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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-10-14
Republic. (Sensation.) Save her
grand and time honored principles

Republic. (Sensatlon.) Save her
grand and time honored principles
from an untimely death and burial.
Save our people from anarchy and
the black race from destruction
while yet you have the power to
do so. Show to the world that
you are asjust in peace as brave in
war. cloud applause.) All we
ask is that you raiscu up intelligence
and virtue, now crushed to earth
in the South, and that you see to
it that We get an intelligent gov
ernment, wisely and economically
administered. The task is easy.
You are the origin and source of
all power in our Government.
cloud cheering.)
The President has had his plan
of reconstruction. Congress has
had it's plan. Ii is now for you
who are above both the President
and Congress, to say what shall
be the final plan. cloud applause.)
Should you raise Mr.. Seymour
eCheers) to the Presidency upon
the Democratic platform, and de-
eide against the Congressional
plan of reconstruction, and the
supreme Court take courage and
vindicate it's independency and
decide the reconstruction measures
unconstitutional, then just as the
old State Government of South
Carolina, went out and the govern
ment projected by Mr.. johnson
went in, and just as the govern
ment established by Mr.. Johnson
went out and the government pro-
jected by Congress went in, just
so will the negro governments es-
tablished by Congress give way,
and the people Of the State will
fall back upon,the constitution of
. 1s60--with slavery abolished and
forever prohibited in the State,
secession dead and the black race
in the full enjoyment of every
civil right enjoyed by the white,
and a qualified suffrage pledged to
them by the whites-this will be
the position of things in South
Carolina should Mr.. Seymour be
elected. You will thenhave shown
to the people of the South by pos
ssitive evidence that you are their
friends, and that you desire to live
upon just and amicable terms with
them. You will move in them a
reciprocal feeling which will in
crease with time, and unitedEy we
will go on building up not only the
beautiful South, but the North,
the East, and the West, until the
L
old flag which now proudly floats
from the frozen heights of the
Canadas to the tropical waters of
the Gulf Of Mexico; from the
heaying and the rolling pillows Of
The mighty Atlantic to the broad
and majestic Pacific, shall bring
beneath her ample folds not only
every inch of soil upon the North
American Continent, but shall go
waving on until the reueiue drums
of the principles of this great re-
public are heard by a happy and
prosperous people in every part
Of this beautiful earth which we
inhabit, and her high mission upon
this earth is accomplished, for she
is the highest type and most per-
feet system of government ever
devised by human genius and in
telleet. Cloud applause and cheer
ing greeted the speaker.)
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-10-14
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Sep. . 81 Columbia, S. c.
The New York herald., 1868-04-12
Examination Of Adjutant General Thomas and
Lieutenant General Sherman.
General Thomas Corrects His
Previous Testimony.
General Sherman's Conversations
With the President Ruled Out.
Argument Of Counsel on the Admis
sibility Of the Evidence. :.

WASHINGTON, April II, 1858.
General Thomas made his appearance first to-day,
and desired to make some few explanations about
his evidence yesterday. His explanations were not
Of any very great Importance but Mr.. Butler caught
hold Of him. and by some sort Of management In his
questions 80 muddled the mind Of Thomas that the
latter blundered into the stranges answers yet any
body could see poor Thomas meant to deliver an
honest statement Of his share in the transaction Of
the ed Of February; but by some confusion Of ideas
he stumbled by the way and gave Butler an apparent
triumph.
When General Sherman came on the witness
stand there was an immense furry in the audience
to see the hero OF the Great March. Opera glasses
were levelled upon him and heads prOtruded over
the galleries to get good look at the distinguished
witness. General Sherman behaved himself In
character with his reputation. Cool as cucumber,
erect like soldier, and cautious and deliberatve In
expression, he gave the few brief answers he was
NOwed to give very calm, clear and solid During
the long discussion which ensued upon the admissi-
bity Of his evidence regarding his conversation with
the President he sat leaning back in his chair SEEM
ingly weary Of his position as witness.
The summary reb buff which the Chief Justice re.
ceived to-day in his ruling upon the admssibility Of
that portion of General Shermans testimony relating
to declarations made by the President in reference
aproffered appointment as Secretary Of War ad in
tertns, was manifestation of feeling which struck
everybody very plain index Of the partisan nature
Ofthe proceedings going for the deposition Of
Mr.. Johnson The Chief Justice having decided such
declarations Of the President to be in ORDER and that
very emphaticaly, and with which he coupled an
opinion, the Senate reversed the decision on the
spot This looked upon as the beginning of line Of
conduct which will terminate adversely to the inter-
ests Of the President This action Is virtually shutting
of the most valuable testimony the counsel for the
defence had to present Such arbitrary action on the
part Of the Senate completely disconnected the coun
sci, and for o time there was complete suspension
OF the trial. Unless the Senate relaxes its rule its
action to-day disposes Of the larger portion Of the
testimony which was pr ,osed to be taken by the
defence.
1t is very evident that the Senators and the Man.
ayers, finding their case weak one as 1t now stands
are determined not to allow any minute testimony
nom the other side. This win only serve to present
still more clearly the trivial grounds upon which this
great injustice is intended to be perpetrated.
The Chief Justice felt most keenly this conduct Of
the Senate and appeared intensely agitated during
all the remainder Of the days proceedings.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
Roruey,. Deficient Accounts.

At last the truth has come out. The
accounts of Forney, as Secretary of the
Senate, ARE short, to the extent OF
about $4,000. The fact has been pri-
vately whispered in Washington circles
for some time past, but now has be-
come matter for public comment
through the late discussion i'll the Sen
ate on the passage of the bill providing
for the contingent fund of that body. 1t
was announced with much show of re-
luctance by Senator Cragin, the Radi-
cal chairman of the committee to audit
and control the contingent expenses of
the Senate, who, being cOrnered by Mr..
Hendricks, stated that IL was discover
ed during last fall, that the public funds
held by Forney were "s0me,chere deficient"
Further probing elected the fact that
Forney, with his characteristic unscru-
pulousness and base ingratitude, shield
ed himself by charging the embezzle-
ment upon his confidential clerk and
relative, an old gentleman of large fam
lily, who has always maintained the
highest character for integrity, and who
for thirty years held high and honor
able position in bank in one of the in
land towns of Pennsylvania, from which
post he was brought to the capital by
Fornoy to fill the one from which he has
been ANONYMOUSLY dismissed for the al
legged commission of fraud of which he
asserts his entire innocence. The most
that could be said by any of Forney's
friends in tho Senate was that it had
been understood that this confidential
clerk had admitted his guilt-not to
any of the Senators-bat TO Forney, and
perhaps some others, not within reach;
and that Forney holds a written confes-
sion of that clerks guilt in his posses
sion. But ne Senator was able to say,
distinctly and positively, of his own
knowledge, that he had heard that ad-
mission or seen that written confession.
Not one. On the contrary, there were
Senators who did state that this clerk
had solemnly denied his guilt to them,
and had prayed that justice might be
done him. OF the same class, too, was
the evidence that Forney had promptly
made good the deficiency by depOsiting
sufficient amount of money with the
Comptroller of the Treasury.
No one could he found who had seen
the proof, but it had been heard that he
had done so. In the absence of any direct
testimony as to the precise centre of
guilt, the whole question has been mar
rowed down to one of veracity, purely,
between ForHey and his clerk. 1t re-
mains to be seen whether the Senate
majority will permit the whole truth to
be known, inculpating its pet Secreta-
~. 1t may be that Ferney is blameless
and his clerk guilty; it may be that the
latter has made written admission of
fraud, and that Forney has made good
the sum, but let US have the proof. The
ease has now passed out of the hands OF
the Senate aud gone before the country,
and it is but right that the matter should
be followed up and the really guilty
party be known.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
WEST UNION, W. Va, April 18th, 1868
The Senate Cenlin gen, Expense.

OF what avail is it in the cause of re.
trenchment of public expenditure, to
abolish old expenses on the one side If
new ones are, at the same time, estab-
lished on the otheri The Senate of the
United States should certainly set an
example in the work of bringing down
the acquisitions upon the Treasury, yet
We find it actually increasing them in
those very things which are, more than
any Others, within the scope of its own
immediate supervision. Take a single
illustration-its contingent fund. For
the fiscal year ending last June, $50, 900
was appropriated for this item, and
subsequently $4,000 more to cover
deficiency; making in all $50, 900. The
regular appropriation $50, 900 has be EN-
made for the current year, and now
deficiency appropriation of $50, 600 is
asked; making altogether $4,000, or
$50, 900 increase over the contingent ex-
penses of last year. When this bill
came before the Committee on Appro-
priations it read "for the expenses OF the
trial of the President, and other miscei-
laneous expenses $50, ,0OO," but 1t seems
that $4,000 more was wanted some
where, and a separate bill for the sum,
for the trial it is represented, was sent
in to that committee, although it was
understood that 80, 900 was to be taken
out of the $4,000 for those very trial ex-
penses.
The taxpayers will scarcely be found
willing to pay the same expenses twice
over. This contingent fund is designed
to cover certain repsirs-carpentering
painting, soap, towels, brushes, brooms,
meHding of fsrniture, expenses of inves-
tigating committees, funeral expenses,
and in fact multitude of things, and is
one of the most convenient sources to
which Senators can lock for supply OF
almost anything they may fancy, from
Havana cigars for themselves to tasty
work boxes for their wives and daugh-
ters; but they might get along with a
little less than $4,000 year for the
purpose. If the scheme of retrenchment
were but conscientiously conducted, the
country would be saved millions an
nually, that are now spent for nething
but private benefit.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23

A rather significant step has lately
been taken by the Emperor Napoleon
in giving an official though. indirect
recognition to tue branch of the family
known as the American Bonapartes.
Jerone Bonaparte Patterson, "a grand
sou of Jerome and Miss Patterson, it
will be remembered, was induced to
leave the United States army four or
five years ago, and take up his residence
in France, where he has commissioned
all officer in the Imperial army. After
the marriage of Jerome and Miss Pat
terson was annulled by the first Napo-
leon, the Bonaparte family steadily
refused to recognize the son born
of that nnion; and when the grand
son received his first commission
from the present Emperor, it was under
the name of Bonaparte-Pat
The other Jerome, commonly called
Prince Napoleon, born of the latter mar
riage, has obstinstely opposed any more
complete recognition of the family
claims of his elder half brother and his
defendants; but, the other day, the En-
peror thought proper TO promote bis
American cousin to an important COM
maud in the ordnance service, and in
the commission the name of Patterson
was dropped, and that of Jerome Bona
parte inserted.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
DrnIh of Col. J. Heron Foster.

Colonel J. HERON FOSTER, of the
Pi,t,bur- Ii Daily Dispatch, died at his
residence in that city, OIL Tuesday, 2lst
inst Colonel FOSTER was the oldest
member of the editorial profession in
Pittsburgh. twenty-five years ago he
commenced the publication of the Dis
patch, and for several years prior TO that
time had been engaged in journalism.
lie represented the county of Alle-
gheuy Tor two terms in the Pennsylva-
MIA Legislature, and gained an honor
able reputation in his Legislative capac-
ity When .he war broke out he re-
cruired and commanded Company A.,
l02d Pa. Vols, and passed from the
rank of Captain to that of Colonel, by
three brevets, all earned by his gallant
service. He was widely known through
out the couHtry aud was certainly one
Of the most PIominent men in Western
Pennsylvania. Says the Pittsburgh
Post
To attempt to euOlOgize Colonel Fos-
ter TO the people of this community
wonld be work of supererogation.
Well and widely known he was Hniver-
sally admired and liked, and the sad
news of his decease has cast a shadow
over many n face. A prominent news
paper man for more than a quarter of u
century, he did much, very much, for
the advancement of our city and its in
terests and for the improvement of its
residents. At the time of his death he
was the oldest editor in the city, in con-
tinuous service, having never deserted
the pen for seven and twenty years.
His death, although net entirely un-
expected, came at a most unlooked-for
moment, and his bereaved family are
entitled to the heartfelt sympathy
which such loss demands.
And thus twill be-nOr long the day
Ere We like him, shall pass awayl
Ion sun that nov our bOsOms warns,
Shall shine-but shine ON other forms:
Yon grove, whose choir so sweetly cheers
Jsnow, shall sound on other ears
The Joyoas lamb, as now, shall play,
But other eyes i'll sports survey
The stream We loved shall roll a. fair,
The rowery sweets, the time parterre
Shall scent, f. now, the ambient air.
Ih0 tree whose bending branches bear
The one loved name, shall yet be there;
bnt where the hand that carved iti-Where r
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23

Accounts of another shocking case of
shipwreck and cannibalism are received
from Madagascar. A French vessel,
from Calcutta to Marseilles, was wreck
ed on the reefs of Isle st. Brandon, and
the crew took to their boats, two in
number. One of them was thrown back
upon the reefs, and all its occupants
were drowned; the other made for the
nearest land. In nine days all the pro-
visions were exhausted, and the captain
died. The mate thereupon proposed
that they should all drown themselves
together, but the suggestion was re-
jected, and the decision was made to
draw lots as to which Of them should be
killed to serve as food for the Others.
The victim was designated and under
went his tate with resignation Three
days after this horrible sacrifice the
boat touched at Mahambo, in Madagas-
car, and there the famished men were
kindly received, and sent to the French
Consul.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
Observation-Disclosures. r,

III. Southeru elections are but the
,,;r,;paries in reconstruction. Should
H. result fayOrably to the Congo
C,a.,i,utiops, in the States now
vo,inr. there is still much to be done
tor. these States eau he placed in a
.,sit,on to take part i'll the Presiden-
,;,l election. After the Constitution Is
titled then the fourteenth amend
,,srt must be accepted, aud after all
this is done, the whole action of the
S,,+s goes before Congress for its ac-
.s,tspcc. If Congress accepts the
uart of the State there must be an
.,sctjon for members of Congress, and
after that is done perhaps it will be-
,.css,ary to have protracted investi-
cation into the loyalty" OF the members
elect.
Each aud all uf these proceedings will
consume time and the election of No
yember may rsll around before the pro-
esss is complete. This is not probably
the design, but it may be tue effect. 1t
laws likely to he this rs any other.
That Congress did not so intend it is no
r-,>ou that it will not be so. 1t is now
demonstrated beyond contradiction
that that bOdJ of wisacres has hot un-
drr,lood what the effect oil any one of
the long series of reconstruction laws
woald be when it was passad. In fact,
the result has been in every case pre-
cisely what was not expected, aud
hence we see them still passing laws to
correct their own blunders.
II would 6e curious circumstance,
if, after all the labor, aud thought, aud
tue lawless legislation of Congress to
get these States in TO participate in the
Presidestia, election, the very policy
they have adopted to secure that object
should keep them out. Yet it is by no
means Improbable that such will be the
case.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
Sniversal Amnesty.

Some of our exchanges are urging
upon the President to issue, forthwith
PROCLAMATION of general amnesty for
all persons in the late revolutionary
disturbances. The suggestion will re-
ceive the approval Of every right think
ing man. Such an amnesty should
have been proclaimed long ago, but it is
not yet too late to accomplish good.
Every step the President has taken in
this direction since the close of the
war has been attended with the most
satisfactory and benefcent results, ard
unless il is intended TO bring the men
who are excluded from the benefit of
The amnesties already declared, to pnn-
ishment, there is no good reason why
The AZ should still be kept lowering
above their heads. No one imagines
'hat anything like punishment will
ever be inflicted upon these men,
or that it will ever again be
advocated. But there still stands
The possibility so long as they are not
relieved by Executive pardon. The
consequence is that If these men have
capital and talent or enterprise, they
are afraid to put either into active use,
lest they should attract attention and
Tempt persecution. Thus the general
interests of the country, as we'll as those
OF the individuals, are seriously inter
Tered with, and that too, without any
Immediate or prospective benefit to any
one.
President JOHNSON has it in his pow
er' IN this connection, to do q signal
service to his country, and to place en-
during laurels upon his own brow. The
Present generation would bless his name
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23

The Columbus JoaRRal tells the fol-
lowing Of General Sherman: "At one
of the Connecticut towns, where he was
brought out on the platform to be seen
by his fellow-citizens, just before the
train left he observed tall, awkward
looking fellow approaching the cars,
elbowiDg the crowd in the most excit-
ed manner, and believing sherman !!
Sherman don't yen know mef The
General intimated that he did not, at
the moment, recognize his questioner as
a familiar acquaintance. Don't You re-
member, down in Georgia, stopping one
day on the march where there was .
crowd of fellows looking on at 3 chick
en- fghtr The General laughed: Yes,
he did remember. WELL said the fell
low, with q GRIM of inefable satisfac-
ten and modest triumph, that was my
rooster what whipped!n
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
afheeIiug gseister.
LIN, Morning., April 23.

present, says the New York Her
;, ,h,re are more murders and lyRch-
'. | # whites by blacks in the South
'"S' .,trapies than of blacks by whites.
" i, the latter are classed by Radical
80 and organs as political and re-
,,ious outrages by mythical organi-
,;on called the "Rukluk Klau"-what-
,ar that may mean, while the murders
.,ctieally organized b! the Freedmen's
pp,.ou-tbe murders of whites by blacks
-. enthusiastically palliated as "acts
,.s.dins from the wild justice of an
,rtragea people"
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23

and history would record the deed as
that of a magnanimOus ruler and a
sagacious and enlightened statesman.
The Radical Senate might impeach him
aud remove him from his office, but the
dazzling glory of this one act would
eclipse all the shame which could pos.
sibly gather around his fall.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23

There are at present 4l9 churches of
all denominations in New York, with
accommodations for 1000 persons.
The average attendance for the whole
city dees not exceed Isl, 900, while the
total Of regular and occasional church
goers may be reckoned at 200, 900, or
one-fifth Of the entire population.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
Among the dilapidated veterans nm.

Among the dilapidated veterans quar-
tered at the Hotel des Invalides, in Par
is, is one who lost both legs by the blow
ing up Of man-of-war in 1898. He
has been an inmate of the hospital for
sixty years. A man who has pursued
the Journey Of life7 for three-quarters
Of q century without legs, is certainly
4 phenomenon. 80
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-04-23
Franklin Insurance Comply
OF WHEELING.
Capital, SljO,OOO.
Directors:

Directors:
SAN'L MCCLELLAN, GEORGE MENpRL,
T. II. LOGAN THos. =. SIIALLCROs-,
G.. w. FRANZHEIN, j. y. VANCE,
j. II. HOBBS MICHAEL REILLY.
LOUIS c. STEEL.
rINHls COMPANY NOW HAVING
L been organized five years, and in that time
done a successful business, is still prepared to
take risks at fair rates on Buildings of all kinds
Merchandise Manufacturing Establishments,
Furniture, Steamboats, and cargOes on the West
ern Rivers and Lakes This company offers
superior inducements 10 Farmers, whereby they
can be insured on Dwellings, Furniture, Barns
and contents, for three or live years at reduced
rates. This being State company, with the
Largest Cash Capital
paid in and surplus Of any company in the State,
and composed of some ninety four stockholders,
most Of whom are among our best business men,
recommends itself TO the favorable cOnsidera
ton of the insuring public, and solietts their
patronage Applications for insurance will be
promptly attended to at their office, No. -
Monroe street, or at their several agencies
throughout the State.
n. G. ARTHUR Secretary.
SAML MCCLELLAN, President.
GEO. MENDEL, Vice President
g. NJ. COEN, Asst Secretary.
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