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NesU advertisement.
UNION STATE CONVENTION.
Or THE STATE ENEd-
UTIvE COMMITTEES.

n ne Unconditional ia,pa io'rry ~ me Nta',
~ MaFyiaHd:
IE announcing the call "i Your STATE tcntml
Il Committee Tor . STATE Convention amt con.
grcssional District Conventions. "a make nonii.
nations preparatory to the election IN Nuycin.
h"rhcSt the State Executive tumtnitteu,l desire ~
.ay few words {" imptr-- upon ynu the iin
Iorlanrc Of the canvass upon which 49,. ,r''
about to enter.
The country has lust emerged from war Tor
tlr -upprrs-i"n wicked rebellion. which
aimed ~ the national lite. and which. it su,r,.-.
iul must haV" resulted iu th" dostructi"n o!
thr Government aud ;hr complete dlsintrgra.
f.'u 1T III tulai. Ihal ,.tg wu+ B.. .iu.,...- iui
''ir. hui o. -uccv-s WI. putrhn-"j by il~ -f'.
riiir'. 81 tho iv"- "l hall o. Wili"n 81. "ur l,ynl
.Ntrrus. the ncsirurtipn Ui a.i immense amount
property, uftd the accumulation ola untt.i.al
dcht 1t thrrr thousand millions 'i .l'iiu,-. Vtth
iB ihryItabi. burden.
Tho pti4c we r"ntenied t"i. .atna" ...fg
y ~. 3, worth al ih" c"-i nui % that rri.r
D. not mad" surr. then indeed hose .. .i"ni
H. blood AMI 'r'n.urro l "a" nati"u DO vrin
That precious fucriii zee Will hHa. ..,U .f,'. ..
'nl after signal victory by .u. i'a.t avinv
~" nu ln.c the fruit. 90 vi"t.r, rAd. s..
uuui c,"apr IL" ,.,-t
How cigi1ru-. % =, lur N.u tud 90. 'i.. .'
aI tnru 81 the other ~tatrt 90 a." tuIpu o. q.
t"r.niu" go IL" .nsuing'l'ciiuu vhcih'r th"t
great victory ~ the cautc ut H. uatiui, o. g. boz
barren one. ur whether .i- I,.uli- tu. i. ..
mad" surr sad permanent Tho, n.ri"l-
VIII dct"rmin" whether thr Naii"u. ,'otr'i
mont shalt 'r iu Va, hands of 10 ttr..t. o.. ift
n'ui'- u 'h"-' wh" have st'''i hN b. in 't.
""ur ed it- pvrii. "r"i. ,oinhinsti"N" ''.i.
IS curtuics with these who, In thgt i-.t.. .ul
."' ga arm ." r.i-~ DO its defence
ia whose hand Will % De- most ...iI,
Recent development. have ins'i p" li,,t 4 .
't'u III" blind may e." d.. that .y-'. inatir
plan has bovu orgauige,l @" rccstnblsi th" ui
.'u'iuat"n between ihc southern leaders and
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JnIIN PHtLPur.

Appls e. johh PhilI'ot ~ Phoenix. or 'oJn'
+. Ensnr - r"ws"nt"wu. Bsl'i.r"fr &c.. Nd.
Dec. lott.
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y Ut NTIl IN TT--T-- II
; L... o.. the contest. i.u LnN, .t.
.:tn.ii"i ..,it'r- t-t in.usal s.'. .t.t .r..
I...- .ti..t l..i i.n.I acpr 81. 80 -i.k. i.t-.t.
yrus rlru"st ir"a-sr, o. ss.ur. ths i.t.
b., arus-rsu will M how. ~ rough sutHr
-. So. 4 sla' y.u have won st ,u.. q COW.
EouFRt VI. Protn. Chairman.
~tvttt n. t.vsNs. Secretary
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V'uis Is To GIVE NOTICE. that the sub.
J. scriber has obtained from the Orphans
IouFt 0I baltimore county, IetteTs te-tAmei
tarv ou The estate Of
HENRIETTA RANDALL
late 80 said county. deceased. MI pcr-on4hrs
Ing claims agains, the said estate. are ! efebv
wsrncd 20 exhibit the same. with The voucher
thereof 20 The subscriber.
~ or bcfore ne IN day y March, is1-
they may Otherwise by law BE- excluded nom
all benefit 81 said estate. Those indebted 90
said estate arc requested 90 make immediate
payment. Given under my hand this "a dan
o. Julv iSss.
WILLIAM w. FORD.
Z
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Limited Partnership Notice.


A LIMITED PARTNERsHiP has been
IA formed between JESSE T. McCAFFREY
aud LUKE HERMAN WILLTAMBON. under
the name OF drm o. Jesse 7. Mecallrey Co..
for the purpose q conducting the DfSTlLL-
ING BUSINESS. Iho general partner n Jos-
- I. McCaifeey who resides a. flookst0wn. ~
baltimore county, and the special partner l.
Luke Herman Williamson, who resides near
rike-sille, ia said county. The special part.
ncr has contributed as capital n nc common
stock the SUN Of twenty five hundred dollars.
The partnership il tocomuence on the 2sth
Of 1nne. 1850. ana -tefninafe on tia 9Th az
June. ls6g. June ao-6ts
gINHis II TO GIVE NOTICE, that the sub.
l. scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court oi Baltimore county, letters 81 admins.
trution on the estate Of
ELLEN GROVER,
late 81 said county, deceased. All persons hay
ing claims against tha said estate. are hereby
warmed to exhibit the same with the vouchers
thereof 10 the subscFibcr,
o. Or bgorc me Esd day Of February, iS6s
they may otherwise BY law bs excluded from
Oh benefit ol Aald estate. Those indebted g.
said csiate are T~qneeted "a make immcdia,.
payment Given under my bend ihis 2tih
dar of igue. ishG.
WILLIAM ;. KEECH,
Jun" 23.--tt. Administrator.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24
DsH6s o.ssEEa.Ie ssISAalCoa.ess

l,9d,Xl ..OA' n.'a1 ~ D'u ~ III DSti
btplhe DeInocrsVic Congresslenal aEonVent t
Hall Hal Wooster "a of II o,cioct Ma Isst ThhrsdssyS
morning INV i0Eh' and Vas chilled fb orderl
BY Hon. IA. III. Bvers, 81 WayneI Icodntyi Do
| ',On motion. Dr.G. G. UnderbiIlI of borain
county. was chosen chairman. and on he
ing c6nd ducted to the chair, mad 4 few rec
marks, thanking the Convention foru the
psFtallty bestowed @ upon him. and y sslGthat t
| IN HI .oction-.tbaf q GOOD mai man u0,5ih ~
.nominated, and be M tShantl v elected
II next October. 'ghlb6sW Tf9dj ~ hsdior 8.
t,3lJ0n motion. Judge Pardee. of Medina,
was chosen Vice President.' " 9''
I ION motion, J. j. Jacobs., ~ OF AsRlaffd2
county, and Lemuel Jeffries, of Wayne,
elected sse5statiss3sa, Be
Of Holmes. that a s'ta,ii tcao,immiltss of oiie from
each county IN The Congressional Dfsnflct,
pc appoinntsed on nlef. aentlals ~ anu apperggP @ =
penl oI 1eiegaus 70 sne leo9vehitIlofi lN,i itps
aoEtof SRsln Sarglep, sns GnaiF ssssfHsS ss
gtS IoiloW1I2g IaIIlleu gsnt4ielpien ~ W acV 40
l1suen eopIgIttee; ~ ,'u'7.,Ii yHi
bqbgSoIge iSeAS Soth" ayne} in.ro~'Sl,k ,kArsl7C
ltru S9g.n4 ot ~ - ASty taSlsy
1oJI, OF itoline ~ II ol ioIa,I;
hol on a tf,eh1nnlr MgGN .4E4Uaaat q
~ tH3bBqmi lpti.,,L,pNo6S,9 COCA y,yr.s.
The Convention was ealled to order at
one and a half o'clock P.lMs 90 71I s,lo,a
Hon. Geo. Rex, from committee on Gre,
dentials and Apportiolment, reported the
deiegatlons full, and the several. counties
entlEled tolcasS tne following vote an tne
IA e'S''u - ''' 7nd iqr,i .GiIotib3 dE 10.
Ashland .....E.......22 Holmes. 20
hqrain ain.;..,....;....",17 Medina :.. ~ u .l0l
W4yne9..!I!..!. .lA. -.s3 l1J9i bBd OdH .nosun
! TheTeport was wasunanim0usly adopted, ri
oTSg TEs S01ysaoe Samsa tfa aPPgRtsS Ss tS
iiohal Committee for the next ensuing term {:
SS SSHei Ho1%ss Ashiand f.;i T. NJ .G%S GaRR
Mhd;naN IVaitfar VI b bSSSsT1T6 tdSa !,
I6rainmPt W. lsatbpssi, IliradfT Tbo6lpson,
iI@ n, ,Eoa59ob icASDiD1TEs. 70 noi3aIolv ri
The following persons were atnouncedi
as candidates for no miuatlon. rgg1Q 9auRrso
george DIS. 9IC'9ayhe Hpstoh q, tls tE2p77
pleton,o OF itoraln; Jonn b. 1oungi OF Me-
Repne1 % w. Of f. AsBTSnd FIseTileiH' 81 1Oisnes i''
heHney, VI ASliIaliu. 81 i,ilaa .a,olo5 4l,.t
ity of votes cast should nominate. Z. S'''
II.
"a ,b,,ra K.rrov % Modir, younO 90 ii1u;s
Holmes, Critchdsld a.2sl WSyns. Bliss \, iyol38
Lorain, P0Ppstppys8l7F I .soou 49,, ,.,,
., mere G Xass nN Spolee on tnls palIot ana
tne No!lseltioLi prUcesutu 70 Noue IoI SIX
Teen successive DalioUingsiWiUh One salhefer
sultsdt b9IoYHl ohR jgIjsf0 fsrof.s,7y,
r., -sy9I SEVENTEENTH tBALLeT, si,y,t,t.r
Wayne Blissa.I. 80 Ashland, Criteh6eld =. 3
Meniiaa' Guhg ~
HoImes ritohSsId. 'es
nf - rIcgTvTNTu fIpu.lIiI2ddr nl1brnd (
lE hl,W y fi ~, bgidY NL.
AoImss IA NsSbs Gs,S IL
i0'm'' SSsrrrT fr5I g@a.49'
sh,.,d ponnlotan n, 80 p1Irr,Iigd,8S s9,7
CHtcSfed IA Medina, Y 5Sarsst .9ita
HOlmes.It ggrI9li 80 iWaynss Bliss ,-- IN ,S3
20 ..-lg,, aTwENTIETH BALLOT. -. =
Ashland. Ctchfeld.. 10 Medina. YouIns. I.,iioI .rs
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24
The Great Strengthening iToniuyI
i 1ai tNoT AwHfsKY PREPARGmoN. aiai
HOOFLAND'S1a sGERNAN an17BITTERS1
DRBILITKl DEBILETKts slr
ResultinR from anY cauae WhAteYer. .ll a1l

OJyI IADBAbAAAAht DEhbAANNHIb EiH
OH Resulting from sDg cause whAteyerui grR ].
,huJ 10 gtIsqO1qE EA .l9joH s9ned5x9
d IProstmtioh OfaheryStsmei ipdqcsdlby Severe
Lfo. 56&efsl 0ftifeSas S Msis Or Female, Adult r.
dspsna On bad iiqaors for t6sr p almost mil %iacS
lous effedts!l n1Eb sHW J11bi fBu1 90itgtg
/ ~, 10 81 oh 3on blE2D,d iadt il1.R 10 gtf
n .DyspegdGshi disesaes resulting from 5DisordeTs
HSSaSdS GsffSaSi SisS8iSssrs has per- r.
$%S EAs sS
youch fcrtt. EhauIa augOthsrlEticledn the maERet.E
sii q :,
Iie DEFY any one to coniradict this assertion. and
S s9S SRG S SsS IL y
!spd German Bitter viii cure Sysry Sass # ShrGnt
hsSst YYiSfH 5hi 'tttVff'l sfI HSHTST5 HEfVef nj
dl6 IT .
btehSethe foll6Nihg symptoms resulting FROM
aS Ps 1ss BiSUS ShS UafeigaI asdgG
FSS.Ss 81 MssSs MsHaS a Ee
Eructati6ng Sinking or lnttering atthe Pit Of the,
s$ StS%sfs Sf tAS Rsa$ 6sst 6HSsS kS sRd
ing or SdfncSting Sensations WhegiRsR lying POST
sEe pi%nsSs Sf yiS1iqS1 Dots Or Webs before the
PIX p aSFg Esst fHA 7 sTs 5
Flushes Of Heat Burning in the flesD. Constant
ipasi9ingH 0f Ey p! great Depression gSS SffSpi 9f Spirits
rm sdi bnpol OF jI-.g,,o,r7 .r9lT,srG h,
contGS'is no ti Si Waiss, did catisJs sSSEs
Rrunhqrs, 6Ht "a ltAsC best 7Satc SUotRS ROrld,-l
~ NY0U '1nqsffSpHi3o bgd ri. y7,G d9i..g .ssr
r0H H:T 1 eBtsHE SEfPfSSfH fPSf.dspSsf RfpS f Twelfth
, g .GBNfLhhBNtAI have recently been IaborinRl un-
der the distressing effects of Indigestion accOmpa-
5merous remedies wereIecommended BY ffiends. and
f9ms ~ Of them tsstsa bgs without relief Your Sl
personsJwbo had tEied ithens and whose fayOrable
mention Of these Bitters induced me 10 try them,
4 must cc hfess that had aversionto Patent Med
RSose SS taa sRS e bs SaS S
ened and drugged liquor upon the pommunity in, o
sly EsS and thS tendency Of which fear iS 70
t5oI Il With happy eject. fts sctiof, it Oily UPON
the stomaeh, but uponi the nervous system, was
sSt ahd S 6t65t from The use of few lev
w, p. SEtGFRlED. No, 25l shaCkapaxon st. .''
10 ''5 ...''''i'7 on * 2'fH' yo 2sol9 you
[From the Rev. r. D. Fendall, Assistant Editor
~ Christian Chronicle, Philadelphia .
"a have derived decided benefit from the use of
Hoofands German Bitters. and feel 4 tnyprivilege
To- recommend them a. most valuable tonic, to all
who areslferi1g from General Debility or from dis
eases arising from arrangement ofthe liver! Yours
Tuly'ai '15ioh2 -r,I,- EJD'iFENDALL.
n :; I suol.luyn1i Noiinmpsuoa ,on5
LFromo Rev, Wm. Smith, formerly Pastor Of the
VincentOwnand Millville, N. j., Baptist Churches.
q Having used in my family number Of bottles Of
I regard them as an excellent medicine, specially
adapted TO remove the diseases they are recommend
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" 0 iPwENTY-THIRDI BALLOT; M
Tolal v0te., .....................


~ Mr.. Young having received a majority Of
the votes cast, was, by the Chairman de-
tlhred The nominee b0f the Convention,
and his nomination was then made unani-
uoHs. J. fuI .I2mn,gEOg I'd. Ian a. ..
Mr.. Young being notified of his 'nomina-
tion, was introduced to the Convention by
w. B. MeCafty, Esq, Of Ashland, and in d
very appropriate speech thanked the Con-.
ivention for the honOrsc bestowed, pledging
himself to use all honorable means to se-
cure his election, and, If elected, to stand
by the people ifi every emergencysvnoD if
b Mr.. ROppletony of Lerain, being loudly
called uponby the Convention, responded
in some happy remarks, IN which he
pledged the Democracyi0f Lorain county
to beall right at the polls next October. o.
y The following resolution, presented by
ii. Richeson, Of, Wayne, was unanimously
adopted by the Convention: -'i3" BY
ReSoIoed, That we, the Democracy Of the,
l4thb congressional District of Ohio; in
convention assembled, do hereby affirm the
lptinciples and doctrine of the Democratic
party, as embodied in the platform Of the
last Ohio State Cbhventioha1t 20 b81sium9
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ACFUAH' NET, I$OSS,S6S 12Oyl

FS0OCSD- GMs4qS
The annual meeting of the Stockholders was re-
Gently held nthe Of Hartford. and the old Board
of Directors chosens At a, subsequent meeting Of
the Directors, the old officers were unanimously re-
elected. Thebusihess Of The Phnriix for the fiscal
year justclOsed was tho ppstsuecsssful and pros
porous in the whole history of the Company; regu-
larry QUARTERLY dividends of 8 per cent. upon
the Capital Stock were declared business ,largelB
in excessof any preYiops year4 and the solid hnan-
cial condition Of the Phoenix everything its mast
ardent and sanguine friendsse@ila foisGaAlEO'
sa2HlLqcD 4EonaJE
The PHENIX enters the present year
better than ever prepared for service ana
dutyihlthe linUof.i .itS-pfofession, with in
creased facilitiesfoE the trapsaetion of bus
iness, an unimpaired Cash Capital of Six
Hundred Thousand Dollars, Assets to the
amOuptOf5 81 A0aS,772.1SS an annual net cash
inGams Sff aver One MIIii6p Dollars, ana al
acknowledgement ofilocal agencies, UNDER
the inahag cement ~ veteran Underwriters,
from far East sunrise -tothe golden shores
of the Pacific slope, and from the Gulf of
MfstsS t3 thq Ifaas sqpha ECSasts'Sf tE!sa
-'"-' ~ ~.yioiIsv isoIs al
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Napoleon UndOIng tho Work Of his
UncieMHtaIy - 70 be- Z FFsS afTbmR .SI7e
zAPp ptMs AdRiatH6soo ID ysm ,yiio sdi
-ds9Q tPfomthe kbndon StsAJulSe.lR digpk
rBheleJpapeipatian,l 81 Il Xspiee, !, Is "A, grand
BOnapSgses v " Shcg SS
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24

.AIGovRE,E Of captains became desparateI
10, "a saloon Ia New QrleaiS q few days sifce,
ana their friends prov ded thehi Win lowlSa
ing gpieees fbf ~ bloody daUl 81 Elh6y1stoodI
bdba'fawp paces apart and hqtllpo mbatsallts
fell, n one cqFeEe6 with nOlAsses and tbe1
81 S6R15 sEs Yls gVsR fsS 5 HfiSSs fS sss
.lIsL yinnoo edi o. h9hnkmsf
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24
AFTERNOONS!

. The Convention was called to order at
one and a. half o'clock PgdM5 OBJ 71l s,io,a
Hon. Geo. Rex, from committee on Gre,
dentals and Apportionment, reported the
delegations full, and The several counties
entitled to'Cast the following vote in the
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24

~ Remember, hGt iris Filters 10 mt ALcboAoIic,
c0rtdi'ts no Rum Dr. WAisk. and acatt,sot nt6ks
lRrurhsre, ,6Ht tstAso best 2Satcl f1UtAS ROrld,-l
~ - 'TfsifE.po bed ri. .y7R d9il.a al
- sBaphst Church. Philadelphia. ~ w
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-24

On motion,,it was resolved that a major
ity Of. votes cast should nominate. au''9
A FIRST RAIioT..A fuioglA {
Ashland, Kenpev.. 20 Medina, Young. 9ls
Io mes Critchdeld. a.2el Wayne. Bliss.s "a iyos39
LorAiu. Popplstpn-rr,sHl t. 7 In -,
ahThere was, no choice on this, ballot, aud
the Convention proceeded to vote. for six
teen successive ballotingsiwith the sameFer
sult:lt llIoynl nnR i---laIn L.-..A----.-.
Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-02-22
1.-THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

For more than eighty years, the people
of the United States have been living under
a Republican form of Government, founded
upon a Constitution expressly designed to
perpetuate it, by those who initiated it. So
saturated were they with these facts that
they were, land all but the Radical portion
of them still are, boastful of their Model
RepubIic"-a boast not confined to them
selves. but quoted and commended by the
learned in such matters in every quarter OF
the globe; and vet ii has been left for Mr..
Charles Sumner TO discover that some ofShe
States in the original compact had not and
have not "a Republican form of govern
ment"! The New York Worldappropriately
observes in this connection
For eighty-fve years then, the States Of the
Union have not had republican form OF Govern
ment: and Washington, Madison, Jefferson
fools MS TO live under unrepublican forms OF gov
eminent without knowing it. Happily they died
before Sumner arrived TO betray their Ignorance"
But this is the age of discovery among a
class who occcpy in politics position
equivalent to that of quacks in medicine.
The wisdom and experience of the past is as
nanght, while they alone, in their opinion,
are the fountains from whence both can
flow. As in politics, so in Theology. In a
certain class Of mind, these have become
knit together, and the pulpit rings with
statements of " leagues with death, and COW
enants with HE'LL" which must logically
consign to eternal iortures the great and
good men of the past,-pious divines and
God-fearing laymen, who, under modern
theological Interpretation and discovery,
were in their day guilty of the "sin" Of
slavery. If the pure men Of the past are in
hell, what of the future of the present gen.
erasionY
The thought is not comforting, so far at
least as the forefathers are concerned, and
spite of the discoveries of Summer and
Beecher, recalls With force the declaration
that "where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to
be wise p'-P Philadelphia Age
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CONFLICT OF OPINION.


The subcommittee on Reconstruction
have taken testimony on affairs in Tennes-
see, and submitted their report to the Com
mittee, but it is said majority Of the Com
mittee are willing to admit Tennessee as a
State, il her Constitution is republican in form
and proper application as nude TO that end,
and in no other sedy. 1t is also said that a
portion Of her delegation is willing to ask
for admission. This course is in direct OPP
position to the avowed policy of the Presi-
dent, who maintains that Tennessee and
other Southern States were never out Of the
Union. A majority of the Committee are
unal.erably opposed to adopting any other
course, and say that all are out of the Union,
and must be admitted one by one, and by di-
rect vote.
At later period, as we have been inform
ed by the telegraph, a motion was made in
the House TO admit the Tennessee delegates,
but Mr.. Stevens informed the friends of the
motion that it could not be done. That
there had been disposition to consider such
a proposition but that the action of the
President in daring 10 array himself in hos
fifty to their dictation, had induced the
Committee ito consider it wholly out Of their
power TO proceed further without surrender
ing the right of this body (Congress,) to the
usupation Of another power" (the Execu-
tive.) Anxious expectants to admission to
seats as Representatiyesfrom Tennessee, may,
therefore, understand that the President by
his recent message has destroyed all their
prospects OF admission during the present
oacc,or
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-
HEAVY ON ALABAMA!

From the Montgomery NALL
The following debate occurred in the low
or House of Congress on the Sd inst:
Mr.. Kelly, of Pennsylvania, said that
distinguished General of Alabama called on
him and showed him newspapers containing
the proceedings of a court sentencing black
men and women TO death for larceny, or i'm
prisonment for ninety-nine years for the
ofiense. The editor of the paper justified
the verdict, saying that the plantation, not
the city, was the proper place for negroes.
Mr.. Rousseau, of Kentucky, asked the
name of the distinguished General.
Mr.. Kelly replied, General Spencer who,
as a Colonel, raised the first regiment of
loyal Alabamians.
Mr.. Rousseau said that this was the first
time he had heard of Gen. Spencer.
Mr. Kelly replied that was quite possible,
and yet Gen. Spencer might be a distiD-
guished General for all the intelligence in
the world does not reach the central part OF
Kentucky.
Mr.. Rousseau, said he was in Middle Ten
nessee two years, and would not say Spencer
was not there, but denied that Spencer was
distinguished General or any thing else.
Mr.. Kelly remarked that he would take
the word of Gen. Sherman as against that OF
the gentleman from Kentucky. He knew
Mr.. Spencer had served with Gen. Sherman
and thought he was on his staff. He re-
peated that they hung black men and wo-
men in Alabama, or imprisoned them ninety
nine years, for larceny; but no such punish
ment was meted out to the white rebels, who
steal the black mans horses.
Mr.. Kelly's statements are not based
upon facts. The distinguished General
Spencer, who is probably the man who or
ganized bob-tail regiment, so called, in
North Alabama, during the war, may have
seen the statement alluded to in the Tusca-
loosa Observer, and handed that enterprising
sheet to Mr.. Kelly; but we deny that any
court in this State has sentenced negroes to
death for larceny, or to imprisonment for
ninety-nine years. We have law inhicting
the death penalty for larceny of horses; but
this law applies to both white and black,
and so merciful have our juries been, that
they have invariably avoided the death
penalty in such cases and adopted the alter
native--imprisonme in the penitentiary
for not less than ten years. This law was
passed during the Confederate times, and
was intended to apply not especially to
negroes, but to white men who were roaming
about the State stealing horses and mules.
If it is severe law, it is not discriminate
ing one In no other case does the death
penalty apply for larceny, under the laws OF
Alabama
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THE DAY WE CELEBRATE.

We commemorate to-day the virtues
Of WAsHISGroN-he who has been justly
styled "the father of his country"-and Of
whom il has been aptly said, he was first
in war, first in peace and first in the hearts
Of his ceunt-ymen." We are gratifed to
observe that similar meetings are to be held
in Richmond, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
other places. II ever it was appropriate 20
invoke the good name of WAsHEeroN as a
Peace Offering for the people, now is the
time. His whole life from youth to old
age, is one TO inspire courage manhood, pa
triotism, forbearance, and every human vir-
tue, and what is more important, all these
qualities Of character In such life have
bearing upon the times in which we live.
He whom the great Irish orator, Philips,
said was not only merciful like Cesar, con-
tinent like Scipio, and patient like Hanni-
bal, but blended all these virtues in his own
splendid life, deserves not only to be the
teacher of the People, but to be needed
when he speaks. BY all means, then, let
him be heard and needed ali over the land.
The Congress Of the United States, which
has been wrangling with the President Of the
United States for seventy days past, and
doing all in its power to keep the Union
apart, so far refuses to make any prepare
ton fu1 the commemoration Of this day. 1t
can refuse even the courtesy Of admitting
Union soldiers, elected as members Of Con-
gress from the South, to seats upon the floor,
andsyet impose taxes without representa-
ton, and exact large duties without giving
any equivalent; but it has no word for
mercy, none for justice, none for restoration,
none for peace and harmony, none to COM
mennonite the life and services of GEORGE
WASHINGTON, the anniversaryof whoseb birth
is just at hand. Let the people remember
this, and watch those at the capital who now
spend their time and eloquence in keeping
the States of the Union, and the people of
the States apart.
And LET them remember, also, the faction
in our own State, who, intent upon mischief,
persist in tanning the flames lof discord
which have go unhappily divided the
American people for the last five years.