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Year: 1868

Sylvester Gardiner sherman.


Judge Sherman, one OF the Associate Justices OF tho
Supreme Court OF Rhode Island died tn Providence


few days SINCE in the sixty sixth year OF his age He
was born in North Kingstown, r. l., In 1902, and
educated for the law In ls43 he elected repre-
sentative to the General Assembly the Law and
ing the insurrectonary party then striving for
the ascendant. In 1s4s he was chosen Speaker
OF the House, and in 1s49 he received the whg nomi-
nation for Congress but defeated In triangular
contest by the democratic candidate In May, 1855,
Court OF the State and continued In active faithful
and conscientious discharge OF his duties until his late
Illness. He was man OF strong common sense, OF
simple OF quaint humor and sterling integrity
He we'll verssd in the law and able ursi, enjoy
Ing high reputation among his professional brethren
Year: 1868

During the dense fog prevailing yesterday between
ono and tvo o'clock the Harlem boat sylvan Stream
ran into the old Grand street ferry boat Oneida,
and through her guard BEAM insicting damage Of
about S25o and rendering her unit for present service
Tho Oneida had just left her slip tho New York side
when the collision occurred. and the Syl.
full head OF steam. The passengers board the
boats terribly excited when the collision occurred,
and gave expression 70 their alarm various ways; bus
fortunately Of them sustained personal injury,
although one gentleman Of nervous temperament on
board the Oneida was 90 scared thai found
sary TO call carriage his aid whom the boat reached
the Williamsburg sda The Sylvan Stream escaped with
trning INJURIES and kept on her way, while was found
necessary TO lay the Oneida for reparA II 10 mat
ter Of surprise that the latter boat not sunk IN her
extreme old age
Year: 1868

When Democrat commences whin-
ing about oppressive taxation, just ask
him who inaugurated and fought the
war which made those taxes necessary
When they prate of their devotion to
the Constitution, ask them who fought
four years to destroy that instrumen and
set up the bastard Montgomery concern
in its place.


When they talk of their loyalty ask
them who nominated and voted for
banished traitor in the State of Ohio.


When they profess to be in favor of q
restoration Of the Union, ask them who
has steadily voted against the readmis- :
sion Of the revolted States.
When they claim to be in favor of
peace and prosperity, ask them who
proposes to oyerturn the reconstructed
State governments and inaugurate an
other war - ssas
When they claim that Seymour was
loyal during the war, ask them who
made it necessary to withdraw an army
from the front to suppress his riots in
the rear. LED. sz--s<.sr.


When they say that Grant is no states
man, ask them how it is that in all the
important positions he has held, he has
never made mistake.


When they say he is not good SOL
dier, ask them how it was he SO thorough
ly ''cleaned out" Lee, Johnston and all
those other distinguished Democrats


Portsmouth Tribune. 3LItf
Year: 1868

The discussion between these distln-
guished competitors for Gubernstoriai
honors, has given great satisfaction to
the friends of Governor Baker. There
were fears on the part or some Republic
cans that Baker might not be able to
cope with the willy Hendricks, but in
this they were agreeably disappointed.
He is more than match on the stump
and worries his competitor most won-
derfully with his adroitness and ready
references to the dead 'Ishoos." e 81


For instance, Hendricks dwells low
ingly on the snigger' that there
were negro delegates at the Chicago
Convention To this Baker will reply
that there were two respectable colored
men at Chicago while in the New ! ork
Convention there was one particularly
mean nigger--Joe Williams-and then
he cites very high authority to show that
the 'one niger slave holder always was
the meanest kind. -.@s>
Hendricks charges Baker with having
made speeches in Ohio in favor of negro
suffrage,-to which Baker responds that
he has nothing he wishes to take back,
and he believes the people of Ohio were
entitled to settle this matter for them
selves; still he never voted for negro
suffrage, as Mr. Hendricks did in the
U. S. Senate when he proposed to let
the snigger' vote if he had $3.50, 90 worth
of property, or even if his wife had that
much-and he processes not to be able
to see that the possession of the said
S25O,O0 by the negro's wife would make
a colored man any better qualified for the
deposit of ballot than the colored man
whose wife had only s24s.75. as-2V4
But Hendricks is greatly enamored of
Lincoln's policy as followed by Johnson,
and takes particular delight in citing
Morton's speech, to which Baker replies
that it is matter of great regret that
Hendricks did not give Lincoln hearty
support while living, nor sustain Morton
during the terrible struggle. did not
even lift his voice in favor of filling up
our armies. About this time Hendricks
would be seen stepping to the front of
the stand pale with rage and interrupt
ing the Governor by commencing re
ply at once, Notwithstanding the audi
ence cry down down!


The Governor calmly begs them to
hear him, however, and when he is
through he referes to the fact that Hen
bricks declared at his home in '63, that
mot proposing to go himself he had not
asked any one else to GO into the army,
and that when Stevens, the enrolling Of
fcer, was murdered in Rush county. he
! BAKERY who was then Provost Marshal
had called on Hendricks, Perkins and
other prominent Democrats and got
their pledges to sign circular to be is
that Hendricks afterwards broke his
pledge. but proposed to go to Rush
county and make speech which he did,
and in that speech counsellcd them not
to resist the draft BECAUSE YOU
CAN NOT DO IL SUCCESSFULLY


This excoration of the lion Of Indiana
Democracy is terrible, but it is just and
the Republicans have cause to be thank
full that Governor Baker is the man to
whom is entrusted the showing up Of
the rebel sympathizing Hendricks. He
does it ably and we'll.
!
Year: 1868

Which wiz be sufficient to duplicate lines %
AL OF nearly al the paying points reached By
the present monopoly.


The presea Telegraph Companies OF thscoun-
try have been consolidated into one huEs
monopoly, and are now earning over
SIX MILLIONS or DOLLARS per year, OF
over one hundred per cent On the actual cost
Of their lines, their present capzssi having bsez.
watsred over ONE THOUSAND per cent


THE NATIONAL TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have a recognition rom tne United States
Government Of the importance OF their enter
prise, with grant OF the most valuable fran
chises ever conferred upon a telegraph CON-
pany. No competing line has ever had the
right now granted by Congress 70 this company
to construct and operate lines over every
RAILROAD and MAIL ROUTE In the United
States. The position OF this company differs
from that Of any company ever before organ
lied. The question OF the RIGHT OF WAY Is
FOREVER SETTLED.


The stockholders Of this company cannot be
sold ont or TRANSFERRED TO any other
company. The act OF Congress uadsr which
this company has been organized, prohibits
any transfer OF the franchises granted.
Year: 1868




In another place we give short account
of the cowardly murder of one of the finest
young men that ever trod the soil of Texas,
the Hon. G. w. Smith, delegate to the Re-
construction Convention, and one of the
Republican Executive Committee.


Captain Smith served CALAMITY in the
Federal army; he left his school in the West
and responded to the call of his country,
and fought his way into Texas, where he
set up the old flag aud determined to stand
by it or die. A young, almost beardless
youth, temperate almost to fault, never
using any kind of liquor, teas or coffee,
never uttering an oath-purity and good
ness danced from his fearless eye, and shone
forth on every feature of his honest
face. He had fought through the war for
the establishment of the Union, and
was the last man to compromise a single
principle. In the Convention he was a
quiet worker, speaking but two or three
times during the session. He contended
very warmly in favor of placing no restric-
tion of age upon any office in the State, and
in favor Of the most liberal provisions in
regard to residence and citizenship.


He was young man of fine sense, and
was radical in all his notions of morals and
politics. No man has died in the nation, for
the cause, inspired with purer or better
motives than G. W. Smith. He led the Tn
ion sentiment in his section of the State,
anu tleTe Is lO one 10 TAKE his pidCe. ne WAS
singled out as marx for cowardly assassina-
tion, and has died the death of a martyr to
principle. His murder can never be pun
ished. If the just vengeance of the mighty
Government, whose honor and proves he
helped uphold, were even to invite his old
comrades to lay waste the land that had
drunk his blood, it would still be INSULT.
cient. Thousands of loyal men have fallen
in Texas, Louisiana and other Southern
States, since the peaceful situation has
been accepted; but the names of Dostie,
Ashburn and Smith stand forth like mighty
spirits who have fallen, but whose memories
will nerve the arm of vengeance, hallow
the name of liberty and finally destroy the
hellish spirit which was born in Southern
slavery.


Peace to your spirit, gallant Captain
Smith, there is one pen that will never
cease to speak fondly of your name, never
forget to pursue your murderers and their
{ tends,
Year: 1868

groes under the pretense that the latter are
inciting riot, while every protection will
be shown to the rebel element, who are the
real aggressors.
good authority for believing that this regi-
ment will at once be ordered to the frontier
and another one, not recruited South, sent
to take its place.


Secretary Schofield had the New Orleans
troubles under consideration to-day, and
there is reason TO believe that he brought
matter before the Cabinet at the meeting
this afternoon. Additional troops have
been ordered in readiness to go to New Or
leans if further trouble occurs.
Year: 1868

We have received letter from a native Of
North Carolina, who entered Lees army on
his fifteenth birthday, aud served to the end
of the rebellion, rising from the ranks to q
captaincy, but who now regards it as the
duty of every man, whether rebel or Union
ist, who does not wish to see the country
deluged with the blood of another civil war,
to vote for Grant and Colfax. His record as
Democrat and a rebel was untarnished
down to the date of the nomination of Sey-
mour and Blair. But no sooner did he an
nounce that duty to his country compelled
him to vote for Grant, Colfax and Peace,
than old friends and schoolmates, and many
Of his relatives, promptly ''cuth him; some
of the more intimate came to him In tears,
stating that they too hoped for the election
of Grant and Coifax, but beseeching him not
TO acknowledge IL in public.-Neao York
Tribune.
Year: 1868

g We believe in home trade;
home support and home leagues.
AS merchants, mechanics, manufac-
turers and tradesmen, we owe it to
each other, we owe it to the prosper
ity of our town, to trade with each
other; and we give it as our opinion,
founded on observation, that no man
gains any thing, not dollar in a life
time, by violation of this reasonable
rule. If A, who sells calicoes, will
not go to b for his paints, or to G
for his tin-ware, or to d for his gro
ceries, it is more than probable that
the aforesaid B c and d will get
their dry goods somewhere else. 1t
would be just like men to do that.
Year: 1868

A TOUCHING OBITgARY.-This is
the latest style of obituary: 'tMy hus-
band is no more. He did not wish
to live longer, and if he had it would
have made nc difference, for gout en-
tered his stomach, and was soon
followed by death. 1 shall marry the
doctor who so kindly attended my
late husband. l learned then to
trust him. Soft rest the ashes of the
departed one, whose wholesale liquor
business / shall continue at the old
stand"
Year: 1868

w A Man lately advertised that
on receipt Of ten cents he would
send splendid steel engraving Of
''that noble hero, General Jackson"
The "splendid steel engraving
proved 10 be two cent postage
stamp.
Year: 1868

DisOrdertd Condition of Amairs-Ku-


KluH OUsrages Still the Order.


The Kentucky Statesman recently published
the tollowmg:-


The condition of affairs in many parts of this
State is so rapidly tending 10 point that may
culminate IN an open outbreak between at least
porllen OF the citizens of this Common wealth,
that it behooVes peaceably disposed aud we'll
meaning people TO take such action as will re-
move the incentive cause OF trouble, and thus
secure tranquility throughout the State. We
have numbers of letters written by persons
personally known to us as honorable and of
high standing, giving detailed accounts OF the
many petty annoyances, Insults, and such like
they are subjected to on account OF their politl-
cal opinions, to say nothing OF the less frequent
but more serious outbreaks that are not always
unaccompanled with murder and arson. In
many instances business and social prescription
are carried to the turthest extent. Tnls, how
ever, culpable rs 1t may appear to some we do
not propose TO speak OF, as every one mas
perfect right to do business with whom he
chooses, and select his own associates. But TO
insult, broWbeat, or attempt to change mans
political convictions through Intimidation or
any other means than that OF argument through
an appeal TO reason, is wholly at variance with
every sense OF propriety, justice, aid the spirit
of our institutions. In republic, the hum0 est
citizen should receive exactly the same protec-
tion In person and property as the most exalted.
There can be no just administration of the laws
ii this principle be lost sight of. "Al men
are created free and equap are the words of the
immortal Declaration Of Independence. We
entertain our own peculiar political views, and
are honest in our convictions. We believe that
If carried out to their logical conclusions they
will secure the greatest good TO the greatest
number. We accord like honesty OF purpose
10 our opponents thst we demand Tor ourselves
We claim 1t as right inalienabe and incon-
trovertible for every American citizen to be able
20 sneak or write his sentiments, whatever they
nav be, In any part OF this broad land, being
amepable only to the Laws VI the country f9r
Year: 1868

President who is elected by the Republicans,
and yet was not long ago looked upon as a
possible leader by the Democrats, cannot but
have some advantage in entering upon his
administ ration. He comes, In the prime OF life,
with great reputation and an unfettered will,
TO the direction of the State, and he must be
very unfortunate and tll-advised II he does not
add to the credit which has procured his
election. The Union wants man In the full
strength of his faculties, and Grant Is of the
time OF life when they are matured but have not
yet felt the first touch of decay.


From the London Standard. November5.


The practical suppression OF freedom OF voting
In several States, the enfrauchisement oil hun
dreds of thousands of ignorant negroes and the
Acknowledgement of large proportion OF the
people of the South, the possession by the
radicals of the executive power, and the control
OF the polling booths in most OF the States, aud
their notorious readiness to abuse that power,
compelled the Democratic party to fight the
battle Of constitutional government and reunion
at terrible disadvantage. In the moderation,
good serse, and principle OF the new President,
and in the formidable strength of bis opponents
which be will not forget merely because
il Is unrepresented at =, WashiogtCnm
OF the unhappy South and for the eventual safety
OF the Union. The more complete the victory
of the radicals the worse is likely to be their
use of it, the only check upon their excesses
lies in the power which such a moderator as
General Grant must derive from the knowledge
that on any question on which he may differ
with Congress he will probably have majority
OF the people on his side. 1t was the absence Of
that silent but strong support that rendered
nugatory the well-meant efforts of Mr.. johnson;
bis successor is at once stronger man and holds
a stronger position.


From the London Star, NoUenber5 5.


As regards Grants foreign policy, it is we'll
known that he is animated by most friendly
feeling towards this country, and il on his
accession to power any questions remain un-
settled between the two nations, it will be his
pf.N.xa AAut ~ aNn1
cement real alliance between England aud the
United States.
Year: 1868

you initiate. war, and we are at
tackled, il it is TO be an issue of party
against party, in what situation are
you to begin the fray?


Is this right, is il prudent, is it pat
riotic to attempt that which seems TO
be Indicated by the telegram OF your
Executive Gov. Geary, the tender of
troops TO initiate war. Is this not
opening the door to internecine strife
in the north 7 We should deprecatc
all such attempts and render implicit
obedience to the fiat of law.


The proposition contained in the
resolution l have.submitted is, that in
Judging of the Constitutionality of
Tenure of Office law, the President
exercises power vested in him by
the Constitution, that he had a right
to bring the law befoIe the Courts
for adjudication and that such decis
ion is binding upon both Congress and
the President. 1t could not come into
the Courts without the action of the
President and he is not amenable for
SO acting.


Can any man who processes just
sense of propriety sustain Stanton in
his course 1t shocks our sense of de-
cency, for it is in fact an attempt to
force himself upon the President and
into his counsels when he knows he
is obnoxious to all with whom he
should act.


He should at once resign. There is
no substance, no great principle de-
pendent upon his retention, for with
out him Congress is still potent
Shall we be plunged into war, that
Stanton may draw his pay and haunt
his obstinacy in the face of the Exec
utiveY About the mere possession of
this office the people care nothing, but
they do care for the preservation Of
of peace-for the rehabilitation of. the
South-for the revival of their indus
trial interests, and for an open door
and a clear path to prosperity and
wealth.


You contravene their wishes and
threaten an appeal TO force You i'm
peach the President and unsettle bust
ness, ieopardize the credit of the Re
public, and establish a precedent that
Is in utter violation of our traditions
an our laws.


Senators, appeal to you, is it not
wiser that we should place our noble
Commonwealth on the impregnable
position Of obedience TO lawl


l am fora free sytem of laws against
military force, for obedience to law as
against revolution, for submission to
constituted authority as against anar-
chy, and / trust that you will unite
with me in placing upon our records
that which believe TO be the senti-
ment of nine-tenths of our people,
"LET PARTY STRIPE BE STILL IN THE
DREAD PRESENCE OF IMPARTIAL LAW y
Year: 1868

We look back with a kind of pain
full wonder at the mannerin which we
have habitually used the word that
heads this article. What was not crises
with usl When were we not either
precipitating or eluding oneg From
the election of President TO that of a
police ofiicor-from the endowment of
some great public charity---to the bull
ding of a country school-house-the
changes were rung upon the word un-
til it conveyed about as much real
meaning to us as the grief ofa widow
when il reaches the third graduation
Of her mourning robes-that soft, ten
der gray like a thin mist after shower


We say look back with painful won
der, for the stale and meaningless
word has at once sprung into vital
truth For the first time we compre-
hend its meaning. 1t is the verge of
the gulf where one more step will
precipitate us into bottomless abyss.
II is the breathless moment when in
the track of the avalanche, we know
not if hair breadth right or left will
bring il upon us, or leave as safe
With us IL is helpless crises that no
action on our part will avert or modify.
A force beyond our own has pro
PEELED us 10 it--a force beyond our
own holds us there, and if salvation
comes at the eleventh hour, it viii be
force beyond our own that will
bring it to us. There is an old Ger
man proverb:


~Trust in God dcvouily,


hammer away siontly."


But sometimes hands are pinioned too
closely fore one good blow. We arc
like Fatima in the castle dungeon,
crying out TO the watchers on the
wall, "what seest thouy' And the
watchers are forever reporting great
clouds of dust, that end in--dust and
nothing more


"Whom the Gods would destroy
they first make mad, and the Con
gress of the United States is the mad
dest body of men who were ever un.
loosed upon a helpless community.
Wesay nothing oftheir suicidal policy
for the nation, as the nation is the
last thing in their thoughts; but We
hope the time is not far distant when
the people whose trust and honor
they have betrayed, will rise asa peo-
pic alone can do, aud make the voice
of their indignation heard aud felt


This is indeed the crises, not alone
for the South but Cor the nation at
large. We are powerless to help our
selves until some of our bonds are re-
moved. In the meantime the Radicals
arc doing everything to destroy the
country aud make il no fit habitation
for decent white men.--N 0. Times
Year: 1868

The STATE SEMINARY. The citizens of New
Orleans do not seem to know that We have in this
State an institution that is as capable of giving
our youth an academic education as any other
similar one in the world. At Alexandria is located
a school, supported by the State, taught by
Louisiana men, filled by Louisiana boys, and yet
to this institution the city Of New Orleans sends
but seven students. Now, this is not as it should
be. While we have every facility in our own
State, our boys should not be sent away to other
States to obtain their education. When they want
. collegiate training, send them to the great scho-
lastic institutions of the land but when they only
need that which we ourselves can give them, let
us send them to school that is emphaticaly our
own.
Year: 1868

To ne Editor Of The Tribune.


SIR: Allow suggest substitute for the PROPOSE
tiOn made In late issue OF THE TRIBUNE by " q. K,
which this Let the law be altered TO make II the
duty Of the Chairman OF the Board of Inspectors the
presentation of naturalization papers on the voter
registering his name to indOrse the following on the
back Of his paper" Registered in the First District
Ninth Ward Nov. 4. 1863" This viii prevent the paper"


from being used twice oftener at the election
and then let certificate of such registration be given TO
the person who registers his name, to be given mp on
depOshug his ballot, proposed by 20. X" For ten
years past have proposed doing this TO the Board OF


Inspectors IN my District but overruled by the reply
that no one had n right to make even check mark


the naturalization paper for the purpose Of identification
in case OF necessity. b. H. W.


Nelc York, July IS.
Year: 1868

No little excitement was produced in Niagara
the 18th by the announcement that another victim had
been added to the list OF those who have gone the
Falls At about 81 o'clock that afternoon, as the General
superintendent Of Goat Island passing Bridge No s.
the islands known the Three Sisters, he discov-
cred the body OF passing directly under the bridge
Following the body down the stream he saw IL pass over
the Horseshoe Falls The unfortunate man was clad IN
black pants checked shirt, with coat lie " light
complexion with long black hair and whiskers lie re-
ported have been sun-sruCk and TO have fallen from
boat few miles above the Fnlls. Further than this,
nothing is Of the affair. This Is the h man That
has gone the Falls within month. In most cases 1t
has been OcCasOned hY intempernnce.