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Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
Rangers Sale

WILL sell at the Court
= House Door, in the town Of
Woodville, on MONDAY. the
oath day of June next, 10 the high.
est bidder, for CASH, the follow.
ing described estray mule. taken mr.,
by VIM. III. Curry, in November
last. Oi
He is of dark brown color. about
thirteen or fourteen hands high.
eight years old. branded on fbe.
left shoulder with the letter ". and
:. aIzo a 6leifer taken up by ster.
ling Jeter in September last and
described as being of a red and
white color, three years old. marx
cd with a crop and a half crop in
each ear, has no brands PERCENT
BILE and appraised at $40.
The party having the above men,
toned mule in possession, is here
by notified to deliver him to me IN
Woodville, by 8 o'clock A. N. on.
the day Of sale.
Sale within the hours prescribed
W A. LANEHARr.
May Is, '67-tds Ranger.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
The Writ Of Habeas Corpus in
the Davis Case.

RICHMOND, May SIT is now under
stood that Justice Chase will leave No.
Monday. Chandler, the prosecuting at.
torney, has not yet arrived. ~
| U. >. Marshal Underwood to-day ro.
celyed the following writ, and leaves e.,
Norfolk with it tomorrow "The Pros.
dent OF the United States. to Brig. Cen
Henry ). Burton. and to any nerson or
persons having the custody of JEFF Davis
Greeting. We command Won that yo 81
nave the body of JEFF Davis by Won irnnris.
oned and detained, as it is said, together
with the cause of such Imprisonment and
detention 10y whatsoever name the sod
zen Davis may be called, as CHARGED he.
lore our Circuit Court of the ITn;tsd
states, ofthe District of Virginia. at tbe
next term thereof, at Richmond in sa;d
Dlst1ct, on the second Monday in Nav
1901, at the opening of the court ON that
dsy, TO be and receive what shall then
ana there be considered concernino the
sad JEFF Davis. Witness: Salmon p
Chase, our Chief Justice of the supreme
Court OF the United States. this LIST dav
OF May, 1867; w. III. Barry, Clerk of Cir.
cut OF U. 5. District of Virginia
Mr.. Davis, when he arrives nm Sun,,or
VIII still be in military custody. and viii
not be produced in court till Monday.
1t is stated that he will be kept in Lib
oy prison, lsl>--. 1ses.ssAnts ,--;il-l.e.--.,.
signed to b.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
Ex-President Davis.


This gentleman has at length been re.
leased upon bail to appear at the NoYem.
oer term Oh Court; this will carry JOY to
the heart of every true man, woman and
enid IN the South; his grievous sufferings
have endeared him 10 all, and none more
50 than to the great body of his former
political enemies even the most bitter,
DO not hesitate to accord to him the first
and highest place among the Southern
heroes Of the war; well is he entitled to
be called and looked upon as "s.he noblest
Roman of them ALL" He has gone to
canada to visit his children.
There is another emotion in connection
with his most barbarous i'm, ,risonment,
which will long outlive this age; it ia
i7eing of adherence and disgust at the
'raelty of treatment to which he has been
subjected; Oh the, shame, the shame
VIII ever live in song and story.
And its fame on blacklist pages
Penned by poets and by sages
Shall go sounding down the ages"
TO the lasting disgrace of-well the histo-
ran Olive years, or perhaps of.one, hence
viii not hesitate as to whose disgrace and
shame will be involved.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ,
WILKINSON Cor-xrv

ihE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
WILKINSON Couxrr.
OCCASIONALLY appeared before
the undersigned Ranger. n,
and for said county and State. This
the Sth day of May. A. D. 1857
Q. NJ. d. Stuart who upon his oath
states that, on or near his premises
a horse was taken up by him as an
estray, and that he has not altered
or defaced any marks or brands ON.
said stray since taking him up.
9. VI. ID. STUART.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me, this sth day of May, 1867.
W. "A. LANEHART, Ranger.
To Robt. Henderson and VIM. B.
notwithstanding
You arc hereby requested to ex-
amino, value and appraise. without
Partially, favor or affection. the
above mentioned estray taken up
by G. NJ. d. Stuart, and give mar
ticular description of He kind
marks, brands, staturs color and
age ofthe same, and make due re-.
port thereof to he Ranger of vii,
kinsoa county.
Witness my hand and seal tb;s
Sth day of May, 1857.
W. A. LANEHART, Ranger.
~ obedience to the above re-
quest. We the undersigned. having
examined the above mentioned es.
tray taken up by G.. NJ. ID. Stuart
ma HIM to be red roam horse.
thirteen hands high, fifteen years
old, branded on the left shoulder
with 5. and on the hip with @.
and valued at sos.
RoBT. HENDERSON
W. B. NETTERvILIR
sworn to and subscribed before
me, this Sth day of May 1867.
w. a. LANEHART. Ranger.
The owner is hereby notified to
come forward, prove property, paw
charges and take him awav or he
Will be dealt with as the law Re.
luIres. w. A. LAvEHART.
May lS, '6T-3w Ranger.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

y ! Was issued April "a, and is numbered
pecial No. 81. Its principal provisions
ydre the appointment of Registers to con.
tinue IN force until revoked by the Com
sending General. Each Register has to
Ike what is commonly called the Test
Path. The Board is to conform in its &C
ZION to the general provisions of the first
Section of thssSupplemental Act, and to
such special instructions and orders as NAV
manate from the commander ofthe Fourth
Military District. The Order says:
A The Board will select suitable officer
nd Commence at once the registration of
pc legal voters of the county, which for
ne purpose will be divided into the num-
sper OF precincts most suitable for complete
registration and the convenience of voters
the subsequent elections. The Board
Elil visit each Of the precincts thus estab-
Nished, giving at least five DAYS notice
xreof, and will remain in each sufficient
9g to enable all qualified voters to
s6er. Each registered voter will be fnr-
shed with a numbered certificate of reo-
Wy.
THE list of voters, as registered will be
fpt 10 duplicate, in books provided for
tpurpose. Opposite each voters name
Sbe entered tho number of his certifi. |
Votes, his |
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
Very sensibie Advice to Freed
men.

The following Circular has recently beer
issued by Col. G. ii. Smith, Assistap,
Commissioner of the Freedmens Bureau
at Little Rock, and is republished by Gen
Ord for the benefit Of all concerned:
CIRCULAR No. 2.
Freedmen are cautioned against undue
excitement growing out of local politica
conventions that may be held throughou,
the country during the coming mouths
Such excitement fills them with expectant-
cy and unsettles their minds, and they are
not likely to return to their labor after.
wards with wonted contentment Tbev
must realize that the highest privileges Of
freemen do not absolve them from labor
that even the right and privilege of yo.
ting will not provide them with food. raj
ment and shelter, without which no man
can be truly free, but that these arc the
products of industry alone.
They are directed not to heed minors
that may come to the plantations. of the
registration of voters, CIR of elections. and
are informed that all notices recurring
their attention will be endorsed nv official
authority of District or sub District Head.
quarters. In consequence of the back
wardness OF the season, every days labor
IN the field is of the utmost Importance,
and the pillow must not halt in the furrow
II tue ,avvrer expects to make crop.
Agents ofthe Bureau will be governed
Dy the spirit of this Circular, and win in.
splre the freedmen with the soma 20 AZ.
extent OF their power, through their preach
their class. s1' Vi
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
lellder more Iaborious and difficnlt the de-


feIuer more labOrious and difficult the dc.
sign of Providence.
AS regards the fear that the Military
may insist that negroes be available as
public officers, juries &C., even this would
not be without its benefits to us: as il
would surely tend greatly to decrease ILL
cation; few would go into courts if their
rights of property were to be tested by a
lot OF ignorant negroes; and whata bles-
sing this would be to our members of the
bar, who undergo such fatigue in prepa-
ring those long and rery Interesting argu-
ments, for which our court house has been
SO popular for some time past.
No, if we reconstruct it has got to be
done radically, and we see no difference
IN radical intolerance and negroes igno-
rance, and if it is ever question we will
vote for the negro in preference to the
imported yankee orrenegade southern cur,
who is able to take an oath which would
turn the stomach of a we'll raised negro or
dog.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

interests, though, oppressive to the many !
institutions, detrimental to the progress Of
state, yet sustained by selfish combi.
nations Of wealth, and influence. and by
the sanctity of time and custom.
As the tempest with its electric fire
purifies the atmosphere, so revolution with
its cleaning sword, overthrows errors. the
growth Of centuries; Arch-angei of Truth,
vested with the authority of inspiration, it
tramples beneath its feet the efete ideas
and institutions, sanctifed by time, and
from the midst of their ruins unfurls the
banner, and proclaims the Eraagel ipl
PRoGREss. What if desolation r IL
path! Reason advances over the u
to the rehabilitation of order, and :
Those who include the sum of human Il
piness and misery in the limits of tn
own selfish lives, and estimate the benz
cence of national events by their inhuentI
upon their individual prosperity, are til
Malachis' of despair, who continual
prophecy the misery and ruin which aref
follow great political commissions, d
changes. But he, whose mental via
stretches beyond the horizon of self,
behold through the clouds, CLEANS
| br;gbto- go, l.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
The National Bank Fraud.
Inc Montgomery Mail. of the 2sth. has
the following pertinent article.

tne following pertinent article:
The Republican Congress has nloc.d
the plumber Of the United States AT rho
mercy OF their satellites. The painfnl do
yelopment of facts connected with The
Government shaving shop at Selma. known
by the imposing title ofthe First Nation.
al Bank OF Alabama, has shocked tba
moral sense of the State. It was to he
expected that one of the results Of the
late civil war would be laxity of morals
which would run riot until corrected by
tne healthy influences of peace. An rev.
olutIons have been succeeded by temno-
rary debasement Of popular sentiment
Danger, misfortune, harrassing care nat
urally turn weak men from the patb Of
problty to that of infamy. Hence we
found, when the Confederacy Law crushed
under It's disasters. that the checks of es.
tablished usage, of conventional pronrietv
and of ordinary morality were thrown
aside preparatory to the basest of allan
ces. Principles were denied; the nro.
LESSONS of lifetime trampled upon and
men OF good antecedsnts did not hesitate
TO justify the means they might use to ac-
complish the end of self and propertv
preservation, The laxity of morals
throughout the country was shameful.
But 1t was not expected that the Gov
arkapaeut &C A :. ITn;tal< =
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

sSs~ The registration in Louisiana Is
e0hnned almost exclusively to the freed
men; there appears to be complete homo,
iesSnesS' among the citizens, of any posi-.
ois nope OF success, in the coming contest
against radicalism, backed by Gen. sheri.
dan. The Registrars, so far as we have
hsard' are unprincipled emissaries of the
h'epuoiican party. We are, at least, for.
1uhate IN being free from military inferior
eaee IN this manner, as, SO far as We have
Aeard' Gen. Ord has appointed reliable
Lien to the position of Registrars
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

I o-sss-rsss11e, anu trusting TO the teach
lngs of the past, the wisdom and goodness
OF God, may well believe. that, as the
gloom rolls away, a purer freedom, throned
on higher civilization, will reveal itself
to justify his faith
VIII.
Thus we have observed the progress OF
civilization from the dawn ofhistoric time
to the era of arabian glory, and marked
the influence Of some of the most impor
tant events of subsequent centuries upou
It's development. We have noted the
three principle evils which still Cypress So
ciety, and ventured to surmise the agen-
cies which are operating in their removal
and to the still higher development of civ.
lllzation, Religion, Mesmesism and Req
olution.
The hypocrisy, sectarianism and vanity
OF the church, cannot sully. though they
obscure the purity of Christianity dog
matism. and ignorance, cannot restrain en-
tirely the march of science, nor the wishes
or efforts of humanity, avert the results of
revolution. In tho stubbornness of his
heart, man may prate of customs and
constitutions, but triumphant revolution,
Its garments crimson with the blood of he.
roes and martyrs, its blazing banners bear
ing the mystic and awful sign of tho inev
itaole, proclaims that it is before customs
and that it obeys law higher and holier
than that which it transgressed.
Let us o my countrymen, needing the les
sons of history and philosophy, accept the
results OF the revolution through which we
are passing as the fats Of an memorable, but
benificent destiny; and let us SO act, that
when future generations turn to the page
Jne sToTAt ..S OF our suffenngs
and our glory, they may learn of people,
whose fortitude, selfrespect and uncon-
spirit, in adversely and defeat,
were not less conspicuous, than their
prowess, heroism and devotion in an un
equal and hopeless contest of a people
who seeking liberty passed through the
shadows of death undaunted, and through
the ordeal of ruin, unfalteringly, to their
goal
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

4Sa'~ From all portions of the county
we receive favorable accounts of the grow.
ing crops; though more backward than
usual, the fine weather will soon remove
TINS drawback; and as there is no such
trouble IN replanting as there was last
year. all stand 60 ID chance of keen;nc
OUT Oh the grass; freedmen are working
Wei which change will of course be a source
Oh much qualification to Messrs Wilson
stewart and other political explorers who
VIII soon be among us taking notes; NAV
the yellow fever seize them.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
GENERAL ORDERS, No. 8.
HD'QRs. Arm Military DISTRICT.
mississippi and Arkansas.)
Tick,sbura. Hiss. Mn IstI

| - -
To preserve health and prevent as far as
possible the prevalence of epidemics in The
States of Arkansas and Mississippi during
the coming summer, the following regula.
tions are published:
|. Nonresident persons will not be nj.
lowed to congregate in towns or VILLAGES
but will be encouraged to remain at their
homes or places of labor.
III. For all garrisoned towns or in plaees
where there may be an agent of the Bu-
reau of Refugees, Freedmen and Aban.
doned Lands weekly inspection will be
made by medical officer of the army on
an officer of the Bureau, of all rooms and
buildings occupied by refugees, of freed
men, or their families. These ipspect;ons
VIII have special reference to cleanliness
and oyercrowding, and wherever filth may
be found TO have accumulated, or over
crowding to exist. proper steps will prompt
ly be taken to remedy the evil firstly Inv
causing the premises to be properly poll
ced by the occupants secondly, by estab-
fishing camps under the supervision of
military officer, to which the surplus inhab-
ltants may be removed whenever their
number is sufficient to warrant such a
measure.
III: In each principle town, where not
already in operation, hospital will be es-
taDiished as soon as the necessity arises.
Tor the treatment of the destitute and
homeless. For this purpose. where thew
can be obtained, suitable buildings will be
selected and hired elsewhere. one or
more hospital tents will be used.
Private physicians will be EMPLOYED By
contract to attend these hospitals. and will
procure the necessary bedding and medi-
cine by requisition made on the Surgeon
ili'sg sad aDihd0ned' LANDS N their re-
spective States.
". Boards of Health, wherever tber
exist IN the above named States, and
county officers are requested to cooperate
with the inspecting or commanding off
GERS above named, by furnishing them in
formation and making such suggestions az
may conduce to the preservation of the
general health.
'. Military Commanders, where there
are garrisoned towns and the Assistant
Of the Freedmen's Bureau
elsewhere. are charged with the execution
Of this order.
BY command of
BREvET MAJOR GENERAL ORp.
y. ID. GREENE, A. A. G.
Official:
HUGH G. BRUNS, I'd Lieut..
Both Infantry, Aide-de- Camp. I
May Is, 1sS7-Iw
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

/ -
hEBSLLIoN RAMPANT.-Armed organi.
zationsof ex-rebel soldiers are drilling
nigntly,upon Canal street. It is reported
that JeH. Davis has escaped from prison
and is IN command. No Unicn man dare
show himself on the streets after sunset
A violent rebel threatened to pull down
the custom house, and but for the timely
arrival Of the Eighteenth corns would have
executed his threat. Mayor Monroe hunp
himself and then killed his family. in or.
der, as he afterward stated, to avoid the
just indignation of the Union citizens.
The commanding general takes his meals
regularly in spite of rebel threats. II is
stated on good authority that the Missis-
sippi river is undermined. Several rebel
cruisers raIne up the river yesterday to see
whether the reported surrender of the
Confederate authorities was correct. Re-
ing told that it was, they cursed the Uni
ted States Government, and. after taking
coal and provisions, went down to Barae,
taria
Unfortunately the var vessels in port
were unable to get up steam in time to
overtake them. People. heredo not hest
tate to speak. openly in favor of President
johnson sandsthe Constitution. One man
went so far as to say DIN the Radi-
Gals. The ex-rebels are 10 a Destitute
condition, and in some portions of the citv
are eating their children. IN O. Plea
81
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
lest, or stoien
FRoM my Coffee House, on

FR0M my Coffee House. on
saturday, the 18th inst. a
leathern Pocket Book, almost new.
1t contained three notes, on the fol.
lowing named parties
One on G. Lindenmayer. & Co..
Tor (s230,00) Two hundred and
thirty Dollars !; one on NJ. Jacobv
q Co, for $4,000 one hundred
dollars. and one on j. Schlesinger
Tor $1,000 seyenty-fve dollars.
III persons are hereby warned
against trading for either of said
notes as payment on them has
been stopped. PAUL CLARK
May Is, Civ
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18

efT.sS1SC VI Tue ~Sfss5ett --4ytdLes WopfH ftp.
nish the means for continuance of such
bad faith and corrupt practices. We find
IN the National Banking system an Oh.
portunity offered for speculation upon the
private deposits Of honest citizens. and
upon the revenue Of the nation collected
from hard-taxed people If Andrew
jackson deserves the gratitude Of the
American people for one thing more than
another it is for the faithful picture he
drew OF the probable danger of connecting
the finances of the nation with banking
establishments He was laughed at. or
abused as terrorist but history has viu-
dlcated bis sagacity. In the case Of this
fraudulent Selma Bank, we End the ar
gument OF President Jackson fully illus
trated. Here is National Bank which
commences operations on fictitious capi
tai. A hundred thousand dollars worth
OF bonds are borrowed by A from p. and
deposited by A with the Treasury De-
partment as security Cor the bank. There
upon the Treasury issues to A ninety
thousand dollars of currency, which A
pays back to Ii for his bonds. Ii is thus
that National Bank is started upon a
capital OF ten or twelve thousand dollars:
not enough to give credit to a respectable
third class shaving shop. What follows
The bank becomes NATIONAL. loyaI con
cern. The officers are cheek by iJwl with
United States officials They step about
with the grandeur of the American eagle
Vast sums are deposited with them by the
tax collectors, and the Government allows
the bank to use the deposits without
charge. Besides this kindness towards
loyal subjects the Government is good
enough, in addition, to pay the bank in
terest upon the 100000 worth of bonds
which the banker A borrowed from his
friend B, and for which 3 has already been
paid by the Government. 1t has already
been seen that the bank costs A only
$4,000; for which investment the Gov,
ernment pays him $1,000 per anrsysi as
interest upon his borrowed capRal. and
Yives HIM free R5eaAs i iRte hHatl-AlT of thous.
offer crater inducements for
swindhng? Yet we are asked to endorse
the party Of Congress which is establish
ing such demoralizing agencies through
out the land.
Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1867-05-18
THE SOUTH.
NUMBER SEVEN
Progress of Mobilization, considered
with reference to the Future
Of the South.

3rd. The institution of civil Govern
ment, IN its earliest forms, has been va
riously ascribed, to voluntary association,
Tor mutual defense, and the paternaI an
thority, and the order of domestic life.
The disc a mere hypothesis is o
httie aportance, bnt the pro
found hphers and sNa wises
statesmen, may be Instructed hv he les
sons Of experience, and the history Of
government from the remotest antiquity
warns those who would teach or rule man
kind, to recognize in all its revolutions
the powerful, governing principle of pre-
gress, ever triumphant
The bitterest misanthrope, the most
caviling cynic, whose reason has not been
entirely subverted by the malignity of his
social distemper, when he considers, that
TO the fierce and predatory organizations
OF Germany, Gaul and Britain, have sue
ceeded the systematic governments OF
modern Europe; that despotism and an
archy have been supplanted by constitution
al monarchies, and Republics animated by
the rigid but enlightened spirit of freedom.
must perceive the improvern ents which
have been effected in the organization and
administration of civil government. That
grave abuses sill deface, that unjust and il
liberal laws still stain the governmental sys-
tens OF the civilized world, will not be de-
MED, but since so much has been accom-
plished, and so much yet remains imperfect
there is every reason to presume, that those
systems will yet be developed into fuller
harmony and higher beauty. There have
indeed been periods of apparent retro
gression, when wisdom and Justice. virtue
and refinement, seemed upon the eve of
annisilation; but the immutablc spirit of
progressive 1estiny, has ever ruled the
hour, and shaped from the rude elements
of the social tempest, higher and firner
civilization. These periodlce,, shocks
have in every instance been succeeded o.,
a marked improvement ia the condition of
mankind; indeed it has been truly re-
marked by a distinguished British states
man, that, aehnerer erceRence. ,chat-
eoer freedom is discorera5le IN qorern
men 3, has been infused into them Jy The
shoct of rerolmion; :" again the same
writer, (SirJ James Mackintosl) observes,
no hope Of great political improvement |
let as repeat its to be entertained |
from tranquility. /
These views teach us, not to ferment
political riots with the hope of rectifying
oppressive evils of government they rath-
er admonish US to recognize in those
mighty revolutions which sometimes
sweep over nations, the manifestations of
an memorable but euer 5enefceat destiny.
operating with irresistible power, through
the passions Of humanity, to the animate
good of the human race.
8 The agency Of ordinary legislation is
sufficient to rectify minor evils of GOV
but the sword of revolution.
only, is adequate to upreot those insti-
'utions, founded in error and endeared to
he powerful, because favorable to thei