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Year: 1865

The CAIRO TINES is the only paper ever published in
Illinois which had branch in New York and a place
the file Of respects hotel within the city
The TIMES has also authorized Agent in the city,
whose exact location will be announced in days.


The position of Cairo located is at the junction
OF the two mighty rivers the Ohio and Mississippi and
at the head of navigation during the winter and
times of low water is believe universally conceded
destined to be ot most important commercial
points this continent. Indeed, it be down
being the greatest natural in the world equaed
emily in natural advantages by the Isthmus of Suez and
Panama, but in its surroundings surprising either
Of the rivers named levees perear
and corresponding amount of freight yearly unloaded
here and when the Railroads. projected veyed
and which will be built within the years. join the
Illinois Central Railroad, running North and the Mobile


Ohio Railroad, running South Cairo WILL of necessity,
become the great entrepo of the staples South
and the radiatng point from whence great East will
look for and receive its supplies.


Our agent and orrespondng editor, 4. i. STILIMAN
will call upon the leading business of New York, in
person. and solicit advertising patronage The TIMES is
political journal. Its speciality is promulgate
commercial intelligence business interests and
disseminate the latest and fullest OF the day. Upon
every incoming train OF the Mobile Ohio Railroad it
the eye of the Southern merchant his way
topurchase andis supplied passengers by steamers
Eorthward bound WHEN they reach Columbus Kentucky
As advertising medium. therefore the intelligent
And the fact of its being prominently and generally
circulated in the hotels of New York renders it avail
able home medium, through which the foreign merchant
his arrival in the city, the Invitations of the
most enterprsng merchants call and examine their
goods.
Year: 1865

to hear of it. Ifhe did do any good, let
Mr. Elder or any other Union man, tell US
about it. Mr.. Wallace was so good a Union
man and so able Statesman" that he was
afterwards elected Delegate from idaho Ter
ritory, and yet after all there is no resident
there that will say he has worked for or ac-
oomplished any good for that Territory; but
hundreds will say he has neglected to attend
to the general interests of the Territory, and
that he has neglected to attend to the most
ordinary duties of Delegate in~ Congress-
If there is any other Union patriot in this
Territory as great statesman, or who is
likely to be as jealous and efficient. a worker
in Congress as Mr.. Wallace was, let the Union
party trot him out-he's their man; but let
them not boast in advance about what he will
accomplish, if he gets elected to Congress.


The Elder of the party, in his address, rad-
monishes his flock not to "blindly adhere to
the ghost of party, now arraigned in hos
tility to the Government" From which we
infer that the flock is not disposed to work
harmoniously in the traces. Heisays; ''Is
it to be supposed that your Delegate will sue
ceed, if his success but builds up pthe party
who sympathizes with the enemies of the
Union and liberty?" That's thrust at the
Democratic traitors in the Union party.


The Elder urges that they have fair rep
resentation in the Convention. He says


'Iet us have fair representation. The
method adopted by former Conventions is nDt
fair, where one man no ds in his hand pro4y
votes enough to control the action Of the con
vention, it gives just ground for complaint. +
Where each aspirant for the nomination sees
that the ballots have been cast by delegates
in person, they will be satisfied, but if they
see the convention controlled by one man,
who may happen to hold in his hand proxies
enough to give the nomination to his partich
lar friend, they will not be satisfied, and will
not work with a good will"


Very good advice, as a general rule; but
altogether superfuous in this instance, where
the Loyal Leaguers have announced their
candidate, and where there is nothing for
the Loyal League Convention to do but to
ratify the nomination.
Year: 1865

ment until daylight was a dawning." In
a word, it was decided success in the way
of dress, the gentlemen looking the neatest,
and the ladies' the sweetest we have seen
them upon any similar occasion. Many will
look forward with pleasant anticipations to
the second annual reunion of Hook & Lad
der Company No. l.


LAGER BEER POISONOUS.


A German named Peter Ley was found
one day last week dead in his bed Ley
had enjoyed his usual health up to the hour
of retiring to bed and no little speoula-
tion was caused in the minds of his German
brethren, by his sudden demise.


He was known to be the possessor of
some five thousand dollars, which his friends
had understood was kept by him. They
called for post mortenl examination, which,
after some discussion between rival Physi-
clans was conducted by DR.. M. A. Kelly
Upon examining the body, the stomach was
found to have turned black and filled only
with a dark glutinous substance 1t was
then ascertained that the deceased, who was
remarkably penurious man, seldom in
dulged in the luxury of meal or healthy
exercise, but was in the habit of sitting in
his Lager Saloon and drinking constantly
with his friends, occasionally eating only a
cracker and piece of cheese. DR.. Kelly
gave it as his opinion that the deceased
came to his death from the too frequent use
of his own beverages and too great an absti-
nence from healthy food and exercise The
Germans are much excited about the settle
ment of the estate, and it is but fair to pre-.
sumo, from present appearances, that it will
be equally divided between lawyers, doctors
and undertakers. So goes the world


INDEX
Year: 1865

Long nursed by the whole power of the
Government, banded together by what, with
such a people, is the frmest of all tios-"the
cohesive power of public pIunder er''-united
these past four years by a common hope, and
now, by 4 process of self-deception, gathering
new courage, the reactionists of the District
Of Columbia are thoroughly integrated, easily
handled, and WELD 4 dangerous power; and
from their recent out-givings it is pretty
evident that they are aware of the fact, and
propose to make themselves felt.


The progressive men of this District are
numerous enough, but without organization,
and their desultory efforts have hitherto
scarcely effected so much as to keep them
selves In countenance. And we rejoice
to sec indications that they are now disposed
to form themselves into more compact, and
therefore, more powerful body. With con-
certsd action, judicious discipline, honest
boldness, and the aid which they will be
likely to receive in the coming year. they
ought to be able to put the regressives ut
terly to rout
Year: 1865

The Commissioner of the Internal Revenue
this morning decided that the owners Of
buildings rented to the Government are not
employees of the Government in any capaci-
ty, civil, military or naval, in respect Of the
fact that they rent such buildings to the
Government, whatever may be their status
in other respects consequently where a
Quartermastsr disburses moneys on account
of such rents, he is not required to withhold
the salary-tax from such payments.
Year: 1865

We are informed by the proper and au-
thentic authorities that the statement made
by us few days ago, respecting the pros
pective deficit Of the postal revenue in the
Southern States was too large. We are glad
to learn that we were in error, and We shall
be very jubilant whenever We can learn that
Southern mails have become paying institu-
tinna
Year: 1865

There are Republican Journalist in the distress
ing prcdicament OF people who sit on the fence
They wish to act with the policy of the Govern
mont, which has power and Office, and az the
same time do not wish TO quarrel with tho
honest sense of the people. So they content
their souls by saying that while they favor
manhood suffrage, the South never would con-
,cnt to it as o "condition precedent y OF re-.
admission. We happen to have the authority
of very noted ooutherner-onc who went into
the war at the beginning and remained until
the end-for saying that at any time during the
first two months succeeding Lees surrender
manhood suffrage might have been proclaimed
without a m1rmur of dissent. Those fence
people and messy politicians created this South
en feeling by pandcring to it.
Year: 1865

A few more days and the people of our sister
State will vote upon the amendment granting
manhood suffrage. The issue, as we have said'
lis local but more particularly national. The
war does not seem to have given Us manhood
sufFrage-or rather the war did give it-while
the fence men and the mossy politicians threw
lii away. We shall have to struggle for it, TO


meet prejudces, to oppose narrow and hostile
organizations and educate the people to it. To
90 this we must have words OF cheer and com


fort from Connecticut Alone Of all the New
England States, she denies to intellect, industry
and labor what she gives to the more tlnge OF


the skin NewEngland should be unit IN this


great cause, and when she has united, the
moral effect upon the Nation will be sublime.


The new issues are gradually shaping them


selves. We had hoped they might have been Of
a different character. We trusted that 30 far
as America was concerned the ideas Of politics,
the theory of our freedom and laws had been
5 determined forever, that the foundations wcrt
perfect and we might 60 on with the super
structure. There are many questions connected
. with American pOsperity-;be tariff, interna
Improvements, our mining system, interna
% tiona relations, manufactures, our whole Sys


tenn of social and political econOmy-which de
8 mand the serious attention Of the people.
the legitimate results Of the war had been prop
! erly appreciated, we might be ready to ente
into ali these questions and determine them


SO long as a fundamental error remains Oul
system will always be pernicious and we mus
) labor to remove it. In that work We must have


the hearty sympathy of Connecticut.


Friends, but few DAYS remain TO you


Work increasingly, earnestly to the hour of thu
ballot. You have strong opposition to meet
for our enemies feel as we feel that the contest
is national end not local. The battle may be


more earnest, but the victory will be greater.
Year: 1865

A newspaper (Copperhead) finds it difficult to
understand the logic of TIE TRIBUNE in refer
ence to our proposition that the Government has
the right to insist upon manhood suffrage in tho
South, while at the same time we do not admit
the propriety Of its interfering with the States in
the North. In the first place, the States IN the


North entered into contract when the Union
was created, and kept it. Tho South entered
into the same contract, and broke it. Among
he penalties ior this infdehty we emauc'pated
the slaves. took possession Of the State Govern
ments end insisted upon complete pur'hca'
ton before the States are again admitted. Apart
from any question Of moral duty. this Is the
right of conqueror. If the South had con-
quered, we presume it would have established =, (.
Slavery everywhere just as we abolished it
everywhere. SO with manhood suffrage. Our
triumph as conquerors gave US the right ss well
Year: 1865

Now that the war is over. say the peace-men.
it would bo wrong for the President to exercise
any war power to force the Southern States to
do Justice to the negro-or interfere with [" the
ri shts of the States" Well, il the war is over.
why have these Military Commissions, and
why allow the Secretary of War to announce
that the Rebellion " has not been officially an.
nounccd or treated, either directly or indirectly.
as thing of the past" This we think is dan.
gerous assumption of power, but it shows to
what sad plight the pcsce-men arc reduced
in their desires TO be well with both sides.
Year: 1865

A day or two since we quoted Brownlow OF
Tennessee as saying in his paper that he " re-
gretted the x,csssi,y' for Union maa 10 shoot in
broad daylight Rebel named Cox. Previously
we saw that in Knoxville Rebel had shot
Union man with whom he had quarrel.
Union mob hanged him TO wayside tree. Now
We hear of band OF guerrilas robbing and
numbering promscuously. This is dreadful.
When shall we hear no more of Notwithstanding.
The shooting Of man like the Rebel Cox, by
an unpunished assassin, ard the leading news.
paper regretting" its /" necessity" would seem
to us, without having more than a superficial
knowledge Of the facts, to be just the way To
bring into active motion on the snriace all the
lees of the Rebellion and stimulate outrage
and murder. We want storm and just hand
i'm Tcnnessop
Year: 1865

The State Convention of Massachusetts Deiho-
Gratis WAS held yesterday az Worcester and
went through the form Of nominating ticket
for the ensuing election, at tie head Of which
thev MT tho name OF Gen. Darius n. Couch OF
Taunton Cor Governor. The gallant General
will know. for once, how it feels to be very
badly beaten. Among the rotten old planks OF
a Democratic platform the Convention put in
the new one pledging the support OF the party
to President johnson.
Year: 1865

NEW YORK June 2.


The Herald's Washington special has
the following It is believed here that the
President is not in favor of negro suffrage
except in some modified form, and under
certain qualifications. 1t is also understood
that the mission of at1enersb Sickles to
Bogots was for the purpose of obtaining
grants of lands for the purpose Of settling
them with blacks from United States, and
that the late President, who authorized the
mission, was willing to give fifteen millions
of dollars for adequate territory.


The United States CT Columbis, after
this year, will withdraw their diplomatic
establishment from this country in
consequence of their Congress having re-
fused 70 make any appropriations beyond
the present year.


The ironclsds and monitors attacked to
West Gulf and Mississippi squsdrons are
TO be laid up now that the rebellion is over.
These will not be brought North, but
will be laid up at some convenient point
on the Mississippi river, or one Of IFS
tributaries, not yet decided upon lE


A communication was received on Mon.
day, at the Land Office, from the Surveyor
General of Kansas, covering contract or
dered for the survey of lands on the direct
route from Sioux City to Montana and Ida
no and and the opening of q road on the
routa
Year: 1865

young man named Durkee, at work ID
soap factory in parkinsvills, Vermont, went
into the wheel pit TO tighten so.ne nuts and
while there WAS caught by the coat sleeve
upon two inch horiz ,ntal shaft. and after
being carried around the shaft fifteen or
twenty times with fearful velocity, was
thrown into the inside of large breast
wheel, and brought TO a small door, where
he was left in "a perfect state of nudity
Strange as it appears, hardly a scratch could
be found upon him; though he tainted, hav.
ihg become perfectly exhausted.
Year: 1865

Of the plaintiff in this that the defendants have ne
beyond the mts Of this State, abscond or conces
themselves that the ordinary Of The law cannot b
served upon them that publication be made
for successive in BrOWnoTs Whg notifying SAID
appear the next term Of the Circuit Court Tor
Grnzer county at RutIedge on the Monday Of August
1866 then there plead deur to the suit AMI
the plaintiff the viii be taken as eonfesse
and proceeded with psrts as to them


Dfst THOMAS LAIHLM4 LL-EL-
Year: 1865

All who have committed an excess Of any kind
ingrebuke of misplaced confdenoein in maturer years
SEEK FOR An ANTLD0TE IN SEASON. s
The Paius and Aches, and Lassitude and Nervous
Prostration that may follow Impure Cotton, are


the Barometer to the whole system.
Do not wait or the consummation that s sure to fol-


low. do not wait for Unsightly Ulcers, for


~ Disabled Limbs. for Loss Of beauty
Year: 1865

Thirty.nIne men only were recruited yesterday.
The occasion for this dropping Of In eLlistuaents
WIS the hope that the City Council would appro-
priate an additional bounty Of Sl00-


The recruits were thus distributed:
Year: 1865

Recorder Hoffman holds many Offices, aud has
held them for many years. Before the Senate
Investigating Committee, the fact was extracted
from him under oath that the aggregate Of his
united salaries-mcrc salarieS-was Sl3JW;
while it is also known that he has an immense
patronage thrown into his private office by GER
tain Judges of our Superior and Supreme
Courts, probably turning him in additional fees
to the amount at least Of another SIC, 900 an
nually. He has in all matters gone with his
party, and, though Judge, he's taken direct
part in the partisan Conventions and Commit
tees Of a political body. Whoever knew him
to protest against any scheme Of the ring =
Whoever heard his name outside Of his Court
save as mixed up with, approving and abctting
such Ring operations as the Street Cleaning
Contract and so forth
Year: 1865

We are informed that before Recorder John
T. Hoffman can run for Mayor as the Ring -
nominee, he must resign his present Office,
which will then be filed by vote Of the Board
of Supervisors, Of which body Wm. NJ. Tweed
is the acknowledged Ringmaster. Can this be
sol At any rate, il elected he would have to
do so; and can Recorder Hoffman, while throw
ing the Office of highest criminal jurisdiction
into the hands Of the "Ring," still have the
face to make professions Of hostility to the
domination Of that unholy leaguei Already
oar Police Justices are the nominees, and most
Of them the supple tools, of the allied pillagers
who reign in the City Hall. Does Recorder
Hoffman desire TO complete that circle OF OWL
influence by letting Tweed and Company have
the direct domination Of his succeSsori
Year: 1865

This society was established in this city
some time ago, as is already.known to most
of our citizens. Its object is to aid the
Freedmen who are striving to work planta-
tions on their own account. They say that
they mean to secure education to them but
as this is already done by the Board of Edu-
cati on we need not look to this new organ
ization for much in that line. It will do to
talk of. But the work Of helping Freedmen
in working plantations is commendable.
This is done by individual members making
loans, the same as merchants are in the habit
of doing. The society does not do the work.
The Freedmen who thus receive funds are
to pay them back with interest. This is
fair, but it is as much an aid to the lender
as to the borrower. We wish the Society
much success, and the BLACK REPUBLICAN
will watch its progess.and note its useful
ness with the deepest interest. As it is in
tended to put this paper on every plantation
in the Department Of the Gulf, the Freed
men viii be apt to learn what is being done
for them by this and kindred associations.
Most of the members of this Society are the
wealthy colored men of our own city.
Year: 1865

We are informed upon inquiry at the
Bureau of Free Labor, that not one freed
man has been employed directly by that
Office to the planters during the present
spring. They are so far advanced beyond
their condition last year that they employ
themselves. This will surprise many men
who are carried away with the fallacious
notion that everything to be done by our
brethren is prescribed at that Office. We
are glad to know that the Government sim
ply furnishes certain forms, on which the
freedmen make their own contracts, and
that the Government one is only adopted in
the case of such as do not make one. The
Bureau of Free Labor manages the planters
more than it does the freedmen. These men
need lust such a tribunal to control them.
We all know that not one in a hundred of
our brethren on the plantations would ever
receive his just earnings if the planter were
left to himself He must pay what he
agrees To obtain this result the most
strenuous efforts are put forth by the
Bureau, and the good results could be seen
by any who would take the pains to ac-
quaint themselves with them.
Year: 1865

1t will be seen by the order published
from headquarters that this officer has re-
signed his position on account of impaired
health, and we understand will soon leave
for the North. Col. Drake was among the
earliest Of the young men of Boston to en-
ter the United States service, and was first
commissioned as Lieutenant in the famous
18th Massachusetts regiment, raised and
commanded until his death by Col. Fletcher
Webster, son of the immortal statesman of
that name. Col. Drake was for long
time connected with the staff of
Gen. Hartsuf, and served with
that brave and distinguished officer
through all the battles in which the Army of
the Potomac were engaged, until the great
contest at Antietam, where the General, by
severe wounds, was compelled to retire from
active service. Col. Drake has been in this
Department something over year, and the
complimentary allusion to him in the order
of Gen. Hurlbut, with the regrets expressed
upon his retirement, viii be responded to by
the many citizens of New Orleans who have
met him within and out of office. His uni
form courtesy at his desk, his gentlemanly
qualities and bearing, have won him hosts of
friends in this Department; and in leaving
us for other duties in life, he bears with him
the hearty well wishes Of the people of this
city and State.
Year: 1865

Five thousand colored citizens petitioned
the late Legislature for the passage of a
law granting them the right of suffrage. 1t
was well known that the.right could only
be given to persons having certain qualif-
cations, as the Constitution limits the
power of the Legislature III that respect.
Had the Legislature given it to such as had
the fitness prescribed in the Constitution,
large number Of our population would
then have enjoyed it. We desire to
see our population put upon no restric-
ton not imposed upon others in this re-
spect, and we hope the time for that is
near. But the Legislature adjourned
without taking any action on the subject.
This viii be remembered in future as a
sign of the unfaithfulness of that body.
The men who sent the petition, and those
who encouraged them to do 50, have done
their duty. If rulers and law makers viii
not do right, they are accountable TO the
Judge of all the earth. But the people have
done their duty. If another Legislature
were to assemble tomorrow, and if it were
worse than the last one, we should encour-
age the repetition of the same measures. It
is natural to ask for what we want. We
win say more. It is the duty of citizens to
keep asking Of their Government till
justice is done. But the question re-
verts to the inquiry Was that
our Government ?" To this a very
simple answer can be given. 1t made laws
and the people have to be governed by
them. 1t appoints judges and they rule in
the courts. The man who calls the Govern
ment of the State a bogus concern will
soon find himself in jail if he violates any of
its enactments. 1t has all the force of any
Government, except a military arm. That
is wanting by the State, bnt is supplied by
the United States. The course of our popu


latiOn is very clear. We must ask and ask
again. We must accept the right of suffrage
when we can get it. We must strive for it
till it comes. "The Lord is on the giving
hand" and He will give us this blessing
with others if we are true to our mission.