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REC0SSTRUCTI0N.
Andrew J0hnson's Pledge In Accept.
Ing the Baltimore Nomination. ssChas


Andrew Johnson's Pledge In Accept
. Ing the baltimore Nomination, ssChas
. IL s0.ss
- tr1om bis Nashville Speech. June ., 16sil
The question Is whether man Is capable Of
selfEovernment. I hold, With Jefferson, that
government was made for the convenience Of
man, and not m1n for government. The laws
and constitutions were designed rs tnstr4-
ments to promote his welfafe.' And hence;
from this principle, ! conclude that govern
ment. can and ought to be changed and
amended To conform to the wants, to the re-
Guirements and progress OF tho people, aud
the enlightened split Of the age, fLoud
aTplause.1 Now, II my Of your 5cccsstonists
have lost faith In mems capacity for seH-gov-
e1nnsnt, and leel unit for the exercise Of
this Ereat. right, 60 straight to rebcldom,
take Jet. Davis, sBeauregard and Bragg for
your masters, and put their collars on your
nccks.
:" And let nc say that now il the time to
sccurc these fundamental principles, while.
the land is' rent with anarchy and upheayes
with the throess Of u mighty revolution.
While society is IN this -dIsoTdcred state, and
We are seeking security, let us fix the founda-
eternal justice which will endure for nll time.
=" But 10 calling convention to restore the
State, who ehall restore arl sc-estab,ish It'll,
Shall the man who gave his influencc and his
iAenrs To- destroy the Government ?? Is he
to participate In the great work Of re-osgan1-
zationy Shall he who bsonyht this misery
upon the State be permitted to control its
dcstIuies If this be so, then nlI this precious
blood of our brave soldiers and officers so
freely poured, out will hnyc been wantQnly
spilled. AL the glorious victories won by
onr noble aEmles will 20 for nought, aud all
the baltic fields (which hlve been sown with
dead Heroes during the. rebellion will have
been memorable in yaia- =. r.,
"Why all this carnage a1d devastation It
was that treason mlsht be put down and trail
toss punished. Therefore I say that traitors
should take back scat In the WORK Of resto-
ration. IL there he but five Thousand men in
Tennessee loyal to tho Constitution, loyal to
freedom, Loyal to justice. these true and faith
full men should control tho work Of reorgani-
cation md reformation absolutely, [Loul
and prolonged applausc.] say that the trai-
tor las ceased 10 be 4 citizen, nad in Joining
tho rebellion has become public enemy. He
forfeited his right to vote with loyal men
whtn hc rcrounccd his citizenship and sought
t0'dcstIoy our Government. - = :
Treason must he made odions, and traitors
must be punished aad impoverished. Their
great plantations must be seized and divided
into small farms, and sold to honest, industri.
Gus men. Tho day Tor protecting the lands
and negroes of these authors Of rebellion lis
past. 1t Is high time 1t. was. I have been.
most deeply .patncd at some things which
men In command who under the influence or
Hattery, fawnIng and caressinr, grant protac-
tson TO the rich traitor, while the poor Union
man stands ont in the cold, often unnblc to
Cct a receipt or voucher for his losses-
fCrles Of That's xontsf = -
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Tie WcAtcrn Union Telegraph Conn
Rnny. II
T1om the M. Tribune, Gth.1

The Western .Cniou; Telegraph Company's
capital Ia So ,0p, Goo. Ths stock issued. to
shareholders L s2i, ,33oo, 900. The s7oo, 900 not
issued belongs to. the company In Its cospo-
rate capacity, ard not to TIC individual sharc-
holders. The company contracted debt Of
$1,000 eco IL purchasing q. majority Of the
stock In California telegraph Lines, which debt
is represented by per ccot bonda s5oo.O00
Of Ills debt will beeome due In May, 1865,
end the remainder in May, ls57s77Thc com
pany had sufficient nct earnings in their
made The usual dividend to The stockholders.
but the Dividend WIS pissed bY tie vote or
Tie directors, aud The money reserved for
the payment Of ;the Interest and bonds that
Will be due next May winch money Is suit1-
cient for that purpose, and the net earnings
Ut tAe c1rpany would be sufficient to pay tho
entire debt OF the company as 1t bccomes due.
The company short lime ago authorized tho
issnc cf seven per cent honda to the amount
uf c,Go0, Goo, and their saIeat % cents. for
the payment Of the bonds that will become
due IN May 1868 snd.i667, and for construct
ing new lines OF telegraph. $ao2. 900 Of the
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any other Of his objects beyond the barren
courcsics which he had the ingenuity to win
fon few OF our public men, whom he con
triyed to place In Positions where tAcy did
not feel atle TO avoid showing him the civil.
ties customsruy accorded to bis official sta-
finn
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Tha Pima GoIkfks sn7s ssThe p.ottacted rn.ca,,r,

Tho Ptna Ga5<f&s snys: "The psoltacted meeting
st ,b. ii. g. Ch,Jch resulted in serentyth1ee &C.
cet kjons to the Church. Al the Centrcary meeting
ha.d his. eahnuih In The n f. Church. o,e1 31Boa
was Subscribed ior The etncral interests OF the
thLEcA"
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FROM WASHINGTON.
Signals OF Isiasrc~+ In Courtess. :.
CFspm Our ovn Cosrespondrntl

FROM WASHINGTON
~ AoA'' =.
sirn.tx of r,..,-,.x -, r...
tEnn f,,r NV ra,....sN;., y
esnu.1 W..an ,
Amidst ~, t,o r,,s,.,,, oA ..,s...ot aaa'.ao
WI a.1.r,aatahis - ~ s.s.,. noIonS' a"aAeaeu
~ zsa.x. $780, ~ o.opuente' ot sae Ast
~: .o,,I - ,ns,tw 80 oas soneouas ssn'eetou
rn,.condr.t 80 ,,:IIs.,sua ueu .aA.r wv ae4!
...n1a ..as..s. pAtions u tae HAesante
-. u .1.'.,,u p sottesponoinSS feaeuon !"
:as;.- M ~ ~ Ganasa. w. .npee Ap menoeis o. tno 'la-
."d,s,o. -, G ~, %no' upon GROUNDS q e1'
,. - sAe :. s1a 1oPe 9! preventing erulr
House, were inclined to make concessions IT,
rec0ncIlnble With a consistent Yiudication Of
tho prcrogntlycs of The lcpislatiye branch of
the Government In the solution Of tho RECON-
x+.rr%to, s,..I1n.. II 80. A......1y
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The Republicans OF La sale County;

7,,a f,75nuf,r ,,,o,os,;,r ;tan s.na.S,: y.
I, r,x-,s s~A "fl~1Aeu :"
Ing So"f"ot u Aonosy eFcnluR, pu1poftlo&
TO haye been written from Ottawa:
"7be moderate and wl.e course Of the ErsaIng
e7qNat u 1sfevenGs 10 the Itesldent and Congresa
y ~. smos. an'VfssaS @ appaoTed aonE lo9a men q
t1th ths T4,1nsr for IT. psftd onnras HIN ~
mcn heleabouts app1ove OF its internpe.a.a utter
Gucea. Ii SAL1er
Now do not wish to charge the Journal
folts WIN ,xr,tinv their IL aneci., -corresro,,5
.,.,,, T., .,,,,- ,,t,;s, =, c,,,.aaa ,,.s. :.
Is that oilisena inquiry hns been Instituted
here, to find the writer of The above without
success and certain II Is that all tte f.ets
:neceesnrv far IN, ert,c,e IN 7.11cI, th. .1o,-o
- t,,-,5 .1e,, 10 ~ .sh.T,a,aa1 -. 49, n's ~
4ou' ~, orsn ~ ~ t.e oub' =, "a lno uatn
featuring project" loss Of the: La Sale
Bridge: DC. &c,,,' could have been obtained
cr,,,n In f1.ts1,o H.. sr,a.- ~ c.,,,.so,,,...
ass ~. st.,s 49, 49,. =, ~. sa,.a 1aaS
aoo certain II Inal .ae1e Is mol q particle Of
truth IN The paragraph quoted Our courts
have been In session together with the Board
Of Supervisors of the county ttnce the presi-
aen,,e ,c+o cna 5;,,-,,of,,1 .noa,h ,ns
,s".S..r.,, n'Ns>n,,"es. ~
ie nu.aps1 ,s ~ NC nFIo1Sa1s ~ tns GonntT
.aan.; psu ~ no"h. 1u w. ~ Hss. HeI
~, ts.h1oot ~ TX nt 'ns fGt taonsn
IL. .,.-...1 1t III e.m....sf(
~ ~ SInsaai pI y. , H. , ana gene
1al n toanoa ~ oplntoA NY ocGn sNcu, uot
sontat5 l'Spuoncan1 10 1he Nrlter's knoWl-
eugs s a=s !naotseu elthcf lne frcslden1 or the
n:ec ao4 nouetate coufse o. rue 1oHfnar
,.Ere SoEErees Is universally sustained among Ae.
puoneans, Ena ~ A1ise1saiy conaesnnea
sinnns aTn ueMocata anu Copperneaos;
1nc .,,n.a ,n.elnnerano nttefanees. 81 me Inl-
is3sast, ss eten, ate qnAe lane e1pfeS6lons o. tne
tnai .isu alsEust wn'sn ~ heInoneaas
1..l io~ a.u ene tLeaenL. liz noasu Q, gu
aet; s1E T sesoiu.ions .so. SUSTAINING
LIZ, Guu 'H.o1oai T asnou ~ stlie, palsy Fote'
Icy "ssaa na9.Hn at;n Young dos' ana every COP
l. .teIi Iy .,,,Sors;, ~; h.,o that TIN z,,
49, - aa nsse uat 1ue yEu'nas
ill., H. ~ ~ ~ Goes n.y. Snu tsGoaol{ WI eyss
~ ~ I1nsier cat, sgS = iii ha ai ea "
:or shc rnr.er ~ ciose ~ Nv 49, o1 III
tfnr IN H. a,,1,oJ o1so w hs 1ao,,1a ~;
1,eT well boW fr;thfn5 and 9a,3opS .1sa ~
Jou,noi for Mr. Sornrd sra Inv boaty,a II + vas ras
toward Nr. Tincf,ln fi,,rIn,y lie rh;c,.-n ror'
yenfinn when Mr, Lincoln Tas flrst no,n;rstoS :.
How II kent a SeTarff t;ar hannjn.. rF",n ia
window until Tic yery list. t.Mfbc flrst. lnsf
and only time the .o,:yxtI was ever .snown nj, ~
", in nnsItiyriy and unennirnral1r far mo NAV,
ur N, asurc until nftcr he or ii Ind succee1ei.
Ills turtler we'll ,Inderstood Iera that Ut.
Seward and Thurlow Weed ,were lie prompt
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!; A eononxuy has been organized tn Quincy. md
a ah',Tf n cooprepes building horBe niroad for
~ conver1ents of the people Of that thriving city,
, 1866-03-09
AMONG THE DANES.
"A Visit to Copenhagen.

From HrrI8n ntof!s,pcnfto oren-yYorcpsi In
- tho Royal italian oprrn-ThprwaId-
ems museun-E1fs MuJc4ty Christian
1xE-DEaTea Around the Clty-Old Elsi.
more, 4c+, DC. -
90 (coaespondenca Of the ChIcago Ttbnne.l
- - BERLIN, Fob. 10, 1866. "
Having just returned from pleasant tip
made With "a, very agreeable party. Of five
Americana, to Copenhagen, II occurs to nc
that an account of It might interest some Of
your readezs, as It is place rather ont of the
route OF tourists. Among the number Of The
party was Mr. Wight, our A1,nl5te. at Ber-
lin, the Hon. Mr. Knox, Of Illinois, and Dr..
Roller, Of Chicago. We lett Berlin early on
Thursday morning, and Ind delightful ride
to Lubbock. -
When NC arrived at Lubeck, we found the
United States Consul, whom Mr.. Wright had
notified Of orr arrival waiting at the depot.
He had a drosky ready. for rs, which We took
TO Travemundi, small fishing village ten
miles distant, where the steamers lie Hhen
the tide is low. We drove through the old
grass-groTn@ streets Of Lubbock, which are
built up and down hill in curves, so that 1t
It Is impossible to see to, the end Of any OF
thcm,-past the numerous old towers and
churches, which looked SO curious and inter-
esting, that we were all sorry that We had no
timo to spare 10 visit them. Near Trayenuu-
di We fund the ground very low and masshy,
and We crossed over large slough, or river,
on ferry-boat exactly like those formerly
used for crossing our sable strea,n in Chfca.
60. As we drove through tho village, on or
right was the beach, covered with small fishing
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Cncinnati, 1t Will be borns In mind, Is the
point where a iarsc. portion Of the passengers
are discharged from steamboats, that ascend
the Ohio: River fttNn New Orleans, aud we
would therefore expect that the disease would,
Z communicated, be found here at IN cary
cordinelY VIC find, on the -e7h Of Decombcr.
Prof. Harrison giving = clinical Lecture over
two cases at the>hospital, which came from.
steamboats, that had brought them up tha
river, Whether these were cholera or if,t, II
.syas soon pzeyalclt IN Cincinnati, This wns
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that fed escaped the disease. = ::
Mr. BankEon, who lived near Ferrlty's, and
there while they were sick, took the disease,
and died the tame dny. Mrs. Bankson was
attocked. about tile same time. 1Ir. Grant,
another neighbor, was nt Heacock's render
ing assistance to The eick, but escaped. His
:Eon. who attended the funeral Of ono Of the
family, However, took the disease soon after
and died. These were nil the cases that
proved fatal, and the neighboshood became
guile healthy By the second week IN July;
!. Mr. Kerr observed that but two or three
? Of those who rendered the kind Offices OF ns-
tlatance to The sick during t4is terrible
scomEe escaped.
we're attack Immediately allrr.
The nelsntoshood ten miles west Of this
city, at Doty's tavern, ut the terminus Of the
plank road, On tho great western thorough
fare from the city; has thus far
escaped, but one case having been brought
but sent back to q house In the suburbs
where he died.
INT TIE COUNTRY WEST OF CHICAGO.
The following history Of. this appearance OF
the disease In the country near Amoras on
Fox River, forty -pllles west Of Chicago, was
communicated to me BY. Mr. Favour, epothe-
cary and student OF metlIcine Of that place:
: Inc nFsG Case tuAk OCEuIEcA "Ao aDOAk AFQ
miles west of Aurora, IN the person Of ped
ller who was direct from Chicago. He stop
ped at Mr. sanford's, a farmhouse on the
road, on Wednesday, the 9th: Of June. End
died Of cholera on the following Sunday On
Monday Mr.. Sanford was taken with the dis
ease, but recovered. Several members OF, Ills
Mnily were Econ sttcr taken with dfarrbea,
bit altrccovcrcl speedily, and no other case
occurred in tho nefeLborhood OF in the eur
country until the 22.d Of July, when
Ar. Van Elect, farmer living threa miles
north Of: Aurora, returned from Chicago,
where he had been to market, and was taken
with the disease the came night. He died the
next day. On the 24th, the day after he
died, Mrs, Van Fleet, who attended
upon him, was taken, and died eighteen hours
after the attack. On the 37th, brother OF
Mr.: Van Fleet, who lived within q short dis
tante OF his house, Was taken. This was al
ofthe disease that had occurred In this neigh.
borhood, which WIS otherwise healthy up to
'li about ee i've miles distant from ,l1: Van
:Flect's and eight miles from aurora, a: Mr..
: Leech wns taken with cholera on lls return
home from Chlcago. and dled on the Afh OF
july. Ills son was subsequently, taken
These wcre'th first cases Ia tnat nuigabor-
Tie following accourt Of the appearance Of
the disease In tSo nelehborhoods is furnished
I
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VIC arrived at Copenhagen at1t1 o'clock,
and found the U. i. Minister, Mr, Ycaman,'
waiting fol- ua at the depot. We drove to the,
Hotel Roya1e, where We got very pleasant
rooms, and employed the Remainder of tho
day in walking round the Christianburg pal.
acc, Thorwaldscn's museum, and other placest
In the vicinity: In the evening we went to-
the Italian opers, Instead Of the Danish thea;
tire, as We had intended, as tide King was adj
yertlsed to be there, and We thought 1t would
probably ba our only chance 10 see His Majesty
Christian the IXth.-- The opera house was:
moro like q concert hall than On opera house,
but, nevertheless, very neat and pretty. Tho
opera WAS R,gohtto, and We were all veryl
anxious to see What singers they could havol
in Denmark, expecting, Of course, to seel
something entirely new and unique. What
was then our establishment when the curtain:
rose, to sec 1orc.asi, whom we had all seen
some dozens Of times In our beautiful opera /
house at Chicago, come forward and sing AS
natural as life, nmid tho p1audits of the
Danish audience. We could hardly keep
from Jumping up and waving our handkeE-'
chiefs at her. fhe King sat II tho front end
On his tight, aad she Queen Dow.
ager on Ills left. Ha IS very.
young looking man, appearing not more
than thirty-flye years old at most. lie has
black. monstaclle, aud high slle-whiskcr-..
The only. distinguishing mark about his box
WAS d narrow red curtain, slightly enbroil-
cred with gold, which hung down In front
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-23
ATRocIoUs MURDER. Saturda,

ATRoc1oUs MURDER.-On Saturday
evening last, young man, Albert
Geer, (son of Mr.. David Geer, ST.,
was returning to his home from the
village, some three miles distant, and
about dusk had reached within four
hundred yards of his fathers house,
when he was brutally attacked by ons
or more persons, and left in a mangled
and insensible condition. No clue
has been obtained as to the provoca-
ton for this inhuman and brutal
assault, which ended the life of q
peaceable, quiet and inoffensive
youth.
Two negroes haye been arrested
upon suspicion for completely in the
murder, bat as the matter will un-
dergo official investigation, we for
bear comment.
anderson LateNigemcer.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-23

Gen. Jim Lane has been making q
speech in Kansas, to which the West
ern press attach some Importance, as
it shows that some of the most pro-
nounced of the Western Radicals
have made up their minds to support
President Johnson's plan of restora-
ton. The following extract from
Lanes speech presents a dilemma
that would bother the most astute
Eastern disunionist to meet fairly:
''I laugh to scorn any man, espe-
cially any Kansas man, who would
advocate the extension of suffrage to
the colored man in the Southern
States and deny it to him in his own
State. Applause. I was talking
the other day with some gentlemen, |
believe in this city, on the subject of
colored suffrage. One was advocating
the extension of the suffrage in the
Southern States. I asked him what
about extending the right of suffrage
to the colored men of Kansas? Oh.
he was not in favor of that. Another
man responded, and said he supposed
the reason he was in favor of extend
ing suffrage to the black man in the
South and not in Kansas was, be-
cause the plantation blacks were SO
much better qualified than our own.
Laughter. That closed the conver
sation.
eff you meet the question at all,
meet it boldly, squarely and honora-
bly,. If the Constitution gives to
Congress the right to fix the status OF
suffrage in Louisiana and South Ca
rolina, it gives it the same right in
Kansas and Conn ecticut, and Wiscon-
sin and Illinois and Pennsylvania.
would like to see Republican Con.
gress extending the right of suffrage
to the black man of Pennsylvania or
any of the other Northern States
1t would be wise political action,
would it not? Absurd! Leave that
question where the Constitution left
it, with the different State Govern.
ments"
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-23
COLUMBIA.
Tuesday Morning, Jan. 2S, 1868.
Dispensing Congress.

A writer in the Constitutional Union,
of Washington city, intimates that
the President may have to initiate
Cromwell and disperse Congress at
the point of the bayonet. He says !:
II again repeat that 4 caution no
violence nor do I wish TO see the
second advent of Cromwell, of Eng
land, or Napoleon, of France, prac-
ticed upon the radical destructionists
in this Congress, but what has been
may be, and will be again. if Presi-
dent johnson is thwarted in his good
intentions. The President must be
sustained -
The remedy is worse than the dis
ease. Let the ballot-box disperse the
radicals, and all will be well. So
says the Richmond, Dispatch, yet if
Congress continues to usurp Che func-
tions of the Executive and the Com
mander-in-C Chief, there will be moth
ing left to him but the exercise of
the veto power.
That the President will remain firm
in his position on the reconstru ction
question, we have had no reason to
doubt yet, such is the magnitude
of the interests which the South has
involved il this question that we
almost fear to trust the most positive
assurances which his friends can give.
Every utterance of the President is
studied closely by our people, to see
what grounds for hope it affords, or
what reasons for apprehensions it
indicates. Mr.. Vallandigham, of
Ohio, in a recent speech, gives us
another one of these encouraging
utterances of Mr.. Johnson's. Mr..
Vallandig ham said:
'Passing aside the manner in
which he proposes to accomplish the
object, looking only to the end, the
complete and immediate restoration
of the Union, I am ready to give him
n complete and cordial support. Said
the President, but ten days ago, to q
distinguished public man of Ohio,
but not now resident in the State,
speaking of this great question of
reconstruction, and of the policy
which, in his judgment, leads to the
end the quickest-'My baggage is
checked through on that line God
grant it. Amen, nmen. !"
We yet have faith that he will be
able to run his reconstruction through
to the end of the route, without the
use of the bayonet.
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GRANT AND A FULL GENERA1sH1p.
General Grants report of his five
days tour through the South is likely
to cost him promotion. There was
a general feeling against creating the
additional grade Of General for him
but while many disliked, the most
would have hesitated to vote against
it. Now its fate is generally under
stood to be sealed. The additional
fact that he favors the repeal of the
test-oath Is not likely to help him.
The common theory here is that
Grant is induced to desire the speedi-
est possible restoration of civil 60
vernment in the South because of his
unconcealed anxiety to march beyond
the Rio Grande. To undertake war
with Mexico, which means war with
France, we must have large army
and internal peace. Given Southern
restoration, and the General thinks
he has secured Southern recruits.
Wash. Cor. Cincinnati Gazette.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-23

FAT OFFICES. AS an illustration of
the advantages of holding office in
the New York Custom House, it may
be stated that it has seldom, if ever,
occurred that, while the nominal
salary of the collector is about 81, 900
per annum, no one who has filled it
has cleared less than $50, 900 to $780,
600 per annum. There is not a place
in the Custom House, even down to
that of the lowest clerk, that cannot
be made lucrative to the holder, if he
is so minded. Deputy collectors,
whose salary is So, 800, often make
$4,000, $4,000, and even $4,000 in
their Office, and clerks, who nominally
obtain 81, 900 per annum. realize five
times the sum.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-23
BOUND FOR TEEOLD PLANTATION

BOUND FOR THE OLD PLANTATION
The SaYapnah Adoe,7iser says that the
steamer st. Helena, from Charleston,
arrived in that city on the 4th. The
st. Helena brought between $50 and
300 colored people, men, women and
children, of all ages and sizes. The
greater portion of them were formerly
owned by Judge King, and will leave
for his extensive plantation on The
Savannah River, about four miles
from the city, to-day. Since the
termination of the war, they have
been planting in Darlington District,
S. c., and many of them we're jubi-
liant at the idea of again going to their
old home on the plantation We learn
that they have agreed to work the
lands.to which they are going for one
third OF what they raise.
A traveller over the South Carolina
Railroad cannot fail to have his at
tention directed to the number of
rustic contraband encampments
along the line Of the road. Upon
inquiry, they a., willingly impart the
information that they re ''gwine
back to the old place" 1t would ap-
pear from this, that large numbers of
freed men, women and children are
returning from the up-country.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-01-23

Ihe Home Journal, published in
Now York city, and edited by Willis
& Phillips, is one of the best literary
newspapers published in the country.
1t is entirely free from everything of
n sectional or sectarian character,
and is one of the very few Northern
publications which Southern ladies
and gentlemen can read without
feeling themselves insulted. Lynch
burg Va.) Republican,, Dec, 1866.