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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-02
From the Mansfield Shield and Banner. May SOYI
The Democratic State Convention.

at r
The Denoefttic State Convention which
met in Columbus on Thursday last, was one
of the most respectable In numbers and
character ever held in the State, being at7l
tended by our most distinguished states
men, and its proceedings characterized
with the utmost harmony and unahiniity.n
The Platform is concise, not open to mis-
eOnception; and meets the issues which
force themselves into the canvass just OPEN
ing, fairly and squarely. There is no dodg-
sng, as is usual with our dishniOn OppO- o.
nents, and the Convention was of one mind,
that these issues, vital to the liberties OF
our people and the stabilityand perpetuity
of our Government, shall be met fairly and
squarely on the stump. .....
r- The ticket nominated Is uneXceptionable
IN every respect, and one that can not be
kssailed by our opponents in fact. In the,
domination, of Secretary of State, there
Twas considerable canvasSing between the
friends of Mr.. Laymar and Mr.. Flood, both
iesiding in Columbus, Mr.. Layman evident
ly having preference; but Gen. LeFever, a
iriend of Mr.. Layman, having been brought
itut against his own inclination short time
before the hour of meeting, was nominated
~ acclamation after the second baIlotinS.
both Mr.. Layman and Mr.. Flood cordially
acquiescing. .s.. .... Lgnoz.,
Gen. LeFever was gallant officer in the
Federal army, distinguishing himself for
sis bravery, having fought himself up bv
merit from private to General, and all the
time maintaining his principles and rights
is true Democrat, against the persecu-
lions and threats of Abolition officials. ] IA
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strong drink to him that is ready to per-

Strong drink to him That IS ready TO per-
isb," n., a..r,..s,.. w.. .......
Never eat full meal when you are ex-
liausted. Take first small quantity of
anything simple which may be at hand, and
a blessing, not a burden. The fires will
burn, the steam will be up, and you can go
on your way safely. .f. .'"u
1t is not amiss in this connection to say,
that children would avoid many feverish
night, and many an attack of disease, II
mothers would follow this rule.-0bserver.
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-lia snsmnuEH Of og tnomosnms ao4
.GooleS b1Gu
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Vs'io ih6 oN yanj aysiisd oi n0sBa1 boo, u
o. n9i m9lt nisg bIs ,i5d2iT ste,s 7no
''asolsao0 10 slsdmsm yylewt
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-02

L have seen some fields that look
very fne.-The weather for the last week
has beenall that could be asked for TO favor
the wheat crop. 1t seems to me that the
present excessive high price of wheat and
flour is not warranted, that we are to bave
starvation prices is not to be feared, save at
the combiped, Efforts Of SPECTATORS, which
should be diverted by all possible means.
The wheat crop is not all destroyed-we
are to have harvest in 1866 that may yet
fill our graneries. Il am led to think that
farmers as a class are too prone to look on
the dark side of the picture; the express
sion is too frequent, when inquired of how
his crops look, "Ob, my ywleat is a faildre;"
or, "my corn, or something else is going to
be a failure@ Could they as a class be led
TO look on thc1bight side more and speak
more hopefully of things, it would be better
, for them and all concerned. u have been
much interested to know what, If any, diff
ference there is in wheat sowri broadcast
or put in with the drill. My opinion is,
from all that can be learned now, that the
drilled wheat is more than fifty per cent!
better. H'J'o '-r1rIl" 'J en- j.
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H The following purports 70. be a
model medical puff: Dear Doctor-I
shall be one hundred and seventy 1--we
years old next October. For over eighty
four years have been an invalid, unable
10 step when moved with lever. But
year ago | heard of the Granicular
syrup. | bought bottle, smelt the cork,
anu found myself man. can now run
Twelve miles and half an hour, and
THROW thirteen somersaults without stop
ping
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On Waterfalls,

Josh Billings, who has word on every
subject, and is entitled to it, gets Off the
tuhjoined:
rather like waterfalls.
kant tell rhy, emmy more thanL kan
tell why love kastor ile--but kastor lie
is good for lazyness in the system.
| don't like lazyness ov no sort-not
even in muskeeters.
want my muskeeters lively.
But aul this il furrin tew my purposs.
like waterfalls-they ar SO easy and
natural. They attack all the sex.
Some they attack with great fury, while
others they approach more like siege,
workin' up sloly.
lAaw one yesterday.
1t want no bigger than a small French
turnip.
It had attacked a small woman ov only
9summers duration.
She was full OF recreation, and when
she bounded along the side walk, the wa
terfall highsted up and down III an ossil-
lating manner, resembling much the
spOrtive terminus ov bob-taiied lamb
inagreat hurry.
The efieck was purely electrick.
also saw another one pretty soon.
which belonged tew a mature matron.
She might have saw IS summers; her
hair was white as flour, but the waterfall
was black.
asked bystander how he could ac-
count for that.
he said lit was younger"
also saw another one pretty soon,
which was the property ov a gusher.
She was about l9 years old, and was as
npe as 2 year peach.
She swept the streets like thing ov
life.
Men stopt to gaize as she passed, and
put In new chaw ov tobacker.
Little boys pocketed their marbles in
silence
Her waterfall was about the size ov a
korn baskit turned inside out.
1t was inklosed in a common skap net,
and kivvered with blazing diamonds ov
glass.
1t shone in the frisky sun like the tin
dome on the court house, WHARF the su-
perylsors meet. But rather like water
falls.
Il has bin sed that they would run out
6"t this, think, is an error, for they
don't show no leak yet.
In the iangwidges ov the expiring Ca
madam, on our northern frontier, l say
"Pivela Bag-a- tale.n 49,.
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Special Notice.
VyOR the better information of parties who
4 have had, or at present have captured or
abandoned property. l dem it necessary to
uuote an abstract of the law embodied i'll the
regulations:
"AnTIcEE III. Paragraph I. Abandoned pro-
perry is that which has been or NAV b. deserted
bv the owners. or :, hnn the lawful Owner thereof
shall be voluntarily absent therefon and enga
ped either in arms or otherwise, in aiding or en-
couragiDg the rebellion
w F Mclean,
Assistant Special Agtnt, I d.
October 2S,h. lSG5. &0-tt.
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Vol. XIII.
From North Carolina.

Newbern correspondent OF the Ne"
York Herald, writing April 30, says: >
A closer investigation of the state OF
affairs at Newbern, has revealed cond-
zion of affairs worse than the bltterest
onamv of the bureau ever ventured TO
;ns;nnate. 1t appears almost beyond
Joubt that at one of the trecdmcn'S set
tloments here cruelties more atroclOus
I'm those for which WirtZ was hanged
80 been perpetrated on the un0tlcnd-
:~r freedmen by agents of the bureau es-
+ah,ished for their protection.
Opposite Newbern, on the other side
.ftFa river. some $500 freedmen have
s,aen ~ settled ford.veaTears psst. aaI,iseS
,rere ~ invited there by the military, and
iocated on little plots of ground which
tbev were allowed to cultivate. Eight
months ago Edward 5. Fitz, a Massachu-
satts preacher, was placed i'll charge of
sbe Trent River settlement by Captain
lanes. another New England preacher,
Tho was then conducting the bureau
here.
Immediately inaugurated. Fifty cents a
month ground rent was demanded for
avery plot on which the miserable little
cabins we're erected. Every negro who
owned boat had to pay two dollars and
\ half month, or his boat was forfeited.
Every darkcy who kept store was taxed
Eve dollars a month. Every one who
owned a horse was taxed a similar amount:
Failure to pay any of these exactions was
punished by the imprisonment of the man
or his wife-preterence being given to
the wife-the confscation Of all his little
property, and in many eases the tearing
down of his house. A negro who quar-
relied with his wife was fined one hundred
dollars and sent to prison until he paid
it. All these extortions were praetised
upon population stepped in the deepest
poverty, scourged by disease and many
of them wanting the common necessities
of life. and in this manner an income of
at least eight hundred dollars month
was derived by the bureau. The com
plants of the people became at last so
loud that Mr.. 5. w. Ladder, an agent of
the American Missionary Society, embo-
died some of the more atrocious cases in
series of charges and laid them before
Capt. seeley, the Bureau Superintendent
at Newbern. A court of inquiry was de-
manded by Mr.. Fitz, and a committee OF
Investigation was ordered by Captain
SNelf-
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Office Asst. Special Agent,
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
-ashington. La October l9th. 1865

=
I PURSUANT to authority vested in me by
L sthe Hon. o. II. Burbridge Supervising Spe-
cia \ Gnpnt. Treasury Department, the nndersign-
ed hereby assur1es the supervision Of collecting
captured and abandoned cotton and other property
neIonging to the government of the United States
within the Parishes OF s.. Landry. Avoyees aud
Priute Coupee, in the State of Louisiana
II All persons found enbezziing the Gov
ernment property under prrtence OF being snb
agents will be arrested and dealt with as the
circumstances in each case may Justify; and
whilst the undersigned will not interfere with the
shipment of private nroperty within the said
Parishes. it is announced that persons engaged
in the traffic of the above mentioned class Of pro-
perty either by purchase OF sale, are presumed to
know the same 10 be private property; AMI 1t
found attempting to embrZzle Government pro-.
pertv. will be prosecuted as teions.
Ill Persons having in charge captured or aban-
doned property viii be held resposble for its de
livery to the untielsgned or the value Of the
same in money OF other property, the valuation to
be at the rates Of the New Orleans market; and
persons who have had possession of such property
will report at once to whom the same was dei!y-
cred the place TO W! ich the same was shipped,
upon whaf vessel and 10 whom consigned.
! w Liberal compensation viii be paid to per-
sons having in charge captured or abandoned
nropprtv. upon their forwarding tie same to this
effiir; and all contracts relating to such property
within the PARISHES named. must be made dl-
| rectly wi Ii the undersigned.
W. F. MCLEAN,
Asst Special 4gcpt Treasury Departneent
! Office in tha building Head Quarters Com
| manler of this Post. 2o-d
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Estate OF Raphael J. Smith, ST.
Meeting Of Creditors.

DISTRICT COURT. ~ ,
Parish Of Saint Lan7ry. NO. |7o''
"A Meeting of the Creditors of the Es-
IA tate of Raphael. Smith, ST., late of
the Parish of st. Landry, deceased. will
be holden before Onezime A. GuiGiry Esq
Recorder. at his office, in the Town of o.
pelousas, on the Both day OF May 1866. at
10 Oo'clock i'll the morning, for the purpose
OF deyising and determining what dispo-
sition shall be made OF the property be-
longing to said succession.
L. V. CHACHERE.
Clerk Of said Court.
Opeleusls, Afa is2Stn, 1866.
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DOLBEAR
COMMERCIAL COLLEGE,

Corner I0Mp d: JOMMON 'STtc75, W Ve
Spacious ard Elegant ''StoFy
Buitding,' Near Orleans.
rs constantly in session under able Professors.
L 1t was founded in 1892 and is chartered by
the State. Its former students MAY be found as
Prn ipals or Book-Keepers, i'll a large po'ton OF
the old houses of this city, and over the Southern
States Ladies or Gentlemen can attend the
COMMERCIAL COURSE, q. Book Kerping,
Ppumanship. Mathematics. Engiish FL nch OF
Spanish business education, that enables one
to earn $4,000 or $4,000 annually, is the best sor-
tune parents can give their sons. Ladies and
Gentlemen are invited to call City healthy.
RUFUS DOLBEAR. President.
New Orleans, February Sd, l566 3i-ly
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s3 IS 5se l. ws2.!s y a e e G.

St. Landry, Nov II, 1865 -
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n Z W Y O RK VIM CATOR
JOHN MCLLALI, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
Office 442 Rrnoine sstreat


NEW YORK INDICAT
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and is intl"xibly opposej to tn" anti-Democratic
policy of consolidation. Believing that Popular
Freedom in this Republic is dependent upon
State Sovereignty it is at war with all drspotc
,encroachments on the nights of the people, 1t
shall ncver cease to advocate the supremacy OF
the civil authority and to denounce and condemn
the prctenslons and usurpations of the military
power.
In the future. as in the past, the Record will be
the faithful advocate Of Democratic principies 1t
is true that regent events. brought about by a
tanatlca Interference with the rights of States
aud by an Intolerance of the Constitution and
laws made in accordance th+rewi h. have caused
temporary revolution; but the principles Of
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people are yet to learn from experience that the
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Washire'c1 N4rch 10, 1866. 3u
Lu1nher!

Lumber! Lumber!
7'E@ III. undersigned informs bis friends
& aud the public that he has repaired his
cuw-miil on Bayo1 Courtatleau, lear Bar
rvs Landing, and that he is now ready to
FL all orders for lumber that may be ad
dressed to him.
The capacity of his mill and the guam
tity of logs which be can now dispose of,
will allow him saw wood CT any dimension
tha: may be required.
--.s-- - --=- CHARLES CLOSE. H.
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y. A. EsoglHlafORl.

~ ENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT.
" and direct Importer of Wines, Brandies.
Cordials. &c. No. 30 Cont street, between
Charter and old Ltvee ltrtets,
Set. 30l New-Orleans
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CHEAP! CHEAPER!! CHEAPEST!!!

rs The Steamer IRENE, Captain
sEzz5zs4z=-sz2z4O. IIlNcKLEY, will make regular
tri,~, Iravirg Washington every Scnday
p:orrng at 10 clock, and New Orleans
every Wednesday evening at 5.
All up freight By this boat o"iN be stared
in or Warehouse, (aad chargeI accord
m47y) ercept posifire orders fothe contrary.
DyTo avoid all mistakes, from and of.
ter this date, the following will be tue high
water rates per Steamer Irene:
Wet barrels, 81 90
Dry do -
Per cubic foot, %
Per sack corn, oats, bran &c. 80
Down DISQUALIFICATION 81 so per bale.
Q. HINCkLEY l. son,
Agents.
Washrotc1 N4rch 10, 1866 3m
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4 Complete Stock Of
Shelf EkardNares

such as Locks, Files, Bench Planes, Saws.
Hatrlets. Pocket and Table Cutlery, Spoous
aud Fct ks, Corkscrpws. Gun Tubes. Percussion
Caps, Guns Pistols, Caps and Shot all of which
VIII be su.d Il; the io,cest Market price for Cash.
A. ROUSSET.
No. II, Ola Levee Street,
mrI7-3m Opposite Custom House.
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DENTISTRY.

DR. P. NJ. LEE respectfully in ss=---->,
| forms the citizens of Opelonsas YSSzsssAA
and vicinity, that he is prepared toeirI1Y
execute all operations the dental art in skill
full and satisfactory manner. He fills teeth after
the most approved methods, while his manner
of inserting artificial teeth combines me latest
improvements. which. for beauty, utility ana
comfort. cannot be surpassed.
% Terms Moderate and Cash
Office on Landry Street, opposite Mr.. Poiret,s
stable in the house formerly occupied by Mr.. IL.
lives INov. il, I565-3m
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For Sale at Private Sale.

!rstE' A SMALL PLANTATION.
Gil Situated on the border Of the Town
Of Opelousas, containing about 80 acres of
lahd. The improvements consist OF a good
and spacious dwelling house, kitchen, corn
crib, carriage house, servants rooms, fine
vegetable garden, orchard, all we'll orna
mented with shrub, aud evergr9ens
For she conditions, which wi! be advan.
tageous TO the purchaser, aud ctLer par
tlculars, apply to
} A. ANDRUS, on the premises.
Opelpusas. January p. ls6S-3333.
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MARC HOLLIER.

Painter, Glazier and Paper-Hanger,
TTAyING located himself permanently at OPP
elousas, offers his services to the public IN
the above branches. His charges will be mode
rate. and he will be exact and assiduous in the
discharge Of his duties. LMaren oi'
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UooD ADyIcE.-A gentleman saw a no.
ifce OF valuable information sent to any
aadress on the receipt Of ten cents, and
fhought that he must have ten cents
worth more of knowledge. He sent his
sime and received in answer the follow
ing:
friend, for your ten cents postage,
80, please find enclosed advice which
may be of great value to you. AS many
persons are injured for weeks, months
and years by the careless of knife,
therefore my advice is, when you use a
knife always whittle from You y
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-14
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

General Sanford, Presidential the American
telegraph Company, has sailed for Europe, to
max. arrangements for making telegrapfhic
connection with the Atlantic telegraph "nen
itshall reach our shores ;and also 10 push Tor
ward the work flaying submarine Telegraph
from Florida to Cuba 1t proposed to con-
tinue the line from Cuba to the coastot South
America, and have the whole work completed
Ills fall The telegraph wire, already stretches
from London 10 the Amoor.. River, and from
the Atlantic to the British possessions on the
North Pacific The missing links III the CIR
cult of the earth, viii, in a few months, doubt,
less be supplied, and thcnthe mission OF grid
ling the Garth in forty minutes will be surpassed
with an odd halthour TO spare.
4 pardon was ordered to be issued yesterday tlu
BY the President 10 Lewis NJ. CroSc5teF, OF
South Carolina an officer in the late Confeder,
ate army, the personal and written recon-
nen3ation of Senator Pomeroy. This IS the
first privateersman that has yet been pardoned,
The President has directed warrant Of
pardon to be issued TO Lawrence Rousseau, OF
New Orleans, Louisiana Mr. Rousseau once
occupicd the position Of Commodore IN the
Z. s. navy. ~ r.>t1l ~ =. %
N. Bruuet, Of France, has discovered that
,iIk can be manufactured directly from the lark
Of the mulberry tree. ... l4
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DIED.

Mrs. MARGARET UNDERWOOD, widow
orJohn Underwood, deceased, of SpottsylVa
county, Vii, dcG ut the residence OF her son-Tl-
law, H. Powell. near s;taunton, on the 18Th day
OF a pril, 1866, having nearly lived out her four
score and ten years. .,.Na.
In staunton, Va, on Thursday, May Slst,
Mrs. SGLLIE TEBBS CARRIER, consort Of
VIM. 4. CARRIER In tie death OF Mrs. CARRIER,
society and the Episcopal church, OF which she
was a most consistcntand devoted member, nave
sustained very severe loss. She possessed Il
fine mind, and was An accomplished scholar,
having graduated Il. the Virgins: Female in:ti7
tutc, with high honors. and afterwards occupied
in that Institution the position OF lnstructress
with great Success
Tn Piscataway District Nd in May last, Nj.
". TASKER WEIR, formerly ofNirGinla
IN Vansville District, Nd, on the 4th instant,
Mr. JOHN HIGGINS, aged about 50 years
On Friday morning last at her residence in
Jefferson county, Alrs JULIA YATES, aged
nearly 50 years. -....s -.r >t.. sfF
On Friday, the 18th ut., NJ his RESIDENCE in
Berryvile, Of consumption. Mr.. WM.G c. la !
LOR, aged ii years. ...: .....-.
On the 18th Of May, at her residence 10 Clark
county, Mrs HELEN MARGARET PAGE,
wife Of Mann r. Page Esq, in the Gist year OF
her age. ...,.......E Z
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-06-14

The Richmond Enquirer and the Lynchburg
r!ews have frequent articles on the statement
that Judge Underwood franks, and is allowed
% scad by mail under frank, as 4 {. s.
Senator documents and letters. It ccrtainly
IS strange business. These papers say, by
:ncompatability Of Office, by -qualiGcation,
~ self-ropudiahon, and b. population By she
;cnate, with his own approbation--by four
classes Of reasons, each Of them in1ispatable-
He IS NO SENATOR. Not being Senator, of
course the franSling Of letters end documents
is illegal. F"
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OF the 200 men in the county Of Jefferson,
.7ho voted for the ratification OF an amendment
to the Constitution Of the State of West Vir-
sinia, providing for the exclusion Of the re,
naming freemen of the county from the exer-
else ofany rights Of citizenship, except those
Of paying taxes, one voted tor Jefferson Davis
FOR President of the Southern Confederacy; one
piloted Confederate soldiers, and blockade run
:1ers through the lines, for q consideration
others were indebted tothe very men they have
DISTINGUISHED for meat and bread during the
"ar, and Others were runagateS. Is this pic.
tue that honorable and honest Union men can
cook on with any pleasure?