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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-05
Down Wi b the Die ion aries.

The reporter of the Ralcigll SrHtinel
who sketches the pnccctiingsoi,ti,e North
Carolina Bones aud Banjo ConRrntion, in
his Classification of mrlriicrS. called the
biack members negroes For this hc
has heen threatened with expulsion from
the hall. Commenting on the action Of
Il tonv"nion, the New York Jouraai
OF Commerce congratnalcs itself that the
authority OF the Nortl, Caroline, Cunven-
ton docs uol rcacl, hey the limits OF
that State, aud that the people of the
North are nut undcr the necessity Ut
"Lunting up delicate cuphonisms to suit
..the tisstdipus tastes of the members Of
that body"
It becomes II question Whether the po.
Iltit,l and social resolution wI,ic' ltad-
culiSn is now attempting is to he allowed
tn takesa literary turn and subvort our
standard dictionaries. 1t appears to hc
aiming at the authority of the hcyico-
grapbcrs, and 10 threaten, what all New
England has until now been proud OF. the
fame ami the asccndancy ot the learned
Noah Webster We cali horse II horse,
a man {, man the whites Cnuc;lsials the
blacks Negroes Turning To WebStcr's
dictionary. we find. the i"liowng:
"Nrano-,t black man; especially one
"of a race of black or very dark persnlls,
who inhabit the greater part "f Africa.
.anl are are,listingni<hcd by cri>pe'I or curly
hair fiat noses. high check homes, and
thick. prolruding lips"
This IL II dtfintioi.o of Il New England
1Yexirographcr, made before the Recon
strnction Bill was passed giving suffrage
to the negroes. Has that acl changed
! the meaning of the word?
There wns very great man of Eng
land. who ahIlorrel the slave trade, aud
always manifested aprofound sympathy
tor tie African savages This great man
was the learned Dr. SamueiJohnson, the
unthor of sJohnsol,s. Dictionary of the
English language" He had tor years u
negro servant named Francis Barber, to
whom he lett the hulk of his property.
and after naming:him in his will, he added
-'neero."
DIR. johnson. Of England, and Noah
Webster, of Massachusetts. we're our most
eminent Lexicographcrs. and we have
that authority for calling Il black man Il
negro.
Down with the dictionaries; exclaim
tile R:,1icals-:, hlnrk man is not Il negro !!
What, then. we ask il lie? lie il not an
ape, a gorilla. ansindian ora white man
If not a negro, what is he? Among the
numerous wants treated by Radicalism
is the MART ef q new dictionary.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-05
Congress and the Suprems Court

The attempt Which has been mwle bv
majority in the House Of Representatives
tn prevent y decision by the Supreme
Court against the constitntionality of the
Reconstruction Acts, has been condemned
throughout the country. a large number
of paI crs in the Republican connection
have denounced it, and even the most
Radical organs of the party have done lit
tie more than teebly to apologize for it.
1t must not be supposed, however. that
this result has had any salutary effect
upon the minds of those who originated
the scheme The new measure which has
since been prepared by Thad. Stephens
published by us yesterday,) is not pre-.
scntcd as substitute with any Difference
to the prevalent popular condemnation of
the former project, for il. avows, in express.
terms the object for which the first bill
was covortlv contqixcd. Mr.. Stevens aud
some of his Radical coadjutors are sharp
enongh,tn sec that the original PROPOSE
ton must fall by its own weight. An ull-
constitutional law would have no effect in
securing another of the same character
from judicial condemnation The new
measure, it will be seen, forbids the ap--
peal to the Supreme Court of any ca.e
arising under the illegal action of Con-
crcss in the establishment of military
despotism in part Of the United States.
This is both confession that the acts
referred to are unconstitutional, and the
avowal of determination to enforce thom
at all hazards. But matter how trying
such desperate measures may be, they can.
only bc met fairly at the polls, and the
people must possess their souls in patience
until the remedy is in their hands. The
lesson will not be without its uses. When
we portrayed the character of that Radi
calism now throwing off I'LL disguise, some.
of our readers thought that the picture
was over,lrawn. They can now see its
dcf6rmity for themselves, and are not
likely to be enchanted with the revelation.
The Conservative portion OF the dominant
party are rcaping the bitter fruit of their
own sowing, and we trust that they will
be wiser for all the time to come.-Journal
| of Commerce.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-02-05

x Coop JOKE on SGRAsT.-"Mack" tells
the following: This is.as good place as
any to tell what .l.conceive to be a good
joke at Grants expense rerpetrated by so
grave, a person as Attorney General Stan
bury. MY authority is unquestionable, an
in@tact; it always is. Soon after Grants
Accession to the cabinet he brought up u
proposition, in cabinet meeting, in regard
to the abolition of whipping, as a Sl'',nish
nent. for crime, in the South. The whip
ping post, he said, wasiarelic of barharism,
and it ought be abolished: Alltlle cabinet
officers agreed on that point, but they
differed as:to the propriety OF interfering
ag:llnst the penal laws of a State. such
punishment was being gradually " abolished
anyhow, and would Soon disappear entire
lv. But Grant believed that something
ought to 4be done by the army to prevent
its continuance lt-w;lS So Larbarous that
it ought to lie TOLERATED a day longer.
sStanbery glanced :iefhe ge eral, and said
,:.iin.asqniet way: II believe you still buck
: and. rag men and tie themupb the thumbs
ii, III. tlie,sarmy, within q mile of this house,
: don't volr?'
:sYes,', the general said, "that had to be
done some times.
'Well, it seems to me" replied Stanbcry,
.sthat its & little worse 10 buck and gag a
man for getting tipsy than to whip him
tor larceny. If yoashad to choose, would
you rather be Whipped or gagged?''
The general lad to acknowledge that, as
between the two, he'd AXE tile whipping;
and he postponed;tuther remarks ON the
barbarism Of the whipping post to some
future meeting.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
WHOLE NUMBER

Just now on foot for widening and extend
ing Church street (the first street west, Of
Broadway, which, if carried into effect,
will involve an expenditure of some twenty
millions Of dollars.
The latest sensation on Broadway is the
'Greclan bend,n some specimens of which
have made their appearance recently. It's
peculiartty consists in huge projection of
the dress behind, just below the waist, with
large bow of the same material as the
dress set on it, and the ends dropping to
the bottom of the dress, which is now worn
looped up all around, and sufficiently high
to be kept from the ground. As the wearer
of the ''bend' walks along the protruberance
behind swings from side TO side in manner
which is considered very attractive,
though the seeming stoop gives an appear
ance of age TO the wearer. But as it is
likely to be the fashion," we shall soon
to have it more extensively adopted,
until our fashionable ladies will be seen
all going upon bender.n Can we won
der If the beaux should also be led to do
the same? A lady thus attired, with her
dishevelled hair flowing down the fill
width of her back, as it is now worn by
some, presents a somewhat grotesqne ap-
pearance, and attracts the gaze, if not the
admiration, of the passers-by. 0 tempord,
0 Hlores. CREOLE.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
SUCCESSION OF PETER A. roNcLEr-No

DY y. GUINAULT, .AUCTIONEER.-
~ Office corner 3TI Ezchange alley and Bien@y,lle vile
will be sold at twelve o'clock NJ. at the Merchants
and Auctioneers Exchange, Royal street, between
Canal and Oustomhouse streets b. virtue of an order
from the Honorable the SeGond District Court for
the parish OF Orleans dated eleventh December,
1853 the following landed properties. belonging to
l. A LOpOF GROUND situated in the Second
Dis rct Of this city, designated by No 4 of square T.
bounded by Hospital Ursunes. Rocheblave and
Tonti streets, on plan drawn by j.. Communy. an
ne1ed to an act passed by JoseDh CuvilieT, notary
public, which lot o. ground forms the cerner OF Hos
ptal and Rocheblave streets and measures l6 feet
front Hosuital street by a6 feet lines in depth
ard front on Rocheblave street and 81 feet inch in
depth on the opposite side, together with f anne
house of four rooms shed, priVy. etc, etc. This
property is sold subject 10 lease ending third Oc-
tober. lsG0 at the rate Of $40 per months
2. ANO CHER LOT OF GROUND adjoining the
plan made by L. n Pile on h.. twentyifrh May,
lsis, and deposited in the Office of Jos Cuyier no.
hLes front on hospital street bv s6 feet inch oe
in depth the side nearest Toni street and 81 feet
inch line in depth on the side nearest Roeheblavs
street Together with a frame House, OF rooms,
two OF which are in the attic, double kitchen, els
3 Two CONTIGUOUS LOTS OF GROUND
situated in the Third District of this city, suburb
Mariany, designated by the Nos. and 2of square No
l6 bounded by Annette Eope,St. Anthony and Due
streets measuring 81 feet II inches lines front
on Annette street by l29 feet 10 Inches lines u
Hope streets, per plan made by A, Castaing, or
the twenty-sec md December, 1851.
the Fxchanee Several days before the sale.
Terms-For the properties first and second de
scribed One.tnird cash. and the balanC4 a. one and
two years. and for the two vacant lots in the Thr(
District ene;third cash and the balance at SIX enc
twelve months ciedt, the whole for notes bear inG
eight per cent interest from date till paid, secured
by mortgage, the purchaser to pay five per cent
the taxes Of 1865 TO be paid by the purchasers.
Acts of sale before A. Doriocourt, notary
Pubic az the expense OF the purchasers, including
the United States revenue stamps.
dez3 Jal 10 70
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
THAT'S MY wife That stops in This
Room With Me-"
From the Rock Island Argus.l


The habitues of one or our favorite hotels
were very much amused the other day. A
fresh married couple arrived from the
country. The lady was young, plump,
pretty, and although "as pure as snow and
as chaste as ice,n seems to have conveyed
the idea TO certain parties in the house that
she was one of those .'who seems not of the
earth, but yet ale on IT. The husband was
an honest, ingenious chap, and fearfully
verdant in the ways of the world, as will be
seen. The pair had been at the house some
twenty four hours, when the bridegroom
walked up to the clerk, and remarked,
That's my wife that stops in the room with
me-"
"Yes, suppose so," was the blank re-
ply of the clerk.
f'Well. thought I'd mention it,n contin-
ued Mr.. Verdant, $50 you wouldn't think it
strange in me complaining never like TO
find fault, you know-but we're kinder
bothered, and don't hardly know what to
do. We've only been here since yesterday,
and my wife has been invited to go to ride
three times, and to the minstrel shows like
wise, and Just now a sleek-looking chap
knocked at the door and wanted to know if
she was alone, and another actually in
qured if that COuntryMan she had on the
string was gonern 1--WE no doubt these
young men mean well enough" continued
he, "but they are too dogoned polite for me.
Though spose it's city fashions"
The poor fellow was assured that the
well-meauingo young men should nc :
annoy him any further with their polit g,
ness, and he retired, apparently much graz .
flied
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
PROCLAMATION.


PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The President of the United
States has therefore, set forth several pro-
clamatlons, offering amnesty and pardon to
persons who had been or were concerned in
the late rebellion against the lawful author
ity OF the Government of the United States,
which procamationS were severally issued
on the eighth day of December, 1868; on the
twenty.sixth day of March, 1864; on the
twenty-ninth day of May, 1865 on the
seventh day of September, 1867; and on the
seventh day of July, in the present year;
and,
Whereas The authority of the Federal
Government having been reestabliRhed in
all the states and Territories within the
jurisdiction of the United States, it is be-
lieved that such prudential reservations and
exceptions as at the dates of the said sew
eral proclamations were deemed necessary
and proper may now be wisely and justly
re'iuQuished, and that an universal amnesty
and pardon for participation in said rebel.
lion, extended to all who have borne any
part therein, will tend to secure permanent
peace, order and prosperity throughout the
| land, and to renew and fully restore conf.
dence and fraternal feeling among the
whole people. and their respect and attach
ment to the National Government, designed
bv its patriotic founders for general good;
Now, therefore, be it known, That |,
Andrew johnson, President OF the United
States, by virtue of the power and authority
in me vested by the Constitution and in the
name OF the sovereign people of the United
States, do hereby proclaim and declare uu-
cOndtionally, and without reservation, to
all and to every person who directly or in
directly participated in the late insurrection
or rebellion, a full pardon and amnesty for
the Offense of treason against the United
States, or of adherng to their enemies
during the late civil war, with restoration
of all rights, privileges and immunities
under the Constitution and the laws which
have been made in pursuance thereof
In testimony whereof have signed these
presents with my hand aud have caused the
seal of the United States to be hereunto
| affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this
| twenty-ffth day of December, in the year
of our Lord, 1868, aud of the independence
of the United States, the ninety-third year,
ANDREW JOHNSON.
F. ". SEWARD,
Acting Secretary of State.
| WASHINGTON, December 24.-rhe dispatch
| telegraphed last night from the New York
| Tribune was not authorized by Senator Ket
| logg or harris.
Il is stated hat Grant has expressed him.
| self in favor of the commencement of tht
next Congress on the fourth of March. H,
| opposes further grants of lands or bonds tC
new Pacific railroads, or branches to tht
present roads.
| Admiral Davis writes from MontevideC
that he will proceed to Paraguay with Min.
lister Mcmahon, on the Pawnee and tina
| the Quinnebaug and Kansas wall ascend thu
| Parana river aud rendezvouing at DramantJ
| Pass, where they will command the rive
and await orders. The health of the squad
ron is good.
Secretary McCulloch leaves northward to
night, but will return on Tuesday.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
The deck of the flag ship


Slippery with gore,
ThunderiLg from ev'ry
Huge gun that she bore!
The Tecumseh went down
In the fearful blast
Wept by the Admiral
Lashed to the mast
Oh! how it stirs the heart
OF floyal and lesl
To think of that fight
In the bay of Mobile!
There navy won laurels
More bright than the past
Under old Farragut
Lashed to the mast
The American navy
The best in the world
The American banner
The proudest unfurled!
The American sailor
Let towards avast
The type of her bravest
Lashed to the mast!
At the close ofthe war, Admiral Farragut
received, wherever he went among the
people, their plaudits. Rather more than
year ago he left our shores and has been
known to us only by the tidings of his
hearty welcome abroad. Visiting the most
prominent cities of Europe, in the flagship
bearing the illustrious name of Franklin, he
has been everywhere received, not only
with the respect due to the nation-so proud
to be represented by him-but with the
genuine tribute due to one whose character
and deeds are an honor to the race.
Admiral Farragut is of good personal
presence; in stature, of the same height as
as his cotemporary chief Of the army-a
little stouter perhaps than the General, with
the same modest, unassuming manners.
The mirthful twinkle of his eye indicates
! considerable humor, while the firm lips
and chin denote courage and determina-
| ton. We remember an illustration of this
unison of quiet and determination, in the
manner with which, several years ago in
! Washington, he mentioned an incident OF
his stay here during the war. At the time,
| said he to several of us who were intently
observing the plain, slight man whose fame
then rang through the land-the British
man-of-war Rinaldo was in the port of New
Orleans, some of the young ladies and
| young gentlemen (good-naturedly quoth
the AdmiraD were fond of visiting her tC
hear the band. At last it became the Gus
| tom for the band 10 regale their visitors
with the Bonnie Blue Flag and other Sc
cession airs. Finally, | told Lieutenant
| (atterward Commodore) Palmer to go or
board the British ship and say to her com
mander that such music must stop or the
ship should go down the river. But" re
| sponded the Lieutenant, suppose he re
fuses, SIR" "Tbat will be my affair: if sht
refuses she will go down"-and here the
| quiet manner changed and his eye flashed
| with the memory of the time; ''she will &c
down, down, down" pointing with hi!
finger in the direction of the aoor) We
will add that the representatives of British
honor and OF the British government, which
in our hour of agony sneakiugly did wha
it dare not think of doing now, thought i
best to change the music.
To stand at the post of Secretary Of the
Navy, who more worthy than the grea
Admiral? SOUTHERN L0YALIST.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25

We reproduce FROM the New York World
of Monday the folloEing extracts from its
financial column the hopeful tone of which
we most cheerfully indorse:
The embarrassed condition of the South
ern States last year aud the want of credit
in the North, which they enjoyed this year,
have driven them into self dependence
which promises TO make that section the
richest in the whole Union. The products
of the South at all times command gold.
Europe completes with the North as q
buyer of the same. Before the rebellion
the South imported most of its food
from the Western States; but now they
raise sufficient on their own soil for all
their wants, and are likely to be exporters
of cereals, like California and the Western
States. Baltimore, Charleston, Savannah
and New Orleans have their lines of
steamers direct to Europe. In New Orleans
and other Southern cities the assessed value
of real estate-of course, as usual with
official valuations, much below its real
market price-is from thirty to forty per
cent higher than the combined value of the
same property and negroes before the rebel
lion. In other words, the market price of
the Southern States, without the price of
the negroes added thereto. is already greater
than they were with the added value of the
slaves before the rebellion. Emancipation
has proven itself to be a profitable
transaction. This self dependence of the
Southerners, which has been forced
upon them by circumstances en-
gineered by Congress, promises to
give them, through the agency Of their sta
pie, cotton, supremacy in the money CEN
tres of the civilized world greater than
their most sanguine statesmen ever dreamed
of New Orleans is the natural outlet for
Western produce, and not Chicago. The
Mississippi, with an enterprise which is
even now going ahead of that proverbial of
the West, is crowded with tug-boats for
produce, and mammoth elevators in New
Orleans, which point to that city as the pic
neer in the new era of prosperity and pro
eress for the South. New York, Of course,
will reap its full share Of all the profits and
advantages from this progression In the
south as well as in every other portion Of
the United States.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEN
AUCTION SALES.
LARGE AND vALUABLEI BRICK WARE.

DY II. #. MEUNIER. AUCTIoNEER-
ID Office No. 81 Customhouse street, bstween
Ohartres aud Exchange Aley.-SATURDAY, De-
cember &C. 1863, at twelve o'clock NJ at the Mer.
chants and Auetioneers' Exchange on Roy al street.
will be Sold
District of this city in the square bounded by Com
merce. Lafayette, Tchoupitouas and PoydrAs
streets. forming he corner Of Commerce and Latay-
ettee streets, and measuring, American measu, @,
thirty-two feet eight inches front on said Commerce
street. eighty seven feet four inches deep and front
on said Lafayette street. eighty five feet seven inches
deep on ths opposite side llne and thirty two feet
one inch nth in the rear, the whole sccoriing to a
plan OF l. H. Pile. surveyor dated eighth December,
1858 and deposited in the office of L. Bouny, notary
public, in this city.
The improyements upon the lot consist of Two
STORY Brick Warehouse. well situated and one OF the
largest and most convenient in the city.
Term -One third cash in United States Treasury
notes; the remainder at and two years credit
the notes Of the purchaser payable to his order,
bearlnf eight per cent interest from date tl final
payment; with special mortgage on the property and
the usual clause of tive cent for attorneys fees,
IN case OF suit to recover payment OF any Of the
notes. Policy OF insurance to be transferred to
vendor until final payment.
Act of sale before e. Bouny, notary public, at the
expense OF the purchaser including cost of United
States stamps Iegulred by law. del9 I'd
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
VALUABLE LOT OF GROUND, SITUATED IN
this Parish, on the right bank of the River Mis-
sissippi--succassion of Jean Dabaneens.

DY CHARLPs Il. FORTIER, AUG
ID tonesr-Ofice No. 4s ExchanRe Aley.-SATUR- R
DAY, second OF JAnuary, 1853, at twelve o'clock Al.
at the Merchants and Auetioneers' Exchange
Royal street, between Canal and Oustomhonse
streets, By virtue of order from the honorable
the Second District Court for the parish of Orleans
dated twenty eighth November, as6s, the following
property, viz;
ONE LUT oT GROUND, sitnate in the town Of
designated lot No. lin the square bounded
By Market. Seguin and EvsnA STREETS, said lot
having American mea2uTej 8 feet II inches and
lines front on Market street, by III feet inches and
lines in depth bafwaen parallel lines, together with
the improvements thereon.
Terms-Cash in United States treasury notes
Act of sale before Joseph Uuvellier, notary public,
at the expense Of the purchaser.
no90 deb 1628H
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-12-25
F. W. SEWARD,
Acting Secretary of State.
EUROPE.

Terrible Accident Near Smyrna Two
Hundred Lives Lost by Steamer Col
HsiOn-The London Times America.
Finances-EnRIaUd and France In the
Conference on the Eastern Question.
MARsEILLEs, France, December 24.-A
dreadful accident is reported as having oc-
CURED near Smyrna, IN Asia Minor. Tive
Egyptian mali steamers collided, aud over
two hundred persons are reported lost,
LoSDoN, December 24-The Times, re.
viewing Spinners report, derives altoge ther
disheartening views of American finances.
1t Is now regarded as almost certain that
France and England will join conferent e
t r the settlement of the Eastern question.