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Year: 1867

sERENADE TO THE HON. WIN. D. KELLEY IN


PHILADELPH1A-HIs REMARKS on HIS


LATE TOUR.


PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-The Hon. Wm.
D. Kelley, who recently returned f;om his
trip through the Southern States, was serena
ded at his residence in the Twenty fourth
Ward, this evening, by the citizens 7of his
Congressional District. Upon being inro-
duced. Judge Kelley said that he was pro-
foundly grateful for the honor llis friends
and constituents had shown him. He had
left them at the invitation of the Governor
of Louisiana and the Mayor of New Orleans
to visit that city, and nearly one half of the
Mississippi country from which, by reason
of personal liberty, he had been so long ex-
cluded. He did not dread danger although
he had been warned by many friends. He
was, however, received with kindness, with
but one exception, wherever he went, and he
hoped that the Northern people would not
judge the South for this one exception. He
charged Andrew Johnson and Northern
man from Michigan, the Revenue Inspector
at Mobile, who is at the head of the Times
newspaper of that city, with having instiga-
ted and caused all of the trouble. He had
heard it charged that at the time of the riot
he got under a table on the stand from which
lie Was speaking III oTucT u pTOteCG himself
from bullets. He did not deny but what he
should have done so had there been one to
have got under. At Montgomery he was
welcomed by the very best citizens, who
wished him to remain with them for some
time, and speak to them again, in order to
wipe out the stigma which the riot at Mobile
had cast upon the State. The Judge de-
scribed the general appearance of the coun-
try through which he passed in an eloquent
and impressive manner, and the way in
which the people had carried on the tilling
of the soil, how they had exhausted its pro-
ductiveness by their pecul ar and damaging
way of cultivating it, by taking from its sur
face all its strength and leaving the rich
ground beneath untouched. Of North-Caro-
lima and Georgia he spoke in glowing terms,
representing them as the Land of Milk and
Honey. He considered that the best regen-
Grafton of the South would be subsoil plows
and the best modern agricultural implements
phosphates, fertilizers, and new stock of
horned cattle and machinery. The freed
mems schools, he said, were in flourishing
condition, and that aptitude of learning on
the part of the colored pupils was wonder
full, and thought if the white people did not
take warning the colored children would far
exceed the whites in intellect. In conclu-
sion, he said chat there were no missionary
politicians wanted in the South, as the ne
gro was capable of taking care of himself in
that respect and could do more good for
themselves without the interference of such
people. The remarks of the speaker were
received with enthusiastic marks of appro-
baton.
Year: 1867

THE WAYS OF THE WoRLD.-If Jacob
Johnson's son Andrew bad never become
President of the United States, does any
one believe that the public would have erec-
ted monument in the Raleigh Grave Yard
to the memory of the former.


There was great gathering in Raleigh
last week, and great parade at the grave OF
Jacob Johnson, whose last resting place has
remained in obscurity for many years past !:
but now that his son is President, the respect
is paid to his memory which, no doubt, he
was justly entitled to long ago. Such are
some of the ways of the world Charlotte
Democrat.
Year: 1867

All that we have to ask of the Repub-
licans is that they shall take the entire
responsibility of the military despotsm
they have established in the South. We
do not protest against it any more than
we would protest against robbery or
murder. Those who take life or property
under such rule know, or ought to
know, how absolute is their responsible
ity, for they act wholly without the sane
ton of law. IAN army" says Hume, 'is
so forcible, at the same time so coarse a
weapon, that any hand which wields it
may, without much dexterity, perform
any operation and attain any ascendancy
in human affairs" We have only to add,
that martial law, such as has been estab-
lshed in the South, never existed in
England, even under William the Con.
queror and that the revolution of
1888, which Mr.. Webster says was
"a revolution in favor of property
as we'll rs of rights" resulted in
the utter extinction of martial law in
England. This is just what Lord Chief
Justice Cockburn said the other day in
his charge to the grand jury. Mr.. Burke





proposition was before that body to sus-
pend the great writ of habeas corpus,
that the success of the measure would,
to all practical intents and purposes, be
suspension of constitutional govern
ment and Cockburn fully indorses the
strong speech of Burke, by declaring
that tindemnihcation had been voted in
variably to those damaged by the opera
tions of martial law, thus conceding its
illegality. We deny that military gov
ernment in this country is capable Of
legal sanction. 1t is the subversion of
all law, and cannot, therefore, have any
higher sanction than theft, robbery or
murder. Yet we say to the South, yield
a willing obedience to the despotism the
Republicans have put on you. And we
say further, keep an account of your
sacriice-an accurate and full account,
with names, dates and facts, for the day
of judgment will me.-NationdI
TnLelIi0encer
Year: 1867

look into these things. We have taken
great care to be correctly informed of
these matters, and can assure our fellow
citizens of the correctness of all that is
stated above.


By order Of the Executive Committee
Of the Middle Division


JOHN LELLYETT, Chm.
Year: 1867

THE EXPLOSION ATTHR Posi- OFFIcR-The
report of the committee appointed to inquire
into the cause of the recent explosion at the
Post Office Department has been approved by
the Postmaster General, and is now in the
hands of the printer. 1t will be published this
week.
Year: 1867

SPECIAL Correspondence Of h3 Journal and Salesman.


LEIpsIo, August "a, 1867.


Before my departure wish 10 give an ac-
count, however brief, of the people among
whom live, and with whom have passed
many pleasant months, and learned that
which 1 hope may prove useful to me
in after life Before leaving my own
country my opinion of the Germans run
in an opposite channel from the present
If allowed to judge from my own obser-
vation, l must write them down as good,
lund-hearted, unassuming, honest race, ever
ready 10 assist the stranger, and making
but little distinction between rich and
poor. They arc not people who aim
alone to the accumulation Of wealth and
show, but the best manner TO enjoy a long
and useful life. Their greatest fault if il
may be so-ealled, is the want of activity and
go-aheadtiveness to be found on our side oi
the water, but then, perhaps they arc the
wiser, from having learned their lesson al
the expense of other nations. Their routine
| is like the moving Of ponderous machinery,
everything in its turn, with regularity ane
precision seldom seen elsewhere. But a'
this is not our way of thinking, VIC lool
upon them as a slow people, far behind tht
times. This we must contradict, for they
are at the head of the scientific world, ant
the opinions of their wise men are sough
for by all nations. AS proof, their work
are translated in all languages, and thei
Universities are filed with seekers Of knowl
edge from all parts of the world, anon
which is fair representation from on
shores.
Year: 1867

was unknown" why deceive the
public with the contrary assur-
ancef We think our friends in
reference will rather embarrass than
relieve his Excellency. Certainly it is
more damaging than the article whose
force it is designed to break. We merely
pointed out the ridiculous position In
which the Governors blowing had
placed him, but his apologist in the
blindness ofinconsiderate zeal, conVlcts
him of downright falsehood.


We are not at all astonished to learn
that the State authorities desire to have
other troops sent into the Greenbrier
region, nor shall we be surprised if they
succeed. They can doubtless do so If
they can make it appear, that the civil
power in this State, requires the assist
anee of the military, and the article to
which We are replying is ample proof
that Governor FOREMAN is well provi-
ded with willing witnesses.
Year: 1867




Our gentle writings of Governor
FOREMAN upon the departure Of troops
from Monroe county, seem to have Sc
riously disturbed the equanimity of his
Excellency. The Intelligencer, like a
faithful Court journal, comes to the
royal rescue, with semi-oficial assur-
ance that "the withdrawal was not
unknown in advance to Governor BORE
MAN." This may be true, but if so, it
was surely quite naughty in that dig
nitary to create the false impression
which the following portion of his mes
sage was likely to produce:


"In this aspect of affairs it became
apparent that the laws could not be en-
forced by the civil authorities and that
military aid was necessary for the pur-
pose; and on application to General
Grant, q small detachment of United
States troops has been stationed ut
Union, in Monroe county, rhere they ciR
remain, no doubt, until order and security
are restored"


The message from which the
above is taken bears date January 18th,
while the troops in question, left
the town of Union on the 1lth inst,
four days prior to the time at which the
Governor assured the Legislature that
they were not only at hand, but could
remaia "until order and security should
be restored" ~


If their Withdrawal was not un-
known in advance" why does he sub
sequently declare their presencef If ii
Year: 1867

II 20


The foregoing counties cast de-
ciled majority Of the votes given at
the October election, the entire num-
Der cast for the gubernatorial candidates
being 4O,435. These votes are repre-
sented in the House of Delegates by
nineteen members, just one third of the
entire number. The remaining cOun-
ties, having a minority Of the votes,
19,2l2) are represented by thirty-eight
delegates, just two-thirds of the whole
number.


We submit it to our Legislature as
a question of justice, involving the in
terests of Radicals and Democrats
alike, ought so great an in
equality to be tolerated. This
is no mere partizan ARRANGE
ment by which one party is in
iured for another's benefit, but it is a
condition of affairs which places the
wealth, population, and resources, of
the great voting majority which the
Northwest represents, at the mercy of
the minority formed by the voters
of the interior, Southern and East
ern counties of the State. We are
aware that under the Constitution, no
new apportionment can be made until
after the next census, and we are also
satisfied that upon the present basis
of representating, no new appoint
ment would remove the difficulty.


But, since the Legislature claims to
have endorsed the principle that none
but voters should be represented, it is
nothing more than consistent that they
should now make a practical applica-
ton of the doctrine. This will place
the Northwest upon an equality with
other portions of the State, and she GER
tainly has right to demand the adop-
tion of provision so essential to her
own protection, and SO equitable to
other sections.


An amendment to the Constitution,
fixing the basis of representation in the
Legislature, upon voters rather than
upon population, would relieve all diff
culties. If it be adopted at this and
the next session Of the Legislature, it
can be ratified in time to take effect
when the next apportionment is made.
If it be not acted upon speedily, the
next census will find the basis OF
representation still unchanged, and
and the apportionment of 1870 will but
renew the injustice under which men of
this section Of all parties are now labor
ing. 1t remains to be seen whether our
Radical friends have as much regard
for equal representation in the Legis.
lature, as they profess to feel for equal.
ity of representation in the Halls OF
Congress.
Year: 1867

elected one member to the House. JEFF
ferson county gave the Governor S92
votes, and sent t9o Delegates to the
House. Is there any good reason why
one "loyal" man in Jefferson county
should have twice the representation OF
two "loyaln men in Ritchief Marshall
county with 1880 'loyap votes
has two delegates; Pendleton and
Mercer with only 363 "loyal' votes
have also two representatives. Is
Marshall comfy '1oyalty" at such
discount, or is Mercer county patriotism
at such premium that this inequality
should evisti


These are merely specimen facts illus
trative Of the injustice arising from the
present apportionment of members Of
the Legislature. If the investigation
be pursued, similar results will always
arise, when comparison is instituted
between the representation and voters
of counties in this section, and those OF
the remote or border bounties of the
State. The inequality which we have
pointed oat is one that should be re-
moved as speedily as possible. What
ever political aspect the case may be
thought to have, no man can justify the
principle of representation by which
the voter of one county is invested with
the political power of six men in an
other county. 1t is wrong in itself, it is
grievously oppressive to portion of the
people, and it is seriously detrimental
to the interests of the entire State. An
illustration of its workings may be
found in the settlement of q single ques-
tion now pending before the Legisla-
ture. The Capital of West Virginia
will probably be located by majority
in the Legislature, who represent an in
significant minority of the voters, and
so it may be of other subjects ofimport-
ance to the State at large. Perhaps the
following table will be of use in eluci-
dating this subject. 1t gives the vote
which each county therein named, cast
at the last election:
Year: 1867

At q wedding at West-Ends church
in London the other day, there being
accidentally no gentlemen present to
give the lady away, the pew-opener, a
woman, thus acted, it being considered
legal by the clergyman on the ground
that the Queen had given away the
Princess Helena at her marriage.
Year: 1867

whole Radical State ticket, from Bore
man down or up, having received the
endorsement of about one-third Of the
whole number of voters of this State,
were declared duly elected to the offices
for which they were candidates.
Year: 1867

ct Prefer solid sense to wit; never study
to be diverting without being useful let
no lest intrude upon your good manners,
nor say anything that may offend modes-
tv or heedlessly hurt the feelings of a
mother,
Year: 1867

The ELDEST DAUGHTER AT HOME We
offer the following crumb- of -o"rsfort TO
all those WHO may be disappointed in The
sex of their first born:


To lie able to get dinner. TO sweep the
room. to make a garment. to tend baby
would add greatly to the list Of young
ladv's accomplishments. Where can We
beh~id q more lovely sight than the eld
est daughter of a family. standing in the
sweet simplicity of her new womanhood
by the side o: her toiling. careworn
mother, to relieve and aid her? Now
she presides at the table, now directs in
the kitchen, now amuses the fretting
babe, now diverts half a score Of little
folks in the library. She can assist her
younger brothers in their sports. or the
older ones in their studies read the
newspapers to her weary father or
soomth the aching brow OF her fevered
nother. Always ready with helping
hand and cheerful smile for every EN-.
ergency, she is an angel Of love and q
blessing to a home. Should she be call
ed out of it to originate home of her
own, would she be any the less lovely or
self sacrificing
Year: 1867

An Ohio paper tells > novel love story.
A young couple plsnned an elopement,
the girl descending from her room upon
the traditionsl ladder, but at the gate
they we're met by the father Of the girl
and q minister, by whom the young
couple were escorted to the rarior. where
to their surprise, they found all their
relatives collected for the marriage GER
emony, which took place at once It
was . neat p.seruai freak. and served
them right
Year: 1867

The ancient philosopher who hunted
in vain for an honest nan would proba
bly, nave had no better success if his
heen for q contepted man.
Discontent seems v~,,,, :, In.
man nature. 1t is natural Tor


matter what his circumstances or condl..
tion in life, to strive for something which
immediate reach. He is never satisfied
with his lot. There is always some
thing ahead to draw him forward. and
he follows the magnet. reaching his ap-
parent goal only to find that. in sone
shape or other, it is still ahead- Thus,
the man who stands upon the lower
round of the ladder Of fortune. who has
nothing that he can call his own with
ward with eager expectation to the day
when he shall own a simple home. He
thinks if that point weiss. reached he
would be contented and happy. P"t
give that man his cottage, and he will
soon move his aspirations peg higher,
end sinh for snKaetashS(s itsseS sA'
The same feeling gofrestlessncss pervades
every grade Of society-the millionaire
as we'll as the laborer who owns moth
ing in the world. Here in New York
are men who count their wealth by mil
lions. Are they satisfied or contented
No. They see the same ignis .fatuus
ahead which fits before the mental
vision of the Iaborer. 1t is a fact, al
though few people appreciate it, that
wealth brings neither contentment nor
happiness. 1t is we'll, of course, that
nature has endowed man with the quail
ty of acquisitiveness, for it is that, chief
ly. which stimulates his energies and
makes him industrious and ambitious It
is well. too, that every MAJ should strive
to accumulate the means of enjoyment.
for the physical organism is such tha.
needs work in order to prevent a loss
vitality But while laboring and striv
ing n a reasonable degree to secure ad-
ditional comforts. it is the greatest
folly for any man to gneve about the
lowness of his station or the emptiness
Of his purse. And it is worse than fol-
ly to envy those who are more fortunate
or who by any means enjoy greater de-
gree of prosperity. As rule, the man
who carries tn ehod. in assisting to build
the costly residence. is quite as happy as
he who will occupy that residence. In
fact. We believe that there is less happi


ness and more discontent among the
wealthy than among the poor. Mans
desire for enjoyments increase quite as
fast as his means for gratifying them.
| ana hence there rs always voIu 10 nil.
Every man, whether rich or poor, should
| school himself to be content with his
lot Happiness dwells in cabins as well
as in palaces, and he who would be hap
pv must learn that il is something which
gold cannot buy.-fN. Y. Sum-
Year: 1867

An indianapolis paper says that
parson Brownlow took a severe cold
on the occasion Of having his shirt
washed.


Old Hog, when are you going to
have them socks WASHED that you
wore on your Northern tour last fall
We suggest that you take the precau-
ton to have barrel Of lime sprinkled
over the floor Of your apartment, be-
fore the operation of pulling them of
is commenced. The malaria arising
therefrom, and confined in a singl,
room. might prove fatal to the serv'
ant in attendance, and you, again
prove yourself victorious over un'
suspecting innocence. If you ar
alone when that operation is perform
ed, the lime will be unnecessary.
Year: 1867

| On Wednesday last the steamer Col
orado, the pioneer of the new line be.
/ tween China and California, arrived al
4 San Francisco on her first return voy-
I age from Hong Kong and Yokohama.
/ By her mails We have news from ia.
pan only three weeks old, and intelli-
gence from China up to the 18th of
! February. On the outward trip she
made the run from San Francisco to
/ Hong Kong in twenty seven and one
half days, and her performance on the
/ hOmeWard voyage would no doubt


have been equally satisfactory had it
not been for unusually severe weather


We rejoice In such an suspicious be-
ginning of an enterprise which prom


ises to open to our country a new era


of commercial greatness.


There can be little question that the


trade of the East is falling into our


hands, and that San Francisco is des-


tined to be the second city of America,


and New York the greater emporium


OF the world By the present Over


land Mail route, the distance between


London and Hong Kong Is about for


ty-eIght hours. 1t is now nearly the


same By way Of San Francisco, and In


a very few years, when our Pacific
Railway is finished, 1t will be short
ened at least a week. What golden
visions arise as the prospect of this flu


ture is unfolded to us Our fast
steamers plowing the Pacific will bring


as the wealth of IndUs-the teas, and
ST ks, and spices for which the Old


World nations have been contending
for hundreds of years. The carrying
trade of the world viii pass across our f
continent, and New York will become
the center of exchange for all the CON-
meroial nations of the earth. How
marvellous is seems that Christopher
Columbus should have known so much
more about geography than we do
how strange that the discovery of
America should not have been after
all, as we have been won't to regard it, l
the result Of a happy mistake, but that
when the adventurous sailor steered /
out Of the harbor of Paios with his lit
tie fleet he should have been actually
following the best route to the East, |
and when he touched the new conti-
uent should indeed have been knock |
ing at the gates Of the Indiesl It is
only about a year since the establish |
ment Of steamship line from Panama |
brought US into direct and quick com |
munIeatiOn with the great colony of /
Australia. The new enterprise is a /
still more important step toward es-
tablishiDg us IN the position for which |
nature has destined US as the central |
city of the WORLDLY 7. Tribune.
Year: 1867

STATE BOUNTY TO Volunteers
The bounty bill giving to all the re.
enlisted volunteer soldiers of this
State bounty of $l00, was published
BY the Secretary of State, on Saturday
as a law of the State.


The law provides that where vete-
ran volunteer was credited to county,
or township, or city and received no
bounty, the commissioners of the cOun-
ty, the trustees of the township, or the
council of the city, as the ease may
be, shall issue for his benefit bond
for 800, bearing six per cent. interest
redeemable on5 year after date.


In case the volunteer was credited
to the State at large, then the Auditor
of State is required to issue his war
rant upon the State Treasury for the
same purpose.


In cases of credits of volunteers on
the quotas of Congressional districts,
the counties in the district are to pro-
vide for the payment Of the bOunties
in proportion to their population:


IF any re-enlisted soldiers, as above,
shall have received any bounty less
than 500, the amount so received is to
be deducted. and the bond or warrant
given for the remainder COtWnabWs
Journal
Year: 1867

THE TRIAL OF TIE AssAssINs.-
A Washington correspondent Of the
| Boston Traveller sharply reviews the
conduct of the assassination case BY
! the Governments. The correspondent
says


Certainly It was an error, in a court
constituted as that was, expressly for


the purpose of giving a broad latitude


for the introduction of all the evidence
bearing upon the case, not to allow


Booths own statement aud papers to
60 into evIdence-as well those found
In his trunk at the Metropolitan Ho-
tel, as that to which General Butler
refers as taken from his pockets, So
there were dozens Of other things.
highly essential to proper under
standing Of the conspiracies, but not
absolutely necessary to a conviction OF
the prisoners in the dock. which were
not brought forward at the trial, and
if the prisoners counsel desired them
for use ia the defense, they were In
the custody of the Government, and
not to be obtained


IF there had been a high-minded
man like General Grant, q man of
force like General Sherman, or a man
of sagacity and brains like General
Butler on that commission, the diary
of Booth would have been called for,
the testsmOny of the mistress with
whom he spent his last hours before I
his crime Would have been /
taken, the stories of Payne and Atze- /
rodt and the rest would have been sift- 4
ed and compared, and should have no /
dark doubts and Wild surnises crop |
ping out, here and there.