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Year: 1865

NEW YORK. Oct. 2.-The IIerald's Jack
son. Miss, correspondent says the pOlitl-
cal canvass in the State appears to have
produced queer issues. The salient tea-
lures of the Republican and Democratic
platforms elsewhere, seem to be wanting
i'm Mississippi. The negro comes to the
surface there as elsewhere, but the pcO-
nle are more anxious to make hlm work
than to give him the right OF voting
The planters fear an emigration of their
colored laborers to the large towns where
more lucrative employment can be had,
and in falling i'll this employment they
anticipate that the negro will become a
vagrant, and rely on the State for sup
port Accordingly they urge that an act
Of Congress should he passed 10 permit
the cotton growing States to make such
laws as will compel the nee 10 work
tor stipulated wages ana ar stated
lengths of time. Our Jackson corrcSpon-
dent states that the candidates who adj
vocate this course will undoubtedly he
elected. and that no man who argued
AGAINST it would have the slightest
chance in the State There isabsolutc'y
10 discussion on the suffrage question
the feeling is so strong against II that no
one ventures to argue; per contra the
editor Of the MissiSsippiaU, who >ns9rst
eel that the Legislature was bound 90
admit negro evidence i'll the law courts,
met with such storm OF opposition that
ne was compelled at once to take hacI,
and cat his own words.


Reports are very prevalent of cfueltics
practiced ON freedmen by their former
masters wherever the military are with
! drawn
Year: 1865

TIE Lynchburg RpaJlica, contained
call few days since for a meeting of
the ladies of that city to prepare a memo
rial to the President in behalf of Mr. Da-
Wis The military commandant of the
district has published an order that no
such meeting will be permitted vvgy,
Year: 1865

Is richly assorted. Bsing exclrslvolv IN the
Clothing Bualness we can furnish tho shove to
better advantage 70 dealers AID ON better terms
than can be had elsewhere,


We have the most complete stock aud largest
assortment of goods OF any house m our limo In
the city.


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


We have q large stock OF
Year: 1865

in the eye ard il they have no regard for 'justce


and humanity" ! would say to them 81. like you


gentlemen an. enthusiast. am very l'ttle Of a


pl:ilanthropist have 10 supreme love of the in.


telectull superiority of the negro over the white


but know that his vote simportant and if haze


not much respect for Justice and humanity, / have


for the 520s daughter and applause); have great


the possibility of carrying its machinery, and


If ther Constitutions do not give the ma. of the


negroes the right of voting on equal terms with


the loyal white men, not those who read,


where it has been penitcntiary offence TO teach


one to read for twenty years; that is trifing with


grave matters, but to that of the negro popu-


lation whom we subjected to the draft, and at


whose hands we sought aid in our hour OF weak
ness; the safety of the nation requires republican
principles, requires that such government shall
be recognized as republican in form, that no Rep
resentativc or Senator from such State shall be
admitted to either House, or even complmcnted
with the privileges of the f)or. We need the
votes Of all the c)lorei people, it is numbers, no.
intelligence that counts at the ballot b)x-it IS
right intention, and not phiosoPIic judgment, th
casts the vote. Applause More glorious still
would it be for Congress to f,lior the great exam
pie we have just had of abolishing slavery by an
amendment ofthe Constitution. Let them PISS by
their two third .smaority. in both houses of Con-
Cress, amendment of the Constitution, sccur-
ing forever the cnirsncriSement of the of the
people as the basis of the Republican Government
oil the United States. and submit il this coming
winter, before the legislatures adjourn. for their
information. Applause. And when it shll have
received the assent of three fcurths Of those now
recognized as States and represented in Congress,
let Congress instantly proclaim il as The funda-
mental law ofthe land. valid and binding the
Constitution ITSELF of which they will thus have
made it part under which they set. of which. no
State caprice question of politc ii parties, moth
ing in the future except the triumph OF slavery
over free institutions. can ever shake cll in qucs
ticn. Applause Then all the proclamations of
the Declaration of independence will be executed;
this Government will rest on the rights OF ndivid-
ull liberty and the right of every man to bear 4
share in the government Of the country whose laws
he obeys and whose bayonct in the hour OF dlngcr
he bears. And the personal freedom which the
dark children of the Republic have won by
our blood and theirs. will not be vain mock
cry, exposed to violation at the caprice of their
masters enthroncd in the Legislature. on the bench
and in the Executive Chamber, but. secured by the
bayonet they hold, aud the ballot they cast, will be
Liberty guarded by Power.
Year: 1865

on the country? Let US divest our minds
OF all prejudice, look at things as thew
are, and see the truth as it is, Iti the
want OF understanding which gives rise
to discussion not the understanding of
the question which causes argument. Let
us understand the principle embraced in
the Constitution as they are, and then we
can approach each other as brothers of
the same great family, and stand by our
bond OF union as it is. If the Constitu-
ton IS wrong, and experience and time
have proved It to be 80, proceed in the
manner 70. .bsout "a the instrument to
revise or alter or abolish il; bu. do not
let us 90 il oy stealth and indirection.


l must notice one other paragraph in
the speech OF the honorable Senator from
Illinois.


"Mr. President, am satisfied that I
am not understood by the Senator from
Alabama. say that the negro has the
same natural right that have and now
! say ii is not crime, under all crcum.
stances, to hold a negro in slayery.0


Why does not the Senator, in the State
OF Illinois, place the negro, he being q
freeman, on the same equal ground With
himself?


Concluded
Year: 1865

| light, the wounded being cared for and the
/ dead buried, We moved forward toward
] Nashville, Forrest with his cavalry pussu-
| ing the enemy vigorously"
such is an account Of his famous effort, in
his own words.


In his short but very interesting talk with
me, Gen. Hood gave me the impression that
ne Is man or high courage aud reelection.
He thinks over every word he speaks, as be
did over every move he made when a
prominent actor in the late great war


He told me that he intends TO write some
account Of the operations, IN the form of his
memoirs. The book viii be ose Of interest.


I was pleased 20 hear this brave man say
that, on the downfall Of the Coufcderacy.
be advised all those with whom he had in
fuence To quietly accept the new order Of
things.


Among other things, he said that an army
Of $4,000 or 7u,000 men was a fine thing,
and that they lthe rsbels) never had more
in any fight.


In quiet burst of feeling he said it was
"the most GLORIOUS thing he coald think OF,
70 be IN action" and this he thinks, though
he Is now maimed tor l,ie-
Year: 1865

4 nice young man At Cleveland gave
his income TO the Saaess0F at several
thousand dollars, paid the tar and had
the pleasure Of seeing his name in the
lls,s among the nabobs of the country.
On ths strength Of this he courted
wealthy mans daughter and married
her. Then il Vas found out that he
had no money. ami had sold his moth
er's watch to pay the income taA
Year: 1865

Just look at Zack. Chandler's mouth
piece frothing away at his Republican
brother Senator of Wisconsin:


From the Detroit Tribune, Rep


We publish in another column letter
from Senator Doolittle, who is getting
in deservedly bad odor in his own State.
MI Doolittle is the representative of a
class. He believes in oxpediency in
preference to principle. He would sup
port the administration with the same un-
questioning submission that slave
would obey his master Whether the
Administration was right or wrong, he
would not inquire, but tcould support it as
the focus of power and the dispenser OF
honor. Supposing the Administration to
oppose negro suffrage, he opposes it,
even if it sacrifices the blackIpatriots to
whom the nation they helped save has
pledged its honor.


There's muddle for you A Republi
can Senator of Wisconsin is denounced
as in bad odor by the newspaper Of a
Republican Senator of Michigan simply
because he would support the Admins
tration" chosen by the Republicans less
than a year ago Such is the harmony
of "the party"
Year: 1865




New YORK, Oct. 10.-The Mexican
Consel General, Senior Navarro, has
sent the following note to the agent of
the associated press:


Permit me through your efficient and
reliable agency to again contradict the
report that President Juarez has left the
territory of the Mexican Republic. The
statement to that effect of the cores
pondent of the Philadelphia Press, pub
iished in the papers here this morning,
is pure and unmitigated falsehood, and
only adds another prop to the many we
already have of the unscrupulous char.
acter Of the agents of Macmillan and
of the means they employ to support
their unholy cause. I am in possession
of official dates from Ell Paso to the 9th
of September, five days later than the
date of the correspondence of the Press
Year: 1865

GEs. GRANT TO HIS NEIGHpoRs.-Gen
Grant got off the following speech at
Georgetown, Brown county, Ohio, his
birthplace: Ladies and gentlemen Of
Brown county-You are all aware that
am not in the habit of making speeches
I am glad that never learned to make
speeches when I was young, and now
that am old ] have no desire to begin
I had rather start ont in anything elk
than in making speeches. And now
ladies and gcntlemen, ] can only say x
you that It affords me very much pleas
ure to get back to Brown county. wher'
my boyheod was spent"
Year: 1865

PHILADELPHIA, I0.-The election pro-
crosses quietly. The Indications are
that moderate vote will be polled The
contest for Mayor is exciting the most
interest, together with Senator from the
Twenty second District, there being two
candidates for the latter Office on the
Union ticket.


In making up the election returns to.
night, the gains or losses will be sent as
compared with the vote of 1864, when
the Democratic candidate was elected
by 1924 majority.
Year: 1865

If capital contributed money, did not
labor contribute its blood, its muscle, its
life, TO sustain the country9 Why then
should capital be exempt from taxation.
and labor pay the whols9 -
Year: 1865

A few days ago, man by the name of
Turnee, from somewhere near La Grange,
Monroe county, rode q horse into the river
at this place, which, being swollen, soon
carried the horse beyond his depth, and
the rider being unaccustomed to the water,
by his surging on, the bride, tripped the
horse, and was himself drowned. His
body xas not recovered until several days
aA
Year: 1865

gEF. Haslach has removed his Under
takers shop from the corner of Second and
Court streets, to the back part of his lot,
and relieved the Congregational Church of
q neighbor more useful than ornamental:
The Church now owns the corner, and it
is the design to fence, turf and plant it with
trees and shrubbery this fall. Decidedly
an improvement.
Year: 1865

Section l.. All white youth between the
ages OF six and nineteen years are entitled to
free instruction in any of the public school of
the state, the studies of which they may be
able to pursue, provided that whenever thcro
are graded schools the District Commissioner
shall determine to which school each pupil
Year: 1865

Section 1. 1t shall be the duty of the Dis
trct Commissioner, with the consent of the
Board, to select suitable school house site in
each school District.


Section @ The Board of school com mission
crs may receive donations Of. such sites or loca-
tions for school houses as may be designated.
if any be offered, or may purchase the same
or may purchase any house already built aud
adapted to school purposes, which may be
suitably located in any school District but
IN no case shall any site be occupied or any
school house be built thereon untila good and
snficient title shall have been obtained BY
Year: 1865

We publish in another place, COM
munication from Citizen" in reference
20 mails, and the oath required OF Post
Masters and Mail Contractors. In the
main we think the views of "Citizen" In
reference to the oath, correct, and we
hope anaearnest effort will be made at
everVE3ost Office to see if some one
cannot be found who can take the oath
Although we regard the oath as very
stringent, and know that the majority o.
tle people cannot take it, still there are
doubtless many who can, and we hope at
least enough may be found to give the
people the benefit of mail facilities.


Some misappreho nsion exists as to the
oath-itis supposed by many to exclude
all who have sympathised" with the
Confederacy-such is not the fact, and we
hope all who feel interested will examine
it closely, and decide for themselves.
Year: 1865


AN ACT requiring the Secretary of State


to furnish the Auditor with the names


of State and Judicial officers, elected


at general or special election.


SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Leg.
islature of the State of Mississippi, That
the Secretary of State be, and is hereby
required to make a report, in sixty days
after the passage of this act, to the Audi
tor, the names of the State and Judicial
officers who were elected at thelast gen
eral and special election, showing the
date thereof, and it shall be his duty at
each subsequent election, either general
or special, within forty days alter the re-
turns of said election, to make a report
showing the date thereof, and transmit
the same to the Auditor, who shall file
and carefully preserve it in his Office for
Iuture reference, and the Secretary of
State, on failure to make said report.
within the time aforesaid, shall be fined
two hundred dollars, recoverable befo. Q
Year: 1865

A YOUNG man, who has recently taken
wife, says he did not find it half so hard 70
get married as he did ITO get the furniture;
and when it came to getting the bread ana
butter, he had to fall back upon the old folks
Year: 1865

KIND. .HEARTEDNESS TO CHILDREN Be


the hand blessed that prepares a pleasure


for child, for there is no saying when
and where it may bloom forth. Does not
almost every body remember some kind
hearted man who showed him kindness
in the happy days Of his chiIdhoodg The
writer 0i this rrc"llects, when, q bare.
footed boy, he stood at the wooden fence
Of little garden in his native village,
while with longing eyes he gazed on the
flowers which were blooming there in the
brightness Of Sunday morning. Their
owner came forth from his little cottage.
lie was q wood cutter, and spent the
whole week at work in the woods. lie
bad come into the garden to gather how-
erS to place in the button hole Of his coat
when he went to church. lie saw the
boy. and, breaking off the most brauiilul
Of his carnations, he gave it to him. Nei-
ther the giver nor the receiver spoke =
word, and with bounding ste IS the boy
ran home. And nn~ here, at . vast dis
tance from that home. after so many
yvSrs. the fre'ing Of gratitude which sgi-
tat~d the breast Of that boy expresses IT,
self on paper. The carnation has long
since wiihered. but now il blooms afresh.
Year: 1865

he, as he east q mourninI glance at Brar,
that u ith such good dog and such IN
arm at the sword, an English foot pad
rObhed me-


20, rest easy on that head said the
rOhber sarcaStically, for have foiled
better men than you; besides, intend,
for your inSOlrnce, TO bestnw a token on
you, to show that you vas robbed BY
main force. Lay down your hand upon
that tree stump


To lose his right arm was horrible, and
he heSitated and recalled.


down with itI roared the robber,
making the bright blade fash and glitter
in the sun. Down with it, or you are q
dead man.


Life is sweet even to the braveSt> and
Kenneth reluctairiv laid his hand across
the stump. Drawing all his strength in.
to the blow, the rohber swung the heavy
sword around his head till il whiStled in
the air. At this last moment a brilliant
thought came to the unlucky Highlander
As the sharp steel came rushing down he
Suddenly jrrkrd his arm away, and the
blade buried itself in the tough green
wOnd. Before he could release the weapon
or recover himself from the blow, Ken.
meth was upon him ike hirlW ind A
short but terrific struggle enSued. which
resulted 80 much to the disadvantage Of
the rnhhrr that with sudden effort OF
desperation he broke away, leaprd upon
Kenneth'S horse. which VAS the NEAREST,
and fed with the speed of the wind


Our hero knew his ho,Se too well to
think Of foll"win ing; so recovering his
sword, and gathering up the gold he had
so nearly lost, he beSlrohe the robbers
saddle hich he subs qurntly discovered
to be stuffed with large amount Of treas.
ure-and again pushed forward toward
the residence nf the future Mrs. MurdOck.
Not long after he had the >atiSfactlnn Of
hea'ing that the renowned Captain Cor
don had been run through the body by
some unluCky traveller.
Year: 1865

~ Emigration companies are form
ing in many sections Of the North, to
furnish the south with the labor and can
it'll necessary to produce their accustom-
ed crops, and also substantially benefit
the emigrant
Year: 1865

8@- The New Haven Palladium publishes & table of tbe vote of the State in every con. tested election since the adoption of the pres snt Constitution, in 1919, from which it ap pears that the majority for Governor in the recent election was greater than any that has been given for any candidate in any contested election since 1879. It also appears that the first Governor chosen under the present con- stitution, Oliver Wolcott, of Litchfeld, re ceived eight elections, and Gov. Buckingham our present Chief Magistrate, has also received the same number, no other receiving more than four. The Palladium concludes

 The defeat of this spring is without a pre- cedent, and we can hardly believe that after such an overthrow, the copperheads can ever muster courage to make another serious con- test in this State. They are welcome to try if they choose. It will cost the Union men little extra exertion to administer the regular annual thrashing. But we imagine that the more sensible and loyal men of the Democ- raey are haartily ashamed of the disloyal atti- tude into which they have been drawn, and tired of being practically disfranchised by persistent adherence to dead cause and to leaders whose guidance has proved so fatal
Year: 1865

This number of the ENQUIRER closes it's for tieth year and volume, and with it the under signed terminates his ownership and connect ion with the paper.

 In withdrawing iron. the post we have ocou- pied so pleasantly to ourself for the past five and half years, we feel sincere and natural regret, which we can hardly express in the brief paragraph proper to the occasion. So deeD has been our interest in the ENQUIRER from the outset of our connection with it; such agreeable and kindly relations between our patrons and eurself have been established through it, that we feel in leaving it we are parting with more than n thousand personal friends.

 At the outset of our editorial career we promised to do what we could towards making the ExouIRERa lice newspaper; devoted, as it's motto imports, to local and general intelligence and the interests of Litchfeld County. How well we have accomplished the task others can better judge than we, but we are sure that we have held the obligation always in view, and have ever endeavored to live up to our motto In politics we have taken the position we be- Iieved conducive to the best interests of the State and Nation and through the whole of this unhappy war, now happily go near it's close. have stood up boldly and internationally for the maintainance of National Authority and the preservation of the Republic. If in the heat of political discussions our zeal has sometimes outrnu our discretion, it has been the fault of an over ardent temperament rath- rather than 8 disposition to overdraw the pic ture. But we have believed that noxious CT. TOTS required strong antidotes and we have never hesitated to express ourself strongl! when we thought occasion required it. No have we have been without reward. The EN QuInER was never more prosperous than now our County never more firmly welded the caus, of Freedom and Justice; our Stat never more strong at home and honored. abroad and our Nation saved.

 In conclusion, we bespeak for our successors Messrs WING & SHuMwAY, the same generou patronage and kind assistance that has bee afforded us confident that we leave both th ENQUIRER and its readers in the best of hand! And so, with many thanks for the s,;e snsnsHss ss ble favors We have rA~-i-- the press, in the years we nave been 1dentlne with this position, we abdicate the editori' chair and lay aside our pen.

 JAMES HUMPHREY, JR.
Year: 1865

AGAIN AND AGAIN.-Our readers may think it strange that We so often urge upon their at tention medicinal preparation. Already have we, for a number of weeks, urged the i'm. portauce of supply of Goes Cough Balsam in the house, ready for immediate use. But our excuse is the vast amount of sickness sor- TOW and death that are the immediate result of sudden coughs, colds and pulmonary attacks ;; while thousands of our children are dying from croup and lung complaints. Time and expert ence have proved that Goes Cough Balsam is the most speedy and reliable preparation ever kpown to the world. Like magic it relieves the irritation of the throat, removes the stop pages that prevent breathing in croup, and heals all soreness of the throat chest and lungs. No man should neglect to supply his family with safe and reliable medicine like Goes Cough Balsam, any more than he should neg lect the supply of their daily bread. It costs but forty cents, and the bottles contain twice as much as those of aRy other remedy at the same cost, while in merit it is superior to all others All drug stores keep <. tor sale.

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