Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1866-04-27
DR.. Barnes and the South.

+ DIS BARNES anu Inc oOutH. ,,f
The following extract from d discourse
which Rev. Albert Barnes, D. d., a distin-
guished Presbyterian Divine Of Philadelphia,
90 iveied to his people ON last Thanksgiving
day, is so truthful and SO timely that it de-
serves wide publicity especially in consid-
Grafton of the source from which it comes:
hesitate not to say that. ON the whole,
the conduct of the South in the feelings
J, eNinced ON the termination of the conflict has
been such as to demand the confidence ofthc
J, North and to secure the admiration of, man
kind, The surrender of armed forces was so
complete and entire Che cessation of hostili-
ties was. so immediate and universal rtheiac-
acknowledgements that they had been overcome
was SO prompt, frank and manly (; the readi-
ness to return to the Union has been SO gen.
.eral and apparently so sincere; the recoghi-
ton of the fact that slavery is extinct forever
has been so wisely admitted as a. fact FAST
;, as are the consequences involved, and as is
the change in their habits the readiness to
come under the arrangements for collecting
, the revenue has been so prompt; the dispo-
). sition to resume commercial intercourse with
Z the great cities of the North has been SO
marked and the willingness to come ntothe
great arrangements of the nation for perpe-
trating freedom has been SO general that we
see in this, I think, tie return Of the feelings
of the tbest;days of the Republic There are
exceptions individual there has never
been civil war closed where there was less
lingering luminosity, or more willingness to
unite again Under the same Government
Can we forget, when we think of what rs in
the Southern bosom still, that long cherished
opinions, feelings and customs do not soon
change among people Can we forget how
long after the wars of the Roses" and after
the civil wars that resulted in the establish
ment of the Commonwealth" in England
ON the cessation of the forms of war, the feel
ings that had been engendered fingered in
the bosom of Englishmen? Can we forget
how long after the revolution, the banish-
ment of James, and the accession of William
and Mary, love for the ''Pretendcr" fingered
in the hearts Of portion of that nation how
firm was the conviction that he was the right
D full heir to the crown? how strong the hope
that he would yet come to the throne Shall
we blame our Southern brethren if some sim
liar feelings. linger in their bosoms p
CULr1vAr1NG PorAroEs. correspon-
dent Of The Country Gentleman says:
= would advise young beginners in rails
ing potatoes, not to be so particular about
the number of eyes the set of potatoes bas,
as the size of the piece. A potato smaller
than a turkey egg should never be used for
planting. That size will make fewer SETS
Plant the rows three feet apart, and the sets
one foot in the row. Ground which has the
manure plowed in, in the fall, will produce
third more and of an evener size, than
that manured in spring and planted immedi-
ately; the manure absorbs the natural mois-
ture of the ground. and the crop is tardier in
. sprouting.' -sa hsea.s isgs25 II
H. S. FoorE Washington cores
pondent of the Cincinnati Commercials re-
sponsiblc for the following as, ri vd
Senator Nesmith, of Oregon, in CONVERSE
ton with the President. recently, asked him
if he didn't permit Foote to return from Eu-
rope on express condition of his keeping out
4 of his politics tal] 1s5sasma1 sw -ai5
4 THAT was the express condition" said
the President in reply. ~ 5..,-
t'Well, now, said Nesmith, ''thcse Radi-
Gals are very anxious to see you commence
hanging rebels. Why don't you commence
: on Foote?" &c atetc.sat 70 50 hzs
III The President laughed, and said he be-
lieved itswould be good idea, and promised
!, Pto think about it, 1o14 as51 nsos1 -
b. GEAERAL JOHNSTON, AND THE PREsIDENCY
OF THE MOBILE AND Ono RAILRoAD.-Gen-
} eral Joseph i. Johnston, in a letter in which
he consents to become "a candidate for the
position of President of the Mobile and Ohio
: railroad, says: Ir.The position, to me, would
be the most agreeable one could think Of
No position would suit me better than the
presidency ofarespectable railroad company,
i. and should prefer the Mobile and Ohio
!. railroad to any other. The majority of the
2 troops commanded by me during the, war
were from the Gulf States; and my best and
! warmest friends reside there / have. a strong
desire to pass my remaining days in the Gulf
J States in the midst of those who have shown
themselves to be my best and most steadfast
friends" ...... ..t-:.. a..r.
A Noisy GuN.-There is now in session
in Washington city board of Military Off
: GERS, who are examining new guns, and in
tend to decide as to what kind shall hereafter
be made at the government armories.-
Among other newmodels submitted for their
I inspection is a breech-loading rife, invented
o by Colonel B. HI. jerks, of Philadelphia,
which loads and fires thirty-two rounds per
minute, or one hundred rounds in three min
L utes and twenty seconds, which is pronounced
: by the Board to be the most rapid firing ever
achieved. In word fifty Ito sa I'd men would
5 5 fire ninety million of times in one hour Who
I could escape ball under such fire p
q Richmond Dispatch.
SOME OF THE Results. The Petersburg
e hadee says the refusal of justice to marry
J. a black man and white woman; the refusal
. of hotel keeper to lodge or feed negro;
$ Or of church to sell a pew to negro.
e subjects, by the Civil Rights Bill, the s'of-
e Tending" party toa fine of 81 900, or I'M
prisonment, or both.
J.. The discrimination by any State between
n whites and blacks in any of its, laws, RENTS
d the aggrieved black to the courts of the Uni
ted States for trial So that, under the
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