Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1868-01-21
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.
WASHINGTON, January II, 1868.


| Much has been said by the Radical press and
Yankee politicians about the Ignorance OF the
''poor whites of the South. | question II the
counterpart of the following can be found among
even the lowest corn-feld negroes down In Dixie.
The facts in the cases clipped from House doc
ument, No 49, were brought to light by the
| contested election of Delano rs. Morgan IN the
| Buckeye State. The readers will bear in mind
that the witnesses and reporters were all upon
| their oaths Here are some extracts
EXAMINATION OF PETER sToNEBURNER.
@. Have you family? A. Yes sir; stay
with my wife. @. How long have you been
living with your wife? A. About forty years;
| O. How old were you when you were married
| 4 About-I amt married [ lived with my
mother. @. As near as you can tell, how Ola
| is your mother? A. About thirty gears. y;
| Did YOU vote at the last October Election, and
for whom? A. I voted for Delano. voted
for Old Abe first he got killed, then L voted
for the other ones @. Did you ever hear OF a
State called Ohio? A. No, sir: e. Did you
ever hear of country called the United States.
A. No, sir. @. Did you ever hear OF OF cont
nent or place called America? A. No, sir
| O. Who is President Of the United States 3
| A. Let me see l have heard his name, too
| WHY. his name is-now, his name is Delano.-
| @. Who was President before Delano? A
| Whv. what his name--he died his name was
Brough. @. Have we had war lately? A.
Moves. Why, some of the boys lighting
now. There is one lying at the point OF death
now, just where they were fighting. Z. What
was Delano doing while our people were fight
| ing the rebels? A. He was running for Con
gress
| EXAMINATION OF VIM. DICKINSON.
@. Who did you vote for for Congress at the
Spring election, 1866? A. Delano. O. Begin
counting? A. Can't. @. Count twenty. A.
Can't. @. Who is Columbus Delano? A. L
don't know. O.. Who is General Grant?3 A.
don't know O. What is a candidate? A.
| don't know @. Who ran against Delano for
| Congress-? A. Delano. @. What year is this
A. March-April. @. What year was last
year? A. April-March. @. Are you Re
publican or Democrat? A. Republican.
| EXAMINATION OF JESSE WHITEHEAD.
| O. How much are four and three? A. Eight.
| @. Who did you vote for for Congress at the
Spring election, 1866? A. Delano. @. Who
! did you vote for last Fall? A. Delano q
Who did you vote for for Senator last Fall Z
| A. Delano. O. How do you know you did?-
A. Cause, know did. He refused to make
his mark
| EXAMINATION OF NATHANIEL MARTIN.
| @. Who did you vote for for Congress in the
Spring of 1866? A. Deano. @. What year
is this? A. Six, guess. O. What year was
last year? A. Six, guess. Q. Who is Co
lumbus Delano? A. The United States, l
guess. @. Who is the United States? A.
Delano, guess.
| EXAMINATION OF RILEY aARLtNGHopsE.
| O. Did you vote at the election last Fall, and
for whom? A. I voted for Delano. @. For
what office was Deano running? A. [ don't
know as can tell O. Who was last President
of the United States? A [ don't know as |
can tell. @. Who is now President Of the u.
States? A. I don't know. @. Who is Gov
ernor of Ohio? A. ! don't know who it is
@. What year were you born in? A. Three
hundred and thirty nine.
| The above is bad exhibit for the party of
great moral ideas blasphemously styled the
| ''God and humanity party =!
That perjured william, st. Marie, the witness
against John I'll. Surratt, has made application
to General Grant for the reward, $4,000, or a
portion of it, offered by Granny Stanton. Grant
referred the matter to Old Joe Holt, (about as
great scoundrel as ST. Marie General Raw
lings and E. ID. Townsend, of the War Office,
and they have come to the solemn affirmation,
that in view of all the circumstances, the
Board respectfully recommend that $4,000 be
| paid to Henry b. st. Marie; for giving the in
formation which led to the arrest of John Ell.
Surratt." The matter has been laid before the
Rump Congress, and will no doubt be authoriz-
ed to be paid.
Secretary Seward, In communication to the
House OF Representatives, states that official In
formation has been received at the Department
of State of the ratification to the amendment to
the Constitution, known as the fourteenth ar
ticle, by the States of New Hampshire, Con-
necticut, Tennessee, New Jersey, Oregon, Yer
mont, New York, Ohio, Illinois, West Virgin
| la, Kansas, Nevada, Missouri, Indiana, Mime
| 10 Iclo ichi
sachusetts and Nebraska
| The following highly important bill, having
passed both Houses of the Rump, has been
sent to the President for his approval, and will
be signed by him:
BE 1t enacted, de-, That, from and after
this date, no distilled spirits shall be withdrawn
or removed from any warehouse for purposes OF
transportation, rectlfcatlon, change of package,
expectation. or for any other purpose whatever,
until the full tax on such spirits shall have been
paid and all acts and parts OF acts inconsistent
with the provisions hereof are hereby repeal
] ed. !"
The tax on whisky will be reduced fully 100
per cent. cotton, ditto The whisky meters
are causing more wrangling in the Rump than
| choir METERS Or your gas meters, and meet her
by moonlight alone.
Miss Letitia Christian Tyler, born in the
| Presidential Mansion at Washington, the beau
tiful and accomplished grand daughter of the
late President John Tyler, and the oldest
daughter of Robert Tyler, so distinguished for
his zeal and eloquence as the champion of Irish
nationality and independence, and trusted
leader Of the old Democratic party before the
war, is now engaged in type-setting, in the en-
| ployment of the Advertiser newspaper, Mont
gomery, Ala. This brave girl shows that her
blood descends from a resolute and fearless
stock .F
| The EcpreSs in copying the above from the
| National Intethgencer, says, while we deeply
deplore the necessity growing out of the re-
verses Of the war which condemns one SO quail
flied for better things to earn her livelihood by
manual toll, we are proud Of the pluck and self
respect Of the true woman, who sooner than be
burden On those not able to endure it, takes
her place at the case. The world is not yet
prepared to recognize the truth that character
is infinitely more than occupation, and it re-
quires high moral qualities in one reared as
| Miss Tyler to vindicate in her own person the
noble sentiments of Burns immortal lyric =
| "A man S man for a that. 1t S proper to
add that the father Of the young lady, Col.
Robert Tyler, is editor of the Aduertiser
| The reconstruction committee have had two
or three meetings this week, and its pretty Ger
tain the committee will report new bill in ac-
cordance with the resolutions introduced on
| last Monday by Epson and Boutwell,, which
have in view the taking out of the hands Of
| the President the reconstruction measures and
| putting them into those of Gen Grant The