsld
noncents, you old ass" sed he, sddressin
Genrsl McStinger; you talk nv wat you
will do, and wat you wont. Haven't 700
dlsklvered that yoo are whipped? Haven't
700 found ont that yoo are subjoogatedf-
Are you back into the yoon yum by your ewn
free win and skkori2 Hevsnt 700 got
pardon in your pockit, which dekyment is
all that saves your seek from strscbin hsup2
Why do zoe talk Nv wat Southkaralyny will
and wont do? Good Lordl | recollect
about year since Southkaralyny would
neUer permit her soil be pollutid BY yan.
kee hrelins, yit Sherman marched all over
it with few Nv en- and scarcely gun was
fred at EN-. So too rscollect that sed
State which wuz agoin to whip the entire
North, and which wood, eff oyerpowered,
submit gracsfully and With dignity, to snni-
hilafieD, and sich, was the first to cit down
on her parrowbones, and beg for peace
ike dog. IF 700 intend this talk for tho
purposeav skarin the North, believe me
Z when | say that the North aint-.so EASY
skared ez il wuz. fits intendid for home
censumtsion, consider me tho people. I've
heard it before, and III take no more nv il
until my stumiek settles. 1t makes me
puke. n sH -
The fact is we are whipped, and hev got
tn do the best we kin. We are a goin I'd
pay the Federal debt. Davis will be hung,
and serve him rite. States rites is dead,
and slavery is abo lished, and with il shivsl-
ry; and its my opinion the South is d-d
kin sware now, after lfvin outside Nv the
You bet L do. carry small one in my
coat pocket. I:hev q, middlin sized one
waved by my youngest boy over the family
whom at prayers, asd ghalin big one wav-
in over my house an the time. / hev dis
covered that its good thing to live under,
and when such cusses as you talk OF what
you will and won't Do under it, bile. Go
home. 700 cusses, 60 homsl Yoo South,
and pulling orf your coat, 60 to work thank
in God that Johnson's msrciful euuf to
let yeo go home at all, insted nv hanRln yso
up like dcrg. for tryin' to bust Govern
nentsteo good for 700. Yoo, North, thank
ful that the m en- NV sense of the North he'd
the manhood to prevent us from reoinin
ourselves, BY maxim sish, q 700 our niggers'
Avaunt"
And the excited Mr.. Maginnis, VITO IS
evidently subjoogated, strobe out Nv our
presence. His intempsrit talk cast chill
over aur con6isncis, and we didnent resoom
with TIM ease and freedom Ws commenced
with, snd in few uaiau.es We parted. 1
dident like him
PETsotyCN v. Massey.
Late Paster nv the Church Of the New
Dispensashun. ,.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
interesting Docunient--Andrew
JohnsOn's Record.
rFrom the knoxville crenn) Wing.

..."+ rFr0m the knoxville lfenn'j WhiBJ
As the question Of the proper relations
between suffrage aud representation will in
a short time be brought before the country,
aHd it is one of the greatest practical i'm:
portance, we present for the edIhcatlon OF
our readers an official copy offered IN the
House Of Representatives, in lS42, by Hon.
Samuel MiIligau, of Green County, and
fellow townsman Of Andrew johnson, who
was at the same session q member OF the
State Senate, and offered the same resolu-
ton in that body. We have not been able
to lay our hands upon the resolution offered
by Senator johnson, but believe 1t Is lden-
tical in phraseology. Hon. Samuel Milligan
is now one Of the Supreme judges. Of the
State, and has always been confidential
friend of the President
RESOLUTION RELATING To DIVIDING THE
STATE INTO CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
WHEREAS, By the second section aud
third clause of the Constitution of the Uni-
ted States, the basis of representation in
Congress is determined "by adding to the
whole number of free persons, including
those bound to service for a term OF years,
and excluding Indians not taxed, three
fourths of all other persons and, where
as. it appears not to have been the intention
of the trainers of the Federal Constitution
that property in slaves should constitute
any part of the basis of the immediate rep
resentation of the people in Congress, but
that it should constitute portion Of the da
ia upon which the representation Of the
States as independent sovereignties should
rest and whereas, Congress has no power
under the Constitution to prescribe the
manner and mode Of laying off the States
into Congressional districts further than to
secure to them their full quota Of representa-
ton in the Congress of the United States,
as members Of the Confederacy;
Resolvcd, therefore, That in dividing the
States into Congressional Districts, con-
sistency and sound policy require that the
slave population within the respective dis
tricts should not be made an element Of po-
litical power.
Resoired That the data to be regarded
in adjusting the State inte Congressional
Districts be the whole number of those who
are entitled to the right of suffrage.
INDoRsED.
House of Representatives, October G.,
lS42-Read and laid on the table.
THos. A. BRowN, Clerk.
House of Representatives, October l3,
lS42-Indefuitel postponed.
THos. A. Brown. Clerk.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

=" SECRETARY STANTON has no great love
for music. Secretary Welles, who is said
TO be quite deaf, affects great foudness for
it. A professor Of music in Washington
who was trying to get up series OF sub
scription concerts in that city last winter
called upon Mr.. Stanton to get him to sub
serbia and mentioned as an inducement there
to. that the Secretary Of the Navy had al
ready put his name down. "Oh, reptile.
the bluff head of the War Department, ~
| 4 ,oere a. deaf as the Secretary OF the Nau
| ! would subscribe toe" s-
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
Worth Carolina and the Amend
msnt.

Dr.. Powell, the State Agent for North
Carolina, who recently arrived at Raleigh,
was the bearer of letter from Secretary
Seward to Gov. Holden in which the fol
lowing passages occur: -. 80. -.
"The President sincerely trusts that
North Carolina will, by her Legislature,
promptly accept the Congressional amend.
meut of the Constitution of the United
States abolishing Slavery. He relies upon
YOU te exercise oil your functions as hereto,
fore with the same wisdom and the same
spirit of loyalty aud devotion to tho Unisn
that has marked your administration hith-
erte. The President desires you to feel en-
tirely assured that your efforts to sustain
the administration of the Government and
give effect to its policy are fally appreciated,
and that they will IN no case be forgotten. =
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

BoYs.-The Salem Republican says the
most approved method of raising children
nova a-days is to let them run shout the
.freats un,il late hour-call swearing smart,
ness. biackguardism precociousness, and
every .pecies of malicious mischief, fun =
The pupils Of These nisht schools hardly ever
s.;ito graduate in the peniteutiary. and not
.w take the higher or ealiows degree -
TIE Republican is right. A boy rho r a.,
lawed by over indulgent parentstc run aoou
=, III hours Of the night, will never amount
to anything. and will very likely come 70 =
had end,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

FREE LABOR CoTToN,-The Nashville
Union says. ''The German farmers of
Texas have again received . cotton crop of
superior quality to any grown by slave labor.
1t is cleaner, fairer fabric, and will bring
the highest market price. When the farm.
or works his own cotton, It is tended aud
handled at every stage with the utmost care;
aud this care brings out the greatest skill. :
The delusion that it cannot be cultivated by
free labor is getting rapidly disproved by
actual experiment, It is probable that free
labor will produce more. and better cotton
! than has ever besnrsised before. ,o9Si
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
JoNEsBoRoUaH Tennessee, Nov. 1865

CHANGE. The wheel of Fortune is con-
stantly revolving, and the rich man to-day
may be the poor man tomorrow. A majo r.
ity of rich men in our principal cities were
once poor, and many who onco possessed
their thousands are now INDECENT. The
largest tax ever paid in the city of Boston,
was paid by man who once went barefoot
to his work to save sole leather. Fifty years
ago, George Peabody, at the age of twelve,
had occasion to pass through Concord, on
his way to Vermont; he stopped at the old
Strickeny Hotel, where he paid his lodging
and breakfast by saving wood. Such was
the beginning Of George Peabody. Let nc
rich man, therefore, presume, and no poor
man despond. ,.-...
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07
JouN VAN BUans recently said at Troy

JoHN VAN BUREN recently said at Troy
Ny York, that "the Democracy are suffer
id ~ from the internal bluuder at Chi
cago, last year" and that''if Seymour and
Vallapdig CHAM had been kicked out Of the
National Convection, ii would have been I
rood thing for the party,hi dts bad thial
for mau 10 gossip sbout his own house
INV fut.o-d, er.f,r. =. ~ .- .
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

TIE Norfolk Roanoke House folks, few
days since, hearing of guest whec had de,
oamped without going through the usual
formality of paying his bill, sent him anotte;
Mr. -, Dear sir-'iWill you send the
amouat of your bill, and Oblige," etc To
which the delinquent made answer: yThs,
amount il $S062A Yours, respectfully
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

l09mI1iaMb llnl " nUIlqOlt lHJ N tnoI 2
gsucIgo. 5aG ,iduob lliW anoI ss .bs.aisb i
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-12-07

aai % in9ss oal sfw 81 ,aoifp hsn00 sii
y'lriig 81 s7ss loidw ,sro 4 sfe. Est411
Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1865-01-20
WHITING Fon cHILnRES.

Writers Of children's books may be di.
viaea into two classes--those who retain a
realizing sense" of their own childhood,
and are vns inspired to write zen daors,
and those who have put OF childish things
With a vengeance" OF which tho poor little
urchns. who are treated TO their books, arc
their victims That the latter mean well, is
small comfort or palliation. They Great
Ettlo monsters, generally -" memoirs" OF
impossible " Wiilies" and "Miiics," who
beg permission to stay at home and learn a
psge or two Of catechism. while their heed.
less companions rush joyfully off on picnic
aad who are delighted to foIego sugar in
a,eir tea and fire crackers on the Fourth OF
July, So that the money saved from these
lnxuries may buy spelling books for the can
Iibals. They invariably die young" A
clergyman once told us that he received a
sharp res,uke from youngster when he ask.
cd him, Well. my son, how did you like
my address TO the Sunday SCHOOL," oh"
said tho urchn with rim, do hate those
dead babies like to hear about children
that don't want to die" These same au
thors will write savage criticisms on the
books wherein the boys are made to- talk
slang, as live boys invariably do, and girls
driigil; in rompiag ard dancing, as live girls
should. Tiny profess to consider Santa
Claus as very improper dclusion, and de
nounce fairy tale as a snare of Satan. On
the other hand, the few who pan children
as noisy, frolicsome, mi-chevious - in a
word. who depict them naturally-are hailed
with eagrr delight by their little sharp read.
erS. The names of such writers become
household verbs and the characters in their
bonks arc brothers and friends --Nomc jour.
nal. # ...e-.