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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-08-04
The Military and Naval History
OF THE
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Maryland free press., 1866-08-16
NUNIBEHoi6
S2Q2r1H

q get 4 as cheap as they cau. Hut Ir., ,Drigg..
IseHstituents Being exposed t0+a good deal 81
Pplundefiag iHctRee Clothes they vtdts cad tt
tools they work wisls -caaast atfAsd Ia ininc cop
per uulcss they IRE allowed 70 rph, their proper
ton. Mr.. Morrill, decided that their fair share
was-afeeh.per rrAf4s sanhI whrn aiag Thoufs de-
hsurred and said fve per cent. was enough, he
was fenisded ty the lsfsnef gstt ienan-t hiatt affes
getting dollar and a half A ton on coal, he bad
better hold his tongue; and this vas the opinion
of majority Of the menaeerie. So Mr, Thp,mas'
constituents and their customers are robbed Of
fifteen per. cent eftlicir COPPER, Mr. Dtiggs con.
yutuents do not get more than five per cent. of it
Into their mouths, because they are So Inmerci-
fslly robbed themselves that they cannot afford
10 mine copper for; What tits worth - -
An Iowa member said that he had been accHs-
toned 10 feed in the old fashioned way, out his
neighbours pans, though lie had misgivings both
as 70 the economical advantages and the good
manners Of the system. His own pan having been
exposed to heavy depredationo. ON all sides, ile
must insist on taxing forty cents bltshel on 1,x;
seed as part compensation for his losses aud even
then his constituents would notsbe matlc whole
by along way, If hey were not allowed to do
this, he should 90 for new systeml--that ofeacii
one feeding iout pf hii own pan.g Mr.. Morrill,
said that he had no doubt whatever of the gener-
al expediency of feeding out Of your neighBors
pans, but that on the question of flaxsced lie difa
fcred IN foio from the gentleman from Iowa. Ne
bodyshould feed out OF his pan that way, or to
thatextenta Tho suggestion of the Iowa member
that he might possibly abandon the old method
Of taking food, was looked upon in the light Of
an insurrcctionary moven,enL and Mr.. Merrill
was consequently sustained by large majority,
And so the game went on. Occasionally q
Knot Of monkeys would agree to break out Of
their cages and make q raid on all the pans in
the garden. Now and then voice was heard
suggesting that inasmuch us there was given
amount of food for all eacll should feed out Of
his own pan and let his, ncighbor's. alone, but
these Radicals, who were mostly from the West,
were put down instantly. Mr.. Morrill, would de-
fend the principle Of dining out Of one anOtlcr's
pans 10 the last extremity. Mr. Stevens would
inform them that the idea ofe,tingy out OF your
pan was perfectly ruipous. No mcnagerie, could
exist on any such method Of taking food. Nr.
Kelley was sure they would all starve TO death il
they were restricted TO their own pans--he could
prove to any monkey, by facts and figures, thai,
stealing out Of each others Inins, and spilling
half increased the aggregate amour, Of proyepdsr
in the establishment. .'' .'. it7''.'"' q
Maryland free press., 1866-08-16
A Dream that sent two Men to Prison

The following singular circumstances are vouch-
ed for strictly trne by the Detroit Tribune =:
Some months since citizen of Branch county
in this State, employed two men to remove his
deceased wites remains, which they pretended
to, and claimed as a recompense, one three dol
lars and half, and the other one dollar and q
half. The gentleman being well pleased with
their execution of the work, gave the latter two
dollars which he refused, giving back fifty cents.
The following night the gentleman dreamed that
one of the men visited his room naked, his body
covered over with black spots, and on baing ask
cd what allied him. he replied that the spots indi.
Gated the lies he had told, ard the large one on
his side the lie he had told him in regard to dis
'interrng his wiie's remains, which they had mol
done. On awakening, his dream SO impressed
him that he was led to ascertain whether the men
had actually done what he had paid them for
doing, and ascertained that they had not. On
his complaint they were arrested aud sent TO th,
State Prison for one year for obtaining goods un
der fale pretenscs, and are now serving out theil
time at jackson. ....-.... -...T o.. rr
Maryland free press., 1866-08-16

Az ExAMPLE ron Doys.--A Milwaukee Iapcr
says that about II month ago a ragged little ur-
chin called upon Il merchant Of that city and ask
ed thu loan Of fifty cen Q, for which he promised
TO give his note, bciring interest 1t ten per cent
proposition, and witl,tle evident straightforward
nrss Of the 10y gave him the money and took his
nstc, us the boy insisting upon giving it, lie ai
almost forgotten the occurrence, when he was sGrs
pri:ed 10 see the lille fellow walk into his store
one day and ask to redeem his note. ,Upou in-
qury, the merchant learned from tho hoy thatl,s
had invested the money in papers and oranges,
and had already made about forty dol :ars, which
lie was about placing, in the savings bank. lie
lad no father nor mother, and did chores at II
friends house for board. i"0 .r'+.'' "'' +'
Maryland free press., 1866-08-16

A GREAr EsrEpRRisE Some nine years ago
the scheme for tunueliLg the English channei so
us to connect France and England, was made pub
lie by its protector NJ. Galnond. Now it is again
brought forward The distance 10 be iunneled,
including five miles outside of the water yp each
shore, VIII bc Rlou: t.iry mii!,J "'
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At noon from Pier A North River.
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First Cabin to London 81 90 Seeragot " ,ndon. 90
FIRST abn Paris. 1906 90 teeragC rGris 1000
Passengers also forwarded TO Havi Hamburg, Bre
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SteeTage S35; payable IN United states currency.
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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24
MisrepresentatiOns Exposed.

A Cincinnati Commercial cOrrespon-
dent, writing from Cleavland in this
State, thus defends our people against
Misrepresentation:
l am perfectly sure that erroneous
impressions prevail throughout the
North in regard to the safety Of new
comers, even in Tennessee. l came
into this State from northern city in
October last, having never been as far
South before, and well remember being
frequently asked by intelligent news
paper readers before starting if / con-
sidered it safe to come. laughed
then as I often do now, at something
Of the kind which is always appearing
in the press.
This is certain--thc development
and prosperity of this State is being
seriously retarded by the false repre-
sentations ofpartisans and politicians,
who live and move and have their be-
ing in newspaper atmosphere. TO
that sentence ! firmly believe I could
secure the signature Of almost every
citizen of this county. From daily
contact with the press and people OF
this State, and especially from person,
al observation in several counties in
East Tennessee, | believe it is suscep-
tible of demonstration that Northern
citizens, with Union sentiments and
Federal scrip, and enterprise, in
dustry and character, arc fully welcome,
alike in business and social life. To
talk of their being unsafe, is in my
opinion, the shccrcst bosh.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24
WORTHY OF THOUGHT.

At a recent public meeting in Buffalo,
New York, to sustain the President, DR..
Bruick, editor of the Democrat, u Ger
man paper, made speech, in which he
skctched the disasters which follows
those nations of the old world that i'm
posed unjust disabilities on those whom
they conquered. Among Others he
contrasted the English policy in Ire
land and Scotland and the result,
saying:
"The English policy toward Scot
land had been just, and brought with
it the spirit Of unity so that in national
feeling the two countries are insepara-
bly one; while in Ireland, where diff
ferent policy, ignoring differences OF
character and adaptation of local insti'
tutions, has been followed by the more
powerful nation, at time of peace and
when no new one had for many years
been instituted, is rocked to her centre
by the hatred and uprising of her peo.
ple. As Asdrubal made his son Hani
bal swear eternal vengeance to the Ro
mans, so shall we, by the exclusion O
the Southerners, be the means of teach
ineradicable, pernicious and hereditary
hatred to their children. From thes'
evils it was not too late to save th'
4 country"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24
A Republican on Thnd. Stevens

n Republican on Thnd. Stevens.
Mr.. Delano, of Ohio, is distin
guishcd member of the Republican par
ty. He is not, however, blind and
docile follower of the eminent leaders
of his party. Witness the following
passage extracted from late speech
delivered in the House Of Representa-
tives:
Some months ago he had heard
sounded the keynote of the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, (Mr. Stevens,
that the property of ten millions o.
people should be subject to q contisca-
ton and disposed of in payment of the
national debt, for the location of the
emancipated race, and to increase the
pensions of those who had suffered in
the late war. He was shocked at the
annuncation of that universal scheme
of plumber, and he felt as if America
would lose her reputation before the
nations of the earth if we should adopt
so uncivilized policy. But it was
based on the theory of dead States and
conquered provinces. The man who
put forth that theory was not wanting
in intellect sufficiently clear to appre-
hend the inhumanity of the proposition
in all its logical and necessary cOnse-
uuences. The Duke of Alva executed
the DEGREES of bigoted master win
fire and sword in the Netherlands, but
this gigantic scheme Of plundering the
South would make the ghost of Alva
blush for his timidity, and admit that
he was not robbcr or murderer fit to
be respected in America. He referred
to Cromwell's invasion of Ireland, and
the devastation of that country, but
those examples of waste, savagery and
desolation, faded into insigniicance be-
fore that extensive scheme of plunder
proposed by member of the American
Congress.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

"TIE up THE EAGLE. The Char
louisville, Va. Chronicle thus good hu-
moredly speaks ofthe straits to which
the Southern Suites are driven by the
Radical UniOnists: "Itsee to us to
be hard to get out. The South respect
fully asks no more one way or the other.
We are like the fellow that was forced
to 90 to the show, and then not allowed
to 90 further than where he had paid
for his ticket. We have been dragged
into the doorway of the Federal tent,
and not allowed to see any of the per.
formances, except to settle with the
tax collector. We can hear the ami
mails growing inside, and the crack OF
the ringmaster's whip, but VIC can't see
the show unless we pay for two, and
take in colored lady. And the worst
of it is, they keep great eagle perched
over the entrance, which, ifyou attempt
to 90 back, swOops down upon you,
and picks hole in yohr head. We
Justly think this is unreasonable; they
ought either to let us passin, or refund
our money and tic up the eagle.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

ADVICE FROM Hon. w. W. BoYcE.-
This gentleman, in the course ofa fare
well letter addressed to his South Car
olina constituents, says:
"Looking to the great future, I should
say the first thing for the South is white
immigration; and the second thing is
white immigration; and the third thing
is white immigration. You should do
everything in your power to invite
white population, both by your legisla.
ton and favorable public sentiment
Receive immigrants from Europe and
the United States with open arms. The
danger in the future is a collision Of
races; your safety is in the closest
sympathy with your own race in the
United States. You need the friendship
of the American people; take every
step to obtain it."
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24
Why the Soldiers are not Dis
charged.

Mack the Washington cores
pondent of tn, Cincinnati Commercial,
in his last letter says: 1t is pretty
well known that there is widespread
dissatisfaction, bordering in spirit of
mLtiny, existing among the large num-
Der ol volunteer troops who were re-
'ained in the service more than q year
beyond the tern of their reinlistment,
and kept on garrison duty in the South
and on Monroe Doctrine duty in
Texas. There is disposition to
blame the War Department for this act
of injustice and fragrant breach of con-
tract, but case can not be made out
against Mr.. Stanton without laying the
sins of others at his door, and it is
generally concluded that he has enough
pecadiloes of his own to angwer for
These faults rest with Congress and
nowhere else. 1t is very clear that the
volunteer cannot be discharged until
the Regular Army is rcorganized and
recruited to size sufficient for the
lIllJltdIN Ituuii ci'cI'o VI WV N""''',
1t was the duty of Congress to have
passed the Regular Army Bill three
months ago, for the very purpose OF
releasing the volunteers, but instead OF
that both Houses must come here and
indulge in fatulant oratory about re-
construction-each Senator and menl-
Der vainly imagining that the country
hung breathlcss for his peculiar solu-
ton of the great problem, and one
after another rising to speak their res
pective little pieces Ike so many seniors
at commencement day at Il young Ia
dies boarding school (bey yging pardon
of the young ladies for the comparl
son. Here is exactly where the faul
lies-not with the President, nor with
the Secretary of War-but with tho
blathcrskitcs ofthe Thirty Ninth Con
gress, who would let the soldiers starvt
and die on the Rio Grande or wherevel
they may be, rather than omit an op
portunity to give their "views on tn
great question Of the day.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24
TOO LARGE FARMS.

Farmers, hear what is said Of "Too
Large Farms" by one of our exchan-
ges from St. Louis:
"Perplexity! Perplexity! There is
nothing SO bad for the farmer--for in
stance, having too much work to do,
calling for his help in all directions,
overpowering him at last, so that much
of the work must be left undone, or but
halfdon Isnot this the case, oh my
friends? You knowit bya sad expert
ence-and you are going to continue
the thing? You think, at is hard to
get out Of it; l have the land OH my
hands, and I am so situated that the
work-has me-" And so you keep on.
Now fyou had little home, where
you could look at everything with full
attention-timc to think it over, and
time to do it, and to do it right
would not that make you happier? The
very thought of snugness-everything
in its place, and place for everything,
would give you such refreshing sense,
that you would be contented and hap
by almost before you were aware
Then you could live; then you would
have time to live, with q little time for
other purposes, visiting, recreation,
etc, And while the writer would cur
tail too large farms, he would have them
so arranged as to have good and
proper place for everything and every
thing to have room. The farmer
should have room for everything moth
ing be crowded. Crowded cattle will
hook each other; will propagate dis
ease Hens huddled together will not
lay, but will gather vermin. So with
grass, grain and vegetables; crowded
they will spindle, and shrink, and never
fully mature, because their full ener-
gies were not permitted to develop.
They lack elbow-room; they lack sun I;
they are crowded, stunted.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

The Washington Correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Gazette says: On the
l4th inst. Senator Morrill,, on the in
vitation of the Superintendent of Po-
lice, visited the quarters of the freed
men, who, with their families, have
hocked here from Virginia and Mary
land. Many of these people have been
entirely overlooked by the Freedmen's S
Bureau, and their condition is apicture
of the most ahjcct wretchedness. They
occupy miserable novels, which are
crowded together in manner calcula-
ted to invite an epidemic, and are com
PEELED by greedy landlords to pay the
most exorbitant rates for their loath-
some accommodations Nearly four
thousand Of these people are in this
condition. Mr.. Morrill, is endeavoring
to procure from the Secretary of War,
the use of the. unoccupied barracks
and hospital buildings around the city
for their temporary accommodation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

A Rich BoY.-The richest individ-
ual in Massachusetts is boy, the son
of the late Joshua Sears, Boston
merchant. His property was appraised
at about 100000. The trustees un-
der his will invested the most of it in
real estate in Franklin street, the dwell
ing houses of which they demolished
almost entirely to make room for the
finest blocks of stores in Boston. The
investment proved highly judicious
the property has more than doubled on
their hands, and now reaches an aggre-
gate of over "a, 900, 900 in value. The
lal who is to own this is now being
brought up in the family of Hon. AL
phaus Hardy, one of the trustees, who
is leading Boston merchant'--Ne'rdu-
ryport Herald.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

,m the New Orleans Picayune.

From the New orleans PlcayUie']
It's remarkable fact and strong
illustration of the correctness OF the
Presidents views Of the operation OF
the Freedmcn's Bureau. that through
ont this State the contracts between
the planters and freedmen for the pres
ent year have been made without any
regard to the regulations prescribed by
the bureau. The freedmen claim the
right of making their own contracts,
and we do not see how, under the doc
trine admitted by all and contended for
with SO much ardor by the Radicals,
this can be denied them. They object
to being treated as children or insane
persons, incapable of making bargains
and regulating their habits, their food,
their clothing, the hours they are able
to work. and the holidays which they
desire. They prefer, too, to settle their
disputes with their employers, without
the intervention Of outsiders and OIL
cials, who are too apt to exact fees and
compensation for their services. In
other words, they are for the applica-
ton of the principles of free trade to
their transactions. With the great de-
mand for labor, the high price Of pro-
ducts and the dependence of the plan
ters on them, they have no fears Of ex-
tortion or oppression. So far then as
the protection of the freedmen is con
cerncd, in regard to their contracts,
there is no need whatever of the in
tervention of the bureau. In any case
of alleged wrong the courts are as
freely open to them as to other persons
For the other uses to which it is pro-
posed to apply this tribunal, the bu.
reau is equally useless, and calculated
to be injurious and disturbing in its
effects. The States are all proceeding,
as rapidly as their constitutions will
permit, to abolish every distinction, so
far as civil and legal rights are con-
cerned, between the freedmen and
other people. Here there are no such
distinctions to abolish. Justice and
policy alike dictate such a course. 1t
il only when the bureau interferes in
an unjust, dictatorial and extra-consti,
tutional manner with this process that
there is any delay or hesitation in
carrying it out.
As an engine for partisan propa'
candism, of Executive influence, this
bureau may have its uses; but for oil
practical purposes, to harmonize tht
races, promote restoration OF order
and the revival of industry and pros
perity, its operations and influence are
worse than vain and useless; they are
in the highest degree irritating, an
archical and oppressive. Nothing
would go further TO promote the gen
eral peace, good order and prosperit,
of the South than the abandonment O
the whole scheme.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

Fred Donglas, the great Head Cen
ter of the colored brethren, has deliv-
cred another lecture in Washington
for the enlightenment of his Congress
sional and other admirers. In alluding
to the President he said that perhaps
it would be better to leave Mr.. John
son to speak for himself, as being the
most damaging thing he can do for
himself. But what, he asked, Shall he
said of him who told us that traitors
must take back seat in the work OF
restoration, if he now invests those
same traitors with the supreme control
of the States in which they live? What
shall be said of him who promised to
be the Moses of the cOlOred race, ifhe
becomes their Pharoah instead? Why
this must be said: "that he had better
never have been born" This last sen
tencc is ominous, and must have crea
ted quite sensation. Gen. Howar,
was present, and made few remarks
expressive of earnest sympathy witt
the cause.