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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05
LOCAL MISCELLANY.

THE EPISCOPAL CuURcH-The Rev. Mr..
MEADE preached his Introductory sermon,
Sunday last, in the Episcopal church of this
town. His discourse was appropriate and i'm
pressivc. We hope that his ministry will be
fruitful of good work among the members of
his new congregation of the largest in
the Valley.
In our estimation the distinguishing value
OF the Episcopal worship is the beautiful and
solemn form Of service of the PRAYER book
a service which ought not to be sighted or
mutilatcd except upon occasions of imperative
necessity When well read its eloquence ap-
reals so earnestly to our hearts that it is i'm
possible for it to fail in its teachings In
other words, it is as valuable as the most pow-
eriul sermon in awakening sinners to the ne
cessity of repentance. Or late years large
portion of the clergymen of the Church in
Virginia have seemed to disregard the inn
portance of this service, much to the regret.
we are sure, of great majority of the laity. !;
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05

Tor any act done or omitted to be done in
pursuance or in aid Of any OF the said procia-
nations or orders, or by authority or with the
approval of the President within the period
aforesaid and respecting any of the matters
aforesaid and all officers and other nelson's
in, the service of the United States. or who
act in aid thereof, acting in the premises. shall
be held f'rtniu frcie to have been authorized
by tue President; and all acts and parts of
acts heretofore passed. Inconsistent with tho
provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
The Cincinnati Times, Republican pa
per, does not see much reconstruction in tho
Sievens-ShermanS helubarger bill-the S. S.
s. specific. We copy its editorial of the
ed ult., upon the Thrce-S programme:
ArrREHENsIUNs AS TO RECONsTRtC-
TloN.-HavIng pledged our support Of the
Reconstruction bill now in the hands of the
PRESIDENT, we arc free to express our fears of
the results. We support it because it is
time that something was tried. and be
no one caa hope to get anything to exactly
please him.
What we fear is that reconstruction will
not take place under that bill 1t will re.
quIre several years, if not longer, for tho
Southern people to overcome their repuD-
nance to UNIVERSAL negro suffrage, aud as they
can work and grow richer under the military
government proposed than under any gov.
eminent of their own, they will we appre-
hcnd, be disposed to stay out Of Congress for
some time rather than grant the ballot TO all
the negroes.
That they will grow rich under military
rule more rapidly than under their own civil
rule, is evident when we consider the fact
that the protection 10 all classes which III.
bill Is to afford will inspire confidence III both
capitalists and the working uerrncs Tho
late Rebels can, therefore, afford to rest on
their oars III reference to admission into The
OH'ou. Trey can gracefully bitc the timo
when n Northern parry may be able To helm
them, aud when they will be better able to
help themselves In the meantime tho
heavy expense attending military rule will
work upon the Northern People N their be-
half, as will also some Other circumference,
connected with Tie results of the war. IL
requires but lt;le candid consideration of the
principles of human nature to conclude that
the late Rebcls will hold out for some time
against universal negro suffrage
In view OF these facts our plan has been
/. / he declaration that the rebels placed
Their civil governments out Of the pale of the
Union by killing them.
Z. he declaration that the present pre-
tended State governments were instituted
without constitutional authority.
.. he Endorsement Of those governments
SO far only as to make them Territorial gov
ernmen's.
i. Tie distranchisement, until two thirds
OF Congress shall restore them, of all rebels
who held military position under the latc
Southern COntederucy above the rank Of
Captains aud of all WHO held civil place above
the Office Of constable, as well as of all who,
mr. oath To- 81 i &.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05

ga The Richmond Times of Friday says,
that upon the passage OF the Military Force
bill over the veto, it is the intention of Gov.
Peirpoint, unless the Legislature, to-day or
Saturday, calls a Convention, to convene the
Legislature in extra session. Two days being
manifestly inadequat" for the proper consid-
Grafton Of SO important a measure as calling
State Convention, the extra session may be
regarded as certain. While the Governor
was making up his mind on this subject,
paper has been signed by majority of the
members of the Legislature requesting him
to call them together in extra session.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05

CARR1AGEs.-Major Hawks advertiscs a
new supply of superior carriages. Give him
call at his shop.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05

\ special dispatch from Washington to the
Richmond Examiner, of "Wednesday, says:
"a ConfiscatiOn bill has been prepared, and
is being handed around among the Radicals.
1t will be presented early next session, and
will command more votes than would seem pos
sible in Christian country.
"Revcrdy JOhnson's vote was the simple
expression of despair. lie considers Amer-
can liberty fcarfully, if not fatally wound
ed.
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION LYcEuM.-Ou
Monday night next, the 1lth inst, the fol-
lowing question will be discussed before the
Christian Association Lyceum:-
Ought the Southern States to accept of
the terms of reconstruction, prescribed in the
late act of Congress, establishing military
governments in the Southern States"
Affirmative Negative.
W. II. TRAVERSE, AND. HUNTER.
Rev Mr. SHEPHERD, AND. E. KENNEDY,
Rev. Mr.. HOPKINS, R1cu. Il. LEE
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05
The Indemnity Bill.

The following is the bin passed by Con.
gress to indemnify the President and other
officers of the government for acts done and
proclamations issued during tie war:
BE ii enacted, DC. That all acts, proclas
nations, aud orders of the President of the
United States, or acts done by his authority
or approval after The 4th of March, 1861, and
before the LIST day of July, 1866, respecting
martial law, military trials by eOurt.martial
or military commissions, or the arrest. ima
Prlsonment, and trial of persons charged with
participating IL the late rebellion against the
United States, or us aiders abettOrs thereof
s OF as guilty Of any disloyal practice in aid
thereofi or OF any violation of the laws or
uSaSes OF war, or of afFording aid and comfort
70 rebels against the authority of the United
states and all proceedings, aud acts done or
had oy courts martial or military commissions,
or arrests and imprisonments made in the
premises by any person by the authority of
the orders or proclamations OF the President
made as aforesaid, OF in aid thereof, are hire.
by approved in all respects, leSaiized and
made valid to the same extent and with the
same effect as if said orders and proclama-
lions had been issued and made, and said ar
rests, lmPrlsonments, proceedings, and acts
had been done under the previous exnress
United States, aud in pursuance of a law
thereof previously enacted and expressly au.
thoriziug and directing the same to be done.
And no civil court of the United States, or of
any State, or Of the District of Columbia. or
of any district or Territory of the United
States, shall have or take jurisdicti n of. or
In any manner reverse any of the proceedings
had or acts done us aforesaid, nor shall any
person be held to answer in any of said courts
for any act done or omitted to be done in
pursuance or in aid of any OF the said procla-
nations or orders, or by authority or with the
approval of the President within the period
aforesaid and respecting any of the matters
aforesaid and all officers and other petsons
in. the service OF the United States. or who
act in aid thereof, acting in the premises. shall
be held 1orin,G fdcie to have been authorised
by tue President; and all acts and parts of
acts heretofore passed, inconsistant with the
provisions of this act, are hereby repealed.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05

WHERE Is CHIEF JUSTICE CuAsE?-Mr.
Chase, as member of Mr.. Lincoln's Cabi-
net decided the Peirpoint Government to be
the true. constitutional government of Vir-
gnla The question arose in this wise -
West Virginia claimed to have been formed
with the consent of Virginia. That consent
had been given by the Peirpoint Govern
ment. lnasmuch as the Constitution of the
United States required the consent of the
real government, Mr.. Lincoln and his Cabi-
net, and Congress also, had to decide the
question. They did so under their oaths to
support that Constitution. Under the sane
ton OF the same oaths, Congress now declares
that 1t IS not the true Government of Vir-
gInla If Virginia has no constitutional gov
eminent, West Virginia has no constitutional
existence.-RichnaondD Dispatch.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-03-05

: We want WOoD-briDg us load.
The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1867-01-08
Costar's"
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SAnd by Henry R. CosTAR, asa Broadway, N. Y
30 And by Druggists in Coudersport.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14

A friend says in allusion to the
practice of buying and selling wives
in Egypt, that though his wife didn't
cost him cent, he was cheated in
the bargain.
"Pa, have dogs got wings7"
"NO, child, don't you know better
than that p
"Why, pa, this paper says a big
dog flew at him and bit him. SO
dogs do have wings"
Giant pass, marin, said stern
sentinel Of the Navy Yard to an off
GERS lady.
"But, Sir, | must pass; I'm Cap
tain WIS lady," was the reply.
"Can't help it, marm-couldn't let
YOU in if you were his wife"
Mother, don't you wish you had
the tree of evil in your garden ~
"Why, Josh, you sarpent, what do
you mean!'
" AS moneys the root of all evil, if
We had the tree. couldn't we get the
precious stuff"
A colored cook, expecting company
of her own kind, was at loss how to
entertain her friends. Her mistress
said:
"Chloe, you must make an apollo.
gy."
La missus, how can ] make it 2
L got no apples, no eggs, no butter,
no muffin to make it with"
Another war with Turkey is at
hand-ne1t Thanksgiving dav.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
poetrp
!. GIVE ME THREE GRAINS OF
CORN, MOTHER |"

CONN, mS1&6N !!
| The words above were the last request
| a lad to his mother, as he was dying from
starvation. She found three grains in the
| corner of pocket in his ragged jacket, ant
gave them to him. 1t was all she had thu
whole family were dying frcm famine.
By Mrs. EDMOND, of Brooklyn.
Give me three grains of corn, mother,
Only three grains of corn,
IT will keep the little life I have,
Till the coming of the morn.
am dying of hunger and cold, mother,
Dying of hunger and cold,
And half the agony of such death
Ny lips have never told. A
1t has gnaw'd like a wolf at my heart, mother
A wolf At is fierce for blood,
All the lifelong dag and the night besides,
Craving for lack of food
dreamed of bread in my sleep, mother,
And the sight was Heaven to see;
| woke with an eager, furnishing lip,
Bat you had no bread for me.
How could ! look to you, mother,
How could look to you,
For bread to give to your starving boy,
When you are starving too?
For real the famine in your cheek
And in your eye so wild,
And felt it in your bony hand
When you laid it on your child.
The North has lands and gold, mother,
The North has lands and gold,
While you are forced at your e1pty breast
A skeleton babe to hold.
Your babe is dying of want, mother,
As an dying now,
With a CHASTITY look in its sunken eye,
And famine on its brow.
What have we poor ones done, mother,
What have we poor ones donei
That the world looks on aad sees US die,
Perish one by one2
Do christian men care not, mother,
The great men and the high,
For the suffering sons of the Southern land,
Whether they live or die
There is many brave heart here, mother,
Dying Of want and cold,
While only across few poor States,
Are many that roll in gold
There are rich and great men there, mother,
With wondrous wealth to view,
And the bread they fling to the dogs tonight,
Would give life to me and you.
Iome nearer to my side, mother,
Coma nearer to my side,
and hold me fondly as you held
Ny sister, when she died.
guick for | cannot see you, mother,
Ny breath is almost gone;
[other dear mother, ere die,
Cine three nrnins nf corn :,
-~---~~------ a.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
THE WATER OF LIFE.

We hear the Invitation,
Which bids the thirsty go
Where streams of free salvation
Like crystal rivers Aow.
The welcome call attending,
Thither our souls repair,
aud DER the fountain bending,
Find sweet refreshment there.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
FAREWELL TO THE ewAunvwa


ny THOMAS HOOD, JR.
Swallows, sitting on the caves.
See re not the gathered sheaves,
See ye not the falling leayes7
FAREWELL
Is it not time TO &c
To that fair land 70 know
The breezes, as they swell,
or the coming winter tell,
And the trees shake down
The brown
And rithered leaves. Farewell!
Swallows, it is time to fy
See ye not the altered sky7
Know ye not that winters nigh?
Farewell
Co. Fly, in noisy banda,
To those far distant lands
OF gold, and pearl, and she'll,
And gem, (of which they tell,
In books of travels stranger
mere range
IN happiness. Farewell
Swallows, on your pinions glide
Ger the restless, rolling tide
OF the ocean deep and wide;
Farewell!
In groves, far, far away
In summers sunny ray,
In warmer regions, dwell
And then return to tell
Strange tales of foreign lands,
In bands
Perched on the caves. Farewell
Swallows, l could almost pray
That I, like you, could fly away,
And to each coming evil, say
Farewell
Yet tits my fate to live
Here, and with cares strirej
But some day may tell
How they before me fell,
Conquered. Then calmly die,
And cry
Trials and toils-Farewell !"
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
INSOLVENT NOTICE.
INSoLvENT NOTICE.

INSoLvENT NOTICE.
TO all Persons Interested as Creditors
IN the Estate of Samuel HANDLER.
deceased:
WYE EREAS, at the December Term,
w 1856, of the Probate Court of
Madison county. said estate was, BY Or
der OF decree of said court, declared to
be insolvent. you are hereby notified to
come forward and duly probate your
claims and have them properly registered
within the time prescribed by law in said
decree, or they will be forever barred.
c. c. COOPER,
March23-6m Administrator.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
TAKE IT EASY

Take it easy. Life at longest,
But g shortening shadow is;
And tie bravest or the stroDSss,
Dare rot call 20 mcTTe- 1if
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
EVERGREEN NURSERIES,,
AT CANTON, MISS.

TIME Proprietors of these NURSERIES
4 take pleasure in announcing to their
friends and the public that now is the time to
plant out ORCHARDS, aud that they are
prepared to furnish young, healthy and
well.grown Southern,raiscd FRUIT TREES
of the most approved varieties, and AZ the
lowest prices, FOR CASH.
Call and see, and select for yourselves.
Brlg" Catalogues furnished gratis to all
For further rartcnlars address,
L. K. MAYNARD IL CO,
fcbl6 Canton, Miss.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
New Orleans Daily Crescent.
Official Journal of the State of Louisiana.
j. o. NIXON, Editor aud Proprietor

VI AOEB W. "a OAmI OlhEEls
HNHE DAILY CRESCENT is published every
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Quarterly, 81 Single copies. 10 cents
Regular advertisers, who advertise largely
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The Weekly Crescent is published every Satur.
day morning. Subscription, s. per annun, in ad-
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American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
THE HEAVENLY CITY.

" The City of my God, tChieh is Neto Jsrusa'eH'.
Rev. iii. IL.
The citys shining towers we may not see,
With our dim earthly vision
For Desth. the silent warder keeps the key
That Opes those gates Elysian.
Bat sometimes when adown the western sky
The fiery sunset fingers,
It's golden gates swing inward noiselessly,
Unlocked by unseen fingers.
And while the7 stand a moment half ajar,
CLEANS from the inner glory
Stream brightly through the azure vault shar,
And half reveal the story.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
Low RATES
&c can be had any where else in town.

BUYING FOR CASH he must of course
SELL FOR CASH so if you have any
Greenbacks to invest call around, il will not
he his fault il yc7 dcnt gall agsir
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14
NOTICE.

Tom debtors ! would say, pay me what thou
owest. Tor my wants are great.
10 my creditors, that, with me, greenbacks are
s,4rce, but it they want any work done in my line
would gladly liquidate my debts in this way if |
am not able to come to time with the spondu-
lix.n DAVID J0URNAY.
ianl9-tf
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1867-09-14

All Of which will be kept constantly on
hand and offered 10 customers at as
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-11

The attention OF capitalists and others Is
called to the magnitude, legitimacy and unpa-
ralleled fairness of the following guaranteed
statement OF the
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-11

when gold was at a premium, so that the
Government did not receive full value for
what it borrowed. This atrocious sentiment
is not relieved any by the mock disclaimer
with which it is put forward;-
"Now, am not speaking Of this TO do anv
thing but deprecate the fearful issue which the
madness of partisan hatred and the blindness
of our new national debt aristocraoy to their
own true interests is fast forcing upon the coun-
try. But Is IL not clear that the people who
have To pay one hundred and eighty IN iitions
OF dollars year 10 ms consolidated ntoneyed OIL
QarchU. must sooner or later commence asking
each other, 'foW much tOdS actually loaned 10 on,
Government during NE ciUn iOdr bY these bond
holders, 1Uho claim that OUe them nearly
three thousand millions Of doitdrSF' You know
what the popular answer must bel do not say
the right answer:-'Less than half the amount
they cain, for gold ranged at an averape of
one f hundred ,,e premium while this debt was
No comments of ours can add to the indig-
nation which must fill every honorable breast
at such words as these.
The animus of this wicked attack upon the
public credit comes out in one of Mr.. Johnson's
characteristic assaults upon Congress. He
speaks of the Reconstruction bill as "high-
handed measure of Congressional usurpaton"
and rings his usual changes upon the "Con-
sttution, his own conscious rectitude, " etc.
That we are to have ga great financial crash
this year." he predicts as "inevitable." If
we do not have one it will certainly not be
because Mr.. Johnson has not done his best to
cause it.
Ordinary language fails to characterize the
enormity of such an attack as the President
has made upon the public credit. 1t bears all
the marks of careful and premedtated prepa-
ration. 1t is specious, and full of appeals to
popular passion. 1t is put forth on the Presi-
dents authority, by one of his special sup
porters. 1t strikes a blow at the entire bust
ness interests of the country. 1t is studied
argument for the reputation of the National
debt-a measure which can only be reached
through national bankruptcy and disgrace,
and the utter prostration of every branch of
private industry and enterprise. Can this
man be a friend Of the Republic?
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-11

h9g WEST SPRUCE STREET PREsBY.
-, TERRAIN ca URoH. There viii DO religious
services In the Lecture Room EVERY nv C this
Week, at quarter before O'clock sermon this
Evening by Rev II NJ. CUNNINGHAM, of Alex
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-03-11
Which are the Most Helpless

EVER since the conclusion of the war we have
been edited with Democratic anathemas
against the 'lazy blacks who are lying on
their backs and having the Government feed
them. And while denunciations are thus
poured upon the negroes, the utmost sympa-
thy is expressed for the poor "whites" who
are starving because of the destitution
caused by the war, and because of the parsi-
mOny of the Northern people. The Commits
sOner of Freedmen, General 0. 0. Howard,
in conformity with resolution of the House,
has communicated the data of the number of
whites and negroes whom the Government
must either feed or let starve. The table