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Year: 1868

confession in yesterday mornings Issue:


II would materially assist the exposure OF Radcah N
construction Southern journalists 20 be somewhs
more precise and statistical their accounts OF thai
villany as enactng under their very eyes GeneE
ally speaking the country il satisfied that this thngs
Illustrations with names, facts, and hgnres would end


greatly to better and more widely extended c0mprehen
sion OF this truth"


we join with The World in the same request
All we want is facts and figures. The trouble
about The Worlds statement is that it is not
based upon facts, and we commend the frank
ness with which il is willing to admit that all
the accounts of Radical outrage in the South.
and of Southern peace and happiness, have no
foundation.
Year: 1868

The College festivities at Worcester Mass,
would be more enjoyable if they were devoid
of the riots among the students which we
have to chronicle each year. The one on
Thursday night was promptly suppressed by the
police, and many of its participants
punished in a merited manner. The great
event-the boat-race ycsterday-was as attract
i've as any ever seen on Lake Qunsigamond.
Harvard was again the winner. A full report
by our special correspondent will be found on
our first page.
Year: 1868

Post:


"THE IMPENDING CRISIS.


"The feeling OF apprehension here Is rapidly becoming
intensified and the popular impression Is that
approaching serious crisis than the Of
the rebellion. The oldest and bravest speak
their fears One Of the most distinguished generals OF
the Federal army, who is not I'm political e though
lately sympathizlng with the Republican party is salts
fed OF the fixed determination OF his late political
ciates to overthrow the Government and seize the
Executive power lie expresses great fear lest the
taxed forbearance OF the people Will revolt against the
oppression OF Radical rule and resort to revolutionary
measures to regain their Independence"


Who is this mysterious General2 What bat
ties did he fghtY Why did he leave the
amy7 What is the special cause of his gloom
Does he like promotion 2-or has he earned q
breyet Y-or does no feel that the Republic is
ungrateful because he was not recently nOmi-
mated as a candidate for the Presidency
Perhaps it is Gen. Tom Ewing, or Gen. Este
or warrior as renowned and prodgious as
Gen. Spinola. Let us know this mysterious Cen
eral in his proper person, and not have him
thrown through the canvass like an "intelli-
"gent contraband,' or reliable gentleman y
"a party ghost merely intended to frighten
people
Year: 1868

The President has ordered the Secretary of
War to withdraw all the military from those
Southern States which have representatives in
Congress If any scenes of violence occur in
these States their Legislatures must call on
Mr.. johnson for assistance.
Year: 1868

An effort was made in the House yesterday to
reconsider the vote by which that branch
agreed to the Senate resolution to take recess
from Monday next. The motion was laid upon
the table, which settles the matter, and both
Houses will stand adjourned from the day
named above until the third Monday in Sep
tember. I.rr..
Year: 1868




From the Savannah Republican, 24th.l


We are indebted to friend conversant
with the facts for particulars Of deed
startling and unprecedented as IL is true.
On Wednesday bloody murder was dis
covered 10 have been committed in Efhng-
ham county, the facts Of which are not
positively known; but enough is copjec-
tured, and circumstantially proven, to
show that il was one Of the most brutal
and fearful deeds on record.


As the tale is told, on the 2ith OF last
month a white man, entirely unknown
and supposed to be foreigner, went to
the cabin Of negro near the Augusta
road, seventeen miles from the city, drew
out the staple which held the paddock,
and entered the place and stole half
peck Of ground peas He was caught by
the owner of the cabin, who, in company
with three others, stripped the man, then
tied him to tree, and with a whip gave
him seventy.fve lashes upon his bare
back and then turned the suffering victim
loose.


But not yet had he escaped from their
hellish vengeance. The spirit which
could iuhict punishment so severe for
so light an offense was not yet satisfied.
The life Of the man alone could crafty
the barbarians, and compensate for the
attempt to steal few ground peas from
them.


Nothing was said about the matter
until Wednesday last, when some me-
groes, who were prowlng about a swamp,
suddenly had revealed to their gaze a
sickening and fearful sight. There, in
the swamp, up to that time hidden from
mortal sight, lay the body Of a white
manor rather the remains of the body.
For terrible as had been the fate of the
poor unfortunate, the condition OF the
body was still more awful. Birds OF ill
omen, the buzzard and the carrion crow,
had discovered it, and satiated their
filthy appetites upon the poor murdered
remains of humanity. The flesh upon
the head and part of the body was eaten
away. The negroes gathered up wha'
was left of the body and carried it out oi
the swamp, and gave notice of their dis
covery, and coroner Jury was called tc
investigate the matter. There were two
bullet wounds in the head-one in tn,
back part, the other in the side. Wher
the negroes lifted the body up, the bulle
in the back part of the head dropped out


The body was found about mile from
where the whipping occurred. There wa
lust enough OF the aesh of the back still
attached to the extremities of the bod,
for the marks to be seen that the remain
we're those ofthe man who had been whip
ped. There on the flesh were plainly AM
distinctly visible the marks of the lash
the welts raised by the fierce blows strucl
/ by stalwart negroes. 1t is generally be
lieved that it is the same person, and tn
natural conclusion is that after torment
ing their victim, these barbarous savage
terminated his existence.
Year: 1868




1t is indeed enough to make one shed
tears of blood to think Of what we were
and what we are. The following touch
ing paragraph, from the Dyersburg Ga.
sette, recalls the thought:


The Nashville Union and Dispatch,
in speaking of what Clay, Webster and
Calhoun would now do were they alive,
takes our memory back to other and bet
ter days, when the craftsmanship OF these
giant minds was tho bulwark of that
freedom which made our once beautiful
Columbia the belle of the society of ma
tions and brought the noble and the great
of every land to her feet. But this was be-
fore debased puritanism and ignorant
radicalism had usurped seats in our
National Congress to pass odious and
unjust laws, arraying one class OF people
in bitter hostility against the other; this
was when the "stars and stripes" were
alike dear to the people of the North and
the South, as the common property OF
the nation; this was in the honest days
of our republic, when all admitted that
Southern valor and Southern genius had
done quite as much to make our nation
the pride of Americans and the envy
of the world as had the valor and
genius of any other section = then
we never dreamed that Radical ig-
norance, guided by fanatical hatred,
would so soon make the star-spangled
banner the winding-sheet of a nations
hopesl Ah, how we loved that emblem
of liberty, only the disfranchised de-
sceudants of those gallant men who,
with jackson, fought for its glory. can
tell Clay, Webster and Calhoun We
revere the names, for they tell us of a
time when we had country, before
whose tribunals all white men were free
and e0ual
Year: 1868

Speaking Of Gen. Cary's vote against
the new reconstruction outrage, vesting
all power in Gen. Grant, the Cincinnati
Commercial trimming RadicsD says:


at is due General Cary to say that his
short speech was not well answered, and
that, though the Republicans Of the
House, acting as usual under caucus
servitude, unanimously voted for the bill
TO make the General Of the army, instead
Of the Chief Magistrate, the executor Of
the laws of Congress, we are Of opinion
that nine out Of ten Of the Republicans
in Ohio approve his vote against the
bill."
Year: 1868

The Princess of Wales had so far re-
covered her health as to be able on
Christmas day to proceed to the pretty
little church in the park at Sandr.i nghan,
for the first time since her illness.
Year: 1868

MURDER WILL oUT.-On the eighth instant
the body Of man was found in the river Off
Eighth street, and the coroner was notified,
but when he ascertained that the corpse
had previously been on the river bank at
Jefferson he would not make an inquest,
but sent word to the official of that corpora
ton, who held All inquest, ana verdict
was rendered that the man had been mur.
dered. A post mortem examination dis.
covered the fact that the throat had been
severed almost from car to ear, and that
large penetrating wound was plainly visible
in the abdominal region. The deceased, a
German, was member Of Alpha Home
lodge, and was peaceful man Of regular
habits. Efforts have been made to clear up
the mystery, and to discover who was his
murderer. He was man of family.
Year: 1868

There is no end to the fires in Russia They
are supposed to be the work of incendisries'
and it is believed that secret political society
is at the bottom OF it. Papers like the folio wing
are sent around st. Petersburg:-


THE CAUSE OF THE FIREs.-Numbers of
people have been kept or are kept in prison
under a kind of preliminary arrest, without
having been convicted of any crime. OF such
victims. ruined and crushed as they are, a
society has been form ed which has resolved for
the arrest of every innocent man to originate 8
fire, in order by such means to arouse the
oppressed people; robberies to be permitted at
the fires, in order 10 compensate those who have
been ruined, and also to provide funds for the
support of the society. The above is hereby made
known" On the whole the Russian mind is
excited.
Year: 1868

In Nashville. Tennessee, certain
drug house employs among its clerks
"a nice young man W Among his circle
of intimate female friends he enjoys q
distinction which, though not as envia-
BILE as less festive youths might covet,
serves, nevertheless, as Wholesale
warning to other rash adventures in
the lists of love, whose ambitious as
pirations cannot be confined to q single
victory over the affections of suscepti-
ble femininity, but are ever strained to-
ward other conquests. He brought his
destinations successively to bear on five
fair damsels Of that city. Five several
times did he plight his faith, five
several times promise his precious
hand and heart in marriage to
five but too eager and too cred
ulous expectants. The lovely quin-
tette were mutual coniidants. One
unlucky day, when taking notes of each
others feelings, and divulging the name
of the happy gallant who had extorted
the promise OF marriage from each, they
made the startling discovery that each
claimed the man of rhubarb and squills.
How to punish the male eoquettef The
ingenuity Of the mother of No. 5 was
not long at fault. Young Bluebeard was
politely invited to tea. He fell into a
snare. While enjoying tete'd-tcte with
No. 4, ten minutes later appeared No. 3,
and at similar intervals the remaining
victims. There was no escape for the
terror stricken youth, and he quailed
before the anger that flashed from five
pairs of the brightest eyes that ever
pierced susceptible heart.


He did what braver men would have
done-acknowledged the corn. In ex-
tenuation, he pleaded that his feelings
changed in spite of himself; that he
didn't mean to be tickle, but that he
always loved most the pretty girl he
happened to see last. Of course such
logic had anything but soothing effect
on that awful council of injured love-
illness. Humbly repentant, crestfallen,
and beating himself like q man with
several fleas in his car, he left that coy
parlor q sadder and we hope wiser
man. There are hints that suggestion
was made by one of the fair tribunal
looking to the application of a twisted
piece of untanned bovine epidermis ia
his shoulders, but the prudent judgment
of the dignified matron forbade the in.
Fiction of additional modification.
Year: 1868

Registrar Of Buffalo Township Re.
fuses TO Register Rev w. X. Pen
dIetou, Pre.ideat Of Bethany Col


lege.


We understand that Howard Gist,
Registrar of Buffalo township, refused
to register w. X. Pendleton, President
of Bethany College, after Mr.. Pendleton
had stated that he was willing to take
the oath required by law. The grounds
given for this arrogant assumption of
power is that the Boardof Registration
has so instructed. Now, who gave the
Board of Registration this power to iu-
struct the Registrar Is it warranted
by law As we understand the law it
is the duty of the Board to review the
acts of the Registrars at a meeting of the
Beard. The facts are that the Board OF
Registration has never yet met, and
that any such instruction, if 1t has been
given, is of no more authority than il
from one wholly unconnected with the
Board. 1t is q Board only after being
organized as such, and not before, and
they are assuming arbitrarily that
which does not belong to them, when
they, or either of them thus dictate tc
the Registrars. We all know Mr.. Pea
dletOn. He is gentleman, a scholar
and Christian. Hehao ever been true
to his country, but it is supposed tina,
be will vote against the party now iu
power, hence he must be deprived ol
the right belonging to every freeman
This is the only excuse for this Infamous
outrage! Freemen of West Virginia
rise in your might and hurl from power
the men who would resort to suct
means to carry ont their hellish designs
Year: 1868

We have already given publicity u
the fact that more than two hundred
Qualified voters of Harrison county were
refused registration, partly on the
ground that as naturalized citizens
/ they must remain in the State one yeal
after naturalization, before acquiring
the right to vote. and partly on thG
ground that they were in the service o.
an incorporated company, the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad, and therefore
not entitled to register. We have also
stated that when the facts were placed
before Governor FOREMAN, he promptly
declared that the laws do not require a
years residence from the voter after nat
uralization, provided he has resided in
the State that length of time before
naturalization.


We learn that, notwithstanding that
decision, the Registrars of Harrison
county still refuse to enrol these votes.
Is this state of things to continue! By
what right do these Registrars make
new laws to disfranchise the qualified
voters of the State! By what right do
the registrars Of one county set up their
own will against not only the plain
letter of the law, but against the uni
versal practice elsewhere throughout
the State! Are the franchises of large
classes of the community thus to be
sacrificed at the bidding of an irrespon-
sible tribunalf


We have heard much of the wrongs
and sufferipgs of the black man. Our
Radical friends have been gravely ex-
ercised with the enterprise of making
him equal with every other man in the
land before the laws. Let us now in
woke their sympathy for the white man.
Let us now invoke their aid in protect.
ing the rights of their own race. Here
are hundreds of laboring men in the
State, who are to be disfranchised for
the enormous crime of working for their
living, and upon suspicion that they
will vote the Democratic ticket. Has
the humanity" party of the State no
ear for their wrongs and no redress for
their grievances Or must they be
shOrn OF their manhood because they
happen to be white men, and are COM
PEELED to toll for a support
Year: 1868

A NEW patent principle of lighting
street gas lamps was tested in New
Ysrk on Tuesday evening, and the ex-
periments proved quite satisfactory.
The lighter consists of hickory pole,
on which is lamp or tube, in which is
burned common oil. The person carry
ing it can light lamp instantly by
merely turning the gas tap, and with
ont the use Of ladder or matches,
thereby saving time, labor and money,
one man being able to do the work OF
Eve under the old system. So says an
exchange.
Year: 1868

The ordinary definition of an island
is "a portion of land entirely surround
ed by water" A Hiberniau declared
that this does not meet the case of Ire
land, which, considering the position of
the State Church, is best described as
"a portion of land entirely overrun by
the sees.n
Year: 1868

The cause of temperance is making
rapid progress in the West. The Mon
taus Standard says new lodge has been
organized in that city called after Abra-
ham Hyam, Of the city of Baltimore,
who has devoted so much time and done
so much good for the -cause for many
years
Year: 1868

In the nature Of things, II is i'm.
possible for the Republicans to poll
the vote ut tho Eovembes election
they did at the October election
New York Republicans Will have
no voters 10 loan,


The result of the election shows n
steady and healthy growth in tho
Democratic vote that can bo rolled
on. In tho face Of The money: in
the mce of prescription, and threat,
ened prescription year by year,
since 1861 the Democratic party
has grown, while the Republicans
have never been able to poll .he
same vote they professedly polled
in 1868. ALI shat the Democrats
hUvo to do Is to work with out cessa ,
tion until the November election, and
1t is not impossible for them to carrJ
tho State, The Republican State
Committee has not the means with
which to import votes and maintain
them in tho State until the election
A fair, honest vote will give MS the
State in November, as it would have
given us tho State on tho 18th.


Let no Democrat faltcr or remit
Year: 1868

When Senator Morton of Indiana makes
speech it is always worth listening to-
Here is what he said in the Senate upon the
Democratic nominations and platform:


lhave read The resolutions adopted by
that convention. the platform OF principles
it has laid down, and upon which its
candidates have been placed and wish to
call the attention of the Senate to the issue
that is presented TO the country by this
platform and by the character OF these
candidates


General Grant, in his letter Of acceptance.
said. ''let rs have peace; :" but the Demo-
cratic party by their convention in New
York have said. "lct us have war; there
shall be no peace They have declared in
substance. might say perhaps in direct
terms, that the reconstruction OF these
States under tho several acts OF Congress
sha! not be permitted 10 stand. but shall
be overturned by military force If they get
The power. They have announced that
there shall he no settlement OF our troubles,
except upon the condition OF the triumph OF
those who have been in the rebellion Let
me call your attention TO part Of the eighth
resolution in regard to the very question.
In speaking Of The reconstruction Of tho
States. they 60 on 10 say that the power TO
regulate suffrage exists with each State.
making no difference between loyal States
that have been at peace and States that
have been in rebellion, putting them all
upon the same footing.


"And that any attempt by Congress on
any pretcxt wbatever;"


That is. npon the "pretexl" Of the 70.
bellion. f you please.


"to deprive any State Of this right, or inter-
ferc With It's exercise, is nagrant usurpa.
ton Of power which can find no warrant in
the Constitution and il sanctioned by the
people. will subvert our form of govern
mentn


They declare that the interference OF
Congress with suffrage in States that have
been IN rebellion, though that interference


tCondaasd on FOurth Page.l
Year: 1868

oof; and humbly. on our knees. we all
thanked God for the wonderful restoration
OF the lost one. who was plucked. indeed,
as "a brand from the burning. and saved in
body and trust in soul


Three years after, Ralph Wagner died in
prison and with him perished one great por.
ton OF the guilty secret. have purpose
iy concealed all other nsmes-but my sad
story is none the less true notwithstanding.
Year: 1868

Municipal Court arrested attachment sued out
by Judge Hunter OF the Criminal Court, last night for
unlawfuly interfering with his Court in bringing from
a for trial Messrs Galloway and Campbell Of The Ara
fanehe, Imprisoned by Judge Hunter for contempt
Judge Waldron gave bonds for his appearance on tho
stb 10 answer the charge IL s said that lac will IN turn
arrest Judge Hunter for this action
Year: 1868

The subscriber, for the past ten years engaged
as cutter at Mr.. Cones Merchant Tailoring rs
tablishment, would inform his friendP- and the
citizens of Rock Island and vicinity, that he has
opened New Merchant Tailoring Establishment
for the purpose of manufacturing to order hrst
class fine custom work 10 those that have been IN
the habit of getting their garments cut by u.s.
while at Mr.. Cones, we would extend an INVITA-
ton TO call on us at our new establishment, ana
To those that cannot get suited in Rock lsland
and are in the habit Of sending east for their gar
nents we would invite them to call and give US a
trial feeling confident that we can suit them In
every respect. We have handsome assortment
of fine Cloths, Cassimeres and Vestings, together
with large variety of splendid French Coatings
and Tricots in different shades and colors for fine
business suits. Also fine Beavers in different
colors, for overcoats,-all Of whicr we will make
to order in the best and most fashionable manner
atIowcr rates than the same class of goods can be
obtained on either side Of the river. Call and
examine our styles, and compare our goods and
prices with those engaged in the same business.


THOMAS MCCULLOUGH,


North side of Third Street, near the Post Ofhce,


Davenport, Iowa.
Formerly cutter at Cones.


n. B. The cutting department is under our
own supervision. ov2Sdly
Year: 1868

A thought thought for the rosy morn,
That comes thro' the gates Of dew
But III keep n kinder, happier thought
For twilight and for you.
a word q word for the humming bird,


A-til. on the jcssaminc new
Will my lip let slip, but my heart will keep
Its soflesL words for you.
a song a song for the mocking bird,


In answer TO his 80 true
Butsyou know right well will always keep
My sweetest songs for you.
A kiss! q kiss for tho sweet red rose,


And one for tho violet blue!
But standing here at tho garden gate


I'll keep back ohe for you.
A sigh q sigh for my pale white rose,
That the chilling night wind slew
But answer you when the lille say
am signing most for you
Junc24.
Year: 1868

( 70 RAISE WATEnMELoNs WfrHoUr
EED.-Thc following plan has been
successfully adopted by planter in
Caddo Parish, La. After the vine Is
about two feet long, cover the vine at
a point intermediate between the
root After it has taken root whore
it is covered, divide tho vine between
the old and new root, and the result
will be that tho MELONS will be seed.
less without impairing their quality
Year: 1868

CURIosITIFs or A CoNsTITUTION.-It
seems paradox to say that those persona
who shout loudest for liberty are commonly
the most illiberal but the world abounds
in proofs of the assertion. The telegraph
brings fresh evidence from the State of Ar
kansas. The convention which has been
iucubating at Little Rock for long time
past has al last hatched out constitution,
which combines the extremes Of freedom
and tyranny to an extent hard to parallel
in history. After giving the ballot to Wo-
men and negroes, snd making them com.
petent for jury duty, it proceeds TO declare
bow voting shall be done on the new con
stituton. Voters are required 10 swear
that they have never given aid TO secession
in any State. This offers a premium 10
perjury, or shuts the door Of repentance and
reformation against those who have erred,
and is OF itself monstroBs instance of in
Justice. Not satisfied with this, the fram-
ers of the constitution clap a muzzle upon
every mans mouth, by requiring him to
swear that he accepts for all time the social
and political equality Of the white and
black races 4 not merely the political,
observe, hat the Social r But the essential
despctism Of this new constitution reaches
the climax when, after insisting on all
these qualifications for voting, it disfran-
chises all persons who Siaa tote ag1iagt The
ae.g constitution. We match this against
ANYTHING that can be found in the previous
history of the world.-N I. Journal 9f
GUMmerce