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The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18
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The supreme Court of the United
States denied the motion to file the bill
OF Injunction in the Mississippi case.
The Georgia injunction case in the
Supreme Court of the United States has
been postponed until the December
term Of the Court.
4 Government scout. q sergeant and
twelve Men of the Cd cavalry, having IN
charge the mail from Fort Phil. kear-
nev to Fort Laramie. We're attacked,
killed and n1utilated by the indians on
the 9th instant. about eighteen miles
east of Fort Reno. Net man is said
to have escaped the massacre.
\ telegram from Liverpool states
that in case of a war between France
and Prussia, Bavaria and Baden will
make common cause with Prussia
Bavaria, Wurtemburg and Baden,
together with other German States, en-
tered as early as August last into a Sc
il, cret treaty of alliance, offensive and de-
fensive, With Prussia, by which treaty
Prussia was vested With the right III
case of war to command and control the
armies Of those States. Under such
circumstances not only Bavaria and b.
den, but Wurte mburg also, have obli-
gated themselves as Il il3dlIer OF course
to make "common causeo with Prussia,
not only against France, but against any
other power that might either attack
Prussia, Or be attacked by her.
The postoffiee at York, Pennsylvania,
was broken open on Thursday night
last and robbed of some eleven hundred
dollars IN postage stamps and one hun
dred and fifty dollars in money. The
robbers carried the fire. proof safe into
a neighboring yard, blew open its doors
and made off with the entire contents
of the safe without being discovered.
d. 3. Irwin. Of Orange county, New
York. has sold the fine stallion Erie AZ
.aalfo to parties in Michigan for s. 600.
TIE Cleveland Ohio Herald notices
a sale Of wheat on the 10th inst. at ss}.5e
per bushel, the highest point ever reach
ed in that market.
Col. Marmadulle johnson has been
requested by number of respectable
eolored men Of Richmond to address
them on their new relations to the Gov
eminent. He has consented to do SO.
An oliicer Of the Freedmen's Bureau
has .sdemandedo copies Of the Shenan-
aoah Herald, printed at Woodstock,
Virginia. accompanied by inquiries a
SO the circulation of that Journal.
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The Richmond Enquirer says, that on
Monday of last week there was q great
gathering at Louisa Court House. the
majority of the assembly being colored
men, of whom several hundred were in
attendance. The meeting was address
ed by Fountain Perkins, color9d man,
in a sensible speech, and which was
highly conservative in its tone, and
seemed to give general satisfaction. He
was succeeded by Messrs. F. V. Watson
formerly member of the House del
egates, and George Hackett, both OF
which gentlemen addressed some good
advice o their hearers, by whom it was
well received,
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18
HENRY J. RAYMOND,

This political chameleon has been
nominated by President johnson as
minister to Austria. Raymond is a
politician-nothing more. We have re-
spect for man, however much we may
detest his opinions, if ne be honest and
consistent in the advocacy of them.
Raymond is neither. He is as utterly
destitute Of political principle as he is of
honesty. We trust the Senate will have
the good sense to reject him.
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A sailors wife at a Scotch port had
just received intelligence that her hus-
band had persisted at sea. She was
visited by a neighbor, who sympathized
with her in her loss, and expressed a
fear that she would be poorly off. "Deed
will IL said the widow: "But he did
all he could for inches saved me the
expense Of his buryin'.o
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18

\ young man who had spent little
OF his own time, and a great deal Of his
fathers money in reading for the bar,
was asked after his examination how he
got along. VERY WE'LL" said he: 81
answered one question right" ''Ah,
indeed p said the Old gentleman: "and
what was that 20 ''Fhey asked NE what
q qfi laA action was, and | told them
that didn't know -
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18
Thaddeus Stevens, is lying danger

Thaddeus Stevens, is lying danger
ously i'll. The latest telegram repre-
SCENTS him as convinced that the present
is his last illness, and that he is pre-
pairing for death. 1t would be we'll for
this afflicted old man, as he leaves the
shores of Time, if he could feel that his
life had been in accordance with the di-
vine injunction of s'do unto others as
you would have others do unto you''-
and that "charity for all, malice towards
none" had been the acfuating princi-
pie OF his life.
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"What are you doing there, Jane ?'
"Why, pa, I'm going to dye dolls dress
red but what have you got to dye
it with 90 "Beer.u "Who on earth
told you that beer would dye it red 2"
"Why, ma said it was beer that made
your nose look so red, and thought"
Here, Susan, take this child"
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18

a young man in California, whose
friends had ceased to correspond with
him, woke up their interest by sending
letters to business men in his native
place, inquiring the price of a good farm.
Atiectionate letters came from home by
return of post, including one from an
old land cold sweetheart.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18

4 young lady writing to the Albany
(Ga.) Aews, suggests that a college be
established where great numbero of our
young men may be taught ehoquology,
hoeology, and other necessary branches,
and that upon graduating they receive
the degree of c. E. ii. O l.. But what
if the young men insist upon young
ladies making themselves useful as well
as ornamental.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18
THE CONNECTICUT ELECTION.

We have been exceedingly amused
since the Connecticut election, in read
ing the various and numberless excuses
pat forth by the Radical press for their
crushing and overwhelming defeat in
that State. Each one eentradicts the
other, and they are all about as far from
the truth as it is possible to get.
The New York Tfibta1e means pite-
ously over this "dre calamity" which
has befalen the Radical party, and says
, of Connecticut:
"She rejects a gallant Union soldier
for a member OF that party which
throughout the war reserved its admit
| ration for soldiers on the other side, and
which since the war, fills its partisan
presses with culogies of Robert e. Lee
We regret Governor Hawley's defeat,
but we think he can afford it better than
the State CAM
How beautifully this harmonizes with
a Radical organ nearer home, which, in
its attempt to break the force of the
blow, says:
Mr.. English was always in favor of
a vigorous prosecution of the war, and
opposed by vote and speech the policy
of Long, Harris, Pendleton, and Val.
landigham.o
The Tribune says English is a "copper"
heado Of the rankest stripe, who
&C throughout the war reserved his adj
ministration for soldiers on the other
side.a The home organ says he is a
"loyaln man. But neither of them say
anything about the three Democratic
Members of Congress elected. The Con-
gressional majority in the State is about
800. They must be super" loyal.o
Not one of the small fry Radical sheets
had the sense or fairness to acknowledge
the real cause of their overwhelming
defeat in Connecticut, which was that
the people have awakened to the mag
nitude Of the villairE corruption Of
oppose it with reaction in favor Of
liberty against despotism. The more
respectable Republican sheets. such as
the Philadelphia 1naerica7a, New York
lDHf{ftI tfOt [ittttIftStI. ttVlllIl ilIlS " DC
the fact, but the blind guides of the
loyal party cannot master the courage
to tell their deluded readers such UNI
palaiable truth. They have gone too
far to recede, and have decided that
going baekwar is more fatal than to go
DER. With reckless dbNaoon they
take refuge in the arms OF the negroes,
call upon the black vote to save them,
and arrest the reaction by the speedy es=
adjustment of despotism that will
put an end to the business OF voting
loyalists out Of office.
70 the law abiding, patriotic and in
telligent men of the country, the result
in Connecticut is as cheering and en-
eouraging a sign as it is bitter ana dis
heartening to the Radicals. 70 the Con
servative party il imparts confidence
and hope that the long night OF fanati-
csm, destruction and despotism is soon
to give place to the glorious day Of
peace, tranquility and prosperity.
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a Boston judge recently refused to di-
vorce husband and wife, whose com
plants of ilf temper and incompatible
ty were mutual, on the ground that it
never would answer to allow such un-
fortunate persons to get others into such
a scrape as marrying them would in
vOlVe.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18

The old story of the schoolboy who
spelled Andrew Jackson, Cru JaXn has
been overshadowed by a genius out West
who wished to mark half a dozen new
shirts-he marked the first John Jones,
and all the rest ditto.
The New era. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1865-1871, 1867-04-18
STO N E M [ IL
AND A
GOOD DIV ELI G. HOUSE

out-houses and Garden and two Tenant Hous-
es. This Mill is considered one Of the mosf
valuable in the county, with an abundance of
water, and in one of the best wheat growing
re- ions in the State. and within one hundred
yards of a Depot on the Baltimore & Obie
Railroad spring Of good water near the
Mill. This property offers a rare chance for
profitable investment, having the best water
power in the comfy \ more particular de-
scription is deemed unnecessary, as persons
disposed to purchase can view the premise
and Judge for themselv :.
Also, one other House and Lot on
John street, 81 feet inches by 260 feet, in the
town Of Martinsburg, and known on the plag
of said town as Lot No. =.
NEa- The Terms as prescribed By tn
Deere arr: One-fourth Of the purehase
money in hand, and the balance in one and
two years, with interest on the deferred pay
ments from the day Of sale, and reserving Il
Ien upon the property to secure the same, al5q
the bonds of the purchaser, with good perso-
nal security for the deferred payments
JOHN p. kEARFOTT,
EDMUND PENDLETON.
Special Commissioners.
Jacob S. straver Auetioneer.
April H. lS67-ts
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4 drunken French soldier, quarreling
with his corporal, ended by saying,
"hold your tongue; you are not man."
81 will prove the contrary,' replied the
corporal, getting angry. "Never," re-
piled the soldier; ''you cannot. What
does the major say when he orders out
the guard at parade? Doesn't he always
say four men and a corporal That
shows that a corporal is not a man ~
4 lawsuit is pending in Chicago
about FIVE and q half inches Of land.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10
A Card
From tic B1empl,is Bulletin

4 friend in New ORLEANS has called my
attention to the fat, that man named
Conway testified before the late Congress
SIGNAL MISUNDERSTANDING Committee. that
in conversation he hail with me on board
a steamer, said to him, we Confcdeiatt.s
would join vithany. foreign l,awcrina war
against the United States; tocftablikh The
independence Of the, suut,,.s On my way
home from Eratnsbdrcflgh, N. c., after
Johnstpn's surrender, under whose com
mana had laid down my arms, I embark
ed on board US. transport steamer ut
Ala, bound for Mobile. On
the passage a person named Conway was
brought up and introduced to me by one
of the passengers Conway having evil
IDENTIFY sought the interview. ! did not
know who the man was, and permitted the
My new friend offered me a
cigar, and Ne ahattetl ana smoked awhile
i'll the " social hail I" Of the boat, in COM
pany with setelsil other passengers The
conversation was participated m by half a
dozen, and the only topic discussed; as
recollect, Vas that Of negro labor, / gave
my views pretty, freely on this subject, as
is my habit, and, in doing sd, no doubt
trod on the toes of Mr. ConWaaI, as after
wards Learned to my modification, that
had unWiftting1y been seduced intosmoking,
and talking with a Frpedmen's Bureau
man, and q renegade virgipiai at that,
who had approached me III the guise of a
gentleman: Not one one was said, to The
best Of my recollection, on the subject on
which he has sworn falsely. Il there lad
been, I shonld probably hare expressed my
opinion as freely oh that subject, as any
other: and whatever that opinion may
have been y none Of Mr. Conway's, or the
Observation-Disclosures Committees business,
nor has it any bearing that can perceive,
on tho New Orleans riot. From what has
been said, it will be seen that the only Oh
ject I have IN noticing Mr.. Conway's tcsti-
mony at all. is that I may expose spy and
perjllrer, and put gentlemen Oh their guard,
to whom the fellow might possibly have
the presumption to offer cigars.
The above was the only occasion on
which l ever exchanged II word with Mr.
Conway. RAPHAEL SEBiAiES
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10

Too MuoHa' foa HIa.-A youbg man, who
actually desired wealth, was visited by his
Satanic majesty, who tempted him to dis
pose Of his soul for eternity if he could be
be supplied on earth With all the money he
could use. The bargain was concluded;
the devil was to supply the money, and,
was ct last to have the soul, unless the
young man could spend more money than
the devil could furnish. Years passed away,
the man Iiidfried, was extravagant 10 his
living, built palaces, .specnlated wildly, lost
and gave away fortunes. and yet bis eoaeiSl
were always flll, He turned politician
and bribed Ills WaJ to power and fame,
without reducing bis pile Of gold. he De-
came d filibuster, and fitted out ships and
armies, but his banker honored oil his
drafts, He came to New York to live. and
paid the usual rate Of interest for all Che
money he could borrow but though the
devil made faces wheE he came to par the
bills, yet they were all paid, Ons ex.
pedient after another failed. Tbs devil
counted the TINE, only two years, that go
must wait for tho soul and he Knocked the
etorts Of the despairing man. One more
Trial was resolved upon the man started !,
newspaper The devil growled at the bill
at the end of the first quarter, was savage
in six months, melancholy in pine, ana
broke, dead broke, at the end of the year!
So the newspaper went down. but the soul
was saved,
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10
Letter From Hon. James Phelan.

We find the following timely letter
from Hon. James Phelan in the Jack
son Clarion. Mr.. Phelan represented
the State Of Mississippi in the Confede-
rate States Senator
ABERDEEN, MISS, Mar. Is, 1867.
Messrs, w. B. Taylor, Joshua Green, s.
C. Farrar and others:
Gentlemen-Your request, "fbf pnb-
LEGATION, my views Of the course Of ac-
ton, proper to be adopted in regard to
the recent action of Congress-" etc.
deem it unnecessary to be elabor-
ate, A statement OF f1y position may
suffice. l ain now in favor of accepting
the terms rendered by Congress, as con-
ditions precedent to the re-admission
of Mississippi into the Union. The
reason for this course wonld seem to be
as palpable as it is unanswerable. The
action required, is no longer presented
as an alternative. What we are asked
to do is already substantially done.
We aae. permitted, If we choose, to as
sist in Investing it with proper form.
Something may be gained by acquies-
cence, do not perceive that anything
can by possibility be lost. It's very
certain that ifreparable Toss may DO
sustained by suilen refusal. A partici
patton in the formalities proposed is no
impeachment ofourp patriotism, or pros
tration of our self-resIect. No fair
milidcsl foreigner, or nhiipn; conyersant
with our past history and present mis-
fortunes, VIII ever SO regard it. So
long as sacrifice and endurance may es-
tahlish or preserve q sacred principle Of
individual or national honor-or pre-
vent the pcrpetration Of Wrong-it is
but a manly and heroic, firmncss, to
suffer and be strong" When, howev-
er, ain extremity is reached atwhich all
reasonable hope expires, Of preserving
the principle or preventing the wrong,
farther resistance may even become
criminal firlnness degenerates into OBJ
stinacy, and passion, dethrohiig the
Judgment, prompts to tleeds violative
of the dictates of that prudehte inyol-
we'd in the law Of selfIpreservation.
Let those who oppose all participation
by the good and true, inch of Mississip-
pi, in the measults SHORTLY to be inau-
gurated among us, invoke all their wis.
dom. SHOULD their opposition be effec-
tual, iii shielding our Frustrated State
from the "Head Of wars,n predicted by
others not so wise, but equally sincere.
They assume a solemn responsibility.
God grant them success in their OPPOSE
ton, if their counsel is for the best.
But j cannot agree with them. / dis
Germ evil, and only evil. whether they
succeed OF fail in the policy which they
defend. I do not doubt that their
counselings will be tlhheaded. But,any
divisions alnotig us in this petilous
crisis Of bur fate are to be dcplored. !
They may furnish pretexts for further
MISREPRESENTATION and oppression, when
a more kindly recognition is to be ex-
pected, and the fnlfllment of promises
demanded. But / am writing more
than | designed. five are wise and
just, and forbcarihg Tin weatherihg this
stormy cape ] hayehope that our now
wrecked and stranded vessel, III some
coming time, may yet float upon a
broad, deep and tranquil sea,
Appreciating your Complimentary re-
quest. ! remain, very respectfully.
JAS. PIELAN. /
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10
Register Of Voters.

We observe that the supplementary
reconstruction bill requires all registers
of voters and commissioners of cleo
ton under the act to take the cele-
brated iron clad test oath Of 1862
This is only one of the many obstruc-
tons Congress has placed in the way
of the execution Of It's own acts. Any
one at all familiar with the state Of the
popular mind at the South during the
war, must know that such a provision
amounts almost to a total prohibition
of the election. Take for instance as a
specimen our parish, in which more
than hundred such officers are lequir-
cd by General Sheridan. 1t is possible
that, by a thorough search, two or
three respectable and competent men
may DO found, who can take the oath,
though we must admit we do rot know
who they arc, and our acquaintance
with the people Of the parish is as cx-
tensive as that of most men. By pick
ing up jayhawlsers and other ,.tlhpihci-
Piled men, most of whom cannot read or
write, it is possible to add a dozen
more to the list. Gov. Wells himself,
a citizen Of Rapides, who claims to be
the embodiment of Unionism, could
not take the oath without committing
perjury. Chief Justice Hymah, another
citizen, who wrote the Radical negro
suffrage letter to the North, could not
take the oath. In fact when he was
banishel by Gen. Taylor he swore that
he was a better Confederate than Tay-
lor himself, and his friends claim the
same thing for him to this day. We
presume that the only reason his seces-
sionism did not stand the test of perse-
cution was that, like Erasmus, he did
not "feel himself worthy to wear
martyrs crown" If he quailed when
he got into q tight place, he did nei-
ther more nor less than what st. Peter
and great many other very respetta-
bic men did before him.
Now what il to be done towards reg
istefing votes and holding the election,
in whose fairness we are all SO much
interested9 Gen. Sheridan cannot de-
part from the law; for, If he should do
50 he would only afford the Radicals an
excuse for ahhulling the election, which
they would be only too anxious to do
if it should turn out contrary to their
desires and expectations.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10
Republican Ideas Of Liberty.
I From the Cincinnati Enal1irer.-

II 1UHt 'It.OIHCIIIIlstt1 I1INulTGr
One of the most liberal provisions in that
model government which has becn do.
signed by Congress for the Southern States
is that section which declares that the
military Ger, who has The command may
il he chooses, 'allow civil tribunals to take
jurisdiction of and try offenders's Under
this section. if Chief Justice Chase or pny
other United States Judge, Tan obtain the
consent of the military officer, he or they
can hold their court! This in an adn,iira-
lilo bormo,,,, With tLa old A,a.,,,,.a.' III ::
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10
Horrible b Solution Of a Mystery-A
Child Eaten by Snakes,

From the oswego IN. Y.)Palladium, 10th ,
In the early part of the month of Anon,.
last, a girl named Eliza Drumlnond ahom.
eleven years of age, whose parents live noas
the town Of West Monroe, in this connts l
left her home one morning for the punmsn
Of picking berries, and never returned n.
most diligent search was made for her bS H.
the parents and neighbors, but no traces
could be, found. She had not been drownaJp
for NH places where there was water ws,a
carefully examined, even to wells and e;s ia
terms in the neighborhood. After weeks n
fruitless search and inquiry, the afflicted
parents gave up tileif chiM for lost, Il
was reported that band Of vaagclrsaannts haS
been seen near the locality about tie ti,rs
of the Disappearance, and the opinion IA.
vailed That the child had been stolen IS
gipsies. 80.
The event, which created d profound sen
sation at the time, had almost; passed from
the minds Of all save the stifekSn parents
when It was painfully recalled III & recent
occurrence. On Tuesday last, i've Of six
lads went ont hunting in the vicinity, and
during ssAe.day came npop spot 4 hhtedrss 4
large ,umbfr ct, black snakes were dis
covered ana K a The appearance of the
reptiles In such numbers, and at this season
Of the year, was cgnsidered remarkable, and
IL was suggested ~ one OF the party that 4
breeding den must pc somewhere near. A
search was Immediately commenced, which
resulted III manner far different from
their expectations.
In the side of hill psar The EDGE ct =
SWAMP; ;n EN- az, Na s, a.A IA. q. 8 &
ana bushes; In this opeiiln
human skeleton, from which every particle
OF flesh had been t.el taken The bones were
as WHITE az ivory, and al perfect, Near by
was 9 TIN pail, IN rusted cpndition, and 4
tin cup, The boys were terribly fright
ened, and gave tile alarm. The remains
a. n Ii .. Y 4 Il.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10
THE TERRIBLE sufFes1sG in CRETE

THE TERRIBLE SuFFER1SG in CRETE.
A Constantinople correspondent Of the
New York Tribune says:
"But in the military point of view, there
is nothing to Offset the victories Of the
Cretans. An attack, or series Of attacks,
lasting twenty days, on Omalo, always
repulsed, have been finally abandoned, the
troops having suffered severely, and gained
absolutely nothing. The whole island is
up agaih--tie men TO fight, and the families
to fly from tile new bafbafities, begging
and praying continually the Christian
powers (God forgive us for this misuse Of
the term to save them from murder and
outrage. Even America, it seems, is not
Christian enough to respond to that call.
1fsome such relief does not come soon,
most Of the feebler members Of the Cretan
stock will And their refuge With God:'
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-04-10

WENDELL PHEIrps On THE Tn1KrY-N1srH
CoSGREss. Wendell Phillips, who, it APP
pears, has been lately travelling in the West
writes TO the New York Antt~slayera
Standard, from Grand Rapids, Mich, il
which he says:
But the Thirty ninth Congress died well
Nothing in life became them su much as
the leaving it. They lived slip-slod, waver.
ing, tlmid and halfhearted'
We are happy to agree with Phillips in
TINS, and the whole country will agree with
him.