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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-03-31

SIX YEARS IN TRANs1ru.2The Richmond
correspondent of the Petersburg Inder relates
the following A gentleman in this city receiv-
ed this morning, a letter written to him in 1864,
from Columbia, on the canal. 1t was given in
care of one of Rosscr's men, who were then fol-
lowing Sheridan's raiders and after passing
through many hands and going over the whole
State, has finally reached the person for whom
it was intended with seal unbroken. It con-
tains one piece of information which is yet
new. The lady lthe writcrl owned beautiful
Canadian pony for which she asked Ine pIo.eo ..
Sn eountpy 1 ae promsed that
should not be taken off by his soldiers, How
when they left he t was taken en- Oft off, ahes I
much l 9gss fhs w es das la ses I
, he was W returned from Yanceyville, where sheti.
dan de 3 then was. This being the only instance Of
Sheridan's horse honesty think It should pc
put upon record.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-03-31

An Act to Establish and Maintain System
of Free Common Schools Tor the state OF
South Carolina. ~
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
Instruct Your Delegates.

The Constitution Of Vermont provides that
" The articles 10 be omc8ded and The amend
men,s proposed, and mei articles as are pro-
,o,sd 10 he addsd M abolished, shall be- pro-
mn1gated al least sir months Jefore The dag
oppoia,,d far the election Of 0cl conren-
tioa, for me preriovs consideration Of me
people, That Hcy m1y hare AZ OPPORTUNITY
or INsrRrcriNG THEIR DELEGATES oN Tur
SUBJECT" 1t is said by those interested in
forcing the Female Suffrage amendment into
the Constitution, that WcndH philips, Geo.
W. Curtis. Henry Ward Beectcr, and pro-
minent lady orators are to present themselves
before the Convention to plead their cause.
It will be seen that oVr people Themselves at
the time Of ccctng delegates have the right
Of instructing them how to vote and can thus
determine for themselves what they viii have
or will not have in their own Constitution
We think it far better for the several towns
to instruct their delegates rather than to get
up petitions to the Convention ii will be
the best way for the people to act on this
question and settle it once for all. 1t is in
their hands by provision Of the Constitution
Let the people bear in mind their duty to
give instruction, aud the orators viii nothave
an opportunity to get o 'pop judgment against
the popular voice.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
The School District System.

We believe the school district system in this
State 10 be q nuisance yet perhaps it would not
he best TO abolish it altogether. Ii is a matter
which may very well be left TO the several towns
A positive lawwoud not be likely to operate lust
ly in every town. The troubles the districts are
too numerous, and the schools too small and too
short A great deal of consolidation and concen-
traton is needed to give the utmost effect to the
money provided for educational purposes IL is a
shame to waste so much money upon old school
houses and too many teachers, when one half the
number Of each would afford double advantages.
at the same cost. The matter is likely to become
the subject of legislation. In view of strong pref
udices to he encountered the best that can be
done, probably, is to authorize and facilitate the
consolidation Of districts by town action
The above, from the Manchester IN. H.
Union, is doubtless about right. However
great the disadvantages of the district system,
as now established in Vermont, may be. we
nevertheless believe that any attempt to abol-
ish it outright and universally would prove
failure. 1t would, we think, be desirable to
have an enabling act upon our statute books,
whereby towns may take upon themselves the
direct control and management of the schools.
aud dispense with the present machinery of
districts, This is reform that must come
gradually-rery gradually in sparsely popu-
lated places. Its advantages will first be
tested and manifested by cities and villages,
and, by degrees, the leaven of good example
may leaven the whole lump. But the time
when compulsory legislation can be carried in
this State has hardly come. An enabling act
doubtless might be carried, and is probably
all that ought to be attempted at present.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
Anti-Slayery Society Dissolved.

The old anti.slaverv ,varrinrs olter he;ng
under arms Tor nearly tWO-sc0re years, hnally
laid aside tbeir ormor ot Nov YorL ON Eri.
day last-ther warfare beng f1lly accom-
ulished bv tbe ndoption Of the FiGoonth
Amendment RESOLUTIONS were adopted to
the effect that os fhe mission of the socie-
c,,,u
" Is now tuhlled, the organization dis
band Speeches were made bv Wendell Phil
=.
llps' fred douglass, lIucreta Mott ana 9TH
ers \ social reunion was held in fine eve.
hlhg'
We cannot forbeor conying tho following
g
Characteristic letter addressed to the meeting
by John G. Whittier .-
DeGr Friend - am not able % attend the
closing meeting OF the American Anti-Slavery
society, but il the spirit can 60 where the body
does not, shall he with you, shall unite with
you IN thanksgiving 70 God for the blessed priyi-
lege OF laborlng in the cause of the poor and en-
sla'ed-a labor which has been its own great re-
ward, and IN which all seeming losses have been
gains, from the small and apparently hopeless
beginning of the antl-slayery movement, nearly
very, hut the prejudice OF color and the distinc-
tons OF caste are forever prohibited by the amend
ed constitution OF the country. Thirty-seyen
years ago assisted in the formation of this society
at Philadelphia. mere handful of US came to-
gether from New England, the middle states and
ono, mostly strangers TO each other, without
much personal consideration at home and utterly
unknown in the strange city where we met, rep
reSent'ng nothing but lew newly-iormed anti
slavery associations, with the entire influences Of
church and state against US, and land the iounda-
ton oil society which, under God, has moved
the world. who OF US has ever regretted that
early conservation to Freedom and duty Who
OF US does not unite with one whose voice has
cheered us through the long struggle always
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
The Legal Tender Decision.

We stated last week that the Supreme
Court had decided five to four, to reopen
and re-argue the decision which the same
court, with but seven members, announced q
few weeks since, adverse to the constitutions
atty Of the act Of Congress making green
backs legal tender, so far as that act was
made to apply to contracts dated prior to
1862. The decision to reopen seems to be
generally regarded as Indicating though We
know not with how much rcason--that the
two new judges are going to unite with the
three dissontients in reversing the decision re-
Gently announced by the Chief Justice
In arguing for ro-opening Of the decis-
ion, Attorney General Hoar said that
lie was not insensible to the great weight Of
the judiciary its public reputation, and its claims
to the confidence of the country but more i'm
portant decision in its consequences, both public
and private, was never before pronounced. The
statute on which it was based was passed by a
large majority in Congress, and approved by the
President having all the forms Of law. Atton-
ton has been called in both houses to its consti-
tutionality. There was this weight OF authority
10 begin with, and it was law substantially
acQuiesced in by the people for nearly eight years
and upon which millions Of dollars of contracts
had been settled 20 the great loss Of parties %
statute That. SO far MS hc was aware, with one
exception, had been held to be constitutional by
every State tribunal But at q time when, this
court by law consisting of nine members there
were only seven on the bench, there being two
vacancies the question was decided here by four
against three judges. The question therefore
stood. reducing it to its essence. that upon the
judicial opinion Of a single man the case wa,
adiudicated. lie suggested that il should not be
left TO single man 20 decide upon the whole
constitutional power affecting legislation Of such
an important character lie pressed the reopen
ing of the question, because ii concerned great
mass OF private interests but more especially be-
cause it seemed to him To iuyoyea fundamental
principle, namely, the power of the government
| lie desired again 20 present it when the bench
was full. that they may forever settle what the
| law should be- Such cases of reconsideration
were by no means without example. In the case
| of McCulloch rs. the State of Maryland, the
court after the opinion was pronounced, allowed
| the whole question TO be reopened and ro-argued
1t seemed to him it would he better for all parties
concerned if the opinion in the legal tender ease
could he changed
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
Prohibition of Polygamy.

The bill which has passed the House Of
Representatives was shon Of its effective
original provisions by sundry amendments.
The original bill provided for an ample mil
itary force to carry out the DEGREES of the
Federal Courts, but this was stricken out.
The House might as well have refused to pass
the bill A law on the statute book is only
so much wasted ink and paper if there be no
adequate force employed to overcome the ac-
tual resistance made to its provisions. Utah,
so far as polygamy is concerned, is as com
pletely in revolt against the United States
Government As was South Carolina when she
fred on Fort Sumpter. The mass Of the peo-
pie are in favor Of legalizing aud practicing
the very thing which our laws pronounce q
heinous crime. There is no other way to
root out the offence but by an adequate and
overwhelming military force, and this the
House has decided not to employ. Time
spent in such empty legislation is wholly lost
Whenever the government is fully resolved
to put final stop to polygamy in Utah. OF
rebel outlawry and Ku-Klux violence in Goor.
gia or Tennessee, it can do it by an adequate
military force, and by no other means. TN.
I'll it j, resolved to do that, it may as well for
bear multiplying statutes No law is or car
be selEexecuting And all acts which fail t.
provide a common-sense way for their OWL
enforcement, are only laughed at by thos,
against whom they are directed
The following is synopsis Of the anti
polygamy bill ~ it passed the House of Rep
resentativcs
" II provides that the Marshal Of the Terrific
rs shall select the grand and petit jurors whic
will enable him 10 take them from the ant-Mor
mon and Gentle population, though the right d
challenge is preserved to the accused in indict
ments for c)ncubnnge. higamy, dc. II is no
necessary 10 prove the first or subsequent mar
rages, but the admission Of the accused that HI
has more than one wile-his recognizing then
as wives. by introducing. treating or deportu
! himself toward them as such, j. TO DE rcUrde
as sufficient evidence.
After this bill becomes a law any man in L Gal
who shall live or cohabt with one woman or more
/ other than his lawful wife, as his wife or wives
shall be adiudgcd guilty Of the crime Of concubin
age, and upon conviction thereof shall be punish
ed 10y fine not exceeding 81 900, and by unpris
onment in the Penitentary at hard labor not eN
ceeding five years In all prosecutions the allege
concubines Of the accused shall be competent wit
nesscs to establish or disproye the charge. Pun
ishment for adultery is provided for aud any per
son who practices poygamy shall not be Above
| % hold any federal office.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13

A meeting Of the school-book publishers of
the United States was recently held in New
York. All the prominent houses we're repre-
scented. An association was formed, under
the title Of the Publishers Board of Trade
Among the new regulations adopted are the
following No school-books are to be intro.
duced into any school at less than ono-haf the
retail price. After July l, all travelling
agencies are to be discontinued, and the in
PRODUCTION of new books is to be made exclu.
sively by correspondence, No credit is to be
given for longer time than thirty days, ex-
cept with interest, and no house can have
more than eight local agencies. These
changes will obviate many evils with which
the former system Of operations has been
iraught, for both publisher and the public.
Exit, too, the omnpresent " book agent"
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13

ment Of growth will make more apparent the
divine distinction, and the beautiful and
blessed differences. Education is but the
skilful development Of nature, and the best
education will tell with different results on
each sex as when unlike trees or flowers or
plants which grow under the same kindly inhu-
ences Of the heavens and the earth, will only
reveal more clearly the hidden secret and mys-
terry Of their own special and peculiar quality
and form Of life The progress Of instruction
and cultivation, will only reveal those eternally
different functions, Offices and abors Of the
sexes which are now so much confused and
mixed by the shallow philosophy Of the new
reform.
With high culture would come higher
emoument and more vigorous and efficient
influence and varied labor. The power Of
woman would be multiplied. The sceptre she
would grasp would not be barren one. Each
Office Of life would feel its potency and the
cxcellency Of manhood would be augmented
in the proportion that woman was disciplined
trained and developed. We would then car
ry female education TO lis last extent We
would throw down every barrier which cus-
tom aud social ideas have lifted against it,
We would have woman neither the toy Of
man" as she is sometimes called now, nor the
" tool Of man." as She would be with the
ballot alone but She helper of man, sitting
with the king as his trusted and honored
queen on the same throne of undivided SOW
crcignty We doubt not that when full
summed in their powers" new shades Of I'M
likcness--refnemcn Of diversity hitherto
unimagined-may appear. We would there
fore remove all the artificial appliances which
have " hedged in the growth, the nurture,
the cultivation Of woman This seems to us
now higher duty than to grant political
equality. Assumptions Of what is best OF
what is worst, can be made on either side, and
we can make a fabric Of argument for or
agains the equal rights Of the sexes, built
upon data which are altogether unyeriGed
We may hold our different opinions firmly auC
conscientiousy and neither party be able alb
solutely to verify its own or contradict its OPP
ponents. We can know but little about ma
tive distinctions until the full education anC
development Of the woman as well as tn,
man under the same teachers and training
II, under such an education,
The man be more Of woman, she OF man,
lie gnin In sweetness and in moral height
Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world
She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care 3"
We would then say to her as the great Lor,
aud Giyer Of Life once said, " She ma,
ask what she will and it shall be done unit
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13

Personalities.

~, Ed,,or So much has been said late'y
o,,r, % personalities" in discussing political ana
social questions, that | was pleased TO hnu inc
principles advocated in your editorial oil ios' WvoN
sustained by no less authority than Archo's"op
tvboi,iy in his text book on Rhetoric On page
o,- University Edition, this distinguished au-
thor says
"Thc depreciation Of an opponent unuer .ne
offensive tide of personality, is by many decred
unfortunately as an unfair rhetorical trlcN
and doubtless it is by many sophistically en-
ploycd. and by none more eIlectually than oy
those who arc pcrpetually declaiming against
such falacies But, surely, it is not an un'al'
tonic of argument, in cases not admitting oil uo'
cisiye and unqucstionabe proof, to urge that one
party deserves the hearers confidence or that the
other is Justly an object of their distrust II Is
only in matters of strict science that the chatac
ter Of the advocates should be put wholly out oil
fine question. Il is remarkable that the necessity
some weight to this consideration. in
political matters, increases in proportion, as any
country enjoys free g0reramnt II IS evident
that nm every case in which the hearers are
not completely competent judges, they not only
will. bta must take into consideration me cfarac-
fers Of those rio propose, support or di''Naa'
mn measure The persons they are connected ir'ih,
and TIN desiyns hey may b, supposed 10 entertain.
have read with no little interest the discus
sion Of the fema'e Sg6rqge question in your pa
per. and think that any fair minded person would
be constrained to shy that it has been wholly
L. N.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES the Left"

Theodore Titon's scheme for consolidating
into one harmonious organization the differ.
ent and somewhat descendant woman suffrage
associations of the country, was put to the
test last week in New York, and it was soon
demonstrated, as the Tri5uae says, that when
two ride the same horse one must ride be-
hind. The Cleveland organization repre-.
scented by Henry Ward Beecher and the 10
mans Journal, was quite willing for the de-
sired union, provided it could swallow up the
other. To this the New York organization
represented by Mrs, Stanton and the Resolt-
tim, Misunderstanding to be the original
Jacobs. Finally, Mr. Eigginson, Lucy Stone
and their associates retircd-if in good order,
not in the best of temper whereupon the rest
proceeded to form a new organization, headed
by Mr.. Tilton. Result three rival organiza-
tons, instead of two, each striving for the
leadership in usheriug in the sixteenth amend.
ment.
Subsequently, Messrs. Garrison and Black
well, with Mrs Howe and Mrs. Liyermorc,
addressed lengthy letter to Mr. Tlton, Sc
yerely rebuking his oflcious ntermedding in
this and kindred matters The letter breathes
anything but a spirit of brotherly love. But
we mustn't expect too much. Genuine REFORM
ers can't always afford to be amiable.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
Rebel Losses in the War.

\ medical officer of the rebel army has
lately made up some interesting statistics
concerning it, The whole available confed-
crate force did not during the entire war, ex-
coed 100000 men, Of this number, not
more than 100000 were enrolled at any one
time; and the confederate states never had
in the field more than 100000 men capable
of bearing arms at any one time. exclusive Of
sick, wounded and disabled lie estimated
the killed at j3,773, the wounded, 10l026,
and the prisoners, 202 2S3. Including deaths
from disease. he thinks the total deaths in
the confederate army during the war was at
least 100 600, exclusive Of the deaths in the
northern prisons, which would swell the num-
Der to near $4,000; and IL the deaths among
the discharged for wounds and disease, and
among the sick and wounded on lurlough, be
added, the grand total Of deaths in the con.
federate army, during the entire war, did not
fall far short Of 100000. According to this
calculation, the deaths from disease were
about three times as numerous as those re-
sultng from the casualties Of battle. The
number of deaths on the Union side was much
greater, probably between 25O,O00 and 30O-
OO0 50 that the estimate Of half million
for the total on both sides is probably near
enough to the fact
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-04-13
The Vermont Press.

The following "more than personality"
from the last number Of Mrs. Liyermore's
IFomaa's Journal, we suppose may fairly be
taken as illustrating the elevating and purify.
ing element that is to be introduced into our
political discussions by the success of the
woman suffrage movement The calm and
placid temper which characterizes these sen.
fences may also with great propriety be re-
garded as a good indication Of the degree of
satisfaction enjoyed in witnessing the issue of
the late campaign in this State
We hay, just finished wading through the ex-
changes Of the Vermont press which have accu-
INFLATED for the last fortnight not having had
time before to crafty our curiosity. In our search
through them we have been impressed anew with
the yulgarty and abuse, the utilization and mis-
representation, the obscene ridicue and ribald
tests, to which the press of that State resorts in
its opposition 10 the Woman Suffrage movement
We do not find a single journal of them ALL secu-
lar or religious, daily or weekly, if opposed to
this reform, which expresses its opposition in
manly argument or decent language. Jokes
dripping with the flthiness of a prurent magina-
ton, lalsehoOds the most outrageous, manulac-
tured ont of whole cloth, concerning the women
leaders Of the moyenent-the deliberate mis-re-
porting Of women conventions, 50 that dignifed
and orderly nssemblages appear like sessions in
ndemonum-paragraphs quoted from the low
est order Of papers, and credited b. those edited
by women, in the interest of their sex-these and
all other low and vile methods are resorted to by
the Vermont press Of the opposition, to choke the
Woman Suffrage reform.
When Christ commanded the legion OF devils to
come ont OF the man possessed with them, they
threw the patient on the ground, and tore him,
so that he lay raving and ioaming. But these
paroxysms only indicated the near and complete
exorcm OF the evil spirits, who soon took their
departure into a herd Of swine, leaving the before
afflicted man clothed and in his right mind Let
us take courage from this New Testament story
Forif the evil spirits now assaling women through
the public press OF Vermont are not already in a
" herd of swine las we might infer from the
porcine Unconstitutional wrath and raying
betoken that they are undergoing the process OF
being cast out, and will soon take their departure
This epidemic Of ribaldry and billingsgate which
has so attacked the press of the opposition cannot
last long. 1t will exhaust itself by It's own yio-
lence