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The Van Buren press., 1866-03-03
SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1856.
True to his Principles.

The ultra press, North and South,
are particularly anxious about Mr.. John
son, his policy, his Cabinet, DC, DC. Now
having every confidence iii President
Johnson's soundness on the great ques-
tons of the day, we do not appreciate
the great anxiety felt by our cotempora-
rcs. Mr.. johnson occupies position
of unprecedented danger. Not danger
to himself, politically, so much as to the
country. He is the pilot who is to guide
our ship to the harbor of peace, or
dash her in pieces on the rocks of discord
and ruin Those who rant and fret about
him and his policy, are looking only to
the accomplishment of party ends. He
occupies a lofticr position, takes a wider
survey of matters, and acts for the good
of the whole country. He has .announ
ccd his intentions in an unmistakable
manner, to retire from public life. Hence
he has no selfish ends to prejudice his
views or bias his action. Some members
of his Cabinet are undoubtedly enemies
to him and his pacific policy. In proper
time, he will dccapitatc them, and all will
go smoothly on. His policy is found
cd in wisdom, and mua prevail. All OPP
position must come to confusion. His
successis a fOrcgonc conclusion; their
defeat inevitable.
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mittec into the condition of Tennessee, to see
whether they could Idmit the State to repre-
,cntation. but since yesterday there had been
such state of things a to induce the com
mittee to consider il wholly out of their pow
er TO proceed further without surrenderlng a
great principle, and without surrendering the
rights of this body n the usurpdtiOn Of another
pG,cer, meaning tie President. lie demanded
the previous question, and refused to allow
debate, whcreupon Slere was scene OF great
excitement and conilsion.
"A vote was then taken. and the resolution
passsd with only forty votes against it among
whom were Raymond, Green. Alley, smith,
Morrill,, of New JeSey' and Phelps of Mary
land
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Atrocious Murder.

A murderwas committed on Saturday nigh
last. MIR. Nicholas Aiken, an old and we'll
known citizen of our County was found on
Sunday morning. lying near his own gate
dead, having received some thirteen .stabs
one serious one in the back. near the spinal
colum, and two or three fatal ones in the
breast Dorastus Payne, man living about
two miles from the deceased, Is accused of
committing this murder. An examination
was had before Justices Stone and Marzall.
The testimony was entirely of circumstan-
'al character, and quite lengthy, but was con-
sdercd sufficiently strong by the court, to
hold the prisoner for trial before the Circuit
Court 1t was also held not to be a bailablc
case. Payne was defended by ii. f. Thorn
aSon, Esq and the State was represented by
Granville Wilcox, Esq. As the case is only
partially disposed of, we forbcar making any
comment upon it,
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and mi,tresscs. that he has no definite
/ idea OF Justice where the negro is concerned,
/ then we might conclude that the order in
tended to protect the negro from all proSecu-
ton for crimes committed, where the penalty
heretofore was more severe on the negro than
the white man. This is fair construction OF
the language used. We areOf the old opinion
howcycc, that bad English shall not be per-
mitted to work injustice. And we feel chari-
| liable enough 10 believe the General meant
to make only the punishment ofthe negro and
the white man the same for all offences. Our
statutes. as do all the statutes of Southern
States, make some distinction in the grade of
punishment in certain cases. Certain often
ces when committed by white men being pun
i.hcd by imprisonment. while the same COM
mitted by negroes are punished with death.
The negro being now free it would proba-
bly, be only an act of justice to do away with
these distinctions. We believe this is what
Gen. Grant intends to say despite the awk-
ward construction of the clause.
! In conclusion we think Gen. Grant. only
intended by this order to place loyal men up
on IN equal footing, before the law with the
people of the South who surrendered on the
terms granted to Gen. Lee by Gen. Grant
The convention of surrender protected all
soldiers. &c- from prosecutions for acts done
under color of military authority, not incon-
Si>tent with the rules and uSagcs of war. Al
though all men belonging to the Federal army
and all others acting under proper authority.
were really protected by the rules of war. yet
many. ignorant of the fact, instituted suit,
for the recovery of property, ETC., taken by
men acting under military authority. In this
state of the case, Gen. Grant very properly in
tcrposcd this order, which is only declaratory
in its main features of facts, formerly exist
ing.
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Ety" JOHN VI. HARRELL, ESQ, has re-
tired from the editorial charge of the
Pontogroph, Of Little Rock Under his
pen, this paper has shown marked abili-
ty, and we regret his loss to the editori-
al fraternity of the State. His place,
however, we infer, is to be filled bv Will
LIAM QuEsENBURY, Esq, an editor Of old,
whose writings and sayings are familiar
to every man, woman and child in this
section of the State We know, if he
gives his attention to the paper, that it
will continue to be one Of the most pop-
uiar papers in that city.
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Mr. EDITOR: On yesterday, | addressed a
note to the Rev. Mr.. Springer, agent of the
Bureau Freedmen and Refugees at TT. Smith
stating the necessities of the bearer thereof. a
respectable woman. and asking, respectfully
that relief might be afforded in the matter of
food for herself and her five children. My
note did not reach Mr.. Springer, but was pre-
scntcd to 4 man who was there understood, or
represented himself to be- or was acting as
the agent for that most excellent gentle
mans successor in Otlicc-according to his
own statement which was clear as mud. The
request was denied, and the poor woman re-
turned to me saying that not being militia
ry man." had no right to recommend any
body; that had so employed myself in sew
raj instances, previously, and he would tole-
rate no more of such interference, for" he
said she was very competent to judge of
peoples needs, from hearing their own sto-
ries" The note was returned with an endorse
ment and message couched in quite disa-
grccable language.
Now. suppose that an apology from me
| for my presumption. will neither be amisS nor
inappropriate, and now and hereby tender
it with the assurance of my profound admira-
ton of this "military" mans humanity, good
ness of heart, urbanity, plainness of manners
and wonderful display of good sense-ocer the
lgt.
| exceedingly regret, however. that the WO-
man and her children must still continue to
suffer The pangs Of hunger, solely for the rca-
son of my endcavor to aid thcm for so TN
dcrStand the circumstances and results of the
case. 1t will neither be safe for me or any
one else, in the future to give information in
regard to the many persons who from mercc-
nary motives or physical incidence too often
impose upon the bounty and libcrality of
that government which t!iis man has proba-
| bly, sworn to represent 50 faithfully.
| a neiglbor Of mine, a gentleman of deser-
vedly high standing in this community, has
had the misfortune nnoccntly, to commit the
same offence for Which am held so very gull
ty, and has received a rap on the knucklcs.
have heretofore flattcred myself that | was
entitled to at least small degree of respect
from even military" men; and have gene
rally received it; for | have tried to uphold
the cause of my country, and to do justice to
all men, and, particularly to the poor and un-
fortunate in our midst.
Mr.. Springer has, know, been glad to re-
ccive information from me and every honest
and reliable man as to who were suffering
and worthy on this side of the river. and
would not, | am sure, have treated me with
contumely under the above circumstances
LUTHER c. WHITE.
! Wax BUREN, Feb. -.
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AT REDUCED PRICES.
His motto, is

4 IST OF LETTERS remaining in the Post
Office at Van Buren,. State of Arkansas,
18th day of Feb 1866.
To obtain any Of these letters, the appli-
cant must call for advertised letters. giving
the date of the list and pay one cent for ad-
vertiSing.
If not called for within one month, they
will be sent to the Dead Letter Office q
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ENRESH FAMILY FLOUR, at
L. {, 7. WARDS.
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THE NAILS.

The mails appear to be in sadly derang-
ed condition There has been no mall re-
ceived here from the North for the last elght
days The last Memphis papers received
here are those of the oath December. Inc
New Orleans mail was due Monday evening,
but the letters and other matter for jackson
was carried to Canton or Memphis, we sup
nose, as none was left here. Unless postal
facilities can be improved, we respectfully
ask the Department to abolish the whole
concern i'll Mississippi and relieve the Gov
ernment from the expense of paying rail
roads for mails not transported, and route
agents for mails not delivered
If no pretense were made to furnish us
mails. we could make an arrangement witt
the Express Companies far better than the
wretched system now prevailing we
scarcely get paper from Mobile but those
we receive by Express. 1t takes week u
get anything by mail from Mobile, whh'
papers come through by Express IN tW'
| days. F4
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whotWin We Have Ne1tr

w, notice in the Mobile Tribune that
Miss Lester, special correspondent ana
,,opt for the New York Daily News, was III
Mobile, and had stopped at the bat'le
Iouse handsome young ladies WILL no
|Io,,bt be successful agents for newspapers
md we expect to see the example set by
Fernando Wood followed by other Yankee
ubI;shers. The Montgomery Advertiser
|nronoses to teach young ladies to set type
land we may look for considerable ald rom
|the fair sex in the business of printing ana
circulating newspapers
The Tribune says:
A very beautiful and accomplished Young
|lodv. Miss Carrie COrlnne Lester VINO - tlIe nc
.naciaI correspondent and agent of the New
Work Daily News, arrived IN the clIS YES
|tcrdav, and is staying at the Battle HOUSE
| The naper she represents has always beeh
f,,,oI;tc With the people of the South, and
now il is more especially so, for 1t STANDS
strongly against the tide OF radlcallSn
which. some people believe, will oVerwhelh
ms We do not agree with these people, pu'
| that is no reason for not pralslng the News
or the skill of its proprietors III se. selluiHs
bither SO beautiful woman to represent 1t
1>-ntIu-,-o osrna fully With our cotempo-
rary as to the course of the News and it
sympathy with the South, we desire es
pccially to see our people patronize and sus
tain Southern Journals that are located anC
| PUBLISHED in the South.
We have n number of excellent papers II
New Orleans, Memphis, Mobile and othe
Southern cities worthy of patronage, bu
which do not circulate as they should. Ih'
reason is obvious. There are thousands
our people who take but one paper an'
must rct that from the North. The none,
that has been expended on Harpers weekly
Frank Leslie's, and similar Northern per-
odicals, would have sustained a half dozel
frs class Southern papers.
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ALL THE CONVENTION BE RE-
ASSEMBLED3

Ne notice in the Viokshurg Herald, an
| |icIe on this subject, which favors the re-
|embling of the Convention. The ground
aiken that this body was called Tor the
rpose of restoring Mississippi to her 1or-
r relations with the General Govern
nt.-tbat the Legislature elected III pnr-
|,nce of the ordinances of the Convention
| led to do their duty in the work OF re-
ration, rnd hence a necessity arises 1or
| Convention to meet and repair the evil
+ will be recolected that the adjournment
tho Convention wos not tinal-that the
esident. Judge J. S. Yerger, has the power
tin .;v months from its adjournment, II
his Indictment it should be necessary to re-
semble it. This time Will expire On 'he
| Ii of February next.
We learn that Judge Yerger has received
ters from various parts of the state
oino him in strong terms to call the Con
ntion together, but we appreheho 'ii"'
,,c that our State Government has beel
|copnized at Washington, the necessity 1oI
i measure will be obviated. We regar'
g action of the Legislature i'll many re
',ccts AS unfortunate, but we trust there
|,rrIotism and wisdom enough III that oo''
correct these mistakes themselves, shoul'
be deemed necessary
The law prohibiting freedmen from ownlh
LEASING real estate, and the Stay lay
|houId be repealed, but we do not llllh
,ey afford sufficient reason for Incurrlh
he expense of either meeting OF the ool
cntion or the Legislature. The courts WI
,.orource them unconstitutional, and the
riIl remain dead letter on the statute DOC
ntI some succeeding Legislature has goo
ense formally to repeal them.
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the testator or intestate as the case may be,
as heretofore provided as fully and com
pletely as if the same were purchased after
the passage of this act and for the purpose
of realizing TO the estate of testators and in
testates, the full benefit contemplated by
this act, executors and administrators are
further authorized to enforce payment by
suits on bills of exchange, bonds promlssory
notes, open accounts and other evidences OF
debt purchased by them as aforesaid: pro
vided however, that the provisions OF tins
section shall not apply to executors and ad-
ministrators when the estates which they
represent have, by order of the probate
court, been declared insolvent; provided
further, that executors and administrations
shall be allowed in their accounts and set
Elements in the probate court, only the ac'
tual amount paid by them for the purchase OF
any auditS or chooses in action as aforesaid
See 5. Be it further enacted, That this act
shall be in force from and after it's passage
Approved November 22 1865.
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rights when wrongfully withheld or lnEad-
ed This is what we mean properly Mnen
we speak of the protection OF tue Ia"
When, for instance, the declaratory part Oh
the law has said that the field, OF Lnheli
tance which belonged to Titus 1ather,
vested by his death in Titus, and the dlree-
tory part has forbidden any one TO enter on
another's property without the leave OF tne
owner; if Gaius, after this, will presume TO
take possession of the land, the remeolai
part of the law will then interpose Its OF
tice will make Gaius restore the possession
TO Titus, and also pay him damages 1or the
Invasion.
We have quoted the entire paragraph, be-
cause it shows, in few plain words, and
illustrates by a familiar example the CON
nection of the remedy with the right 1t Is
the part of the municipal law which protects
| the right andthe obligation by when IL en-
| forces and maintains it. 1t is this protec-
| tion which the clause in the Constitution
now in question mainly intended to secure.
| The case before the Court from the opinion
| in which the foregoing extract is taken
arose on a mortgage made III Illlnols ne
! mortgage contained power TO the cieuL1oI
| to sell on breach of condition, and thereby
nav the debt; this. power was valid under
the laws of the State when given. The leg
islature subsequently passed a law giving 10
the mOrtpapor twelve months to redeem the
nroperty from the purchaser at such a sale,
and prohibiting it from being made for less
than two-thirds of lis appraised value.
In applying the principle of law above
extrScted, to the case before the Court IN
speaking of the law OF Illinois at the time
the mortgage was executed, he says IN the
same opinion, ''EHt rs Courts OF equity
follow the law, they acknowledge the legal
title of the MORTGAGE; and never deprive
T him of his right at law until the debt Is
paid; and he is ent titlcd to the aid OF the
court to extinguish the equitable title OF
the mortgagor, in order that he may Obtain
the benefit Of his security. For this pur
. pose it is his absolute and undoubt9d right
udder an ordinary mortgage deed, If the
2 money is not paid at the appointed day, tt
: 90 into the court of chancery, and Obtain
l its order for the sale of the whole mortga
: oed property Cf the whole is necessary fret
: and discharged from the equitable Interest
: of the mortgagor. This is his right by the
law of the contract, and it is the duty o
$ the court to maintain and enforce 1T, with
$ out any unreasonable delay.
i CONCLUDED TOMORROW.
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A short time since n man named Gilmore
discoursed to Philadelphia audience, at
the Musical Hall, on the condition of the
Southern people He is evidently a knave,
whose object is to make money out of the
preiudices of the people of that section We
give the following extract from his dis
course:
The poor white class are lower than the
negro. They are the natural product of sla-
very. 1t has shut out every avenue of hon
est employment from them, and driven them
to the sand hills to starve or die; or else
they depend upon stealing from the hen
roosts of the planters, that they may not
starve. They are the lowest, most degraded
and the most ignorant class of the South.
''They must be raised by education to be
of any use to our country. They are so unen-
lightened, that many of them yet vote for
Thomas Jefferson for President.
1t is general opionion, but mistake,
that there are no small farmers or yeomen i'll
the South. f..
The men arc loosely made, but are of a
selfposseSsed, manly bearing. The women
are beautifully formed, and one is sorry that
they dip snuff, chew tobacco, and go without
shoes and stockings.
''The people are hearty, earnest, much
given to exaggeration, in the enthusiasm of
the Southern nature. A thing with them
is either very good or very bad. They are
very hospitable to strangers, and if one of
fers to pay for their kindness, they are very
likely to challenge one to fight duel.
All this, and more of such stuff, appears to
have been received with satisfaction and
credited by his audience We regret to hear
that the people of the North listen to such
lying scoundrels as this fellow Gilmore, that
they permit their credulity TO be imposed
on by such impostors. 1t is needless to at
tempt to refute such ISLANDERS They are
only of Importance as they tend to create
false impressions to the South, and per
petuate hostility to us that will if per
sisted in, prove as detrimental to Northern
interests as to ours. Those who desire Il
make the Udited States a great, powerful
and prosperous nation should, above al
things, endeavor to re-unite us i'll feeling ant
sentiment, and obliterate the alienation ant
hostility engendered by four years of war
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Important.

At is its last session, the Legislature pass
ed an act on the subject of lands sold to the
State for taxes, that may not be generally
known. 1t authorized the redemption of all
lands sold since 1860, at the Auditors Office
simply by paying the State and County
taxes due thereon No special taxes, mol
damages are required, but simply the amount
due for taxes There are several millions
of acres of land in this condition, and the
,artios interested. would do well to look at
ter this matter at once. AS the law nov
stands. the Auditor alone, is authorized t
receive this money, and all applications TO
redemption should be made i'll person, or b,
letter to his office.
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The High Court of Errors and Appeals

This court was organized on MONDAY
Hon. A. H. Handy, Hon..W. L. Harris, and
Hon. H. T. Elicit being all present. Hon.
A. II. Handy was chosen by the Judges as
Chief Justice, and Sam'l Livingston appoint
ed Clerk. After organizing, the Court ad-
iourned to Tuesday morning at o'clock, at
which time the business of the Third DIS
trict Judge Harris, y was taken up Ihere
being but thin attendance OF the members
of the Bar, the Court adjourned to TINS
morning at 9 o'clock, when the business
will, we understand, be regularly proceeded
! with
Owing to the impracticability of holding
| the Court in the courtroom, by reason OF
the delapidated condition of it, the Court
after organizing there, adjourned to the
Senate Chamber where, for the psesent, IT.
sessions will be held
The Constitutionality of the Stay Law
will he one of the first questions decided b.
the Court 1t will come up during the pre-
sent week, and its decision will be neces
sary before the Court can proceed with bu
| SineSS.
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RESOLUTION

Authorizing the Auditor to Audit Accounts
ofTax Collectors i'll certain cases
Resolved by the Legislature of the State
of Mississippi That the Auditor is authorl%-
ed to credit the account of each tax eollec-
tor for the amount of money deposited Ii
his office, and paw the same into the Treasury
by receipt warrant and the money left with
him for redemption of land, be returned TO
the owner.
ApproYed Nou. %, 1865.
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= =
Approved, Dec. 2, 1865.

An Act to change the name of the county OF
Jones, and for other purposes.
Section Ist. BE it enacted 10y the Legisla-
ture of the State of Mississippi, that the
nameof the county of Jones is, and the same
is hereby changed to the name of Davis.
Sec. 2. Be il further enacted, that the
name of the town of Elhsville, in said county
be changed to that OF Leesburg, and that the
county site of said county shall hereafter he
known by the name of Leesburg; and that
all legal, or other process, shall be returned
and have the same effect, as though this
change had not been made.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, that this act
be in force from and after its pastage.
Approved, Dec. lst, 1865.
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rV@We commence to-day the publication
of the decision of Judge Yerger on the stay
law; it will be concluded in our next. The
opinion is able and convincing,and will prove
interesting not only to the members Of the
bar, but to the general reader.