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Missouri.
SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW UNITED
STATES SENATOR. II.

SPEECH OF ACCEPTANCE OF THE NEW UNITED
STATES SENATOR. s
Hon. Charles D. Drake, recently elected to
the United States Senate from Missouri, ad
dressed the Legislature of that State, in re-
Spouse to an invitation, on the 10th inst
After thanking them for their confidence and
respect, as manifested by their votes, and
promising that whatever of good can be ac-
complished by assiduous efforts and faithful
labor in his new position should be done, he
said
"Gentlemen, we cannot, if we would. shut
our ewes to the great emergency with which
the Congress of the United States has now
to deal. The Union is to be reconstructed,
and rebellous States returned to their places
in e In this difficult and intellectually i'm
portant work whatever else may be omitted,
security for the future-clear, absolute, inn
movable security must be insisted upon and
obtained. No loose ends should be left !;
for. in some unguarded hour, they might be
seized upon to- pull down the whole fabric.
The fiendish purpose to destroy that fabric
survives its late futile effort, and looks keen
" ahead for more suspicious time. We
have CONQUERED the Unions armed enemies !;
Init disarmed, they have to be conquered
again. They have not yet learned submits
sion but still grasp at supremacy, through
the civil power they vaiDly strove to
subvert. Come what may, that power
must be kept from their blood-stained
hands. At every hazard the Union must
be so reconstructed as to bar them out
from its future control. If human means and
human ability can prevent it, traitors are
nevermore to hold the reins of the American
Government. Rebellion has been crushed !;
but more remains to be done. The spirit of
rebellion must be broken and extinguished,
!. and the spirit of loyalty Radical loyalty
tostered, encouraged, educated and strength
ened. especially against those insidious and
treacherous influences which because the
thunders of battle are no more heard, would
lull it into the slumber of inglorious indiffer-
ence and fatal repose. For the first time in
our history, every American patriot sees the
meaning of those great words :: Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty We in
Missouri, especially, understand their import
To have been loyal Missourian through the
last six years ought to make man familiar
enough with rebelism and rebels never to
leave either unmatched. In official action !
will not, nor will let go any lawful hold
that can be taken of them. I will do nothing
in revenge or from malice, but to the furth.
est and latest reach ofmy voice and vote
rebels shall be made to feel that the day is
past, never to return, when they can hope to
| rule this land, or shape its destiny, its poll
cy, or its thought. .aq
To carry this out in its integrity. thu
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Snow Storm at the North.

The snow storm at the North on the 18Th
and 18th, was the heaviest known for wears
1t was also very extensive, blocking the roads
and ferries and arresting business. We give
the following account of the storm in Bos.
ton:
Boston, Jan. 18.-The great snow storm
ceased about midnight The wind has blown
gale ever since II o'clock yesterday morn.
ing, making huge drifts from four to eight
feet deep In the streets. The depth of snow
In the narrow thoroughfares is so great as to
render them utterly impossible for man or
BEAST. NO trains have arrived or departed
since yesterday morning. A large number
OF the residents in the vicinity of the citv
were obliged to seek lodgings in the nnbl;c
houses as no trains could leave the citv One
man offered hack-driver $75 to take him q
distance OF four miles, which was refused
The amount of snow fallen is estimated Of
from two to two and half feet ON q level
A child IL years of age persisted in the storm
at South Boston. A man in the emnlov If
one OF the ice companies, while endeavorino
to make his way across Fresh Pond. was so
badly frozen that his life is despaired of. Two
young girls were taken into tile Fast Roston
Ferry station BY the police, completely over
, Mneimed and exhausted by the storm. A
i niue slri named Mary Nolan, aged 10 years,
WINE returning from school yesterday, was
s,hootnefed IN the snow. Commodore Geo.
?. olake was lost in the storm yesterday af-
ternoon, in Brookline and up to o'clock
L s.is lnornlng nothing had been heard from
~ nen. Commodore an Blake was about So years
Gl age, 81 years of which he served in the
Gnl1ea states Navy. and he is at the present
lime member of the Light-Hou Board.
~ Inc police yesterday assisted to their houses
9. children and over 100 women, who 9TH
erwlse would probably have persisted in the
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large and respectable meeting was held
in Brevartl on the 18th December, 1866. tn
consider on the propriety Of petitioning Con.
gress to form q new State of the Western
counties Of North Carolina.
The meeting was organized by callino
Joshua Orr to the chair, and requested w
II. Nicholson to act as Secretary.
On motion, Col. JIG. Duckworth expla;n-
ed the object of the meeting.
On motion, the Chairman appointed n,
s. ]. Tracy, Col. j. G. Duckworth and q W.
kitchens, Esq, a committee to draft reso,,
tions for the consideration of the meet;no
who reported the following, which was ma
imously adopted. N'"'''
WHEREAS, Nearly eighteen months have
elapsed since the surrender of the Confeder.
ate forces to the United States, and
WHEREAS, the party in power in this stoto
have persistently refused TO accept the verv
mild terms of reconstruction offered bv Con-
gress, or to take the proper steps to rest"ra
the State to its former position in the In
ion. M '' VII
Resotced, therefore. That having lost nj,
hopes OF being restored to our rights in ths
Union while rebels are permitted to assume
control OF our State Government. that we
ought to petition the Congress OF the Un;,ed
States for authority to establish new Stats
from the mountain portion of North Carolina
or to reconstruct the State on a thorouobly
loyal basis, much preferring the former
Rssotred, That the petition as published in
the Pioneer of the 18th December. meets onr
views, and that we recommend ali loyal citi.
zens to signit. - VIII
Col. Duckworth offered the following reso-
luton, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolced, That we fully endorse the 70.
marks of Rev. Mr. Blythe in the Commons
on the 18th December, declaring that he could
not conscientiously vote for resolution then
under consideration, which stated that I'm.
ion men in the State had not been persecu.
ted, &c, for which declaration he was after.
wards requested to appear before the Judi.
clary committee and state the reason upon
which he based his declaration.
Resoired, That we feel grateful to on,
Comnloner for the statesmanlikc manner in
which he denounced the absurdity of said
resolutions, and if necessary we can, from the
Court records, prove the correctness of his
declaration.
On motion, agreed to send the proceedings
OF this meeting to the Pioneer" for publ
cation.
On motion, adjourned. t.4
JOSHUA ORR, Chm.
w. Il. NICHOLSON, Sec'y. .....
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on BE NOT THE FIRST.
BY J. B. GARNER, NJ. D.

alp ~ BY j. b. GAkNEh, NJ. ".
oh, be not the first to discover.
u A blot on the name of . friend,
A flaw in the faith OF lover
Sci Whose heart may prove true In the end.
We none of US know one another,
And oft into error we fall;
Then we should speak kind ola brother.
So Or speak not of him at all.
A smile or sigh mag awaken
Suspicion most false and untrue;
And thus our belief may be shaken
In hearts that are honest and true.
How often the light smile of gladness
Is worn by the friend that we meet
To cover soul full of sadness,
Too proud to acknowledge defeat.
I How often the sigh Of detection
Is heard from the Bypocrite's breast
To parody truth and affection,
Or luIl suspicion to rest.
How often the friends we hold dearest,
The noblest emotions conceal,
Have hearts the purest, sincerest,
And secrets they cannot reveal.
I'll leave base minds to harbor suspicion,
And small ones tc trace my defects;
Mine shall be nobler ambition,
For base is the mind that suspects.
i l I
We none of us know one another,
Andso into error we fall;
Then we should speak kind ola brother,
49, Or speak not of him at all.
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In time the memories Of these three

murders died away, and those who were
! children then grew up to be men and
women. William Rogers had taken to
himself wife, and become the head of
a growing family One morning he
rode into Elizabethtown, and as he did
not return that night--a circumstance
that had never occurred before-his
wife became very uneasy, and in the
morning induced her brother to start to
town in search of her missing husband.
Aboutithree miles from the house he
came upon the body of his brother-in-
law lying in the road, stiff and cold in
death. His BRAIN had been pierced by
a rifle ball Although his murderer
was never discovered, yet the commu-
nifty quietly accepted the belief that
Henry tombstone, a son of Thomas, who
was slain by Rogers, was the Derpetra-
tor of the deed. Some years afterwards
in drunken moment, in Elizabethtown.
this young man acknowledged he had
slain Rogers, and gave as his reason
that the latter had killed his brother.
tombstone was young man, and only
few months before the murder had
been married to young girl in the
neighborhood. Again the chart of
time was unrolled and at least ten years
had been added to the past, when a
young lad, son of the murdered Rog-
ers, engaged in an alteration in the
yard of the Court house at Elizabeth
town, with tombstone, who was. thea a
middlcaged man, and inflicted such
wounds upon him with knife that he
died on the following morning.
Thus it went on for years, now a
tombstone falling by the hands of Rog-
ers, and then Rogers falling beneath
the avening hand Of tombstone, until
the war interviewed, and for a time at
least, the terrible feud appeared to have
ended. The cessation of hostilities
. brought the survivors of the warning
families back to Carter County. The
survivors consisted of Randall Rogers
and Robert tombstone, both battle-scar-
red veterans, and both unmarried men.
On the evening of the 9Th instant these
two men met in a grocery at Elizabeth
town, and soon became engaged in an al
tercation. Bystanders interfered and for
an hour or two collision was averted.
They were separated by friends and
taken off in opposite directions. This
occurred about noon. About three O.
clock, as Rogers was going up street
he saw tombstone coming down. As
they neared each other they drew their
reviewers and commenced simultaneous
ly firing upon each other, continuing to
advance as they fired. Finally, and
when about four feet distant from
tombstone, Rogers sank to the pavement
and, as he lay the last act OF his life
was to fire the last charge in his pistol
into the abdomen of tombstone, whose
last bullet, fired at the same instant,
penetrated his antagonists brain caus-
ing instant death. Johnstcne reeled
and fell across the body of his foe, and
when bystanders rushed to where they
lay, he, too, had passed beyond all
reach of mortal aid. Almost at the
same instant of time, their two blood
guilty souls had gone to join the CORY
ghosts of their ancestors. Thus ended
a feud that has existed for twenty
years, ii, the course of which fourteen
men have died violent deaths.
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! THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE.

To weary hearts, to mourning homes,
Gods meekest angel gently gently comes;
No power las he to Danish pain,
I. Or give us back our lost again;
And yet, in tenderest love, our dear
And Heavenly Father sends him here
{ There's quiet in that angels glance,
r There's rest in his sad countenance;
Tie mocks no grief with idle cheer,
Nor wounds with words the mourner's ear
7 But ills and woes he may not cure
He kindly trains us to endure.
Angel of Patience sent to calm
Our feyerish brows with cooling balm;
To lay the storms of hope and fear,
And reconcile life's smile and tear,
The throbs of wounded pride to kill,
And make our own our Fathers will.
o thou who mournest on thy way,
With lsngings for the close of day,
He walks with thee, that angel kind,
And gently whispers, be resigned"
Bear up, bear on, the end shall tell,
Our dear Lord ortereth all things well.
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In Berlin, horse meat has found SO much
favor that the number Of horses slaughtered
in year has already reached two thousand
six hundred, and is constantly increasing.
If you are going up for the Civil Service,
examination, which ought you to mind most
your p's Or your q'sf Your p's because p
will make any ass p-ask
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Louisiana.
nr5orcrse OVER THE SUPREME COURT DE-

REJOICING OVER THE SUPREME COURT DE-
CIsIoN
New ORLEANS, Jan. 15.-There is gene
raj rejoicing among the rebel members of the
bar over the decision of the United-States
Supreme Court, rendered yesterday, rescind-
ing the rule which required attorneys to take
the test oath. Judge Duval readmitted to
practise this morning, in the United States
District Court, all tho rebels upon taking the
oath again to support the. Constitution of
the United States. A rumor is afoat that
Gen. Beauregard and Mayor Munroe will in
vite the Supreme Court here to the banquet
to be given in honor of the decision. The
Picayune says: Indeed. ii may well be q
source Of general congratulation throughout
the Southern States that the great Magma
Charta Of human rights and liberties has
been so nobly and triumphantly indicated.
st. Paul said, Where the spirit Of the Lord
ID, there il Liberty"
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',l Georgia. "
A coLoRED LAWYER NOT ALLOWED TO PRAc-
rrcu TN THE cnIrTTs


coIoRED LAWYER NOT ALLOWED TO rRAc-
TIcE IN THE COURTS
SAVANNAH, Ga, Jan. T.-In the Supe--
rior Court for Chatham County, Ga, to-day
Aaron A. Bradley, a person Of color. made
application to be admitted to practice law
in the State OF Georgia The petitioner is
member of the Bar in the State Of Maine
The Hon. W. D. Fleming. Judge, made the
following Endorsement on he petition;
The laws Of Georgia do not authorize or
contemplate the admission of persons of col
or to the Bar, and as this is amatter entire
ly of internal police and municipal regula-
ton, over which the State has absolute jur-
isdiction, it is my delibemte judgment that
this Court has no power to grant the within
petition, the petitioner being person of
/ color. ts-7si .t4
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Meeting of the UniSn National Com.


Meeting of the Union National Com.
mittee.
At meeting Of the Union National Com.
mittee at Wizards hotel on the 18th. there
were present its chairman, Governor Ward
OF New Jersey; j. D. Defrees, secretary. Of
Indiana; John B. Clarke, of New Hamn-
shire; A. b Gardiner, of Vermont: w &
Clafiin, OF Massachusetts; ]. S. Fowler. of
Tennessee; B. @. Cook, of Illinois; ex. Gov.
ernor Kirkwood of Iowa; H. w. Hoffman
of Maryland; N. B. Smithers, of Delaware.
w. j. Cowing, of Virginia; William Win,
dom, Of Minnesota D. r. Goodloe, of North
Carolina and Thomas g. Turner. of Rhode
Island
The following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, the desertion, by the President.
of those whose generous confidence placed
him in his high trust has brought the Ma
tional Union party into new and untried
position at time of great peril to the Gov
eminent, thereby calling for the exercise of
the greatest vigilance, firmness, and patriot
ism on the part of those who would uphold
the principles and sustain the measures which
have carried the nation through the war:
therefore,
J4A<{ hat H. H. -
be S;rsc..d I ana 'n .nth As:u.ise oommlttee
thro,,.,,, au'n' - 70 make
" "a ,he Union party,
nd fis lar ~ we S'-.alie0 seeedcd states
%ao.,n ~. .nas p".poSe "ey may establish
,, oaoa..S - 'ne cry Oh view York, ap-
mor dasra ,'sn:aa anu sum ass,s'ahls as tney
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- Az rssn,,,.; as W Ae.eSsAry " give enec-
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n.rtr ~ 60, ."S .nooelS VI 'ne Union
pay ~ 10y pais :, 'ie country De request
S..s.;r'. ~ VIII 'u.s e ~ ny ad-
ssorssoid r;v;nr ;n ntan =. sne MISSIONARIES
IF atys;rs =; ,,a, :: " .ne stare
oanara, oona;.;a $3.50 s Ue':ll'lss, VAN Tue
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Wonp VI ,us s , oha:s l1glnpes'
| "A Pnry;ance p;ttshnrah psan' ~. -
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VIM Clat,in Newton Mas1
| Hi Starkweothsr Nnra,;.h 49,.
n p S,n;thsrs nn,.. ~, eop"'
n W Hntsn,an Ra,.,r,ar. NJ,
! The following resoin.;on va. s nfy.roa and
adopted without n d;sscnt;ng xn;ce "''~>
| Reaolred That the Union Nat;ons, Gam
mittee conoratulate the neonle of N.br,sL.
and Colorado ON their admiseion hy Cnn-
gress. into the Union as States. and thew
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Race Between a Locomotive and a Pra-
irie Fire.

Race Between a Locomotive and a Pra-
irie Fire.
George w. Bungay, who recently witness
cd prairie fire, writing to the Detroit Id
rsrtiser and Tribune, says of it:
About seven o'clock ut night l took pas
sage on the Dixon Air Line Railroad. The
train had proceeded but few miles from
the city of Chicago when we overlook fire
on the prairie. 1t was bitter night the
wind was blowing hard, and the snow was
falling, but the tall, stiff grass of the prairie
stood high above the thin sheet of snow on
the ground, and the flames spread with great
rapidity. There was broad margin be-
tween our track and the river of fire that
swept before the wind.
The line of flame was about half mile
in length, and now and then it made such
rapid progress it seemed to keep pace with
the train. It was picturesqe and grand
race between the fire steeds ofthe prairie and
the iron horse. The former has no delays to
make at stations, side tracks, and crossings :;
the latter had the advantage of human brains
to do its thinking and pilot it. On, on they
sped through the thick and stormy night
One cracking and whispering in the wind,
soaring and driving away every living thing
in its path the other neighiDg and pressing
forward with a tread which shook the ground
and made the light in the nearest windows
culver like aspen leaves.
One flared its banner of flame in the sky,
and tossed its torches upon the crisp air,
warning of approaching danger and light
IN which to escape to a safe retreat the 9th
er, with his name of smoke and breath of
sparks and its eye in its forehead, dashed
along in a meteoric shower of sparks. It
was poetry in motion-ringing with the
rhyth of progress, whose sound is music
married to the couplet of iron, in the iron
epic of an advancing age. Our locomotive
gained the race at last, and we left the fiery
cavalry in the distance, fighting with the
wind and leaping over the creeks and ponds
in its course making bonfres of the lone
haystacks that stood, like Lots wife, within
the reach of its innumerable spears of fame.
Before it was borne crimson flag that lit up
the heavens behind it was charred and
blackened wake of cinders-Whethe it
swept away any human habitations in its
path, cannot say; but it was most stirring
sight, and SO full of suggestions have been
tempted to give brief account of it.
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y MEETING OF 10th CoNaRRss.- The Presi-
dent has approved the bill fixing the time of
meeting of the 10th Congress ON the 4th Of
march.
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CAUTION TO MEcHANIcs.-A London car
penter, named Easter, has been killed by his
wife with poker, because he did not bring
home all bis wagst,
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"
| whole country must be madesa stranger te
1.-the power of oligarchy and tho influence o.
caste, based on the color of the akin with
which thegreat Creator has, in His wisdom,
clothed His creatures. A man, whatever his
| color, must be held to be q man, everywhere,
under all circumstances, to every intent, be-
| fore every tribunal and this nation must,
to the utmost limit of its rightful power,
| guarantee his manhood's right to him, who
eyer would rob him of them, or under what
ever pretext the robbery is perpetrated or
threatened. A nation that would stand idly
by and let millions of its citizens be robbed,
whether by individual lawlessness, or by
organized communities assuming to act
through law, ought itself to be despoiled.
Thus speaking, you will probably have
anticipated my next words 1.-The negro must
be enfranchised. Without that he cannot
be really free, nor can the nation be calm
As long as he is DISTINGUISHED the nation
carries within itself magazine ofoppression
and wrong which, as sure as human rights
are a reality, will one day explode and shake
it to its centre. With the ballot in hand the
negro can and will quench the spirit of re-
bellion to its very last spark without he, by
his very helplessness, invites aggression and
stimulates the greed of tyranny-the same
tyranny which begot the late rebellion, and
would to-day light the fires of another, if it
dared. This truth is ever before me not
dragged forth to revive warning enthusl-
asm or spur a tagging purpose, but always
rising up of iIself, always looking me full IN
the face. always exacting attention and re-
spect, always demanding obedience to Its
stern mandate that the negro be fully and
irrevocably enfranchised. If know myself,
will not shun its gaze, or refuse it respect,
or deny it obedience Whenever and how
ever the subject may properly come up, l
will demand and uphold impartial suffrage;
by which mean suffrage for the black man
on precisely the same terms as for the white.
If more is required of him to entitle him to
vote, there is, there can be no other possible
reason for it than that God made him black !;
and will not stamp Gods work in him
with any badge of degradation and contempt,
which the aristocratic pride, the unreason-
ing prejudices or the wicked ingenuity OF
men may devise. a
To secure the great end of negro enfran-
chisement / will take no by-paths, nor
will enter into any bargains which may in
any possible degree weaken the healthful
power of Radicalism in the nation. Least
of all will give for it the Acknowledgement
of rebels. If it is right to make the negro a
voter, let it be loiic because it is right not
as swap with rebels We snapped bullets
with them for four years, and they got con-
siderably the worst of the bargain /; | do not
propose now to swap ballots with them, for
in that dicker we would be sure to lose"
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The New Hampshire Democracy Run.
ming the old Rut. el

"A goose that feeds on fish.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-11-21
SooT AS A FERTILtzER.-Ever

SooT AS A FERTILIZER.-Ever y
occupant has SCOT at command,
whose presence in stove pipes or
chimneys, is not unfrequently the
cause of fires, occasioning some.
times the loss of both property
and life. This agent for evil is
one of the most valuble manures,
and nothing but the most culpa-
BILE carelessness and Indifference
will suffer it to remain a stand.
ing menace to life and property
when it can be easily removed
and turned to good account in the
field or garden. Twelve quarts of
SCOT in a hogshead of water will
make powerful liquid manure,
which will improve the growth of
flowers, garden vegetables or root
crops. In either liquid or solid
state it makes an excellent top
dressing for grass or cereal crops.