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The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-07
IIHE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE

UlHE CONFESSIONS AND EXPERIENCE
i of AN INVALID,
Published for the benefit AMI rs u CAUTION
TO YOUNG MEN and Others who suT g
from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay o.
Manhood. Nc,, supplying al the same lip'
TmE MEANS OF Srlp Cuug BY one who has
cured hinsnl, after undergoing considerable
q'hckcry by enclosing u postpaid addressed
envelope, single copies, free Of charge, may
be had ot the author.
NATHANIEL MAYFAIR, ESQ,
Mdy23 'GG.'ly BROOKLYN, Kings Co, N \.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-07

"TnERn's manya Slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" lu' you can't make mis-
take "nohoW' it yoa 90 to Gmher's
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-07

Foya l'olA L.uf!2ul sod II Il
nAo u l.oaerts' DWg Sore
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-11-07

GAHGLiMG On. sold at Hoffman e
Roberts Drug Sore.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-03
Later from Mexico.

New YORK, May l.--Late AspinwalF
advlces have been received In The
fight between the Impcrialists and Li-
bcrals, in the State of Oaxaca, a report
of wlicl' has reached Aspinwalf.. the
latter were successful in driving enc I'm.
prralists before them, and capturing,
700 muskets, S cannon, 2,00U Mules,
much ammunition and large amcunt
OF money.
Valparaiso was bombartled' by the
Spanlards, and the town and 800, 00O.-
600 worth Of property destroyed
Great blame is attached to The British
and American Admirals for not in,crCel,-
ing with their ships to prevent such u
wholesale destruction.
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The Kiagstrec Star.

Tie dear old ,Star,-how welcome
was its first appearance to as a few days
ago And, "LuM,' you are still at the
helm; All old friend LUM, between
this and the last issue we have seen,
what, oh, what gap What sad
medium for us to look through to those
pleasant associations Of "aud lang
sync." How it tames our would.be
buoyant, bright and cheerful retrospect
The deep, dense forests of dear old Will
liamsburg, its crystal streams its balmy
air, its kind and hospitablo people, those
many dear frlcnds--the war; ALL all
these crowd with solemn mass upon our
saddencd memory.
Tie lLesesnc's, the Montgomcry*, the
Chambers, the Chinas, the Plowdens,
the Scots, the Smiths, the Nelson's, the
Whiteheads. the Martins --ah ! where
are all these ? Is this the fruit of dire.
full war? Is it thus that this cruel ty.
rant dashcs the hopes, and crushes the
hearts fond friends Are its only
fruits dark spot here and there in the
otherwise bright family circle =? A lost
cause and these friends lost in its wreck !!
''tis true, It's pity. and pity It's tis true"
But, LUM, tear dropped and sign
heaved to the memory of those who
have gone down in the bloody stream
through which we have provdentially
passed, is all that we can do ; It's all
duty demands. Time flies past, and dc.
mands fresh sacrifices. It heeds not tie
memory Of past ones, nor does it accept
that as n holocaust upon It's altar. So
then, LUM, with n glance now and then
to the past, that its memory may check
onr too luXuriant hope, and thus balance
the future with the past, let us, and let
all tic Press Of the South combine our
efforts to encourage Il despondent peo.
pie, to vitalize their paralyzed cner.
Ses. to build mp the waste places Of the
country, and to make our own sunny
South worthy of the high.toned race
that inhabits it.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-03
Congressional.

WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE House
passed the bill making appropriations
for the use of the Frecdmcn's Bureau
between $ll,OOO,OOO and l2,OOO,OO0
will be required.
Boutell, of Massachusetts,, and Big
ham, of OHIO, gave notice that, at the
proper time, they would offer amend
mcnts to the report of the Joint Com
mittee OH Reconstruction.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-03
European Intelligence.

New YORK, May 1.-The steamship,
Scotia arrived to-day, bringing Liver
pool dates to the Goth nit
Cation was steady on Saturday, at
Fridays improvements. Sales. 10000
bales-middling up]ands r4fa l4aa.,
an advance Of t a 3D.. Consols S7Ia
S11; United States FIVE twenlies 7l4a
7l!.
Nothing has been, heard ofthe steam.
cr City of Washinssons three weeks out,
and heavy premium is demanded on
her.
Th" British Hous" of Commons con.
tinurd the debate of tic reform bill, and
a adivision is likely.
The belief in the pacific adjustment of
the German difficulty is great deal
stronger. A late telegram spoke of n
ccsSion by Austria; and other rumors
lead TO the conviction that peace will be
maintamed towards England. Great
activity is reported in the Austrian navy,
and all vessels being prepared for SER
vice.
The Portugal Chamber Of Deputies
has approved the contract for telc.
graph to America by the Southern
route.
The liabilities Of Barncit's Banking
Company, in Liverpool which suspend.
cd on the l9;h, is cstimatcdSat f3, $50.
600, 1t was feared that stsspe large.
failures would result nlt EliyeFpoeI, but
IL is stated that tie sonpfy enbar.
rassment has been s,lsA.plifsted.
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and then calls them his solemn and dc.
liberate convictions. To him, whia
per is peal of thunder a zephyr is a
tornado, and an aqueous drop the
mighty ocean, To him, ''trifles light as
air are proofs as strong as Holy Writ"
1t is unnecessary to point to examples !;
they are painfully patent.
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s!,oulls be punished; a.nd sthats we are oil
posed to compromising With traitors or bar
terlng universal amnesty" for "uuiyersal
sutfrage." ~ HH@
0. Resotped, That tho payment of be ma.
tional debt is sacred obligation, never to
be repodiatcd; and that no debt or obligs-
tlon incurred in any manner whatever in aid
oil treason on rebellion, should ever be as
sumed or paid.
10. ReSolUed, That we cordially endorse
the restoration policy of President john
harmony with the suppression of tho rebel
lion; with the platform on which he was
was elected; with the declared policy of
the late President Lincoln, the action of
Congress and tho pledges given during the
war.
IL. ReSolred That the nation owes last.
ing debt of gratitude to the soldiers and
sailors of the late war, for the suppression
of the rebellion, and that the families of the
fallen heroes, who died that the country
might live, are wards of the people, and
shodld be cared for by the Government.
STATE ITEMS.
fire in Columbia Monday morning dcs-
troyed tho stable Of MIR. }. II. II no
grocery store of Shelton & Walsh am
other house occupied by several of
freedmen, all situated on Bull STR
The 25th Ohio V. V. regiment, Co. .uch-
ton, has been relieved by regulars under
command of Col. Green, who assumes COM
mand of Columbia
The Columbia Carolinian reports cheering
progress in the repairs upon the Grceeyille
y Columbia railroad and has information
that they will soon be completed.
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Later from Europe.

New York, April 3O.--The steam.
ship Hibernian has arrived at Farther
Point. Cotton had declined I'D. to I'd.
on the week; sales sixty.elght thousand
bales, Middling Orleans being quoted
at l4fa. Sales on Friday, April 2oth,
twelve thousand Q2,ooo) bales, tho
market closing frmer, U. S. 5.2Osl
COZ.
German kilograms are still hopeful Of
peace.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-03

The following item was clipped from
the Now Orleans Picayunc Of the 22nd
ult. Mr.. Copeland is uncle to Mayor
Monroe.
Mr.. Copeland, resident of Calitopia,
near Winnsborough. 6. c., being on a
visit to this city, has been asked to in.
tercst himself in behalf Of destitute wild
ows and orphans in that ucighborhood,
sufferers by the war We know Mr..
Copeland well, and can assure our peo.
pie that any contribution entrusted to
him will be faithfully applied. He may
be found at the residepce Of Mayor Mon
roe, 316 Dryades street.
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Congressional Proceedings.

WAsnNeroN, April 3O.-Mr Fes.
senden reported in the Senate and
Stevens in the House Bills, and the pro,
posed Constitutional Amendment from
The Reconstruction Committee. The
House made them the Special Order for
Tuesday week.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-03
Further Foreign Salsoa News.

NEw YoRK, April so The sales Of
Cotton at Liverpool, on the 10th and
l7th of April, amounted tost@enty -four
thousand bales, the market having at.
vanced 3D.; Middling Uplands being
quoted at sd. Consols 500 to SCI.
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rO.GlyccrinC.

This new element Of power is just
now attracting universal notice. Like
war, though, it engages the public inter.
csts from its awful dcstructivencss.
Three dreadIul'insanccs of the tremcnd
ous explosive power Of this chemical
combination have already occurred on
this continent. The first was that in
front of the Wyoming Hotel, in New
York, last fall the second, dreadful
explosion of two hundred pounds off
in San Francisco, California, during the
past month, and the third the bursting
ofsevcral cases of it qntc recently on
board Of large steamer, the European,
at Aspinwa!l. In this last instance near.
ly one hundred persons were killed and
wounded, and property to the value of
a million destroyed. So deeply has
New York been stirred up as to the
dangerous character, Of this compound,
that measures have been taken to pre-.
vent the deposit of it anywhere within
the limits Of the City.
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Historical Sketches.

The undersigned, anxious to add
add to the interest Of the TRG.W WEEKLY
News and the forthcoming HERALD,
proposes to collect the material and pre-.
pare HISTORICAL SKETCHES Of the
Mount Zion Society and the College.
If there are any manuscripts relating to
tlrese III the possession Of any one made
aware Of this purpose the writer re.
specially asks the loan ofthem. Up to
the time of Sherman's march, there
were several such manuscripts among
the papers OF Gen. Buchanan. deceased.
Some of these may sill be extant, and
would throw great deal Of light upon
tho subject to be treated of.
AND BESIDES TIE ABOVE,
The writer desires to present Sketches
of the History of Fairfield District en-.
bracing the period from its origin down
to the close Of the Great Revolution,
and especially chat portion Of the latter
which covers the march of Sherman
through the District. Any manuscripts,
books traditions, "reminiscences, observa.
tions, or any sources of information
whatever touching this history will be
gladly received and used. Care should
be taken to give dates All those Civ.
ing observations, information or eypc.
riencc OF Shermans march, will please
be exact about dates of the advance of
the army and its direction, abou; dis.
tances of scenes from the Richland DIS.
trict line. and about tile amount of pro.
perty of all kinds destroyed.
D. b. MCCRElGHT.
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TEL EG Is A III PI c..
New York Market

New YoRK, May Cotton itreg',-
lar, and unsettled. Sales of 500 batesS
at 80 to 34. Gold 26a
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7 sB@ Will the gentleman who laid
upon our table corrected report Of the
Bishops elect, please duplicate it, as the
original has accidentally been misplac-
ed.
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w IN M TSEORO.
Thursday Morning, May 5, 1866,

) T.. p. SLIDER, Esq, is the
sole agent for this paper in Charleston
S. G.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-05-03
"Calclonian," writing to the Weekly
Record, Charleston, says.

"Calcdonian," writing to the Weekly
Record, Charleston, says.
The present terminus Of the Charlotte
road is Dolco. The train leaves there
at G o'clock A. Nj. After travelling in
the stage a good part of the night be.
fore, and staying in the car the balance
without any supper, one strongly desires
TO see breakfast honsc. Well, a short,
smooth, pleasant run brings us to.
Winnsboro, and to the kind of a house
we were just wishing for. This house ia
kept by M. D,9Brown, Esq, formerly of
the Branch Sank of Coluulbia. 1t is an
excellent &c to get . good warm
breakfast. Mrs. Brown, with her intel.
ligence and kindness, her daughters so
amiable and accomplished, is well cal
culated to throw around such place no
ordinary attraction. Reader, if you
ever travel thatroad, leave yonr lunch
If you are everforgunate enough toliavc
one, and try tie hospitality Of my
friend, NJ. hB2own ESQ
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ID. b. McCRElGHr.


ID. B. McCREiGnr.
Premature Judgment and It's Errors.
1t may be put down as rule that
the majority OF decisions in the majority
of minds, are premature judgments. a
mans Judgment is like a steel trap-it
snaps at conclusion on the very first
touch Of tho subject brought in contact
with It! Without ever waiting for full
developments. the fruits of its own
labor and study, it scizes the first point
and embraces all others in the Judgment
pronounced upon that one. That errors
OF Judgment arise from this method Of
investigation is juss as natural as cause
and effect. 1t shows the sordid nature
OF man. For why might he not as WELL
upon acquiring one dollar by his indus
try, settle himself down with that one
material acquisition into the conviction
that he has thousand dollars? O no,
that would be an illusion. No practical
benefit could accrue from that Judgment
The man with dollar, imagining him.
self to have thousand, might upon
hypothecation indulge in grand specu.
latlon, but all the anticipated profits
woull prove to be bag of wind.
Shall the purse of a man grow lat
with the rooG Of all evil at the expense
of his mind, that god.like endowment? :?
Shall the Judgment become crampcd,
withered. povertystricken little cynic,
Just because the man has not pride and
energy enough to cultivate its growth
by all proper and convenient means !?
lt.docs too often become so. And it is
he soul Of just such an animal which.
as some wag with more sarcasm than
Joke, says can be. blown through a hum.
ming.bird's quill into the oye Of mos,
quito without making The latter wink.
In all departments Of social, civil and
political life are seen and felt the bitter
results of premature judgment. In.
stead of collecting and directing to one
focus all the rays oilight which can by
more or less diligence be brought to bear
upon the matter for investigation and
Judgment, it too often happens that the
man, either deliberately, or from care.
lessness, or lazincss, shuts out all the
light bnt one delicate ray, an6 with that
feeble instrument shapes his conclusions
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be found at the residepce Of Mayor Mon
roe, 316 Dryades street.
ARE GREENBAcKs LEGAL TENDER.
In the Superior Court Yesterday.
Judge Hook delivered his decision in
the case of Trustees Of Janet s. Mont.
gomery, vs.. Gray, Mullarkey s. Co :,
submitted to him at the adjourned term
in January last. The defendants ten.
dcrcd to plaintiff the amount in green.
backs claimed to be due on n lease for
rent made in 1860. The plaintiff refused
to accept the tender, claiming that he
was entitled to receive payment in gold,
or its equivalent in currency.
Judge Hook delivered very able
and elaborate opinion on the point rails.
cd, in which he sustained the position
the plaintiff, and decided that in all
cases of contracts made before the 25lh
of February 1862, (thc date of the act
making greenbacks legal tendcr) coin,
alone, or its equivalent in currency was
legal tender.
Business men wonll do we'll to bear
this in mind when settling their claims
or contracts or purchases made anterior
to the date mentioned abovc.-1guStu
Chyonical and Senttncl AprH 25M.
-os % -
GENERAL BRECK ,NRIDGE.-ThcF Fond
du Lac Press, in correcting statement
recently made by the Petersburg Er,
pr,sS in reference TO General Brcckn.
ridge, says;
General Brcckinridgc is living a quiet,
retired life at Toronto, but when We
met him few weeks ago, We failed to
discover the marks of care in n face
which is indeed handsome and intellcctu.
al. So far from his head being hoary,
it is barely streakcd with gray, not
more so than might be expected in n
person OF his age. He is treated with a
great deal of respect by the Canadians
in fact, he isa man that will command
the respect and confidence of his fellow.
men wherever he goes, or in whatever
position lie may be placed. He speaks
hopefully of the future, and were he at
home, would be an ardent supporter of
the Presidents policy of reconstruction.
----->s =
A sub committee Of a school board
was examining class in primary
school. One ofthc committee propound.
cd the following question: &
"lf | had a mince pie, and should
give two.twclfGhs to Isaac, two twellths
to Harry, and two twelfths to JOHN and
keep half the pic myself, what would
there be left ?"
There was profound study among
the scholars, but finally one lad held up
his hand to signal that he was ready to
answer
swell, sir, what would there be left /?
Speak np loud, SO that all can hear
said the committee man. s,
"Ths iiats !" shouted :.he young
hopeful.
General Grant bought cigar and
got shaved in Washington lew days
400 E,a stnntaJ nfp..n ,>loo a.. 20.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-01
DOING DOUGLAS.

The President complains that the Freedmen'S Blu
reau costs too much money. while we are oil OPINION
that its absence would cost us great deal more.
Those who do not think that the President himsoit is
too expensive an article will find no objection, oil
course to the extravagant escort which the President
takes with him on his political funeral tour to the
tomb of Douglas. The procession, exclusive OF a
great many supernumerares who arc paid by the job,
is about as follows:
First: The President Of the United States, whose
salary is S25 900 year. and 81, 900 per month,
after all expenses are paid by special appropriation Of
Congress.
Second: Con. Grant, Admiral Farragut, and Gen.
Rawlns who paid for rations, horses, servants,
&c, &c, in addition to plump body of salary all
of which they deserve nobly.
Third Secretary Seward and Secretary Welles,
who receive jointly about $4,000 year after other
expenses are carefully provided for
Fourth Gen G.. A. Custar, Admiral Radiord,
Gen. McCulluni, and half dozen breyet brigadler,
and colonies. all drawing pay from the Government
and touring gratis. Their items for servants horses
rations, etc. ETC., stretch out like the tails OF a
Basbaw.
rim: Gems Fullerton and Steedman, compen-
stated royalty for their auntng crusade against the
Freedmens Bureau, and now entertained at the same
figure Ia look on while Congress is abused.
Si1h: Senator Patterson, Gen. Rousseau, Marshal
Cooling Mr.. Doolittle, surgeon-Gen. Barnes Gt
Is impossible to travel without surgeon though the
eIchequer must bleed for it, and large number OF
inconsplcuous gentlemen, including Major Seward,
Mr. spoaord aud gentlemen who find their way on
the train and are the guests Of the nation by viz
tue of an expensive hatred OF Radicals
We have thus condensed the Presidential muster,
which is longer or shorter according TO different
stages of the journey Douglasward, and we have no
doubt, omitted the names OF number oil hrst-class
extensive guests. whose hotel bills are provcrb for
hight. dopth and breadth. Say that the Presidents
tour before II is over, will cost the nation hundred
thousand more and il becomes an interesting
query who is to pay ior it, Ii the President
| as we have heard il rumoTed, has an idea
of returning to Washington by way Of the South We
will only have to double the bill IL "a too much t.
be etpected thst gentlemen who denouncs Congfes'
will do il a, their expense. We make only a
rough guess Of what the travelling libel on the
representatives of the people Is likely 70
cost nation Of taxpayers, how much the Presi'
dents discounted defamation aud the Secretagy's te-
dious gbcs will aiict per word or yard. and what
the hotel bills Of all these extra paid conservative gen.
tlemen who grumbe about the frcedmeu's Bureau
will come 10 a, a given rate. Whatever the amount
may be- this poor abused Congress Of ours must foot
the bill magnanmously.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-01
ruR PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.

The Convention which will be organized on Mon
dav in Philadelphia was called By eminent fretried
southern Unionists, and originally contemplated
gathering of delegates from the South only 1t was
called to meet in Philadelphia because Gas The Ma
tioroi Tuteigeneer truly ayerrcd) such Convention
would not be permitted to deliberate in any Southern
CITY. In many localities which will be represented
delegates have been chosen secretly because publicly
advertised meetings to choose them would have been
broken up by violence as the Constitutional Conven-
ton of Louisiana was on the 3Oth Of July The Bor
der States" of other days have sent large and able
delegations; and it is probable that each of the HI
teen exSlave States will have representatives present
1t having been suggested that delegations from the
old Free States, commissioned to convey to the
hunted stricken oya,ts of the South assurances OF
Northern sympathy and fellowship, would DO well
coined. such delegations have been appointed from
nearly all the steadfastly loyal States Probably not
less than twenty xGoverDOrs are among them VIII
At least one hundred Members Of Congress. Some oil
these will be precluded from attending by the ur'
gency of home dutes but there will, nevertheless
DO gathered at Philadelphia stronger aud aoier
Convention than ever yet met on American soil.
We presume the Southern delegates will first organ
ice by themselves and that those from the North Will
do likewise; but a common feeling, common purpose
nsures that they will be practically Convention
whether formally 80 or not. And this will be the
first distnctiyely, avowedly antslayery delegated
assemblage wherein all the Southern States will have
been represented. We anticipate from its delibera-
tons results signaly benedcent to the Union and It's
unconditional defenders.
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hope Of the destruction Of the Union. again disgrace
this country in the marts Of Europe, aud the Ran
dali and Doolitte Convention is the cause.
There could not be a more startling proof Of the
utter want Of nationality in the Presidents policy
than the rise OF Rebel bonds which il has caused. Ii
is terrible truth that the encouragement he has
given to the South against the almost universal Wish
of the loyal North, and to the surprise oil the world
has given the Rothschilds aud Barings reason
for believing that the Rebellion will redeem
its pledges. The Philadelphia Convention was Ills
creature; the Rebels he had pardoned, the ONCE
holders be had appointed, the men he had seduceo
from their allegiance to the party he had deserted
these were its members and their action was soemniy
approved by him. Yet this action has had the
effect to materially advance the price OF kepe
bonds!" Mr.. johnson shed tears when he hearC
what the Convention had done it is time Tor him u
,yeaD nPkin.