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The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-10-31
THREE RULES FOR READERS.

In the Englishman's Magazine. The Dean
OF Ely lays down the three following rules
TO thuse who would become proficients in
reading;
First-Faish each word. I use the
phrase 10 the seuse Of matchmaker or Jew
eller. The difference between two arti-
cles, which at little distance look much
the same, all lies in the finish. Rac;, wheel
IN watch must be thoroughly finished !;
and so each word in the sentence must be
pronounced. This will make reading both
pleasant and audible. Careful pronuncia-
tion is more important than noise. Some
time ago heard a person make speech
in large hall he spoke distinctly, and
heard every word iortuiately he became
warm IN his subject and spoke loudly and
energetlrally aud Immediately his speech
became al lnartieuIate noise.
Secondly-Do MT drop tie voice at the
end nf the sentence. Simple as this rule
NAV seem. il is me 81 the must necessary
TO enforce. II the whole Of sentence be
audible except the conclusion, the passage
read becomes discnntinuous, n series of ia.
telligible portions interspeised with blanks.
Confusion OF necessity attaches to the
whole.
Thirdly-Always read from full chest.
The reading voice should always be com.
plete poce ds peito and the chest, which
is truly the wind chest Of the human or
gan, should never be exhausted. This is
as important for the speaker as for the hear
ers. and for the hearers as for the speaker.
The voice is delivered with ease, and be-
comes agreeable. Singers know well the
importance, indeed the necessity. OF taking
breath at proper places. The same thing
is important for reading; 10 large build
ing. attention to this matter is indispensa
BILE.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-10-31

A shark. Of the nan.eating kind. weigh.
ing 1000 posnds. vas caught 10 Boston
harbOr Monday.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-10-31

Rock ISLAND MANUFACTURERS COaPasY.
CHARL oTrE, N. G.-An enterprise mer-
chant OF this city, who desires to sec sou;h-
ern manufactures encouraged, has cled
our attention 10 notice 10 the Raeiga
Sentinel OF the woolen factory.at Charlotte.
N. G. saying that for years he has handled
the goods turned out BY this factory, and
that they are the "most reliable. honest
goods" he ever saw or wore.
Richmond DispGieh.
At Charleston. on Thursday, during
Dag presentation TO zouaye volunteer com,
pany Of negroes. General Scott arrested al
who wore shoulder straps and side arms IA
yiolatiun Of the order Of the departbenl
prohibiting military organizations Of aay
kind 10 South Carolina.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14

at was bad example in General Grant to vic.
late law, but worse one to treat the officers OF
the law with contempt" -.
The above is the commentary of the Richmond
Wing on the late action of Gen. Grant, in refusing
to permit an officer to discharge his duty towards
the Lieutenant General well towards any other
citizen.
Fancy Robert E. Lee driving racing horses
through the streets of the capitol Still more diff
cult is II TO fancy him refusing to submit to law
which was framed as we'll for him as for the hum
blest of his follow. misunderstanding Inder.
There was a sequel to this little but somewhat
significant affair, which is related by the Washing
ton Star of Wednesday afternoon:
This morning, the Sergeant of the Second Precinct
reports the of General U. s. Grant arrested for
fast driving, as settled by the General paying the
fine. We are informed that when the policeman
went to the Army Headquarters and laid his war
rant on the table before the General, that officer
looked at it. and turning to the servant Of the law
remarked, 81 suppose you take pride in this = The
officer said: No, General only do it because it is
my duty" The General intimated that under mar
tia law the tables might be turned and the server OF
the warrant sent to the guard-house. The officer re-
piled that the General might do as he pleased but
he had performed his duty, adding, 81 also did my
duty under you, General, at Vcksburg, and you did
not find fault with me then" The General imme.
diately acknowledged the service of the warrant
appeared before Justice Walter and paid the fine
The General would, no doubt, be pleased to have
some place other than public race course where he
might exercise his horses, and so would many other
gentlemen here who, like him, suppose they violate
no law by fast driving in the thny-settled suburbs
of the city.
General Grant, it seems regards martial law as
still in force. There ground too for an unpleasant
inference that he submitted to the officer not the
representative of law but because he had served I'M
der him as a soldier.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
Case Under the Civil Rights Bill---An Import
ant Decision 10 be Rendered.

LAFAYETTE, ND, April ia colOred man
named Barnes brought suit against prominent
citizen this morning to enforce contract. The de-
PENDANT for answer, sets up that the negro came
into the State in violation of the thirteenth article of
the Constitution of the State of Indiana, which,
under pains and penalties, prohibits negroes from
coming into the State, and debars them from all
rights to enforce contracts, etc.
The plaintiff demurs TO the answer, maintaining
that the thirteenth article is void and of effect,
because: l. 1t is in contraventon of the letter and
shirt of the Constitution of the United States q 1t
is in direct conflict with the constitutional amend
ment abolishing slavery. 8. 1t is void under the
first section of the civil rights bill, which gives to
all persons born in the United States full right to
make and enforce contracts, any law, statute, ordi
nance, regulation or custom to the contrary not
wthstanding.
The court sustained the demurrer, and the defend
ant appealed to the Circuit Court which is now in
session.
The case was submitted to-day, and after argu.
ment of counsel, it was taken under advsement.
Judge Gest will probably render decision to-mor-
row. Under the second section of the civil rights
bill he can only decide in favor of the negro, for the
reason that an adverse decision would subject him
to the penalty of 81, 900 fine and Imprisonment
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14

[Tf Underwood or his opinions either entitled
to the least respect, the following might well be
headed Important
HABEAs CORPUS NOT RESTORED TO VIRGINIA BY
THE PRESIDENTS PEACE PRoCLAMATIoN-DeciS
of Judge UnderUOOd.-The case of Thomas Javins
petitioner for writ of habeaS corpus, was heard be-
fore Judge Underwood, in Alexandria, on Tuesday.
In May, 1865, Javins assaulted coOred boy Frank
Beall, and in the assault the boys leg was broken.
Javins was thereupon arrested by General Slough.
In October Beall brought an action for damages in
the Provost Court, Captain p r. Hambrick, judge
and recovered five hundred dollars damage, the
court ordering Javins to be imprisoned till the
damages were paid This decision was approved by
General Augur and few days since was carried
into execution by the arrest of Javins and his con-
fnement in the Slave Pen, in default Of pay
ment of the judgment. He now petitions the
United States District Court for writ of habeas
puS to discharge him from this confinement The writ
was served on Captain Hambrick on Friday last who
made return thereon that he held the prisoner by
authority of the President of the United States. The
prisoners counsel relied upon first, former cOnvc-
ton by General Slough; secondly, want OF Jursdic-
ton in the Provost Court over case OF this nature
The respondents counsel argued that the return of
Captain HambriCk was conclusive, and upon 1t the
prisoner must be remanded to custody; and sec.
ondly that if the return did not preclude the Court
from going further the Provost Court has jursdic-
ton being the court designated for the trial of these
cases, by the Freedmen's Bureau, in accordance
with the rules and regulations of the Bureau appro
we'd by the President.
Judge Underwood decided that the writ of habeas
corpus was not restored by the recent proclamation
of President Johnson and that the return of Captain
Hambrick that he held the prisoner by authority of
the President was conclusive, and the Court could
not go behind it. The prisoner was accordingly re-
manded to confinement under the sentence of the
Provost Court.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
ROBBERY EXTRAORDINARY.
A Bank Clerk Knocked Down and Robbed of Nine
Thousand Dollars in Gold---A Mysterious Al
fafF.
rErnm the New York World.l

One of the most extraordinary cases of highway
robbery that has startled honest New WORKERS,
occurred on Tuesday afternoon last in the very heart
of the business portion of the city. AT about one
o'clock. we are informed person employed as
porter or clerk in, the Bank of America, called at
the Sub Treasury Office, corner Of Wall and Mas
sau streets, and obtained nine thousand dollars
in gold. The specie was placed in bag, and
the clerk left the b-Treasury office on his way to
the bank.
Two hours afterward one of the clerks OF the
Chatham Bank had occasion to visit the Sub-Ireas-
ury Office to obtain specie. Having accomplish d
the object of his visit he passed from the room. As
he stepped into the anteroOm he stumbled over the
PROSTATE form of the clerk of the Bank of America,
who had left the building two hours previously
Examination disclosed the fact that the unfortunate
man had been knocked down, stunned and severely
wounded, and that the bag he obtained from the
Sub Treasury Office was missing. Measures were at
once taken to restore consciousness, but at late
hour on Tuesday evening these efforts had been on
ly partially successful Indeed at last accounts the
unfortunate clerk was wholly unable to give any
account of the circumstances attending the robbery
or to make any intelligent statement with regard to
the manner in which he had passed the two hours
intervening between his departure from the Sub
Treasury Office and the discovery of the outrage, or
concerning his whereabouts during this time. To
all questions his replies vague and unmeaning
He seemed quite unaware that he had been assault
ted or robbed.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
The Cattle Plague

The Hon. Isaac Newton, Agricultural Commits
sioner in of his recent reports in relation to the
cattle plague, remarks, that consideration of the
agencies by which the poison of the disease is dis
greatest by American cattle breeders agai INST
the introduction of the plague into this countrL-
He charges the medical faculty with having den
these agencies fearing that an admission of the II nth
in the premises might alarm the country He quo ties
from the regulations of the English privy coun. ill
drawn up by physician, which indicate the mum err
Gus things by which the cattle plague may be pl o.
pagated. These regulations set forth that the ne
ton is communicated by all parts of the diseas, I'd
animal and blood, as the skin, hair hoofs, horn s.
etc., well as by the flesh, but especially by int
final discharges II follows therefore, that all Z
tcles which have been in contact with disease
animal, are capable of carrying the infection for
indefinite time and must be looked upon as beinj Z
actually infectious to other healthy animals.
Among these the regulations referred to enumerate
racks Of wood or iron cribs or managers, of wood
or iron or stOne articles used for fastening animals
leather collars and straps, ropes and chains; all har
of any animals used for drawing, and all carts
wagons and carriages, which they have actually
been drawing; the stalls sheds in which the ami.
mails have been standing; the whole length of the
cutters and drains through which their urine has
been flowing the entire surface over which their
manure has been drawn, and all implements with
which the removal has been effected in fact all
persons, animals, places, buildings and movable
things which have been in contact with matters
proceeding from diseased cattle themselves In Scot.
land at the present time, the moving of cattle from
common markets is strictly prohibited. The disease
has broken out in healthy localities and close ex.
animation of the roads has shown cattle tracks.
pointing to the fact that during the night time in vi
OlatOn of this law cattle had been driven from in.
fected market places. When, therefore, the neigm
borhood cattle were taken over the road for specse
purposes they contracted the disease from its atoms
left by the feet droppings, urine of the infected
animals Practically the greater part of the poison
cast of by the infected animal takes the form of ma
nure. Commissioner Newton argues that our point
Of strongest defense is against the introduction of
foreign cattle and trade in cattle or their products
permitted with the British North American provinces
Secretary McCulloch has already been empowered
by Congress to regulate the situation" in this re-
spect and the rules he has adopted are sufficiently
stringent and carefully enforced the introduction
the cattle disease into the United States need not
feared
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
"+ANI4'c n. EF tINIog VHdITIIIdl
GEO. W. MOVERS, Secretary.

TRIAL OF MAJOR GEE AT RALEIGB:.-In the trial
of Major Gee at Raleigh, on Monday last, his coun-
sci moved to quash the proceedings against him on
the ground OFahe military commission being now,
under the Presidents proclamation. illegal. The
Judge Advocate asked that the motto be not enter
tanned, the ground that the court had no ofcia
evidence of the genuineness of the proclamation
The court OveTuled this objection, and the Judge
Advocate, Major WolcOtt of Kentucky, asked for
time to prepare argument In answer to the ground
taken by Major Gees counsel. The Raleigh Stand
ard of Thursday says:
On yesterday the prisoner sued out writ of ha-
beaS corpus. before Judge Fowle, of the Superior
Court Bench which was served on General Ruger
commanding the Department of North Carolina, to
have Major Gee before him on Saturd ay next. The
matter will then be decided whether the trial before
the Military Commission shall continue, trial be
had before civil court, or Major Gee be set at lib
erty
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
Dividing States.

The Cincinnati Gazette alludes to the divi-
sion of the State Of Virginia during the war,
and takes the occasion to make some sensible
remarks on the general subject Of dividing
States because Of incOmpatibility Of temper
between its different sections. OF the forma-
ton of West Virginia, the Gazette says " A
" government, claiming to be the legal gov
" eminent Of the whole State, was already set
cup there of at least as much legality as that
A" which succeeded it under the new State
" construction. Therefore the division gave
" the nation no strength in the war, and We
" think it will now be admitted that a State
" Government founded on the western eOun-
" ties would have had a much broader and
I" more loyal foundation from which to take in
&" the whole State at the downfall Of the rebel
20 lion than the shadowy one Of Governor
" PEIRPOINT had. And with this strength and
" the political changes that freedom will bring,
" the sentiment prevalent in West Virginia
would, before long, control the whole State"
II alludes to the agitation now going on in
East Tennessee for division Of that State on
the ground of political incOmpatibility, and
appears to think that this sectional difference
will ultimately be overcome, and that if div-
ded the two States would generally be found
together in political action. The Gazette says
"ln nearly all the Southern States there is marked
difference IN the character of the up-cOuntry and
the low-country sections. II these differences
cause for division, we may go on cutting up until
Il Il
shall call for divorce. II there IS any hope for
popular government right principles will eventually
get the ascendency in all these States The nation
al welfare needs that these more Republican sec
tons shall remain 10 leaven the rest.
There are differences also in Northern States
which would cut them up If the practice Of dividing
according to partisan color is TO come in"
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and New York are
cited as instances in which sectional differences
exist. The Gazette thus concludes its article
" Population and partisan sentiments are ra-
"pidly changing in America. No territorial
&" divisions can fit them, or make any safe cal
" culatiOns on political results, and there is no
" intelligent object to be sought by them that
" can compensate for increasing the inequality
60 of representation in the Senate"
Without going farther into the subject at
present, we may add that if political differ
ences shall be recognized as sufficient ground
for the division of States, there is reason to ap-
prehend that such changes will go on without
limit. A dominant party may at any time Iii
vide State in order to reap political adyan- |
tage. When the people Of a State know that |
their destinies are bound up together, and that |
they have TO live together, they will learn, as
married people do, to bear and forbear, in or
der to enjoy harmony. Easy partitions and |
divorces encourage instead Of checking discOn-
tents and arrangements.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
THE HONORED DEAD.
Public Meeting at GOrdOnsvine-A PiOus Work.


Ats meeting of the citizens of Gordonsville and
its vicinity held at the Baptist Church, on the LIST
day of April, 1856, on motion of James P. Scott
James A. Evans was called to the chair and Geo.
w. Meyers requested to act as secretary.
The Chair stated that the purpose for which the
meeting was called was to invite the cooperation of
the citizens of the adjoining counties in the purchase
of suitable lot near Gordonsville, to which the re-
mains of the late Confederate dead who have been
buried in the counties of Orange, Green, Madison
and Louisa may be removed, and said Cemetery to
be so laid out and beautifed as to make it suita-
BILE tribute to our noble dead.
The following resolution was offered and adopted:
Resolued, That committee of ten be appointed
by the Chair to confer with the citizens of Orange
Green, Madison and Louisa, asking their co.opera-
ton and that they be requested to send delegates
general meeting to be held at Gordonsville on the
first day of May next
The Chair appointed Messrs. J. P. Scott, G. W.
Meyers J. S. Cowherd, S. G. Brown, Rob't Taylor,
w. T. Smith, E. F. Cowherd, o. H. P. Terill, Dr.
J. l.. Jones and J. Peyton Cowherd said committee.
On motion the Chairman of this meeting was ad-
ded to the committee.
Fearing that notice of the general meeting might
not be sufficient for the counties to act through
meetings duly called, it was, on motion,
ReSoIUed, That Richard Morriss, T. V. Winston,
r. B. Davis and j. L. Pendeton, of Louisa F. Nc
Mullen, j. B. Davis and Dr. j. F. Early, of Green
DIR. W. A. HILL Col. T. F. Twyman, J. J. Glove and
Gen. R. A. Banks, of Madison, be requested to adopt
such measures as will the representation of
their respective counties at the general meeting
May LIST.
Resolred, That B. J. Barbour Conway Newman,
J. P. Scott R. w. Brooking DR.. J. L. Jones, Col.
Jno. Willis, G. W. Meyers, James A. Evans, E. F.
COwherd, W. G. Williams, Ferdinand Jones, James
Roach, f. NJ. Kendall, r. P. Graves, DR.. John l..
Voolfolk, R. B. Gibson, F. j. Saun ders, j. s. Row,
r. l.. Gordon, John Payne and Richard Richards be
appointed as delegates to the general meeting for
the county of Orange.
Resoired, That the proceedings of this meeting be
sent TO the Richmond Wing for publication, and
that all papers friendly to our und ertakng be re-
quested to copy.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
JAMES A. EVANS, Chairman.
GEO. w. MOVERS, Secretary
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
Melancholy Suicide-A New Orleans Widow
browns Herself for Love.
From the New Orleans Times of the Sth.)


Our neighbors of Jefferson City were thrown into
state of considerable excitement on Friday, by the
suicide of an intelligent aud much respected lady,
resident of the place. The name of the deceased
was Mrs. Margaret Lambert and the cause of her
rash act is thus explained in letter which she left
at her home:
Her affections had been ensnared by some gallant
of the sterner sex, who has not yet been discovered
on engagement followed and Mrs. Lambert made
her full preparations for the marriage, having pre-
pared her rousseau, etc. The expected happy day
a pproached, but, 10 her dismay the choice of her
heart proved athess and, while aboring under the
effects Of the cruel disappointment the unfortunate
woman determined upon quitting the scene of her
troubles. After writing the letter containing the
facts bove stated, and bidding her three children
an aaectonate farewell, Mrs. Lambert cast herself
into the Missssippi-that great panacea for so many
world-weary hearts A verdict was returned by the
coroner's jury in accordance with this statement.
Mrs. Lambert was the daughter of DR.. Poelmann,
well-knOwn and much-respected citizen of Jefler.
son, and much sympathy is felt by the community
for the afflicted parent
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
The Philadelphia NuFder---Additional Particu-



PHILADELPHIA, April l2.-It has been ascertained
that the name of the missing German is Timothy
Slomon.
Mrs. Dolan, the mother of Elizabeth DOlan, one
of the murdered parties, was brought down this
morning from Burlington, and an examination made
under her direction. II revealed the fact that Slo-
mon carried away with him two guns and two pis-
tolls He also took away satchel containing as far
as is known, several ladies dresses, gold locket
and chain, two rings, two fifty dollar compound in
terest notes and one twenty dollar compound inter-
est note.
The following is the most accurate description the
detectives have yet been able to learn Of the sup
posed murderer Of the Deering party. His name is
Antoine-last name unknown. The name previous
ly telegraphed is an error. He is believed to have
been in the army, and was formerly from Brooklyn
His height is five feet eleven inches age twenty-five
to thirty years; round shoulders, no side-whis-
kers, light hair, short, thin light moustache, in
clined to curl at the ends, downcast look, weight
about It's to $50 pounds loosely made, shutting
gait, and speaks broken English. The property
missing consists of two revOlvers, large and
smaller musket shot gun, black frock coat, black
satin vest black pants brown OvercOat, one pair of
dong boots two fifty-dollar compound interest notes
,sne twenty-dollar compound interest note two gold
rings one set with a purple stone, one gold chain
with long links and a chased bar at the end. and
hour ten cent pieces.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-04-14
DEATH OF THoxAs DOWNING. THE orsrrpnnv

DEATH VI AhOAAs pOWNlNG, THE OYSTERMAN-
This well-knOwn colored caterer and oysterm an.
one of the institutions" of New York for nearly
fifty years. died in that city on Tuesday, at the age
of seventy-hve years. The Post says;
He was born a slave in Accomac county. Va. on
the 9th of January, 1891 His masters fam ily
were well known and much respected in thatI cot IN
ty Downing in bodyhood sent to the same sch ol
with Henry A. Wise. During the war Of Is 10
Downing first came North, and for time was wi tn
the army. After the war he went TO Philadelph ia,
where, having no trade, he was servant in some of
the prominent families of the city, whose respe ct
and friendship he gained by his faithful conduct
He came to New York in June, 1919, and began
life as kGlsOmiHer, opening shop in Broad street
and here he soon after set up an eating house
which shortly became famous with down town mer-
chants for the excellence Of his oysters and other
eatables. and the cleanliness of his place. raised
large family of children to whom he gave a liberal
education sending some Of them to Europe for that
purpose. He was prominently connected with the
hasOns and 0dd-Felows, and long vestryInan
IN the eOlOred Protestant Episcopal church.