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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-09

race. And now, my countrymen, we cast
about us and the interrogations arises,
how was the blessing achieved, and by
whom was the work performed, who
emancipated the American slave, who
conferred the right of citizens upon free
men, and who armed citizens without re-
gard to race, color or previous condition
Of servitude with the all important ballot,
che freeman's shibboleth."
Why, sir, the poor old decript and illit-
crate, bnt sagecious ex-slave away down
in the cotton and rice fields of Georgia
and Alabama.-the being that once was
chattel, to be bought and sold for price,
but whom the noble.heart and patriotic
BENJAMIN f. Butler, of Massachusetts,
by one single dash of his military pen,
elevated in moment to the condition of
contrabands, will answer this interroga-
ton, and his answer will receive hearty
endorsement from every freeman that
breathes in this free land-from your own
Vermont to Texas. He will tell you and
tell you truly, that this great war for
emancipation and equal rights was inaug-
urated in 1862, when Hale and Julian
bore the standard bang-up for the Liberty
and old Abolition party,-the party that
was honored with such leaders as the
Honorable Gerritt Smith, Joshua r. Gid
dings, Wendell Phillips, Loyeioy and
Chase, Frederick Douglas, William Lloyd
Garrison, and Theodore Parker. He will
tell you that John G.. Adams and his COM
panions had skirmished along this line
years anterior to 1862, but the picket
guard was advanced then, and enlistments
in the ranks of the faithful soldiers for
the army of freedom became general I'M
til 1859, old John Brown, of Ossawatamie,
fired the first great liberty gun into the
Old Dominion. That gun was heard from
the centre to the circumference of this
country. Its effect was appalling upon
the slave oligarchy of the South and
Che mudsills of theNorth. It caused fear
and terror with it, and filed the home of
every slave-driver and owner with alarm
and dismay. And then the war began in
right good earnest, and our troops were
marched by the immortal Lincoln, and his
ieutenants were Hamlin, Sumner, Will
son and Grant, Colfax, Sheridan, Wade,
Oliver 2. Morton, Winter Davis and Ros-
coe, Conklin, Alfred II. Terry, John A.
Logan, Sherman, Edwin M. Stanton,
Burnside and J. G. Blaine, and your own
distinguished sons and representatives,
Gen. Phelps, of abolition proclamation
fame, George f. Edmunds, Justin S. Nor
rill and the much lamented Solomon Foote
of your beautiful town.
Sir, these men, these brave, fearless,
self-sacrifcing, self-denying, and truly
patriotic men, soldiers and citizens, who
never tired in the cause of right, and
through whose persistent labor and sacri-
flee of blood and treasure, the banner of
liberty and equality is to-day nailed to
the masthead of every American vessel
and over the capital of every State. Yes,
they were supported by the gallant and
invinoible army and navy, composed of
white and black soldiers and sailors, who
fnnoht side by side. and died in each
Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1870-06-09

Hark hear the shouts of freemen
Waited to the sky,
Pealing forth in tones of thunder,
Praise to God on high.
Through North and South tits sounding,
From East and West resoundiug,
In glorious Jubilee;
And the burden of the song is
God and Liberty.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

A freedmen's teacher gives
Pumam's Magazine this leaf from
the note book of experience
The most frequent complaint
was that some one was 'cussin,' ,
that being the chosen word of the
whole negro race to describe any
offense of the tongue. "Dis yer
boy cussin'," we would be in
formed; and on investigation
would find the offender had been
calling names OF something of that
kind; not proper to be sure, bnt
still scarcely answering to the
charge made by the insulted party
as for instance, when one day a
little eboIy figure, half asleep, rais-
ed it's morsal of a hand, and draw1.
ed out;
"Boy a'cuthin; called me foo.
oo-lr'
Once, without any pfemonitorY
signal to attract attention, a boy
exclaimed in white eyed horror
"Cussin' cussin in dis yer corner
gal a-cussih' =
ooh, teacher, I nebber cuss a
bit; my nanny don't low me to
cuss boy jea cussin' heselfj" in.
dignantly responded the accused.
The almost invariable answer Of
the children, when charged with
any misdcmeanor, is "Deed l neb.
ber, Ny nanny don't low me
ter do it."
The boy persisted: "Gal; yer
done cuss; knows yer did deed
teacher, she cuss heap"
"Well, what did she say?" 1
asked.
"Say I done took her book, and
my nanny buyed dis yer book she
own self at de ste' yesday;" then in
stage whisper to the girl. "Gal,
Use gwine mash yer mouf when l
gets yer outside oh de do"
Threatened with an assault the
girl took up the complaint.
"Teacher, can't yer make dis yer
boy have hisself2 he cussin' me
here say he gwine to mash my
mouf.'
$50 I is gwine mash yer mouf,
yer old black niger"
1t was difficult TO tell which was
blacklist of the two; but it is curl
GUS how universally children and
grown people use this as a term of
in their quarrels: oyer
ole nigger," or "you black nigger,"
lre household words with them,
and Use gwine to mash yer mouf,"
is the grand climax Of their ven
geanUe.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

- A handsome leg is a rarity
we had almost said an impossible
ty, among American women. The
reason of this Is the place where
they wear their garters. No French
woman, nor English woman of cul-
tiYation, nowadays wears her gar
ters below the knees. 1t Is ruin
Gus to the shape of the calf. More
than this, it has serious censequen-
ees of another kird. The princi-
pal vein of the leg (UeRa saphena
breetS) runs just beneath the skin
until it nearly reaches the knee,
when it sinks between the muscles
Now if this is contracted at its
largest point by tight garters, the
blood is checked in its return to
the heart, tile feet are easily chilled
and more liable to disease. the 9th
er veins Of the leg are swollen into
hard, blue knots, become varicose,
as it is called, and often break,
forming obstinate ulcers. This is
a picture which a physician sees
nearly every day. With the garter
fastened above the knee all this
pain and deformity is avoided, but
it is still better to wear no garter
at all, and to suspend the stocking
by tapes around the waist In this
case, however, a well fitting stock
ing is needed. Book Of Beauty.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

bard, superintendent of public
schools at Springfield, and others,
Of Lee. Opposite them was the
class Of 1919, gathered from far and
near, and it was an impressive sight
to look at them bearing the testi-
mony Of years and gray hairs to
the value of Sunday Schools. But
when rising, they opened their
mouths to encourage and warn
their younger fellows in recitations
as of old, it was still more striking.
AS, for instance, when Captain AL
van FoOte, speaking from the ex-
perienee of ntnety-tt0O years, said !:
81 have been young, and am old,
yet have l never seen the righteous
forsaken nor his seed begging
bread, who could fail to believe
his words Further in the exer-
cises, when three generations stood
on each side Of the pulpit and re.
cited 1st John, o. 13, the weight of
the apostles words was felt as it
seldom is.
The chief feature in the pro
gramme was the historical address,
prepared with great care by DR..
Gale, in which we're crystallized, as
it were, the facts and memories of
many days. From that address the
present paper has been mainly
compiled. The ancient custom of
reciting verses was followed also,
but in a mOdernized form, howev-
er. The superintendent made one
Of the best and briefest addresses
of welcome we ever heard some Of |
the ex- x-superintendents spoke and |
one, Deacon Belden, who has been
on a bed OF pain fer a generation
sent an appropriate mes
sage to the school over which he
once presided.
With cheerful courage and a
firm faith, the Sunday school of
he Congregational church of Lee
passes to its second half century,
saying, as it looks back: "Hither-
% hath the Lord helped usl" and,
n view Of the future: II can do
III things through Christ which
,trengtheneth me =
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17
death Of Hawthorne.

Cur readers viii remember tho
death Of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one
Of Americas greatest poets. Tx
President Pierce was travelling with
him,and they had reached Plymouth,
where they would remain over
night. Ina letter written not be.
fors his own death, theEx Presi.
dent thds describes the death Of
this noble man:
He asked i'll had read the ac.
count Of Thacbery's death, and on
receiving an affirmative answer, re-
marked in low, soliloquising tone,
what boon 1t would be, If, when
life draws to ito close, one could
pass away without a struggle" We
arrived at the Pemigewasset House,
| Plymouth, just as the sun was sink
ing behind the hills, and casting his
last rays into our rooms. He took
a cup Of tea in the evening, with
slight nourisbmsnt, and then on
the sofa dropped into a quiet slum-
Der, from which he awoke in an
hour or so, and retired for the
night Passing from my room to
his own, leaving the door open,
and so placing the lamp that its di-
rect rays. would not fall upon him,
and yet enable me to see distinctly
from my bed, | betook myself to
rest too, little after 10 O'clock
But ] awOke before II O'Clock, and
noticed that he was lying in a per-
fectly natural position, like child,
with his right hand under his cheek.
That noble brow and face struck
me as more grand and serenely
calm than ever before. With new
hope that such undistdrbed repose
might bring back fresh vigor, | fell
asleep again but he was 80 very
restless the night before that was
and startled when | no.
ticed, at three o'clock, that his po-
sition was identicslly the same as
when | observed him between IL
and II. fastening softly to his
bed side, | could not perceive that
he breathed, although no change
had come over his features. / seiz-
ed his wrist, but found no pulse -
ran my hand down upon his bare
side, but the great, generous, brave
heart beat ne more. The boon of
which he spoke in the afternoon,
lad, before dawn, been graciOusly
granted him. He had passed from
natural sleep to that which knows
10 earthly waking, without the
ligltest struggle, evidently with.
,ut moving a muscle.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

= n. Victor Eoir, lately killed
by Prince Bonaparte, it is said, is
in reality of Hebrew descent, his
real name being Solomon. He was
quite young man, being only p,
hut had already achieved an excel
lent reputation as journalist. He
was not man of means, but on the
contrary, was quite poor. In per-
son he was of fine, rather large,and
commanding figure, noble and in.
tellectual caste of countenance, and
well known in Paris as a gentleman
ard a man of honor. A peculiar
though melancholy interest, is at
tached to his death by the fact that,
in eight days he was to have mar
ried Mile. Aubenas, a young and
beautiful girl of but sixteen years
of age, with a dowry of $4,000
francs.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

- The temperance people Of
Pennsylvania are working hard for
the enactment of what is called in
England a "Permissive act," that
is, to permit the abolition of the
liquor traffic in any ward, borough
or township where the majority of
voters shall so decide. Those dis
tricts that want saloons and taverns
can have them, but their more ab-
stinent neighbors need not be curs-
ed with them under the provisions
of the proposed law Gin, Ga
zette.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17
n. Al. M.

Faystte Chapter Royal Arch Masons
meets on the W ednesday evening before tn,
full moon: Mills Gardner, Il p; j
F. Ely, Kingj A. O, johnson, Scribe; >
P. Robinson, g. H.; A. M. Stimson, ?. 5.
Il. L. Robinson, R. A, o.; J. P. Popejoy
q. M, Sd Vale; John Millikan, G, M, q
Vale; R. A. Robinson, q. M, lst Vale
John .Miser. Tr.; B. H. Mllhkan, seC'y
L. @, Karney, Guard,
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

- Wisdom does not show itself
so much in precept as in life-iti
| Ifrmness of mind and mastery of
appetite. 1t teaches us to do as
well as to talk; and to make our
words and actions all Of a color.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

The census OF Charleston, South
Carolina, just taken, shows a popu-
lation of f44,923-20,S53 white, and
"a, $40 colored.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

The Senate Committee on For
eign Relations have agreed to re-
port favorably on the nomination
of General Sickles as Minister to
Spain.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

JUDICIAL MURDER. - Montague
relates that, after some men had
been condemned to death, fer muir
der, the judges were informed, by
the officers of an inferior court,
that certain persons in their custo-
dy had confessed the crime, and
that there was no doubt of their
guilt; yet the judges would not re-
yoke the sentence, because they
deemed it bad precedent to show,
by so doing, that the law could err.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17
iIlIl 0TFICTAL pIREcTORY.

Judge Of Fayette Common Pleas Oourb
A. s, DIoKEY, of Highland County
Probate Judges. B. WOMAN,
Prosecuting Attorney Il. B. MAYNARD
sherif.-CoNRAD GARIs.
Clerk of Oourt-M BLANCHARD.
Auditor MoOANDLEss.
Treasurer. O. JOHNSON.
Recorder.-Z. W, HEAGLER.
Surveyor.--JAMEs A. MCLEAN.
Coroner.-JOHN A. PARRETF.
Commissioners - OuRRAN MILLIKAN'
WILLIAM CLARK, ENos REEDER
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17


think not. Not while her pa ca
abdblc his hands in gore, at an
rate, ! reckon"
"But, my friend" observed Bull
with trembling voice, chow muc
these ebullitions of youthful afeC
tons remind me of me childhood
days.
Look at Inc while I weep; lister
to those bona .fde tears as the
patterin the spittoon. 'O' wherr
are the loved ones gone 2"
u give it up" said Fiery Nose
after few moments of calm anC
patient thought.
" Cant you recollcct how VIC
used to go out on trail and capture
little children and gouge their evea
out, and chop them into little bits,
and then come home and learn our
catechism and knife our next door
neighbor, and thea pray to the
crest Manitou before we went to
bedF All, those we're happy days,
and we we're HILARIOUS little Iniuns,
wern't we? But now all things are
mingled with the irreyocable past !;
you can bet they are" "
"You're drunk, amt your" asked
Fiery Nose, you're talking drivel.
Where do You get your fire water ?"
To this Buffalo deigcnd no reply.
but pretended to see something on
the topknOt of Fiery Nose; he
asked him to stoop down a minute
while he picked it off. He then
clandestinely jerked out his SCALP
ing knife and lifted his hair, after
which he jobbed the knife into his
vitals and threw him on the gate
to die.
just then Prairie Flower return
ed with the tobacco and perceiying
at a glance that her parent was re-
duced to a cinder, she observed to
Buffalo Bull that it seemed to be
pretty well up with the old man.
"Hm-m, yes" said he; ga tho't
strikes me-will you be mine ?"
"Well, l don't know, let me see,
what was your income of last
gear?"
81 paid tax on two horse blank
ITS a barlow knife and thirty seven !
'calps. Besids, | love you to dis
Come to this loving heart, |
,est on my bosom, rest. Say will |
rou2"
81 am ever thine own," said
Prairie Flower, as she nestled |
closely against his hunting shirt.
And on her lovers arm she leant
And round her waist she felt it fold;
He said, II do not care a cent"
She said, "Ill bet he finds he's sold"
Thus where these two aborigi- |
nal savages made happy in the full
less of each others love. She grew
I'D and ugly in time and he, in the
lepth of his unspeakable affection,
lsed to sit day after day smoking
IN the front doorsteps, while
he hoed corn and wheeled home
,otatoes in a push cart. Until at
asst she was called home to the
appy hunting ground, and he i'm
nediately put fresh Grape on his
'unday hat, and began browsing
roung for another girl.
But does not this teach us all
esson, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. us, |
ay,-let that pass, however, doubt
ess it does teach a lesson, but it's
f no consequence.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

- Steamers are reported to be
going through the sucz Canal with
out any trouble
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

Temple Ledge, No. 297, meets at Wash
ington every Tuesday evening, at their
hall on Court street 9. Parvin, N, e.;
Geo, p Barnes, v, G.i M Blanchard, R.
s.iL. q. Karney. P. s.; O. L. Getz, Treas.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

- A merchant in Lewiston, Me,
was in the habit Of removing the
nut from one of his buggy wheels
at night, in order to give the
thieves smash-up in case his We
hicle should be stolen. One morn
ing recently he forgot to replace
the nut, and in company with a
friend he went out for q drive. A
general smash-up was the result
He leaves the nut on the wheel
now.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17
The Colored Senator from Mis-
sissippi.

Hiram R. Revels, the newly elect,
ed colored Senator was born in
Fayette, Cumberland county, North
4 Carolina, in the year 1922, Of free
parents, and is AZ years of age
He remained in his native town un
til he reached his 22d year, wher
he removed to Liberty, Union Co.
Indiana, and entered what is knewr
I as the Quaker Seminary, to acquire
the rudiments OF an education. -
After spending two years at this
place he went to Ohio and com
pleted full theological course al
college, when he entered the minis
try Of the African Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
During his several years of resi-
dence in Ohio, Mr., Reyels exer-
cised all the rights of free man
and was allowed to cast his ballot
at elections without opposition.
At the breaking out of the war
he removed temporarily to Balti,
more, Maryland, whittier he had
been called to take charge of col
ored high school for adult colored
persons. While employed in this
capacity, Mr.. Revels also assisted
in the organization of several col
ored regiments, and at the expira-
ton of one year he accepted a com
mission as chaplain, and came to
Vioksburg and other points on the
Mississippi river to look generally
after the wants of his people.
AT the close of the war, Mr.. Rev
els located at Natchez, and since
then has been President Elder Of
the African M. E. Church for the
Southern District of the State. He
was appointed a member Of the
City Council Of Natchez by Gen.
Ames, and was elected to the State
Senate by large majority over his
competitor,
The personal appearance Of Mr..
Revels is decidedly prepossessing.
He is five feet ten inches in height,
weighs 180 lbs. and is about three
fourths white. His features are
regular, but prominent, and with
his broad expansive brow, indi-
Gates large intelligence. In man
ner he is easy and affable, and takes
the homer conferred upon him as
and thankful as General
Grant did the Presidency.--Jacb-
son { Mss, Pilot.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17
Che geraId,
PUBLISHED EVERY
THURSDAY MORNING
TERMS.

TUT Blk UIUWUNUl
A failure to notify the Publisher Of .
wish 10 discontinue the paper at the end
sfan en- xagament, will be regarded as wish
20 continue the paper.
Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-02-17

HORSE SHED CLASS
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-10-13
ST. LOUIS.
Progress Or the FAtr-Aw arsls for "a
tO0-ReetNtF0Ps Arrested.

Prosress or the Fatr-AW ards for Cot
ton-HeeisaraPs Arrested.
ST. LOUIS, OF. The crowd at the Fair
to-day was not SO large as yesterday, but is
still great and the interest undated. Cotton
premiums were awarded to-day as follows:
Long Staple, best single hale, to Montgomery
4 Sons, colonel men, of Davis Bend, Miss,
$500; second Best, ~ A &. Carter,
I.inuood, La, ssoo; third bt.s, \. r
Benton, Feliciana, La, 500 Two best
bales, growers name not asoertained, but
lives At the head of Island No. ., Mis-,
$500; second best two bales, W. 4. Collins,
Isoquera County, Mis-, $50. Short staple,
be,a bale, w. B. McShaw, Lee County, Miss,
$500; seomd best, A. /. Hill, Marshall,
Mis-, $500. Best two bales, +. 4. Linly,
Clark County, Mis-, 800; second best, J..
H. Foster, Yazoo County Miss,
$3.50. Missouri Valley Cotton, hes,
hale, VIM. w. Edwards, Dunklin County,
500; second best, w. J. Mccormick, same
county, 500; third bes; Joseph Mitchell,
Charlottesville, 800. -
After the awards banquet was spread Of
which all cotton planters present, Directors
Of the Fair Association and others, partook.
Congrmulniory and complimentary speeches
were made and jolly good time expert
enced. The total cotton premiums are
s., 900. n'if' ~
Several other b,nqnets and colla.ions
were spread during the day ant. mnc,, GEM
inc good feeling prevailed
Wa. Couch, q. Fahs and Francis Lyons,
registrars Of Rails County, were arrested
Wednesday, for refusing to register Thos. r.
Dodge as voter, and taken before United
States Commissioner Green, At Hannibal,
and after full investigation, were committed
under federal enforcement Of the act, to an
swer before the United States District Court.
In default Of Sl;000 bail, they are now
here in custody of Z. 8. Marshal Newcomb.
The defence was, that the enforcement of the
ct was for the support Of the. Fifteenth
Amendment and applied tn coiored persons
only. The prosecution contended that the
law wasgeneral and applied to all violaters,