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Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-08-23
DIR. d. W. EVANS.
J. c. WILSON. NJ. D.

q. -. ~ iI-tCC-N- IL. -,
FFERS his services as PHYSICIAN and
j SURGEON, to the citizens of Eb ,nsburg
ana surrounding country. Office three doors
East Of the Presbyterian Church, il the
room formerly occupied by DIR. Jones.
ensburg, April u. l866.3m.o.
Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-08-23

-s rrh he'd in the borough OF Ebensburg,
mmbfa county. Pa, every Thursday
mag bv W. Il. M'ENRUE, at the follow
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

q The inordinate greediness of the
Boston bounty broker, Burrill, has brought
him to grief When the hub of the universe
was threatened with draft for six thousand
men, and bounties for substitutes had got
up to $1,000, this Burril made an arrange
ment with the Mayor to visit the prison
camps and pick up such cases as he could
among the Confederate prisoners, also to
hunt up such credits as Boston might be
entitled to, which had been overlooked,
for which services he was to get $125 head.
Instead of visiting the camps, he went to
Washington and took expensive" measures
to get bill passed allowing men already
enrolled in the navy to be credited on the
draft, and having succeeded he hurried back
to Boston and copied from the books of the
receiving ship at the navy yard the names
of about six thousand men who had named
that city as their residence This filed the
quota, and Boston was saved. Then came
Burrirs little bill for $4,000, which the
Mayor thought was making money rather
too fast, and tried to compromise it for a
sum that would have made Burrill rich,
but he would have nothing but his bond
went to law for it, and has lost the whole.
Had it been only fifty or sixty thousand
dollars it would probably have been paid
without any litigation.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

We hear much about breaches of contract
on the part of freedmen. The fact of the
case is, that few genuine contracts are vi
olated. The negro, like any other party, if
he finds that he has over-eStimated the de-
STABILITY of situation, begins to enquire
into the strength of the tenure by which he
is held, and if he finds gate left wide open,
and the banner of the law flying overheard,
he steps out, and that flag protects him
Several such cases have been brought before
mayor Kidd, and he decided against the
legality of the bond, and supported the me-
groes in their alarm to the right of leaving
their employers. We have heard of no ne
groes, legally bound, who have violoted the
bond. Ifsuch cases occur, the matter is in
the hands of the employer, and he can,
through the medium of existing laws, for
tify his position. The law imposes heavy
penalty upon the man who shall give en-
ployment to the violater of faith. Let the
negro alone and watch him if employed,
proceed with the utmost vigor against the
employer; exact the full penalty of the
law. IF you do this, you erect wall of adj
amant around your plantation that the la
borer cannot pass if legally held, for no
white man will dare to employ him, and he
must be faithful to his contract, or starye,
Our readers will do well to take this view of
the case, and shape their contracts accor-
DINGHY If they do this, and fulfill their
own agreements, they need have no fear of
the desertion of freedmen Sunny South. 8
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

AN OPENING FOR PRODUCE DEALERS
small farmers of Monroe and other counties
in N. Z. Mississippi, says the Sunny South,
are out Of corn. They have. their crops in,
and have not corn enough to feed their fam
lilies and stock until harvest in fact many
OF them are now out and cannot feed the
animals at the pillow. These men are small
producers, free from debt, and highly hon
orable. They want money, and will be sat
lsfied with what will barely grain" their
animals and feed their wives and babes
They will cheerfully pledge the expected
crop to the party who will advance enough:
to enable them to make it, and give lien
upon their land to secure the merchant
against contingent loss. The capitalist who
will come among us with few thousand
dollars, can invest it to great advantage and
secure popularity that will in Itself be
worth fol tune, and all without risk or
hazard.
The party or parties who take advantage
OF ':the situation" can control the market
in NORTHEAST Mississippi next fall Who
will come to the rescue of the honest. in.
dustriOus small farmers of our section, and
yet adhere to the maxim that CHARITY be-
gins at home %
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Fenian.

. 4 8 . Il - "a
4 New YoKK, April I9.-The United States
/ gunboat DeSoto, flagship of the flying squad
ron, saiIsfor Eastport to-day.
A largeimeeting of the Roberts-Sweeney
Fenians was held at the Cooper Institute
| Col. Roberts stated that this was the last
public meeting by his party before the final
| blow would be struck. 93t
TORONTO, April 10-The Fenian examina-
tions are in progress at Cornwall with closed
DOORS ~ laH 3EI
The Herald's correspondent saws the uris-
oners cannot be convicted unless further
proof is obtained.
EAsTPoRT, April 90. The Fepian schoon-
er Pray again was seized by the authorities
last night. A quantity of arms was taken
from her by the Fenians under the guns of
the Winooski s. ,gss" .rE =
Gen. Meade announces his intention to
enforce the neutrality law as far as possible.
Gen. Killian left suddenly on the Boston
boat
TORONTO, April 20.-A special to the
Globe from Eastport says Gen. Meade has
announced his determination to line the
coasts with $4,000 men, if necessary to pre-
vent Fenian mischief
The Tribune's Eastport special says there
is no excitement this side of the boundary,
ana Gen; Meade will officially explode the
Fenian bubble
PORTLAND, Me-, April 2O.-It is reported
that Gen. Meade telegraphed for more troops
to be sent to Eastport
New YORK, April 21.-The garrison at
Hamilton. consisting of the 18th infantry
and portion of the LIST artillery, (regulars)
has received orders to proceed to Eastport
TORONTO, April 21.-The Globes special
says much dissatisfaction exists amongst
the magistrates by the singular course of
the mayor of Cornwall, who. in forming his
court excludes all Catholic magistrates from
the bench
This fact, connected with the exclusion of
the press and other circumstances, leads to
the belief that an attempt will be made to
punish the prisoners whether guilty or not |
The Globes dispatch says that small |
squads are moving to Calais and other main |
towns. Killian has gone to Portland Sin
mott is IN command ...
The magistrates of Cornwall have dis
charged Wheeler, who left for New York by
the morning train.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26
THE DEXTER CAsE.-A Mobile letter, in
the New Orleans Crescent, saws:

1HE OEXTER CASE.-A Mobile letter, in
the New Orleans Crescent, says:
I. c. A. Dexter, the treasury agent, who
has been in custody several months. and
was recently found guilty by a military
commission of embezzling vast unantity
of government cotton, was, on Thursday
last, consigned to the civil authorities for
trial on any charges that may be brought
against him. This was by order of Presi-
dent Johnson; and Judge Busted, of the
United States district court, at once issued
a bench warrant and put him under bond
of $4,000. Ifthere be. any truth in COM
mon report, Dexter has sent cotton enough
abroad to make this bond very triffing one
in his estimation, yet it is generally be-
lieved he will stand q trial before the Fed.
eral court, and no doubt is entertained
of the result bys himself or anybody else.
He is now under no restraint but this bond.
and has commenced suit against. General
Woods and Provost Marshall Hunter Brooke
for damages in the sum of $500, 900 each.
These gentlemen, it is said, Immediately
after the prosecution was commenced, tele-
graphed the fact to President johnson, and
him that their worldly possessions
would not amount to 500 900 cents each, and
that; in fact; they could not afford to- nav
counsel for defense against this unexpected
assault. Whereupon, the Presidents
sent them Washington lawyer,l who Ia
already arrived, as rumOr hath it; but rum
8 silent as to his name or quality.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

wThe Sorrow Lodge of the Masonic fra
ternity of DeSoto county, was held on the
I4th by fernando Lodge No: 81. The Peo-
pies Press says:
The speaker selected for the occasion, Rev.
S. H. Ford, appeared in the pulpit, in Knight
Templar's regalia, with drawn sword and
hat on his head-then sheath1ng the sword,
unbelting it from his 1oins, laying it aside
and uncovering his head-these were done
with appropriate words, the introduction to
his address.
Among the number of names read out
from the list of the brotherhood who died
in the service, was particularly mentioned
that of Rev. NJ. L. Weller, killed at Shiloh,
well known in this community. The eulogy
was well-timed and merited.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

Iron the LIST of January the crew of an
American vessel in sinking condition,
were rescued at great risk, by the life-boat
of the British steamer City of Boston,
manned by the LIST and Sd mates and thir-
teen men. About q month since presented
$50 in gold to the LIST mate and $50 10 the
second mate and so to each of the others
Of the life-boat men. was made by the Presi-
dent through the Local Marine Boad Of
Liverpool.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

UAt meeting of the Bar of the 10th
district, on the 18th inst, at Carrollton
Judge Cothran presiding, resolutions of re-
spect were passed to the memory of those
members who had fallen in battle or died in
the service. The following are their names
Col P. F. Liddell, Capt p A. Peoples, B. B.
Love. Col. A X. Blythe, Lieut. Col. D. L.
Heron, Capt. F. NJ. Aldridge, Capt. W.
Morton, Capt. John F. Cox, F. E. Miller,
Lieut. McEachin, Capt. A. M Reasons,
Capt. Fl. J. Harper.
A committee headed by Hon. E. S. Fisher
of Tallahatchie, was appointed to enquire
into the condition of their families and
take measures for relief where needed
Resolutions were also passed tributary to
the memory of Capt. James P. Scales and
Richard Nelson.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

q On the subject of the alleged kidnap-
ping of Southern negroes, correspondence
has been recently published, which took
place in January and February. About
three months ago the Captain General of
Cuba addressed the Spanish Minister at
Washington respecting Mr.. Summers alle-
cations that negroes were being kidnapped
in the South and carried to Cuba and sold
A month afterwards, the United States
Consul General at Havana writes to Secre-
tary Seward that no trace can be found of
any such traffic, nor does he believe any,
thing. of the sort exists whileit is certain
that negroes from the United States are the
very last kind that Cuban planters would
desire to haveon their plantations
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

Curtis, white man. and Lamkin, Colored,
stole horses in Greene county, Ala carried
them to Livingston where they sold them,
migrated to this city, and were here enjoy
ing the frugality of their labors without
further incident till yesterday morning,
when the ex-sheriff Of Greene county came
upon them, arrested them, and carried them
hence on the o'clock train in irons. What
authority he had for removing them from
the State we did not learn, nor did any one
question, there being no disposition here to
interpose obstacles merely formal to the
speedy administration of justice-Meridian
Messenger, goth.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

e The Copiahan notices the demand
made by the people of Carroll county for
legislative relief and says:
1t is plain to every rejecting mind, that
if some relief is not afforded the people of
the State, they will be broken up root and
branch and not one-half of their indebted
ness paid. If Gov. Humphreys is the man
the mass of the people took him to be last
fall, he will not be dilatory in calling the
Legislature together
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

DIR. CRE1GHToN.-Speaking of the valua-
BILE preparations of this famous physician o
Memphis paper says: .sd-aQ"- H."t
This well known and popular gentleman
has one of the most handsome Drug stores
in this city. He has not only handsome
drug store but one of the largest stocks and
best medicines to be found anywhere. The
Doctors place of business is at 444 Main
street where he can be always found and con-
suited on diseases. of the eye, throat and
lungs. In these complaints DIR. Creighton
stands pre-eminent and has no superior liz
the South. He, has made these diseases a
study for years and to-day has no rival in
their peculiar tactics. He is the author of
"Creighton's Concentrated fluid of Yellow
Dock"which removes every impurity.of the
blood, rheumatism, mercurial. affections,
syphilis in all its stages, scrofula and everyA
disease brought on by incorporate abuses.
As a prescription store that of DR.. Creighton
stands equal to any in our city. He is one
of the most experienced pharmaceutists IN
Memphis, and consequently bound to give
entire satisfaction. There is nothing that
is to be found in drug store but can be
found at DR.. Creightons, and we advise all
who are within a calling distance to pay him
a visit, when his services are needed .s
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

Y Thomas Jefferson enunciated certain
truths as self-evident, which have since
been theme of controversy for almost
ninety years. Perhaps they were selfevi-
dent to some extent, but not quite selfevident
enough. at least, a neighbor of ours init
mates that some political truths are ''more
selfevident" than others, though, we must
confess, the propriety of the expression is
not so selfevident to us as the dictum of the
grammarians. that "some adjectiyes have no
comparison"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

A strong effort is now being made in Eng
land to break down the Russell Ministry, in
which the London Times is playing no Sc
cret part.-Exch.
What part it is playing does not appear,
it may be Secretary of State for Internal af-
fairs, as the old institution of printers devil
is still retained in the, Times office.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

q Major Fleming, Superintendent of the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad, in his annual re-
port estimates the damage to the road by
the war at 81 ,s1O,937. The loss by the fail
ure of the Confederate government was
S., 228, 661 Al.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

WASHINGTON, April I5.-The published
statemment that preparations are sheing
Richmond for the trial of Nfr. Davis is mn
true. The court cannot convene until Ger
tain legislation has been gone Through with
The House Judiciary Committee hold out
intimation that they will very soon submit
their report on, the subject to the House.
and recommend t'the same time the proper
steps to be taken Legislation looking Is
the more perfect organization Of the court
is not looked upon as of an er post facto
character.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

A lioness, belonging to travelling me-
nagerfe, gave birth to whelp on the Vir-
ginia and Tennessee railroad, last week.
As this American citizen of African de-
scent was probably born in East Tennessee,
it ought to be named Andrew johnson.
There was once Tennesseean who used to
be called the Old Lion of the Hermitage,
and he is another of the same type.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

1 The President having ordered dis
continuance of the sending of Forney's
Chronicle to the different Legations of the
United States in foreign countries, Thad
Stevens lately moved in the House of Rep
resentatives, that it he sent to them at the
expense of the contingent fund of the House,
but suspension of the rules was refused.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

~ Our neighbor of the Standard came
out yesterday morning with an enlarged
sheet, being compelled thereto by increase of
advertisements. We congratulate the
Standard upon its participation in the gen.
eral prosperity which now attend the
Southern press.
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26
The New Orleans correspondent q

4 - The New Orleans correspondent of
the Natahez Courier writes :,,5.s NJ
] 1t has been decided in. the case, Of the
United States against General Twiggs, that
his property should be restored to his SON
who is a child of about IL This sniff was
pending, and no condemnation hayinC bean
made before the death of the General. fhise
decision is only what has been anticinated'
as the confiscatiCn act, only affects tie Iifs
estate Of the owner Thisiwill place vounr
Twiggs IN possession of d very handsome
property, most of which by the sraF. ne I
! believe, inherits from his mother,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

The editor of the Tropic good naturally
reminds us that some paragraphs due to
that paper were incorrectly credited by us
last week. We all need reminders OCCASION
ally on this point, Gas we discover by daily
meeting with our own jottings either credit
ed to wrong source or not credited at all,)
and they will not be lost on us, especially
when conveyed in kind temper
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

RUMoRs OF A CoUP. D'ETAT.-The Wash
.ington correspondent of the New York
Tribune telegraphs that paper under date of
the 9Th inst, as follows:
A distinguished military chieftain has,
within the last few days, been sounded by
two noted politicians, .Ane Of whom was in
the army, to see to what extent he could be
relied upon to favor coup detqt By aOhick the
Southern representatives. are to be placed in both
Houses Of Congress. No encouragement was
given, but the project has not been aban-
dOned.
The National Intelligencer copies this
statement and says:A 1--WE have italieised
the only objectionablepart of the above in
formation. Substitute for that clause by
which the government OF. the United States
is to be Overthrown by revolutionary junta
of radical demagOgues. and we will vouch
for every word oft, and so could the Tri-
bune's correspondent, if he is well enough in
formed to speak on this subject"
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

HThe editor of the Vicksburg Herald
Partridge, you know-seems to have visited
New Orleans at an unlucky time. Carriages
were "just out" and so they did not give
him any,
The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26


| 1NDISCRIMINATE SUEING.-We cannot
witness without the most painful emotions,
the indiscriminate sueing and preparations
| for Sueing, everywhere eVinced in Missss-
| ippi. Something should be done to stop
the wave that threatens to engulph the little
| of prosperity that is left to US. The Sheriff
is attaching the farm, the workshop, the
hotel, the growing crop, the mule at the
plow the team that hauls the hack, and,
for aught we know, the extra garments
upon the clothes line. Heads better versed
in law than ours can perhaps devise rem
edy or an eXpedient, buf if anything that
promises succOr from general bankruptcy
can be done, it should be done quickly
81 must save myself" has become as uni
versal an expression among us, as 1--WE must
save our country" was two years ago. The
void that the conquest left in the Southern
heart has been filled with utter selfshness.
Patriotism was but another phrase of self
abnegatiOn, and when patriotism ceased to
point an object, the flight of the spirit left
the gates of honor's temple open, and the
demon self, that, clothed in the raiment of
the law, dare dwell in honor's habitation,
entered, life had another aim, the gathering
together of scattered dollars, though they
could only be assembled by the seizure of
the seed corn, and the wool, though the
naked awaited the weaving.
LII Is WTeUcu0u anu yeV,lb may D0' uuaVOlU-
able. 1t is legal. Yes, and so was witch
burning hundred years ago, and So was
death for the stealingof the loaf that should
give lease of life to the starving. But we
look back upon the civilization of our anceS-
try, and shudder at their barbarity. Yet not
many years will pass ere the history OF this
reign of litigation and ruin, will cause our
children to blush for the seeming hardness
of heart that their parents exhibited They
may well ask, why he who stood, shoulder
to shoulder, and shared so many privations
through long and terrible war, with his
comrade, should in time of peace manifest
such eagerness to get possession of the "loaf
and fish" that if time were allowed, would
with Gods blessing "feeda multitude" of
creditors If the proper steps were taken, a
better state of feeling would be superinduced.
Many of our best planters are terribly in
volved, their notes given for negroes could |
not be redeemed by all the proceeds that is |
left them, and yet, if time could be given |
these men they would be able to obtain the |
from the generous soil to make |
them again free from Indebtedness
The existing state of affairs is certainly a |
gloomy one. The merchant is sueing the
the mechanic is sueing the planter |
the planter sues for time. Give it to him,
await the gathering of the crop, and all will |
be well with us. There can be no prosperity /
that is not based upon agriculture, and the.
plowman must not be harrassed in his work.
f we wish for brighter days.-Sunny South.
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The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26

q A writer in the Holmesville indie
pendent compares the present force of twen-
ty five planters with that which they
worked in 1860, and finds that they have
only 1876 hands against 282 previously.