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Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-07-20

THE PRESIDENT REQUESTED TO BE SPONSOR OF A
BABY-The Pastor of the Evangelical Church
at New Holstein, Wis, writes the President that
ga member of the church which preside ovel
as pastor has requested me to direct his humble
petition to your Excellency, the granting Of
which would fill his heart with uuutterable joy
and everlasting gratitude.
Furger Thede, German, a respectable citizen
and formerly of the town of New Holstein, is SO
blessed by Almighty Providence that in q
most happy relation with his wife, Emile nee
Bonn, seven hearty boys were born to them in
uninterrupted succession, follows First,
Johann Wilhelm Thede, born October "a, 1859
second, Michael Friedrich Thede, born Janua-
ry s, 1861 third, Hannah, born March 25, 1862
fourth, Heinrich, born May IA, 1868; fifth, Fur
ger, born September II, 1864 sixth, Gustav,
born January 10, 1866; seventh, Thede, born
March %, 1867.
In the old country from which he emigrated
to the United States, it is time e-honored custom
that the Sovereign ruler of the country allows
his name to be entered on the baptismal register
as sponsor to the seventh boy born in uninter-
rupted succession in the same family. Mr.
Thede, in his love and confidence to the Presi-
dent of his new fatherland, makes bold to petit
tion your Excellency to take upon you this
Christian duty, and allow your name to be en-
tered upon said register one of the sponsors
of the newly-born baby.
The President has consented that his name
shall be recorded as sponsor, as requested
Washington Correspondence Of the Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Furger Thede, the respectable citizen above
mentioned, is an uncle of Gustave Thede,
mine host of the Miners Hotel, at Canyon
City, in this county
Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-07-20

1T STILL WAvEs.-The american flag is still
waving and shaking its CORY locks at the State
Central Committee. 1t has a new contributor,
/" Asterion, - who warns the Committee to "go
slow" Here is one of his sentences -" Hav-
ing procured his election to the Senate as the
representative of mining and other interests Mr..
Conness has become sort of special agent for
some four or FIVE overbearing corporations, who
have undertaken his return to the United States
Senate. That gentleman not being overly pop
uar in the country, everything depends on the
character of the Legislative nominations in this
city. If the workingmen become alarmed and
aroused, they sufficiently numerous to NOM
mate and elect whom they may choose and the
sequestration of Mr.. Conness the accredited
representative of hostile capital, will be unaved-
able. Hence, the presence of Mr.. Hayward and
other capitalists on the Union State Central
Committee. Hence the necessity of destroying
the Flag, which by single article could PROSTATE
the whole structure of cunning devices. Hence
the order proceeding from capital and coming
to the State Central Committee, that unless the
Flag be ostracized, no money will be forthcom-
ing for the necessary expenses of the campaign.
The situation of Mr.. Conness in the improper in
reference with the affairs of the Union party is
peculiar and perilous. One rebellious throe un-
der the heavy lever of gold, and he is crushed.
One open act of bad faith and ingrattude to-
wards devoted and self-sacrifeing friend, and
the twang of the Flags bowstring, the fash of
an arrow and he is transfxed, pinned to the wall,
victim of fatal duplicity, from whom. the
workingmen of San Francisco will turn away in
Implying abhorance."
Weekly Trinity journal., 1867-07-20

STATE MILITIA.-The following official circu-
lar comes from the Adjutant-G General Of State,
under date July l. 1867
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y-.,eressinS Letter 90 y Radical Can.
didate for Congress.
BRIpoEwATfR, CONN, March l6, l

BRrpoEwArfR, CoSN., March l6, 1867.
To p. T. Barnunn, Esq:
Dear Sir,-In 1855 | published my auto
biography about the same time you pub
lisled yours. Understanding that distin-
guished and literary men were in the habit
of exchanging their works, at your re-
quest | forwarded my life to you, and, &C
cording to agreement, received yours III
return.
| have carefully compared the two BIO
graphies, and fied a striking similarly III
our lives and actions. Yousay in the pre-
face TO your book that "you have Deen IN
iails." So have ], and distinctly remem.
Der that you and were at one time IN jan
together. ~
/ always, except on one occasion, broke
Jail; but presume, as you are silent on .he
subject, you always served out your iuii
sentences.
You further state that f" you have known
poyerty and abundance" So have !.
While YOU were exhibiting the "Mermaid,"
aJoyce Heth,' the Woolly Horse," and
other -humbugs, / was ~humbugging the
people in another m~anner-viz., l was
Passing counterfeit money and following
other similar practices to get rich and OBJ
tain an honest livelihood.
You say that "you have travelled over
a large portion of the two continents" |
have also beer a great traveller, especially
IN the American continent and in our
travels we have probably been engaged In
similar adventures. In this, too, there is
a striking similarity in our lives.
You further state "that on seVcral &C.
casions You have been in imminent per-
sonal peril" So have l Tor at one tme'
in attempting to break out of prison., was
fired upon by the guard, and carry the
bullet in my person to the present day /;
besides. | have been in other imminent
terils, and exposed to many dangers which
most generally beset honest men. In this,
too, there is a striking similarity in our
lives.
But, like yourself, ~ have always been
on the bright side Of things, and, on the
whole, my life has been q merry one."
congratulate you on your nomination
for Congress, but sometimes almost regret
that I was overlooked by the convention
where you were nominated.
think we had both better publish a Sc
cond edition of our lives, and add what we
unfortunately omitted in our former biog-
raphies.
Your publisher has added to your book
a very good likeness of yourself. was less
fortunate, as my publisher, through mis-
take, placed on the fly leaf of my book the
likeness of Potter the murderer; and
those two portraits, l think, have injured
the sale of both our books; but we will
make everything right in our second edi-
tons. Hoping you may be successful in
your political aspirations,
Iremain, as ever, your friend,
WILLIAM STUART.
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HALIFAX, VA, March "a, 1867.

To the Editors of the Rtchfnoho D'Spoec":
Il is with eagerness and pleasure that
we read your columns, for they are always
6lled with useful and interesting intorma-
ton. In your active vigilance scarcely
anv subject of interest to the public mind
is allowed to pass untouched.
| now take the liberty of asking a few
hints on philology, as l humbly think a
general diffusion of such might render great
public service at the present crisis. The
freedmen have been lately given by ~
Congress the right to uote, and must have
names to be registered. Slaves formerly
went by the IN Of their masters. Will
not such names now be to them reminders
of past servitude2 Will their former
owners desire their family name to be ex-
posed to shame and disgrace I! for it is the
only inheritance left many. Does not the
case demand legislation, or at least, public
attention? Cannot the freedmen adopt for
themselves patronimics!
Now, dear Dispatch, with your accus-
toned charity, come to the help and res
cue of, Most respectfully,
ENDANGERED.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

ENGLISH OPERA.-The New York Citizen,
speaking of the Richings Opera Troupe,
now performing at the Olympic, says:
"Miss Caroline is quite a remarkable
lady in many respects. Her voice is almost
wholly uncultivated but, although now a
trife worn, is of unusual power, compass,
and sweetness. She is gifted with a mu-
steal power of high order, and her long
practice as an actress has made her capa-
BILE of appearing to immense advantage in
the opera. Mrs. Seguin, the leading con-
tralto, is a lady possessing many attrac-
tons of voice and appearance. She is
well and favorably known to the New
York public, and is deservedly popular.
Mr.. Castle, the celebrated tenor, is scarcely
less of a favorite than Habelman, and mis-
sweet voice, so clear in tone and faultless
in accuracy, is more pleasing to the ear
than a glass of absynthe toa French palate.
Mr.. Campbell, the well-known baritone, is
also a favorite, and although somewhat
Ethiopian in style occasionally-a fault he
acquired by long connection with a min
strel troupe-is a good singer, and a better
actor. Ned Seguin, the gay and festive
buffo, is a good fellow, and his want of
anything resembling a voice is more than
atoned for by his skill as an actor"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

ment of every white man who nad taken
anv mart in the rebellion. This Is pre-
cise,v what they did in Tennessee and IN
Missouri. and they would do 1t in every
other southern State. All they want Is
The opportunity, and that Is exactly wha'
Mr.. Parsons proposes to give them. ,,o
Mr. Parsons exhcrts them to rely on W., nnt
snpreme Court. This reliance WIZ ha,rsv
only prove a broken reed, bnt WIZ .ce No
,h.m Ia their ruin. In the nrs' piaee, W.
80 can no made up for the ouplenie
Cnnr, until after the State sosern. e;n
sha,. nI ,s,e. The government will have
pe .o ITO operation it will have become,
gone q, events, a de facto government, and
al, not be oyerthrown and swept away by
,he Supreme Court. They will treat 1t as
a matter falling within the jurisdiction OF
the political department Of the National
Government NOT as case for judicial IN
terposition. In the next place, long before
the case could be heard and a decision
reached, in all human probability one OF
more vacancies will have occurred on 'he .
Court bench, and a majority y
the Court will agree with Congress anu
sustain the reconstruction bill.-Nec 0
Times.
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Good Advice from the Far South.

That excellent journal and consistent
advocate of whatever best tends to promote
the prosperity and guard the honor of the
southern people, the New Orleans Pea
yttne, speaks as follows:
at is only left to us to employ all the
means which a cruel policy permits, to
protect ourselves from the last extremity
of the social and political disasters with
which we are menaced. There is no
liberty of choice left us. Every new mea-
sure narrowing the straits through which
alone there is a possible pathway out OF the
chaos in which we stand to a breathing
spot is a new caution against unavailing
struggle and a new lesson of the wisdom
Of movement in any direction IN advance.
To remain where we are is both impossible
and destructive. We must move, n move
oujckly. We must organize the whole con-
Seryatiye force which the military bills
hermit to have any weight in the work OF
reconstruction, so that the new LOUISIANA
NAV he saved from the swift ruin which
will overtake us if it be permitted TO all
into the hands of the eXpectant BroWnloWs
who are rampant among us.
"The Legislature will, we hope, see the
subject in the same light, and take the
lead in declaring the acceptance, on Their
mart. and in a recommendation to their
constituents of the full acceptance OF THIS
condition. and a universal and concerted
Effort TO make the best of it. There are
no legal remedies which can reach us be-
| fore the worst evils which can be inflicted
on us have lone their work and received
a sanction of governmental forms from
which it is scarcely possible to break
through to our rescue. If there be legal
remedies, they will be as effectual for us
after as before the putting forth of all our
own efforts to tighten the weight of the
chains prepared for us. If we do nothing,
we shall be nothing and if we do some
thing, all we can, we may escape a part OF
what our worst enemies design for us, and
be prepared to help Jul we'll wishers else
where in the great work to be carried on
through generations in the rebuilding OF
the lost institutions of civil liberty"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

The Crisis for the south.

Senator Parsons, of Alabama, persists in
advising the people of that State not to
accept or act upon the reconstruction act
passed by the last Congress "before its
constitutionality has been passed upon"
il is not easy to see what the people of
Alabama have TO gain by following this
advice. Mr.. Parsons does not seem TO be
aware that the State will be reconstructed,
a State constitution formed, and a State
government organized, under the provisions
of that bill, whether he and those who
agree with him in opinion concur or not.
The law is direct and explicit in its provi-
sions on this subject. 1t orders an election
TO be held, gives the military commanders
authority 10 hold it, prescribes the qualiti-
cations of voters, authorizes the meeting
In convention Of delegates thus elected,
anu the formation by them of State con
eu.u'ohs' 10 Dc submitted to the popular
ro'., anc, II ratified, to become effective
,unua.aentai State law. All this
~nn po auIe. Inc negroes, who are clothed
py.nasp, i with the right to vote, and the
Sniv proper, whether more or less in
number, VIII do it, and will not 90. - ~
the least to doing IL alone SoJeol IN
supplementary act Just Dassed ,na,a .he
action OF q majority az iLoce ,,a"-Nos .he
the recusance or abstinence of NJ paa'
sons and his friends is not of the sl;.h,as,
consequence to anybody but themsaiyas
The mass Of the southern whites oonia
not possibly please Butler, Stevens. SnmI
ner, and their extreme followers better
than by following Mr.. Parsons's advice and
refusing to have anything whatever to do
with the reconstruction Of their States.
ihey would thus throw the whole work
into the hands Of the extremists. They
would put the whole power of the State
Governments into the hands Of the "loy-
MISS" black and white, whose first act
"ou'a undoubtedly be the disfrsnchisc.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

ORANGES IN JoprA (OLD WoRLD).-Thc
oranges here are perfectly magnificent. l
measured one at the table it is 1411aa inches
in circumference one way and l21a the
other, being p~ear-shapcd. They are very
abundant. The orange groves on the
country side, or rather just outside of the
CITY, are breaking down with them. Yes
terdav we went into one of these groves,
close to the settlement Of the American
colony. The oranges are not only large,
but of delicious flavor. A penny will buy
four or five, but We have them in the great
est profusion without paying even that Tor
them.-Letter In Washington ChrOn,cle.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

GERMAN OPERA.-Thc New York Tri-
6une lately published an article, supposed
to have been written by a German, giving
= very lucid account of what German
opera is. This is it:
"The German Opera is a peculiar insti-
tuition. 1t is peculiar because it is written
in the German character, and owns the
powerful copyright expressions-'Ach
mein Gott!' Colt in Himmel,' and 'Herz
mein Herr 1t differs from other inStitu-
tions also because it is not written by
F%renchmen, %Italianmen, Englishmen, or
Americanmen, but by Germanmen who
have studied at the ward schools of that
country, at rates varying from one gro
schen up to a rix-dollar, according to the
means of the Germanmen studying to pay
either a groschen or a rix-thaler. 1t also
differs from other operate institutions be-
cause it does not require good singing. In
point of fact, the worse it is sung the
more vindicaciously the music rises to as
sert its abnormal supremacy over mere ad-
ventitious circumstances, and floats into
that supernal heaven of harmony which is
redolent of the fumes of the meerschaum,
and damp with the dews of the Rhinal
vintage"
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A Republican Paper ON Mr. DaSiss
Case.
ON the New York Times, 2sth.

TTODl u V ~"
Senator Wilson has taken one step TO-
wards rescuing the country from iur'uel
disgrace by his resolutions concerning .no
trial of Jefferson Davis. 1t IS no" very
nearly two years since he was caPtulou
and consigned to prison not under any pro
cess 81 law, but by military authority.
Meantime the war has ended, the ARMIES
are d~isbanded, and Davis still remains IN
nr;son. He has never been arralgnea ior
rial either before a civil or q military
,r;b,noI He is not held under any au-
tbor;tv known to the law of the land. NO
cborges are on record against him, ana no
efiecf,1al steps have been taken to bring
him 10 trial. Every now and Their Con-
gress d~enounces the President for not
hanging him-the President explains that
he has no power or authority even to try
him. and the Chief Justice declines to
NEEDLE with the matter at all until the
condition of Virginia is more to his MIND.
Meantime Davis lies in prison, and NOBODY
is responsible for it, or has the power, APP
parently, either to put him on trial or set
him free. This state of things would be a
to the worst days of the worst
despotism of Europe. Startling stories
used to be told of victims of Austrian
tyranny being left to rot in the dungeons
of Spielberg-until even their names and
existence had been forgotten. Our Go
vernment, by its treatment of the only
conspicuous State prisoner they have had,
seems likely to relieve the reputation OF
despotisms from the unshared
obloGuy under which it has rested so long.
Weagree with the Massachusetts, senator,
that Davis should either be put upon his
trial or set at liberty.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27
The Great Enchanter.

Sleep makes us all pashas.-Bed"uin Proref
Sleep is the poor mans warmest cloak;
His treasurer TO dispense
His lavish aims, IL turn TO gold
His scanty pence.
He heals the sick man in n dream,
And sets the fettered free:
He calls the beggar from his den
To golden luxury.
He crowns the bounded exile king,
Reverses Fate's DEGREES;
And bids the brieiiess Pleader rise
Judge of the Common Pleas.
Sleep Joins the parted lovers hands,
Wreathes the starved poets brow;
And calls the hero still unknown
From lonely village plough.
Sleep holds the resurrection keys,
And from his shadowy plain,
Down Memory's long and cloudy vaults,
The dead come back again.
Sleep comes, like death alike TO all
Divine equality,
Blesses the monarch in his state,
The slave upon the sea.
Sleep brings our childhood back again,
The only Golden age;
Sleep q thou blessed alchemist,
Thou holy Archimage.
[ChnmberS' Journal.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

An Ex.REBEL C0MMIssARY IN TROUBLE
VERSATILITY IN SPECULATIVE ENTERPRI-
sEs.-Shortly after the surrender of Lee
there came to this city an northumberland
James +. Cummings, who had been a COM
missary in the rebel service. Here he at
once entered into, it is alleged, half a do
zen different concerns, such as banker,
broker, commission merchant, &C., in each
of which he put a large capital. The man.
ner in which he deported himself, and the
large quantities of money which he seemed
to control, soon attracted attention and cX-
cited remark, especially as all other rebels
were known to be in desperate pecuniary
straits and actual want. 1t was soon not
only whispered, but loudly asserted, by
those who protested to know of his per-
formances in the South, that he had swim
died not only the rebel government, under
which he occupied q position OF trust, but
citizens also, especially of North Carolina
and Georgia, on a scale far beyond the
widest imaginings Of ordinary villains.
He must have had large sums of money,
for he was known as one Of the heaviest
stock operators on "the street." and 1t was
v~ariously stated that his ill-gotten wealth
amounted to from three TO ten millions.
Agentleman from Georgia who is a large
manufactures now brings suit against the
gay ex-commissary, and in his affidavit
charges that the said James +. Cummings
was in 1861 a resident Of Tennessee, where
he carried on the trade of a butcher; that
he came to Georgia in 1863 a poor man (;
that he is now reputed to be worth several
millions, and that he used the power of the
so-called Confederate Government TO take
from him goods of the value of 5000, 900,
which he fraudulently converted to his
use and it was by like means that he OBJ
tanned the large wealth Of which he is
possessed.
Upon many afidavits, all tending to the
same purport, Judge Leonard, OF the SUI
preme Court, granted an order of arrest,
and on Friday the gallant gatherer of hog
and hominy for hungry "rebs," and quon-
dam butcher, banker, broker, and operator
in fancy stocks, was invited by the sheriff
to a residence in Ludlow-street Jail, where
he will have time for wholesome reflection
on the mutations which attend. all human
affairs.
The case will present some interesting
questions OF law, but will be mainly looked
a..er oy the public for the reason that it
prom,ses to develop the full details, not
my VI inns particular transaction, but of
many others, which together form one of
Tue most remarkable and gigantic systems
OF fraud and peculation which havs Mar
brought to light for some time.-Suodon
Herald. o@"doy
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

A Chicago young man who advertised
for a wife received a reply from Madison,
Wis, purporting to be from a lady, and
requesting him to visit her. He went, met
the supposed young lady, and at once pro-
posed an elopement, but was arrested by
q bogus officer for attempting abduction,
and tried by q mock court in the court
house. The victim, after standing the
ordeal of a two hours trial, was released
on condition that he would leave town
Immediately.
A building in Troy bears conspicuously
upon it in chalk the following John
ODD owes sl8 for his board. John
ODD, pay your board BILL"
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

This Company is now prepared to Eli orders for
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selected on account OF It's superior quality. 1t con-
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PHOSPHO-PERUVIAN GUANO,
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OLD DOMINION FERTILIZER,
containing 4 per cent. ammonia and 7 per cent.
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strong barrels and bags.
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AL persons desiring Circulars will please for
ward their address to JOHN ENDERS,
NH lin President.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-27

DRADLEY'S SUPER PHOSPHATE
ID OF LIME.-We have been appointed AGENTS
for the above fertilizer, and respectfully solicit
orders. Below We copy = letter received from the
well. known house OF Msssrs. Mcllwaine x Co.,
Petersburg. who have sold il during the past two
seasons, and have the most fattering reports
PETERSBURG, VA, February 20, 1857.
Messrs. A. Y. Stokes & Co., Richmond, "a:
Dear Strs,-Your favor OF -received contents
noted. In taking the agency of " Bradlsy's Super
Phosphate OF Lime =" you get a fertilizer which has
proven itself In our hands 10 be fully equal, and in
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spring we sold some lou tons as an experiment,
and the demand for this season promises to be very
active. We have sold already 300 tons.
Your obedient servants,
NICKNAME & Co.
We are also sole agents for tho SEA FOWL
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