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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

The news that the Spanish press is in a
complete .ferment of excitement and in
dignation against the american Minister,
General Sickles, under the idea that he
was sent over solely beeause he is a strong
partisanof the annexation of Cuba. Gem
eral Sickles says, however, that he has
done nothing to touch the pride of the
Spanish nation except to hint in kindly
way that his gorernment is willing to in
terpose its friendly Offices for the settle
ment of jSpain's difficulty with Cuba.
Very good. This brings up the main ques-
ton aud we like this Spanish ferment
because it will set them to thinking ON the
main question for when they begin to
think on tilt will not be long before they
will think that their only policy is to make
the most they can of their costly white
elephant in getting him off their hands.
If this present fermeit of the Spanish
press should cool down without any APP
proach to action on Cuba we hope liae
General SickIes will give them another
hint that viii be broad. enough to bring
them to negotiations Don Caesar de ba-
zan i, his rags is a model Spanish cavalier
but even be, when pinched for money, is
readv for bargain.--N. y. Herald.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30
Tho WersiRBl JssiEipisf---She Per-
forms Another Wonderful Feat.

Recently we published the particulars
of jumping match that the young people
of Dorchester had made up between a young
man of some local reputation as junpist,
named Michael Flynn, and young girl
of light figure and quite prepossessipg APP
pearance, named Kate Murphy At this
trial Kate won the purse with a leap of 10
feet % inches Her antagonist and his
friends were not satisfied and beliyed that
Katie could yet be outjunped. Yesterday
arrangements were made for another trial
Of their jumping abilities, and in the pres
ence of some four hundred people the
match came off during the afternoon. As
Kate made her appearance, clad in her
jalinty little. jumping costume, she was
greeted with many loud and hearty cheers
by the crowd. In tossing up for the first
Jump the man won, and at once took his
position, and straining every nerve made
a leapof 10 feet 81 inches, receiving great
applause for his effort 1t was Kate's turn
next, and she came TO the scratch very un-
concefnedly, and taking her position ap-
parently with great ease made leap of
10 feet and s inches. This was discoHrag-
inls to the FL ynnites, and their man sold
low IN the pools. Time was again called,
when Flynn made another leap of 10 feet
and 8 inches and won the heat, as Kate
jumped again right into her old tracks,
making only 10 feet and s inches. Here
was encouragement for the Flynn party.
and they put out their stamps more freely:
after few moments delay the third and
last jump was called. Every one Was on
tip-tee, and both parties confident. Flynn
came to the scratch we'll braced and well
chcered, and like Sampson of old bowing
himself with all his night, made the.leap,
clearing oniy. 10 feet and 8 inches. There
was moment of suspense, and anxiety
was mirrorcd in every face save katie's.
She seemed perfectly calm and not the
least excited. Nimbly she walked up to
the line, and with much gracefulness took
her position amid mos. profound silence.
Scanning carefully the ground she sud-
denly bounded off like a young fawn, ma
king the extraordinary leap of eleven feet
two and one half inches Cheers then
rent the air and the pretty and happy little !
champion was nearly overcome with the
greetings. of her !. exultant friends. One
gentleman who had won Si00on the match,
came forward and presented her with q
$50 0note, for which she most kindly thanked
him. The match was for purse of $500,
which was at once turned over to the vic
tcrious Kate. 1t is mooted that the de-
feated Iarty are about to bring ont another
young girl and match her against little
champion Kate-Boston Herald, 17tA
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30
The Virginia Senatorial Question.

ft WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.
There is a growing disposition among
leading politicians of both parties in Vir-
ginia to advise the election of United
States Senators by the Legislature when
it meets to ratify the Fifteenth Amend
ment next month. 1t is belivcd this Is
necessary to perfect the work OF reconstrac-
tion, and that it is in conformity with the
laws of Congress, though the opinion Of
Attorney General Hoar does not distinctly
saw SO. In seeking admission to the Union,
Senators will be required as well as Rep
re,entatives, and the best judges of the law
are inclined to think they should be ready
70 take their seats when the State is admit
ted. OF course such action, if determined
upon, would be entirely subject 10 the APP
proval Of Congress, whether that body
should afterwards declare il valid or not.
One of this course Mt the first meeting of
the Legislature would be the election Of
two Senator's who would be in every re-
spect acceptable to the Administration and
10 Congress. If the matter is left until the
State is admitted, Senator'S Of different
political cast would 10 all probability be
returned
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

BISHOP SIMPSON, assisted by Bishop
AMRs, will officiate at the dedication GER
emonies Of Grace Church, in Richmond,
Indiana, ON Sunday, September 26, Pre-
parations are being made for grand affair.
REV. Mr.. LORD, free Methodist prea-
cher of Paterson, New Jersey, did four
days full time, last week, with pick
shovel and wheelbarrow, excayating for
the lodglnent and foundation Of the Main
Street Church. That's the sort Of men to
build up churches. bafgai
In his address at the Springfield Jubi-
lee, last Wednesday, the Hon. z, X. Ladd
said that the recolections of the Boston fes-
tisal I. you'd be cherished for hundreds OF
years by all who participated" Good
people go to (or stay at) Boston when they
die.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30
The Income EnX-syk,;st each State
--.. -sT..-.. pays per Head. .r4.. -...

Probably no revenue law more unequal
in its operation or more demoralizing than
that imposing the income tax was ever
passed by Congress- 1t bears unequally
upon the States, cities and different com
munities; taxes one class least able to pay
and leaves the way. open for escape to a
great many wellable to pay, and directly
or indirectly leads to perjury aud all sorts
of dishonest tricks to evade the burden.
To give an idea ofits operation the follow
ing table, basedupon the official returns
from the income tax for 1868, is published.
The sum, placed. against each State is so
much a head of the whole population:
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30
The Lecomotive Atz,nir,isiraaon.

kse IL9COhssSeksC<A a u saAh - .. " 80
. The visls of Democratic.wratll. seasoned
with a flavor of Conservative sheers, are
being poured out upon the, devoted head
Of the President, for that he VIII not re-
main and bake his executive carcass in
the house devoted to that reasonable busi-
ness; during the summer. Tosuch an ex-
tent has this gone, tliat one of a theolosi-
cal turn of mind might suppose that Gen.
Grant iyas the. little horn of Daniel, spek-
en- of il. the prophecies of that name =, 8.
We do not share severely in this indig-
nation. y While 1T is a shade funny to
think OF the Chief Magistrate at afashion-
able watering place, in a swallQw-taif, kick
ihg up .ts, the music of a string, band, one
fails to discover the reason for such close
confinement to the White House, as our
cotemporaries Insist upon. It is an un--
pleasant barn of a place at all times, and
especially unhealthy during dog days.
From the marshes of the Potomac, not
half a mile away, comes the heavy mias-
ma settling about the mansion, and dis
pensing feyers with liberal impartiality
really striking. Recognizing this fact.
former Presidents have left the peoples
palace TO subordinates, who are supposed
to be ague proof, to live out the hot nights
at an aristocratic, Soldiers Home, some
miles from Washington, where few old
regulars doze out the remainder of their
valuable lives at the expense of the gov
ernment.
Ope fails to discover the reason, for this
persistent demand made on the President
to die in certain house daring his term
of office. General Grant proposes TO do his
duty in the Executive Chair, as he did his
duty at the head of the army. i14imit
these duties TO the legal demands. and he
has abundant time to disport himself at
his. ease, in. sundry fashionable resorts. Ii
one analyses the occupation Of former Pre-
sidents, one discovers why he has 50 little
spare time. THERE'S, perhaps, no pursuit
so laberious as that called a Presidents
policy, which means, when honestly trans
lated, to secure the--incumbent's re-elec-
tion.< -Toth end laws are modified, Of
fees filed and vacated, and the President
attempting to drive huge party, has no
time for recreation or even rest. Under
this style of thing. the Execntive Mansion
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

presents at all hours busy scene. Office
seekers throng the ante-chambers; deiega-
tions arrive and depart; while certain in
huential politicians. IN whose ptesence one
ipstinet iselys ysbuttensFupI his pockets, hang
about obscure corners and whisper mis-
chief in the ears of His Excellency, as
did the devil IN the ears of Eve. ASs4sA
ssENeys heweser;all this is changed The
halls are silent,apa the ants-seIhsaIpher, an 81 if
not empty, is as near 1t as possible, with a
Brigadier of the Regular Army holding
guard over the entrance s He is singular
ly well adapted to the high post of lcusto-
dian of the card -basket, and makes him.
Iself generally disagreeableih a way per-
fectly charming .. to the man who has, no
son nor brother 5there.'s ( Here yare two
things. OF rare occurrence, worthy of study
for the philosophicaI student in history,
in President Who does not seem to care
fer a relation. and "a grand chamberlain of
the ante-cAambe and the back closet who
does not know one man from another, and
treats all with impartial aheminati ion
Such state of affairs is perfectly refresh
I ing, and is worth "a pilgrimage to Wash
ington. 1t may never occur again.
One sefeels to rejoice as the late Rev.
Maxwell PC. was wont to express it,
when one reads that the Administration is
in a, sleepng7clr, bound to some popular
resort of huge trunks and ,attenuateo
bellies The politicians snort aiigrily and
use profanc language, and journalists, who
write.a great deal and think very little,
sneer at what they call King Log. sIhe
people. however, having had protracted
taste Of King Stork, are disposed to like
i. King Log, and award him large quantities
of popularity.
b 1t 'wereIbcster, however, if His Excel
lency would avoid such places as Long
Branch. where the ewly-made rich most
do, cogIgregates and recreate a little where
the business of the people is most neglcc-
ted or abused. If. for example, he would
spend short vacation in the New Y ork
Custom house-or, taking Columbus De-
laho under his arm, khelwould1 lecomote
into the more important collection dis
tricts of the Revenue Bureau and look in
to the, details Sof one system Of fraud,so
as to understand it, he would be able to
unravcl the list and unite in Himself two
great characters, historical in popular esti-
nation, of King Log to the people, and
King Stork to the people. - .ss...sf
But, as one can't expect to have angels
in the kitchen at three dollars per week
so it is unreasonable to expect a perfect
man, through the caucus, in the Presiden-
tial chair. As Sancho Panza remarks,
with so much worldly shrewdness,, {. Make
haste with the halter, and look. not the
gift horse in the moutl,''zwe hastensto ac-
cept the no-policy President, and wish him
long life and no end OF Long Branches
and fast horses, abundance of Saratoga
water, and. if he pleases, of Colorado,
Nevada, Utah, California, Oregon, Alaska,
and Montana scenery-Cin. Commercial.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

1t is seen by this table that the trading
centers aud the specie producing States
bear tax out of all proportion to and
very much greater than The agricultural
sections of the country. The State of N.
York is SD 07 per head of the population,
while in this city it would reach many
times over that per centage; in Massachu-
sctts it is 81 II per head, in California So
81, and in Nevada, s17 ~ The tax per
head in the agricultural States and sec
tions is Insignificant compared with the
above. For example, in Indiana it is only
43 cents; i'll Ohio, 90 cents; Wisconsin, As
cents: Iowa. Al cents, and so on through
out. Vet there is 40 class of the commit
nifty better Off or more independent than
the planters, farmers and agriculturists
generally. The truth is they have many
ways of evading the tax, while clerks and
all others with fixed salary, as well as
professional and small business men, have
to pay to the last cent. The tax bears
very heavy on these classes, and makes
an invidious and oppressive distinction
against them and in favor of the agricrltu-
rst and capitalists. In any reform Of our
revenue system this income tax should be
one of the first to be abolished, and we
hope Congress viii turn its attention to
the matter during itsnext session.-M. Y.
Herald. AZ Ia. Al t-,.~..f .r.t ..H 81. Il
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

BELIEVING a girl to be bewitched tshe
was insane) a charm doctor in Canada or
dered New Testament to be tied to her
bedv.-E7Tress.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1869-09-30

Correspondence of the Cincinnati Chronicle
- GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, u. r.,
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

A NATIONAL WoRK.-Webster's
Dictionary, Unabridged, Illustrated,
is national work in which everyAmer
can scholar has an interest, and in the
completeness and accuracy ofwhich he
should have pride-a national pride,
if you please--the same kind of pride we
have in the superior intelligence, en-
terprise, resources, and capasity for
adaptability to occasion, of the masses
of the people of the United States.
We have been proud of WEBsrER's
DICTIONARY. 1t should be remember
ed that the publishers have had large
experience and the command of large
resources in the preparation and perfee
tion of this great work, and have aimed
to make-as we are confident they
have succeeded in doing-the best
Dictionary of the English language
Rural Meg Yorker.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
UNIVERSAL AMNESTY AND PRA.
DON.
The Exceeding 0diousness of Treason
Made Plain.
WASHINGTON, ID. c., December "a.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., December "a.
By The President ofhc United S'atcs:
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The President of the
United States has heretofore sent forth
several proclamations, offering amnesty
and pardon to persons who had been,
or were concerned in the rebellion
against the lawful authority OF the
Government of the United States,
which proclamations were severally
issued on the Sth day of December,
1853 /; on the Goth day of March, 1861;
on the 29th day OF May, 1855; on the
eth day of September, 1867, and on
the 4th day of July, of the present
year ; and
WHEREAS, The authority OF the
Federal government having been re-
established in all the States and Ter
ritories within the jurisdiction OF the
United States, it is believed that such
Presidential reservations and excep-
tions as at the date of said several
proclamations, were deemednccessary
and proper, may be wisely and justly
reIinquishsd, and that An universal
amnesty and pardon for participation
in said rebellion, extending 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 confidence
and fraternal feeling among the whole
people, and their respect Tor, and at
tachment to the National govern
ment- designed by its patriotic foun
ders for the general good;
Now, therefore, be it known, that
I, 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,
10 hereby proclaim and declare, un'
conditionally, and without reservation,
to all, and to every person whe direct
| ~ or indirectly participated in the late
insurrection or rebellion full pardon
and amnesty for the ofiense of treason
against the United States, or of ad-
herring to their enemies during the
late civil war, with the restoration OF
all rights, privileges and immunities,
under the Constitution and the laws,
which have been made in pursuance
thereof.
In testimony whereof l have signed
these presents with my hand, and have
cansed the seal OF the United States to
be hereunto affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, the
twenty-ftth day of December, in
the year of our Lord eighteen hun
dred and sixty-eight, and of the
independence of the United States
of America the ninety third.
Signed ANDREW Johnson.
BY the President.
F. W. SEWARD, Acting Secretary
Of State.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

IT is stated OH reliable authority tha
there were over forty licensed distiller
les running in New Orleans during
the last fiscal year, and that the gov.
ernmert did not collect fas e,aouqh &
pay the salaries of storekeepers. Ne
distiller has ever yet been prosecuted
in Louisiana TO a final conviction
Bonded warehouses have been robbed
and then burned to cover up the rob
berry. This state of things has beer
reported over and over again to the
Treasury Department, but ne steps
have been taken to stem the tide oI
corruption. Ifit were not for the re-
Election that after the Attn of March,
Grant will crush this system of fraud,
and dismiss these hangers-on of a cor.
rupt administration, could long suf
fering people longer endure this state
of affairs /? For corruption, pecula.
ton, fraud and treaehery, the admin
istration of Andrew johnson will
stand preeminent in American histo.
ry.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

In letter addressed to Col. z. "
Wyncoop, exIndian agent for tn,
Arapahoe and Cheyenne Indians, b,
Rev. Il. B. Whipple, Episcopal Bishol
of Minnesota, he says thet 'sas earl.
as August or September, officers o
the United States Sd far forgot ever,
principle ofhumanity and fear of God
as to issue an order that no mere,
should be shown to women and child
rem. and that expeditions should b,
fitted out to strike blow on the fam
lilies of Indians"
Great God. Is it possible that ths
United States has descended to the
barbarous level of making war uper
women and children? We hope, fol
the sake of our national credit and
common humanity, that this is not
true. No state of affairs, however
desperate, could justify such a pro
pseding.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01
DEMOCRATIC ARGUMENT

1t is a consoling reflection to Dem
ocrats that they always have on hand
an lneXhaustible mine of unanswera.
bic argument. Tramp on a Demo
Gratis toes when and where You will,
and he will Justify bawl "nigger -
Democratic orators round off their
appeals with lofty perorations the
subject of which is "nigger. The
Democratic press, from the Cincin
natti Enquirer down to the Hancock
Courier, is filed with lugubr.ous edi
torials, the Alpha and Omega o
which is ''nigger' If a Democra
can succeed in calling a political op
ponent q nigger-iover, or a white mig
ger, he has accomplished the acme o.
Democratic controversy, and is en-
titled to credit for his brilliant con-
ception of the principles Of his
party. It's
| "Nigger up, and Niger down,
Niger all about the town."
Democracy is ''nigger,' and with
out the nigger there is no Democra-
cy. Indeed the niger is so essen
TALLY requisite to the existence OF
Democracy that, in times gone by,
(good old Democratic times) certain
Democratic leaders in the South,
having the good of the party in their
hearts, and the charms of Dinah be
fore their eyes, felt it incumben.
upon themselves to assist in the
propagation of the species
No one better understands or
more fully appreciates the cogency
of this handspring in Democratic
ogic than GIessner OF the Courier.
With Gen. Walkers letter, as mop,
be has failed to keep the tide of pro
gress and reform from entering the
door of his understanding, and
alarmed lest an idea so purely un-
Democratic as that of reform should
find a lodgment there, he hastens
to fall back upon the dernier resort
of Democracy-the '.nigger.' He
says we are an "African organ , ia
common Democrat would have said
niger organ ; but Glessner belongs
to the literati of Democracy, and
knows how to polish these things
Furthermore he says that we are
''negro-enamored,'' which of course
proves conclusiveIy that Gen. Walk
er is right, and that the "nigger" is
utterly incapable OF self government.
Then, calling the muse to his aid,
he launches into a poetical effusioh,
and, in sublimely beautiful and en
tirely original couplet, says of US:
"Let the wide world wag as it will,
He can cling to Sambo still.
OF course it's unanswerabie. We
lay down our pen in despair.
Stick to the "nigger" Glessner. It's
your forte. You're at home there.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

The report of Mr.. Van Wyck from
the Committee on Retrenchment shows
up Mr.. johnson and his "Man Friday y
Mr.. Binckley,in avery unenviable light.
When the Committee went to New
York to investigate the revenue frauds,
they found Mr.. Buckley there ostensi.
bly, for the same purpose, but really as
their investigation proved, engaged in
endeayoring to trump up charges
against Commissioner Rollins. He
was under special commission from
President johnson, and had been kind,
ly furnished by A. j. with 1900 to
defray his expenses. lie had succeed
ed in expending this, and putting the
nation to an additional expense OF
$4,000. The American people can
never be sufficiently thankful that we
are so soon to be rid of Andrew John
son and his cormorants.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1869-01-01

The National Lutelligsacer recently
published an article reciting the ser.
vices of Senator Henderson to the
country, and urging his reelection by
the Legislature of Missouri If any.
thing were necessary to thoroughly
disgust the people of Missouri with
Senator Henderson, it would be the
knowledge of the fact that the Zntelli-
Se'acer supports him. But this addi
tional evidence of the Senator's unre-
liability is entirely superfuous. The
Senator has also expressed himself to
the effect that ifhe is defeated for the
Senatorship, he will run as an inde-
pendent candidate for governor at the
next Gubernatorial election in that
State. 1t is our opinion that he could
not be elected for Justice of the Peace
in any reliably Union precinct in the
State.