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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-04-26

DEPOT wAGONS-wITH AND WITHOUT TOPS, OF
- best quality 16 East Eighteenth street. Broadway
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E,OR sALE-INSuRAsCE STOCKS IN ALL THE FIRST
IL class companies.
Also large variety of City Railroad Stocks and other Sc
cures, including City, Couniy Railroad Bonds, paynl
good dividends ut low rates for investment In lots to sun
purchasers, by
ALBERT II. NICOLAY,
Stock Broker and Auctoneer,
43 Pine street, New York.
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A P1c7uRE OF LIFE AMONG THE ENGLISH
Poor The London Review tells this sad

A P1c7uRE OF LIFE AMONG THE ENGLISH
Poor. The London Review tells this sad
story: ,sf III 9s8s,
A poor woman drowned herself in the
Thames last week, as the coroner's jury
found, "while in q state Of unsound mine
through Distress" Her husband had for
six months been unable to make more than
six shillings q week, out Of which he had to
pay Is. Sd. aweek rent, Is, Sd for the loan
of q barrow to carry on his trade Of "gen-
eral dealer and to'support'a wife and four
children with the remainder. The wife.
who was sucking her youngest child all
this time,did her best to contribute TO their
resources, She made slop shirts at q pen
nv shirt, and for the better sort Of shirts
she used to get11sd., I'D, and even so
much as I'd. But to earn even this pit
lance she had to find her own needless aud
thread. For weeks these poor creatures,
who bore thehighest character for industry
and good conduct. would go without tast-
ing meat; they lived on bread-and drip
ping, when they could get it. When the
father had no work they lived on nothing;
and her daughter. says that her mother
used often to say to her, 20, my Polly,
amt it dreadful? we have got nothing
again to eat to-day These poor people
never applied to the workhouse. They
thought Of doing so, but RETAINED, in the
hope as the husband said to his wife, that
perhaps there will be better luck another
dny.,
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V01I AGAINST THU CONSTITUTION

THE CONNECTICUT ELEcT1oS.---Hosu
jewell Got the Nomiaaation.-A Hartford
paper mentions the following interesting
circumstances
Il was no secret on the floor Of the con
vention at which he was nominated, that
Mr.. Jewell had promised bis friends that i
thew would nominate him he would spend
$50 1000 in the election. This was the on.
" argument used in behalf Of Mr.. JEWELS
nomination. It was freely discussed among
the members of the convention in tbeil
conversation with each other, and the
weight Of that promise was balanced and
considered against the probable effect Of
the admitted fact that the name of Mr.
Jewell was unknown to the people of Con
necticut. Never before, in the history o.
our State, was there so direct and shame
less a bid for nomination. The bargain
was, however, faithfully fulfilled by ths
candidate.
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FINANCIAL ASPECT OF IMPEACHMENT =
The following, which we take from the
New York Financial Chronicle, is worthy
Of careful consideration:
The action of Congress in raising the
spectre of impeachment threatens us with
protracted neglect ofall the great vital
interests Of the nation, already suffering nm.
der their postponement to political issues
and partisan debates. ALI men are weary
of this. Che commerce, the industry Of
the entire people anguish. Our financial
prospects are gloomy, end need immediate
attention. Our fiscal system is unsatlsfac
tory, and needs immediate attention. Oul
foreign policy is undetermined, and needs
immediate attention. But all this legiti
mate business of the representatives Of the
people, sacrificed already for months upor
months to less worry objects of Congress
sional attention, is now to be virtually
thrown up altogether, and the halls o
Congress converted into grand arena O
political sensations. Such state O
things, such prospect, carry on their fac'
the condemnation, both loud and deep, o
the acts which are thus affecting the Amer
lean people.
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The Issue, in Georgia.

Z Z j n a a y y Il i + II .
B. H. Hill, in a letter to the editor Of
the Macon, Ga. Telegraph, upon the issue
in Georgia, says and his observation are
substantially applicable to the pending
issue in Louisiana:
After giving the questions involved in
the pending issues fuel consideration, I do
not and cannot believe it is necessary to
discuss them before the public, and that to
presume such discussion necessary, is in
sulting to the people.
There are two matters upon which the
people are asked to vote. The first Isl,
whether they will accept or reject the pro-
posed Constitution! Now waving, for the
argument, all question as to the unconsti-
nationality of the Reconstruction acts the
corrupt and partisan mannerin which Cen
eral Pope laid off the election districts and
apportioned; the delegates the -forcible
fraudulent alanner of conducting the cleo
ton thefalse and corrupt count of the
votes by which the Convention was an
nounced as carried; and the foreign illegal
and ielonious material which composed a
large majority Of the Convention ] aud
violently assuming that everything in the
past has been legal and regular and fair,
what then do our people agree to and es-
tabhsh by accepting this Constitution.
/. They agree that-in determining what
shall be the fundamental law of the State,
at least twenty thousand Of the most in
telligent and trustworthy of our white.
population, who are, to live under that law
shall the allowed vote. As to them
it will certainly be q government Of
force u "
2. They agree, BY the plan Of reconstrucs
ton Of which this Constitution is part,
that these twenty thousand intelligent trust
worthy men shall never be chosen by the
or Federal.
3. They agree that oil the negroes,
without exception, shall be admitted as
equal members Of the body polite, and
shall vote, hold Office, sit on juries, make,
administer and execute the laws for
white people. y
4. That, by thus excluding twenty
thousand whites from, and including all
negroes in the body polite, they agree to
place the white race in half the State under
the. absolute dominion of the black race,
and that this dominion shall be social,
civil, political and educational and, that
the whole white race shall be taxed by the
negroes to support this dominion.
S. They agree that, by our fundamen-
tai law, ignorance, pauperism and vice
shall control and govern the State aud fix
the burdens, while intelligence, virtue and
capital shall bear them.
Now, sirs, do you believe--will you
assume that any decent, honest white
man in the State will wore to accept such
q Constitution? Hs
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Eea. The Virginian publishes the fol-
lowing letter from Tennessee.

G@s The Virginian publishes the fol-
lowing letter from Tennessee:
aWe have strange and mysterious or
ganization here which is called the Ku-
ftng-Rlan. One Of the principal objects
OF the order is charity to the widows and
children of Confederate soldiers. They
travel only at night, and the sight, of one
OF them make negro talk to his hole
speedily. / have known colered meetings
broken up by one or two making their ap,
pearance at the door. They go dressed in
graveyard clothes, trimmed in red; hal
thirty inches high, with light burning in
the centre They will walk up to negro
and offer to shake hands with him; ant
when the darkey takes thehand, 10 and be
hold! it is nothing but q skeleton hand
the naked bones themselves The result
i, Mr.. Mig 'gits.' A few nights ago, no;
far from my home, one Of the gang stopped
Mt colored woman's house to get somt
yater. The darkey was almost scared te
death, but brought him o bucket of water
Die drank it all, and called for a second
baeket; which be drank also. He also
asked for o third which he likewise drank,
The woman. with CONSERVATION, asked
INN why he drank so much water. The
reply was, that 'if she had been in hell as
long as he had, she would drink as much as
ne They sometimes are seen forty and
MY together, about midnight, On horseback
nut disappear, no one knows where. They
ore indeed a curious set,
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Mr.. Ep1roR-

MIR. ED1ToR-
send the following scrap, publish it o
not. as you see fit. 1t was written unde
tbe impublish of the moment after read
nc; no your appeals to all white men to resis
this outrage which we fear will be perpe
s 49, EFT.
pouae, ye white men !! to the rescue
Now or never firmly standl
Shall . hireling horde o'erpower youY
Must your slaresnow rule the land
rb;bk Of all our martyrd heroes,
Vas their life-blood shed in yaing 4
No.ja voice of solemn warning
Comes from every blood-stain'd plain!
Listen to it, oh, ye weak ones
Are We mad-men, fools or knaves,
THAT with folded hands, so calmly
Ye become the negroes slaves2
ryerv white man to the ballot!
stand, aphalanx firm and strong,
Vote against this vile oppression,
Yield not to the mighty wrong!
Southern women, heed the warning,
scorn the man who'll faltering stand! :
Bid your fathers, sops and husbands,
Rally for your native land.
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4 CoMMoDoRE VANDERB1Lr's GAME OF Po-
KER.--A correspondent Of the Hartford
Press relates the following story aOn
one occasion, while travelling down the
Mississippi river, Commodore Vanderbilt
was surrounded by one Of the gang Of gam
blers, and invited to play poker He &C.
cepted the request. 1t was the game Of
these professional gamblers, when they had
got hold Of victim, to keep 'going him
better until the large sums at stake would
.frighten him from calling, add thus insure
them the pool They tried it on the
Commodore. First one would bet few
thousand, and Others would see that sum
and go several thousand better. Finally the
amount in the pool had increased to sum
far in excess of the ready funds which he
could command. The Commodore, Law
ever, had no intention of being blurred :
off. He saw their game. Calling ne
gro, he asked him if he would ask the Cap
taia down. The Captain appeared, when
the following conversation ensued
"sCaptain, can you tell me who owns
this boat
81 do SIR
a'What do you call it worth? 2
| 81 cannot tell exactly, but / should SO.
thirty thousand dollars
@Will you take that sum for it.
eyes
avery we'll lam Commodore Wander
bilt, of New York Then writing q checl
for the sum, added. Here is my check 70
thirty thousand dollars. It will be honor
ed ut our first stopping place
| Having done this, the Commodor
turned round to the table md said to til
gamblers, / see the last amount and 60
better to the extent Of this boat. Tn
4 gang was not prepared for this coup d eta
| They were not able to see the Connie
/ tlore's RISE and he consequently COOL
swept off the contents Of the pool"
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Vote against the Constitution
Leap Year, { Sealed Proposals"

A chap at Louisville issued leap year
invitation and sent the following notice to
the contractors for publication in the Cou.
rier:
To CoNTRAcToRs--The undersigned
feeling the need of some one to find fault
with and and grumble at when business
matters SO wrong; and being lonely with
no one to hate him, and whereas. having
arrived at the proper age, be is therefore
determined to " come out"
Sealed proposals will be received till Il
o'clock midnight, of the 3lst December
1863. K
Applicants must possess beauty, or its
equivalent in currency.
She must possess sweet and forgivine
disposition, and, when one.1cheek is kiss
ed, turn the other, (this is if the right mar
is kissing.)
She may not chew gum.
Nor wear long dresses on the streets.
Nor frequent sowing circles.
| Nor go around begging for charitable
purposes.
Norread the paper first in the morning
j 4NOl Ublh WAOA i teul oiOOP2s
Nor sleep when am talking.
Nor trade my clothes to wandering Ital
ians for flower vases
Nor borrow money from my vest pockets
| while sleep.
Nor hold a looking glass over my face al
such time to make me tell all know.
She must believe in the sudden ATTACK
of chills, and make allowances for theil
effects on the nervous system.
| When her "old bear comes home from
messing a few friends rather affection
ate, she must not take advantage OF hi
State and wheedle him into trips to water
ing places.
And above all. she may not on such oc
casions put epecac into the coffee she pre-
scribes for his "por head
( She must not sit up for him when he hap
pens to be detained to q late hour on hi
1 committee.
But when he does return, tired ant
sleepy, she will be expected to roll over t
the other side, and give him her own'warn
4 place.
1 A lady possessing the foregoing qualif
cations, positive and negative, can hear
something to her advantage by inclosinI
a red stamp.
/ All proposals must be accompanied b,
satisfactory evidence Of ability of the az
/ plicant to support a husband in the styl
to which he has been accustomed.
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povN Wi . ras
4
gONsTHTU TION.
Republican towards.

I'll s s IL y e = :
With one word Representative Kerr, Of
Indiana. put stigma on the party which
dares not trust its fate to the votes Of the
free men of the United States, but seeks,
BY DISTINGUISHING whites and enfranchising
blacks, to cheat for. q verdict in it's own fa-t
yor. They ore towards.
But the gentleman from Pennsylvania
(Mr. Broomall) was pleased to say, in the
course Of his remarks, that any man who
fears the domination Of the negro race in
this country was coward.
" MIR. Speaker, is it evidence Of courage
to court the domination of negroes? 1t is
craftsmanship to Introduce into the body
Of electors, the governing aud law-making
classes, the most inferior, ignorant and cor
ruptible races on the earth2 Such poli-
cy has not been tolerated or adopted by
any government, people or party known to
history, except the present Radical party
in this country. A government which
rests upon and can only be sustained by
the intelligence and virtue Of the people
cannot be safely committed to such guar
dams.
aAh, Mr.. Speaker, who are the towards
|inthis country to-dayif Are the Democrat
ic party Ia party whose fidelity to princi-
pie has been characterized BY o degree Of
courage and self.sacriice that has known
no parallel in the history of political par
ties or ofcivil government. will tell you
who the towards are; they are those white
men Of this country who marshal them
selves under the leadership Of the Radical
party, who are afraid to meet the Demo-
cratic party, their white fellow-citizens, in
fair hand-to-hand fight before the people
OF this country, Of their own race, blood
and lineage, but seek to skulk and intrench
themselves behind the power. and influence
and aid ola negro population. They axe
those who are the towards. Yes, thay are
afraid to appeal for support to, and abide
the verdict Of their own ra..s. They trem
bic as convicted crimitsls before such a. ri
bunal, and by an unnatural and unjust ex
i,ercise Of power appeal for support to q rac'
1 utterly incompetent either to govern O
support themselves. They fear to ayoy
before the country the principles on Whicl
they stand. Let itnot be said that tn
members Of the Democratic party are COW
] ards because they fear negro domination
i We have no fear when we have only to d
battle before the intelligence and virtue 9
| the people of this country but when "
ara comnelled to meet the ignorance an
)barbarism and stupidity aud vice Of tn
/ country, manipulated BY 9 political party j
Ipower, then we fear for the welfare Of tn
country. It is then, and then only, tha
. we confess to any tfepidation: it is nc
because we fear the negro. The negro ba
no power in this country and when 70
, establish your system Of government in I'll
|South, the whole effect Of it will be I
make tyrants Of yourselves and slaves,
!, everybody else, the negro as well as Il
J white man. : Exchange
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DIED.-Of Dropsy.s Of the heart. in
Shreveport, on thellst Of April. 1868, +. y.
GRACY. native of the North Of Ireland,
Town of Dundak, aged 4S years, and . res
ident of Louisiana for the last % years.
Suddenly, on his plantation in st.
Landry Parish, on the 10th inst, TAG
TITUS G. CALVIT, in the 10th year Of
his age.
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SAUCE FOR THE Goose, Fro.,-The Ohio
Senate has passed resolutions rejecting I
0. Jones, Senator from the eighth District
on the ground that be was elected by ne
gro votes. The seat was awarded to Hen
ry NJ. Onderdenk, his Democratic competi
tor, who was Immediately sYornin
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CHANGE OF NAME. IT has just been dis
covered that Gen. Banks family name is
Leathers. It was changed to Banks by
act Of the Legislature Of New Hampshire.
Exchange.
That must be the reason Why Stonewall
jackson kept pegging away at him.
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actions ofeo0spiiracv. d Curtis claimed that


actions ofconspiracys Cunisclaimed that
this was applicable in abroader sense, and
Lin the public rights and relations Of superi.
Or Ind inferior officers also precluded con,
1 spiracy.
] Curtis will answer the fifth and seventh
ARTICLES in connection with the tenth, in
none of whichis charged violation of suy
Ilaw. ~
The ninth article not only failed Of proof
hut was disproyed by Emory's swearing
| that he introduced nm Objectionable topic,
Land drew out the Presidents opinion,
Curtis said it would be shown that the
President sent for Emory for different
purpose from that alleged in the article.
Arguing the tenth article, Curtis discuss
ed impeachable offences. He said, with
out yexing the ears Of the Senators with
|precedents from the middle ages, he would
reftr to the provisions ofthe constitution,
whose trainers knew quite as much as men
who lived in the time Of the Plantagenets.
He argued that high crime and INSIDE
neanorsp must beeqnally grave with bribeT
| nv and treason, OF must be offences against
| the United States. That the President is
empowered to pardon all offences against
the United States except in cases Of inn
ipeachment. FftYf II s,s.s
/ After further illustrations, Curtis claim
| ed that he had fully shown that the court
was bound. BY law and was NIT law init
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Vote against the Constitution

RADICAL. SEcoNsfRucTIos. Tho faith d
Congress is thus clearly expressed ~ 81
old New England rhyme:
You shall and yon shan't,
You willard you wont;
You'll be damned il You do,
You'll be damned if you don't
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SHERTFF'S SALE.

Mrs Ovilia Lacour No. 1S62.-yth Dis
VS.. trict Court, Parish of
!. Gilbert Lacour, Rapides State ofLou-
Her Husband isiana.
iDY VIRTUE of q writ Of Fieri Facias
ID issued from the Honorable the Ninth
District Court, Parish Of Rapidcs, State OF
Louisiana, and to me addressed in the
above entitled and numbered suit; khave
seized and will offer for sale to the last and
highest bidder, on
SATURDAY, the I'd day Of MAY, 1868,
between the hours Of II A. NJ. and 4 ?. NJ,
on the premises Of the Defendant, Gilbert
Lacour, on Red River, Parish Of Rapides,
State of Louisiana, the following des-s
crihed property seized as the property OF
the Defendant, to.wit:
Four mules. 2 horses, Is head OF cattle,
2 wagons, 10 plows and all the farming
utensils.
TERMS OF SALE.--CASH in q. S. Treas
ury Notes, subject to appraisement:
81 A. J. SYPHER,
April is. 1868-tds. Sheriff
Printcr'S Fee ga so.
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Mrs. Feline Layssard No. lI77 Ninth
We District G ourt-
Francis Layssard, Parish Of Rapides,
Her Husband. State Of Louisiana
DY VIRTUE of writ of Fieri Facias,
ID issued from the Honorable the Ninth
District Court, Parish of Rapides, State of
Louisiana, and to mo addressed in the
above entitled and numbered suit, / have
seized and will offer for sale to the last and
highest bidder, on ~ y
SATURDAY, the I'd day Of MAY, 1868,
between the hours Of II A. M. and p. NJ,
at the residence of the Defendant, Francis
Layssard, in the Plaisancc settlement, OH
Red River, Parish Of Rapides, State Of Lon-
isiana, the following described property,
seized as the property Of the Defendant,
to-wit:
8 Mules,
Head Of Horses,
10 Head Of Wild Ponies,
6 Head Of Hogs,
Wagon and Harness,
A ]5t Of Farming Utensils,
A lot Of Household and kitchen furniture,
200 Barrels Of Corn in the ;shuck: Also
the remains of the store, with the books
and accounts.
TERMS OF SALE.-CASH in u. s. Treas
| ury Notes, subject to appraisement.
A.J.sYPHER,
April Is, 1868 ids. Sheriff.
Printers Fee SIS 60
-SoS-s>rr>~cr
| GTATE OF LOUISIANA PARISH OF
ID RAPIDES.--E stray taken up by Louis
Deabourn, at Mrs Tllos. McNealy's place,
about eight miles above C0tile 4. u, IN
the Parish Of Rapides, A SMALL SOkKEL
| FILLY, very thin in flesh, about five or SIX
wears old, branded OH the left shoulder un-
l known, bald face, both hind legs white
/ Appraised by Severius Riney and Cray
EMcLochlin to be worth Twenty Dollars in
4 currency. The owner is requested to come
1 forward in sixty days, prove property. pay
charges, and take her away, or she Will DO
sold according to law .,
i Given under my hand, this, the 4th day
WIN. C. JAMES,
/ April Is, 1866 just. Peace.
! Printers Fees So 90.
! THE STATE or LOUISIANA.
|, Parish of RapidcS- District Court.
NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
B Succession Of Daniel Smith, Freedman,
No. 1922 &
.IyHIHEREAS, Lewis Texada, Admins
tratnr, has Filed in this Office bis
n FINAL Accounts the Succession of Daniel
3 Smith, Fneslntan: Notice is hereby given
to On swh0n1it doth Or may concern, t.
|shoN cpnse within thirty days from thu
date hereof why the same should not b
Ihomologatel
Clerks Office Alexandria, La, Apri
& t7th, 1858. j. w. HICKMAN, IS
Aprili5-5t. Clerk
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Vote against the Constitution !!
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~ ~ ~ r. ~ "A II -
Maria r. Morantine I 9th District Court
vs.. Parish Of Rapides-
John G. Morantine, State Of Louisiana.
Her Husband. No. 1909.
DY VIRTUE Of writ Of Fieri Facias,
Dissued from the Honorable the Ninth
District Court, Parish Of Rapides, State Of
Louisiana, and to me addressed in the
above entitled suit, have seized and will
offer for sale to the last and highest bid
der, on
SATURDAY the End day Of NAY 1869
between the hours Of IL A. NJ, and 4 PSS
Nj, ct the Residence Of the defendant j. 9.
Morantine, at the Mouth Of Cane River,
nthe Parish Of Rapides, State Of Louisiana,
the following described property seized as
the property of.defendant, to wit:
2 Mules, l Horse; 10 Sheep Wagons,
6 Plows, lot Of Farming utensils, also a
lot of Household and Kitchen Furniture.
Terms of Sale Cash in us. Treasury
Notes, subject to Appaaisement.
Al. SYPHER, Sheriff.
Anil IL 1RS9-P. II. $5 90. ~ a9se A.
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WASHINGTON, Aprifll lit is reported
that the counsel ofthe President advised
him, in ease of his conviction, to test the
constitutionality and competency Of the
court, By pardoning. Mr. Davis.