The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-03-23

ITufnDull, OF Illinois, SAID that Thomas
was entitled to be sworn in, unless some.
thing was establish to overturn the prima
Eacie evidence in his favor. If Thomas
was willing to tako the prescribed oath, he
ought to be admitted unless q distinct
charge was mi against him. The de-
bate was continued at some length. and
finally the subject was postponed until to-
morrow.
A Souvenir % Sherman's hummer.
The following letter, says the Columbus
(Ga.) Sun and times, was found in the
streets Of Columbia Immediately after the
army Of General Sherman had left. The
original il preserved, and can be shown
and substantiated, If anybody desires:
NEAR CAMDEN, s.. c., Feb. 26, 1866.
My DEAR WIFE, have no time for
particulars. We have had a glorious
time in this State. Unrestricted license
to burn and plumber was the order Of the
day. The chiyairy have been stripped Of
most Of their valuables Gold watches,
silver pitchers, cups, spoons, forks, &c,
are as common in camp as blackberries.-
The terms Of plumber are as follows: Each
company is required to exhibit the results
Of It's opcratioBsat a given time and place;
one fifth and first choice falls to the share
Of the commander-in-chief and staff, one
fifth TO the corps commanders and staff,
one-ffth TO field officers Of regiments, and
two-ffths to the company.
Officers are not allowed to join these ex-
petitions without Disgusting themselves
as priyates. One Of our corps command
ers borrowed a suit Of clothes from one Of
my men, and was successful in this place.
He got q large quantity Of silver (among
other things an old milk pitcher and a
very fine gold watch from a Mrs. DeSaus-
sure, was one Of tho r. r. VS. Of South
Carolina, and was made TO fork over lib
orally. Officers over the rank Of captain
nre not made to put their plumber IN the
estimate for general distribution. This is
very unfair, and for that reason, in order
TO protect themselves, subordinate officers
and p~riyates keep back every thing that
they can carry about their persons, such
as rings. earrings, breast Plus, &c, Of
which, i'll ever get home, / have about
a quart. lam no. joking-I have at least
"a quart Of jewelry for You and all the girls
and IONS No. ! diamond rings and pins
among them. General Sherman has sill
yer and gold enough TO start q bank
His share IN gold watches alone at Co
lumbia vas two hundred and seyen;y-fye.
But | said | could not go into particulars.
All the general officers and many besides
had valnablcs Of every description, down
to the embroidered ladies pocket handker-
chiefs. | have my share of them. too
We took gold aud silver enough from the
id rcbls 10 have redeemed their in
fernal currency twice over. This, (the
currency whenever We came across IL,
We burned, as nc considered it utterly
worthless.
| wish all the j%ewelry this army has
could be carried to the old Bay State
1t would deck her out in glorious style;
but. alas, il will be scattered all over the
North and Middle States. The id
niggers, a. a general rule, prefer to stay
at home, particularly after they found out
hat we only wanted the able-bodied men,
land, to tell you the truth, the youngest
and best looking women). Sometimes we
took of whole families and plantations of
niggers, BY way Of repayiug secessionists.
But the ~rseless part of them we soon man
age to lose: sometimes in crossing rivers,
sometimes in other ways.
| shall write to you again from VII
mington, Goldsboro, or some other place
in North Carolina. The order to march
has arrived and and | must close hurried
ly. Love to grandmother and auet Char
lotte. Take care of yourself and children.
Don't show this letter out of the family.
Your affectionate husband,
THOMAS j. MYERS, Lieut., &c.
p. S. / will send this by the first flag
of truce to be mailed, unless | have an OPP
portunity of sending it to Hilton Head
Tell Sallie | am saving a pearl bracelet
and earrings for her; but Lambert got
the necklace and breastpin of the same
set. | am trying trade him out of them
These were taken from the Misses Jami-
son, daughters of the President of the
South Carolina Secession Convention
We found these on our trip through
Georgia.
This letter was addressed to Mrs.
Thomas j.. Myers, Boston, Massachusetts,.
The President comes up game to the
impeachment blow. Here is his toast
given at the jackson commemoration GER
emonies on the 9Th of January, at Wash
ington:
mo state, of its viii, has a right under
the constitution to its place in,
nor withdraw from the Union, nor has the
Congress of the United States the consti-
t%utional powea to degrade the people of
any State by reducing them to the condl-
ton of a mere territorial dependency upon
the federal head. The one is disruption
and dissolution of the government, the
other is consolidation and an exercise of
despotic power. The advocates of either
are alike the enemies of the Union and
Of our constitutional form of government.
THE GOLD PRODUCT OF OREGON
The report of J. Ross Browne on the min
eral resources of Pacific coast, puts Oregon
down for 1900, 900 in gold for 1866.
Washington Territory is put down at ST.
600, 900, though three-quarters of thai
amount. it is stated came from British
i rolumh;o Tho viald IF Idaho waS not