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Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-27
TOMB or SYDNEY JOHNSTON.

"Town Talk" of the New Orleans
times, gives us the following The epi-
taph is indeed rarely beautiful and ap-
propriate: :.
A lady correspondent, in a recent stroll
through the Saint Louis Cemetery, in this
city, visited the grave of Gen. Albert
Sydney Johnston, and found a written.
epiiaph pasted upon rough board at.
tached to the tomb In her note TO L.
T., our fair correspondent says she was
affected to tears upon reading it, verba-
tim. She begs US to find out the author,
and she would be graii6ed in that desire
if it were possible for L. I. to do so.
Here is the beautiful epitaph:
IN MEMoRIAM
Behind this stone is laid.
For season,
ALBERT SYDNEY JoHSsT N,
q len eral in the army Of the Confederate States
Who fell at shiloh. Tennessee.
On the sixth day If April, A. D.;
Eighteen hundred and sixty-two;
A inan tried in many high Offices
And ri ical enterprises.
And fund faithful in all.
His life was one long sacrifice of interest to
conscience;
A. d even that lite. n u woful Sabbath,
Did he yield Ms holocast at his country need.
N
But. in his DEATH his greatness stands confessed
In peoples tears.
Resolute, moderate. clear OF envy. yet not
wanting
In that finer ambition which makes men great
and
In his enOr-impTegnable
In his simpicity-sublime.
No country e'cr had truer son-no cause no.
bier champion
No people bolder defender 20 principle a
purer victim
Than the lead Soldier
Who sleeps here
The cause for which he persisted il LOST
The people for whom he fought are crushed
The hopes in which he trusted are shattered
The Flag he loved guides no more the charging
lines;
But his fame, consgned TO the keeping of that
time. which.
Happily, is not SO much the tomb of Virtue as its
shrine,
Shall in the years to come, fire modest worth
to noble ends.
In honor, now, our great captain rests.
A bereayed people mourn him.
Three commonw ealths proudly claim him;
And history shall cherish him
Among those chocer spirits. who, holding their
conscience unmixed with blame.
Have been, in all conjunctures. true To them
selves. their country, and their God.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-10-27
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Wilmington journal., 1866-06-07
NEWS SUMMARY.

CONVENTION OF AMERICA IsRAELTTEs. first
session of the seventh annual convention OF the
board of delegates of American lsrael1tes com
menced in New York on Sunday. In the absence
of the President of the convention, Judge Car
dozi, the chair was taken by E. Joseph, Vice
President, who in few well chosen remarks wei
coined to the city the representatives OF forty
eight Jewish congregations in the United States
After the usual inaugural proceedings the execu
tive committee presented their report the status
tics comprised in which principally set forth that
a sum of SIS, 900 had been subscribed by the Is
raelites of America for the succor OF their chole
IA stricken coreligionists in Palestine.
The British authorities in Calcutta have JUS
completed census of the city The whole popu
lation, including the suburbs is one million souls
Young girl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, aget
fourteen years, by the name of Hannah Townsend
died few days since from eating wild flower
which she had picked on the wayslde.
DEATH OF Rev DIR. P1sE--1he Rev; DR.. Char
les Constantine Pise, of Brooklyn, died in tina
city on Saturday. He was one of the most learn
ed and eloquent divines of the CATHOLIC Church IL
America He was born in Annapolis, Md, IL
1902, and was therefore sixty -four years OF age al
the time of his death.
TERRIBLE ToRNADo-A terrible tornado swept
over Hinesdale, Pa, on lnday evening. The
great bridge spanning the Leckawanne at Sixth
street. was lifted bodily from its foundations and
fell into the river a mass of ruins. number OF
barns out-houses, etc., were demolished. Trees
and sticks of timber filed the air, flying like shin
giles. The course of the tornado was West to East,
thence South, and finally towards the North-E East
No lives were lost
LARGE C1EARANoE-The ship Hudson, Captain
Potter, for Liverpool was cleared at the Custom
House yesterday by Messrs. Willis Chisholm
with the largest cargo sent from this port during
the wear amounting to 113 bales Sea Island, and
1886 bales Upland cotton.-Charleston Courier
NJ ballard of the Richmond Examiner has
bought the Republic office. in consideration OF
which he has been given the publication OF the
Laws of the United States, and the letter list o'
Richmond.
Wilmington journal., 1866-06-07
Virginia Military Institute,
LEXINGTON VA


TTNHE BOARD OF VISITORS will meet at the Virginia
Il Military Institute the 9th of June to make APP
pointmens Of Cadets Applications for State and Pay Ca
det appointments will be made to the Undersigned
panied with the usual testimonials of good moral charac
ter.
Candidates for appointment must be exempt from bodi
y disease of ages between 16 and % years and in the
of State Cadet applicants must satisfy the Board of
their inability to meet the expenses Of the Institution
Candidates for admission must be able to read and write
WELL and to perform with facility and accuracy the various
operations of the four ground rules of arithmetic of
duction of simple and compound proportion and of vu
gar and decimal fractions
State Cadets Zone for each Senatorial Disrict will be
supplied with board and tuition without charge.
Every arrangement has been made by the Board OF Wis
itors to maintain the high scientific character Of the lns
tute, and put in full operation its well tried and dis
tinctive system of discipline and instruction
The graduating exercises of the institution will take
place at the Institute the 4th Of July. The examina
tions will commence the 9th of June and be contn-
daily until completed. The public respectfully
invited to all Of these exercises.
For all further information application will be made to
the Superintendent.
FRANCIS Fl. SMITH,
Superintendent.
Nav 16-W4t,
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staying the ebb tide of good feeling would be at
once to Withdraw all troops from among the people
of the South except at the coast and frontier gar
risons; to disband the entire negro force; to
abolish every vestge of the Freedmen's Bureau,
and to admit the representatives of the revou-
taking the oath required by the Constitution.
Time will doubtless, in this case assuage feelings
that have been too intensely enlisted to subdue at
Wilmington journal., 1866-06-07
An Ex-Omcer's Testimony.

An ex-officer of the United States navy large
ly engaged in cotton planting in Georgia and in
the cultivation of rice has written a letter to q
Northern paper, from which the following is ex-
tracted
"When I decided to come here several of my
friends asked me if was not afraid to trust my
self out here among these malignant and unre-
pentant rebels. As had not feared them during
the war, did not see why should now that the
war is over. Since have been here have met
many people who were in the rebelarmy, and Ihave
yet got to see the first man who has said anything
that any Union man need take exceptions to-
Both of my partners were in the rebel army-one
captain and the other maj jor-and we talk over
the events of the coolly as if they had hap
pened In France or Germany. 1 feel as safe here
as / would in New England. Ny revolver is locked
up in my trunk, and expect it will remain there
Savannah is as busy place you find in
Yankee land. The general feeling of the South
seems to be that they have had q sufficiency of
fighting and of politics, and they are now going
for hard work and money. Every one that have
conversed with seems desirous to have Northern
men and enterprise and capital come down here
and restore the prosperity of the SoutL l have
seen no ill-feeling towards the Yankee"
A traveller stopped at an inn to breakfast, and
having drank a cup of what was given to him, the
servant asked: "What will you take, sir, tea or
coffee ?" That depends upon circumstances"
was the reply. eff what you gave me last was
tea, want coffee if it was coffee, l want tea. I
want change"
They are to have city railroad in Charleston.
It will be commenced October LIST, and finished
by January 1st, 1867. Savannah also, is to have
One
Wilmington journal., 1866-06-07
April 19
C.rD;turp at Reduced Prices,

10y RECENT ARRIVALS, have received new and
Is complete Stock of Cabinet Furniture, conssun6 n
n.r. of ali the latest Styles of MAHOGANY WALNUT and
uAK FURNITURE. From my long experience IN the Dur l.
ness am confident can offer unsurpassed lnduOeie'
in prices. A SMITH
o6 and % South Front street,
M.noA Observation-Disclosures
Wilmington journal., 1866-06-07
From the New York News.
RoDES. BRIGADE CHARGE AT SEVEN PINES.

From the New York News.
,oDEs, BRIGADE CHARGE AT SEVEN PINES.
Down by the valley, mid thunder and lightning,
Down by the valley, mid lettings of light,
Down by the deep crimsoned valley of Richmond
The twenty-five hundred moved on the fight;
Onward still onward to the portals OF glory,
To the sepulchered chambers, yet never dismayed;
Down by the deep crimsoned valley of Richmond,
Marched the bold warriors of Rodes' brigade.
See We the fires and fashngs still leaping,
Hear ye the pelting and beating of storm,
See We the banners of proud Alabama
In front of her columns move steadily on;
Hear We the music that gladdens each comrade-
As it floats through the air amid the torrent Of sounds
Hear We booming adOwn the red valley,
Carter unbuckes his swarthy old hounds.
Twelfth Mississippi, saw your brave columns
Rush through the channels of living and dead
Twelfth Alabama, why weep your old war horse,
He died as he wished, in the gear at your head;
Seven Pines, We will tell on the pages OF glory
How the blood of the South ebbed away meath the
shade;
How the lads of Virginia fought in the red valley,
And fell in the columns of Rodes brigade.
Fathers and mothers, We weep for your jewels,
Sisters, We weep for your brothers in vain,
Madens, ye weep for your sunny-eyed lovers,
Weep, for they never will come back again
Weep We, but know what halo of glory
Encrcles each chamber OF death newly made
And know We that victory, the shrine of the mighty,
Stands forth on the banners of Rodes' brigade.
Daughters of Southland come bring ye bright flowers,
Weave We a chaplet for the brow of the brave,
Bring We some emblem of freedom and victory,
Bring ye some emblem of death and the grave.
Bring We some motto BETTING a hero,
Bring exotcs that never will fade,
Come to the deep crimsoned valley of Richmond
And crown the young chieftan who led his brigade.
Wilmington journal., 1866-06-07

They are to have city railroad in Charleston.
1t will be commenced October 1st, and finished
by January 1st 1867 Savannah also, is to have
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-12-20

A TOUCHING INclDENT.-Onc of the
most touching and affecting incidents we
have witnessed ina long time, occurred
last evening, on Second street, below
Jefferson. It seems that when the Fede-
raj army invaded Virginia, among the
number of negroes that were stolen
from the people, We're several belonging
to the family of our worthy fellow-citi-
zen, DR.. O. r. Early. The poor negroes.
wandered here and there. buffeted by
the fate of war into the very jaws of
misery. 4 short time ago two of the
y-women-learned that the doctor
was in Memphis, and thither they made
their way, to receive that kindness
which he had always shown them
They had been treated badly by the
Yankees, like all the rest of the negroes
have been, and their hearts yearnod to
meet with their young master once
more. So they started Tor Memphis
They reached here yesterday, and
asked everywhere for their old master:
they finally came to inquire Of a crowd
standing on Second Street near the Gas
office. and while they were asking, the
doctor recognized them. The poor so-
men were perfectly mad with Joy; they
shook hands until the tears came from
their eNes-they told their troubles. and
how badly the Yankees had treated
them. Doctor Early was very much
affected, and like atrue Southern gentle
man, he told them that they were all
home now-they should want for moth
ing, and that they We're welcome to any-
thlng he had.--1berdeen Mss. .S,e9a,v
.&9UtH
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-12-20

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temiza tl1a business Of The q NEW ERA"
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aaa made up Of thousands 81 small
items Ike their own, a1d that credit IL
tile7a times is simply starvation. Or
bankruptcy to country publishers. IN
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re distinction, and ali should under
sand that We VIII ealaree the ruio With
out regard 10 person.
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Messrs. LUTHER NJ. SHAFFER and

Messrs. LUTHER NJ. SHAFFER auli
w. 7. LOGAN having by purchase, be-
come the Proprietors Of the NEW
Era our connection with this journal.
as its Editor and Publisher, has Ca. Cd.
When we assumed The editorial chair,
we designed the arrangement q be
temporary, and are highly e1aliiioa
thrt it should terminate by tee iaiI3-
duction of these talented end worthy
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support OF al our friends ard the friends
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heartily W.T. tiletn the realization of
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The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-12-20

LETftlle South accept no proposition
10 change the Constitution of the United
States. The founders of the Government
said it Wae the best in the world, and so
it was, unail the Radicals got hold of it.
We don't think we can make anything
better than the best. The Government
we had lasted seventy-one years-glori-
Gus il wasjin ats life. The new affair of
Radical manufacture will be short-lived
and mean Wbile ii lives.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-12-20

THE EXECUTIVE APPOINTING POWER
The House has virtually killed NJ
Williams bill for limiting the PreSi-
dents power of removing, and rein.
stating old appointees where new one.
are not confirmed. Hon. Thad. Steven.
will make another effort 10 reeonside,
it, and amend the bill SO as to make il
worth something. But with the luke
wafinness displayed by many Rapuhli
can members, it is considered very
doubtful anything practicable or valu
teracting the improper use Of the En-
ccutive appointing power. It IS ever
asserted to-day that Cornelius Wendell
win be allowed to remain as Public
Printer, and that Congress will moi
assert is right to elect a printer.
llo@..llgloa Correspondence PMi1aezaphio
Ll4ai.er, Dec, II.
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INEH,S or TIL z Dl !.

By the cable we have further adViees
from Europe. Cardinal Antoneill aP-
pears to have denied the statement con-
corning surratt which Mr. King, the
United States Minister at Rome, at
tributed to him. Mr.. King accordingly
made a demand for an explanation,
upon which, it is said, the Cardinal
made an evasive reply.
\ cable dispatch reports the death Of
the Empress CaFlotta, OF Mexico, at
Miramar, Austria, on Friday last. 1t
IS not believed to be true.
\ man, supposed to be Stephens, the
irish Head Centre, has been arrested al
Norfolk, England, but it is considered
doubtful whether the identity can he
established.
General Gusts Lee. The son OF Gen.
Robert L. Lee, has been elected pre-
dent and professor of mathesaatie5. i
appliances. and military science, IN Ire
Maryland Agricultural College. Pa.gs
g, 800 per annum and q residence.
The Legislature Of Moth Carolina
has granted q general pardon and am
nesty to Officers and soldier 81 the ean=
Tolerate States and Of the tznitat! State,
far criminal ofieaasz commit "a in tie
discharge Of their duties,
The State Senate Of Virginia has
passed the House bill nostponing the
payment Of the interest on debts unit
the LIST OF August net.
Mr.. Roberts. President Of enc Of the
wings OF the tenians, has addressed q
letter to " Colonel' Lynch, now under
sentence of death ii Canada for being
concerned in the Fenian raid. Presi-
dent Roberts regrets that Lynch is not
to be hanged. for the reason that his
hanging would be of great service to
| the Fenian cause, and would be the
means of largely replenishing the Feni-
an Exchequer.
The iron-plated frigate New Iron
Sides" lying at League Island, on the
Delaware river, was destroyed by fire
on the morning of the 10Th inst. She
continued to burn until she was a total
loss.
1t is estimated that between twenty
five and thirty distilleries have been
seized in New York, during the last
week, for violation of the revenue laws.
Considerable snow fell in Richmond
on the night of the 10th inst
There is rumor current that Chief
Justice Chase intends to resign his
Judgship to accept the Presidency of
the Pacific Railroad.
Mexican adviees arc To the effect that
should the clergy fulfil their promise to
raise loan for Mayinlliau. he will
remain at the head of the Government.
A bill has passed the Virginia Senate
directing that steps be taken to restrain
The collection Of taxes imposed by West
Virginia, in the counties of Berkeley
and jefferson.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-12-20

The Democratic Convention Of Ken
lucky, which met at Louisville, on
Saturday last, adopted, among other
resolutions, one denouncing in strong
terms the revolutionary designs of the
majority now in power in Congress at
Washington, and urgently recommend
ing the call of a National Convention to
meet at Louisville on the lst Of May
next.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1866-12-20

CLERICAL WIr.-An old gentleman of
eighty-four, having taken to the altar a
young damsel of about sixteen. the
clergyman said to him-sThe font is At
the other end of the church, ssWhat
do | want with the font rs said the
gentleman; "Oh! beg your pardon
SAID the clerical wit, ~ thought yo,
had brought that child here To be chris.
tened. y
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TO TIE PATRONS Or TIE NEW
ERE. :,

Era
Having become the proprietarS and
editors Of ti1e NEW FRA, We this
week assume entire control Of he paper.
In doing Sc. NC simply undertake "a
conduct & Conservative journal, ana q
very few word. Of explanation are
necessary.
In the present turbulent condition Of
the politics Of the country. OF course, we
can mark out no line Of policy which
we would be willing to pursue under all
circumstances. Questions pregnant with
evil are now being forced upon the
country by the dominant party as they
arise we shall meet them as becomes
fearless, independent, and out-spol1en
journalists.
We will support the policy OF 3NDrEw
JOHNSON so long as it accords With the
Constitution of the United States, as oA
pounded by the fathers: believing, Is
we do, that whatever we possess that is
valuable to US as a people, whatever We
have enjoyed ofHise government, Of
national prosper Of individual Sc
curity, Of social, Political or religious
privilege, is but the development and
outgrowth of the precious charter made
by the people, and inscribed by its
makers The Supreme Law.
4 paper steadily adhering to this
creed can never incur the imputation Of
:. want Of patriotic devotion to the
government, however "disloyaf' il
may appear to those who desire a ''neW
construction of the old Constitution"
The political feature of the NEW
Era shall rot detract from its claims
10 support as q home aeus-paper-a
weekly record OF current events. We
will endeavor TO make it faithful
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to the advancement of our town ana
county will ever find in us willing and
untiring advocates. The literary de
paitment will not be neglected, and
each issue VIII contain selections both
interesting and Instructive.
In brief, we intend to make the paper
worthy q remunerative support, and
earnestly solicit the cooperation of our
friends in extending its circulation and
patronage. The interests Of the people
of Berkeley county and our interests
are joint, and in aiding us they will at
the same time benefit themselves
While we expect and hope to merit the
assistance of our friends, we do not in
tend to rely solely upon their eXeriions.
but our own energies shall be bent to
the work, in the firm belief that TINE,
FAITH and ENERGY will enable us to
succeed to the satisfaction of ourselves,
and those who desire our success.
To the retiring editor, Major T.. w.
ANDREWS, who has so ably conducted
yshe paper during the past year, We
tender our earnest and best wishes for
his future prosperity. In the practice
Of his profession, to which, we presume,
he will now devote himself exclusively,
snay&le meet with success commensurate
withaais fine ability and splendid talents.
LUTHER NJ. SHAFFER,
WILLIAM T. LOGAN.