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Year: 1865

WIRz's DEFENCE. The defence of Wirz will
be that he was acting under the orders of a
superior, and is in no wise responsible for the
cruelties inflicted upon Union prisoners at An


dersonvie. His orders would relieve him
from the iniquity Of the general regulations by
which they suffered, but would not affect his
personal conduct at ALL If Wirz could show
that in his own personal intercourse with the
prisoners, he did what he could to alleviate the
barbarity of the regulations, he would be enti-
tied to the sympathy of the Court, for many a


man is compelled at rimes to do repugnant
and disagreeable duty. But nowhere does it
yet appear that he had any such feelings of
compassion for the men in his charge, and his
el80nal brutality is up to the standard of the
atrocious general regulations. An individual


who would carry out brutal orders in the spirit
in which they were issued, can lay no claim to
exemption from the penalties mankind impose
upon crime, because some one in authority
over him gave him the power to do so. If he
had been a man, he would have refused to par
ticipate in such brutality as it is said the rebel
Major Haskill did. The trial will develop by
whose orders these inhumanitieS were inflicted.
Year: 1865

WHAT THE SOUTH THINKS OF THE COPPER
HEADs.-The Augusta COnStitutiOnGtiSt thus
speaks of the Northern copperheads:


Before the war they were great on promi
ses. During the war they were exceedingly
great on doing nothing. The boasted assist
ance they were to give the South in case she
resOrted to arms, to force the Republicans from
place and power was an empty bOast-that s
ALL These designing politicians are now once
more at work to entangle this section into
schemes which will result in their own good
and our injury. We hope no leading South
crn man, or the masses, will be deceived by
them. If we permit ourselves to be cajoled
we will find out when it is too late that We have
been made dupes Of for the benefit Of "a set OF
men who care nothing for us except our polit-
ical influence History proves this. Why
should we allow a repetition of that of which
we have already been the only ones to rear
bitter fruit? Let us avoid all entanging poll
tical alliances with the dead Copperhead Dem
ocratic party of the North. We can gain no
thing by so doing. On the contrary, we viii
be the losers in the future as We have been in
times past. Let us attend to our own affairs
and our future will be one of greatness anC
prosperity.
Year: 1865

The OLD FAMILIES OF TIE South. Those
who happen to be familiar with the names of
the prominent families of the Southern States,
find the perusal of the frequently published
lists Of . ''PardOns asked for and " "Pardons
granted very instructive. In these lists are
found not only the notable rebel generals who
acquired position during the late war, not only
those men who were distinguished in political
life in other days as members of Congress,
State Governors, and so forth, but also the
less known, though more powerful, represen-
tatives of the great leading families of society
in nearly every Southern State-families pos
sessed Of great landed properties, having great
revenues, and with a social power and general
Influence far greater than were ever exercised
by any other special class in any other part of
this country. We see in great numbers the
names of the ancient and proud Virginia fam
lilies, who have inherited the soil of the Old
Dominion ever since its first settlement by
Englishmen. We see the names of the great
lords OF South Carolina, many of whom have
never figured prominently either in politics OF
war, but who, nevertheless, had the influence
as well as the wealth of lords From other Of
the old States, as Georgia and North Carolina
we also see the names of the chief families
and from the newer States, bordering on the
the Gulf and the Mississippi, the masters Of
the soil are found to turn up; and as they ap
pear many "reminiscences of their history are
recalled by those who have known Of them il
other days.


What the fate and fortune, what the posi-
ton and power, what the relations, what the
opportunities of those old families may be, in
the new times upon which we and they have
fallen, it is impossible to say: but it Is certain
that they will never, in the future, be as they
have been in the past.-Er.
Year: 1865

mony Let the North be satisfied that the
South is no longer governed by spirit of dis
i.oyalty-that it acknowledges, with absolute
faith, all of its obligations to the National Gov
ernment-and good will and generous trust
will be renewed, that will aid vastly in the
quick and satisfactory settlement of all other
differences. That which more than all else
hlnderS the South from being embraced again
is the doubt of the sincerity of its repentance,
~ y Times
Year: 1865

The Mobile Daily Tribune, of Aug ~ says:
Cup to Yesterday evening, between three and
four hundred citizens had taken the amnesty
oath before the officer who acts for the Pro-
vost Marshal. We suppose that the list will
he increased to six hundred by the day of the
election. The officer, we may observe, is
one need apprehend any unkindness from him.
His face, however, would assure us Of this. It
is a very excellent letter of recommendation.
Year: 1865

Upon our first page to-day will be found
the narrative of JosEPH II. BRADLEY's inter.
views with his client, MARY Hams, now on
trial for the murder of ADoNIRAM J. Bun.
RoUGus. Whatever weight it may have in
determining the question of the insanity OF
the accused, it will bo found to possess an
absorbing interest for all readers.


This plain story of a veteran member of
the bar, who with patience and perseverance
studied day by day tho mental condition of
a client that had committed ono of the most
extraordinary homicides of modern timos
will be found more pathetic than all the over
wrought pathos of writers of sentimental fc-
ton. 1t will challenge the attention of all
students Of criminal jurisprudence, as well
as of the general public. We have printed
it from tho original manuscript, and as
Mr.. BRADLEY has given tho substance Of
this marvcllously interesting story in his
testimony before the court, and as tho jury
men are not allowed to read any newspapers,
we cannot be charged with attempting to use
any undue influence on the case by thus
presenting it to tho public.
Year: 1865

Not long since Gen. CANBY assumed to
interfere with the civil action Of the Presi-
dent and Secretary Of the Treasury in their
efforts to get cotton out from tho thon rebel
lious States. As soon ns this was known,
Gen. GRANT ordered CANBY not to interfere
in military point of view with the opera
tions and execution of the trade regulations;
in other words, not to do anything to prevent
the getting out of cotton by any person hay
ing authority to do so. Gen. CASBY, for
reasons best known to himself, not only ceased
his unnecessary and unauthorized interfer-
ence, but withdrew all military protection
over cotton known to have belonged to the
confederate government, but which had be-
come tho rightful property of tho United
States, leaving it to be seized by rebels or
any othor persons who chose to appropriate
1t to their own use.


This action of Gen. CANDY in abandoning
such valuable property and leaving 1t to be
indiscriminately seized and held, has given
great dissatisfaction to those who have a
right to complain.


Gen. GRANT, in view Of all the facts, has
ordered Gen. CANDY to change his tactics
and give protection to loyal holders Of cotton,
and to see to II that confiscated cotton be
held for the benefit Of the Government.
Year: 1865

RICHMOND, VA Oct. :, 1900.
EDITORS OF THE REGISTER


The weather is warm and dry here, no
rain for six weeks. Corn however, was
made before the dry weather set in and
and will be very abundant here.


The publication of the Bulletin was
suppressed on Saturday last by order of
Gen. Terry and the writer Of an offensive
article in relation to the doings Of things
in the White House at Washington city,
imprisoned in Castle Thunder. Sowe go.


Negroes a.e fast leaving, so much SO,
that they are not now in tho way here,
where they have gone to l cannot say ]
think probably, that if you should elect
a radical Legislature in West Virginia
such as Senator Sumner would desire
and extend to the negro the right of suff'
rage. that the negroes of East Virginia
would rapidly emigrate to West Virginia
and thus increase your population very
much.


Governor Peirpoint has almost fully
organized civil government Ill Virginia
The circuit and county courts are all or
ganized, except the corporation court here
in Richmond, which is prohibited yet by
military authority from organizing.


The military force is reducing here ra
mildly. All the volunteers belonging Il
The army of the United States are direct
ed to be discharged, leaving only TIT
regular troops and one regiment of cav
airy, retaining here probably not NOR
than 1900 men. A. B.
Year: 1865

Hon Martin Grover, of New York, for.
merly an eminent Republican of that
State, who is now supported by the
Democracy for Judge of the Court OF
appeals, says in a letter of the 9th inst


II have seen with anxiety she rapid
tendency to Capitalization, the loose con
struction of the Federal Constitution so
as to swallow up all the powers Of the
State; the little regard paid to the only
fundamental principles upon which civil
liberty can securely rest; financial sys-
tenn intending to food the country with
paper money; the establishment of the
tariff upon principles widely varient
from revenue departure from the an
cicnt maxim of the party equal and eX-
act Justice to all in the exercise of the
taxing power by which large masses of
property are exempted from their equal
proportion of the public burden; but
more than all, claim set up at large in
the country, of power in Congress to ex-
clude the Southern States from repre-
sentation in the Federal Legislature,
and the right of local self-government
til the effective franchise wassettled ac-
cording to their views. This claim re-
gard as equally unfounded, and al
most as mischievous as the claim ofright-
full State secession from the Union
The view of President Johnson Gas un-
derstand it) that the ordinances of seces-
sion were null and void, and that con-
sequently no State admitted to, is, or ev-
er was out of the Union, is sound and
constitutional. That view, carried to
its legitimate consequence, clears away
every difficulty 1t confers the right of
local selt-governmeut upon each State,
subordinate only to the Constitution of
the United States, and of representation
in Congress. No department of the Gov
ernment has any more power to deny
such rights, when constitutionally eXer-
cised, to the States of the South than
to New York. The Democratic is the
only party that unitedly and boldly
AYERS concurrence in this view 1t is
at present the most important question
of the hour Political movements in va
rious quarters indicate that this doctrine
will be fiercely assailed in the next Con-
gress. Upon this there is no ambiguity
in the platform of the convention
Uniting upon this, and sympathizing in
the financial and commercial views of
Wright, Benton, and their patriotic asso-
ciates, and in respect for the Constitu-
tional rights of the States and citizens,
established by the sages who founded
the Government, the Democratic party
has a mission not second in importance
to the country, to the contests long since
waged with the Federal party In these
principles all educated III the Democratic
school must concur. Sound conserva.
tive men, whatever their antecedents


can not fail to see that the Government
must, to insure prosperity and preserve
liberty, be guided by this spirit.
Year: 1865

THE PRESIDENT AND THE DEMOCRATS.
According to the New York Tribune, the
President informed Dean Richmond that
he should in no wise interfere with New
York politics that he considered himself
pledged to no party, and that only those
who approved of his present policy could
be regarded as his friends. He further
stated that the policy of reconstruction
which he is now pursuing is not an ex'
pertinent, but the settled course which
he has determined to carry out without
reference to the wishes Of any party,
Year: 1865

DIsAPPoINTMENTs OF THE RADICALS


OVER THE REsULT-ITS IMPORTANCE


ADMITTED--MoRAL STRENGTH OF THE


DEMOCRATIC PARTY ENHANCED RADIO


AL SCHEME IN THE SOUTH CRIPPLED.


From the New York Tribune, October 3


The Republicans could, if they had
chosen, have given the right of suffrage
to the blacks in spite Of the whole Cop
perhead vote in the State. Not to do SO
1cas to add so much moral strength TO The
C0pperhead party and TO geaken their O,rn.


The act makes the road before us to
complete peace and the restoration of
the Union more difficult. That hereto
fore 1000 men in voting population Of
$4,000 were disfranchised in Connecticut,
though very base wrong and signal
outrage, was matter of comparatively
small practical Importance. But that
such an evil example should be followed
and sustained by the moral influence Of
Connecticut in depriviRg 100000 loyal men
of the South Of the right to rote is afact, the
practical importance of which cannot
vet be calculated.
Year: 1865

And we are selling these goods as low as any
other house In the trade, without any exception.
Our connections with the East are such that
We are able to offer SUPERIOR INDUCE
MENTS TO parties in need Of goods in our line.
We shall spare no pains to maintain our repu'
tation for keeping the largest, finest and cheap
est stock Of goods IN our line In the city, TO
which We invite the attention Of CLOSE BUY
ERS We buy exclusively for Cash.


II Special attention given 10 tho nlhns oi
orders -


UNIFORM SUITS
Made to order on short notice.


mve.6m A N. ADAMS & 90
Year: 1865

Intrinsically, the election is of little
consequence, since there are but few col
ored men in the State; but just at this
iuncture, when the same question is par
amount in the Southern States, this YER
diet is pregnant with importance.
Year: 1865

Hartford and New Haven roll up a
majority of one thousand five hundred
against the proposition for negro voting
And nwich-where the radicals
made martyr" case out of a negro who
married white woman-rolls up fOur
hundred and nineteen majority against
the miscegnationists.
Year: 1865

Is richly assorted Being exclusively IN tho
Clothing Business, we can furnish the above to
better advantage TO dealers and on better terms
than can be had elsewhere.


We have the most complete stock and largest
assortment Of goods Of any house In our line IN
the city.


We are selling goods lower than any other
house in the city, as we bought our goods whom
gold was at the lowest


We have a large stock OF
Year: 1865

ANECDorE OF GEN GRANT.-In Peter
sons life of Gen. Grant which has Just
been published there is this anecdote of
the Lieutenant General While he was
yet quite a boy his cousin John once called
Washington nothing but rebel. "Now I"
look here, Jack replied Ulysses, "you
must stop that or will give you a thrash
ing. Mother says ! must not fight, but
forgive my enemies. You may abuse me
ls much as you please but if you abuse
Washington Ill off coat and let in to you
if you were ten times my cousin, and then
mother may afterward whip me as much
rs she likes"
Year: 1865

G. The present strawberry season has
been one of the best ON record. There has
been Just enough rain and sunshine 10 give
a large yield, and the produce has been
enormous. MeSsrs. Judd of South Had
ley Falls are the largest raiscrs in that
section, Their beds in bearing this vear
cover about an acre and a halt and have
yielded enormously, AT least twice a much
as last year They have picked about
700 quarts day during the season. and
on Monday of last week they picked 1000
quarts This yield even at 20 cents q
quart would make pretty income.
Year: 1865

Paddy's description of a fiddle cannot
be beat " 1t was the shape of turkey
and the size of goose he turned it over
on its belly and rubbed its backbone wild
a sthick, and och by St. Patrick how it
did squale!"
Year: 1865

We have no heart nor language tc
scomment on the greatest calamity thai


ever befell this nation. In the midseoI
4 our rejoicings over the success of oul
armies and the prospect of returning
peace, the hand of the assassin has


struck down the beloved head Of the
Government and his most trusted
counselor and adviser. The sha-
dow of a crime unrivalled in the
history of the world for magnitude
or atrocity rests like q nightmare upon
every patriot heart. Horror and grief
lis depicted in every countenance. In
fitting sympathy the heavens themselves
seem shrouded in dark and tear-ladened
clouds. The American people are call
led upon to endure their creates. loss
and severest trial. They will look 10 the
future with anxious forebodings. Such
Implicit confidence did all classes
place in the wisdom and integrity of Mr..


Lincoln, that, now he has fallen, they may
indulge in despairing reflections upon
the fate of the Republic But we should


not despair. Regarding the calamity


as intending to subseFwe some wise pur-


pose of Providence, we should look to


Him for comfort and consolation in our


great bereavement, and trust Him as q


very present help in time of trouble.
Year: 1865

New YORK, April l5-Intense sorrow
is depicted on all eountenances at th'
horrible event that occurred in Wash


'ington last night, and the grief of al


good men is apparent everywhere at tbs


death of the President. No flags wert


hoisted in the city this morning until the
state of the President was known, when


they were all placed at half-mast. The
people appear perfectly Mortified, and
|the utmost rage is undoubtedly felt to


ward all known secessionists and rebel
'sympathizers,
Year: 1865

FINHE EYE, BEING THE MOST DELICATE
n Organ, and Of the most vital importance q
the happiness and prosperity Of man, should
never be tampered With, either by the individual
or those who for mere profit take upon Themselves
the aeiliDg OF artificial sights, and who know
nothing OF the anatomy Of the Eye.


These Celebrated Sueetaeleg
Year: 1865

The New Jersey Democratic State
Convention was held yesterday. Major
General Runyan was nominated for
Governor. The resolutions adopted do
not differ, in many respects, from those
of the Ohio Convention The stale aud
worn out charge Of responsibility for
the war on the election OF a sectional
President, was revived. The Dem0cra-
cy Of New Jersey, ike the State, are
about fifty years behind The Demo
Gratis Of other States have abandoned
that stuff as improbable and lost is
sue-CIUcuuah Commercial
Year: 1865

An American writes from London that
in the churches there, whoever comes first,
whether gentleman or lady. takes the fur
ther end in the slip, aud those that follow
fill up the remaining seats, and thus prevent
the awkward disturbance which occnrs in
our churches here, in the ocess of filing
in and out by men in order to isolate no


men at the farther end Of TIE pew. In
churches where the pews are tree, the awk


wardness aud inconvenience ocoasioued to
lalies by the first corners taking the aisle
end of the pew is even greater as many
of those who obtain that seat persist in
sitting still and making those who wish to
get into the pew climb over them, no easy
or modest undertaking, especially if the
crinoline of lady be at all fashionable


Ii is not the one who does the climbing,
however, but the one who persists in sit
ting still, that is to be ceusured, for this
breach Of courtesy. Ii is said that the
habit of gentlemen taking the aisle end
of the pew originated with the early set.
tiers, who sat near the doors of the pews
so that in case of an attack by the Indians
they might be ready for action. This
will account for the prevailing fashion of
gentlemen occupying the door end of the
pew, but we have no authority for the
Year: 1865

We speak of the realms Of the hest,


OF thar country so bright and 80 fair,
And oft are its glores confessed


But what must 1t be to be there?
We speak of its pathway of gold. =
Its walls decked with jewels rare,
or it, wonders anI pleasures untold


But what must it be to be there?
We speak of its freedom from sin.


From sorrow. temptation AMI care,
From trials. without and within


But what must 1t be to be there?
We speak of its service of love,


or the robes which the glorifed wear,
OF the charch of the first-born above


But what must it be to be therel
Then let us. mid sorrow and wo.


Still for Heaven our spirits prepare
And shortly We also shall know


And feel what it is To be there.
Year: 1865

THE FIRE CoMPANY.-W e are requested
by the President and Secretary of Washing
ton Engine Company to say that the regular
monthly meeting of the Company will be
held on Monday evening next at Miners
Hall, corner of Main and First streets
Also to say that all citizens interested in
the keeping up of the fire organization are
requested to attend The necessity for the
continuance and thorough organization of
the Company should now be apparent to all;
and as it may not be continued unless prop,
er assistance is rendered BY those who are
actually interested, every property holder is
especially notified that this. invitation is ex.
tended to him. The officers of the Compa-
ny have labored long and patiently, with
the little assistance they have had, to main
tain the organization but they now say
that unless they can have more assistance,
in the form of Z" bone and sinew" on all
meeting occasions, so that the Company can
be made more effective, they will retire from
their positions. AS this matter is one of
the most vital in Importance to the city, it
is certainly to be hoped it will receive the
attention it merits
Year: 1865

FESTIVE HoRsEs.-How few people know
how to manage q restive horse. Or, more
properly speaking, how few preserve their
temper when an animal becomes restive


stubborn and baulkyl They regard the lash
to be a sovereign remedy in every case, and
appear to learn no better from the experience
of the absurdity Of such an idea We have
observed many an instance where we should
like to have applied the whip to the biped
instead Of the quadruped which was in the
act of being abused. In reference to this
subject, we find the following communication
in a late number Of the Genessee Farmer:


| have a valuable mare, of very high srir-
its. Last Fall she began to be restive about
starting, so much. so; that it was dangerous to
drive her single. She was impatient to start,
and if held in,e would rear and pitch about,
sometimes throwing herself down. Finding
the ematters becoming serious undertook to.
cure her, and succeeded perfectly. The
Dao7uS 0perapai is this Let the driver have
the entire charge of her, and take pains, by
gentle usage and kindness. to be on good
terms with her. When shesis to be driven,
let him harness her himself, talking to and
patting her during the process. When all is
ready, 90 to her head and stand. without
holding her, if possible, till everything is in
the buggy but yourself. Now. holding the
lines, step back a pace or two She will
probably start; if she does, pull her up spith-
ont a jerk. speak kindly to her as soon as she
is still. If she backs up or rears, hold her
by the head, but don't strike her Repeat
the process until she is mild enough to stand
still, and take that time to get in. Now, if
you order her to start, she will probably
make more trouble; wait, therefore, till she
is ready-you can tell by watching her ears
then give her the word and let her go. By
pursuing this plan a few week a radical cure
may be effected this. at least, is my expert
ence. One very important point is, never,
on any account, any severity with a horse
of that dispositions; it can never do any
good, and is almost sure to do hurt. 1t
should be remembered that while it is never
necessary to give up to q horse, it is very
often advisable to hunor them. ihaa 1al
Year: 1865

They have a temperance hotel Al North
ampton. Mass Al a public meeting held
there the proprietor of the Mansion House
stated ..tlhat in four wears he had not sold
500 worth OF liquor and for eight
months had not sold drop. and that he
could testify from his OWN experience that
a man could keep strict temperance hotel
and make ii pay pecuniarily-"