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Year: 1865

The results of the Conperhcad triumph at the
State election in 1862, bid fair to mako them
selves felt to the tax payers of the State, long er
that party is blotted out from the list Of political
organizations. The two principal objects of the
Legislature chosen at that election seemed to con-
sist, first, in embarrassing the National and State
administrations, by 'uniriendly legislation - and
secondly, to give the most unscrupulous harpies OF
the party an opportunity to pluDder the State
John c. Walker, bankrupt in estate and rcpu-
tation, and Desperate in politics, was elected to
the responsible Office Of Agent OF State. His
services consisted in drawing his salary; placing
every possible obstacle in the way of the payment
of the interest the State debt; spcculating on
over S'0,OOOO of State funds. for period of near
ly two years; developing his traitorous instincts,
by engaging in an armed conspiracy to overthrow
the Government, and acting as the disbursing
agent Of jeff Davis within the loyal State Of Tndi-
ana.


The cash received by Walker from the State,
has not been return ed but his friends or sureties
we understand, have turned over State stocks
at high figure, in settlement of his deficit, which
were received as the best settlement that could be
obtained. When the money was placed in Walk
ers hands by the Treasurer of State, for the pur-
pose of being used for the purchase of State
stocks, their price was considerably less in the
market than was allowed to him in the settlement
IL, therefore, Walker purchased the stocks at
the time he received the money, he made a specu-
lation off the State in the enhanced price she was
compelled to pay her own agent on their surrender,
and, besides, he drew interest from the State OH
bonds that really belonged to her, for period of
at least eighteen months If he did not SO invest
the money, he used it in private spcculations
which probably paid him better. In either case
the transaction was eminenty sharp, and Demo
cratic.


Another illustration OF Copperhead recklessness
is found in the management of the State prison at
Jacksonville.


We have before US the report Of the Senate
Committe on State prisons, in which the proceed
inss Of the Directors of the Southern Prison are
ventilated, and which proves the usual quantum of
Democratic rascaity, or degree Of stupidity that
passes comprehension. The first thing that at
tracted the attention of the Committee was the Pc
culiar system OF bookkeeping adopted in the War
den's Office. The Committee say OF the books:
''Ihey seem to be kept in manner that would
preclude proper examination without evidence
outside OF the books themselves. For instance
there 10 an item Of expense as follows: For corn,
$l,S94 Y. We called the Warden's attention to
the fact that the single item of corn seemed large.
ne tnen staseo to US that that item embraced sew
Year: 1865

rency, and nervously twitching his finger, i'm
patiently awaited their arrival. But though
this remnant of a'oncc gallant bHnd at length
reached the ground, and listened with decent
attention to the parson as long as they conId
keep awake to the species Of sermonic oration
which he had prepared for their satisfaction,
few were exactly in condition or qualified to
comprehend or appreciate the merits of this de
omnibus rebus misunderstanding qualified It,
tie too often on the way to take anything more
Of an intoxicating kind than what they had
already brought with them in their heads, BE-.
tween which and their feet there was not that
understanding or concert of action that had so
happily existed in the earlier part Of the day,
when the latter submitted to the directions of
the former with such mechanical and profes-
sional precision. Thus ended the first lesson
the whole affair terminating in failure and
Babel like CONFUSION, presenting saturnalia or
drunken fratcrnzatlon between Yankees and
negroes. never before exhibited to the world,
and forming reproach to civilized commu-
nifty and disgrace to the country.


We have prepared, Mr. Editor a brief or
compcndious report Of Parson Brownlow's ora
ton, delivered on the above occasion, which
we may, perhaps, prepare for another number
of the Phgni1
Year: 1865

CUR1oUs.-The Charleston Courier of Friday last
says; 1t is singular coincidence that BoorH was
shot almost in the same place in which he SHOT Presi
dent Lincoln, and that he died at twenty-five miH-
utes past seven o'clock, the hour and minute at
which President LINCOLN died


In another paragraph it is stated that BooTHs y
not delivered himself up, as reported but is in
York, and if wanted will promptly respond to thes
Of the government


It IS known that the body OF the murderer has been
disposed of in such a manner that none, save those
Immediately concerned in the burial, know where the
remains are deposited. Whether sunk in mid-ocean,
buried on some lonely shore below tide mark, or
burned and the ashes scattered to the Winds the pub.
lie know not. The Washington Republican says that
BOOTH had commission of Lieutenant Colonel under
the rebel government The above is not only curious,
but contradictory.
Year: 1865

possessed with reasonable amount Of sensibiy cau
take prle in announcing to the public Tint he ever
was numbered among gang of rebels who made an
unsuccessful e"vt TO destroy the country in which he
lived. Tho simple name Of rebels is sufficient to
brand any one with nfamy and disgrace, without the
party resortng to means which shall disseminate the


fact of his past career. The the delded peo.
pe who fought against the old flag return to fullal
legiance to the United States Government the better
it will be for them.
Year: 1865

JAMEsTowN.-This frs: settlement of Vir-
ginia-one of the most celebr ated spots in
American hstory-is now an abandoned plan
tatiou, about halfway between City Point and
Fortress Monroe, on the North side Of the
river, Only two or three old brick chimneys
and the ruins of a little old brick church mark
the spot where the ancient village once stood.
The brick constituting these ruins were import
ed from England at very early day, and are
yet in good state of preservation. Many Of
them have been taken away as relics, since the
commencement of the war, am not few of
them even now enter into the constitution of
the comfortable winter quarters in the armies
of the Potomac and the James, and at general
headquarters at City Point.
Year: 1865

years. I remember as ii it we're but yester.
day; how used to throw stones into it just
to hear the splash 10 the water"


4Do you remember where that well used to
| be - asked the gentleman.


As near as can recollect," replied The
woman, at is on the very spot where you now
stand"


| He suddenly started as If be bad trodden on
serpent They at once commenced digging
up the ground At about twenty inches deep,
they came TO layer oil bricks. which being
broken up, revealed some rotten boards These
were easily removed, when they beheld the
dark mouth OF the well.


Il was quite certain that was the spot,
said the old woman. What fool you were
to stop it up, and then have to travel so far
for water y


A sounding line furnished with hooks was
now let down into the well-the crowd hard
pressing around them breatblessly bending
over the black and fetid hole, the secrets of
which seemed hidden in impenetrable obscnri-
ty. This was repeated several times without
any result At length. penetrating below the
mud, the hooks caught in something OF consid
erable weight and after much time and effort
they succeeded 10 raising it from the obscure
hole. 1t was on old chest The sides and lid
were decaysd, and it needed no locksmiih to
open it. Within it they found what they were
sure they would find, and which filed the
spectators with horror-the remains Of q hu-
man body


The police officers now rushed into the house
and secured the old man. As to his wife she
at FIRST could not be found. But after IA
tiguiug search, she was discovered beneath q
nile of wood henc mnch hruised hv the heavy
logs above her. BY this time nearly the whole
population of the town had collected around
the spot.


The old couple were brought before the
proper authorities and separately examined.
The man persisted in bis denial most obsti-
nately but his wife at once confessed that she
and her husband, very long time ago, bad
murdered peddler who possessed large sum
of money. He had passed the night at their
house; and they, taking advantage of the
heavy sleep that encompassed him. had stran
gled him, after which they placed bis body in
a chest. The chest was then thrown into the
we'll and the well stopped up. The two Grim
inals had reason to believe themselves free
from detection, as there were no witnesses Of
the crime, and its traces had been carefully
concealed. Nevertheless they had not been
able TO hush the voice of conscience. They
had fled from their fellowmen. They we're in-
timidated at the slightest noise, and silence
thrilled them with fear. They had often
thought of flying to some distant land; but
some inexplicable influence kept them near
the remains of their victim. Terrified By the
deposition of his wife, the old man at length
made similar confession and six weeks aftsr
the guilty couple expired on the scafold.
Year: 1865

NEGRO PEoSs.-It seems that system
peonage, like that in vogue in Mexico. is like
to grow up in the South in place of SLAYER
A Cincinnati correspondent OF New Yo
paper writes


Many OF our citizens are experiment.
with negroes on Southern plantations. | m
one of them and asked him how they work
it. He told me it worked we'll They b.
hired the old overseer and paid the negro
wages. Will they work regularly l aske
Yes, when they have no money But y,
said you paid them wages Oh, yes, bat '
keep them always in debtr"


The slaveocrats are opposed to peonage, b
absolute and arbitrary slavery is divine
stitution
Year: 1865

GEN. Mcdowell has issued an order ID
all men arriving at San Francisco, known


have been in the rebel army, will be requir
to take the oath of allegiance" With vid
to compliance with this order all such as q
now within the limits Of this Department,


we'll as those who may hereafter come with
it, will report Immediately to the nearest PI
vost Marshal or Commanding Officer Of pd
and take the required oath.
Year: 1865




way"


The mild eye that could aim an uerring bull
let at the forest beast did not even betrsy the
thoughts of that woman's soul. nor did look
tell her meaning. She was pale, but she did
not tremble.


This way, sirs,'' she whispered.


Aud as she spoke she turned towards door
OF the little bed room and the pantry. She did
not open it until both men were close behind
her.


Don't you her him breathe p she whis-
pered.


did hear breathing, but it was of the child
close at hand.


AS they thus answered her, she threw the
door opeu-it opened Inward. The men saw
a dark void. but they pressed forward. 10 an
was upon the threshold and his companion
noble woman threw herself against the rear
man, aud the next moment both the robbers
lay sprawlDg on the cellar bottom.


This had been the door opening to the deep
excavation, and the only means of egress was
by perpendicular ladder. Could this have
moved, Polly would have pulled it Immediately
up, but it was spiked to its place, and she must
let it remain. To close the door would be use
less, for she had no ready means to fasten it..
So she did what she had resolved upon from
the first; she sprang TO the fireplace and
caught the trusty rife from its place, and hav-
ing cooked it she moved towards the open door.
She heard the curses OF the Williams as they
reached for the ladder, and she soon knew that
one of them had found it.


Back w sha cried, as she saw hssd above
the threshold. The candle upon the table
Year: 1865

hauled these noble women about was pet


tish and overbearing with them, ruled


them roughly-they submitting to It all


because not to be dressed by him was to


be out Of the fashion, and that, in many
cases, they were over head and ears in
debt to the man. No thought of shame,
at being exposed but half clothed TO his
gaze, nay, his touch, seemed not to disturb
the ladies' 1t was fashionable to be dressed
by him, and modesty had nothing to do
with the matter. Do not believe that
French ladies alone patronized Worth;
there were English ladies, and, I grievs to
say, American ladies who did it. In fact
I should say, who do it now, as Worth Is
still in the zenith Of his vogue. Que vo,sEss
UOHs9 Fashion is mighty, and must pre-
vail.


1 have cited the Worth establishment
merely that might draw the parallel and
make the application. Here you see in
this immodest I might say outrageous
substitution of man as ladies' millinsr
and maid, the final result of submission
to male measuring. By degrees, the ladies
learn to tolerate the thing, and, finally,
become convinced that the men have the
mora tasta; in fact that as t0ilettss are
dOnned to please the rougher sex, defer
ence to male ideas upon the subject must
be the most rational means of insuring
success. This is a deplorable results
are all things which tend to lessen the
most charming, most winning trait Of
woman-her instructive mOdesty.
Year: 1865




A Democratic" Opinion of our In.


s11tutIOnS.


Since the overthrow of the party styl-
ing itself Democratic" overthrow by
force of arms in war upon which the
existence of the nation was staked, the
enemies of the Government have adopted
a system of vituperation aimed at every
thing connected with the General Govern
ment, not even sparing the institutions OF
the country. The Ohio Statesman is one
of the sHallest, and consequently one of
the most persistent and bitter, of all the
organs of this scurrillous faction of
traitors. That grandest and truest and
most dignifed paragraph in the annual
message of President johnson, wherein
the Chief Magistrate speaks of the
grandeur and permanency of our free in
stitutions, our tolerance of religious faith,
and the asylum offered to the oppressed of
all the woald, is, upon the principle that
"music's mystic property is to make dogs
and critics howl" singled out by this
treason-monger as text upon which to
hang dissertation on what its editor
denominates "the overthrow of popular
liberty and State Rights" The only
liberty" overthrown was the liberty to
enslave mankind. But the heresy of
State Rights" as advocated by the
democratic" party North and South-by
the one covertly, by the other openly with
musket and cannon was overthrow
upon every ensanguined field where the
Stars and Stripes waved triumphant;
resurrected, was again crushed to earth by
the h~Il0ss or loyal freemen in every State
north of Mason and Dixon's line where an
expression of the popular voice has been
had since the close of the war; and was
buried as that patriotic parson, Governor
Brownlow, advised in the case of the dis
tinguished "Democrat" and horse-thief,
John Morgan, face downward, in order to
guard against escape by the exercising of
the well-known Democratic" propensity
for burrowing in the earth, from the exer-
else of which was derived their cognomen
of "dirt-eaters"


The Statesman proudly and triumph
antly declares that there is not much
ground for "hope that our nationality is
of the most enduring character" and
warns the deluded emigrant that he will
find "taxation here equal if not superior
in oppression to any in the Old World
Our national debt is the largest in the
world, our currency irredeemable, our
freedom a myth, says the Statesman, and,
to crown all, "our educational system is
deeply tinctured with intolerance and
fanaticism, and is of superficial but ex-
pensive character" That is really the
best specimen of democratic" thunder
we have heard for many day. Nor Davis,
nor Lee, nor Breckenridge could beat it;
in fact, it is worthy of YaIlandigham him
self The stab at our superficial"
" educational system" is capital, but the
literary character of the StatesDsan's edi-
torials is the best evidence of the justness
of the accusation.
Year: 1865

Is printed in the best manner, upon fne and costly
paper. It's Title Page and Illustrations are bss1s
tiful in design and engraved In the highest style
fart. Each Monthly Part contains from four to
six pieces of Music.


The work Is edited with view to suit every
taste, and its contents both popular and elAs-
SIC combining the dHlcs q Htile Conducted this
principle, the work has met with the most hsttsr-
ing success, numbering its subscribers from every
State in tho Union.


The MUSICAL HOST has been established In .


field Of labor wherein all other Aspirants had failed
to secure a footing. We are, therefore, led to IN


that we have adopted the right course whereby
to meet the requirements Of the discerning and
progressive Musical world Of the United States


Our long experience in the publishing business
warrants in promising that the expectation Of
our subscribers, in regard to the character, the
growth, and the success Of the MUSICAL HOSE,
will be thoroughly satisfied For upwards Of .
quarter Of q century We have been associated with
eminent publishers, and every literary enterprise
with which the name Of Fortune has been connect
ed has been successful In the fullest sense Of ths
word. Never having known failare, We do not
propose to make its acquaintance now
Year: 1865

WmATf-They are certainly the most val.
liable tonic and grateful stimulant beverage
ever produced. One trial will satisfy the
most skeptical. Try them aud you will
never be without them. They should he
upon every side board in the country Well,
what, Why, Pinkcrton's Wahoo and Cal
isaya Bitters, ~ course What else could
il be We would like TO know.
Year: 1865

to excite all their ancient prejudices and reoS'
tablish the old and painful issues. 81 wish,
said noted Southern leader, recently, 81 wish
never again to hear the word3 South. Hence
forward this is the great American Republic, and
I am an American" If this feeling could be in
troduced into our new political relations 1t
would be blessed thing; but with narrow,
contracted, unjust policy, doing wrong to four
millions of our w-countrymen, the moral
sense of the country can never rest content.
Our American system needs further purifcation,
and to this our politics must hereafter be de-
voted.


While there are many things that we would
have otherwise, yet there is much in the politl-
cal situation to make us thankful. The future
is easy sailing compared with the past, and all
the moral contests to come are nothing when
compared with what we have undergone. we
live in hope. God will never allow History to
write at the erd of this chapter that all our sa'
cred dead fought and died in vain.
Year: 1865

When the Mississippi Convention passed an
ordinance empowering the Legislature to make
laws for the regulation of the Freedmen, 1t was
not difficult to see that such clause made re-
enactment of many features Ofthe slave code per-
fectly possible. twas supposed. however, that
the negroes would be for the present under the
guardianship of the Freedmen's Bureau backed
by the United States troops. But we learned
the other day from Col. Thomas, Commissioner
for the State, that his officers were not safe,
that the establishment of agencies had to be aban-
dOned and that the negroes were in the great
est alarm. This state of affairs grew out OF the
organization of Rebel State militia by Gov.
Sharkcy, and the proposed removal of the Union
forces. Now it appears that what little recog-
milton of the negroes rights had been conceded
to the presence of national force, is to be
wholly withdrawn.


The Jackson Daily Ners, the organ of Gov.
Sharkey, exulting in the removal Of the troops
demands that the "settled policy of the State
shall no longer be affected by what it calls


military friction" The first practical step Is
to exclude negro testimony from the courts.
Experience has proved" says The Neics, " that
as q general thing that class OF witnesses are
not credible, and therefore courts and Jures
will almost universally feel constrained to dis
regard their testimony" And it concludes
long article with the hope that the idea OF negro
equality before the judicial tribunals "may re
ceiys its everlasting quietus at the hands OF the
people" That is the language OF paper
speaking for what is presumably the most loyal
party in the State-speaking for Gov. Sharkey
who declared he had no hope Of an adoption
by the people of the amendment aboliShmg
Slavery, and forbade it to be submitted to the
people on that account. II that is his opinion,
what may we expect of the rest OF the State
Suppose the troops all withdrawn, the State
militia ruling every county the State govern
ment in motion, what possible hope has the
negro of security to life or property
He has no vote, no voice in court,
no single civil right any more than he had IN
Slavery; no right that any white man is bound
to respect II is as safe to kill him as to Kill
dog In Slavery it was the interest OF bis mas
ter to protect him. In this mockery OF freedom
he has lost that safeguard, and has gained no
right to protect himself. Yet there are those
who would have us abandon to such fate the
race we pretended to emancipate.
Year: 1865

plant Of only small minority Of his congrega-
ton, removed by the Presiding Elder and sent


to a station which is entirely unable to support
him and his family. Here We have the same old
despotism of the slave power over again, and no
one who prizes freedom Of discussion can but feel
profound sympathy with the man who bravely
endcavored to inaugurate its era in Georgia and
became its first martyr under the new regime.
Year: 1865

A dispatch announces that convention of
whites in South Carolina have created Com
mission to prepare code of laws for the blacks.
Now let us have q convention of blacks TO make
a code of laws for the whites-Congress to Judge
which convention does its work best, and admit
representatives accordingly. If there are any
who object to this, let them join us in advocating
a convention Of all to make laws for all. That
is our idea of republican form of govern
Year: 1865

and experienced officers Of the army; the paper
on the propagation of trout, which everybody
should read and ponder who owns or can make
pond; the interesting literary matter anu 'nc
letters from the South and West make ioul
pages of more value than several dollars wouiu
buy at the counters of bookseller.
Year: 1865

The great pressure on our advertising columns
again compels up to issue a supplement. The
articles therein printed are of unusual value.
The appalling picture of New York in the under
world, its precise opposite in the second
chapter on the Old Dutch Church, the viewsof
Southern society from the pens Of distinguished
Year: 1865

n


On the I'd OF April my vessel. the Pearl, was
given up to the natives TO Plunder, and TO make
such distribution of they fit, and in the
evening of the same day she was set on FIRE and
burned. On the Sd the ships Edrcard Cary and
Hector were also set on fire. After a delay of
several days and seemingly at a loss what to do
with the Hawaiian bark Harrest, they finally
concluded to take her alongside and ransack her
of everything they cared for, and then hoisted
on board several casks of oil which filled UP the
list Of thsir wants and ou the I1tli she was haul