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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16
The Presidents Equanimity Tested.

They tell story about the Presi
dent and severe test upon his good
humor, which will do to relate. The
Right Way" is small seventy
nine sheet, sadly misnamed, and de
voted primarily to the abuse of An
drew johnson, and secondarily tC
the advocacy OF the Sumnerian mode
of reconstruction. Lew Campbell
happened to pick up copy of it a
few months ago, which was peculiar
ly 'rich in vituperation and scandal
He took it to the White House, and
in the course of an interview with
his Excellency, drew it from his
pocket, with the remark, "Now, Mr.
President, l am going to test you1
different mental qualities. Let me
see how you are as to philosophy" "
Campbell then read an article en-.
titled Andrew johnson and Thorn
as Paine," written after the manner
of Plutarch's comparison, and de-
signed to show that Paine was very
estimable man compared with John
son. The President listened to it at
tentively.
"How do you like that? 2" said
Campbell.
"Well, it's not bad, " said Andrew,
looking good -bumoredly.
"Now," said Campbell, 81 want
to test your PATRIOTISM" and he read
an article showing that as between
Andrew Johnson and Benedict Ar
mold there was large balance in IA
vor of the latter in the matter of
love OF country.
How do you like that?" said
Campbell.
"Oh, it will do. This is free
country, you know" smilingly re-
piled the President.
"Well, now, prepare for test of
your fidelity" said Campbell, and
proceeded to read an article entitled
" Judas lScariOt and Andrew John
son, " to the effect that the betrayal
of his Master by the former was as
compared with the betrayal
Of his party by the latter.
What do you think of that, Mr..
President ?"
Well, | guess my shoulders are
broad enough to stand it," replied
his Excellency, not at all moved to
displeasrire.
"Now, here comes the climax, ="
said Campbell, and began to read a
double-leaded editorial to the effect
that the Right Way would be circu-
lated through the agency of the
Bureau, under an order
from Gen. Howard.
"How do YOU like that, Mr.. Presi-
dent ;" inquired Campbell.
The President laughed, looked his
Ohio friend in the eye, and said (:
= Well, now, | don't mind the other
things, but doesn't it strike you that
.he Howard part is little too steep ?"
Campbell said it really did occur
o him in that light. The President
inally took the paper and made some
notes on the margin of the order Of
len. HOward-since which time it is |
the freedmen's Bureau
laSn't been instrumental in circulat-
ng the "Right Way" to a very
great extent.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16

~ Prof. Greene, of the Maine
Medical School, recently performed
a rare but effective operation for the
cure of that distressing complaint,
neuralgia. A lady fifty.three years
OF age, who had tried every form of
medical treatment without relief, ap-
piled to Prot. Greene, when he ether
lied the patient, trephined the jaw,
and cut out piece of the dental
nerve, when the lady was at once re-
lieved from the most excruciating
pain, which she had suffered contin-
ually for years. Such is one OF the
triumphs of surgery.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16

Ev The Philadelphia Enquirer
speaks of the illuStrious " Stonewaii"
jackson as a "dead traitor" 1t
would be much more correct to say
that he is dead lion, whose remains
are subjected to indignity from a liv-
ing ass.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16

IL" Not for ourselves, but for
others, is the grand law of nature,
inscribed by the hand of God on
every part of creation. Not for it
self, but for others, does the sun dis
pense its beams; not for themselves,
but for others, do the clouds diStil,
and does the earth unlock her treas
ures not for themselves but for 9th
erS, do the trees produce their fruit,
or flowers diil'use their fragrance,
and display their hueS. So, not for
himself, but for others, are the bless
ingS of Heaven bestowed on man.
He who lives only tOr himself, aud
consumes the bounty of Heaven up
OH his luSts, or cOnSecrates it to the
demon of aVaTice, is a barren rock in
a fertile plain he is thorny bram-
bic in a fruitful vineyard-he is the
grave of Gods bleSsings-he is the
very Arabian desert of the moral
world.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16

A BEAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATION OF
1TFE.-Bishop Heber, upon depart
ing for India, said in his farewell
sermon
Life bears us on like the stream of
a mighty river. Our boat at first
goes down the mighty channel
through the playful murmuring of
the little brook and the willows upon
its CLASSY borders. The trees shed
their blossoms over our young heads
the flowers on the brink seem to
offer themselves to our young hands;
We are happy in hope, and grasp
eagerly ut the beautiful around us;
the stream hurries on, and still our
hands are empty. Our course in
youth and manhood is along wider,
deeper food, and amid objects more
striking and magnificent. We are
animated by the moving picture of
enjoyment and industry passing us;
we are excited by our short-lived en-
iOyments. The stream bears us on
and joys and griefs are left behind
us. We may be shipwrecked but we
cannot be delayed; for, rough or
smooth, the river hastens towards its
home, till the roar of the ocean is in
our ears, and the waves beneath our
feet, and the foods are lifted. up
around us, and we take our leave of
earth and its inhabitants, until of
our further voyage there is no wit
ness save the Infinite and Eternal.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16

LE Why ought the stars to be the
best astronomers Because they
have studded the heavens for ages.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1866-06-16

~ "I tell you," said a warm
friend of a newly elected Senator, to
an old sober politician, "your party
may say what they please, but they
cannot deny that Mr.. c. is a sound
man."
"That's just what we're afeard on"
said old beeswax; its our opinion
that he's all sound"
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05

and then in Canada. In 1864 she spent several
months travelling in the United States, and even
went SO far as the Sioux country in Minnesota.
Her husband, who was taken prisoner in the fall
Of 1868, while serving with his regiment in Geor-
gia, carried to New York After a long and
arduous seige she at length succeeded in getting
him paroled in January, 1866, but he lived only
eight days after his release from prison. Subse-
quent to the death of her husband (in January,
1862 she proceeded to Columbus Ohio to watch
over the interests of the Confederate prisoners
confined at Camp Chase.
After the final collapse of the Confederacy, Mrs.
De Camp remained in the North until January
when she returned to her home in Louisiana; but
remaining there only few days she proceeded to
Memphis, and purchased a stock of goods which
were shipped on the ill-fated steamer Miami which
was blown up on the Arkansas in February She
was one of the two ladies who were saved, but
with the sacrifice of all her baggage and goods
BY an unfortunate oversight on the part of her
merchants, her goods were not insured, and con-
sequently, she lost her all. ....R .. a:
Mrs. De Camp is now i'll this city, and sojourn-
ing at the Southern Hotel. Many who served in
the Confederate army, will remember the dashing
Lieut.. Roach of whom SO much was said in Mo-
bile and Selma, in 1863 Our space will not per-
NIT a full recital of her adventures.
ST. Louis Rer,ubZican.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05

ed and against the white They interfere with the
municipal legislation of the States with the relations
listing exclusively between State and its citizens be-
tween inhabitants Of the State-an absorption
assumption of power by the general government which, il
acqulesced must sap and destroy ederatve system
OF limited powers and break down the barriers which pre-
the rights of the States 1t is another STEP
stride towards centrazatOn and the concentration of
all Legislative powers in the national government. The
tendency of the bill be resuscitate the spirit of
rebellion and to arrest the progress of those influences
which are more closely drawing around the States til
bonds of union and peace.
My Iamented predecessor, in his proclamation of the
first OF January 1863 ordered and declared that all
sons held slaves within certain States and parts
States therein designated and thencefo she cid
be free and further that the executive government
United States including the military and naval authori
ties thereof would recognize and maintain the freedom
y obligatory and by the amendment of the const
tuition abolshing slavery throughout tho United States
therefore fully recognize the obligation protect
tend that class of people, whenever and wherever it
shall become necessary and to the full extent compatible
with the constitution of the United States.
Entertaining these sentiments, it only remains for
to that will cheerfuly cooperate with Congress
any measure that be for the protection
the civil rights of the freedmen well those of all
other classes OF persons the United States
judicial process under equal and impartial laws in
formity with the provisions Of the federal constitution
now return the bill to the Senate and regret that in
considering the bills and joint resoluOns-fOrty in
numberwhich have been thus far submitted for my ap
prOval, am compelled to withhold my assent from a
cond measure that has received the sanction Of both
Houses of Congress.
ANDREW JOHNSON
Washing ton, D. c., March o. 1866.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05
Romance of the War---ThriIling Adventures OF
Young and Beautiful Woman.

| Among the many thrilling events of the late war
none can exceed the adventures of Mrs. Loretta
De Camp. the subject of this sketch. Mrs. De
Camp, whose maiden name was ROach was born
| in the West Indies in 1888, and is now about
twenty-eigEt years. sof age. At an early period her
parents moved to the United States and settled in
the parish of ST. James, Louisiana The current
of her life smoothly on, untilEthe outbreak of
the war for Southern independence, when, fired
| by enthusiasm in, as she thought, the cause of
liberty, she donned the male attire and was among
the first to rush to arms. Raising company of
cavalry and equipping it at her own expense, she
proceeded to Virginia and there served for eight
months on the Peninsula under the command of
the celebrated Col Dreux, before her sex was dis
covered.
When this occurred she at once mustered
| out and ordered home. Instead of obeying the
order she proceeded to Columbus, Kentucky, and
was serving with General Polk at the evacuation
of that place. She proceeded to Island No. 10,
but not being satisfied with the manner in which
affairs we're conducted there she left and went to
Fort Pillow, where she elected first Lieuten-
ant in Captain Phillips Company of Independent
Tennessee Cavalry With her company she pro-
ceeded to Corinth, and reported to General A. S.
Johnston. At the battle of Shiloh Captain Phil
| lips fell moTtally wounded and the command then
devolved on her While gallantly leading her
company III charge, she twice wounded and
carried from the field After the retreat to Cor
inth she Was taken to New Orleans for surgical
treatment and when he city fell into the Federal
ho oiAo was diliOHSS0 tnOse taken prisoner Alter
a confinement of several months she was paroed
and soon after exchanged.
Proceedlngat once to Richmond the disguised
female soldier was commissioned 1st Lieutenant
in the Adjutant Generals department., and order
ed to report to Gen Marcus J. Wright, command
ing the district of Atlanta. Upon reporting she
was assigned to duty with the Provost Marshal, as
chief OF detective and military conductor Serving
for several months in this capacity, she met Mai
DeCamp of the Sd Arkansas Cavalry, to whom
she engaged to be married DreVious tO the
war The ceremony was then performed at Allan
ia, and from the dashing Lieut.. Roach she was
transformed into to the sober Mrs. Mai. DeCamp.
From this time her services ceased as an officer in
the field and she was engaged in secret service.
sometimes in the Confederacy. again in England,
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05
NEWS SUMMARY.

FIRE IN DANvr1E- -DANvu1E Va. March %.
About II o'clock last night the planning mills of
Messrs Linn & Co, on the east side of the canal,
were discovered to be on fire. which communica-
ted to the Danville wooden factory adjoining,
thence to the stores of Messrs. Brown & letter,
Pairo & Co., Yates, William Robinson, Hlckson d
Brother, and several small buildings main street,
all of which were consumed. Loss very heavy.
Total amount of insurance supposed to be from
sixty thousand to seventy-f7e thousand dollars
Loss estimated at from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred Thousand dollars.
DANvIILE March 27-The factory was insured
for thirty thousand dollars Most of the losses
covered by insurance Loss one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars. ALI business houses
PUBLIC LANDS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
cort T{+oJ Statas rnbi;c iands in the late Con
fodoro+o S+o+oC '''N0 f''--0 49,
Iau'o ,Iora~'o ezoo oso no ooros
Missssippi. 476o7s6 o3
louisiana ........,....... 62281O2 As
Florida .19 379635 81
NOVEL MODE OF sMUeeI1Ne.-One of the Gov
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05
Especial Dispatch to the New York Tribune.

WASHINGTON March -Lieutenant-G General
Grant is shortly to sail for Europe, and the Navy
Department are now looking up vessel for his ac-
commodation. Captain Ammen, an old schoolmas-
ter of the Generals, and now of the lron-clad Mian
tonomo is to be transferred to the war that
conveys the military chieftain across the ocean.-
The Miantonoma is ordered off for a short but inn
portant cruise in adjacent waters.
= A party residing here has eommencedsuit against
GeneraETery in the United States Court for this
District claiming damages for loss and injury
caused by the General as Commander of the De-
partnlent of Virginia.
{ So many Federal ap5oinSoes at the South arc
swallowing the iron-ila oath with such easy avid
ity that bill will be prepared and probably pass,
ed by Congress, reauirinS District Attorneys and
Grand Juries in the rebaous States to return all
cases of known perjury for indictment before
their respective District Courts.
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05
From the Sun and Times.1
In Memory OF the Confederate Dead.

COLUMBUS, GA, March TO- 1866.
| 1less';s. Editors: The ladies now, and have
been for several days, engaged in the sad but
| pleasant duty of ornamenting and improving that
portion of the city cemetery, sacred to the memo.
ry of gallant Confederate dead, but we feel it
| an unfinished work unless day be set apart an
nually for its especial attention We cannot raise
| monumental shafts, and inscribe thereon their
many deeds of heroism but we can keep alive
| the memory of the debt them, by at least
dedicating one day in each year to embellishing
their humble graves with flowers. ~
Therefore, we beg the assistance Of the press
and the ladies throughout the South to aid us in
our efforts to set apart certain day, to be observ-
ed from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and be
handed down through time, as religious custom
of the country, to wreathe the graves of our mar
tyred dead with flowers. We would propose the
- day of April, at that time our land may be
truly called the Gland of flowers" Let every
city, town and village join in the pleasant duty;
let all be alike remembered, from the heroes of
Manassas to those who expired amid the death
throes of our hallowed cause. Well crown alike
the honored resting places Of the immortal Jack
son, in Virginia, johnson, of Shiloh, Ceburne, in
Tennessee, and the host of gallant privates who
adorned our ranks-all did their duty, and to all
we owe our gratitude.
Let the soldiers grave, for that day at least, be
the Southern Mecca, to whose shrine her sorrow
ing women, like pilgrims may annually bring
their grateful hearts and floral offerings And
when we remember the thousands who were buried
Will IudTlldl clOdKS around Gnem, without
christian ceremony of interment for their beloved
bodies, we would invoke the aid of the most thrill
ing eloquence throughout the land to inaugurate
this custom, by delivering On the appointed
day this year, an eulogy on the unburied
dead of our glorious Southern army They
died for their country. Whether their country
had, or had not, the right to demand the sacrifice
is no longer question of discussion with us. We
leave that for the future nation to decide. That
it was demanded, that they nobly responded, and
are thereby entitled to their country's gratitude,
none will deny.
The proud banner under which they rallied in
defanse of the noblest cause for which our heroes
fought, or trusting woman prayed, has been furled
forever. The country for which they suffered and
died has no name or place among the nations of
the earth. Legislative enactments may not now
be made to do honor to their memores-but the
veriest radical that ever traced his geneology
back to the deck Of the Nay F7oacer, could not
deny us the simple privilege of paying honor to
those who died defending the life, honor and hap
piness of the
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05

Mr.. STEPHENS AND THE GEORGIA SENAToRsHIP-
Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia
Ledger asserts that Mr.. Stephens final accept
ance of the Georgia Senatorship was I'M ntsconse-
city that he would be admitted to his seat and
the President is determined to do his best to Sc
cure that admission. His case is not an isolated
one
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

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Special Notices will be charged 50 90 per square for each
and every insertion.
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ter are charged advertisements.
RSNo advertisement, refecting upon private charac-
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from the Dublin Nation.1
Cleburne.

How far and fast the autumn blast
Bears the dead leaves DER the ground:
As fast and far has the hand of war
Strewed our cOuntrys brave around!
And their nameless graves are the oceans caves,
The forest and mountain Glen,
Where the vulture screams as the angry streams
Are hiding the bones of men!
And what anguished cries
From the South arise,
For the brave ones fallen in vain?
While the victor North
Rings p@ans forth,
And eXults in her broad domain!
As fire suppressed in Versuvius' breast
The latent fires of crime
In the human frame pulse ON the same,
Till famed by the storms of time;
As the lava fold swept uncontrolled,
Where Pompeii's glories shone,
So the awakened rage of a Vandal sage
When freedom is o'erthrowu!
And we'll look in tears,
Through long years,
For the brightness shrOuded DER,
But the golden rays
OF her halcyOn days
Shall return to the land no mOrel
Then fling the horde their base award
Their chief his triumphal crown;
Place vile deceit in the judgment seat,
Where honor is trampled down;
Give paltry bribe to the hired scribe,
To the venal bard his fee;
But him who draws in righteous cause
freemans sword give me!
Though his bones should bleech
On the sea-washed beach,
Though his grave be the loWly mound
His name shall chime
Through the halls of time,
And swell through the deep profound!
Ye brave en- lndsse, who fall and pass
To the leaden halls of death,
There are palms for the dew, but alas for you,
Not leaf from the victOr's wreath!
But sing of one whose glory shOne
Like meteor, bright and grand,
Who gave his name to the trump of fame,
And his blood to generous land!
The festive toast,
The soldiers boast,
The type of martial age!
The foe of wrong,
The soul of song,
And the light of future page!
The base grow bold for power and gold,
The vain through fear and scorn;
The good wax strong in their hate of wrong;
But he was warrior born.
From his eagle glance and stern advance"
And his action, swift as thought,
The rank and file from his own fair ilse
Their courage electric caught,
As the whirlwinds path
Shows its fierceSt wrath
Through the lOrdliest forest pines,
So the deepest wave
OF the fallen brave
Told where Cleburne crossed their lines.
On Richmonds plain his captive train
Outnumbered the host he led,
And he won his stars on that field of Mars
Where the glorious Johnston bled!
Twas his to cope, while ray of hope
Humid his fag-and then
Twas his to die, while that alag flew high
In the of chivalric men!
Nor a braver host
Could Erin boast,
Nor than he a more gallant Knight,
Since the peerless Hugh
Crossed the Avon dhu,
And BagnaPs host afight.
There were eyes afar that watched your star,
AS it rose with the ''Southern Cross
There were hearts that bed when its course was sp
And Old Ireland felt your loss
While her flowers shall blow her waters flow
Through Shannon, Suir and Lee,
The patriots song shall roll along,
Their winding waves for thee!
And they'll tell with pride,
How Cleburne died,
In the land of the free and the brave
How his sword of might
Was beam of light,
Though it led to exile's grave. D
Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1866-04-05

*The name Patrick Ceburne Lieutenant General in
the Confederate army is which should not be forgot
ten in the military annals of He the hero
thirty pitched battles, and he number of minor
actions in which he participated is beyond precedent He
distinguished for decision and nrepidy, and almost
every movement committed to his Division was
full He received the mcessant congratulations of the
Southern press and several times cOmpimented by
the Confederate Congress After the death of Jackson
he got the sOuQuet of The Stonewal of the South,
to that of Virginia but most of all, he tender
and generous to the vanqushed and Ferguson says
Kindly Irish of the Irsh' He lies in lonely grave in
the village of Columbia Tennessee whittier he borne
after the battle of Franklin by of his officers know
have done justice to his memory, but history will
not consgn his name to oblivion Bidng her consdera-
ton, let the foregoing be leaf let to his memory.