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,Apm Plum q bek Shtion state that abS Sdt
four oclek sterday Afternoon party ! Of
about 6stH1 \ attacked tho railrsql
lsbo lye 6(khe latter wero kil) p
md scalpcd. -Four Nm escaped. OBk
ssvsn u the fudiG3I weiS amounted. They
spd@ @Sr a ~ whiteG yko6sring friendship.
They wcre treated kindly and started of.
rAflss going , ,faw paeog they tupsd and
|aS&s Fp&liig Hnd have btpN fen u
that vicinity frequently Of late. The mill.
,tsiy Sat6ofitisS arg posing 'sf65ps u tkS
different ststlonsialoos sbeiosd % -si
st. Louis, April 3O.-An Omaha special
despatch 10 the qDsmoxdgiays1 tNat the
Indiansyostordxy killed four men n1ar Plum
Creek StAsiosy end canotfer band scalped
Two meh near Sidney Station "A lotter
from fort Randall says that tho Indians
stole number Of horses from tho post on
the 10th, and yesterday another party ran
ofthtee ponies. .! Theysaid they were going
to attack tho whites aAdvicoss from Fort
Ellie iay that tho Blaok.fsst Indians shot
Nathaniel Crabtrsc; near Drowned Mans
Rspias, and stole the mules from Captain
Cook. sagfgig isii nj IL liii hlno1s g'dt
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

ROBBERY or AN ExPREss MESSENGER.
New York, May About hnE. past four
O'Clock This morning, while .. F. Brown, q
messenger in the employ Of the merchants
Union Express Company, wasSn his way To
this city ID one Of the Nov York Central
Railroad cars, he was seized by two men
Just as the train was passing Garrison, and
bound hand and foot. A. bag was then So
Fcdrey fastened around his head 70 prevent
him from screaming, and in this helpless
condition he was tied to a stove in the corner
of the car. The men then proceeded ID Che
coolest manner possible, to take possession
of an the money he had IN charge, amount
ing to $ll,0oo, Of which 90, 900 was in cur
rency and the remainder ia gold o'As the
train approached New York the thieves
went over 70 where he was bound, and tested
The cords to mako sure that he could not
ret free in time 10 cause their arrest. They
secreted The money on their persons and
left. Shorty after the arrival of the train,
theears was opened by the porters Of the
Hudson River Railroad Company, and
Brown was found almost insenslblc.F = The
case was reported at onccto The officers Of
the General Superintendent, on Broadway,
lwho Immediately caused detectives tobe
empl0ycd for7ths purpose 'of tracking the
thieves The stair was 90 wen managed
Ithstsao clue has yet been found 10 lead "a
their arrest, ,'F'''' p,''' s'u''s%' y,
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

r,AaM1TIi family controversy has been
going on for thepast two years IN Bloom
field, Conn, over'a matter iii cash valuc
not exceeding twenty -fvscepts, and fifteen
hundred dollars have already been expended
in the courts about it, with no better pros
poet Of settlement than at first The parties
are mcmbots of good standing in The Meth
odist Church, and own property among
them to the value of two millions one hun
drcd thousand dollars. ..,,.o{ -st"
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=, NOTICE 10 hetssy given. ibat . promIssory as,s,
dated septsmbes "a. 1867. due April ], l66s. signed
by John Walter, Ia fsvsr Of Henry waNieh, and BY
said Wauich assigned TO Henry Ortwipe, FOR one
hundred and sixty:six dolaFs, shd on which seventy
ave d0Ilars srs endorsed, 10 Ost mislsid; apd oil
persons are hereby clutione agar nst purchasing Or
bean stopped. IL a. hENRY ORTWlhE,i
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

ssoAIN'r hinice brother workipsmens You
pay about one half your earnings, citherdi'
,reetly indirectly to Bsoduand clutAe a lot
Of lazy negroes and thieving oficialsa aabout
one fourth to pay bondholders iateyestnpor
the mortgages they hold upon your labor,
and upon which, they, do not pay . cent Of
tax@alnd TIC other fourthis left you 70 feed,
clothe and school jour families. You nd,
mirs:thh way Of getting along, Or you would
2 not vote for Mougtslism that has fastened
this State of'afaS5 upon You. 90 - 'eii'
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DIED.

On Thursday night, April 23d, Of o stroke
Of Palsy, Abroham Bower, Of Orange twp,
Columbia county, aged about 10 years.
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Col. john BAuMAN, alsading lawyeriin
Sohuylkill county, md a soldier Of the war
cfIsls, tlied in the city Of Reading on tho
% INSTANT s.i :ylirEog di. y % /,
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

ii, Ar Aagusts. Georgia, on Thursday. q me-
Co,knocks.l Awhile ladgdowpin 4 public
street, liIudne her .sevsrsS.nA fight he.
tween the Mhitss and Blacks who were
gathered ihiconadsrablo crovds ati the elcci
ton, immstlistely insued, and many onIboth
ides were seriously injured. Pistols stonea
and clubs we're freely used The isoldiera
Rnally charged through the streets, aad soc.
oeeded in dispensing the oanbatants. The
,nagrolt Who knocked tho bladyi down was
dightly wounded by ApistN shot $50 bna
lsptorrE IN Cheyenne are informed Of tho
crime for which persons aro lynchcd BY OBJ
serving the troe from which their gb6dies
suspend. There is a special tree for leach
crime in the code Of Cheyenne. ta'.5,n
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

The news from the South show that the
negroes there are carrying the elections ''all
hollow" Al. .hoyeYer, elections carried by
men } fling law arht 70 bto .imI
void ! hosd bow 'occa ling b u Sod
.sss'3 .ssss w., ,'s$ ss$., a. ss bss' ,s,
them kithS authoril, the Ugh Of 81

rage, since Congress has no power Whatever
to make negro voter in any State Of the
Union for State officers, much less to make
him eligible to State Offices. Hence, Of
course, State constitutions ratified by the
unlawful ballots Of negroes, and all State
UHlUss .iihEcsdds1g 1ssplU SI5degsIVsg IS f6S
Fsasfal, IsdgshsAe 'sisets6 " tiS Same
means, are glarihg .4fiauds, which cannot b.
defended Or given effect toorSh1 any valid
ground Whatsvsr, which mo lapse Of time
can Legitimate, and which ought to'shock
the common sense ahashonssty Of the whole
" But they are 'oohcocesd rby the
Radical fsctionin Congress to carry Their
Presidential elsctioufor the Radical tieket,
and as that end must be eisscured, iepossible
1t oil events and byh s1s means, shS afore-
said elections will be confirmed by Con.
gressional i9solution. csYhus the National
Consultations and State sovereignty, win be
trodden under foot, that the negro may keep
the Radical party in power! U ora u &
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

hsh TIE NATIONAL oDEMocRAT1c CoNvEs-
rloN.-The Congressional Democratic Ex'
reeutiyer COMMITTEES composed Of Senators
pDoolittle and Buckalaw, and Representa-
lives Randall, of Pennsylvania; Bsrnuu, Of
Connecticut; Humphroy,dof New York !,
Ross, Of Illinois" Trimble, Of Kentucky /;
aaad General Thomas Ewing, Of the District,
have united in q request to Hon.. August
Belmont, Chairman Of the National Demo
cratic Executive Committee, to reconvene
the latter committee with the view Of select
lug and earlier time for the meeting Of the
National Conyeption in New YORK City.
The only reason urged for this is to hnstAen
the campaign. ",eaUow So ym 20 ioa b5a
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.ADvEnTIsEMENTs.

WALL PA PERS,l Jb sdT
s.yV WINDOW SHADES, hosaar
o r-7s G'7j iea CORDS TASSELS,
i.r, tus Grid 70 MIXTURES, &C. =,
Market, by oE. j. THORNTON.
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by men not elected and whoaro non-eleotivcs
and who hold their Offices during good be-
hayior, and only subject to removal through
their own peculiar usagos and regulations
and not through the action Of any civil itri-
bunaL is governed BY despotism, Of course.
No one disputes, the fact A Democratic
government where the people makes their
o1s own constitutions, to suit themselves, in.
cludss provision for q military force, but
specifies thatit shall be subject to the civil
authorities, who, however, can only act le-'
gally in, accordance with the Fundamental
law. j5o6 lGaiL 3.n a. /,
,e Therefore, the appointment BY Congress
Of Military men to ssuperoeds civil officers
and carry on government in Time ofspeacc,
is utterly opposed to the genius Of Demo.
cratic institutions made for tho protection Of
the people. If Congress has the right to
appoint an officer Of the army, with power
himself, or through another,o to supecede
civil authorities, and carry on government,
they do not derive il from among any of the
powers delegated to them. 1T is plain,
bold usurpation; they have an equal right
to appoint auy man, not on officer Of the
army, to do the same thing. On o mere
preteztof their own mixing, they have an
equal right to appoint any man governor Of
any State, and to clothe him with authority
to abrogate all the laws to suit himself, and
to force new and hateful constitution upon
the people Of that State. Such are the tre.
mendous powers claimed and now exercised
by the present usuping Radical Congress.
DEATH OF WILLIAM G. RIyEs.-Wm, O
Riyes, a gentleman extensively known in
political life, and one Of the few remaining
members Of distinguished class of Virginia
gentlemen, died at his residence, near Char.
louisville, Virginia, on Sunday last, in the
18th year Of his age. During his life be 90.
cupied many important public positions, and
has left a distinguished name and record
behind him. In 1923 he entered Congress,
and served for six years. IN 1929 President
Jackson appointed him United States Min
lister to France, where he remained until
1882. Returning to Virginia be was elected
q United States Senator from that State,
and served in that capacity, with but o few
months intcrmission, until ls45, He then
retired to private, life, and abstained alto
gether from politics until ls49, when ho wa'
for the second time appointed Minister te
France. On his return home he Withdrew
altogether from politics, and devoted biz
time to.law and literature. His "Iiistory
| Of, the Life and Times Of James Madison y
added considerable to his reputation. Fol
eight years Mr., .Riyes avoided, everything
like political life, but the secession move
ment Of 1861 brought him out again, and h
appeared before the public as delegate t
the Peace Convention held during that ycar
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New RAILRoAD.-We understand, says
The Mltoniaa, that the Catawissa r. r. Co.
have concluded to extend their road from
this place to Williamsport on this side Of
the river, passing through McEwensille and
near Tarbutville, thus tapping that rich
agricultural region in the upper end Of the
county. This appears to us to be q good
move. The single section Of road between
this place and Williamsp9rt is now compel
led to do duty for three rilsoads-the 7. 4
H., Catayissa, and Northern Central-all Of
them. doing heavy freight business and
having a fair amount Of passenger traic.
The consequence is that the road is'contin-
eually block AIDED with trains !; every switch
and side track is ID use and much detention
.is caused thereby We trust therefore for
the good Of all the roads as well as Of our
friends in the upper end, the new road will
be pushed through as rapidly as possible.
Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-05-06

The Washington correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Commercial writes as follows Of
the cost Of the impeachment trial !hi l.
. ~ am told that the printing Of The tick
3 cts Of admission to the trial will cost So, ,0O0
They are coupon tickets, large and stiff, and
stamped, and to make then, permanent sou.
D usai,s the name IF Sergeantat. Arms Brown
and the title I" Impeachment Of the Presi-
dent" are written across them with prodig-
ieus display. The expense Of the trial to
the Government has been variously estima-
ted at between two hundred thousand dol
lars and half million. To bring some in.
dividual witnesses here will cost alone FIVE
thousand dollars General Rousseau, for
example, will get forty cents mile for his
d trip, coming and returning. having been in
form twice summoned, netting himself the
handsome sum Of say nine thousand dollars
Ten cents mile each, way is paid to wit
nesses. and two dollars o day for attendance;
the mileage is literally interpreted by serv-
ing two iwrits and paying, two ways for both.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-04

the power to do harm or the nerve TO carry
out any regular scheme of evil. He is
bound hand and foot; if he dares TO move
he is checked. Stanton Is Secretary Of
War and all orders must come through
him, which Grant viii obey, and tho army
must obey Grant unless be is removed from
Office, and Johnson has not the power to
make such removal Therefore even if
he had the nerve, he could not do much
harm, but he has not the nerve. he is
passionate, but irresolute, vindietive; but
wayering bad man. bat in no respect a
great one. The people, therefore, knowing
him as they do, do not anticipate much
danger from his vagaries, especially when
his tool is an old fossil, who is not even
qualified to express an opinion in regard to
military cemeteries. The whole difficulty
will probably end by the matter being
brought up into court, and there decided.
Mr.. Stanton has both intellect and nerve,
the Senate and House arc firm IN the sup.
port Of him, and there is no difficulty Of
his being overridden by threat Of bayo-
nets being resorted to- The people watch
with interest the quarrel but have no
anxiety or alarm They trust in the wisdom
of the Secretary of War and the frmness of
Congress, while they know full we'll that
the President has no frmness and the
would ba Secretary no wisdom-Pha EUen-
ing telegraph, FEB. %.
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KNOXVILLE, TENN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH T. 1868


friends snd relatives of those who hghting fell for
the old Unicn--how many OF the Widogs and or
phans Of these blessed maFtyrs-hoW many OF the
men aad women who organized and prosecuted the
great bsnevolence Of the war. who helped to bury
the Union dead and attended the Union sick, watch.
ed In the hospitals and waited tho field Of battle
how many Of all these win answer to the CRY for
help raised BY the man who, having reached power
through the SURFACES Of generous people, exercises
# only to betray and 10 persecute The friends Of the
Union7
The fact il, those who may be disposed to re
spond 70 the rebel call are checked by the Presi-
dents deliberate assault upon constitutional law,
If not by rel more selfish considerations. II the
Democratic politicians spoke She truth when they
declared that the possession of national patronage
hes gained them nothing, ard that large numbers
of Republicans are still in Office they can have no
abiding interest in the struggles and now that An
drew johnson is hourly declaring that be does not
mediate violent resistance to the progress Of i'm
peachmeni, even the patriots Of the Fourth Ward
In Philadelphia may and their generous profers Of
muscle coldly declined.
1 have ssen and converted with number Of
leading Democrats, who do not feel like making a
MARTYR Of Mr.. Andrew johnson They frankly
say, IS be took this last step without consulting
them, he must even fight il out on his own line
One gentleman Gays he told the President yesterday
that the die was cast and that nothing could stop
bic impeachment; and some amusing incidents are
told Of the cavalier way in which the Democratic
National Committee Mr.. Belmont, chairman) re-
fused TO take any part in the "quarrel,D as they
term it, between the President and Congress. But
one Of the committee seemed to be willing to app
prove impeachment as Democratic duty; and it
il generally asserted that when they dned with bis
Accidency last Saturday, Mr Belmont cut Of all
unpleasant discussion by intmating that they came
there ITO eat" and not TO talk pOlitiesl
From all Of which you will perceive that there
ia great deal Of quiet along the Potomac and that
Andrew johnson Is at last. however unwittingly,
helping TO fulfill his promise that loyal men alone
should reconstruct the South and traitors must take
q back seat. OCCASIONAL.
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cd by two officers Of the army that it was
apprehended that inasmuch as the act of
Cd March, 1867 did not apply 10 the navy,
the President might, through tho Secretary
of the Navy, issue an order to the Marine
Corps at the Navy Yard here, and through
their fundamentally force General Thomas
into the possession of the War Office, and
urging me to see the President Immediately
and dissEsde him from accomplishing such
a purpose. l agreed to do so, aud went
with my son, General Walker, 6rst to see
Mr.. Seward On the subject, hsying fall con
fdenee that he would exert himself 20 pre-
vent any collision. Not being able to SEQ
Mr.. Seward, I went Immediately to the
Presidents, but he had retired from the
office I could not see him then, but left
my card, intending to call early on Monday
morning. On looking at the newspapers,
however, on Monday morning 1 found that
the President had very wisely resolved 10
have no collision by force, ard to permit
the question to bedecided by Judicial tr-ibu-
mails. Although il might be regarded as
very delicate matter for me 10 advise the
President or his Cabinet on such question
yet where the peace of the country was in
volved thought il my duty to take the re
sponsibility, and acted accordingly.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-04
Very respectfully yours,
ALEXANDER I. STEWART,
Hhofrr1oD
rhe Latest ExeentIFe Freak.

The American people, after five years OF
startling news, every day of which brought
intelligence which might decide the fate of
the nation. are not paralized with amaze
nent at the action of Mr.. johnson yester-
dav in removing Mr.. Stanton. There was
a time when sueh an act would have thrown
our country into the widest excitement,
and, for aught we know, might have pre-
cipitated q revolution. To-day 1t IS the
cause of comment, has sent gold up less
than two per cent, and men find in 1t a
curious conundrum, whether Stanton will
leave or notR' There is required no more
convincing proof Of the solid foundation on
which our Government is built, than the
manner IN which the revolutionary lntelh-
gence of the morning is received. An act
half so revolutionary would have, in France
been the signal for barricading the streets
of Paris. and foretold the overthrow of the
Empire, Here, it causes hardly ripple
on The surface Of popular condolences
There are two reasons which operate to
cause this curious phenomena In the first
place, we have had SO many more startling
episodes, and all Of them turned out quite
harmless, that We do not feel inclined to
grow convulsiye over the struggles Of Mr..
johnson to escape from the chains which
legislation have fastened around him. The
human Vesuvius at the White House has,
for many days past, shown symptoms Of an
eruption, he sends for Sherman, who
don't come He quarrels with Grant, and
fails 10 do much in that quarter He bre-
vets George II Thomas as General, and
win fail there. He neminates Mcclellan TO
England. which viii DO checkmated, and
now the threatened eonfagration reaches a
head. and he removes Stanton. Physicians
who have devoted attention u the treat
ment Of maaia-a 1potg and its kindred
diseases, state the curious fact that the fiji
attacks the patient periodically sometimes
every month on q certain day, or at longer
intervals On this supposition, we ought
20 have anticipated a scene on the 22d OF
February, for, If our memory serves us
right, this is net the FIRST time that the
/ Chief Magistrate has been Gccited on the
anniversary Of Washington's birth. As It's
previous attacks have injured only him
self SO the present one will rebound 70 no
disadvantage to any one except Andrew
/ johnson.
The other cause which makes tho pupiIe
receive the exciting news 50 quietly ~ that
they do not boiievs Mr.. johnson mas s''Ne'
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE,

Z
NASHVILLE TENN, February %, 1885,
hon. J. o. ShackelfoTd:
have this day received and accepted your re-
signation as enc of the Judges of the Supreme
Court Of the State OF Tennessee TO take effect the
2sth instant
With high appreciation Of your services while
you have been upon the bench,
/ am, very respectfully,
WV. G. BRowNLow, Governor.
Brownlow's Knoxville Whig. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1866-1869, 1868-03-04
Resignation Of Judge ShackelfOrd- His
Letter to Gov. BFOWnIOW and Reply.

On last Saturday week, Judge Shaekslford, one
Of the Justices of the Supreme Court of this State
sent inshis resignation as member of the Court in
which he has served so ably iuaastFiously and with
general and deserved favor Placed in one Of the
highest and most respectable positions which can
be assigned to o citizen, in stormy position Ike
the present. he has, with his associates on the su-
preme Bench, won his lAursls justly, modsstly and
meekly, and viii bear with him his retiracy, the
best wishes of all good men. The following is a
copy of the official correspondence relative to the
resignation
NASHVILLE, February 20, 1903.
TO HI: EucslLensg ". @. Broisaloto:
DEAR SIR am constrained, by the condition
of my private affairs to tender to you my resigna-
ton Of the Office of Judge of the Supreme Court Of
the State. From the accumulation of the business
on the dockets 1 have been compelled, in the dis
charge of the duties of the Office to be absent from
my home ten months Of the year; Consequently
am unable to discharge those duties owe to my
young children, who were thus left without a pa
rents care, and have not been able to give any
attention to my private affairs. Duty 70 myself and
children inperiously demand this should be done.
have endeavorod, In the disorgani2ed condition
of society, growing out Of our late difficulties to
hold the scales of Justice with an even hand, doing
the right, leaving consequences to themselves
How have discharged the duties Of the Office, the
country must judge.
In resigning this high and responsible trust,
through you l tender 10 the bar Of the State my
Acknowledgements for their uniform kindness and
the support they have given the Court Of which
had the honor to be member. Differing, as we
did from large majority, they discarded the i'll
feelings eDgendered by the late civil war, and as
men rising above passion and prejudice, nobly sus-
tanned us in the discharge Of our duties, without
which We would have been powerless for good and
I faal tb-ouOh thar inHuanna pounlad with
forts, that something has been done in restoring
confidence TO the public mind. I bespeak for my
brother Judges and my successor continuance of
that support and kindness.
In leaving the bench, regret that the kind and
intimate relations that have existed between my
self and brother Judges will In degree, be dis
severed I shall ever regard my association with
them as among the most pleasant of my life.
Permit me, in conclusion, to render TO you nay
grateful acknowledg sor the uniform Kindness
and confidence yon have bestosed on ME.
/ am, with respect, your friend,
T q SuAcpE1roRD