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The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-12-01
What They Mean.

The Nashville Union and american, COM
menting on the amnesty-suffrage policy,
says:
Among the preliminary questions which the
south would ask in an earnest discussion of the
proposition would be;
81, What do you mean by the terms 'Univer-
sal Suffrage and Impartial Suffrage? And in
what respect, if any, do they differ?
go What do you mean by the term General
Amnesty? Simply an exemption from arrest
and trial for the Crime of rebellion?' Does it
contemplate removal of the restrictions at
present imposed upon n large proportion of the
southern people by the test oaths' now on the
statute bookss Or is it designed that these re-
strictions and limitations shall continue?"
The strict meaning of universal suffrage
would be that ell persons, irrespective ofege
sex OF color, might vote. That, however, is
not the sense IN which the term is generally
employed. The idea usually attached to il
is that adult males of any race may vote
Impartial suffrage may be universal, or il
may, by the establishment of g. rule which
will operate impartially upon all citizens
restrict suffrage to parsons possessing certain
qualifications of intelligence or property, oil
both. The rule may be prospective only in
its operation. The privilege of the elective
franchise Is frequently enlarged, but we dc
not link, unuer THIS government, 10 mas ever
been abridged. Suffrage dependent on taxa
| tion or ability to read and write would be
impartial. 1t would be the establishment OF
| a rule which would not necessarily exclude
any citizen from voting all may become tax
payers, or learn to read and write
General amnesty, as now used in eonnec
tion with impartial suffrage, is understood t:
| mean the entire release of the southern PEG
| pie from legal pains and disabilities of al
| kinds to which they are now subject on &C
| count of the rebellion, The amnesty-sufrags
| policy is intended to entirely close the con
| troversy over the freedmen and the one relss
| ing to the extent of the privileges to be en-
joyed by the men who sustained the confed
eracy. This cannot be done while the priv
leges of either are & subject of dispute, and
they will be subject of dispute until all srs
made equal before the Chicago Times
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-12-01

The article in the New York constitution
providing for call of a convention for its
revision, specifies that such convention can
be ordered only upon the affirmative action
of majority of voters at general election.
Now. although large majority was given
in favor of a convention by all who voted en-
that question, the majority was not equal to
majority of all the votes cast at the general
election for state officers, &c., hence it is con-
tended no convention has been recommended.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-12-01

The democrats had majority in the state
OF pennsylvania, at the recent election, cut.
side of the three counties of Pennsylvania,
Lancaster and Allegheny. II was those
three hot-beds of radicalism that saved the
state to the party. The RADICALS have NO
permanent lease of power in Pennsylyapia.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-12-01

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III others send for the same county, the money
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and squarey conducted. An ink powder will be
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receipt of forty cents.
Address, writing your name, town, county and
state distinctly.
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THOMAS w LANE,
Clerk for the Company and Special Agent
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LAND FOR SALE.

r OFFER for sale 46 acres of land situated
in Black Hawk township, on the Camder
road. Twenty acres of the land is under cult
vstion-the balance 10 timber land.
Price SIS per acre, cash down.
poyl2dwIm. 4. A. BRASHER
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15

had fancy for this kind of hydropathic
treatment, and l have frequently seen him
occupied for several hours pouring cup after
cup of water over bis hand, with that pa.
thence and perseverance, for which he was
so remarkable. Passive motion was insitu"
ted about the 10th day, aud carefully ooD-
tinued. The motion of the joint improved
for several months after the wound had
healed, and, in the end, the deformity was
very triaing.
During the treatment the hand was kept
elevated and continuedin sling, and when
the use of this was discontinued, and the
hand permitted to hang down there, was, of
course, gravitation of blood towardsit. Un-
der the circumstances you would expect this.
In consequence oft, however, the hand was
sometimes swollen and painful, and to rem.
edy this he often held it above his head for
some moments. He did this so frequently
that it became at length habit, and was
continued, especially when he was abstract.
ed, after all necessity for it had ceased I
have seen it stated somewhere that, when.
ever during battle his hand was thus rails.
ed, he was engaged 10 prayer; but think
the explanation have given is the correct
one. I believe be was the truest and most
consistent Christian have ever known,
but I don't believe he prayed much while
he was fighting.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15
Frem the spartanburg Express.
List of our Governors.

LfSC OF our tCVernorS.
We hope our young readers will preserve
this list for reference. Perhaps we may
have the pleasure of adding some of their
names to it as it grows in future years.
Of those in this list, Messrs Perry, Ma
grath, Bonham, Pickens, Gist, Manning
and Aiken are living.
John Drayton, Charles Pinckney and
John Rutledge were reelected. In the new
Constitution the Governor is not eligible to
a second term Immediately after the first.
In one case the Office has been held by
father and son-the Mannings. John
Drayton was the first to 20 through the
State reviewing the Militia. When he was
inaugurated in 1908, Lieut. Gov. Nance
took the oath of Office at the same time
But for half century this was not done,
the Office being considered nominal one,
unless the Governor died. Lieut.. Gov. M.
E. earn was the first to revive the old Gus
tom iu 1858. 1t is little singular that
this half century began and ended with Of
fcers from our district-Samuel Farrow
having been elected Lieut. Gov in 1910,
and Gabriel Cannon in 1856.
The Lieutenant Governor is now Er- Of
fcio President of the Senate, and Mr.. Por.
ter very properly delivered an inaugural
address when he took the oath-a precedent
which we hope will be followed as long as
we elect men who can deliver as good an
address as be did.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15

and the said President and Directors are
hereby authorized and required to collect
the assets and property of the Bank, and
hold the same specially appropriated, first,
to the payment Of the principal and inter.
est of the bonds known as the Fire Loan
Bonds, payable in Europe; second, to the
payment of the principal and interest Of
the Fine Loan Bonds, payable in the Uni.
ted States; and third, to the redemption of
outstanding notes hitherto issued by said
Bank. That the Bank aforesaid is hereby
required to receive Oh special deposit, and
to pay out on checks founded on such de.
posits, such bills receivable or other eviden
ces of Indebtedness as the State may order
to be issued in payment of amounts due.
That the said Bank shall as agent of the
State, continue to receive and hold on de-
posit, as now provided by law, the funds of
the State; and the President and Directors
are hereby authorized and required to make
arrangements, by an agency, for the recep'
ton, safe.keeping and paying out of said
funds in Columbia, on the draft or order of
the Treasurer; and they shall also provide
Offices for the Comptroller and Treasurer,
and for these purposes they are hereby au.
thorized to use any part Of the new State
Capitol, or any other building belonging to
the State which may not be in use by the
State.
In the Senate House, the wenty.irst day
of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty FIVE.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15
A "Reminiscences Of Stonewall Jackson.
HIS WOUND AT THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS

A "Reminiscences Of Stonewall Jackson.
HIS WOUND AT THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS
10 the February number of the Richmond
Medical Journal, we 6ud an able paper op
"gunshot wounds of joints" from the pen of
DR.. Hunter Mcclure, Professor of Surgery
in the Virginia Medical College, and, du-
ring the war, Chief Surgeon of the Staff of
General Stouewall Jackson. 10 the course
of bis remarks, speaking Of guushot wounds
of the hands, the doctor cites the case of
the wound received by his renowned chief
at the first battle of Manassas. The doctor
writes:
When he made the celebrated charge
with his brigade, which turned the fortunes
Of the day, be raised his left hand above
his head to encourage the troops and while
in this position, the middle finger of the
hand was struck just below the articulation
between the first anI second phalanges.
The ball struck the foger q little on one
side, broke it, and carried off small piece
of the bone. He remained on the field,
wounded, as he was, till the fight was over,
and then wanted to take part in the pursuit,
but was peremp,orily ordered back to the
hospital by the general commanding.
On bis way to the rear, the wound pain
ed him so much that be stopped at the first
hospital he came to, and the surgeon there
proposed to cut the finger off; but while
the doctor looked for his instruments and
for moment turned his back, the General
silently mounted his horse, rode of, and
soon afterward found me. was busily en-
gagged with the wounded, but when l saw
him coming, / left them aud asked him if
he was seriously hurt. "No," be answer
ed, "not half as badly as many here, and I
will wait" And he forthwith sat down on
the bank of little stream near by, and posi-
lively declined any assistance until, "his
turn oameW We compromised, however,
and be agreed to let me attend him after l
had finished the case l bad been dressing
when he arrived,- determined to save the
finger, if possible, and placed splint along
the palmer surface to support the fragments,
retained it in position by strip or two of
adhesive plaster, covered the wound with
lint to keep it wet with cold water. He
carefully followed this advice. I think he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15

The above is not the only singular thing
of the kind in Georgia. At Ringgold, in
the most beautiful part of the cemetery,
there is this inscription upon tombstone:-
"Sacred to the memory of Tennessee
Thompson, Jr He lived to erliven the
happiness of his parents three years, two
months and twenty three days; when death
tore him from the mountains brow. An
angel caught and bore him DER the sea, and
placed him in Gods White House, to live
and play through all eternity"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15
UNDER THE SECOND CONSTITUTION.

Benz. &Perry Provisional Governor
from Juiv to December 1866
In Octob ber, 1865, the State Constitution
was altered making the Governor and Lieut..
Governor to be elected by the people for
four gears.
UNDER THE THIRD CONSTITUTION.
James Laurence Orr, 1868
William D. Porter, Lieut.. Governor.
BY the death Of the Governor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15

% What is the worst kind Of fair for
man to live on2 Warfare.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15

ODD FUNERAL NoTIoEs.-The Atlanta
(Georgia) Messenger gives the following odd
notice of deceased citizen of that place -
"He was the father of eleven soDs, FIVE
of whom married five sisters. He had one
hundred and eighty nine grand children,
and at his funeral two weeks ago last Sab
bath, two horses were stung to death by
bees, and came very near losing his life by
the same"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-03-15
Men Of Genius.


Tasso's conversation was neither gay nor
brilliant. Butler was either sullen or bit
ing. Gray seldom or talked or smiled. Ho
garth and Swift were absent minded 10
company Milton was very uDsociable,
and irritable when pressed into conversation.
Kirwau, though copius and eloquent in
pubic addresses, was meagre and dull In
colloquial discourses. Virgi! was heavy in
conversation. La Fontaine appeared heavy,
coarse and stupid he could not speak and
describe what he had just seen but when
be was the model of poetry. Cbaucer's
silence was more agreeable than his conVer-
sation. Dryden's conversation was slow
and dull, his humor saturnine and reserved.
Corneille in conversation was so lnslpld that
he never failed in wearying be did not
even speak correctly that language of which
be was such master Ben johnson used to
cit silent in company and suck bis wine and
their humors. Southey was stiff, sedate
and wrapped up in asceticisms. Addison
was good company with his intimate friends,
but in mixed company he preserved bis dig
Dity by stiff and reserved silence Fox
in conversation never tagged his anima-
ton and vivacity were inexhaustible. DR..
Bently was loquacious, as was also Grotius.
Goldsmith "wrote like an angel and talked
like poor poll" Burke was entertaining,
enthusiastic and interesting in conversation.
Curran was convivial diety, Leigh Hunt
was a pleasant stream in conversation
Carlyle doubts, objects and constantly de-
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-03-03

1t CO mmands view of the entire city, the SUR
rounding country with its exquisite variations
of land and water, the placid harbor with the
treasures of commerce floating on its surface, the
noble Chesapeake and the shore beyond, for
distance Of thirty miles.
In the Senate Chamber, which Is on the right
of the entrance met the first Congress Of the
United States Within its hallowed walls was
performed the grandest act in the life the great
est man OF any age, -WashingtOn's resignation
of his Commission
Humanity can boast Of no prouder event than
that which took place here on the 23d Of Decem-
Der, 1888, when the Father of his Country hand
ed back the Commission under which he had
achieved the Liberty and Independence OF his
Country, and in feeling and eloquent language,
commended his brave companions to the graft
tude of the nation, and his country TO the :" gui-
dance and protection of Almighty God.
The Chamber is ornamented with fine paint
ing of the scene as it occurred. The Senate, du-
ring the session of 1865, on motion Of COL Ed.
ward Philpot, the gentlemanly and digni6ed Sen
ator from Baltimore county, appropriated $500,
to have complete history of the event, with the
| addresses delivered on the occasion, handsomely
printed, framed and placed convenient to the pic
ture, SO that all could at once comprehend the
design and read its historic connections. 1t is
| matter of regret that the wishes Of the Senate
have never been carried out, owing to the negli-
gence of the Committee to whom the matter was
referred.
| The Chamber also has fine portraits of Chas.
Carroll, of Carrollton, Samuel Chase, William
| Paca and Thomas Stone, the four signers of the
| Declaration of independence from Maryland
Carroll was the last survivor of that band of il
lustrious patriots, and with his three colleagues
was citizen of Annapolis at that day. The old
Carroll mansion, in which he lived is still stand
ing. 1t is now occupied by society of the
Catholic Church, to whom it was decided by the
Marchioness of Wellesley, who was native of
Annapolis.
| There are many other objects ofinterest in and
around Annapolis, and many other historic asso-
Citations which may form the subject of future
| communication. Respectfully
I'M TT
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1866-03-03

INGENIOUS ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM THE PENI-
TENTTARY.-Th Notorious Captain Green Packs
HimseD IN a Churn--W Wednesday morning the
2lst ult., Mr.. Charles ". Lord, Nos. SO and 80
Lombard street, who works a number of the
convcts in the Maryland penitentiary by con-
tract in the manufacture of wooden ware, sent
his drayman to the institution to bring to the
warehouse load of churns that had been finish
ed for some days and were awaiting transporta-
ton. The drayman performed the duty assign
ed him, but on reaching the warehouse and de
posting his load therein he informed the clerk
who received them that be thought there must
be something wrong, as one particular nest of
churns appeared much heavier than the balance,
and he further remarked that he had heard a
singular noise from the inside. The clerk then
examined the lot pointed out closely, when he
also heard the singular noise. He at once direct
ed the drayman to reload the dray, being satisfied
that one of the churns contained human being,
and drive back to the institution, the clerk go
ing ahead, and causing the gate to open so that
the dray drove into the enclosure without stop
ping AS soon as the dray entered the gate was
closed and locked, when the head of the churn
suddenly burst open and out popped Captain
Green, the notorious burgler whose first excla-
nation to the clerk was, "young man, you have
betrayed gray haired old man, He made no
resistance and was quickly placed in his old
quarters. 1t is supposed that knowing the churns
were about being sent for he concealed himself as
above described and thus came very near ma
king his escape.-Sun.