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- The Gate City pertinently remarks !:
There is not single State of the Union
where the Copperheads have had msjori-
ty in the Legislature that the gallant SOL
diers who were fighting tho battles of the
country were allowed to vote. Ia it possi-
BILE, then, that the soldiers on their return
home will vote with party which disfran.
chised them while they were periling their
lives in their country cause.
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A.Will the editor Of the bloomfield
Gword b 20 gracious - to permit Ne to
conduct this paper In accordance with our
own ideas Of propriety? He has his views
I'VE have ours. And he may exercise his
according to his own Judgment, but We
must claim the same privilege with regard
to ours. The charge Of Interpolation" is
an out and out fa.sehcod.
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- General Grant has been presented
With valuable gold pen called ''vicks-
burg" When he received it, the General
said the question whether the pen or sword
il the mightier was vet unsettled.
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:. Benton, r. d. Poole,
s. BURLINGTON, J. @. Abercrombie,
!" Danville. David r. Reeee.
Z" Flint River, J. ]. McMackin.
IS franklin, George Houston.
Is Huron, J. Wilson Williams.
IS Jackson, RIM. Lawrence.
. Pleasant Grove, g. w. Smith.
IS Union, Edwin James.
- Warrington, D. b. Crawford.
IS Yellow Springs, w. w. Blair.
s. The County at Large, Joshua Ira
cy. Mark L. Demott. Clark Durham, II.
Biezen, James McKell, Frederick Heller,
Erastus Woodward, John 6. FoOte, A.
Kaiser, Martin Kelsey, A. Delahaye, VOL
colt Seymour, Robert Allen.
Upon motion of Mr.. Garrett, the Dele
gates present at the State Convention were
authorized to cast the entire vote Of the
county. The Convention then adjourned.
Jupe3, 1865. EDWIN JONES, Sec'y.
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BURLINGTON WEEKLY HAWK-EYE.
Republican County. Convention.

"A meeting Of the citizens Of Des Moines
county, convened in pursuance of the call
Of the county committee, at Marion Hall,
on Saturday, June Sd, 1865, was organized
by electing Robert Allen, OF Franklin
Township, chairman, and Edwin James OF
Union Township, Secretary.
/ Upon motion Of Mr.. Foote, it was re-
each township in the county and the re-
manning thirteen from the county at large
The following delegatee were then chos.
On to attend the Convention to be held n
De- Moines ON tho 18th inst.
Enasn Anu,lnfa VIM r Moore
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Wapello county. June 4, 1865.

EDITOR HAwK. EYK-We in Wayne
county have had very little or no rain in
the last three weeks, and the ground has
become dry aud the mir full Of dust, driven
by the south Winds.
Farmers have about finished planting
spring crops, but the chintz bug il now
making Ito very unwelconne appearance in
wheat and oats, and some say their oats are
90 much killed that they would burn.
Corn is also being injured in some fields.
i there ls not rain soon to arrest their dep.
redations, our prospect for grain this sea-
son will be poor. -
IT The . round potato bug is destroying pote-
killing vines OF most kinds. Catterpillars
and other worms are preying upon orchards
and other tender trees.
hope other parts Of the State are not
troubled with these little plaques.
Very respectfully, r.
A SPIRITUAL Law CAsE.-At Rochester.
where the Knockings" originally came
rom, Mr.. Charles J. Colchester, spiritu-
ual medium has been made the subject OF
prosecution by the United States Assess.
or, ZOE doing business as q juggler without
license. The defendant denied that he
was Juggier, but offered to take out Ii
cense as q spiritual medium. which offer
was declined. A trial Of the case came off
on tuesday before Mr.. Commissioners
storrs. Witnesses were called on the part
OF the prosecution to show the nature Of
!ne deiendant.s business. They certified
that they had inc!osed questions upon va
th,, subjects IN sealed envelopes, and
c cnae WHOM. opening them, by means Of
ate replies were made. Blood red writing
on the arm is also q partof hisprogramme.
Inc government also offered evidence ia
snow that the Fakif Of Ava" produced
ssps On table In the same manner appa-
| Iently, as the spiritual mediums. Com.
n,,,.e ac y. stofrs decided that Colchester
~; .n.t ~ olt license from the xuthofi.
case fbe.to the United stsfsS Ocnet "a.
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- The present attitude Of Gen. sher.
man furnishes very striking ILLUSTRATION
OF the old aphorism ofthe Psalmiat-'sBet-
ter il hs that ruleth his spirit than hs that
taketh city,
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- Aucs Kendall, who, In hin old age,
has amassed fortune ~ investing IN tsl-
0gxaphis se0ckz. has devoted The sum
Of $685. CO saa erection Of . Baptist
Church \ Warrington City - , memorial
- HIS deceased vita. who was . member OF
tiAe denc nitnag1Gn- Mr.. Kendall retired
tom Gen. Jackscn-a Administrations poor.
Int nov Al The y - IT 50, enjoys N income
- t4O,0A Ea
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~Wkere soldiers have lost legs, feet or
arms in the war, the Government helps
them to this extent in getting artificial
ones: IS for legs, so for arms, 80 for
fat
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- Ex-Govsrnor Aagoftin, OF Ken
tueky, has come out decidedly in favor Of
the adoption Of the constitutional amend
msnt BY that State. So learns the Louis.
vile Journal which says further: 1--WE
understand that Gov. Magonin IL 90 fully
impressed with the importance Of imme.
diate action on TITS question, that he in
tends 70 take the stump in behalf Of the
amendment" @s 800
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The Government at Washington ex-
presses il satisfaction with the action Of
the Cuban authorities in accepting the sur.
render cf the ram Stouewall. That action
il declared to be judici6us, digni6ed and
friendly, and il removes Ill iistrust hish-
erto entertained.
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tA.Speaking Of the Iowa Department
OF the Great Sanitary Fair at Chicago, the
Jossna! says Iowa ''not only makes cred
table display, hut has done nobly besides
In the liberal cash contributions. When
good works are to be performed, Iowa is
meyer laggaxd." 2
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0-Ex-Congrsssman Boyce is in Wash.
tngton to urge the appointment OF Pro-
visionalG Governor for South Carolina.
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COMING HOWE.

our State that will remain forever. Their
bones can be found on every battle field
thousands have fallen in the fore front Of
battle, their lives freely given to secure tho
peace and unity which are to make us one
people for all time to come. The war
worn veterans, when they do ''come march.
ing home," deserve an ovation-such an
one as free people, loving liberty, appre-
eating democratic institutions, and loving
the old dag above all else, alone know how
to give. What shall be done?
The REPORTED CONSPIRACY AT MEN.
PHIs-A MIscHIEvoUsL lE.--The Memphis
Bulletin of Friday says of the reported
plot to murder paroled rebels:
This story, published In st. Louis, pur-
ports to be telegraphic dispatch FROM
Memphis. Whether some lying fellow
fabricated it here, or it was concocted else
where, we have no means of knowing, but
it is utterly false and absurd and mischiev-
Gus. Provost Marshal Hoge has devoted
much time to the investigation of the mat
ter, and he says it could not be more utter.
II false and absurd.
Within week q negro soldier, who re.
fused to submit to the provost guard. WIS
shot down and died soon afterward. And
this was the only case Of characterization
other desperate conduct that has oc-
CURED. That there have been absurd sus-
picions of contemplated outbreaks by the
blacks 10 true. Many women and children
have been scared without, 90 fAr ~ the mill
itary authorities or anybody else knows,
the slightest cause. Neither Gen. Wash.
burn, nor Gen. Chetlain, nor Provost Mar
shall Hoge, nor any member Of the United
States detective force, nor any other public
officer believes that any outbreak il or has
been. since negro emancipation, contem-
plated by any negro. Gen. Washburn 10
satisfied that there IL not the slightest occa.
sion for alarm, or foundation for the lying
rumors. General Chetlain has carefully In.
vestigated the rumors put in circulation /;
has had the officers Of every colored regi.
msnt make careful investigation; and he
finds that the story published in the St
Louis paper 10 not only false In every par
ticular, butalso that there 10 not . fragment
of foundation for the supposition that the
negroes contemplate any unlawful acts.
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portant and unimportant questions. These
attempted issues are precipitated into the
political arena just whore they have no i'm
portancs and always inopportunely. This
class Of persons have no real opinions or
sentiments, but aspire to play. upon and
use those who have both. And It IL fact
that In all our previous history they have
been able to draw Oh large number Of
honest and well-meaningp persons who were
ersdulous enough to be stuffed by thsm.-
It is also their especial forte 20 create ID.
vision and dissension in our ranks. They
seduced cClellan took him to their boz
SONS and poisoned him with the malaria
Of Copperhead politics. They trisdit upon
Grant but did not succeed. They are now
trying it upon Sherman. They are also
foolish enough to cajole Andy Johnson
They are beslobbering him in the secssh
sheets which . year 80 called him traitor
because hs did not join the rebels. Oh.
yes, and We expect to go them even 60
down on their marrow bones to Parsou
Brownlow.
It can hardly be necessary to caution
loyal people lAinst the wiles and tricks Of
these crafty villains. Tho Cnaon party
has carried the country successfully
through four years war--put down the
rebellion-preserved the integrity Of our
national domain and restored the old nag
everywhere, IN spite Of these men, who re-
sisted "a with al their power at every step.
The Union party in certainly competent ia
finish up the work. Statesmanship u
ueedetl-wise councils must prevail. And
for this. shove all other reasons, We should
|be on our guard, and place tho proper esti'
mate upon these late rebel sympathizera
and sneaks, now intensely loyal and ire
pressible agitators who are sowing seed
| broadcast.
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-, The following Iowa soldiers were
wounded by the great explosion at Mo.
bile: Private S. D. Rogers, d. 10Th reg
iment; A. Dennis D, Michael Seton. G,
36th.
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ly happens to be occupied or engaged just
now; and the Mormons have evidently
hoped thus to drive all these standing
menaces, and scduccrs of their women,
as they add the soldiers al! are, out Of
town and into the camp, two miles dis
tant. But whom Mr.. Colfax suggested to
two or three Of the cldcrs that such a
result could only be interpreted at Wash
ington as a.-compact and contrivarce to
cmbarrass the soldiers and to defy the
Government, they secgcd to be melted to
new and original Hac of thought; and
the probability is that the provost guard
will be able to find some unoccupied build
ing, that had not been before thought Of.
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COMPLEX RrLArroNsHIp-A. correspon-
dent Of Harpe<'s Monthly is involved in
domestic difficulties: Ho writes:
81 got acquainted with a young widow,
who lived with her step.daughter in the
same house. I married the widow; my
father fell shortly after it.:;in love with
the stcp-daughter of my wife, and mar
ried her: My wife became the mothor-in-
law and also the daughter-in-law of.my
own father; my wife's step-daughter is
my step-mother, and L am the step-father
of my mother-ip-law. Ny step-mother,
who is the step-daughter of my wife, has
a boys ne is naturally my step-brother,
but because he is the son of my wife's
step-daughter, so is my wife the grand
mother Of the little boy, and I am the
grandfather Of my stop-brotber. Ny
wife has also boy; my step-mother is
consequently the step-sister of my boy,
and is also his grandmother, because he
is the child of my step-son; and my faith
er is brother-ir.-law ofmy son, who is the
son of my step-mother; I am the broth
er-in-law of my mother, my wife is the
aunt ofher own son, my soniis the grand
son of my father, and l am my own
grandfather"
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
4VDER,SOW DLSPRICT.

IN THE COURT OF ORDINARY.
WHEREAS. Robert A. King, Executor of the Will
of William King deed, having filed his petition,
praying that final settlement of the Estate of the
said deceased be made, and it appearing to my
satisfaction that Hiram K. King, james NJ. Carter
and fhe heirs at law of Nancy Carter, deceased,
(uumber aud names unknown, legal heirs and de-
visees of the said William King, all reside beyond
the limits of this State:
tits therefore ordered that they sevcrally appear
in the Court of Ordinary, for Anderson District at
Anderson Court House. on Friday the 22d day OF
September next to receive their respective distrib-
utive shares under the Will of the said William
King, decd, on final settlement, on the above sta
ted day.
June 90, 1866 l 2m
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Gen. Lee at Petersburg and the
Surrender.

A correspondent of the New York
World, who is supposed to be one of Gen
Lees staff, writes as follows:
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THE UNcHANoEABLE LAND.-Things do
not change in the East. AS Abraham
pitched his tent in Bethel, so does an
Arab Shielkh now set up his camp; as Da-
vid built his palace on Mount Zion, so
would Turkish Pasha now arrange his
house; in every street may be seen the
hairy children of Esau, -squatting on the
ground, devouring a mess of lentils like
that for which the rough hunter sold his
birthright; along every road plod the
sons of Rechab, whose fathers, one thou
sand years ago, bound themselves and
theirs to drink no wine, plant no tree,
enter within no door, and their children
have kept the oath; at every khan young
men sit around the pan of parched corn,
dipping their morsel into the dish; Jobs
plow, is still used, and the seed is
still trodden into the ground by asses and
kline; olives are shaken from the boughs
as directed by Isaiah; and the grating
of trees is unchanged since the days of
Saul. The Syrian house is still, as for
merly, only stone tent, as temple was
but marble tent. What is seen now in
Bethany may be-taken as the exact like
ness of the house of Lazarus, where Ma
ry listened and Martha toiled, or as the
house Of Simon, the leper, where the pre-
cious box Of ointment was broken, and
whence Judas set out to betray his mas
ter.-Dickens' AL the Year Bound.
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The Richmond Republic says that after
the surrender OF Gen. Lee, his son, VIM.
II. F. Lee, without loss loss of tmo re-
paired to the White House, determined,
Notwithstanding the latchess of the seas
on, to attempt to make a crop of corn.
Three young men, formerly of his COM
mand, attended him. A German and an
Irishman and two freedmen were subse-
-quently added to- their force. They be-
gan ploughing on the 29th of April, and
have made splendid crop of corn,. esti-
mated at l,5OO bushels.
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Railroad Notice.
OFFICE GEN.asUF.T. G. q G. ]

OFFICE GEN.sUF;T. G. 3 C. r. R.,
NEwpEHnY, May l6, 1860.
ON and after Friday next the Trains on this Road
will run but three times week, viz:
Leave Newbcrry on Mondays Wednesdays and
Leave Grcenville on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
All Freichts will be carried on the Passenger
Trains, at regular Freight Rates, (not double
' J.D. LAsALLE, Gen. sup't.
June %. 1865 /
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WtLHALLA KoTEL,
RFGH,n. w. CLARY. Proprietor.

THE subscriber informs the public generally that
he has opened the above Hotel for the accommoda,
tion of transient and permanent custom, and will
take especial pains to provide for the comfort and
convenience of his guests.
waahalla is delightfully."- situated at the present
terminus OF the Blue Ridge Railroad in close prox
unity to the mountains anu offers superior induce
monts MS summer resort.
The Hotel table is supplied with the best the
'''1'NF' '''e' r. W. .CLARY.
Aug II, 1866 Pm
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burg were broken by a great force, and
the affair was decided The Confederate
army was cut in two; the enemy held the
Southsde Railroad; intercepting the line
of retreat and what Lees clear military
judgement had forescen, had come to
pass. Between his forty thousand men,
or less, and Danville, were the one hun
dred and forty thousand men of Grants
army.
General Meade, it is said, expressed
extreme astonishment to General Lee
when informed of his small numbers, de-
claring that if General Grant had sus-
pccted this weakness. he would have
long before broken through the Confeder-
ate lines, and this would have doubtless
been done sooner, but that up to this time
his adversary, by rapid movements of his
small force from point to point, and OBJ
stinatc fighting, had invariably foiled
him.
After describing the difficulties of swol-
len streams and broken down transporta-
ton which aided the energetic move
mcnts of General Grant in producing the
final surrender the writer speaks of anoth-
er scene in the retreat in which Gen. Lee
appeared corspicuously:
In front of all was the still line of bat
tie just placed by Lee, thrown in at the
critical moment and most unexpectedly,
and waiting calmly. Gen. Lee had rush
ed his infantry over just at sunset, lead
inc it in person, his face animated, and
his eve brilliant with the soldiers spirit
of "fght"-but his bearing unfurried as
before. An artist desiring to paint his pic
turc, ought to have seen the old cavalier
at this moment, sweeping on upon his
large iron-gray, whose mano and tail
hoated in the wind, carrying his field
glass half raised in his right hand, with
head erect, gestures animated, and in the
whole fice and form the expression OF
the hunter close upon his game. The
line once intcrposcd, he rode in the twi-
light among the disordcrcd groups above
mentioned, and the sight of him aroused
Il tumult. Fierce cries, resounded on all
sides, and with hands clcnched violently
and raised aloft, the men rallied on linn
to lead them against the enemy "lts
Gen. Lcep "Unclo Robert!" "Wherc's
the man that won't follow Uncle Rob-
crtm L heard on all sidcs-thc. swarthy
faces, full of dirt and courage, lit up eve
ry instant by the glare of the Federal
signals near. Altogether the scene was
indcscribablc.
The end came at last. The great sol
dier had fought as long as he could, and
done all in his power to extricatc his az
my from position in which it had been
placed by no fault of his. Now hc did
not hesitate in his course. At first he
had rccoiled from the idea of surrender
when it was suggested to him by, l think.
Gen. Pendleton. The officer had inform
ed him that his corps commanders were
unanimously of opinion that surrender
was inevitable; but he had exclaimed
greatly shocked, ."Surrcndcr! have too
many good fighting men for that :" Now
tho current had set too strongly against
him, and he was forced to yield and the
army, with'less than eight thousand mus
kets, very short supply of ammunition
and almost nothing to eat, was surren-
dered.
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EXTRAORDINARY DECISION OF A NEGRO
MEEr1Ne.-The Mobile Advertiser, of the
10th ult, makes the following extraordi-
nary announcement, on the authority Of
a citizen who was present alta meeting of
negroes on the previous Sunday, near
that city
consider their condition, their rights and
duties, under the new state of existence
upon which they have been SO suddenly
launched Our informant was surprised
at the hard, practical sense and modera-
ton of tone with which the spokesmen of
the meeting urged their views. After
long talk and careful dcliberation, this
meeting resolved, by a vote of seven hun
dred voices to two hundred, that they
had male. a practical trial for three
months OF the freedom which the war
has bequeatied to them that its -reali-
ties were far from being SO fattering as
their imagination had painted it; that
they had discovered that the prejudices
of color were by no means confined to
the people of the South, but on the con-
trary, that. it was stronger and moro
marked against them in the strangers
from the North, than in.the home people
of the South, among whom they had been
reared; that negroes, no moro than
white men, could live Without work, or
be comfortable without homes ; that their
Northern delivercrs from bondage had
not, as they expected and been taught to
expect, undertaken to provide for their
happy existence in their new, state of
freedom, and that thcir old masters had
ceased to take any interest in them or
have a care for them; and finally that
sbeir east state was worse that the first
and it was their deliberate conclusion
that their true happiness and well being
required them to return to their homes
which they had abandoned in q moment
OF excitement, and go to work again IN
der their old masters. And SO the reso-
lutions we're passed. and. at last accounts
the wanderers were packing up their lit
tie stock of movable goods, preparatory
to the execution of their sensible pur-
poses"
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aMy brudders," said waggish colored
man to a crowd, sin all afl;ction. in all your
trubbles, dar is one place you can always
find sympathy" "Whar," shouted sever
al "In de dictionary, "he- replied, rolling
his eyes towards the sky.
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