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South Carolina Leader.
A weekly Journal of the Mines.

-H. "A W I'M " k3S - f-AASJ
Tiig LEADER will he devoted to the interest Of
Free lLabur and general reform.
Tile Federal Government Will be sustained nj MI
hazards; and We hope that its ultimate policy toward,
this State 4vill ensure peace, PROSPERITY, AID doincs
tic tranquility.
That selr-ctilrut truth. contained in the Declare
tion OF Independence, That all men are created
equal will Or sitnIfnstly adhered to.
In |mnttcr, Of local ttuecrn, H. will give it's earnest
support 10 all important public measures aud l,raci'
cal Improvements. -
while fearless in its advocacy Of the RIGGS, nad
frank IN its drnuuciatiun OF Ill" wrong, its collins
Will never be madc n channel OF coarse personal
abuse. II will deal with principles rather than Inrr,
and allow the free aud r,nhi,i discussion of all sub
j"r,s pertainin; 10 the publ: good.
In strivin. Ia make this rmpl,atiris!y ! paper 20.
the people, we confidently luck TO Item FOX the
Alnount Of subscription and advertising patronage,
which its worth demands. #
II. HURLEY. & 90.
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POIETIlY.
NY E

MINISTER.
This woman wilt thou have,
And Cherish her for li.r7
Wilt thou love and comfort her:
And Seek no other wife!
This woman will take.
Thu, stands beside inc now,
III iin,i lirr board AMI clothes,
And have no other iruw.
MINISTER.
Aid for Your husband will
You take this nice young HAL
Obey his Slightest wish,
Ana love him all YOU can;
I'll love him "li ! can.
Obey linn AL | choose.
II when | ask for funds.
He never toes refuse.
MINISTER.
Then YOU are nil'r anil wife.
Aud happy may yun be;
As many he yoli Gears,
AS do.lars liz ny ice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

the son Nv a bitch curry hides and
beat tarbark the balance NV his
life. | applied to John Trimble
to hav him hung when he had his
big hangin, but I'm afeerd I'll new
er git rid NV him in that way. ]
begin to think Squire Trimble
overkrapped hisself in that bisi-
ness. 1t was a monstrous big job
fur a man NV his size. The last |
heerd from Mr.. Trimble he was a
tryin to build a questrian statue
of Gineral Jackson on Capitol
Hill. Ole Higgins says he don't
see no sense in buildin statues to
Gineral Jackson, and drivin his
old soldiers from the ballot box
like condemned mules. The old
man fit under Gineral Jackson at
New Orleans, and yit aint allowed
to vote for kunstable in his dee
strick.
Give my respecs to Squire Trim
bic and tell him there's nuthin
like trying-he may distinguish
hisself yit.
JACK SHIvERs,
At Home on the Creak.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08
TERMS.
pThree Dollars for one year, in,

iTThrec Dollars for one year, snva-
r!ably an adranoe
ia Single copies, Ten Cents eaca.
Reimbursement inserted at One Dollar
Der solsre of Ten Lines or less for the frs'
Insertion Fifty Cents for each continuance
OT Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Gents per square.
p Persons advertising by the year, will
be charged Fifty Dollars for whole column
Twenty-Five Dollars for one-haf, Fifteen
Dollars for one-quarter Ten Dollars
for one-eighth or less (The privilege of
yearly advertisers is strictly limited to their
own immediate and regular business; and the
business of an advertising firm is not consid-
cred as including that of its individual IN en-
bers) No deviation from these terms undel
any circumstances.
trT Ad vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
eXacted.
OF No advertisement inserted gratutously
s1s Advertisements of an abusive nature
will rot be inserted at any price.
tDe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid In advance in every case.
OF Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08
Butler and his Plunder.

1t will be recollected that among
the many high-handed acts of
spoliation and confscation which
Gen. Butler was guilty of in his
reign at New Orleans in 1862 and
in 1868, was his breaking open a
bank vault in that city, and Ia
king from it $4,000 in gold, be.
longing to the firm of Smith &
Brother, sum which never found
its way, as it was alleged, into the
Treasury Department, but re,
manned in the capacious pocket
of the General. Time passed on,
and so it happened that the re,
turned merchant caught the Gen.
eral inNew York two years after
wards, and instituted legal pro-
ceedings to recover his treasure
After a severe litigation, in which
Butler did his best to hold on to the
coveted spoil, he was compelled to
disgorge, and pay over to Smith
& Brother their money. 1t all
his victims in New Orleans and
Virginia could be equally success
full. General Butler would not be
in a condition to purchase mill
sites and 60 into the cotton manu-
featuring business, which he is now
doing in Richmond according to
report.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

1t is understood that the Con.
gressional Committee on Claims
take the broad ground that, as it
has never been the practice OF
Governments to make cOmpensa-
ton for the ravages of war, even
when committed by their own ar
mics on their own soil, the ques-
ton of compensation to sufferers
in hostile region cannot be en-
tertained. This will blight the
hopes of a large number of claim.
ants at the South, many of whom
have already placed their papers
before Congress.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08
Te,nple Of the 8lases.
THE LITTLE SUNBEAM

THE LITTLE SUNBEAN
A little sunbeam in the sky
Said to itself one day,
'I'm very small, but why should
Do nothing else but playf @
I'll go down to the earth and see
If there is any use for me-"
The violet-beds were wet with dew,
Which filled each heavy cup,
The little sunbeam dartcd through,
And raised their blue heads up.
They smiled to see it, and they lent
The morning breeze their sweetest scent.
A mother, meath a shady tree,
Had left her babe asleep;
1t woke, and cried, but when it spied
The little sunbeam peep
So slyly with the glance so bright,
Itlaughed and chuckled with delight.
On, on it went, it might not stay,
Now through window small
II poured its small but tiny ray,
And danced upon the wall.
A pale young face looked up to meet
The sunbeam she had watched to greet.
And now away beyond the sea
The merry sunbeam went,
A ship was on the waters free,
From home aud country sent.
But sparkling in the sunbean's play,
The blue waves curled around her way.
A voyager stood and watched for them,
With heart of bitter pain;
She gazAd, and half forgot her care,
And hope came back again.
Said she, ''The waves are full of glee,
Then yet there may be joy for me-"
And so it travelled to and fro,
And frisked and danced about,
AHd not door was shut, know,
To keep the sunbeam out.
But ever as it touched the earth,
1t woke up happiness and mirth.
may not tell the history
Of all that it could do, ~
But tell you this, and you may try
To be a sunbeam too:
By little smiles to soothe and cheer,
And little deeds of love most clear.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

When the Israelites had become
tired of judges, patriarchs and
prophets, they made a petition to
the Almighty for a king. We are
told that God, Gin His wrath, gave
them a king. Perhaps the same
overruling Providence may, I'm
wrath" grant to the Radicals their
PRAYER for negro suffrage; fol
preachers and the Bible inform us
that the granting of wicked re
quests is one of the methods selec
ted by Omnipotence TO punish
sinners who have set at defiance
all laws and holy precepts.
If the South desired negro sui
frage today, the Radicals woulc
violently oppose it tomorrow ',
And it strikes us that the Soutf
could inhict no more awful punish
ment on the Radicals, than to give
them what they want. Inns ne
orophobia would wear out In ter
days, after we sent twenty-five ne
proes to the United States Senate
and about eighty negro Congress
men to the House of Representa-
t;ves. And as we cannot gel
white men into that body, we
nronose that the whole South al
once send on negro delegates
Richmond Times.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

The Chicago Journal says the
last season has developed the fea-
sibility of raising cotton and to-
bacco in Southern Illinois, and
that large crops of both these pro-
ducts will be planted the coming
season,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

The New Orleans Price Current
refutes the statement in the Ship
ping List that the coming cotton
crop will be large. 1t shows that
scarcity of labor is not the only
obstacle against the production,
but many other circumstances op-
crate against such desired result.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

A young man and a young wo-
man in Berkshire county, Mass,
went to a clergyman to be married
the other day, and stood up to
have the ceremony performed,
when the inquiry was made by the
exnectant bride if the young man
would agree to abstain from the
,,se of Intoxicating liquors. This
he declined to do, and the parties
went home unmarried.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

A German physician, who re-
GENTLY died at the age of one hun
dred and nine years, left word that
he prolonged his life by sleeping
with his head to the North, by
which means the iron in his sys-
tenn was magnetized. He must
have had all iron constitution
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-03-08

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25

without being in eou.tantdrsa or not, ~ne-nsr
they can be protected IN life and property aro
have Justice IN the courts. IL thss matles
permitted 10 pass ever without a tbsrcugl ard
determined prosecution OF those engaged IN w.
we may look out for frequent scenes a, he
same kind, not only here bat in other PLACES.
No steps have "a yet been taken by ihe siNll
aG th oriiles 10 arrest citizens " he were engaged
In this massacre, OF policemen who perp.ira-
such crueltes. The member. OF the conven-
GCn have been indicted by the grand Jury, and
" h.thsr the civil authorities me.e out
ample justice 10 the guilty parue. 90 both
sdes, must cay thar 10 rs my opinion uee
euiyocslly that they cannot. Judge AbsI,
whose course 1 have closely watched for
nearly n year. 1 now consider one of the mo.t
dascerous men we have here 10 the peace ana
quiet OF the city. The leadisg men OF the con-
ventiop-King, Cutler. II All I, and others-Aave
been political agita;orr, and are bad men. L
regret TO say that the course of Governor
Wells has been vacillating, and that during
the late trouble he has shown very little OF the
man, Il. III. SHERIDAN,
Major General Commanding.
ofsce Z. s. Military TsI,groy1, Headquarters
War Department The following
telegram received 40 n m, August ., 1866,
FROM New Orleans, Ia hugusts fsGs:
Z. " bTdht--Gensral: 1 have the honor 90
report a rapid change Tor the better throughout
the city. There was much excitement on Sun
day and Monday in consequence OF an M
founded rumor that there would he a collision
between the whites and blacks yesterday.
There was no good rsason 70 expect such an
event, however. Il. II. SHERIDAN.
ksjor General.
War Dfp0rfuenL Washington City, August
:, lS66.-7o kcJer GeAsrdl +. II. Shsrsdsa, Con-
mGndisQ &c, Near Orleans, lathe PrssIdent
directs me TO acknowledge your telegram of
the sixth. (6ih,) IN answer 10 has inQ pIrie. Of
the fourth (ith) instant. On the third (3i) in
slant instructions were sent you, by General
Grant. in conformity with the Presidents a.
rections. authorizing you 20 sscohtinne 10 en-
force martial law so far as might hs nscessary
TO preserve the public peace, and ordering yosu
not TO allow any OF the civil authorities 20 act,
II you deem such action dangerous TO the pub
lie safety, and also that no time be lost in in
yestigating the causes that led 10 the riot and
the facts which occurred" BY these in.trpe-
uons the President designed 10 vest in you as
the chief military commander. full authority
for the maintenance Of the public peace ana
safety, as he does not see that sn nything more N
needed pending the Investigation with which
you are entrusted. But IL, in your Judgment
your powers are inaoeq nate 10 preserve tho
peace until the facts connected with the riot
are ascertained, you will please report 10 this
Department for the information Of the Presi-
dent. EDWIN NJ SrlHTnx
Secretary OF War.
Here follows the report made 10 the Pre.i-
dent by Mayor Monroe, Lieutenant Governor
VOORHEES,, and Attorney General Heron OF
Louisiana, dated the ID OF August, which ha.
already been published
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25
NATIONAL LABOR CONGRESS-.

This Congress held its concluding session
In Baltimore yesterday.
Among the final business was the adontie.
OF series OF resolutions submitted by Mr.
Gathers, chairman OF the committee On resolu-
tions.
Thereslutions declare q determine alton ne vey
10 relax effort until a Law IN adopted whereby
eight hours shall constitute a legal days work
in every State OF the American Union: that
1t rs the imperative duty OF workingmen 20
connect themselves with labor organixa-
tions; that papers favorable to the labor
movement should receive announcement:
encouraging the organization Of cooperative
stores and workshops; denouncing the system
of prison labor practiced throughout the eoun-
try: pledging support TO the daughters of toil
IN the land, and solic1nn0 their cooperation;
recommending the plan proposed by the Amer
ican Industrial Agency for the epeSdy restora =
ton OF the agricultural interests of the South-
ern Statee; calling attenHon 20 the subject of
improved tenement houses: joisinS hand. with
labor in the interest Of agriculture, by declar- :
ing s'that the whole public domain snail h,
disposed OF 10 actual settlers only" and fhat
only the proceeds Of grants OF lands shall he
given for me announcement Of pablo works,
and not the lands themselves; deprecaung
''strikes" among workingmen; recommending
the formation OF mechanics institutes. &c: rse-
ommending workingmen out of employment 70
become actual settlers OF the public lands
After the transaction OF the necessary imam
cial business OF the convention, a motion WAS
made, 10 proceed 10 the installation OF the newly
elected officers OF the permanent National
Labor Cor gress. The President, Mr. whaley,
and the ice-Pre.ident Mr.. Schleeel. were
separately installed by taking the obligatioa
according 10 prescribed form, and entered
upon their duties. Both of them expressed
their seRse Of the honor conferred upon th~o,
ano pledged themselves 10 devote their boas
energies Il the advancement OF the cause
The vice-presidents. treasurer, secretaries
and o;Ler officers were then installed, -
entered upon their duties.
On 0oton, the president was authorized 70
appoint committee TO draft constitution and
bylaws for The National Labor Congress
Prayer was then offered by the Rev. ar
Emmons, Of W Washington. for the success OF he
cause IN which they were engaged, after vAAA
the president declared the Congress adiouNNd
TO the third Monday in August, 1867, 70 meet
in the CITY OF Chicago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25
TELEGKAMS. &c.
arge radical Union meeting was held at

A large radical Union meeting was held at
Warren,on, Warren county, Missouri, on
Monday, composed of delegations on horse
back and in wagons from the various towns.
Several speeches were made, and resolutions
adopted 10 sustain the action of Congress and
enforce the registry law in Missouri.
The Pensacola Otserrer of the 2lst instant
SAYS the L. s. gunboat Museoota arrived at the
mouth ot that harbor on the @th from the Rio
Grande, with seventy cases of yellow fever on
board. The surgeon ie dead. The vessel was
outside, awaiting orders.
The reconstruction of the Richmond and
Yerk River railroad, which was destroyed
uTIing the war, is progressing. The first train
went down yesterday below Far Oaks. The
Road will be finished to West Point by the
middle OF September.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25

WOODEN PAYNESTs.-The plan Of paving
streets with oblong blocks OF wood set on end
winch has so long been in use in the West i~
being tried in New York. on one square Of
Nassau street. The blocks are six in ,hes
high, ten or twelve long, and three anf a half
wide, and are laid upon plank flooring which
rests upon the earth. BetweeE the blocks and
the flooring there is a costing OF tar, 90 pre-
vent decay The blocks are laid I'm tiers, with
a strip OF wood, half the height of the block Is.
between them, the remaining space being fIlIed
up with sand o-gravel, mixed with tar When
first lad. the wooden pavement makes q
but In few years il is worn into ruts, over
which carriages jolt in a manner far worse
than Is customary on badly worn cobble.stone
pavements.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25
DURE OLD PORT WINE

Ihsve received from the private stock OF A we'll,
EUCvn suG honOTed citizen short 81 pply Of pure
ard FIRST quality PORT WINE, Alto Douro
Is. -
This vine has been EDOxn 20 me several years.
arc iis effects upon persons suffering with all,
Hrnts iDcce ut 10 the season have been very bene-
fetal.
IL 10 ordered and recommended by physicisns,
and Can be relied on ia every p.rtieular
W. BUkOHELb,
corner i4th and streets,
y 20 under Ebbitt House.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25

l'CSHIEGs Law AND PRACTICE OF LE-
y GlsLAF TIVE ASSEMBLIES. CGshings Man
Gsi Cf psriisms ntary Practice. BErIeigh' LAgis-
l@ilN. GEide. JefeTson's MsnuaI SntheriaDi r
toLsfes-lcIst Manual. Seils Hand Book for
TtbsfiDg Societies. hcPheT-on'B Political Man
81 20 lsi6. NcPhersous Political istory 0f the
h.it-.4on. isuIll FRAECK TAYLOR.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25

50 just before Stsrkwea:her was led on, IN
be hung be was asked II be would like lit-le
whiskey, and replied: mo, i guess por--no.
al taEe nothing. for unpleasant r.1a.rss
vcpld be made about H."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-25
PERSONAL.

'hkkNIAE :. BLACK. wARDH.L .LAMoy. c. y. BLACK.
LAW OFFICE.
BLACK, LAnON Co
Counseilors ana AttOrnsys at Law 10 the Supreme
tonrt 81 the nl,td states, the COurt OF Claims
the courts OF the District, the Executive Depart,
ments. and Committees of Congress
laTds' Hotel AZ Is.,s
n lNGLE.
u. ATTORNEY -AT-LAw
No 20 Louisiana avenue. above 9Th street
&c - ly WASHINGTON, ID q,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-31

SELLING OFT THEIR ENTIRE SrocK TILL
July NEXT. INTENDING A CHANGE II TIER
FIad-A full stock of staple and fancy Dry
Goods and notions, bought since the latest
. decline IN goods.
800 pieces very best Cahcos. at Is and 20
cents per yard.
$4,000 worth Dress Goods at importers,
prices
100 pieces Delaines and Challies at % tc
so cents per yard, told price,
80 pieces French Jaconets and Organdi,
at 50 to 40 cents per yard, told price
100 pieces French plads and poplins. a
IS to so cents per yard, Told price,
500 plain aud fancy Parasols at importers
prices.
Black and fancy Silks at importers prices
Their whole stock, consisting Of all kind
of goods usual kept in q first class DR.
Goods house, will be sold without regard t
market prices.
For good and cheap goods, call at
/. NJ. LESSEN & Co.'S,
No. 100 Main street.
(d14t-tues-thurs-sat.)
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-31

A CANDID REBEI-A Nashville paper re-
ports conversation between Mississippi
planter and rebel soldier regarding the
passage, by the Legislature Of Tennessee, OF
a bill DISTINGUISHING those who had been ac-
tive in the rebellion. The planter was very
full of wrath because Of this legislation, but
the soldier said:
II can't blame the Legislature for acting
as it did. II did nothing but what We intended
to do had we won the fight in place OF the an.
KEGS. If we had held Tennessee, we would not
have allowed Union men to vote or hold Office,
and there is no sense in my abusing others foi
doing to me what had fully determined to dc
to them had circumstances been different
don't deny that it is pretty rough to be denied
a vote. but still it is the fate of war, and
know that we Confederates were determined
to disfranchise all who we're against US. W.
have no business at all to complain.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-05-31
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH
Report OF Gen. Stone man ON the Mem.
phfs Riots.
WASHINGTON, May

WAsHlsGroN, May so.
The Secretary of War. to-day, sent TO the
House, in compliance with a resolution Of
that body. the report of Gen. SLOVENIAN in
relation TO the recent Memphis riots. The
latter SAYS: That upon investigation OF the
commission, il appears that there were killed,
outright twenty-four negroes, eight of whom
were discharged soldiers. The third colored
artillery had been stationed at Memphis since
its occupation. and consequently were not un-
der the best of discipline. Large numbers
Of the men had wha, they call families living
in South Memphis, contiguous to the part III
which these soldiers weEe stationed. these
soldiers had been ordered up as the instru-
ments TO execute the orders OF the Govern
ment agents, such as Provost Marshal's Blu
reau agents, &C.. and consequently had been
brought more or less in contact with the law
breaking portion Of the community, and the
police, which is far from being composed of
the best class Of residents. but principally
of Irishmen, who consider the negro as his
competitor and. natural enemy. Many negro
soldiers have. from time TO time, been arrest
ed by the police, and many whites. including
some of the police. have been srrested by the
negroes, and. in both cases, those arrested
have not unfrequently been harshly treated.
| After giving the particulars of the riot, Gen.
Stoneman concludes by saying that the rioters
We're composed of the police, fremen, and
the rabble and negro haters in general, with
sprinkhng of Yankee haters, all led on and
encouraged by demagognes and office hunters,
and most of them under the influence OF
whisky. 1t appears, in evidence before the
commission, that John Creighton, Recorder
of the city, made speech to the rioters in
which he said I'VE are not prepared but
let us prepare to clean every negro son ora
bitch out of town. Very few paroled Con
federates were mixed up with the rioters on
Tuesday and Wednesday, the large proper
ton of the rioters being registered voters.
Who commenced the incendiarism on Wed
nesday night, remains to be developed.