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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-10

A Coon THING FOR CLEARING AWAY THE
OrD PmxrrcAL RuBsEH or THE SourB.--Thc
section OF the constitutional amendment before
the States which proposes, til sbsolved by .
two-:hirds vote Of Congress, 10 debar from all
federal Offices hereafter all that class Of men
who violated their oaths TO support the consti-
tuition ~ officers In the service Of the United
States, civil, judicial or military, by engaging 10
the late rebellion, Il considered In the South
severe exaction. II has been suggested to us,
however, that In thus clearing Oh all the old
politicians Of the South that brought on and
managed the rebellion--such ~ the Masous
and Hunters and wises, Of Virgins; The
RSasss> Usma.ons ard Qustslebums. OF South
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NNAtNa+H Ff+ta.'"ff
Org rsmsa i,oe pt sass asee'syai }ee
ssaay ats ae.t aeny. iagers ana ~ aNa.
sl9afaols gt@ cooic fafaii snl gca 81 ieag
s.s iasg .adsa4te H.Ss 81 ecgnliieAus mh
uaiiy mold their own. General Geary is elected
Governor OF Pennsylvania by . majority,
from the returns before US, somewhere between
fifteen and twenty thousand, tho latter agure
being Abraham Lincoln's majority in 1854 The
democrats gain some three thousand In Phila-
delphh, but lose generally through ell the
interior and western counties. The Congress
sionAl delegation Of the State in the present
Congress stands-sixtsen republicans TO eight
democrats. The delegation for the new Con-
gress will probably be tho Same, though
Forney's Press claims . republican gain of one
Or two members.
II is claimed that Ohio has Como republican
by forty or fifty thousand majority, an increase
Of fifteen thousand over the vote Of 1866. Thu
State still retains her delegation Of seventeei
republican Congressman to two democrats.
Indiana is claimed by the republicans by ,
majority Of from twenty to twenty-five thoi-
sand although the returns indicate q loss pr
one or two republican members Of Congress.
Iowa has reelected her full republican quota
Of Congressman, and the State has gone for
that ticket by from probably twenty to twenty
I'VE thousand majority.
Altogether we think the results Of yester-
days elections may be pronounced sufficiently
decisive to call for . new departure by the
administration and the Southern States\ In
favor of the constitutional amendment Of Cbn-
gress now before the States for their rati6ca-
ltion. The gains Of the democrats in the COM
krative popular vote in such cities as Phila-
delhia and Cincinnati reveal the assistance
draw from the administration; but the gene
raj driisof the popular current outside Of the
great cih- indicates more clearly the predomi.
nant pubh.sentiment Of the North.
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The FIRM or SEWARD, WEED AND RAYMOND
Thuriow Weed Is out in long rigmarols Of .
letter, In which he defines his position TO DO in
opposition to the copperhssds, but in favor Of
Hoffman. The firm Of Seward, Weed and Ray
mond may therefore be considered as thus dis
posed for the present Seward is completely
over on the Tammany side of the fence, Ray
mond has gone completely over on the other
side, while Weed is hanging over on the same
side, oil but one leg, astrlde of which Is HofF-
man.
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The PRESIDENTS TRANSPORTING PRocrAxA
ros.-The Presidents proclamation recom
mending Thursday, the goth day Of November
next, As general day Of Thanksgiving, prayer
and praise In the several States and Terri.
tories, We hope will DO adopted by all the
State and Territorial governments. ana that Al
the churches, Protestant and Catholic. Jew AID
Gentle, Quaker, Shaker, Mormon and Spirit
ualistic, will join In the devotions OF the day
IN spirit Of brotherly love. Thus, 70, one
day at least, let us hope that President John.
son and Parson Brownlow, Beecher. Cteever
and Greeley, Ben Butler and Mayor Monroe OF
New Orleans, Archbishop McCloskey. Bishop
Potter and Rabbi Raphall, Governor Fen,on
and Thurlow Weed, Fred Douglass and the
Hon. Ben Wood, warliks Anna Dickinson and
the irreprcssible brigham Young. "old Thsd
Stevens" and Henry A. Wise, and, in short,
that men and women Of oil sections, oil creeds
and all colors, excepting the constitutional
exception Of Indians not taxed, y may Join for
once In the same general exercises Of praise.
Thanksgiving, Cancellation and forgiveness,
from Maine ID California. Such day OF gene
raj reunion and thanksgiving among the
saints and sinners Of oil denomina-
Hons, always excepting Indians not taxedr-
'uch . reunion, We say, on the civil rights
equality Of the law Of Congress on that sub
ect will surely qualify all the people Of ell
he States for The ratification Of the constitu-
ionsl amendments and the speedy restoration
\ the Union On that sniId hasis
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the clubbings and shootngs and cuttings in
Philadelphia and other places, all the work of
mere dribbling politicians of Representatives
Of corrupt " rings that are in danger OF being
broken up; Of men who hang on the outskirts
and the verge OF parties and by their violence
endeavor to attract attention, in the hope OF
getting some paltry Office If the side they e.
pouse happens to come out uppermost Ana
yet such parasites as these have 1t In their
power to cloud over all the bright visions OF
peace that dawned upon Us when the tempest
Of war passed away and for their acts thirty
millions Of quiet, peaceable citizens are called
upon to suffer in their reputation abroad and
in their selfrespect at home.
The course Of these violent and unscrupuloui
agitators Of both political parties b jeopardiz
ing all the fruits Of victory and all the bless
ings secured by peace; and if the quiet, con
servative strength Of the country does not dis
countenance and check them We shall sooI
lose all the character we have established
abroad and bring new dangers and suffering
upon ourselves at home.
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AMUsEMENrs THIS EVENING.

AAU6EMENTs THIS EVENING
THEATRE FRANoAIs, Fourteenth street, near Sixth
BaOADwAy THEATRE. Broadway. near Broome
strcse--PnARL or sAvsx.
NEW YORK THKArRh Bro.a~.v opposite Nav ..i YORK
Hotei-AAsElcAN orxRA-"nE DocroE on AloAN
GERMAN ITALIA THEATRE, No sia Broadwas--
TIE Prison.
GERMAN sTADr THEATRE, Nos. 4S and n Bowsry'-
DonHA. DIANA ODER sroLz IND LiEb&
IRVING HALL Irving pace-xR AND MRS HowARD
PAUL THEIR MUSICAL Cosc AND CHARACTERISTIC HN
rnRrAINMRNr.
DODwoRTH,s HALL. sos Observation-Disclosures HAHrs
WalG fEnsoRx HIS MIRACLES
.a<N FRANCISCO MINsTRELs SIS Broaaway, opposite
saS Setscpoian noeun .sn BuaIssauKs-Tss BLACK
Coos. Anu AFRICAN BALLET TROUPE
WITH AyESur OPERA HOUSE. Nos. 2 and west
Twsuty-fourth st.e,-BrDwosru's MtSsrRELs -STH9t.N
nnsrs.LsY, BAL.ass BuRLrsaUEs' 3c-hASlhA AAS'
Ic-DocroR or ALIoASrKAR-fs-s
TONY PASTORS OPERA HOUSE. 2ol Bowerv.-CoM.
vocAnsx-NxcRo MssrasIsy. BALL.r DlvERrissEAxSr
Ac-THE RoBBxR KING. Matinee at ~ O'CLOCK
CHARLEY WHITES COMBINATION TROUPE. q
Mechanics Hall 81 BroAdway-Is vARIsrT or LIG a
TUE SHADOW PANroxrxr.
MRS. r B. CoNwAy,s PARK THEATRE. BROOKLYN
TUX TICKET or LEAVE MAN
HOOLEY's OPERA HOUSE, Brooklyn -ErHroriAs MIN
srRHLsY. BALLADS, BURLKsouEs AND PASroMiMxs
NEW YORK MUSEUM OF ANATOMY. sls Broadway;
A. N. tn 10 r NJ
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TRIPLE SH Ell T
= II Il N = W 8.

Now York. "Wednesday. October 10. 1866.
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NEW YORK THKATRk Broadway opposite NEW Is
HOtel.-AMBRlcAN OPxRA-.nw D0croR or ALcANfARA'
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GERMAN STADr THEATRE. Nos 45 and n Bowery.-
DOMA. DIANA, ODER SroLz IND LiEBE
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IRVING HALL. Irving place-kR AND MIS- s ,c~ n
PAUL THEIR Musical, Cosic AND ohAHAeiA"o -
xnRrAINMRNr.
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GERMAN ITALIA THEATRE, No. sla Broadway :
TIE PRisON.
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THEATRE FRANoAIs, Fourteenth street, near Slit
Avonuo.-JUDIru.
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ROADWAY THEATRE. Broadway, near Broome
stroes--PnARL sAvsx.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-21
Letter from Gen. sherman.

The following letter was addressed by Gen.
Sherman to a citizen of Columbia S. c., who
petitioned congress for a remuneration for
property burned at the time Of Gen. Sher.
mans occupation of the city with his army.
The petitioner says he is 90 years old that
his home and all its contents were burned on
the night after our occupation of Columbia;
that the loss was at least SO, 600 that be is
reduced to beggary, and that be is living on
the charity of the Masonic order. This per-
son has laid his CASE before Gen. Sherman,
and the following letter was sent in reply:
ST LOUIS. Mo-, March 8.
BENJAMIN RAwLs, Columbia, s G.
DEAR SIR have your letter incosing
petition to the congress of the United States,
asking to be Unidentified for the loss by fire
of your house and contents, at the time OF
our occupation in February, 1865. | assure
you that feel deeply for you and all others
who lost their property IN that fire; but, IT
the United States were TO assume the habih-
ty. it would be admission that we had
done wrong. This is not true. The righttul
authority of the national government bad
been resisted in the state of South Carolina
| for years, and we we're compelled, at great
! loss Of life and money, to conduct thlther q
vast army, and our progress was resisted by
/ all the force the state could obtain. Your
with arms, but by burning ths bridges over
the Edisto, Congaree, Salana and Broad riv-
| ers, They burned the depot at Columbia be-
! fore we entered the city, because it contained
corn and stores they supposed we needed.
/ and set fire TO thousands Of bales of cotton
! rolled out into the streets, and which was
burning before we entered Columbia. my
self was in the city as early as noon and saw
/ those fires, and knew that efforts were made
! to extinguish them but a high and strong
wind kept them alive. | gave no orders for
/ the burning of your city, bat, on thu c0ntrs-
ry, the reverse: and believe the confagra
| ton resulted from the great imprudencs OF
! cutting the cotton bales, whereby the con-
| tents were spread by the wind, so that it be-
came an impossibility TO arrest the Are.
saw in your Columbus newspapers the print
| approach of the Yankee army all the cotton
! should thus be burned. end from what l saw
myself have 20 hesitation in saying that be
was the cause of the destruction of your
| property. Your true remedy Is against him
and such others of your own citizens as con-
! spred with him and made the military occu.
! patton of your city an absolute necessity. |
! hardly think il is fair that congress should
/ tax the people OF Ohio, Illinois and Missouri
! 70 pay fey such Losses but as it Ia not my
/ province to judge Ia such matters. l will
/ send your petition according TO Its address.
again assure you of my personai sym
/ patty by reason Of your age and lntirmity,
but this must not lead me to indurse a wrong
principle
am, with great respect, your ob't serv't,
Signed W. 7 SHERMAN,
Major General.
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3Y TELEGRAPH
Reported for the Daily dreaLs.

New York, March 2I.-A Washington special
SAYS:
IL was reported last night that the presiden,
has .ignifed his determination to veto the civil
rights bill.
The n. y. BeraId's special says;
The countertelting of coupons has been car
ried to such an extent that the treasury depart
ment has decided TO engrave vgnettes OF the
proper sze to be printed upon all future issues
and thereby render the engraving as necessary to
n counterfeit coupons TO the note or bond.
Portraits of Pr 81 Johnson, Sec'y McCuiioch,
Gems Grant, Sherman and others are executed for
this purpose.
Richard C. Mccormick has been appointed gov
ern3T of Orizonis, rot of Idaho as previously sta
TED.
Arizona.
The N. Y Herald's Sissl Garricular corresPon-
dent Ct the 10th inst. gives an account OF seizure
and confiscatoa IN that part by the Mexican I'm
perial authorities of the American schooner W.
G. Crawford, and the filming and imprisonment of
her master, Broonse. Some powder was found
on board the vessel. The masters sentence was
10 years penal labor, but he was pardonsd by the
Emperess Immediately after regalnlng his liberty.
However, he was once more arrested and sent
enced to pay a fine of $500, which he avoided b.
secretly leaving the country.
NEW YORK, March 2l.-Among the passengers
for Europe by the Java to-day is Mr.. Banning, OF
St. Paul, Minis president OF the Lake Superior
& Mississippi r. X. Co., VINO takes out bonds to
the amour, offs 500, 200, for sale nthe European
capitals.
The N. Y. Tribune's Raleigh correspondent
telegraphs the Gee case will last till June.
Actum, convicted by the military commission
at Richmond for the murder of some Union sol
diers has been released by the secretary OF war
because of a clerical error in the report.
The freedmen's bureau In Virginia and North
Carolina have turned criminal cases over to the
civil courts
Senators Dixon and Foote daily growing
worse. There 10 little hope of recovery of The
latter.
Ike Coake, of Chicago, who was sued by the
auditor OF the post Office for balance due to the
department from him as post master at that city
in 1852, has paid up the amount of s. 800, and
the case has been dismissed.
ST. LOUIS March 2O.-The steamer U. s. Grant
en- route for the head of The Missouri river
sunk at Plates Mouth 20 miles below Omaha on
Sunday.
The boat was valued at s25, oOo-iDsured for
500 900.
The cargo probably worth about the same
mainly insured.
Twenty-six thousand bales of cotton passed
Cairo for Cincinnati during the past two weeks
Eight thousand for St. Louis.
WAsHrreror, Mich. 2I.-It appears from official
data that the Arlington estate, formerly the prop
erty OF Gen'l Lee, belongs to the government, it
having been purchased at a sale for non-payment
of taxes.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-03-21

Pursuance to public notice the citizens of
Rock Island convened at the Court House on
Tuesday evening March 2Oth, for the purpose
Of appointing delegates to attend a railroad
convention to be held at Cambridge, Henry
county Illinois, on Thursday, March I'D.
The meeting was called to order By DR.,
Piummer, on whose motion VIM. Egg lesion,
Esq was chosen chairman.
On motion Of A. X. Philleo, Esq, M. S.
Barnes was appointed secretary.
DR.. Truesdaie then explained the object Of
the meeting; it being to appoint delegates to
represent the railroad interests o! Rock Is
land in the Cam bridge convention on the 22d
inst which is called $50 consult together anu
enter into measures for organizing an associ-
alton to prepare for q preliminary survey of
a railroad route from Gslva 10 Rock Island
and thereby prepare Tor making estimate of
the cost of such road, and take such further
steps as may be necessary to accomplish the
object of building the road
Ii was moved and carried that a committee
consisting sf Fix persons be selected by this
meeting TO represent Rock Island at the Cam.
bridge convention. The following gentle
men were appointed:
| DR.. C. TruesdR'e. F p. Reynolds
j. II. Wilson. 3. Harper.
VIM, Eggeston. Henry Dart.
| Mr.. Devoe moved that two more names be
added to the committee; motion carried and
the following names were added:
Bailey Davenport.
Geo. A. Blttenbanner.
| It was ordered that the proceedings be
| published in the city papers.
On motion the meeting adjourned.
WV EGGLEsToN, Chairman.
| NJ. S. BARNES, Seo'y.
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the people. In 1858, when he was first
elected governor Of Tennessee, after an ami
mating and exciting elsctioneering speech.
his inaugural address was severely criticised
by his opponents. Its principles were de-
bounced. Ridicule and abuse were both
used to destroy ito force. II was said to be
Sin bad taste" and "undignifed," but still
it touched the hearts of the people, and lite
plain spoken manner only served to increase
his popularity. That is known among the
old politicians, as the celebrated Jacobs
Ladder Inaugural" Speaking of democracy
and the christian religion, he said:
They are going along, not in divergents, nor
in parallels, but in converging lines-the one
purifying and elevating man religiousy the
other politically. Democracy progressive cor
fighting against error; one in the moral, the
other in the political field. At what period OF
time they will have finished the work of progress
AZ d elevation is not for me to determine, but,
when finished these two lines will have approx,
mated each other, imam being perfected both In
a reli sious and in political point of view. Al
this point it is that the church militant will give
way and cease to exist, and the democracy begin
" Democracy is ladder, correspond
ing, in politics. to the one spiritual which Jacot
| saw in his vision one up which all, in proper
| ton to their merit, may ascend. While IL OK
tends to the humblest of all created being herr
on earth, it reaches to God on high"
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From the Chicago Post
Social Equality in Massachusetts,.

While our national Legislators are engaged
in investigating the situation of affairs on
southern cotton plantations. let us for one
moment glance at the situation of affairs in
New England cotton manufactures. The
vast profits with which those manufactures
are enriching their owners. has been the
subject of common report. In many instan
ces during the last year. the manufacturers
net profits have amounted to Si1fy per cent
upon the capital invested.
But while the river of wealth has been
steadily flowing into the Golfers of the cotton
lords, tina cry has gone up that the cotton op-
eratives in the cotton mills are overlooked
underpaid, and made to suffer under a com.
bnation of evils such as no humane owner
ever inflicted upon his black slaves The Leg
islature of Massachusetts, owing to the pub
lie attention directed to the subject by such
journals the Boston Voice and the various
Trades Unions In the state, appointed COM
mission to investigate facts and report their
opinion as a remedy. Without q word of
criticism let Us simply republish the testi-
mony taken at random from the terrible array
of facts brought before the com mission.
Henry Jennings of New Bedford. stated as
follows:
''There is a considerable number of cases of
children kept away from school. They are en-
ployed in almost all kinds of labor Some girls
have been employed as young as seven. One
man who has, believe, three sons, aged res
pectvely eight, ten and twelve, told gentleman
of our city, who asked him if it did not 90 hard
with 80 young child to rise so early in the
morning, that 1T was very hard thing for the
little fellow at the beginning, but that he got more
used to it now, and stood it pretty wel'''
A letter from Sudbury state that At the
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Fred. Douglass Again.

This distinguished" negro itinerant spea-
ker, as the ID. D., calls him, went down from
Washington to Alexandria, few days ago,
to repeat the threadbare ASSASSINATION" leo
ture. He was escorted by a guard Of soldiers
whether white or black we are not told
Since the throwing of brickbat at him in
Baltimore which 'graAsd his left knee" he
has been in constant fear of ASSASSINATION"
and it is very considerate in the war depart
ment to empty portion of our large stand
ing army in protecting life so valuable to
the country. The soldiers were stationed at
the door and In different parts of the house
while "the gifted orator"-to use the words
of the ID. ID. again-delived his eulogy on the
late president. and impudent abuse of his sue
cessor. We hope Mr.. Stanton will make no
invidious discrimination among ''the wards
of the nation" but to see TO it that eufic-
lent military force is detailed TO escort and
guard "Blind Tom" in his future.perform-
ances.
Fred was introduced to his mongrsl audi
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ELECTION NOTICE.

BOARD OF EDUCATION. In accordance
- with the provisions of the School Law, in-
cooperating the Crock Island School District
approved Feb. sth, 1887, and amendE ent
thereto, approved February 22d, 1859, hereby
give public notice to the inhabitants of said
school district, that an election will be held on
I'll ESDAY, THE 27th DAY OF MARCH, inst,
ut being the 4th Tuesday IN the month"; for the
election of one member OF the Board of Ed uca-
tion for the Rock Island School District, for
three years, IN place Of William Bailey, decess-
ed, and one member of the Board OF Education
for two years, in place OF Charles 5utord, de-
ceased.
Said election will be held a; the Court House
IN the city of Rock Island, and the Polls will be
opened at O'Clock, Il. NJ, aud continue open
until O'Clock, p. NJ, OF SAID day.
BAILEY DAV EXPORT,
Mayor OF the City of Rock Island.
Rock Island, March SIh, 1866.
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VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.

1 TWO story brick dwelling house, stu stsd
= Moline Avenue, with stable, carriage
house, &C. Ten acres of land or less will be sold
with the hsuSe TO suit purchaser.
Two acres Of land on Eagle street, south OF the
residence of the late Chas. Buford, convenient TO
the business part of the city.
One lot opposite the methodist church.
Several lots in Chicago or lower addition TO the
city of Rock Island.
One OF the most desirable farms IN Rock Island
county, situated on the banks OF the Mississippi
river, 4 half nile above the town OF Hampton,
consisting of about two hundyed of land,
about ns-hsf under cultivation. divided into 8
or lots, the balance well set in grass and well
timbered. two story farm house, barn and
good besrDg orchard OF the
Improved and unimproyed lands IN Cedar Co. :,
Iowa, equal to any in the state.
Also lands in northern Iowa and southern Min
lesota.
All of the above property, being part of the
estate OF the late Chas. Buford, is for sale 10y his
executors, either for cash on time, the pur-
chaser may desire.
For particulars amply to b. d. BUFORD,
at the Rock Island plow Factory.
uchI 0uwtf
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In NEED OF PRAYERs.-We understand
that several of the ministers of our city have
omitted praying for the president since the
veto message, and are turning all their atten-
ton to congress. That is rather good sign.
People nigh on to death always receive more
prayerful attention than others. As the
president does not need praying tor. and con-
gress does, the ministers are giving the latter
their undivided attention. Keep on, breth-
rem, you may bring congress 10 a sensible
state of mind by persevering in your present
manuer.-Ddr. Dem.