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A Letter from a Colored Candidate
for Govornsr.
JACKSON, Tenn, Feb. IL, 1867.
tn Eoreru0r BrO,rulOlr

To G0rerRor BrOUni0W:
SIR: learn that you and the lower
House of your Legislature have passed
q law to allow the colored people OF this
State to vote. So far, so good. But,
sir, you have at the same time provided
in the law that they shall not hold office!
Now, what does such legislation mean
l am colored man, and have wool on
my head, but you and your white trash
can't pull the wool over my eyes. The
darkies in Tennessee generally will I'M
derstand what you are after, and Will
put their broad feet down upon you.
This act reminds me of the case where
white man and an Indian went hunt
ing. They killed turkey and buz-
zard, and when they came to divide, the
white man, to satisfy the Indian that he
would do the fair thing, made this prop
osition: "I'll take the turkey, and you
may take the buzzard, or You may take
the buzzard, and III take the turkey"
The Indian hung his head for awhile,
then looking up, said to his sharp COM
panion: Every time turkey for white
inan, and buzzard for Indian" Oh, yes;
YOU want us to 90 voting with you, but
every time Office for white man, and
vote for niger. ,
l learn further, that the bill has been
sent to the Senate, where it Is to be
hoped the restriction against my people
will be wiped ont. In that event, and
at the warm solicitation of many friends,
hereby announce myself candidate
for Governor. ] expect you to be my
competitor, and / propose to open the
canvass at an early day. and will join
you in list of appointments from Car
ter to Shelby. Ipropose to conduct the
canvass like a statesman, but notify you
in advance, that will hold you person
ally responsible for any insult you may
offer. | shall take along your debate
with my friend Mr.. Pryne, and shall
prove from that that you have been
greater prosecutor of my race in Ten
nessee than any other man; and charge
that your present course is one purely
of selfishness.
1t will not be amiss to say here, that
l am in favor of "equal justice to all the
people of the State" that am in favor
of relieving the colored people of tho
State from paying taxes for three years,
and in favor of their having all the va
can't lands in the State, by paying sur
veyor's fees, that am the friend of all
religious denominations, that l am
friendly to all the secret orders in the
State, but only belong to the "Order of
the Lone Star" have held the consti-
iation of that order in my own hands,
and have sworn to support it. But
more of my principles hereafter: When
/ get you on the stump you will learn
uko am and trhat l am.
Respectfully, your fellow-equal, ETC.,
MATT. DYER.
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-. WHEE1ING W. VA. MONDAY MORNING, MARCH H. 1867

night had crept upon the watchers
without any definite change.
Mrs. Pembroke had laid her Lead up
on her husbands shoulder, and exhaus-
ton had brought sleep. A servant had
stolen in and lefs o shaded lamp. The
doctor had come and gone down stairs
again to wait-lying down upon the
sofa in the drawing-room to snatch an
hours sleep. Eauvr ..ay....i s... aa.
The window of the bedroom was open,
and the summer wind came in laden
sweet with the breath of the flowers
the sick girl had loved. -,
Hour after hour went on, and the first
red streak of day dawn was brighten
ing in the east, when Nelly opened her
eyes and turned her face towards the
window, drawing UP the bed-eicthes:
The action was so quiet and natural
that Mark, unable to bear the. suspense,
uttered her name aloud. Nelly started
for a moment; puzzled look was IN
her face; then the light came. -.
"Oh! uncle, how wicked Eve BEEN
she sobbed. Where is he-my father,
my fatherp
In an instant Considinc was kneeling
ut her side, his face buried in the conn
terpane, and his sobs shaking the bed.
"You'll forgive me-" she whispered,
with the thin weak hand on his head.
"My darling! my darlingn was allthe
stricken man could say. ti-4
Nelly was safe now, and said nothing
more about forgiveness. She read it i'll
every word and look of love that sooth-
ed and tended her during the long week
in which she was regaining strength,
and in the thought and tenderness with
which they took her away from the old
house without letting her see the fatal
pool, ... ...
Mr.. Considine set the worlds curiosi-
ty and opinion at defiance, and owned
Nelly as his daughter; and, strange to
say, the world never discovered the Sc
cret of her birth. But, stranger still,
Nelly had forgotten it. The fever had,
as it were, wiped out the fatal explana-
tion in every particular, save one, that
Considine had claimed her as his daugh-
ter. The shadow of the gallows was
gone. Nature had worked out her need
of punishment; and mercy had fulfilled
the promise, 81 will not be angry for
ayero
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The Radical Rebellion.
Pr.gre.. of De.po,i.m in Tennessee

Progress OF Despotfsm an Ienncssec.
From the Nashville Republican Banner. 6th.I
We print this morning the first "Gen-
eral Order' of the Military Dictator of
Tennessee. Like the proclamation"
that preceded it-which, rs VIC an
nOunced at the time, was designed to
give some color of pretense to the pub
lication of a still more odiOus bulletin
this illegal aud unwarrantable as
sumption of martial authority in the
midst of peace by person appointed to
fill the Office of Governor, will not sur
prise any one. To those who are cog
infant Of the dccp-laid scheme of revo-
luton now rapidly progressing toward
its final achievement, or to those who
have observed the desperate character
of Brownlow, and the ignorant and cor
rupt material that serves him, it will be
received as matter of course. 1t Is
resolutely intended by this bold usurp-
er, to provoke collision of some sort
somewhere in Tennessee, and to make
nse of this as pretext for all the law
lessness that may be necessary to his
own retention in office. He well knows
tnat, by the organization of rowing
bodies of irresponsible men, he will be
able to execute his atrocious purpose
sooner or later, and understands how
one step leads to another, and how one
outrage may be made to obscure and cx-
cuse the author of many more.
We have but few words for this great
wrong. To-day there is peace i'll this
State. The people arc quietly pursuing
their accustomed ways and avocations.
The laws for the punishment of crime
are enforced wherever the military die
tation will permit them to be enforced.
There is no thought of rebellion or
treason or war except in the minds Of
the usurper and his satellites. Ruth
lessly and without preteXt, in violation
of the very appearance of republican
ism, an army is raised in our midst aud
the will of one man, delivered through
the agency of the merest outlaws and
guerrillas, is to be laid down to the peO-
pie, the judges and the courts. We
have no power to resist it if we had the
disposition to do 50, and if the Congress
of the United States will permit this vi
olation of the first principles on which
it rests its own claim to existence, We
may as we'll shut the book and leave
the issue, in each of the States, TO the
sword of the adventurer who may see
fit to take it up.
But in the name of peace-tO say
nothing Of liberty and law-we solemn
ly protest against this overthrow of our
civil government, and the abandonment
of our homes and wives and children to
the rude mercies of soldiery, picked
up from such despcradoes as a handful
Of prctenders, led by a reckless chief
tain, may find ready to carry on local
war for rapine, plumber and revenge!
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ward or beneficiary, was not possessed
of an income of 81 900, liable to be as,
sessed according to the provisions OF
this act: OF may declare that he or she
has been assessed and paid an income
tax elsewhere in the same year, under
authority of the United States, upon
his or her income, gains and profits, as
prescribed, by law; and if the Assistant
Assessor shall be satisfied Of the truth
of the declaration, shall thereupon be
exempt from income tax in the said dis
trict; or if the list Of return OF any par
ty shall harelbesn Increased by the As
sistant Assessor, such party may exhiDib
his books and accounts, and be permit
ted to prove and declare, under oath or
affirmation, the amount ofincome liable
to be assessed; but such oaths and evil
dence shall not be considered as cop
elusive of the facts, and no deductions
claimed in such cases shall be MADE
or allowed until approved by tine
Assistant Assessor. Any person feeling
aggrieved by the decision of the Assls,
tart Assessor in such cases may appeal
to the Assessor of the district, and his
decision thereon, unless reversed by the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue,
shall be final, and the storm, time, and
manner of proceedings shall be subject
to rules and regulations to be prescribed
by the Commissioner of Internal Reye-
nue. Provided further, That no penalty
shall be assessed upon any person Tor
such neglect or refusal, or for making
or renderiag a false OF fraudulent re.
tnrn, except after reasonable notice OF
the time and place of hearing to be reg.
ulated by the Commissioner Of Internal
Revenue, SO as to give the person charg-
ed an opportunity to be heard "
TIME OF ASSESSMENT AND WHEN TAXES
ARE DUE.
That section 119 may be amended by
striking out all after the enacting clause
and inserting, in lieu thereof, the fol-
lowing: That the taxes on incomes
herein imposed shall be4evied on the
1st day Of March, and he due and pay
able on or before the 30th day of April,
in each year, until and including the
year 1870, and 10 longer; and to any
sum or sums annually due and unpaid
after the 3Oth of April, as aforesaid, and
for ten days after notice and demand
thereof by the Collector, there shall be
Levied in addition thereto the sum of
five per centum on the amount of taxes
unpaid, and interest at the rate OF one
per centum per month upon said tax
from the time the same became due, as
q penalty, except from the estates OF
deceased, insane or insolvent persons:
provided, that the tax on incomes for
the year 1866 shall be levied on the day
this act takes effect.
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"Je.' Sr+-Ksasayr'- -1ss,ss 1issle said
they wcre there every time" ffhefet ''owles"
In the morning he took Plantation Bitters;
he felt weary at night he took Plantation Bttep.
if he lacked appetfis, was weak, hng,iid or niei
tally upprpssrd, ht took Plantation Mtaers; and
they never failed to set him on his pins squap
and firm.
Few persaas want any bitter suthssity but
as some msy, just read the following; ,..,
. owe much % you, for 1
verify believe the Plantation httor la,p saved
my life. REV. W. II. WAGONER
Madrid, n. Y"
80 Ihave been Frvat auf.
forcd from Dyspepsia, and had " absndon
preaching. The Plantation
littsrs have cured nae. -. .uril
REV. L. A. WILDWOOD,
New Yorh City."
49, r' had iost all sepc.
tits,-was M weak and cnervatcd I could hardly
walk and bad perfect dread Of society.
JAMES nEMINwXf,
.... ..as... 80 Louis, Ne"
"t.r The Plantation Bittcrs
have cured me of arrangement Of the Kidneys
and Urinary Organs that distcsscd me for years.
They acted Hike n charm. &C. MOORE.
.4' 2st Broadwuy, Now York"
Mrs o. II. pEvoE, manager Of the UuIon
Home School for Soldiers Children, sayA abe
''has given IL 90 the weak and invalid childlrca
under, her charge, with the most happy and
gratifying results" We have received over a
hundred rrams uf such cei tihcatcs, but no cd
vertiseInent Il sO effective as what people them:
selves say " a good article. Our fortune std
our reputation Is al stake. The original quality
aud high character Of thcsc goods viii Ia sus'
taincd under every aud all circumstances They
have already obtained = sale In eypry town, VII
LACE, parish and hamlet among civilized nations.
Base imitators try 10 come ~ near our nanio and
style ~ they can, and because good article can.
not be sold as low poor one, they md son,c
support from parties who do not care what they
sell lie ON your guard. See our private stamp
over the cork. L. II. DRAkE & CO,
New York City.
Sarase9a spring Water, sold by all
Druggists.
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Waahinxfsn ltema.

WASHINGTON, March Sit appears to
be conceded to-day that the session Of
Congress will continue for several
weeks. but with the understanding that
no new financial measures be agreed
upon. .
The officials at Alexandria, Va, say
they are ready for another election with
cegro suffrage to-mo rrow, if Congress
will let them remain Virginia.
Prominent Senators say that o recess
of Congress will be taken at the close
of next week to October.
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RIVER NEWS.

THE RIVER was about Stationary last
evening, with seventeen and half feet
water. t'
The Edinburgh left for Cincinnati,
with fair trip.
The Yorktown leaves for st. Louis,
direct, this evening.
Messrs. Booth, Battelle & Co. have
purchased the steamer Rebecca, now
lying at Cincinnati, on private terms.
She will be brought to this city imme-
diately and placed in the Wheeling and
Parkersburg trade.
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The Peninns.

NEW YORK, March 9.-The HeralPs
Dublin correspondent, February 22d,
says: The greatest precautions to guard
against any attempt at an outbreak in
Dublin are still kept up. The soldiers
are rarely let out of the barracks, and
not ut all during the night. Meetings
of the Privy Council are held almost
daily, presided over by the Lord Lieu
tenant, and daily reports Of the state of
the country are submitted to them.
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At'hesliag ge9ister.
Pro.trnte Tennessee.

In this mornings REGISTER will be
found Birthstone BROwNLow's Military
Order No. /. BY the enactment recent
il PASSED by THAp. STEVENS Congress-
to "organize pandemonium' in the
Southern States, the lives, liberty and
property of the people Of ten States,
once free, and ever glorious In history,
are placed at the mercy of new brood
of HUNTERS, TURcHINs, McNEILs, BUT
rrrs,-men who have already exemPli-
ned ON conspicuous fields tho cowardiee
,,d heartlcssness of American tyranny.
Eut Tennessee is reserved for torture
,,,r, acute-fur humiliation more eX-
trrInc.
There is u choice OF despotisIns as
,h,rc is of death. One may endure the
.ul;i,hed, refined intellectual reign OF
,h,. Car of Russia, absolute as it is. A
Frrnchman may feel certain degree Of
nriJs that he is the subject even OF
,,,rrior so illustrious and statesman
:, ronsnmmate asa NAPOLEON. There
f., some compensation in this.
Bat suLiection to the brute denom-
nation of a BRowNLow, is "A thing not
=, h, endured. When the citizen can
meyer Law down to sleep ut night with
out feeling the smothering, choking tor
,rrur of u might-mare: nor rise III the
u,ruirr diycsted of the shnddering
thought that hc is insonie SENSE doomed
=, that awful iniiiction which places
nnnl, the prostratc sufferer Gas great
,,,,.at of iron rs he could bear-and
.,.,,e,'" Human nature will revolt
AGAINST such rule, though the weap-
ou, IF the revolt be fire and poison, and
,hnurh assassination be made the des-
rairinr but indispensable means of de-
IIVrTanCe.
EKowNLow is n brute in his Organiza-
tion; scallawag in appearances; black
Guard in his rearing; a blasphemer IN
IN. utt.rances; unclean in his person,
and incxpressibly nasty in his habits.
And TO this man BROwNLOw is now
given the supreme, unqnestioned, abso-
Int authority to murder, imprison and
rob whomsoever he chooses; to burn,
rayarc and confiseate at will the homes
and bcarthstones of the people of Ten
nr>>cc.
We say, that mastery like this will
not be endured, so long rs humanity IS
not wholly helpless. 1t is only when
the sufferer is bound hand and foot, and
rl>,,m.L promo nron the surgeons table,
that he submits his quivering flesh and
rsonizcd nerves to the surgeons knife
The political sufferer looks to every
quarter, and To every source for help.
Hut none is eXtended-no deliverance
promised! What thenf He remembers
that history has no curse for him who
slew CAEACALIA by the way-side, nor
for him who put poison on the elder
BoEGIAs plate. And he profits by the
remembrance.
But let no one lay hands of violence
on BEowNLOw. As the most odiOus
and hateful tyrant, living OF dead, he
will rouse hatred and an ultimate re-
si>tance which the rule of no other man
would inspire. Besides, the gsllows
.ailus him but q short time hence. and
The buzzards have mortgage on Ills
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to,tly Machinery.

The telegraph Informs us that near
Four Millions of Dollars have been ap-
propriatcd TOR 1.-The machinery OF the
frccdmen's Bureau, not including the
pay of officers and soldiers detailed to
duty under it, The Italian organ
grinder carries his music-box on his
back; but every American citizen now
ot"ops under the bigger burden of Ne
gro Bureau. Machinery" did yon say 7
Didn't you mean "chicanery" of the
FreedIuen's Bureau
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H.w III. Trea..r, /. Robbed.

One of the last acts of the House of
the late Rump was to allow the mem-
Der from the new State of Nebraska to
be sworn in SO that he could draw s. 900
mileage and s, 900 pay from the begin
ming of the session. The Senators from
Nebraska would have done the same
thing but for the fact that they would
thereby have rated themselves as MEM
beers of the Thirty ninth Congress and
have lost two years of their term of
service. They prefer two years pros.
pective service and pay to two years
retrospective pay without the service.
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Who would not be L.autifuli Who would
add " their beauty What gives that mArbl.
purity and disfin1us appearing. We observe up
ON tis stagr aud ia the city belle II Is bo long
or = secret. They u.e Ilagan's Magnolia Baln.
It's continued nse rrmoves tau, frcckles pimpl's
aud rouglDr'ss. from, the face and hands, and
leaves the complex Xion smooth, transparent.
blooming and ravishns. Unlike many cosInct.
ANY Druggist viii order II for you, II not on
hand at ~ cents per bottle
W. H. IiAGAN, Troy, ". Y, Chemist.
DEMAS BARNES, 4 Co,
Wholesale agents, N. Y.
sarniogn Spring Water, sold by all
Druggists.
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II is a most delightful Hair DrcsslDg.
IL eradicatrs scruti and dandruH
IL krcps the head cool and clean.
II makes the hair rich, soft and glossy.
II prevents hair turning gray ana falliug of.
IL Irstorrs hair upon prematurely bald heads.
This II just what Lyons Katbsrion viii do.
II is prctty-it IL scheap-durabie. II IL literally
sold by the ear Load, and yet it, almost incrcdi.
bic demand il daily Increasing, until there IL
hardly country stare that does not Keep IL, ~
10 family that does not uSr a.
T.. TllOMASLY0N. Chemist, n. Y.
snrntoga spring Wnicv. sold by all
Druggists.
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From, CairO.

CAIRO, March 9.-The Starlight from
Evansville for Memphis at P. NJ; Ida
Stockdale from Pittsburg for st. Louis
at IL p. NJ; Silver Moon from Cincin-
natl for Memphis at A. NJ, Olive
Branch from New Orleans, for st. Louis
at II A. NJ; Submarine No. 13 cleared
for Mobile at IL A. NJ,
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HARMLESS SERPENTs.-Deuglas Jer-
rold calls women's arms "the serpents
that wind about mans neck, killing
his best resolutions" The "oldest in
habitant," said he, don't object to them
kind o. serpents.
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GENERAL ORDERS"
HD'oRs TENNESSEE STATE GUARDS,
NASHVILLE, March 9th, 1867.
GENERAL ORDERS
No. l.
/. Captains of companies, to whom
commissions have been forwarded, to-
gether with copy Of this order, are au-
thorized to enlist for the period of three
years, unless sooner discharged, one
hundred able bodied men, who, when
enrolled, shall proceed to elect their
other officers, who shall be commission
ed when the captain shall certify the
same to me at these headquarters, each
company in the service to be mustered
as infantry.
2. As many as twenty-five in each
company shall be mounted TO act as
scouts, ETC., under the command Of such
officers as the captains from time to
time may designate. Each mounted
man will furnish and equip his own
horse, and receive for said horse forty
cents per day while in active service,
the State feeding and shoeing each
horse. The State will only pay for
horses killed or disabled IN the service,
the facts being well authenticated.
Captain shall Judge of the fitness of
horses for the service.
3. Companies, when completed, shall
report to these headquarters, through
their Captains, holding themselves in
readiness for service when called upon
by the commander-in-chief. When call
ed into active service, the companies
will be armed and equipped, Captains
receipting for the arms and being re-
sponsible for their safety and return.
So far as practicable, these troops shall
be governed by the revised army regn-
lations of the United States, and shall
receive pay and allowance, both officers
and privates, as provided for by the
United States army, but only while in
active service.
4. Captains Of companies shall take
rank in the service according to the
dates of their completion, and shall
take their position in regiments one,
two, etc., in alphabetical order, pro-
ceeding to elect regimental officers after
regiments are complete, ten companies
constituting q regiment. For drunk
enness and a wilful neglect of duty, the
Commander-in-chief reserves 70 him
self the right to dismiss any officer
from the service, the charge being pre-
viously sustained.
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Pruce is queer chicken. Speaking
of q quarrelsome man who was always
berating somebody or something, she
said, he is down on everything but his
knees
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Hri.nsireet's ininitsbls Hair CelSripg N pef
Lunar ea1Dfie and more or iess destroy tie vitzlL
" and bezufy cf the hair. This b the original
Hair Co!orins and has Kern growing In fsvsr
over xrnfy yszrs. IL fsptotss fIsy hair % IL
original eolur ny gradnsi absorption. IN uost
remarkable manner. il II also 4 bsautiful hair
dr.dnk. sold intwo ,izes--sJ e~ntsssA tl---ky
all dealers e. HEIMsTEEET, Chemist.
sarsssga Spring Water, ss,d by al
DrugSista- go 0ftD febl ssw
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Hoxy 10 he m Republiean.

Take counsel of your passions, preju'
Aices and errors, and bid reason hold heI
tongue. This is never falling recipe,
1t is the way in which Republicans are
made
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VIZ are nov under the rule Of the
Fortieth Congress-the Thirty-ninth is
dead. Having no soul to be damned,
its "abode is humiliation"
Praise God from whom all blessings fow."
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LYox's ExIxlcT oy PrEx JlxlieA GiSaEs
Tor Indigestion, Esusss. Hesrtbnrn. s'ek hesas
ache. CRolrrx norbus. Y1staIepey, &c, where .
varming stimufan nc is required. Its carefui pse.
par.tion and ssfirs purity mskss it . ehssP md
reliable article for culinary gurposss boia sy.
erywbere at 50 cents pcr bottle. Ask for 1T.
ozs- Pure Extract Take no other. ls
ssrstssa sDriss Water, sold by sli
Druggists.
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A lawyer is something Of carpenter;
he can file a bill, split hair, make an
entry, get up . case, frame an indict-
ment, empannel jury, put them in
box, nail q witness, hammer q judge,
and bore q court