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The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
THE REBELS IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEw>ORLEANs July 20, 1866

iNhh >'hhENNp 'N'y ~, lpUO
For some time past the different Rebel
military organizations which existed
during tie war have held both secret aud
public meetings, and perfected a reor>
ganizallon Of regiments, brigadcs, divi-
sions and batteries. 1t is claimed osten,
sibly for charitable purposes and to
erect a monument to Confederate dead.
The following important order just issu-
ed by Gen Sheridan explains itself:
Hpo'Hs Military DIV OF THE GULF
NEW ORLEANS, La. July Is. '6G|
"GENrHAL OEpEE, No II First: No.
tiIication is hereby given, for the inlor.-
nation, of all concerned, that no mouu-
ment intended to commemorate the late
Rebellion will be permitted to be erect
ed within the limits OF the Military Divl-
sion Of the Gulf.
",Secend: All reorganizatlons of Con
feleratc companies, batteries. regiments,
brigades, or divisions, within the limits
of this Division, for whatsoever purpo,
ses, are hereby dissolved, and the main,
tainance of such organizations, either IN
n public or private manner, is prohibits
cd.
"7hiM; Department Commanders
will be held strictly responsible for tho
faithful execution Of this order
BY command Of p. II SHERIDAN
Major General
GGoRGE LEE, Asst. Adj. Gen.
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MARSHAL'S SALE

Dl VIRTUE OF A WRIT OF VENDITIO-
ID nj ESponas issued out ofthe District Court
ofthc United States for the Western District
o! Pennsylvania, and to me directed | will
expose TO public sale, at the Custom House, in
the City of Pitsburg, ON the l4th day of
August 1866, at O'Clock, p. m., all the right,
title claim and intercss of Hook Il Wise, of,
In and to the following described property, to
wit; One Disll lcry and tho lot Of ground on
which the same is erected, and all the bull
dings appurlenant thereto One Copper Dis
III, one Steam Engine and Boiler one Mash
Tub with Rake, four large Fermening tubs,
one Worm and Tubs Pipe and Fixtures in said
Distlery,
ALSO,
Seventy two Barrel OF WhisScy. All of the
said property is situated in Franklin township,
Greene county, Pa, and will there be deliver
cd TO the purchasers.
Seized and taken in execution as the proper
" Of Hook Il Wise at the suit of the United
States ALEXANDER MURDOCH,
Marshal.
Marshal's Onlcc Pittsburgh, Pa. July25, &c
aurl '66,-ow
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THE NEUTRALITY LAWS-THEIR RE.
PEAL PROPOSED

WASHINGTON, July 25.-The report of
tie Committee on Foreign Affairs subs
mittod to tho House to-day by General
Banks, favors the repeal of the neutrali.
ty laws, and enactment of others in cons
formity with the law OF nations and
practice of other powers towards our
selves. 1t claims payment from Great
Britain for property destroyed by priva-
toers fitted out from British ports, and
says: "While we prefer peace to war,
and find our advantage in maintaining
peace as against war, it is no longer from
necessity. live are compelled to choose
between the sacrifice OF our own rights
and an appeal to the arbitrations of war,
thore can be no doubt about the deci-
sion. We can no longer stand bail for
the peace OF the world, We have stood
guard for other nations long enough"
II accuses England OF countenanclng
the rebellion, and speaks Of tho suppress
sion Of tho Fenian INVASION of Canada
as better treatment than England had a
right to expect. 1t alludes to Irlshm an
as race which has suffered for Genius
ries, inexcusable and ineffable wrongs,
n@d asserts that the American people
believe that England owes rcparation TO-
ireland. The Intervention OF our Gov
ernment in the Fenian campaign against
Canada is, therefore, proof of Its iidell.
ty NJ obligations supposed 10 be due to
other nations and ought to satisfy the
world that we have neither interest nor
desire to disturb the peace Of the world.
The Committee report the resolutions to
carry into effect their ideas.
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GEORGE Lee, Asst. Adj. Gen.

WASHINGTON ClY, July 26.-The
Senate to>day confirmed the nomination
of Major General W. r.. Sherman to be
Lieutenant General Of tho army of the
United States, Wise Lieutenant General
Grant promoted to be General Of the
army, and that OF Rear Admiral David
y. Porter to be Vice Admiral of the
navy in place of Vice Admiral Farragut,
promoted to be Admiral Of the navy.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
INHUMAN TORTURE OF NEGROES.

General Howard has received volum-
NOUS reports concerning the crueltie,
praetised By Mrs, Henry Abrahams, Of
King Williams county Virginia, upon
her servants. The matter came TO LIGHT
through the investigation set on foot
about month ago. The reports show
that on tho second OF June freed girl
named, Martha Anne, aged II, was
brought to hospital at Richmond The
surg on states that there were upon her
body seven ulcers, all the results OF burns
and all produced within two or three
weeks.
Tho largest was nearly two inches in
diameter In addition to these her en-,
tire body was almost covered with scars,
some old and some covered with recent
scales, some the result of burns, and
some the result Of whipping. Shc had
been so abused that sho was scarcely
able to give expression to an intelligent
idea. The Investigation made before
tho Judge Advocate at Richmond proved
that thismonster, Mrs Abrahams, whom
half the lawyers in tho city volunteered
to defend, has within tho last few years
bppn iho pnisu nf ihn 1pnih IA ni inur M hnr
negro servants. An extract from tho
report is subjoincd
'Lucy Richardson, mother Of tho gil
taken to the hospital, has been mado
blind Of one eye and has been Scared in
tho throat with hot IRON Five of tho
children Of sad Lucy Richardson, named
Martha Anne and Mary Ellen, twios,
aged sixteen, George aged nine, Francis
aged eleven, and Robert aged seven and
n half years, have on many different oc-
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS,
IL. MM. S SaySrS.
ATTORNEY AND COuNSEILOR ArIAw

ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR ATLAW.
viii attend to all claims for back pay, boun-
tyand pensions of soldiersand their representa-
lives, The Pensions ofthe following class are
increased IRON IS TO Sl5 and e25 per month,
and dows tor children under sixteen years
81 per month each, viz
list Those who have lost the sight of both
eyes, the use olboth hands, or otherwise total
ly disabled and incapacitated from performing
manual labor.
Cd All widows having children under six
teen years OF age are entitled to 81 per month
additional for each child.
ID Guardians representing the minor chH-
area of soldiers are entitled to the same increnso
rs il the mother was living. aur. va If
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
PEACE

HEARTS CONTENT, July PA treaty of
peace has been signed between Austria and
Prussia A previous telegram says that Il
five days armistice between Austria and
Prussia commenced at noon on the 23d -
There was fighting on the I'D, the Auslrians
claiming victory.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

Among the delegates to tho Philadcl-
phia 18th of August convention arc the
names of such prominent patriots as
Fernando Wood OF Now York, Au.
gustus Caesar Dodge Of Iowa, Dick
Taylor and Randall Hunt of Louisiana,
Herchul v. Johnson of Georgia, and
George IL. Pendluton Of OHIO.
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THE ADMISSION OF THE ETENNESSE RE
PRESENTATIVES


The Presidents message on the sub -
ject of Tennessee was laid before the
House soon after its transmission to that
body. The Republicans greeted some
OF its sentences with laughter, while the
Democrats app'auded At the conclu-
sion ofthe reading Representative Stew
ems Immediately moved that the Com,
mittee on Reconstruction be discharged
from the further consideration of the
credentials of the members elect from
Tennessee, and that they be referred to
the Committee OH Elections This was
agreed to, when Representative Dawes,
without delay, called the committee to-
gether, and after tho interval OF a few
minutes only, made q favorable report
to the House, which was adopted, and
three of the members, Mcsss May
nard, Stokes and Taylor forthwith ap
peared and were qualified, by taking the
oaths required by law Their colleagues
at that time had not heard the good
news. This was preceded by cheers
from the floor and galleries Everybody
appeared to be satisfied and happy on
the restoration otTennessee to her former
practical and proper relations to the
Union There was u salute of one hun.
dred guns fred in honor of the event,
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casions each of them been placed in
nude state before the fire until their
backs were actually boiled, and then
whipped with birch rod on tho back
until 1t was raw, when strong salt and
pepper water was rubbed on. and thew
were whipped again. Francis died in
February, 1866, from injuries received at
the hands OF said Mrs. Abrahams by be.
ing stamped upon. The children while
being tortured, had their feet and hands
bound, and were bucked to keep them
from struggling or resisting. The house
would be closed while they were being
burned and whipped, but then their
cries would be heard for long way. =
They would often faint away, and Mrs.
Abrahams would continue to strike them
with poker saying, You're dead, are
you? III make you catch your breath"
After the punishment they could not liz
nor sit down, and had to stand up
number OF consecutive days and nights.
Before the children recovered from their
injuries Mrs Abrahams would scar theni
with hot Goals, or with hot iron. She
never had servant without scars from
her hands, and never did day pass that
some servant did not receive torture.
Sarah cambridge, milkmad, was told
TO get all the milk she could in time for
dancing party, and because she did not
answer soon enough, Mrs. Abrahams
tortured her to sucn an extent that she
drowned hersefln the creek.
"Eliza Hill was beat over the head
with an iron poker, and pieces of flesh
were cut from her head and face with a
knife, by Mrs. Abrahams, until she be-
came blindin both eyes. She afterwards
died from these injuries"
The evidence fully establishes nu-
merons incidents Of assaults with intent
to wound, main, dsfgure, disable, or
kill. Much ofthis cruelty has been prac>
tlsed since the fall OF Richmond. Burns
ing ON the bare back with live Goals Of
hire seems to have been common punish-
ment, Whipping was done with clubs
tonss, pokors, tire-shovels, &c. Mary
and Francis were twice taken TO a pond
and half drowned.
GEN GRANT has expressed himself
favorable to the Constitutional amends
ments proposed by Congress. lie also
thinks that the cavalry force should be-
increased i'll the South, to preserve or>
der there The feeling existing in many
porl lis OF the South, under the Presi.
dents policy of cutivaling rebel mali,
gnancy, is not favorable to an early
withdrawal Of the military
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

90 mn A YEAR made byany one with
OE, WV Sl5-Stcncil Tools. No expert
cncc necessary. Tho Presidents, Cashiers,
and Treasurcrs OF Banks indorse the circular.
Sent free with samples, Address the Amcri-'
can Stencil Toel Works, Springfield, vep-
mont aug ,-3m.
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

The, President had most consenial
committee to visit him to advise him as
to the construction of his new cabinet.
Nallandingham, of otOhio, who was cxptll.
ell from his State for disloyalty; Bright,
OF Indiana, who was expelled from the
Senate for the same crime; and Faulkner,
OF Virginia, who was Minister to France,
and came home to JOIN the rebellion,
went to see the President last week to
advise him how to appoint an acccp-
table Secretary OF War. Forrest, of
Fort Pillow fame, also called on him last
week. He will probably propose to
take charge Of the Frecdman's Bureau.
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NEWS 7

fNllE UNDERSIGNED HAS JUST RE-
/ ccived from the East new stock of DRY
GOODS, which he offers 10 rmE PUBLIC NJ tho
lowest possible rates. Call and SEQ him.
Rooms IN the west end of the Green
House, Wayncsburg, Pa.
W. A. PORTER.
augl-tf
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01

The irrepressiblc. "Barnum' has be-
come associated with Van Amburg. and
hereafter the great Snowman will be
identified with the "Barnum and Van
Amburg Museum and Menagcrie Cons
pany, organized with capital of two
MILLIONS Of dollars, for the purpose Of
providing a mammoth establishment to
be filled with curiosities and animals
from all parts Of the world
The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-08-01
Oh! Why am | so weak and weary" &C.
SOLDIERS STATE CONVENTION

SULDIEI3S' STATE CONVENTION.
On Monday last the following named
persons went as delegates to the Clymer
Soldiers e. Convention, to be held in
Harrisburg on the 2nd inst :-LIEU-
TENANT david taylor, LIEUTENANT
samuel montgomery, LIEUTENANT
james jacksing purming These same
individuals were hooted from convcn-
tion of soldiers here on the 23d of June
and now go to represent the soldiers of
this County. Bah comment is unnec-
essary. Heaven help Clymcr when he
marshals such men for his defense!
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AUDITOR,
LIEUT.. GEO. w. SLOUGH,
Of Gilmore TIP.
POOR HOUSE DIRECTOR,
COL. JOS. COOKE,
OF Marion Tp.
CLYNIERITES In BLUE"

The long looked for, long talked of,
long advertised johnson and Clymer"
State mass meeting held at Reading on
the 18th ult proved to be the greatest
political fizzls eyer made by any party in
one of its strong holds. The Reading
papers say that every portion of the lie,
high and Lebanon valleys was ransacked
for delegates. Where ever the Democ-
racy were in the majority, from Harris>
burg to kutztow was secured for ac,
certors OF free tickets to Reading to be
present on this occasion And then not
more than five thousand strangers were
present, and instead of ciytt stand, for
the speakers there was but t,Uo. They
describe it as n blue party throughout
that kind ola bottle blue which has long
been a popularity in the adherents of a
party false to the Government and the
country's glory. When the drum corps
marched from the depot, the delegation
which followed reminded one of the CAV
spirit who haunted Tam OShanter on
his wonderful ride home from his nights
debauch' 1t was a reeling party truly,
and as it passed along the street we im-
aglned we heard low murmurs of the
song,
tDl,i Wlv ,n, I ,, ,ro,I, 1
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"NEw ORLEANS, JuIy 3O, 1866.
nlsessA p~re.lasnt.

We are happy to announce tina,
Storrs s. Calkins, founder of the Union
Business Institute at OberIin, o., and
for the past two years Associate Prin-
cipal OF the Commercial Department,
has been elected its President.
President Calkins is emphatically u
Golf made man, and has by his sterling
integrity done much to raise tho stand.
ard of commercial education. 1t is
one of the hopeful signs of tho times
that such non arc being appreciated
by being called to fill positions Of trust
and honor, The hosts OF students
who have graduated from this unpre.
codentedly popular Business College,
and business men generally through.
out the country, will pronounce tho
promotion well merited,-Lordin Co,
NepS.
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No Co.

1t was remarked as a somewhat un-
usual circumstance that the President
should be so anxious to confer tho
commissson of Lieut.. Gen. upon Con.
Sherman, personally, that he must be
summoned from the West TO Washing
ton; but that it should have had any
political Significance, did not suggest
itself to the shrewdest, until aftcr the
visit FISHERMAN had been made and the
attendant circumstances were known.
The General is something of u talkcr,
and expresses his views in as plain,
blunt language as Mark Antony. 1t
was thought an opportune time to
draw the General ont on politics; and
he had hardly settled himself in his
quarters when u band, engaged by the
Johnson Club, appeared and serenaded
him. 1t is said by those who we're
present that nearly every member of
the Club in the city was at hand to
hear what the old chief had to say. A
word dropped in favor of the Philadei-
phia movement would have been valu-
able capital. But they were doomed
to disappointment. The General flank
ed them as successfully as he did the
rebels. Appearing, in response to the
music, he remarked that he had moth.
ing to say, except that his home was
in st. Louis, where he would be happy
to see them, or on tho plains where he
intended to go. He was a stranger in
Washington, and thought the less a
mar had to say there the better for him.
And that was all the shrowd political
trappers could get from the shrewder
Ger eral. Such as it was, they are
welcome to it, and can certainly as
sure their friends that, if the General is
not in favor of the Convention, he
said nothing against it.--Cia Com.
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Judge Van Trump for Congress.

The Circleville Convention of Tues.
day, after some seventy odd ballotings,
lasting into the small hours of Wodnes
day morning, nominated P. Van
Trump Of this county, as the Demo.
cratic candidate for Congress for the
18th district. The race between Odds,
Finck and Emmitt was so close that
they had to be dropped in order to Of.
feet O nomination. On the last deal
On unexpected Trump was turned up.
Martyr-ism, money and the two.term
plea all failed this time.
With agood man on the track against
this nominee the Union party can, If
they will, make q decided reduction of
the Democratic majority in this dis.
trict. The large odds against us
should only serve to stimulate to great
or effort toward the accomplishment
Of that object.
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Ths johnson National Union Mass state


We have room but for the bricfest
notice Of this affair, which came off at
Columbus on Tuesday. About one
hundred delegates are reported to have
boon in attendance. Genl. S. A. Strick-
land, of Cincinnati, was presiding of.
6cer, and Hon. I. Ewing, ". S. Groes-
beck, L. d. Campbell and Genl. J. B.
Steedman were appointed delegates for
the State at large to Philadelphia,
with a full delegation from each Con-
gressional district. A State Executive
Committee was appointed, of which
Col j. M. Cornell, of this city, was
made a member. A lengthy and able
letter from Hon. 7. Ewing, of this
city, was read to the Convention by
Col. Cornell. The resolutions indorsc
the call for the Philadelphia Con-
vcntion and the sentiments of Mr..
Ewing's letter, eulogizc the soldiers
and sailors of the Union army, and de-
clare opposition to uniting with any
existing party as a party, and willing
ness to act in convention and at the
polls, with all in favor of the princi-
pies set forth in the Philadelphia call.
An Endorsement of President John
son appears to have been forgotten,
Some of the speakers at the meeting
seemed TO be animated by q considera.
bic degree of hostility to the regular
Union party, and announced its disso.
luton with great relish. A resolution
wal also adopted directing the Execu-
tive Committee to consider the propri-
ETY. of taking action looking to the
nomination Of q State Ticket Of the
johnson party.
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Reports Of the progress of the chol.
era, show a steady increase in New
York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Bos.
ton, Baltimore, and other cities. A
number of cases have occurred in Gin.
Cinnati within a month past. 1t has
nowhere yet, however, attained any.
thing like the prevalence aud fatality
Of its former visitations. The disease
has made it's appearance at Pittsburgh
and Louisville.
Late accounts show q great increase
Of the disease In Cincinnati within q
few days.
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NOTICE TO

The Board of Examiners viii meet in tho upnnr
room orthe County Offices, for the Examination OF
i%eaehers, on Saturday, the IIth day OF
The examination win begin precisely at 10 O'clock,
Nh, and no applicants will ho received for oxam,.
nation after IL o'clock. "
~Ieachers will remember that they can get certj6-
Gates at 70 other time. and that they must be pro.
pared to stand an examination in 0rthography, Read.
ing PenmUnsh,p, Arithmetic. Geography, English
Hramm!ar, and Theory of Teaching, according 70 the
IOiloWlllgi ules and regulations:
me character OF the applicants examination will
pc represented on q scale ofone to fen-one deuof-
lhGthe lowest qualification, and ten the highest,
Four classes OfceTtifcates will be granted, as fol.
lows; Fir. class, valid "a months; second class,
valld IL months; third class, valid IL months, fourth
class, valid q months. ,
A satisfactory examination in the theory and Drac-
tce OF teaching, and a high degree az success Ia
teachlng VIII also be cons, dered IN determining thu
class OF eertificatet to be granted. No Certificate viii
ne granted unless the applicant passes mn examina-
tt2n ~ each branch Of study required by lap.
owing to.a change IN the school Law, al sppIi.
cants WI be required to pay a fee offny cents, asa
of Examination
~ All applicants must come prepared with pre-.
pald envelope, properly addressed 10 themselves,
By order OF the Board.
J.0 0. HARTZLER, Clerk.
Lancaster, Aug. 9, l9GG-2Y
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bounty under the new bills, and that,
consequently, the amount paid each
year under its provisions will not ex-
coed $75,OOO,OOO.
General Grant has declined sending
troops to Annapolis, Maryland, to as
sist the Freedmen's Bureau agent, on
the ground that Maryland is not one
of the "lately insurrectionary States
He is, moreover, opposed to military in
reference, where it can be avoided, as
tending to increase the OWLS it seeks
to allay.
On the 9th, the wife of David W.
Stambaugh, Esq of New Philadelphia,
Ohio, with a view to Fastening the
kindling of the fire in her cooking
stove, poured coal oil out of a can on
to the GOALS. An explosion followed
and instantly Mrs S. vas enveIoped
in a sheet of fame, which burned her
almost to II crisp before it was extin-
guished. She survived only six or
eight hours, Two or three fatalities,
identical with this, occur every week
of late.
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Now is the time TO get a new suit
and Peters, Miller & Bro. is the place
to get them cut, as they have lately.
secured the services of Mr.. 0. BRYAN,
direct from New York, Who comCs
highly recommended by Mr.. Glencross,
Reporter of Fashions SO Broadway.
Motifs, Hyde & Vanduzen 116, Duane
ST., and others.-tf
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Vairneid County Congregational Dele.
gates.

vairneid County Congregational Dele
gates.
The following named gentlemen have
been designated by tho Fairfield coun.
ty Union Central Committee to act as
delegates to the Union Congressional
Convention TO be held at C~irclevillo on
Friday the Oath of August inst;
Hooking Township - George II.
Hughes, Q. +. Shaeffcr, John Reber,
Jacob Orman.
PIcasant-A. II, Keller, A. P. Ash.
brook, Jacob Huber.
Richland - John Vansant, Noah
McNaugbton.
Rushcreek--R. J, Black, DR.. -
Evans, Simon Beery.
Walnut--T. ]. McNaughtcn, J. P.
Sain.
Liberty-H. G, Black, A. T. Ma.
son.
Violet-Lafayettc Pickering, VIM
Curtis.
Bloom-Johu Snyder, Josiah Flat.
tory.
Amnnda-Androw Peters, Thomas
Hutchins.
Madison. Il. Koontz, John Alb.
bott.
Clearcrcek.-G. +. Hamlin, Samuel
Barr.
Bern..,J. r. Pearce, Horny Eckert.
~ 49,
Greenfield =. Richard Hooker, IT,,
Isaac Claypool,