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The Charleston advocate. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868, 1867-04-06


"'eNN'h'r. thr tr""|n"M we're cNhoyt-
rd !" iSilancc. to stand guard over their
privileges, TO unite IN purpose sn,l deter
minr not TO he the l,u,cs or the iayhawk-
or, Of tlrir l"@iSlatcd prrroga,ivc.
"lhc Platform Of The Union Rrpub!i.
can farty of South CuroIinu," rs adoptr.i
al Il mass meeting Of The colorc,l ciizrns
~ haricS'on, was rcal to the meeting
;'hd received the endorsement of tho en-
'hlSiasllc crowd. "Whic m,lch.', SAID
the speaker, "will l,c done 10 divide. dis.
tract and mislrad yon. ii remains wi,h
YOU 70 show that The malice intriuu. ar
devices OF al Shall be- of no avail ,,L.
counsel otyour friends, and hear ;hc al.
v'rr OF the pretending. hut. out Of an
learn wisdom.
lhr future OF The noble Republic, free
III Fact rs well aS proclamation. with ma
'hf'iirnahlr rights Of man acknowledged,
established humanity plea triumphant,
oH me" sialtin. IN the race Of life, liz
'r'N' and the pursuit Of happiness" was
portrayed IN Glowing imagery, While the
nom" satisfaction of being in union w;tl
t'ir purposes Of Heaven, inspired rycr,.
hral' and every mind With assurances OF
victory rs pcrtrc. rs The tiual triumph az
rtWt over ~rony."
me speaker closed With palsvin. de-
nuncia'ionS upon those who would sever
or prevent the union Of thc States ,l,r
rlEl'S Of hcrcitizrns and the homes ortlc
iulurr: while he honorcd the defenders
"i the lag, the guardians Of national
''onor ani greatness, the cn(ranchscd
loNali"t", to whom he looked for INTEGRITY
and lnNlncihility III the ',Onwar,l march"
Of cvcmts, for:
ne land Of the brave is The land or
me free, and each should excel cach IL
endeavor. .'-ALrIIA.
4 Colol.Cd nlu .-
Stl.ut.lion.
Hos EDWARD G.WALkrn. Of Charles
town. 4 cnorrl member OF ,hc Mnssn-
chnarlt9 Legislature, made III able speech
on the duty Of Massachusetts towards
the Constitutional Amendment. The
conclusion was rs follows:
T" have heard gentlemen say, 4 wear
AGO ! would have voted for the amend
hirn'. Sin never woul, have voted
for IT, never would vote for any law
The Charleston advocate. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1867-1868, 1867-04-06
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

AN ELECTION The election for Mayor OF
Pensacola under the Military bill called out a
large white and colored vote. The issue was
whether the whites or the colorcd people should
exercise control over the affairs Of the city.
The Radical candidate was major in colored
regiment stationed at the Pensacola Navy
Yard. The opposing. candidate had been a
captain in the Confederate service All the
white men in Pensacola except two or three, and
great many Of the colored people voted for the
latter. For the former L large colored vote
was cast, but he was beaten by one hundred
and thirteen votes The eolored people who
voted for the Radical candidate were extremely
indignant that lie should have been beaten and
threats were boldly made of their intention to
burn the place. The matter became so serious
that the retiring Mayor sent to General Sey-
mour at Barranc:;s for troops to quell the out
break. A detach ment of mounted men were
promptly sent and the excitement speedily
uuieted down,
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18
Radical Convention in Virginia.

RICHMOND, April l7.--The Radical Conveu-
ton met at noon to-day 10 the African Church,
George Rye, Of Shenandoah county, was
chosen temporary chairman.
Two hundred and ten Delegates were pre-
sent. of whom fifty were whites Forty-nine
counties were represented directly, and nearly
all in the State by proay.
Mr. Hawxhurst, of Fairfax county, was
chosen permanent president, and ten vice
presidents, including Hunnicutt, Lewis Nc
Kenzie, OF Alexandra, and three colored men
Hunnicutt and NJ. F. Conway made lnHanl-
matory speeches, the new idea being that the
negroes should demand higher pay, at least
forty dollars per month.
The convention adjourned until to morrow
night. A mass meeting ut the Capitol Square
is being held tonight. The citizens do not
take much notice OF the presence Of the con
vention. No bad feelings exist.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 10.
The usual courtesy and honorable FEELING

The usual courtesy and honorable feeling,
exhibited by the Richmond papers, towards
one another, whenever they speak Of each
other, which is, comparatively, seldom, for the
most obvious and proper reasons, is exempt,
fed in remark made by the Times at the con-
elusion OF an article in reply, and in opposition
to, some opinions expressed by the Wing !
when, deprecating, generally, controversies be
tween reighboring public journals, and ex-
pressing it's wish to have no further adverse
discussion, the Times adds-"Our reluctance
to do SO is greatly increased from our convic-
ton that although in our humble opinion the
Wing is in error, it's objects are of the most
patriotic and honorable character This is
the tore and temper which should ever char
acterize the press Of Virginia. Nothing is
more disgusting to intelligent and right think
ing people, than local newspaper squabbes.
Dickens has embalmed them, like flies in am
Der, in his account of the Little Pedlington"
journals, in the Pickwick papers. There is
always full field for discussion in general
principles, public matters, and matters Ct real
moment, il discussion is wanted
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18
But NO SLAVE or HUNN1CUTT,

MILITARY ORDERS. -Gerlera Sickles, who
commands the military district CT North and
South Carolina, has issued ORDERS under date
of Charleston, S. C., April II, setting forth
that the general dest tuition prevailing among
the population OF tn, district renders necessary
Tor their relief the adoption Of extraordinary
measures, tie TIL .erefore orders that no person
shall be lmprlso' he'd for debt except upon con-
viction of frau'I that judgment or DEGREES for
the payment Of money OH causes of action
srslng betW cen December l9, 1860, and May
Is, 1868, shall not be enforced by execution
against the property or the person of the de-
PENDANT; That sherifs, coroners and consabes
shall sus' pend for twelve months sales Of prop
erty On liabilities contracted prior to December
~, 1850; that all proceedings for the recovery
OF money Tor the former purchase of negroes
are. suspended that In sales OF property by exc
J cution or order of court there shall be reserved
| to defendants having families depending upon
them iu,pleme OTIS Of husbandry, household
goods, Nc. to the value Of $500, aud that the
prop ertv of abs ent debtors shall not be taken
| unr.er the foreign attachment process. The
! order also prohibits the carrying Of deadly
weapons, except by officers aud soldiers, and
| makes an offender amenable TO trial and punish
| ment by military commission; the punishment
of death in certain cases of burglary and larceny
is abolished, and authority is given the Gov
errors to repaieve or pardon persons convicted
and sentenced by civil courts, and to remit
fines and penalties. Whether under the mill
tary reconstruction bill, the power Of General
Sickles goes 20 the extent assumed in these
orders. may become subject of enquiry
Richmond Wing
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18
| COMMUNICATED

OUERY.--lrt the finest shad have been selling
At the Fish Wharf at from 81 to SIS per hundred,
why is it that housekeepers have had to pay
Is cents piece for them at the Market House
The Council will have to make some regulation
about the retail Fish Market, and the combl-
nation that exists, for the sake OF the interests
Of the community.
"A WHARF MERCHANT"
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

Says the National Intelgencer: 1T is alb
surd to speak of men Of the Thaddeus Stevens
type as statesmen. And are not all the lead
ers'' and would-be leaders of the Radical
party, of the "Thaddeus Stevens type p
There never was, at any time, in the history Of
this or any other country, Il greater dearh of
craftsmanship jim the proper sense of the
term, than has been shown, here, on this side
OF the Atlantic, for the last six years. Look
at Congress! The radical papers are constant
ly putting the last Coneress--and, yet, every
educated and intelligent man knows it is all
puff! When was there, speaking generally, 4
more inferior Congress? Thaddeus Stevens is
not a superio, man in Intellect, in learning, or
in the qualities which make statesman; he is
only palmer, and more vindictive, in bis plans
aud his purposes, and goes straighter to the
mark, than his coadjutors. He has u more
poisoned arrow, to infict wound, shan his
fellows That is his superiority
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

A steamer sailed from New Orleans on thu
10th inst, with 300 emgrants for Brazil.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

Mr.. J. w. Townsend aged about sc years,
chief clerk of the general freight agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Camden Sta.
ton, was almost instantly killed yesterday
norning by falling from train 81 the Relay
House, on the Washington Branch.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The colored people voted on a question about
a railroad, the other day, in Livingston county,
Missouri. The first time colored men had
ever voted in that State.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The accounts from all quarters of Virginia,
continue TO be favorable for the wheat crop
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

1t is proposed at Washington to notify farm,
ers during harvest of approaching bad weather
by means of storm signals and the ala Of The
telegraph
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

Our New ACQUISITION The New York
Tunes, which insists that Mr.. Seward has
done Il useful and clever thing by diplomatizing
portion Of the arctic regions into the United
States, says:
ut cannot be said Of us, as Webster, truly
said OF Great Britain, that the sun never SETS
on her domnions, but the recent extension of
our territory very considerably extends the
time il takes for Old Sol to travel over our
domains Passamaquoddy Head, which is
our utmost eastern point, is about seventy.
seven degrees west longitude, or in time four
| hours and twenty eight minutes west Of Green
wich 1t takes the sun three hours and fifty
one minutes to cross from PASSPORT, III Maine,
to Cape Flattery, the extreme western point Of
| Washington Territory, Just under the outer
coast OF landowners Island, in longitude l24 I
degrees west. The new region just acquired
| by the Russian treaty extends oar western line
from that point to 1913 degrees west Tor rather,
TO l67 degrees east longitude This extension
hours aud thirty three minutes 30 that the
full measure OF time from the New Brunswick
to the Asiatic line Of our territory will be ovsr
eight hours and half or hundred and
! twenty-six degrees of longitude. When the
gun marks noon at PASSPORT, it will be not
! quite 3 80 in the morning at Alton Island or,
being noon at the said island it will be Il little
more than g. 80 10 the evening at the Maine
boundary.
Now, while it is interesting to read these
facts, adds contemporary, we confess they do
not 90 far towards satisfying US Of the proprle
ty of our new purchase. We experience not
the slightest qualification at the knowledge
that the American people can now hold last
to the sun for four hours and thirty three
minutes longer than they could slz weeks ago.
4 LETTER - The following letter from re-
spectacle coIorcd man of this city, says the
Richmond Dispatch calling the attention Of
his race to the slavery under which they are
placing themselves to Hunnicutt and his party,
is full of practical good sense, and We commend
it to the consideration Of the persons to whom
it is addressed
RIcHsIoND, April yh, 1867.
MISTER EDITOR: Dear .SiT-Permit me to
say one word in your paper to my fellow freed
men, | am glad / am free, and glad they are
also free, but when see dozen Of them rid
ing around, waiting on Mr.. Hunnlcutt, think
they have worse master than they ever had.
They should be ashamed to wait on him like
he was something better than themselves and
if they must have master, as some Of the
colored people appear that they must, they
should choose 4 respectable one. | don't call
it freedom to be trotting around after any men,
paying his hack hire and putting on servant )
livery to stand around the great man.
He never had any use for US, but 70 make
money out OF us, and there arc nolly colored
men in Richmond with twice as much sense
and ten times Is much responsibility.
a COLOAED MAN,
But NO SLAVE or HUNNICUTT
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

Our foreign ad, icss by the Cable are to yes
terday. A telegram from Berlin announces
The adoption of the National Constitution by
The North German Parliament. The Polish
members present protested against the action
Of Parliament and on the result being made
known unanimously resigned.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

GESERA1 ASSEMBLY,. In the Senate, on
Tuesday, the Alexandria Canal Road bill was
amended, laid on the table, and ordered 10 lie
printed The subject Of the Fence law was in
definitely postponed The bill for dispofsiiOg of
the State's interest in the Loudoun and Hamp-
shire Railroad was postponed. In the House
of Delegates, the consolidation railroad bill vas
discussed at length A motion to postpone the
bill was rejected and the House adjourned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The Richmond and York River Railroad
will be completed as far as the White House,
10 about two weeks
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The Wool Dealers Association met at Cleye
land yesterday. The clip Of last year was
stated at Is, 600, 900 lbs. and the average price
SIS cents
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

4 NDREW !. FLEMING,
Il NO. 8, KING STREET
Has received and offers for sale
l6 boxes Herkimer Country Dairy Cheese,
10 do. English Dairy do,
5 kegs Primo Goshen Butter,
II bbls B. b. Sugar,
bbls. Syrup,
10 kegs Lees Isl Carbonate Soda,
20 boxes German, Chemical Erasiye and Fam
lily Soap
1900 lbs. Prime Sugar Cured II ms and Shout
der Bacon.
II bags Rio Coffee,
10 boxes Adamantine Candles, l7-lw
DEKUVIAN GUANO-
Z a lot Of No. ! Peruvian Gusno, just
received and for sale by
,ap To- c. F. SUBTLE.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The N. Y. Post radical, 6us opposed to
the Radical Tariff complaiss OF the distribu-
ton of Tariff Speeches, By the Radical Con-
gressional Committee in Washington, and de-
nounces it as "a fraud aud,a cheat
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

Captain Benjamin G. Cook, Assistant Super
intendent of tie Freedmen's Bureau, has been
appointed, by order OF Gen. Schofeld, register
of voters for the Rich, lond district
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

A Radical State Convention is called by tf &
Maryland Radical State Central Commute, tc
be held in Annapolis on the 9Th Of May, to be
composed of delegates without regard to ace
or color -
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The Washington Chronicle says, Mary land
and Kentucky are the two States which yet
need to be.whipped.' Certainly. Turn EN-
up, and spank emagoodF Tt looks SO we'll,
and sounds SO well, to be whipping States :"
Holden is Radical leader in North Carolina,
and Hunnicut in Virginia--''for considera-
ton, as old Trapbois used to say. They
We're both bitter" Seceesh, and particularly
''rebellious' when it was safe to be so
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

Rev David D. Field, D. D., died at Stock
bridge, Mass, On Monday evening, in his
eighty-sixth year. He was for more than si1-
ty years preacher. He leaves sig sons,
David Dudley Field, Cyrus ". Field, and
Rev. Henry Nj. Field, editor of the Evangelist.
Another son is Stephen j. Field, one of the
judges OF the Supreme Court Of the Il. s.,
and another was for some years president of
the Senate of Massachusetts,.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

aqne Ct tie !.tadicat newspapers had, on the
anniversary Of the death IT President Lincoln
articles in which it was evident that malice was
much stronger feeling than grief, They used
the occasion, as the Richmond Dispatch says
gather to excite bad passions and foster the
spirit Of revenge than to do honor to the mem
DRY of the deceased. The Southern people,
who were as innocent ia the matter Of the as
sassination as the child unborn, are newly held
up as the e0emies OF the President, with the
view to fan the embers of hate and COO vert the
tender emotions appropriate TO the occasion,
into bitterness and thirst for revenge.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The Senate is expected to adjourn tod ~ or
Tomorrow.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The Washington Chronicle contends that
the most effective agent of human progress is
organization Granting the premises, what
is meant by ''organization? The Chronicle
explains, by Immediately quoting, with appro-
bation the recent military orders and military
doines of Generals Sickles, Sheridan and Pope
1t is then, military Organization which is
such potent agent 10 human progress SO
DO not teach the lessons Of history-so does
not leach the philosophy Of history! The
world is, and ever hos been. full OF examples
to the contrary.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-04-18

The Fredericksburg News, in urging the
merchants to advertise literally, says that
Fredericksburg never did support a news
paper, and its whole custom would not sup
port che now The newspapers have always
drawn their support from outside Of the town
and expend more money in it than they
receive FROM it, The News, following this
mp adds: In sight Of our corner We once
counted six men reading the News who we're
not subscribers, and many in town and coun-
try, who never paid a cent, read it az regularly
as we do.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-17
Current News.

The fast troting horse Dexter on Monday, at
Buffalo, made the unprecedented time Of a mile in
two minutes and seventeen and quarter seconds.
This is the fastest time ever made i'll this country
Robert Bonner, the New York Ledge7' man, on
the same day purchased Dexter for $4,000
which, of course, puts a veto on his appearance
at the horse fair at Ottawa next week.
The accounts of the corn crop in Central and
Southern Illinois are unfavorablc Whole fields
of corn are literally drying up" There has
been no rain in those regions since June.
The Pontiac Mining Company struck oil on
the 9TH inst Quantity and quality of oil still
unknown, bat excitement equal to two rebellions.
Edward Payson Weston has been matched to
walk from Portland, Main, to Chicago, twelve
hundred miles, in thirty consecutive days, Weston
agreeing not to walk on Sundays. The time of
starting will be between the first and fifteenth Of
October, and the match for $4,000
The sheriff and tax-colector at Wilmington
n. c., report unexampled difficulty in the collec-
ton of state and county taxes. Some parties
still refuse to pay state taxes, ON the ground that
the state government has no practical existence,
and believing that the sheriff will not be allowed
20 distrain for non-payment Of taxes. ..
In Mississippi alone there seems 20 be peace,
and the reason IT, that Gen Ord is laborng for
the good Of the people and not Of the radical party
A report TO the freedmen's bureau 10 the inspec-
tor OF the schools of Mississippi, just puI-
lished, lauds the thorough earnestness on the
part of the white people OF Mississippi to see the
freedmen educated, and schools are being organ
lied and established i'll most every part Of the
state.
A soldiers monument at Weather sfeld con-
tains beside the names of the dead, those Of zone
hundred volunteers who returned i'll Health. y
The next thing will be monument to those who
stad 1T home
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1867-08-17

TIVE GEESE FEATHERS.-23O LBS. OF
IL LIVE GEESE FEATHERS just received and for sale by
GEO. W. PIERCE
aug 04ws No. IS Main st. east side Fox River Bridge.
The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1867-02-06
The Social Evil in New York.


The New York Tribune has statistics on
this subject as follows:
The Police Commissioners in their new
census ofthe fashionable and questionable
brothels in this city, find of the former,
which are known as ''parlor houses, where
costly wines are dispensed, about 300,
sheltering about 5000 abandoned woman.
The number of less pretentious brothels,
where concOction of New Jersey cider and
muriatic acid is sold as champagne, and
dealt out over a bar, is about 500 aud these
keep from two to ten prostitutes each. OF
Easements, containing from two to five in
mates, the number is 700, and of dance
waiting and assignation houses, the mum
Der is 600.
Not few of the costliest palaces of pol
luton up town are so quietly kept that only
the initiated are aware of their existence
For example, two magnificent brown stone
mansions onFFifth avenue, one in Twenti-
eth street, several in Twenty-second, two
In Fourth aYenue,-all superbly furnished
and maintained at an enormous cost-paSs
as fashionable boarding houses, and until
recently two of these institutions deceived
even the detective police.
In one block in the Eighth Ward every
house is a den OF iniquity. The police
commissioners estimate of totals in this
shameful business is far under that which
has been commonly received. Their fig
ures are as follows: Houses of ill-tame,
2,l00; inmates thereof, 1000; women who
ply their vocation on the streets and dwell
in furnished houses, l4,O00.