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Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
Last Resolution of the Committee on Re
construction.

The resolution OF the Committee Of Fifteen, IN
regard to the admission Of the State of Tennes-
see into the Union, bears, upon all its features,
the stamp of THADDEUS STEVENS. ltproceeds
upon the assumption that Tennessee is not now
in the Union-not State. 1t imposes condi-
lions both precedent and subsequent. 1t re-
quires that she shall comply with these condi-
tions before her admission, and that hereafter
she shall not violate them. If she does, the
inference is that she will be driven out Of the
Union. This committee handles States as boys
handle a ball. 1t throws them hither and
thither as if they were mere playthings.
1.-THE Southern States are out Of the Union,
as alleged by this committee, it would seem
that the war failed in demonstrating what it
was waged to demonstrate-the indiSsOlubihty
Of the Union, and the unconstitutionality Of Sc
cession. This resolution is in irreconcilable
conflict with the universally received theory
of the war, and with all of the Presidents de-
claratons as to the relations Of the Southern
States to the Union. We may, therefore, con-
fdently count upon its meeting the fate of the
Freedmen's Bureau bill, lift reach him.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
About Africa.

NJ. DU CHAILLU recently delivered an address
before the Royal Geographical Society in Lon
don. in which he gave description of his Sc
eopd Journey in Equatorial Africa. \ large
audience was present, among them many emf
nent men of science. We extract the following
from the published report Ofthe lecture:
"GORLLAs-Whent they reached Olinda, the:old
King was very friendly with him and called him his
sweetheart Still he was so eXacting IN ms de-
nands that NJ. Du Chaiu told him he thought he
loved ms goods most The chief replied that he
loved both. ILaughteT.l Here he had numerous
Ouels VI marriage from the native ladies' all dressed
IN Iher DesI but the whole were respectfully de-
Gh1eu. FROM tins place he visited the Bakala
ais uhaer dihculties and had an adventure with
gOrlilas on the road At the TIME he was unwell
anu not strong enough to carry his gun. Thus un-
ARMED, ne Was WaiAihg IN advance Of his party,
upon ten gorllas eating berries They 0nicEIv made
/ for the ground and ran away, exeent an old
male, who came towards him to know ,rbat u,as
I the matter, giving, At the same time a Iond roar
/ The approach Of his men frightened the animal
which then ran away.
He therefore had reason TO modify some of Tho
OpiniOns expressed in his book, and believed that
porillas are sometimes gregariOus. His negroes can
tured full grown female, which they kept for seye
raj DAYS, but the whole of them were very much
frightened at IT, He had four live ones in his pos
session at different times. De saw nothing to re
/ tract respecting their habits from what he had
/ previously stated"
/ OF the NapOno tribes he says:
"The natives here are so quarrelsome that he die
not see a man who had not some cuts about hi.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
Gold and Copper in Western North Caro-
limo

The British Isles, upon their surface, exhibit
few dislOcatiOns Of strata, such as indicate
great igneOus and volcanic action in the mast
ages OF the world-and perhaps surface indi-
cations Of mineral treasures below were not
very Aattering but the energy of miners
has brought to light their hidden wealth, and
the development Of their mines has made
Great Britain one of the most powerful nations
on the globe.
We know but little Of the mineral wealth
that has been lying undisturbed for ages be-
meath the surface Of the States Of Virginia and
North Carolina. If it were laid bare to the
human eye, in all its richness and variety, it
might astOnish the most visionary and enthusi-
astic mind. We don't profess to know what
lies hid in this terra iReogRiia. But we think
that two States that exhibit such rich and en-
couraging indications on the surface. should be
explored in the interior. If curiosity stimu-
lates vast expenditures upon expeditions to
explore the volcanic desOlations of Iceland OF
the ice-bound regions Of the North Pole, it
would seem that the combined motives of in
terest and curiosity should prompt US to ex-
More a country, lying under our feet, whose
srDer6eial indications give such rich promise
of buried treasures.
The only certain tests Of mining districts are
aetual xperiments-explOra and trials Of
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
The Pnlnit and the Stump.

Politics and preaching do not thrive to-
cether. When parsons turn politicians, ana
deIiver stump speeches instead Of sermons,
they cannot expect their congregations to grow
in grace. Some orthe New England preachers
are learning this to their cost. The Independent
publishes letter from clergyman complain
inc that in Connecticut alone seventy pulpitS
are vacant-the reason assigned being that in
consequence of the abatement Of interest in
the subject of religion, congregations cannot be
induced to contribute enough for the support
of ministers. The writer says:
oBy investigation, Gnd that the Congregational
clerpymen in Connecticut are really being urlNeh
from their posts of usefulness by want over one
fifth of all the pastors in the state were usinIsseu
during the past year, while only eie'en youns s
wore ordained In regard TO salaries, learn from
the minutes of the General Association that three
masters have no pay; one has SlOOi one, SUI one
S9DO. nine have 500; thrty-three, $780, one hun
jred aud four $1,000; forty Sl,5OO; sixteen; s2OVV
four. - 900; and three, S3OOO "A year mat Tue
average sum paid to ministers III iS OOuu!
: s653; i'm TOlland county, S12o; MlddleseN county!
SSlq: New London county, SIS; Ltchheld couh'
~ ssh: Fairfield county, SlOA; Hartford county
Il O6O: New Haven county, Sl,l2i.
when we consider the present cost oil llVlhg, we
ask-Can our clergymen support and educate their
families on these salaries They do not. Many are
in debt. in want in distress, and feel obliged often
times TO resign and undertake some OF the many
other fields Of labor, whereby they can bring sup
port TO their families
The New York World adds:
.From what we hear from other States we pre-
sume that there must be some three hundred vacant
pulpits in New England while there are proDaII!
sSome five hundred more where the parsons make
barely enough to keep soul and body together
The same lack Of interest and abstinence irom
church-going and church.supporting IS noticeable
an over the North especially where the ihhueuce Vi
New ENGLAND thought prevails.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

each particular mine. But, II general geolOgi-
cal deductions are of much value, the gold re-
riops of the mountainous districts of North
Carolina-of Burke and Mcdowell counties
will be found the richest in working veins OF
gold of any in that State. The mines in Burke
and Mcdowell are found near the foot of the
Blue Ridge, and east of the same. Nearly all
Of them have been worked as surface OF placer
mines-sOmetimes called deposit mines. The
gold is obtained By washing the surface Of the
fiat lands on running streams, and the hili-sioeS
bordering on them to their SUBMITS, TO the
depth Of eight or ten feet. The well known
Brindletown mine, not far from Aorgantown,
has been worked for many years IN this way
that is. as a deposit mine. The general theO-
~ Of these deposit mines is that the gold found
in them has been discovered from gold veins,
generally found in quartz rock, and either
thrown out BY igneOus or volcanic action, or
washed out by the attrition of running water,
and sometimes removed at a considerable dis
lance from their first localities. 1t is highly
probable, therefore, when there are many rich
surface mines in any locality, that rich veins
of imbedded ore may be found hard by; and
this probability is increased when the deposits
of gold are very near mountain ridge, conSti-
tuting an etlectual bar to washing from more
distant locality. Vein mines have been dis
covered, in Burke and Mcdowell, imbedded in
quartz in the locality of these surface mines.
The working of ore has recently commenced.
The working Of surface mines requires no III
vestment of capital, and the want of capital has
heretofore prevented the working Of veins
which requires to be done with machinery.
The copper region extends, it is said, all
along between the Blue Ridge and Allegheny
occupying a breadth Of some forty miles-com-
mencing in Macon county, North Carolina and
passing through jackson, Haywood, Buncombe,
Yancey and Ash, and thence to Carroll and
Floyd counties, Virginia.
The surface indications along this region,
when understood, are very unerring as to the
existence of copper below. Many shafts have
been sunk, in different localities, and copper
reached. But the owners await capital for
further development. The only effort at sys-
tematic mining is by the Callowhee Company,
in Jackson county. The copper pyrites yield
tbirty-four per cent, which is considered a
very high percentage by experienced MINERS
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

body; moreover, they are inoerrigible drnnkarls.-
They have three intoxicating liquors, made respect.
lively from the sugar cane, honey and the sap OF the
palm tree"
THE PIeMEs-In the Assangi country he saw
little huts four feet high forming villages general.
Is uninhabited, because the dwarfs who sometimes
live in them lead wandering gypsy life. The abort
nes seem to regard these dwarfs with supersttious
awe, and he could get few opportunities TO examine
them. The women were less afraid of him than the
men, who ran away so, on one Occ aston he had an
opportunity OF measuring them, and he found the
average height Of the women to be four feet four
inches 10 four feet five inches"
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

HORRIBLE OUTRAGE BY BAND OF OUTLAWS
We learn that gang of thieving cutthroats visited
the plantation of DIR. Salter, at or near Enterprise
Mississippi, on Saturday night and after shooting
three of the negro men, carried of all the money
and valuables they could find on the place. The
villains left in the direction of Qutman, and we will
no doubt hear of more murders and robbery by
them in that vicinity. We are informed that nc
efforts will be lost by our authorities to effect the
capture of this murderous gang.-Mobiie Register
Esbrltnrtf lSfb
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
s1xGrIAR SrArEMENr oF DR. BAcoN.-The Was

SINGULAR STATEMENT OF DIR. BACoN.-The Wash
ngton Chronicle OF last Friday says that at meet
ing recently held in New Haven, Connecticut to
endorse the policy of President Johnson, the Rev.
DIR. Bacon spoke, saying that he did not come TO
specially endorse President Johnson or anybody
else. He hoped the South might be represented
with safety but wanted the strong arm of law to
protect the freedmen and loyal whites in their rights
General Terry declared to him recently in Richmond
that should his army be materially lessened he
should be obliged to remove his headquarters to
Fortress Monroe"
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

The WORLD NEwsPAPER.-That able news
paper, the New York World, appeared yester-
day with a new dress of handsome type, and
enlarged to the extent of five columns. The
World claims that its Southern circulation is
three times greater than that of any other
Northern paper.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
RICHMOND WING.
WEDNESDAY, MoRNING..MARCH :, 1866.
Advertising.

Ifany business man in Richmond doubts that the
WIG is the best medium through which to reach
the Virginia public we invite him to call at this
Office and we will take pleasure, as a matter Of
bsiness, in exhibiting to him our lists of bona de
subscribers in every section of the State.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
rSDecial Despatch To the Baltimore Sun. |

lcltNldl bSSphtNh W VIC b1AtAHIhlV SuHfI
WASHINGTON March 5.-The report in the House
to-day of the Reconstruction Committee is regarded
as a mere mockery. 1t is unconstitutional through.
ont As things stood on Saturday, the uncOnditiOn-
al admission of Tennessee was expected.
The Radical Republicans rely upon the nertness
of the Administration for carrying the elections in
New Hampshire and Connecticut This done they
will feel entirely safe.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

George A. Trenholm, Confederate Secretary of the
Treasury, has presented to Bishop Davis, of South
Carolina, the property known as the Orangeburg
Female Seminary, for the purposes of a theological
seminary.
in the Bunker Hill (Ill.) Church. few Sundays ago.
The clergyman politely stopped preaching till they
settled the question.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

A considerable sensation was created on the 2lst,
in the Rue Montmartre Paris, by the appearance OF
a wen dressed woman, who loudly expressed her
Op mon that dress was the invention OF the devil
"a sentiment in which many husbands entirely con-
she proceeded TO dismaptle herself She had nearly
got as far her crinoline, when the police inter
fered
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

Fifty-four wOrkmen lost their lives by the burning
of 4 building in Cronstadt recently. There were
three doors to the building, but only unlock
ed, and this opened inward. The unfortunate men,
pressing forward in crowds, kept it closed and it had
at ZENITH to he broken down, but ftyour had already
nerishel
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07


md Miss ALICE S. HARRISON, all of Portsmouth.
EVERYTHING Is SBAsoN.-That grey hairs are honora-
BILE in old a-e IS a prOverbal matter; hut they 30
in youth, Mrs. S. A. ALIENS Worlds Hair Restorer
and Zylobasamum Hair Dressing, suited to both
young and old they restore grey hair to its youthful
color giving the the natural nourishIaent. They
renew preserve and increase the growth. Every Drug
gist sells them mhG-eOdlw
For EVERY DAY Usg.-There is no truer maxim than
that "PreventOn is better than Cure"
PLANTATION BITTERs
Should always be used whenever the first symptom Of
disease is felt. Heartburn, Headache, Cold Feet Pain
in the Back Low Spirits and Indigestion the sure
forerunners of Dyspepsia and other hOrrid nightmare
diseases.
For all such symptoms PLANTATION BlTTERS are
a certain and Ready Relief. An immediate good effect
is always felt from the first trial They easy to
procure, pleasant to take. and sure to do good.
"Never give up ; 1t is wiser and better
Always TO hope, than once to despair
PLANTATION BITTgRs break ennuis fetter
And drive out the demons OF sickness and care"
Fatigued, overworked men, merchant, students, and
all persons whose occupation wears out the body and
racks the brain, find in PLANTATION BGrrgRs,
EXHAUSTED MATTRESS GREAT RRsToRER.
,obg
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

lady in Cleveland, Ohio, the other day. was
very atfectionate 10 her husband, and at supper
handed him cup of tea which he declined to drink,
but handed to one Of his children. Thereupon the
woman sprang forward and seized the cup, thus
saving tn child's life The cup contained arsenic.
An arrest and trial of course fninMs
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

GENERAL SCOTT ENDORSES PRESIDENT JOHNsON.-
We learn that the old veteran and patriot, General
Scott who is at present in New Orleans, unhesita-
tngly endorses all that President Johnson uttered
in his speech on the 22d ultimo. The staunch old
soldier expresses the hope that he will yet see the
North and South more firmly bound together than
ever and that to effect this President johnson has
sdonted the only true and proper course.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
Accident to General ScOtt.

NEW YORK, March 5.-General Scott was some.
what injured though not seriously, by falling from
his berth on his recent trip from Key West ia, New
Orleans. He recovered slowly, and attended church
on the 18th ult., though still feeble.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

New YORK, March 5.-Advices from Central
America report that Granada and Masaga, in Mica
ragua experienced twenty-one shocks of earthquake
in twenty four hours recently. Eight of them were
of alarming severity.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
From the Providence Post. ]


HIC JACET.
Here lies a man
Who once did plan
scheme to blast a lady's fame,
Who by fort blow
Is since laid low.
A dead duck nOw-ignoble game.
From the New York World.l
Forney is doing his best to convince his readers
that he is not dead duck" but only live goose.
lie evidently don't like being made game Of
From the Lancaster htelhgeacer.l =,
Fornev has now got a name which will last him
lifetime Daring Mr.. Lncoln's time he was live
dog. but now according to President Johnson he is
only dead duck"
JOHN W. FoRNEY, D. D.-Dirty dog or dead duck
YOU paws YOUR money, aud you takes your choice.
In the one case he is canine in the other cGnGrd.
From the Philadelphia Age.l
"OccAs1oxAL" of the Press by no means accepts
the facts OF the Presidents speech. He is especially
disguised however, with its " dead duck "-tons.
From the New Yorl, HERALD
wv. Fornev, d. D.-The President has COM
menced comforting degrees, and it must be acknowl-
edged that his titles more appropriate than some
of those conferred by the colleges. Forney has now
D. D. added to his name which it is doubtful If any
college in the land would have given him. Senator
Nve of Nevada. who, by the way, is something OF
wag, proposes 10 make 1t a title more significant.
He has notified some OF the Senators that he intends
to offer resolution eXpeing Fomey from the Sen
ate. on the ground that the Senate chamber is no
place for dead ducks.
From the Newark Journal
If Bennett really desires to establish select par
ty and TO have candidates in cOnsonance with his
own reputation and principles, we would advise him
to adopt the following ticket, and he will be sure OF
his useful success:
For PreSideHt-BOTTLED BUTTER.
VIce PreSideRt-DEAD Duck FoRNEY.
Butler, being blear-eyed, would take Benefits
view very naturally, and FOrney being an unscru-
pulOus editor would chime in admirably with his
Satanic bOttlehOlder.
From the Boston POST
How admirably the word paints the man, downy,
amphibous FOIney, ready to take to the water after
garbage if he cau't find 1t on land web-fOOted and
tishy, Sumner would have required column and
months research through translated foot notes OF
magazines to make even an etching of Forney.
johnson does it in word, and no past or present
friend of Forney, from Jameson to Buchanan, no
reader of those continuous " OccaSionals" but will
forever after associate the Secretary of Mr. Sumner
with the aquatic !fowl.-Grant bottled Butler, but
Johnson has ducked Forney He is indeed a "duck
of a man..
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
Death Of Mrs. Feuton's Parents.

ALBANY, March 4-The father and mother of Mrs
Fenton. wife of the Governor died at an advanced
age yesterday at Randolph, Cataraugus county.
Mrs Fenton reached there prior to their DEATH The
Governor left this e;ening TO attend the funeral.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

large gathering of friends and relatives assem-
bed at Mr.. p T. Barnum's residence, in Bridgeport,
Conn., on Thursday, on the OCCASION of thelmarriage
of his eldest daughter Pauline, to Mr.. Nathan See
ley, of New York. True to his principles, Mr.. Bar
mum prohibited all liquor at the marriage feast, and
the occasion was of the most joyous and delightful
description.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

"The Human Face Divine" new system Of Ply
siognomy Eyes, Ears, Lips, Month"; Head, Hair, Neck,
Hands, Feet, Skin, with "sgns of character, and how
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and Life illustrated for 1866, devoted to PhrenOogy,
Physiology, Physiognomy Psychology, Ethn0logy,
and all that relates to the Intellectual, Social Mora
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\TOTICE.-THE FOLLOWING NAMED

NTOTICE.-THE FOLLOWING NAMED
y persons, or any other shareholders in the Rich
Gond Fire Associations requested to meet at the Of
fee of DANIEL II. LONDON, on Thirteenth street, at
four o'clock on FRIDAY evening, the 9th inst:
Mcaiah Mangum; NJ. H. Houston attorney for Mrs. R.
H. Gibson Peter ]. Crew, administrator of c. Crew;
VIM. Sedgwiek Elizabeth Allen, by John Priddy
Charles j. Sinton, Joseph +. Powell, Thomas HaT
grove, Sarah A. Hargrove, w. II. Turpn, George W.
Anderson, r. Massie X. w. Allen, attorney for Jos.
Aliens estate John N. Davis administrator Of T. l..
Beasley; George A. Held, Sedgwiek Mussen, James
Sinton R. H. Bosher, J. L. ApperSOn, Ed. snton, Gar
land Hanes, Leroy j. Grant, John T. sizcr, VIM D.
Gibson John l.. Tate, l. 5. Joynes
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
Fatal Steamboat ExplOsiOn-Twenty-Gve Live.

LOUISVILLE March "a Memphis despatch says
the steamer Lockwood had exploded her boiler
twenty miles from Memphis, and was burned
TwentY.fYe lives are reported lost.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07

Sarah Marks advised her younger sister to go to
Australia in the London, to brother who was doing
well in Melbourne. When she heard of the loss OF
the ship she declared herself murderess, and in a
fit of despair poisoned herself with the oil of bitter
Of m
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
SECOND DESPATCH.

HARRISBURG, March 5.-The Convention reassem-
bled at seven o'clock.
The Committee on Resolutions submitted the fol-
lowing;
The Democrats of Pennsylvania in Convention.
recognizing crisis in the affairs of the Republic,
and esteeming the restoration of the Union para
mount to all other issues, do resolve,
lst That the States whereof the people were late
ly in rebellion integral parts OF the Union, and
are entitled TO representation in Congress, by men
duly elected who bear true faith to the Constitution
and laws; and in order TO vindicate the maxim that
taxation without representation is tyranny, such re-
presentation should be forthwith admitted.
Cd. That the faith of the Republic is pledged to
the payment OF the national debt, and Congress
should pass all laws necessary for that purpose.
3d. That we owe obedience to the Constitution of
the United States, including the amendment pro-
hibitng slavery, and under its provisions will ac
cord to the emancpated all their rights Of person
and property
4t6. That each State has the exclusive right to
gulate the qualifications of its own citizens.
9th. That the white race alone is entitled to the
control of the Government of the Republic, and we
are unwilling to grant to negroes the right to vote.
9th. That the bold enuncatiOn OF the principles OF
the Constitution and the policy Of restoration con-
tanned in the annual message and the Freedmen's
Bureau veto message of President Johnson entitle
him to the support of all who love their country,
It'll That the nation owes debt of lasting graft
tude TO the brave men of our army and navy for
their heroic services in defence of the Constitution
and the Union and that while we cherish with ten
der affection the memory of the fallen, pledge to
their widows and orphans the nations care and pro-
lection.
Sth That we urge upon Congress the duty of the
equalization Of the bOunties Of our soldiers and
sailors.
The resolutions were unanimously adopted
The Convention then proceeded to ballot for a
candidate for Governor.
Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-03-07
TIE FENIAN EXCITEMENT,

The Fenians in New York, as well as elsewhere,
are still holding meetings, and manifestng much
apparent excitement over the news from Ire
land