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The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-08
EVENING srss1oS-rlLLs PASSED.

The following bills passed third reading A
bill to charter the Uheraw, Lancaster, Union and
Greenviile Railroads. A bill TO incorporate the
A bill 10 regulate the manufacture and sale OF
commercial Fertilizers. A bill to define the rights
OF common carriers. A bill - authorize che
county commissioners or EarnWell TO establish
road from BlacHvllle to Allsndale, was passed 10
ri rphdinU
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
FROM WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, April 10.-The House
to-day finally passed a bill removing the
political disabilities imposed by the third
section of the fourteenth amendment to
the constitution from all persons but the
following classes: First, all Senators and
members of the Congress of the United
States who resigned to participate in the
rebellion second, all officers of the army
and navy who resigned for the same pur-
pose ; third, all members of State cenven-
lions who voted for ordinances of secession.
1t further provides that all persons who
desire to accept the benefit of the bill
shall first take an oath that they will pro-
tect, support and defend the constitution
of the United States.
This oath is to be administered by the
clerk of a United States court and trans
mitted to the Department of State, who
will issue a certificate of the fact to the
person making the oath. 1t was found af-
UGT d CdnNdS VI luC l1OuoC IL IhLc wac OuC
most liberal bill which could be got
through, while not a few members prefer
req to support it in the hands of Mr.. Hale,
of Maine, instead Of General Butler, who
had one also to submit. The latter was,
therefore, anticipated. A majority of the
New England members voted for it, in
Guiding all the Maine delegation. Gen
eral Banks, Judge Poland, of Vermont,
and Mr.. Dawes. -Among other republi-
cans who supported it were General Farms
worth, General Garfield, Judge Kelley, of
Pennsylvania, and Governor Blair, of
Michigan. Three colored members-De
Large, of South Carolina, Walls, of Florida
and Turner, of Alabama-also voted for
it. The bill was sent to the senate, where
an effort will be made to pass it as soon as
the Ku-Klux bill is disposed of. If it be-
comes a law it is estimated that it will re-
lieve from 100000 to 10000 persons in
the South.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13

churches have been sacked, the priests m
suited, arrested and Amaltreated, and the
converts entered at night and searched.
A rumor prevailed before she left that
twenty Jesuits had been shot.
LONDON. April 1o.-A special to the
London Times from Versailles says thegov-
eminent troops now occupy in strong force
the towns of Bolongne, Asnieres. and Sa-
bionville, and have unmasked a number
of new batteries between Neuilley and
the ramparts of Paris. The London Tel.
egraph's special from Versailles says the
breach at Porte Maillot will admit of an
easy entrance by the assailing party. that
the batteries on the ramparts have been
silenced, an assault, it is expected, will be
made tomorrow.
PARIS, April 10.-(New York Special
Unless the Germans save us, Paris must
soon swim with blood. The Commune hour
ly grow more desperate, and resorts to
great excuses. The Concierge is filled
with Priests and nuns, who have been ar
rested on warrants calling them "Citizens,
styled the servants of the person called
God" Archbishop Duboy was stripped
naked, bound to a pillar, and scourged and
Knocked for hours by a band of two hum
bred Reds.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
Burning Of the Western Female
College.

CINCINNATI. April The Western
Female College, at Oxford, Ohio. took
fire this morning in the bakery, and with
the exception of the walls, which yet
stand, was completely destroyed. All the
Young ladies have been accounted for, but
one girl, partially deaf, who is missing.
1t is hoped she may yet be found safe.
Four or five students who escaped from
the second and third story windows, were
somewhat injured. but none seriously, Save
one who. it is feared, is dangerously hurt.
Some had the presence of mind to tie the
sheets together and let themselves down
from the window others jumped from the
second story. Some property in the lower
part of the building was saved. Many of
the young ladies lost all their personal
effects in their rooms. There was about
100000 insurance on the building, though
not covering the loss. The destruction of
the ediice is a public calamity, as it was
one of the most prominent female educa-
tional institutions in the West.
LATER.-A special to the Times. from
Oxford, says no lives were lost by the
burning of the Western Female College.
Three young ladies, named Goodfeflow,
Ballard and Wilson. were severely hurt
by leaping from the second-story windows.
The building was insured for $4,000,
and will be rebuilt. There were one
hundred and seventy-6ve inmates in the
building at the time of the catastrophe.
During the early morning hours this
village presented a melancholy spectacle.
Some of the young girls had lost nearly
everything in the shape of personal clothing.
while others were wandering about with a
scanty supply of apparel, with no relations
to sympathize with them, and almost wholly
dependent upon comparative strangers for
board and lodging. The liberality of the
place was, however equal to the occasion.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
HI CONTRAST.

No individual is perfect in wisdom, nor
can he attain complete freedom from the
promptings of his evil nature. This must
also be true of associations of men, howev-
er pure may be their motives and lofty
their aims. For this reason, we are not
of that strongly p%artizan class, who be-
lieve and assert that the Republican party
has committed no errors and has no mis-
chievous and wicked men in its ranks.
But we assert, sustained by concurrent
history, that the Democratic party have
done evil continually. 1t plunged the
country into a long and bloody war, which
desolated the South and well nigh de-
stroyed all its interests, and after having
been defeated on the field of death, trans
ferred the warfare to the political arena,
assumed a new guise of rebellion, and with
all the internal devices and the blood-chil-
ling. Misunderstanding atrocities of the
Ku Klux Khan are now ~endeavoring to
recover it's lost d~ominancy. No such a
chapter of crime and blood stain the an
nails of the Republican party. No Pari-
sian horrors are typiied by its star-gemmed
azure banner. The equality of all men
before the law, universal amnesty and
universal enfranchisement are its rallying
cries. and the policy that CONTROLS its
actions in the management of our national
affairs. What a contrast.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
ST. Domingo.
SYNOPSIS of tIc Commissioners
Report.

The very full correspondence published
from time to time by the newspaper con-
tributors accompanying the st. Domingo
Commissioners, extracts from which we
have very frequently published. give about
all the fact contained in the report OF the
commission, which accompanies the Presi-
dents Message. We give the following
as a synopsis of the report which covers
thirty-one printed pages. 1t is admirably
written, clear and concise in its statements
showing a patient and thorough research
for the facts which are impartially given.
Much of it is merely descriptive OF the
island, its products, and the social and
and political condition of the inhabitants.
The material points of the report have
already been published. The commission
ers say that all classes of the DominicaDs
are anxious for annexation. The commits
sioners say they desired in the Most frien-
div spirit to make the same observations
and study of Hayti and its inhabitants as
they had made of the Dominican republic.
They intimated to the President and his
council their disposition and desires.
They stated even that they should be glad
to be put in the way of ascertaining what
we're the claims of Hayti upon Santo
Domingo. and what were the views and
wishes of the Haytien people with respect
to any changes that might be brought
about in the ~neighboring republic. but
they received no encouragement to pursue
their inquiries. They asked verbally and
through our minister in writing for per-
mission to explore the interior of the
island. but this was met in a spirit equiva-
lent to a refusal. The commissioner say.
in conclusion, on reviewing the whole field
of their investigations. looking to the in
terests of both divisions of the island, they
are firmly persuaded the annexation ofSt.
Domingo to the United States would be
hardly less beneficial to the Haytien than
to the Dominican people. This benefit
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
THE ST. DOMINGO REPORT.

The Commissioners appointed by Presi-
dent GRANT, under an Act of Congress,
to visit St. Domingo have returned and
made their report. This, with a special
message on the subject of annexation, has
been semitic Congress by the President.
The message urges a delay of Congressl-
onal action, that the country may have
ample time to obtain a fair and intelli-
gent understanding of the whole matter.
The duty of the President, created by
strong and repeated opportunities from the
people of ST. Domingo for annexation and
their Enthusiastically manifested love for
our republican institutions, has been fully
discharged. Now, the duty devolves up
on Congress to grant the claims and wishes
of the people of this Island or ignore them
altogether.
The report of the Commissioners is elab-
crate and exhaustive, prepared with care
and based upon positive information. 1t
represents the climate as salubrious, the
soil exceedingly fertile and the resources
of wealth abundant and varied. Baez is
regarded as a representative man. A large
majority of the inhabitants desire annexa-
ton, impressed with a conviction that the
fostering care of our Government and the
introduction of its free principles and Ju-
dicious system of laws can alone evolve a
high state of prosperity and civilization.
Whatever may be the fnality of this
scheme, it will be fraught with no hazards
to us, nor be attended by any apparent dis
advantages. Already we have sufficient
territory and wealth, developed and In
developed, to make a half a dozen empires
more powerful than any, that now exists
upon the earth.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
THE KU KLUX BILL.

1t seems that the famous Ku Klux Bill
has come to a dead lock in Congress. If
the testimony, as developed in the inves-
legations of the Outrage Committee are of
a reliable character, the National Legisla-
ture should take immediate steps for a
speedy and effectual suppression of the or
ganizcd band of despcrados and marau-
ders, known as the Ku Klux Khan. The
~recitals of their outrages, especially in
North Carolina and Kentucky, made I'M
der the solemn sanction of sworn state
ments, surpass in diabolism and atrocity
any previous record in the modern regis
try of human crimes. Neither age. sex or
condition escape their inhumanities should
vengeance decree against them in their dark
council chambers. Their bloody bond of
union, an oath, whose requirements are
linked together by the most horrible bias
phemies, is a secret proclamation of a
black flag war upon all loyal men in the
South. What pleasing prospect can lie
before southern loyalists, when their lives
liberties and property have not the guar
dianship of bayonet law against the spoila-
tions and murderous spirit of these tmeri-
can Thugs and Sepoys. That the ku klux
klan is a widespread, formidable and
political organization is proven by the
fact of the frequent occurrence OF out
RACES and murders and too in sections
of the South remotely separated, and from
the further fact that they are always per-
petrated upon Republicans. The confes-
sion of the existence of this Jack Shep-
hard order and the exposure and denuncia-
ton of their fendish acts by leading
Democratic papers is indubit2ble proof hat
this organization is no horrid phantom of
Radical imagination, but a fearful reality.
thoroughly armed and equipped for the
havoc of death. AS to its existence in
Tennessee. the Nashville Banner, is al
u~mimpeached and unimpeachable witness.
In kentucky, the Louisville Courier
Journal, answering and irreproachably
consistent in its democratic principles.
and in North Carolina men of u%ndoubted
and unstained integrity of all par
ties and all professions. To the I'm
ion men of these States, the pres
ent is full of imminent hazards, the
futui e dark with uncertainties and fears.
We arc satisfied that something must be
done by the government or law will be-
come an absolute and universal nullity,
and all their privileges and rights depend
upon the tenure Of federation extended
by the bandit, murderer and assassin.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
COUNTY FAIR.

Preparations are new being made for ali
Industrial County Fair to be held at
Jonesborough next Fall. 1t is aimed to
raise two thousand dollars by subscription,
with which to begin the work, one half of
which sum has already been subscribed.
As soon as the whole amount has been
raised, an organization will be effected by
election of officers. and suitable grounds
will be selected and necessary buildings
erected. This is a matter of universal
concern, the farmer, mechanic, the bust
ness man.. the housewife, as we'll as the
young lady and young gent being direct
ly interested. There is no stronger'incen-
tive to emulous rivalry than an exhibition
of competing productions of industry, skill
and ingenuity. 1t is an insult to the in
telligent and public-spirited reader, to
descant upon the advantages and promo
tive results of these expositions. The
most prosperous and opulent commune
ties throughout the country their ad-
vancement to them. We hope that eve
ry citizen that has the progress and the
welfare of u country at heart; who
would stimulate action and industry to
CONVEX our neglected and unfruitful fields
into garden-places, improve our stock and
make the labcrs of the farm and shop a
pleasant and honorable pastime, should
lend his assistance to the noble and praise
worthy enterprise.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13

would arise first from the example which
would doubtless be afforded of a well regu-
lated, orderly and prosperous State-the
great need of that part of the world. and
which it has as yet never seen. A second
and more direct benefit would arise from
the equitable establishment of a boundary
line between the French speaking and the
Spanish speaking nations upon that island,
and its guarantee, by a strong power. This
would end the exhausting border warfare,
which has been one of the greatest curses of
Hayti and we'll as Santo Domingo, and
would enable both to devote their energies
thenceforward to the education of their
people and the development of their re-
sources
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
ALLIES.

Since the astute Statesman of Boston
delivered his long studied eloquence and
long harbored wrath against President
Grant and in denuncia alton ofthe st. Domin-
90 annexation scheme, he has formed most
remarkable connections, considering the
p~artizan an.ipathies of the past. He has
warmly grasped the hand of fellowship ex-
tended by the vilest and most ferocious
democrats in both Houses of Congress.
Sumner on the one hand and Sunset Cox.
Wood, Stevenson, Davis and unending
Co. on the other, have made the astound-
ing discovery that they are not such evil
spirits and monsters, as they were wont to
believe of each other. They have buried
in the deepest oblivion of the grave, all
the burning animosities and cut-throat
intentions of the past, and fraternized IN
an earnest and mutually inspiring attempt
TO defeat the reelection of General Grant.
The annexation of st. Domingo is the
pretext for Summers fierce, personal and
unjustifable philippe against the Presi-
dent, but beneath the surface of his round
ed invectives and polished vocabulary,
can plainly be seen his ambitious aim for
the honors of the white House"
After he has been the soul and inspira-
ton o fNew England Radicalism led the van
guard of abolitionism III the halcyon days
of human serfdom, measured lances with
the chivalrous and negro-pampered aristo-
Gratis of the South in the Senate chamber of
the nation and at one time as he says, wi
olently struck down By a South Carolina
rufian for advocating the rights of his fell
low man." and after having hurled fiery
maranathas against the oppressors of the
bondsmen from almost every rostrum
in the free States, he suddenly precipi-
tates himself into the close embrace of
these "incarnate demons.'' The infinite
gusto and exhilaration with which demo-
cratic representatives received that famous
speech and the unqualified endorsement
and laudations with which it has been
heralded to the world by the leading Dem
ocratic spirits is positive confirmation of
the suspicion that the immaculate
statesman is seeking aid. outside of the
Republican party, to accomplish his presi-
dental aspirations. What strange times
are these! Sumner forgiven by South
Carolina. popular in Georgia, and eulo-
gized in Mississippi! The chief and sub
ordinate heroes of the Confederacy over
whelming the silvery-voiced and golden
speeched orator of Boston Common with a
food-tide of the happiest congratulations,
VIC may reasonably expect that the next
link in this confederation of fraterniZa-
tions and new born and buoyant friend
ships, Pomeroy's Democrat, the Cincin-
natti Enquirer, Metropolitan Record.
Chicago Times and all papers of the radi-
cal dye of democracy will fling anew the
Bonnie Blue Flag to the breeze, its folds
adorned with a ~life-size portrait of Hon.
Charles Sumner, reclining under the CRATE
full shade of the Palmetto, a nosegay from
the "Land of Flowers" pinned on his left
lapel and one hand carressing the Pelican,
while the other holds tenderly the Rattle
snake. This will be a beftting continue
ton of q brilliant and auspicious COM
mencement.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13

Editor Journal Of agriculture, st.
Louis, says:"A box of DR.. Prices Cream
Baking Powder was sent to us a few weeks
ago. 1t has been thoroughly tested, and
contrary to our preconceived opinions, it
has proved entirely satisfactory. 1t is
the only Baking Powder that we would
buy. The grocers in this city have it.
Thompson, Steele & Price, Manufacturers,
Chicago and St. Louis.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
Chancery Court at Jenesbero.

C. w. Yates ct al VS. Edwin S Hnlin, ct al.
TT APPEARING from the allegations
Il OF the bill that VIM. T.. Erwin. j. w.
Edwards, .. A. Edwards, Rebecca Ed
wards, sarah u Ramsey, S. d, Edwards,
B. #. Edwards, VIM. Edwards and j. II.
Edwardss h are made defendants 10
n bill are non residents of the State of
tennessee, it Is therefore ordered that
publication be made for four successive
weeks IN the Herald and Tribune, a news
paper punished In the town of Jonesboro,
Tenn, notifying said defendants TO ap,
pear before our said Chancery Court on
the 4th Monday IN May next and plead,
answer. or deinur to complainants bill, or
the same viii be taken for confessed as to
Inelh y set Tor hearing exparte. Wit
nessB F. wingle Clerk of our said Court
at oflice In Jonesboro this 4th Monday i'm
November, 1870. A coky of the order.
Test. Il. F. SWINGLE,-C & VI.
71mar30-prfeess, 81
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
IhE Payers!
Old ISSUE Of The RA,

OLAI SSUE of the BANK Or
Il TENNESSEE being good for Take,
which are somewhat onorous by the pres
y law, the undersigned at the Capitol,
VIII devote his attention 10 exchange OIL
A TREASURY WARRANTS,
NEW ISSUE of the Bank of Tennessee, a.
well as POST NOTES, for tha Currency
on the most reasonable terms. lie VII
also attend 10 h collection Of Claims ioI
his friends In East Tennessee. Reference
IN Jenesborough, to Messrs. Wheeler Q
Mahoney and John Il. Crisham, Esq. Az
dress,AsH. GRESHAM, Nashville, Tenn.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
Daring.

A young Irishman, who failed to have
sufficient change at the door for the Sup
per given at the Baptist Church last Tues
day night, assembled the lightning rod to
the height of thirty or forty feet and went
in at the Cupola window. Being caught
in the first attempt and put out, he tried
again and made a successful entrance and
secured his supper. This is perhaps the
greatest risk that was ever made in Jones'
borough to secure a supper.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
Fl VA,
w hoIesaIc Price Cure,
LEE, TAYLOR & CO.

Wholesale and Retail Grocers, ~Commissio,v
,hants and Produce Brokers, No. II. M
street. L~ynchburg, Virginia. 'Nsp
LYNCHBURG,.VA., April Is. ISL
Our market offers no change WORTH d
note during the past week. Bacon can.
tinues to arrive freely, the great bulk 4
which is not over half cured and unsipb.
" and market fiat and overstockedl(or
and Rye active, oats neglected, Table B~,
ter active, old Firkin unsaleable-Pr,
active and scarce.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
Board Of Education.

This Board will meet on the first Mon
day of MAY. Let all the members be pres
ent. Some arrangement must be made
for the disbursement of the School money
on hand. The last meeting adjourned
for want of a quorum. BY order Of the
Chairman. q. p. FAw, Sec'y.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13

Do NOT be discouraged. If you have
dyspepsia or any disease of the Liver,
there is a long life of happiness before you,
if you only use Simmons Liver Regula-
tor
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
Rcmcmber

1t is proposed to have a Sunday School
Convention for the County. Talk about
it. The Superintendent of the schools
in the county will meet IN Jonesboro on
the 9th of May to organize a Convention.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13

A snake bite, a bee sting, or any animal
or vegetable poison is at once neutralized
by using DARBY's PRoPHYLACTIC FLUID
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13
ATLANTA, MARKETS.
II. T. cox & BROTHER,
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
GrpEEr

ATLANTA, GA, April s, 1871.
Corn, Fairly active, stocks light, tending
upward Wheat, Good demand, markc-
bare (; Ryeland Barley--No demand Oats,
Sell slowly for feed stocks light, Flour
Good demand /; prices steady stocks light.
Bacon, Lard and Hay dull. market over,
stocked. Business generally inactive, and
likely to continue 80 during the season.
The demand for produce is confined to the
wants of consumers.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1871-04-13

Sewing Machines selling by sample Is 90
Many other occupations which are taxa
Bile but not common III fhis County. And
the Law provides that
"a failure to procure a license as here
in required, shall subject the party so of
Tending to a fine of One Hundred Dollars
for the use of the State County Court
Clerks, Sheriffs, and Constables shall see
that the provisions of this Act are en-
forced
l give this notice that all concerned
may govern themselves in accordance with
the Law and save trouble and costs.
JOHN f GRESHAM, Clerk of the
County Court of Washington County Ten
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