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Year: 1865

STATE SovEREIGSTr.-The rebel states
seeded on the ultra-democratic doctrine of
State Rights, and now not few of the con-
feds. are for repudiating the doctrine. 1t
does not work any better in rebeldom than it
did in the old Confederacy Of the United
States which preceded the Federal Constitu-
tion. The Richmond Enquirer says


Has not state sovereignty been the weak
ness OF our csusei Has il not continually y
oblruded itself, delayed and prevented the
legislation necessary to the common defence,
impaired the authority intrusted to the gem
eral government, and impeded the execution
Of the laws necessary TO our success Is it
to be supposed that when peace comes this
principle will permit the confederaGy to exist
one year How long would Gov. Brewn
permit the people OF Georgia to be taxed to
pay the debt Of the country The conduct
of certain states, in their opposition to laws
passed for the organization of the army and
preservation of discipline, has caused many
persons to reconsider their long g-cherished
doctrine of state sovereignty, and to come to
the conclusion that while true and beautiful
in theory. 1t is utterly defective in fact and
practice" 0HNHtNN| ''iI
Year: 1865




A GREAT FAULT IN A GREAT MAN


has turned out that the offender, whose con-
duct occasioned the resolution to exclude in
toxieating liquors from the restaurant Of the
U. s. Senate, (which we supposed had been
done long ago, as it had been done by the
House, was Vice President Johnson. We
have met Mr.. Johnson many times, the last
time about one year ago, and it never occurred
to us that he was man accustomed to in
dulge in that way nor was anything Of that
sort suggested, even privately, at the Nation
al Convection which nominated him. He
was nominated by temperance man Of Ten
nessee. He came to Washington from sick
bed, and, since the Inauguration, has suffered
from illness. It may be that on account
weakness he stimulated himself for the ex-
citing scene Of the inauguration, and alas
too much or it may be that be has no,
passed the terrible ordeal Of the rebellion
without acquiring a bad habit. IL is the sad
dest thing we ever knew on such an occasion
but It is so only because of the higher Of.
fee the offender holds. We saw, on the
night preceding the Inauguration Of Pres
ident Taylor, many Senators, Of both parties,
reeling in the Senate cham mber, hanging on
to their desks to steady themselves in drunk
en- debate, and one of them, the then Dem
ocrstc and now rebel Foote of Mississippi,
brutaly assaiing another Senator with his
fist; and we learned, from Senator of Ken
tucky, that the drunken revel was concluded
by confirming the drunkest Democrat as a
foreign Minister, and that, too, after our in
formant had called the attention of the chair
to the fact that the Senate was without
quorum, and formally protested against the
power or right Of the Senate TO confirm. SO
much for drunkenness in Democratic SEN
ate. That such an example should have been
initiated by Vice President on such an oc-
cAsion, or any other, even though it may have
been through physical weakness, is a matter
of profound modification and regret.
Year: 1865

A few days ago one Of our very best for
mers in the coanty, who lives about fifteen
miles from this Town on the border Of the
county, and whose general market place is
not in this county, told US that he considered
the proposit on to donate TO the Iowa Gen.
trail Railroad the swamp lands and $4,000
one Of he best projects ever undertaken by
the county and that there was not an acre
of land in the county, no matter where
situated. but wat would be raised in value
road much moro. Tie is o man Of good
Judgement, shrewd ca culator and one Of
the heaviest ta1payt rs in the ,ounty.
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, Thursday, Aug. d,


Brig. Gen. Dodd, who had charge of
the assassins Mudd, Arnold, % Laugh
lin, and Spangler, and who delivered
thCan to the prison keeper at the Dry
Tortigas, made his report to-day to the
War Department, and was discharged
from this special duty. IN


lien. Doda reports that on the trip,
Dr. Mudd acknowledged to Capt Budd,
Gen Dodd and others, that he knew
Booth when he came to his house with
Harold, on the morning after the as
sassination, bat was afraid to tell of his
having been there, fearing the life Of
himself and family would be endan-
gered thereby. He knew that Booth
would never be taken alive He also
acknowledged that he had been ae-
quainted with Booth for some time, ahd
that he was with Boothat the National
Hotel on the evening referred TO by
Weichman; that he met Booth in the
street, and Booth said he wanted him
(Muddl 10 Introduce him TO John Sur
raft; that they started up Seventh
street, on. their way to Mrs. Surratts
house, and on their Eaythey net John
SurTatt and Weichman, and returned
TO Booth room at the National, where
he and John Surrett had some conEer-
sation of 2 private character. He said
that the Military Commission, in his
case had done their duty, and as far as
they were concerned, the sentence in
his case was Just, but some of the wit
nesses had sworn falsely and ma
hcousiy. 81 @ s.a


OLaughlin acknowledged that the
court had done its duty, and said that
he was in the plot 70 capture the Presi
dent, but that after the Intellectual at.
temp in March, when the party hoped
to have captured the coach containing
the President, he thought that the en-
tire project had been given up, and it
was as far as he was concerned He
denies positively that be had part or
knowledge in the plot to assassinate
the President, Gen. Grant, or any one
else.


Sam Arnold made about the same
statement as he did before the trial
that he was in the plot to capture but
not to assassinate5 that that had failed,
and he considered himself out Of it,
and knew nothing about the assassi-
nation, which be thought was gotten up
BY Booth only a few hours before ex-
ecuting it He thoughtthe court could
not have done Otherwise than il did.
He expressed his sorrow that he had
been led into the plot to capture by
Booth aud others, and expressed him
self thankful that the punishment Was
No worse
Year: 1865

We imagine that the Mississippi Stat


Convention, which is shortly to asseu


BE, viii be peculiarly complexiOne,


politically. The Vicksburg Heral,


seems to entertain serious nlisgiying


copeering the action Of the Convention


On the Dist the Herald contained th.


following:


{ Tie Yiacs ef Delegates q tie Sac On


gelsti0h--If the delegates elected to the
state Convention 90 there with the


views expressed by the Kinds county
candidates, stated in published cards
there Is no hope of Mississippi being
relieved Of military rule The people
had as wen make up their minds %
stand Il = while longer. We take 4
that President johnson and the United
states Congress do not design re-estab.
fishing the Confederate States, and
heace come 10 the conclusion that IN
I'll Mississippi is ready TO become q cor
dial member of the Union, recognizing
the equality Of the citizens Of other
States, there is nc hope Of her being
admitted into the equslity Of the
Union.


What the "YieWs' are 70 which the
Herald refers, may be inferred from
the following extract from she card Of
one Of the candidates He is discuss
ing the question Of the illegality of the
cali for a convention,


In considering the question it is me-
cessary 10 keep in view the fact that
the State and the people are now under
the control Of military authority. It's
true that there Is a Qa1si civil govern
ment, under the administration Of
gentleman every way acceptable 70 the
people, bat that government is unknown
% the constitution and laws of the
State, is appointed BY and represents
the purposes and will Of the Federal
power, and is therefore inconsistent
with and repugnant 10 every principle
Of constitutional liberty as understood
and heretofore practised in this country.


The idea which / wish to convey Is,
that by the disastrous result Of the
struggle which has Just terminated, we
remain this day without the power Of
enforcing one single one Of the inalien-
able rights which we have inherited
from our ancestors, and which belong
TO Us as members of the Federal Gov
eminent, are recognized and secured in
its Constitution What is more, we
shall remain in this condition, without
any hope of relief, until a convention
of our people shall so amend the Con-
stitution Of our State as to make it
acceptable to the central power Upon
doing this, and not before, we are told
we may resume our place in the Union,
and thus regain such Of our rights as
members thereof as have not been lost !
in the storm of civil war.
Year: 1865

A Saratoga letter.writer, in speaking
Of General Grants visit, says Il had
the pleasure to spend some time with
him, light my cigar by his, aud listen
while ne talked with a young officer Of
SheFidan's army about the war and the
result. OF Sheridan he said CT remem-
Der the exact wordsE He isa good man,
and one Of the ablest men in this cOun.
Try Of Sherman he said There is
not better man in America 10 lead an
army to battle. He avowed his belief
in the Monroe doctrine, and said ;
Since the setting up Of the monarchy
in Mexico was an act which France
would not have thought of but for our
domestic troubles, it was therefore un-
friendly TO Us, and our Government
should at least give all its moral force
in aid Of the natives against the
French"
Year: 1865

The London Times, of the Both ult, has
a long article on the Atlantic Cable Many
of the facts We sntieipstedin our article of
yesterday, those especially in reference to
the preparations for the laying ofthe cable
and the departure of the Great Eastern
We append, however, an interesting
extract from the article, concerning the sr-
rangements on board the Leviathsn.


"The paying out machine is being fixed
up on board the ship, and the leading
t-ansh has alsn hean- rnnnlated along the
deck. This latter is plain timber frame,
supporting a semi-circulsr trough of iron,
down which the cable is drawn to the
paving out machine, the friction of its pas
ssge sufieiDg to keep il Haut' and obviste
all chance of kinks entering the machine.
All three tanks containing the cable have
now been completely filed with water, and
the wire, in fact, is IS much submerged now
as it will be st the bottom of the Atlantic
with this difference, that the pressure of
the immense depths of the ocean will ms
terisliy improve the condition of the cible
by the compression of the gutta -perchs-
In these three tanks the temperature and
quantity of water are kept precisely equal,
and series of electrical tests have been
taken for the last three days, and will be
continued for five days more, in order, from
the results of all, TO obtain standard Of
what the condition of the cable should be
while paying out. The contents Of
the three tanks = that is, the entire
length of two thousand five hundred miles
of csble-have now been coupled up, and
signals are sent through morning and
evening. These signals show the insuls-
tion and conductiYity of the wire to be
almost absolutely perfect, even in an
electrical sense. Thus, even with the
rough instruments, message of four words
was sent through yesterday in q minute
and q quarter. The company, however,
believe they have succeeded in designing
instruments which can more than double
this rate of signalling. But even taking
the four words in q minute as a fair
standard, the yield Of profit from such q
wire at the rate of 60 per word, which we
believe is to be the ciarge, would be I'M
mense, and, allowing for repeats and SER
vice signals, amount to more than q million
annually. Certainly all that science and
skill can do has been done for this cable,
and everything now depends on moderate
ly fair weather for the voyage. If that
additional good fortune should only be
vouchssfed to the undertaking, hourly
Communication with the most distant re-
gions of North America may be confident
" locked for on the 2Sth of July next.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK, July IA.
Gold itill tends strongly upward. There
is very little regular demand, and the
shorts are able to borrow what they want
for making deliveries at ! per cent. per
day. The bulls are holding their large
stocks of the market, and argue that the
next steamer will report decline in BIOS
in London, thereby Strengthening the
price of gold. The price touched l4Sf
this morning.
Year: 1865

The Army and Nary Official Gazette, the
publication of which has just been suspen-
ded by the War Department, should not
be confounded with the Arny and Navy
Journal which is now left alone in its sps-
cial sphere of journalism. The Official Ga
sst:e was intended only as q Temporary
means of communicating official orders
and information to the staff corps and de.
psrtments. The Arny and Nary Journal,
in addition to its official publications, en-
braces the whole range of military Journal
ism, and is designed 70 be the permanent
Of our Army and Navy.
Year: 1865

S a few days since. q stranger met
Us on the street. and remarking that be
owed us a little account, handed out Q
6ve-dollar green. n.back for Us to take our
change from. We asked him what the
amount was, and he replied that it was
two dollars. for years subscription to
the Chief, FIVE years ago. We recollsctsd
neither the man nor the subscription but
he insisted upon it. and. strangely enough.
we took the word of stranger, and
pocketed our two dollars. He seemed as
well satisfied with the transaction as we
we're. This may be set down as . case
of pure honesty.
Year: 1865

The MONROE DocrRINE.-The following
paragraph, which we extract from the
speech Of President johnson, delivered
upon the receipt of the intelligence of the
nomination as Vice. President. will be oi
interest to our readers as Indicating the
policy of the President of the United
States in relation to the claims of Maxi
millian


The nations of Europe are anxious
for our overthrow. France takes advant-
age OF our internal difficulties and sends
Msximillian of to Mexico to set up a
monarchy on our borders. The day of
reckoning is approaching. The time is
not far distant when the rebellion will be
put down. and then We will attend to this
Mexican affair and say to Louis Napoleon:
. You can set up NO monarchy on this
continent [Great applause. An ex-
pedition into Mexico would be sort of
recreation to the brave soldiers who are
fighting the battles of the Union. and the
French concern would be quickly wiped
out. Let Us be united. I know there
are but two parties now, one for the coun-
try and the other against it, and ! am
for my country"
Year: 1865

EQUAL RIGHTs.-Our people have vet tc
learn many lessons Of justice and freedom
before the full spirit Of slavery shall be
entirely laid. Here at the North we have
an immediate duty to perform. and that
is to remove the restrictions and disabili.
ties which our laws place upon the blacks
-Er.


There is force in the remark. The
laws restricting the right Of suffrage in the
case Of persons of color are disgrsca to
the North. They prove that the barbsr-
Gus spirit Of slavery, still finds foothold
in our midst. It is with an i'll grace
that we can ask our nsighbors of the
South to- confer the right of voting upon
blacks as long as we deny them that
right ourselves.-Al5ony Journal.
Year: 1865

The New York Dsily News suggests
that subscription be commenced to
raise a sufficient amount of money to
prosecute all the parties to the recpn,
military execution at Washington for
murder. -


The Columbus (Ohio) Crisis echoes
the views of the News and says "tbe
suggestion is good one."


We have no doubt the first work the
Democratic party. as represented by the
News and the Crisis. would enter upon
if it was in power, would be the prose
cution Of every man who has raised bis
hand to put doon this rebellion. Those
who favor that project will vote the
Democratic ticket. srn
Year: 1865

ANOTHER Pickrc.-We understand that
the officers on the Island have made ar
rangements for basket picnic to take place
on the coming Friday, on the Barrack
grounds. The public are invited to attend.
Music and and dancing will be numbered
among the attractions Of the day.
Year: 1865

New HOSE CARRIAGE.-The City Council
has authorized the purchase Of new hose
carriage for Pilot Engine Company No. a.
We are glad to see the City Fathers show
their appreciation Of the public spirit and
eiilclentcy Of the boys in proper manner.
Year: 1865

CoMPLAiNT.-Scvcral owners Of fine dogs
in town complain that the very questionable
practice Of dog poisoning has been commcn'
c,d without giving proper public notice.
We don't know that this is done by the
sanction Of the uthorities-surely it should
not be until notice has been given. 1t is a
practice, even among CANNES to bark before
they bite.
Year: 1865

HoRsE RAcE.-One of the ....ading features
Of the comlns Fourth of July in this city,
vi. be grand running race at the Fair
Ground Track between Geneseo Horse and
Beardsleys Humboldt, Of Rock Island, for
81 900. The track has been put in perfect
order and the contest will doubtless be very
exciting We understand that some two
thousand people will come from Geneseo to
see the sport, and large number will be
over from Rock Island The race wilrtake
place in the afternoon-after the soldiers
dinner is served
Year: 1865

neA- Theodore F. Vaill, formerly Adjutant of the Second Heavy Artillery, is designing to publish a history of that regiment from the time of its first muster as the Nineteenth Con. necticut to it's discharge last summer, in case he receives sufficient encouragement. We are glad that this work has been commenced, and that it is in the hands of Adjutant Vaill, who is eminently qualified to make it a reliable and exhaustive record. It will form an interesting part of the written history of our county, and one of which We may we'll be proud. All the old officers of the regiment are agents, We be- lieve, for procuring subscriptions.
Year: 1865

b9r It is impossible, at the time of going to press, to state by what majority the Constitu. tional Amendment was lost, but we do not think it will overreach 4,oOO or 5000. The following is the vote in this county as far as we
Year: 1865

The Richmond Republic states that
the farmers Qandholders) Of several
central counties of Virginia met last
Thursday at Louisa Court House, and
fixed on So per month as the price
they would pay for negro labor this
season-the negro to clothe himself
and psy his own Doctors bills. This
will seem inadequate to the Blacks,
who are quite aware that they have
hitherto been hired out by their masters
and for those masters benefit, at $40
to s25 per month. Yet we would urge
every one Of them to accept the S. per
month and 60 to work, provided he
can get no more. "Strikes" are al
most always blundcrs-the laborer,
standing idle at his own cost inevitably
growing less and less able to resist the
demands of Capital. Always work
for the best price you can get, is the
safe rule, and thus qualify yourself for
earning and requiring more. The ne
gro who works for IS per month, and
has family to support out of the pro-
ceeds, will see hard times; but he will
not soften them by earning nothing at
all. And free man at work, and thus
earning some sort of living, may al
ways hope to do better at the close of
his present engagement.


Gen. Patrick, Provost Marshal Gen
eral of the Army Of the Potomac, at
tended a meeting of Blacks at Rich
mond on the Goth ult., and urged all
those who swarmed in from the coun-
try to retutn to it and hire out to the
farmers Qate planters) for the most
they could get. He cautioned those
who should remain, against idleness,
and admonished all, that Freedom inn
piled industry and frugality. Such ad-
vice is freely given all oyer the South,
and the Blacks generally hear and
heed it. Yet they follow our armies
and flock into cities, often because they
prize Liberty and fear that it may be
snatched away if they remain with
their old masters. Some complain OF
hard usage, and say they cannot trust
their late masters; but, very generally,
they cheertully accept kind words and
fair promises when rendered, and go
to work at the low wages offered them.
And the masters, who at first would
have no dealings with free negroes, are
finding that the negroes are as ncces
sary to them as they to the negroes
and are calling back those they toe
hastily repelled. Hence, though an
archy, idleness and famine, are very
prevalent, it is plain that matters arc
gradually improving, so that the mum


Der of the unemployed is diminishing
Marriages among the Blacks hitherto
living together without any formal tic
are increasing; and the tendency from
bad to better is very general. Very
little beside food, and none too much
of that will be grown this year at the
South but next year will see the con
dition of those States bravely altered
Meantime, farming-lands, forests, mines
and water-power, &C., are for sale dos
cheap throughout the South, and those
in want of either, may buy them this
year as never again.-N y Tribune.
Year: 1865

The TnrNG YIELDED.-The Tribune
ends long article ppon--"What shall
be done with the negro?" thus:


"There is just one thing necessary at
present--a frank, cheerful, ungrudging
recognition of the fact that slavery has
ceased in this country-that all our
people are free. We believe this rec
ognition is being generally and hearth
ly made by the Southern whites lately
In rebellion, and we will do all in our
power to encourage them in this course.
Only clear away the wreck Of slavery,
dispel the lingering fear of return to
it, and we may soon break up our
Freedman's Bureaus and all manner of
coddling devices, and let the negroes
take care of themselves"
Year: 1865

VIRGINIA STATE pRBT-A Richmond cor.
respondent Of the New York World says:


1t is supposed that the next legislature OF
Virginia, at the recommendation OF Governor
Pierpont, will repudiate every dollar OF the
State debt contracted since the war. This
amounts 70 ABOUT ten millions. Most OF this
sum is due to citizens of the State and the
State banks; but inasmuch as the purchases
were made In Confederate money, the loss will
not be much felt, as the retention of these
promises TO pay would leave their possessors
In no better condition.
Year: 1865

~ letter from Syria, May Sd, says 1.-THE
second crop OF locusts are now Matching out,
and new swarm OF the flying kind has also
come on from the South. In some parts of the
country they are devouring every green thing
Millions nave fallen into the sea, and the wa yes
nave cast them upon the shore in wInrows
Yesterday they almost darked the shy, and the
noise of their r1ying was like the noise of
flock OF uuails
Year: 1865

WnAr LuSAT1cs CAN Do.-At a trial
now progressing in New York. where
a sister sues her brother for Dnfning
her in lunatic asylum, q curious
statement was made by the principal
physician Of the asylum. 1t appears
the plaintiff is the author of some
very clever poetical effusions, among
which is the popular one Of :" A Fisher
Boy" commencing:


81 Ho lay upon tho sands to rest


His hair clung with The salt sea Wet"


During tho course of the trial the
physician was asked if it was not pos
sible that person Of insane mind
should write excellent poetry, such as
the plaintiff claims to have written, or
to excel in any other art. To which
he replied, that he supposed the best
ans wer he could make to the question
was to state that ADLER's German and
English Dictionary, which is used as
standard text book in the principal
colleges Of the country, was written
in the Bloomingdale Lunatio Asylum.
by q person of insane mind. He said
he might also mention number of
the standard textbooks which were
written in that institutions; and no
stated, ns conclusive fact, that one
of the leading newspapers in New
York is principally edited in the
Bloomingdale Lunatic Asylum, and
the leading editorial is written there
four times week by personsof un-
sound mind confined in that institu-
tioul