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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-08

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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-09-08
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The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-01-29
New Postage Stamps.

A new series of postage stamps is
in course of preparation by the post,
Office department. They will be
somewhat smaller then those in use
at present, but of superior finish. The
two cent stamp contains an engrav-
ing Of a pOst-boy on horseback in full
speed. The three cent has a loco.
motive under q full head of steam,
tho great carrier of our domes-
tic service. The five cent stamp
contains a head of Washington.
The ten cent, the finest in design, has
a miniature engraving OF the Declara-
ton of independence, executed with
such dclicacy and precision that the
picture suffers nothing under the
magnifying glass. The twelve cent
stamp has an ocean steamship, and
the thirty cent stamp has q finely ex-
ceutcd engraving Of the surrender of
DurgOyne.
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THE
NEW YORK TRIBUNE


FOR 1869.
Within the last eight years our cOnHtrv has
triumphantly passed through the gravest and
most trying perils which have confronted her
since her independence was acknowledged
She has Vindica'ed beyond appeal her right
70 be regarded as no mere confederacy or
league Of Jealous, e%nvious, discOrdant States,
but as substantially and permanently as a
Nation, wherein the prstensions of no part
can DO admitted or upheld in opposition 10
the integrity, the paramount authority, Of
the One Republic.
The right Of each man, BY virtue of his
birth or his naturalization as a citizen of The
United States, TO the fSll enjoyment of 50 life.
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.n until
he shall forfei. the right by crime, is also os-
tAblished on impregrable foundations. On,
fathers proclaimed IL in jusiilying their sepa-
ration from Great Britain it was left to us
TO establish as a fact what they merely affirm
ed as a principle. What the cannon Saraio-
ga and Yorktown proclaimed as an abslrae.
ton, the cannon Of Gettysburg, yicksburo
and Five Forks established as living, en-
bodied, enacted truth. Widely as our FAC
now floats, still more widely as Il may foa:
hereafter, there is. there can henceforth be-
no legal master, no fettered slave. Wrongs
and 'buses, E%ervility aud oppression. NAV
still exist; but the Federal Constitution /, no
longer emblazon nor seek to conceal A lie
Inc humblest American, so long as be vim
lAtes no law, is master Of his " limbs aud
the sole owner Of all he can honestly earn.
VI these immense results, the Importance
and the beusficence will become more palna-
BILE with every added year. Distance h "a.
CURED to enable US 70 measure and appreei.
ate the magnitude Of the pyramid of Four
Millions Of Shackles, stricken from The searr.
cd limbs OF our conntrymen, which form the
enduring monument OF out struggle and our
triumph. New arts, new industries, new d.
velopments OF natural wealth, too long nm
Needed and unvalued, will year by year stand
iorth IN atiestation that none Of us has vet
adequately realized the magnitude and ihs
benignity Of oar National victory.
No great good IL ever achieved vithoyt a.
fort or without cost. Four years Of patrio,i.
struggle and sacrifice, half a Million M mso
slain Ia battle or dying Of tie priya1Ions "a
exposures Of War, Millions Of bereaved ones
rive Billions OF property destroyed and near.
y Three billions Of debt incurred, attest the
msgni'gae o. TIE contest and the unyieldinr
Talor Of the eombatants.
AZ length, the smoke rises from the hard.
won feld showing that the hat intreneb.
ment has been carried. The election OF Grant
and Colfax gives assurance that the storm /.
oTer-ibat The Bow Of Promise arches liz
~. mere ere obstacles TO surmounL peril,
70 averi noble ends 70 be achieved, b6t tbe
soip o. State has ridden out The tempest sod.
has rer haven FOIL IN view. The seven STATE
RECONSTRUCTED uoder the recent acts OF Con.
grsn vii stand and will Be folleEea ~ -
thfse iaat have hitherto stood sloof, ,he
tights OF The freedaen viii Be upbeid and
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-01-29

inauguration 10 the Presidential Chair has
beoa tho most despicabl0 OF that Of the most
Infamous President that ever disgracsd that
seat o. h0nOr. Even the aotard Buchanan
who dropped into an %unhonored, unnoticed
grave, a few months since, was an honorable
man beside this disguised rehel-Johnsou, who
has betrayed the trust Of party and State. lie
has pardonod Ku Klux thieves, RsSnssins anil
rebels Of every grade and 6nally ends his
disgracetuI career by pNrdoning the urine
mover Of the RebelioS, upou whose nina
rests the blood Of hundreds of brave and
gallant horthSrners add East Teunssseeans,
who were killed in battling for their beloved
country, and thousands who were wilrully
starved and murdered iu Southern prison
pens. AZ Alexander wept because he had
no more worlds TO conquer, so will JohnIon
weep because be has no more rebels 10 par
don, as Il will be remembered all persons not
under Indictment were pardoned by him on
last 4th Of July. | think. Colonel, thers ars,
however, a few more thieves and rebel assas-
sins left, upon whom he can extend the par
doRing power. Let him make most Of his
time, his political sands will soon run out
forever, ! nope, on the fourth Of March, nnd
he will sink into oblivion to be remembered
for hta many crimes, except by q few of his
rebel friends. think it would be well for
our " Noses to pardon himself, if possible,
ere he loses the power for he can rest as
sured that no pardon win await him when
he shufles OF the & mortal COLI
The republicans Of Georgia are a unit in
the support of our Governor and the pro-
posed action Of Congress upon the situation
here. Then life and prosperity will DO safe,
with NIL the blessings Of free speech, free
ballot, and with all, \ free, prosperous and
happy people. We have n land
"whero manhood rcicns alone
Aud every citizen is king"
Then Georgia will shake of the shackles
OF slavery, and prejudice, and put on the
dress Of freedom and march by the music Of
Republican principles to peace, prosperity
and happiness. Then all men, both black
and white can 5it under and in his little cot
tHge home and mansion, protected by the
law and before the law, and rejoice that they
are American citizens. All good people Of
the South do know that the Democratic par
" is opposed to freedom Of the ballot snd of
speech unless it is for them say to van,
Colonel, and 20 Congress and to the Republic
can party Of the Union that one hundred and
forty thousand Of the voters of this State are
in favor Of Congressional action. | SHALL
close for this time.
TourO for Republicsnism,
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Ku Klux 0utrsges.

On the night Of the 18th Of this month,
Sabbath, a gang Of masked scoundrsls went
20 the Methodist Church at Brentwood, in
Davidson county, in search Of the Presiding
Elder o. the Nashville District. Fortunately
he was absent, but they Turned upon the col
ored people, collected for the evening services
In considerable numbers. They beat them over
the head with clubs aud made proclamation,
that II the negroes again voted the Radical
ticket they shoull be summsrily dealt with.
In Gibson county, the poor negroes are ia
ken nightly from tteir cabins aud beaten,
whipped and maltreated in the most shame
full manner. The white UnioniStI are kept
in constant terror, and there seems to be no
guaranty to .hem Of safety for life and
property.
A few nights since these dsnon-knigbts Of
the mask obtained an entrance into the Jail
at Murfreesboro, and tool a priIonsr, Joe
Copeland, a eolorsd man. Upon leaving they
tied a rope around his neck. He has not
been heard Of since, and it is believed they
hung him.
Ku KluE gang Visited the woodward Of
Messrs. Moore & Henderson, above Humboldt,
last Thursday and most brutally whipped
eight colored men. They gave asa reason,
that they did not allow negroes to be en-
ployed on the road.
These are not isolated cases Of Ku KluI
hwlsssness. Every day or rather night fur
pishes a supplement to the disgraeeful and
hrartrsnding brutalities. Who can say that
the calling out Of the military forces Of the
State to qnell such lAWlessnes' is not a ne
eessiiy?
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Let us hare Peace. .-Gen,U U. S.GHANT.
Acknowledging the Truth.

Sons of our Democratic contemporaries,
which during the sanyass last summer, de-
nouuced the expose of the Eu Hlu1 order, as
radical lies eOucoc,ed for partiEan purposes,
have changed their tune aad "ccme down
with the corn The operations Of the Khan
have, of late, been so open, defiant and he'll
fish, that they could not do otherwise and
manifest tue least regard for truth. They are
not only exposing these masked v~iolators Of
the law, but are urging the authorities to
immediate steps for their suppression. The
Rebel and Democratic press is mainly re-
sponsible for the terrible condition of affairs
in the State. By their persistent dsnials Of
the existence OF such a murderous and un-
lawful organization, and by their rsbellious
attitude and temper, they have encouraged
and impaired vitality and power to that rest
less and dissatisfied spirit, which has cropped
out in these barbsritieS, which shock the
whole civilized world. These journals owe
1t TO themselves and especially to all law
abiding and peaceabls citizens to repair the
injuries they have wrought either through
ignorance 81 a dishonest sonceNlment o: facts,
BY notwithstanding all mob-ViOlencs and
aiding so bring the Ku Klax diSturbOrs Of
tho peace to eondign punishment. Then We
will have more confidence in the sincerity Of
their present utteranees and a stronger be-
lief that they had no partieipancy IN the Ku
Klux operations hitherto. We are glad to
note SO large a number o: men, who were en-
gagged in the rebellion, placing themselves on
the side of law and order, and utterly con-
demning the conduct ofthSss sends. All good
men desire their suppression for ifthey be per-
nittsd 10 90 on, life and property in TenneS-
see will become a. unsafe as they are in
Algiers.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1869-01-29
In Chancery At EIizabethtOn.

Il. J. EMS ct. al. VS.. Z. W. Ellis, Ex'r SC,
DURSUANT to a decree of the Circuit
Court, At Elizabethton, Carter county,
Tenn, rendered At ia November term, 1868,
in the cause R. J. Ellis, st, al. VS.. E.. W. Ellis,
EX'r &C., said cause having been duly cer,l-
ned to said Court, from the Chancery Court,
held at EiizRbethton, for Carter county, Tenn,
On the 26th Gay Of February, 1869, by virtue
OF an order In said decree, | will sell on the
premises, at public auction, to the highest
bidder, a tract of land mentioned in the
pleadings, In sail cause, lying in the 9Th civ
II district Of Carter county, Tenn, adjoining
the lands OF John Hughes, ct. al, containing
about $50 acres, said farm is on the line Of
the Il. T. b W. n c. Railroad. The land will
first be sold in three or more lots, and then
asa whole, and the sale yielding the most
money adopted. TERMS--Six, twelve and
eighteen months credit, will be allowed, pur-
chasers giving notes, with good security,
bearing interest from date foT the purchase
money, and = lein retained to secure its pay
ment. Sale free from the right Of redemp-
ton. January 10, 1869,
II. G. SMITH, C. b VI.
BY JNo. P. SMITH, D. c.. h NJ.
'69jan 29tdSIfSl0
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ceased to DO a virtue. Tho RxCcn.
tive is not 90 DO brow. bcaton, caioIed
nor terrified out of the discharge Of
the duties demanded by existing oxi-
gencies.
All citizens who may not enroll IN.
der this call, are hereby requested
and enjoned 10 use their utmost on.
deavors il conjunction with the State
Guards, and otherwise, TO restore aud
preserve the peace and dignity of this
commonwealth, and all citizens are
also hereby warned against harbor.
ing those masked marauders called
Kukluk Klans, or giving them aid and
countenanOe,
The Governor ia determind 10 make
the State Guards sufficiently numer.
ons and effective, and to continue
them ia the field sufficiently long. un.
Ill Middle and West Tennessee, are as
orderly and secure, as, happily, East
Tennessee is to-day.
Papers in the State authorized by
law to do the public printing arc re-
quested to publish this Proclamation
three times.
In testimony whereof l have sign
ed the foregoing, and affixed the
Great Seal Of the State, this twentieth
day Of January, A.. D., 1869.
LsEAh] WILLIAM G. BRowNLow.
6~9jan22w3.
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Expense of Free Schools.


4 TOthe complaint of the Mempkis
Sun that "the so-called common
schools OF Tennessee, ms now organic
ed, r an infamous fraud and Il mag.
niicent swindlc," tho Memphis Post
answers:
"Tho free school law went into
force nearly two years ago. Tho
system had to be organized from the
ground up. Under it Superintendents
were to be furnished to eighty-fve
counties, And yet up TO December
Z, 1868, when the system was eff.
ticiently organized, Notwithstanding
great opposition in nearly evory
county in the State, and when nearly
n hundred thousand children of the
State were enjoying the benefits of
free chools, it appears that only some
$4,000 had been drawn for school
purposes. OF this less than $4,000
was distributed among nearly eighty
five County Superintendents, averag,
ing to each about $3.50, Is this a
: magnificent swindley Less than
$1,000 has been expended intho GEN
eral superintendent Office in furnish.
ing blanks and circulars to the whole
State, besides stationery for himself,
Is not this a magnificent swindle?'
"The salary Of the General Superin-
tendent is $4,000, about the Same
which that officer received ten years
since, when superintendent Of the
schools of Toledo, Ohio. "-PreSS and
Times.
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Proclamation, by the Governor.

WHEREAS, There exists, in the Mid
die and West divisions of this State,
lawless bands of desperadoes, who
are setting at defiance civil law; and
who, by threats and acts of violence
are forcing many of our citizens to
leave their homes; and.
WHEREAS, In certain localities, in
those divisions of the State named, it
is entirely impossible for the civil
officers of the State to enforce the
laws thereof; and.
WHEREAS, Those masked villains
called Ku-Kluk, are taking prison
ers from tho county jails and hanging
them without due form of trial, and
are entering Railroad trains and alb,
Quoting thonce. passengers pursuing
their legitimate business, and notify
ing conductors, of Northern birth,
that they must leave the State, forth
with, thus having driven four COZ
ductors from n road, and.
WHEREAS, Certain ambitious, disap-
pointed ard bad men have been en-
gagged for the last two or three years
in making incendiary speeches, advis-
ing the overthrow of the State gov-
ornmont, and thereby infusing an
discretionary spirit intothe dcluded
wretches who are thus breaking the
laws and destroying tho quiet and
welfare of the State, and
WHEREAS, The leading rebel news.
papers of this State have encouraged
this state of things-frst, by denying
the existence OF the Klan.-secondly
by ~ridiculing their atrocious acts, and
further, by failing to condemn and
denounco their outrages, showing
thereby, that at heart they approve
their conduct, and,
WHEREAS, The Legislature, now
in session, has so amended the
Militia Law of Tennessee, as to re-
move the restrictions which hereto
fore crippled it, giving tho Governor
full authority u NEE: such outrascs,
with sufficient force.
Now, therefore, | William G. Brown.
low, Governor of Tennessee, do call
upon all good and loyal citizens, TO
enter the ranks Of the State Guards
and DO mustered into service, and as
sist in putting down these lawless
combinations and proceedings, and
bringing tho offenders to justice, so
aiding 20 preserve the peace Of this
Commonwealth.
Those enrolling under this call will
be subject to tho rules and regulations
as to rank, pay, &C., governing the
United States Military. Those enroll
ing in East Tennessee will be furnish.
ed with transportation to Nashville,
whore they will DO armed, equipped
and distributed, under command of
Con. Joseph A. Cooper. Companies,
heretofore organized, will be PREFER
cd.
This proclamation will, in due time
be followed BY another, designating
the counties over which | shall de-
Martial law. the effect Of which
will DO u set aside civil law, and turn
over TO the Military, who
will try them, and upon their con-
v%ictiOn, dispose Of them in summary
manner.
These outrages have been long
=
borne With, 10 The hope that they
would be abated BY the public sonti.
msnt Of the respective communities
concerned. For5earancs has now
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ATLANTA. Ca. January 73rd, 1869.
Cot. GEO. y. GEisHAN. Editor Union Flag
ngaR STA ~ have not writtea you for some
tine. 7 Sc Ger Andy has added another chap
ter 70 hia " comedy Of e%rrors,' BY issuing an
amne'iy proclamation, which i5 intended to
reach all persons who are now under indiet-
mont d whom there are quite a number In
difersat parts Of the country, the most con-
s%pisaoni Of whom are Ief Davis, Mason, Sill
dell and breckenridge, all Of whom we're IS
deserving Of the death penalty a. the most
notorious blood-thirtiy rebel marderers that
ever swang on the galloWs.
THIS is the way that " cur Moses" the pa
iriot u the tebsllioh sad the hero oftbs
swing aro1nd The circle makes " treatoa
oii0us. The course Of johnson since hs
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Meeting Of the Trustees OF the Pea.
body Fund,

BALTIMORE, Jan. 22-At n meeting
of the Board of Trustees of the Pea.
body fund to-day, Mr.. Samuel Wat.
son, of Tennessee, was unanimously
elected to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of W. G.. Rives, of Va.
The report Of DIR. Sears says that
since bis last report especial attention
has been given to West Virginia and
Arkansas. Tennessee has school laws
but they are not so perfect as those
Of West Virginia or Arkansas the
sub-list system is its worst feature,
introducing nothing but confusion and
disorder. Unfortunately for the sys-
TEN, also, the school fund has been
placed as security for the State debt,
and until recently no distribution has
been made to the school, and then
only in small amounts. The schoal
law, although of nearly two years
standing, is just beginning to take
effect. A year ago there were few
or no schools now thore are in sew
oral counties an average of about fif-
ty schools. Knoxville has now a
complete system of graded schools,
for the support of which $4,000 are
paid from its treasury and $4,000 from
the Peabody fund. The attendance is
nearly equal to that of the whole
county last year. The schools of Chat-
tanooga, called into existence by an
offer of $1,000 from the general
amount, are also highly prosperous.
Memphis has been similarly aided,
and is now erecting u fine, large build
ing, which is to bear the nam of Mr..
Peabody. -Four OF the civil districts
of Tennessee have received various
amounts from five hundred to a thous-
and dollars. A similar arrangement
has been effected in other States. Per.
haps nc city has made noblor advance
then Petersburg, Va.
Gen. Grant attended tho session of
the PeabodyEducationa Fund to-day.
Tomorrow he will give a reception to
the citizens at Barnum's Hotel.
ST.. Louis, Jan. 22.-E. W. Wise, q
photographer Of Hannibal, No, was
arrested a day or two ago for manu-
featuring counterfeit postal currency
A considerable quantity of currency,
presses, ink, etc, were found in his
establishment.
CHICAGO, Jan. 22.-At Dandy, H.,
twenty-threo miles distant, last even
ing Hannah Waidman, q wealthy far
mer's daughter, sixteen years Of age,
was killed by throwing herself under
n moving train on the Northwestern
Railroad, because her parents refused
TO let her marry q young man.
ST. Louis Jan. 22-Joseph A Alien
was arraigued before tho Criminal
court charged with robbing and in
tent to kill Josiah Cross, Messenger
Of Adams Express on tho Nth Of
August last. Tho amount taken from
Cross was over ten thousand dollars.
BERLIN, Jan. 22-Tho journalists of
this city have held a meeting and
adopted an address to Gen. Grant,
President elect of the United States
him to propose to Congress
the passage ola bill establishing an
international copyright law between
the United States and Germany.
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the right, title, claim and interest that Wm,
RoekhOld, deceased, had in and to n tract Of
hind, situAtedi in Dist. Nos 2, on the SOUTH
side OF Ilolstoh river, adjoining .bo lands Of
JAS, y, Morley, VIM. Morrell and Others, con-
tainiHg 500 acres, more or less, until said
debte and costs are paid, Jan. ~, 1869.
7. n. BASLEY, Sheriff.
BY II. HuGnEs, Deputy Sheriff.
fGQiapqowancSA
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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Metropolitan Gift Co.-.-Cash
Gifts to the amount of $780,
0O0.---Every Ticket Draws a
Prize,

Fine OIL Paintings, Framed kngraVings, Silver Ware,
Photograph Albums, ard a large assortment Of Fine
Gold Jewclty, in all valued at s. .UOV,Oo0.
A chance 10 draw any Of tho above Prizes by pur-
chasing u sealed ticket for 25 cts. Tickets describing
each Prize Ato sssled in Envelopes and, thoroughly
mixed. On receipt of25e, = Sealed 7ield viii he draNI
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delivered to the lickst-holder on payment Of One Dol.
lar. Prizes Will he immediately seat to any address,
a. requested, by express or return mail.
You will know what your Prize il before you ray for
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Blanks. Our patrons can depend on fair dealing.
Refrencss I'VE select the following from many
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$500. We publish no haInes without permission.
opinions Of tho Press The firm is reliable, and
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was promptly received .n-Laiy Mus. 50. 3.
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$4,000 Agents Wanted.

4. fortune Of $4,000 a year eoa be model!
Male and FemsIe Agents wanted In every souBty
and township la the United States, to sell 0bran new
articles which are wanted In every family. Agents
eau doubls their money on every article. The busi-
ness requires hut two or three hours labor every day
Constant employment given the whole year round
samples aud mammoth circulars cent fre. We want
the address Of every one. W. u. DALEY l. CO..
Ggjau29mosjl las Fulton It,, New York.
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IoNRsRoRoUaH. TRNN..
OUR PLATFORM.

"LBF ooR LAW AND OUR INSTITUTIONS SPEAK
NOT OF WHITE MEX, Not OF RED MIN, Sor OF
BLACK NEN, NOT OF MEN OF ANY coMPLENIOS
BUT LIKE rHE LAWS OF GoD-TuR TES COMMAND,
NRSrs AND TIE LoRD's PRAYER-LET THEN
SPEAK OF THE PEopLR."-HORACE MAYNARD.
no. Treason must he made odious. Traitors must be
punished and impoverished they must not only be
punished, bat their social power must DO destroyed; and
amer making taas,n odians, every Bni0n man aad tho
S~vsrnment should be reimbursed ont If the pockets OF
Ghose who have inflicted this great suffering upon the
csnutT ANDREW JOHNSON, April I, fsd5.