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RAT POISON.

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GENUINE RAT AND ROACH POISON
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which is invaluable to farmers gardeners, etc, etc,
etc. those who have farms and consequently cattle
should be without it, No noxous insect live for
one moment where it is cast.
For sale, wholesale and retail, by all druggists.
T. W. WRIGHT, Sole Proprietor,
No. IS Bienville street.
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Carpet FARMHOUSE.

We have hand of the complete and best
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FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS
Ever offered in this market, which offer country
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decline in cotton and gold. . o..
package buyers Domestic Goods we can also offer ex
trsordnary Inducements ri
we have constantly buyer in the European and New York
and are receiving fresh all through season.
LOEB SIMON & Co
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OIL OF PALM AND MACE.
FOR
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perfume independent Of the fragrant oder of the Oils of Palm
and Mace
For sale by all druggists and perfumers.
T. W. WRIGHT, Sole Proprietor,
IS Bienville street,
Neyy
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French English and Mediterranean DRUGS, MEDICINES
CHEMICALS, PATENT MEDICINES
HUNGARIAN LEEoHEs,
MINERAL WATERS,
TOILET ARTICLES and PERFUMERY
"% DRUGGISTS SUNDRIES,
l GLASSWARE
s DEMIJ0HNS, CoRKS,
GARDEN SEEDS, Etc,
PAINTS, OILS, TURPENTINE and vARNIsH
, 1866-11-13

the planters themselves that the free laborer in Barbados is a better,
more cheerful, and more industrious workman than the slave ever was
under a system of compulion. These are the opinions of men who
themselves were once violently opposed to freedom, and who still strive
to keep the laboring classes in complete dependence and they are opn-
ions so universal that [ have sought diligently, but in vain, to hear them
contradicted. The negro will not work with the steadness OF a white
man. MOI can it be expected that he should, with all the disadvantages of
a tropical climate against him. But from my own observations, which l
purposely made as extended as possible, I can assert that the crowds Of
iaborers. male and female, whom / frequently met in the cane-felds,
were as dGgent in the performance of their duties as any other class of
Africans [ ever saw either in freedom or in slavery and actual compa-
risons have proved that the free laborer gets through more work in d
specified time than ever a slave did under the old system.
I can not speak as highly of the morality of the labOnng population
Of Barbados as I can of their industry. The clergy may publish church
and school statistics, which, 1 admit, go to show that scholars and
churchmen multiply. But statistics on such subjects are not of much
To prove that the vicious put on a religious demeanor with their Sunday
coat, and will listen patiently to a tedious, incomprehensible sermon, only
makes the case worse. 1t is shown that since emancipation the higher
crimes are less frequently committed than they we're before. Crimes OF
violence are almost unknown, and in the streets, thanks to efficient police
regulations, the most perfect order is preserved; but crimes OF cacuia-
ton, thieving, swindHng, and the minor vices have apparently increased.
I speak from prison statistics, and it must be borne in mind that over a
large number, if not all, of these offences the planter formerly had exeIn-
sie Jurisdiction, and they were never known beyond the precincts Of his
own estate. It is, therefore, unfair to make any deductions from the
criminal records of the present day and compare them with those of the
billions of unrestraned passion, of cruelty, and of vice, to which, in
state of slavery, the negro would never be permitted to give vent. /
have seen parents beat their children in such an inhunan manner as to
make me feel that liberty to them was a curse to all over whom they
yer allowed to exercise any authority or control. / am speaking now
of what is the rule rather than the exception among the lowest class of
the negro population. Among their other vices, immortality and promls-
cuous intercourse Of the sexes are almost universal. From the last Cen
sus it appears that more than half Of the children born In Barbados are
ilegtimate. The clergy, and with some show Of reason ca Ian a. that nag the
, 1866-11-13

the representations made by Mr.. Weed
and others upon this subject, has not yet
made up his mind what to do. In the
present aspect Of affairs, his fortunes
appear somewhat desperate, and this may
compel him even against bis judgment,
to accept this amendment, for the addl-
tional support it will give, and urge its
adoption upon the Southern States.
Andrew Johnson's obstinacy is such,
however, that he may prefer to be de-
feated with his present policy, rather
than modify it in the least. The Radicals,
if they carry the fall elections by the
maiorities of last year, have determined
to impeach the President, and this they
will do at the earliest possible period in
the next Session Of Congress in Deem
Der. They will then construe the Con-
stitution 10 mean that an impeachment
of the President requires his deposition
from Office while the trial is going on,
and the Senate will therefore depose him.
The President of the Senate in such q
case becomes President of the United
States, and this person is Lafayette b.
Foster, of Connecticut, an ardent Radical.
The Radical Governments of the North
ern states VIII, OF course, tifo
new President, and if President Johnson
endeavours to maintain his authority
trouble will ensue. If the latter can
secure the services Of the army and navy
he can hold on to all his power in spite.
Of the Radical Governors, and the result
Of the deposition will evidently depend
upon the decision General Grant shall.
make, whether TO follow the President
or Congress. Another civil war in Anne
RIGA is not an unlikely thing, and when
one-half the people one meets are talking
Of so sad o calamity, the apprehension
ought to be published to the world.
The President, however, is making
every possible e~xertion to carry the au-
tumn elections, and if they declare
against him it will not be his fault. He
, 1866-11-13
e X r A C T
FROM
THE ORDEAL OF FREE LABOR
THE BRITISH WESTINDIES
BY WIN. G.. SEWELL.

Continued from No. 49,
CHAPTER ".

ISL Bridgetown, Barbados, 1859.
wuup Tho nvar crovded condition of Barbados has tended to keep
her laboring population in a subservent position, a dehnent system OF
education has done much to preventive circulation OF general mtelngence.
There would be nothing surprising, and no ground for argument against
emancipation in the fact, if fact it could be proved, that the l la auaq
classes ar still as ignorant and unlettered as they were III the dayse
slavery. But, in spite of all obstacles, / find that after the lapse 9f
twenty years they have made decided progress in the social scae, y !,
though their natural vices are aften shocking to witness, tney are y
abundant or SO extravagant as a theoist would suppose them to De a1sr
the restrictions of slavery had been suddenly removed.
Ttis q fart which speaks volumes, that within the last fifteen years,
in spite Of the extraordinary price of land and the low rate of wages, the
sman proprietors of Barbados holding less than five acres have increased increased
from hoo to 1857. a great majority of these proprdors were formerly
slaves. subsequently, free laborers, and finally landh hlder o Inns Is o eer
to the prevailing idea that the negro will only work under compusaon.
That idea was formed and fostered from the habits OF the negro o as a
slave; bis habits as q freeman. developed under a wholesome stimulus
and settled by time, are in striking contrast to bis habits as q slave. =
am simply stating a truth in regard to- the Bardadian Creole which. mere,
at least, win not be denied. I have sconversed on the subject with al
classes and conditions Of people, andnone are more ready 70 admetnan
, 1866-11-13
ST. O q OK a V Q 5.

They are set forth officially in the report
of the committee as follows =
"Ouestion by the Committee .-Could either
Jefferson Davis or Robert E. Lee be convicted
of treason in Virginia.?
"Answer by Judge Underwood.-Oh no,
unless you had packed jury.
"Question.-Could you manage to pack a
jury there?
"Answer.-I think it would be very difficult,
but it could be done. [ could pack a jury to
convict him.
T quote this to showthat such thoughts
run through some peoples heads; but it
is not to be supposed that Mr.. Davis's
counsel or the honest people of the Unit
ed States will suffer the most important
State trial ever held in this country to be
prejudged by tamperlng with the jury
men.
A strong pressure is being made upon
President Johnson, more especially by
Thurlow Weed and the Conservative
Republicans, to get him TO modify his
Reconstruction policy. They urge with
great force that, as affairs at present
stand, the Radicals appear in a fair way
to carry the elections, and their success
will insure the total disfranchisement of
the South and the ultimate adoption of
negro suffrage, besides the exclusion
from power of the Presidents friends,
perhaps for many years to come. The
modification urged is that the President
should adopt the Constitutional Amend
ment passed at the last Session of Con-
gress, and by recommending it for adop-
ton to the Southern States, compel the
Radicals TO take such extreme ground
that the mass of the people will refuse
to support them. This amendment, it
will be remembered, deprives the South
ern States Of about one-third of their re-
presentation in Congress, if they refuse
the blacks the right of suffrage. The
President, while listening patiently to
, 1866-11-13

prove such a thing if a fair trial is &C
corded the prisoner, and they also feel
sure that 10 men cannot be found in the
State Of Virginia who will say that he is
guilty. Beyond a young lawyer named
Chandler, who is the Government at
torney in the United States Court In
Richmond, it is not yet known who will
represent the Government, and 1t is an
evidence of the strange indeclsion OF
President Johnson upon some things that
he has not yet Indicated whether Attor-
ney-General Stansbery shall take part or
not. In short, no more has been done
with regard to the trial by the Govern
ment than there was six months ago,
when the subject was first considered by
The Court, and the President, no doubt,
would be glad ifhe could wash his hands
of the entire matter. Mr.. Davis's feeble
health does not promise many month OF
life, especially if he is kept a prisoner,
and death may at any time relieve both
him and the President of q great deal OF
trouble. The Judges of the Court are
Chief Justice Chase and John G. Under
wood. The former, however, will scarce
w appear in Richmond, while the latter,
when his bitter feelings and some OF the
expressions he has uttered are consider
ed, can hardly be regarded as a fit per-
son to give Mr.. Davis a fair and impair
tial trial. The "Committee IN the Con-
duct Of the War" will be remembered by
all observers of the American Civil Wa
as a sort of Congressional inquisltlon,
which during the war and afterwards
inquired into everything, and asked
questions of everybody. Among other
witnesses catechized by them was this
same Judge Underwood, and the theme
was the approaching trial of Mr.. Davis.
Between the committee and the witness
passed two questions and answers, which
will astonish the world when it is known
that this Judge is to hold the scales OF
Justice to decide the fate of Mr.. Davis.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03
General Mercer ON Trial for Murder.

Brigadier-General Hugh W. Mercer, of the
late Confederate army, is now on trial before
military commission, at Savannah, charged with
the murder of seven Union soldiers.n 1t will
be remembered by many of our citizens that
battalion then known as galvanized Yankees"
while on duty near Hardeeville, on the Charles
ton and Savannah Railroad, conspired to desert
from the Confederate to the Federal forces.
Through information from some of the men en-
gagged in tine conspiracy, the plan failed; the
entire battalion was disarmed, the members i'm
prisoned and seven of the prominent ringlead-
ers were tried before courtmartial, found
now arraigned before a courtmartlal, and
charged with the murder of those men, who
were guilty of the highest otfense known to the
regulations and laws OF war.
The foregoing we clip from the Constitutional
ist. We think OUT neighbor is in error. 1t was
not near Hardeeyiile that the galvanized Yam
KEGS" conspired to desert, but near Lawton's
Farm, seven miles from Savannah, Just about
one year and one weeS ago. We were tempo
rarily on duty with General Mercer at the time
acting ordnance officer, received the arms of the
battalion, the members of which, instead of
being imprisoned, built the pontoon bridges by
which the Confederate forces left the city few
hours previous to its occupation by General
| General MERGERS order, having been found
guilty of desertlon only but for a conspiracy to
| murder the Confederate pickets, in order that
| they might escapeto the Federal lines. There
are scores of men in this city to-day that are con
yersant with these facts-men whose word will
| be taken in any court OF Justice.-AUgltStd Tran
| scFipt of December ~.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03
Personal Intelligence.

The Chicago Tribune of December 20 CLieu-
tenant-Governor Bross being one of its proprie-
tors) says:-Our readers may have noticed IN
the newspapers the report of the engagement of
Hon. Schuyler CofaX and the daughter of Lieu
tenantGovernor Bross OF this city. There is not
and never has been any foundation for such
report. The idle gossip originated from the
letter of correspondent ola Louisville paper.
Governor Meagher--says the Montana Post
OF December 2--as we learn from private letter,
will not be home before Christmas. He was to
be in Helena to-day, whence he goes to Hell Gaze,
Bitter Root, and the Blacktoot Agency, return
ing to Virginia City via Deer Lodge and Silver
Bow.
-Sx children in the family Of Mr.. Garrison,
from drinking the milk OF acow which had been
bitten by mad dog-the virus remaining in her
system. They all suffered most terrible spasms.
General Schenck. Senator Sherman, and
Postmaster Dennlson are all at home in Ohlo to
watch the pending election tor United States
Senator. IL is stated that the last named is not
now candidate.
w. N. Holloway, the veteran editor of the
Indianapolis Journal has sold out bis interest
in that paper, aud retired to the enjoyment of a
liberal fortune mis- labors have secured.
General J. Shields, OF Mexican war and
Shenandoah valley fame, has turned farmer,
having settled in Carroll county, No., on an
estate he has purchased there.
--NIajor-General d. s. Stanley, the heroic leader
of the 4th Army Corps, was in Cincinnati on the
29th ult:, just from Texas.
--Brevet Brigadier-General George II. Chap
man has been appointed Judge of the new Crimi-
nal Court at Memphis.
Hon. Thomas Z. NOEL, of Missouri, has been
appointed one of the Regents OF the Smithsonian
Institute, at Washington.
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Relief OF Mrs. "Stonewall', Jackson.

The citizens of Mobile last week gave an en-
terta1nment at the theatre in that city for the
benefit of Mrs. ''Stone wall" Jackson, aud ''iear-
ing that the military authorities might mlsun-
derstand the spirit and object of the move
mentn Colonel Forsyth, by request, addressed
the following note to BrigadIer General De
Russy, who was General Jackson's classmate at
MOBILE, Ala. December IS, 1S65.-General:-
Learning that Mrs. Thomas j. jackson, wife of
the late General Stonewall Jackson, is IN reduced
circumstances, large number of the citizens of
Mobile are anxious to give her a benefit at the
theatre next Saturday morning. Messrs. Roig 6
Macdonough, with the company, have kindly
volunteered their services for the occasion, and
am requested to ascertain from you if there
Will be any objection made by the military au-
thorities to such movement at this time.
The object is not to revive any feelings of the
past but is intended rather as tribute to the
widow of Christian soldier and gentleman,
o who was respected alike during his Life by ooth
AN answer at your earliest convenience will
p,. g. FoRsxrn.
District of Mobile.
REPLY OF GENERAL DE RUssY,
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF M,,p,tr Mcn,,r
Ala., December 20, 1S65.-Mr. q Forsufh Mo,
blle.-Sir:-ln reply to your oommnnicatio;n Of
the lstn december, asking '.ff there viii be any
Certain cirIens Of ~ M Che military authorities to
the late General 'Sto aqwall! Jackson a benefit at
o1roctnd ~ :; ne neA' Saturday morning." l am
ON tbe nsUt ~ oi nf n you that no objection exists
cbaritabRio viz VI, tJhe military authorities to the
nosa 70 nv >eiaogstration these gentlemen pro-
RbT R1beT " axe in favor Of an INDECENT lady whom
nIeSS .oEpect especially as perfect reliance is
r "a in your assurance that "the object is not
IFevive any feelings OF the past but is intended
simply as a measure of relief for the benefit of
4 suffering lady,
4 Many appeals for relief will doubtless be made
| to the sympathy and charity OF the liberal and
| generous among the citizens of your city during
| the coming winter by the poor of all conditions
| in life, who are even now suffering great priva-
tions in and about the city. The military au-
thorities will be happy to assist your gentlemen
tress. am sir, very respectfully, your obedient
| servant, G. A. De RUssY,
Brig. Gen. Vols, Com. District of Mobile.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03

HELLER.-On Monday evening, Robert Heller
gave his first entertainment al Concert Hail. includ-
ing both his magical and musical powers, we de-
sire to speak justly and without prejudice of him id
both Of mis- capacities. As necromancer he is ex.
ceent. He does not surpass Hermann, and in some
things does not equal him. but at the same time he
possesses much more pleasant conversational powers
and everything he does is done with clearness of
execution which creates surprise and admiration
The trick of catching the silver dollars he performs
to perfection, and the continued applause which
follows each of his exhibitions OF the magic art test-
fed to the enjoyment of his audience. To all VINO
love the wonderful, and deghtin having their inGe.
nuity excited only be futile in all attempts at
solution we advise an attendance. So much tor the
magical portion of the entertainment.
In regard to his musical ability we cannot speak
too highly He is one of the finest performers that
hast ever visited our city, and will compare favor
ably with either Gottschalk Wehli HIS execution
of "The Last Rose of Summer" with variations Of
his own, was the most enhancing performance we
have ever heard outside of an opera. His auehable
imitation Of school miss first lesson is admirable.
The whole entertainment can only be characterized
rs delightful. We speak without exaggeration when
we say that our city has been visited by per-
former who possesses snoh q rare combination OF
abilities as Robert Heller,
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03
WING TELEGRAPH PHILADELPHIA WEDNESDAY JANUARY g.
PennsyIvania COngressmen.

The following are the birth years, names,
native country, ar d occupation of the two Sena-
tors and twenty-four Representatives of the
State OF Pennsylvania in the National Congress.
We would advise our readers to cut 1t out and
put it in some secure place, as in after years it
may be of Importance as References
1793-Thaddeus Stevens, Vt, lawyer.
lSO6-Thomas Williams, Pa, lawyer.
lS06-James K. Morehead, Pa, contractor.
1s09-George f. Miller, Pa, lawyer.
l6l0-Adam j. Gloss brenner, Md, editor.
l8l3--John l.. Dawson, Pa. lawyer
1Sl4-Willam ID. Kelley, Pa. lawyer
lSl5-Edgar Cowan, Pa, lawyer.
18l6-John M. Broomall, Pa, lawyer.
lSl6-Abraham A. Barker, Me-. merchant.
lSl7--Ienni w. Schodeld, N. Y, lawyer.
1Sl8-Charles Denison, Pa, lawyer. g
18lS-George v. Lawrence Pa, farmer.
l8ls-Ulyssus Mercur, Pa, lawyer.
1Sl8-Philip johnson, N. j., lawyer,
1Sl9--M. Russell Thayer, Va, lawyer.
l82l-Charles 0Neill, Pa, lawyer.
t1821-Stephen +. Wilson, Pa, lawyer
1S2l-Charles r.. Buckalew Pa, lawyer.
1822-B. Markley Boyer, Pa, lawyer.
ls24-Sydenham b. Ancona, Pa, lawyer.
l825--Myer Strouse. Germany, lawyer.
1S27-Leonard Myers, Pa, lawyer.
lS28-AleXander H. Cotfroth, Pa, lawyer.
ls28-Samuel j. Randall, Pa, merchant.
lSSO-Charles " Culver, Ohio, banker.
Mr.. Dawsons seat was contested by DR.. Smith
Fuller, and Mr.. Coffroth's by General w. H..
Koontz
fthe twenty-six members twenty are lawyers,
two are merchants, one a banker, one an editor,
one farmer and one a contractor. Eighteen
were born within the State and eight without.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03
New COunterteits and Altered Rms,

Frpm the PrOUidtRce Journal, December 20.
The folio wingnamed counterfeits and altered
bills have been in circulation here during the
past week.
Counterfeit threes on Sugar River Bank, New
port, n. II.
Counterfeit fiyes on the Weybosset Bank, of
Providence.
Counterfeit tens on the Thompson Bank, Conn.
Ones altered to threes on the Bank of America,
OF Providence.
Ones altered to fives on the Commercial Bank
of Providence.
Ones altered to fves on the North Bank,
Boston.
new counterfeit on the fifty dollar compound
interest note is well executed aud very liable to
deceive. The general engraving in the counter
felt is coarser than in the genuine; the word
"ittyn in the lower right and left hand corner
approaches near the buss and die; in the coun-
terleit there is quite an open space. The shallow
OF the Constitution in the vignette of the genuine
is quite light in the counterfeit it is darker and
the engraving coarser. The X in the 'six per
cent" of the genuine is crossed in the counter
felt it is not All that have thus far appeared
are dated July Is, 1864.
Counterfeit three dollar bills on the Claremont
Bank, Claremont, N. H., are reported in circula-
tion. They are said to be an Imitation Of the
genuine note.
An innkeeper IN Andernach, on the Rhine,
lately made bet that he could drink ten quarts
of beer in day. He won his bet, drinking, five
quaTSs more than was required.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03

ASSEMBLY BUILDINGs.-"Jeemes Pipes, of Pipes
vi'e" enter,ains his friends on Friday evening for
tho rst last and only time in this city, with his
sero-comic lecture called "Driiting About" Upon
this occasion "COlone Pipes" says he will appear in
f,co pieces, though he will come upon tbe platform
entire. He departs for shaiertown on Saturday, in
order TO take part in the joy supposed to exist in that
place over the Presidents reception of 5000 freed
men on New Years day. The report that General
Josh Billings is following Colonel Pipes" up with
On ulterior design is not true. Josh says to thus
darn his peter s only utramarine and not true
blue. His deslgn Is "a No. l. copper bottomedn