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Year: 1865

AN ENGLISH OFFICERS OPINION OF GEN.
GRANT.-This officer visiting our General at
Head Quarters says: SIN person he bears
very strong likeness to the late Lord Charles
Wellesley, with whom I was personally &C
quainted. Indeed, on coming ont Of my tent
next morning and seeing the General stand
ing, cigar in mouth, in front OF his. so striking
was the resemblance in countenance, figure
and appearance, that had I not known that
the second son Of the Duke of Wellington 3
no longer living, could almost have sworn
he stood before me.r "a s.aa
Year: 1865

Tho New Mexican charged that "the
army of contractors was assessed for its
share towards the support Of his paper
and the campaign, and were forced to come
down.


We branded that part Of the charge
which referred to the Gazette rs a lie
The New Mexican, in it's last issue, triea
to squirm out Of the falscposition in which
it appeared before this community, by the
publication Of evidence which does not
touch the case in hand. We denied no
thing that it proved. We did not under
take to make any denial Of tho allegation
that contractors had contributed to assist
in prosecuting tho campaign. It's no af-
fair Of ours whether they did ornol, We
presume, however, they have MS much
right to take part in the politics Of the Ter
ritory as have federal Office holders, and
particularly, as much right rs have Judges,
and if they wish to contribute Of their
means, it is their own business. Certainly
they have as much right to control thcil
own political action and their own means
as has any other class Of citizens.


What we call for, is evidence that al
assessment or contribution was made upon
or by, contractors for the support Of thi
Journal. Until that is forthcoming he VIII
wrote the charge must, in tho eye of ever,
candid, man wear the brand VIC placed OIL
him two weeks ago. Where there is
direct allegation, as mado by tho New
Mexican article in this case, and q fla
denyal oft, as We made two weeks ago
and now repeat, the allegation must b
proved, or taken as confessed for false
Equiyocations will not do. lrrolevan
evidence will not sustain the allegation


We know that tho author Of that false
hood cannot sustain himsolfb by the eyi
dence of truthful witness, because ther
is no truth in it. That is the reason we tai
so positively about it, md why We def
him to the test.
Year: 1865

liz CAMP, LIBBY HILL, RICHMOND, Va,


August 3, 1861
To The Edaor ofhe Republic!


The following paragraph appeared in one
Of this mornings papers:
"Libby HiH.-If we are rightly informed
the cOlored infantry camped on Libby Hill,
and of whose location there we have already
made note, are about to be removed. This
is move in the right direction, for the ladies
and children who used to frequent that spot
want all the pure atmosphere they can get in
these hot Zines


The estimable gentleman or lady who wrote
the above seems to be under the impression
that the "colored infantry" absorb the en-
tire allowance Of air with which this pleasant
hill is supplied. l only wish to say to the
writer and his readers that the "colored in
fantry" do not need, and cannot use, all the
above-namcd article. The officers use only
one fourth, and they allow their men the
same amount, which they are at liberty to
divide among themselves, leaving one half TO
the free use of the fair sex and their " in
fantry, who were, and are, wont to make
Libby Hill a place Of resort. l solcmnly
assure the writer Of the above paragraph and
tho residents generally that they shall bo un-
molestod in the free use of the abOve-men
toned air or in the exercise Of any other
"airS" they may choose to assume.


CONE OF TuEM."


RlrLU0l,H RsUubEr
Year: 1865

Persons leaving Washington to spend the
summer at their country residences, or at
any of the watering places, can have the
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN forwarded to their
address, by leaving their orders at this
Office
Year: 1865

iaVng taken possession Of the large and we'll fitted nm
Machine Shop IN Smyrna, on Cummpr rec Street known
as the Bowman machine shop date IN the occupancy
OF Evans are now fully prepared 10 attend TO the
repairing of all kinds of
Year: 1865

The undersigned beg to announce that they have
removed their Stock Of Goods from West SMYRNA
to the Storehouse recently occupied by Messrs Will
liams Il Brother, and that they have opened our
with the
Year: 1865

BY virtue Of an order of the Orubons' Co,r, r ,bo
stale OF Delaware, IN and for Kent County, will he
exposed to Public Auction Vendue TO the highest
and best bidder or bidders for The same
Year: 1865


and are exempt, as are all the Government Bonds,
from State County and Municipal ta1ation which adds
from one to three per cent per to their CdIue,
cordIng 10 the rate levied other property. The in
terest is payable semi annually. by coupons attached
TO each note, which may he cut of uud sold 10 any
bank or bar ker.


The interest at 80 per cent amounts to


One cent per day on a $50 note.


Two cents per day OH Il $l0o note.


Ten cents per day on 5000 note.


Twenty cents per day on $1,000 note.


One Dollar per day on a SjU0O note.
Notes of all the denominations named will be
promptly furnished upon receipt of subs, rptions.
The notes Of this Third Series precisely similar
IN form and privileges to the Seven-Thrl,es already
sOd except that the Government reserves 10 itself the
option OF paying interest in gold at per cent.
instead Of 3l0ihs in currency Subscribers will de-
duct the interest in currency up to July 18Th. at the
time when they subscribe.


The delivery OF the OF this third Ieries of the
Seven thirtles will commence the lst Of June and
will be made promptly and continuously after that
date.


The slight change made in the conditions Of this
THIRD SERIES affects only the matter OF interest.
The payment in gold, If made, will be equivalent 10
the currency interest OF the higher rate.
The return 10 specie payments, in the OF winch
only will the option 10 pay interest in Gold be ayaIled
Of would so reduce and equaize prices that purchase.
made with six per cent. in gold would be fully equal
to those made with seven and three-ienths per cent.
Year: 1865

and flaps, his Aarped waist coat of the
same material, that set of his manly form
had been spun and woven by his mother
and sisters. His small clothes were of
buff, and the buckles that confined them
over his silk stockings at the knees, were
sparkling with precious stones, and were
wedding presents from his father.


1t was not till after midnight, a late
hour for that primitive people, that the
guests dispersed and left the house to its
occupants. The occasion had been one Of
enjoyment 10 all, and for years aferward
the wedding Of Patty Bird and Ezra Ian.
don was quoted as the finest affair of the
kind that ever took place in Dee,feld. -
When those who were young maidcns then
had long been matrons, they were wont to
relate the story Of that wedding to their
bright eyed daughters, to descant upon
the handsome form and features, and gal.
liant bearing of the bridegroom, and the
beauty of the bride; and to set forth as
objects Of emulation the tradition of the
wedding garments prepared solely by her
own hands.
Year: 1865

WHERE ARE JEFF. DAVIS AND Hrs CABrErf--
The arch-rebel Davis and his Cabinet are now
fleeing from the wrath to come--from the exc
Grafton Of their own people, which Il more ter
rible to bear than any punishment which the
government could inaict upon them, had they
fallen into the hands Of justice. Hsnceforth
they will be vagabonds upon the face Of the
esrth-Cains, with brand upon their brow
for the unaccomplished but attempted murder
Of this fair republic. II is told that when dis
tinguished French statesman once met the trail
tor Arnold in the south Of France, not knowing
who he was, he was charmed with his manner
and conversation; but when he learned that he
was the wretch who betrayed his country, he
shrunk away from him in disgust Thus twill
be with JEFF Davis. His own people will abhor
the treachery which led them to ruin and
bloodshed; and he will find no home abroad
hat will not b. . bed Of torment
Year: 1865

TULLAHoMA, Tenn, July 18th, 1865.


On tie night Of the 4th Of July, TIVE


men of Co c., 9Th Tennessee Cavalry


with the captain and two other men o


the home guards near Fayetteville


Tenn, with the cognizance of the Pro


vost Marshal at that Post, went out tC


the plantation Of William Bonner, Jr.
returned rebel officer, where after
partaking Of very good supper, with
himself and wife, armed with loaded
pistols, went to the negro quarters and
there took out negro, (whom Bonner
said had refused to work and on being
told to leave the place, said ne would
60 when be got ready about three
hundred yards from the house, tied
him with his face to a tree and fastened
his hands on the other side with bri-
die rein and with elm switches two in 9
bunch with sprangles, gave him one
hundred and fifty lashes, two Of the
men taking turns in whipping him, cut
ting his back so deep thats lead pencil
could have been laid in the gashes and
as he repeated what the negro had said
to him, they whipped him the harder
The negro hoWled but did not curse or
use any disrespectful language to his
persecutors rat- "a


Your informant has seen the back Of
the negro, now nine days since the
whipping, and he has never seen any
one SO badly cut up


It appears that the negro was hired
by Bonner, whose contract with him
was to leave the compensation to a
committee of citizens at the end of the
season, and in case of q disagreement
the matter was to be left to a Union
officer.


The negro had raised fins crop Of
cotton, so that it could be secured by
small smount of labor, and in this,
as in many other cases, after the negro
has labored hard and begins to realize
and look forward to the day that he
may reap where he has sown, he is sud
denly assailed or assaulted by men pro
posing TO be loyal citizens, and driven
from all hopes Of support; he is forced
into the mihtafy posts without any
means Of support, there to be fed and
protected by the Government


This is but one out of the many sim
liar complaints that are daily made to
this post 1t is high time that the au-
thorities should put stop to such out
RACES and inhuman acts If such
barbarities are allowed, it would seem
that the restoration Of the civil laws of
and the United States are
far from having been accomplished.


Since writing the above, learn that
Gen. Dudley, commanding the forces at
this point, has made an open investiga-
ton Of this infamous transaction, re-
sulting in the removal of Capt Shipp,
9Th Tennessee cavalry, Acting Provost
Marshal at Fayetteville, and bis arrest,
the confinement of privates Harrison
and Mullins, company c, of the same
regiment in the stockade. The last
two were engaged in the whipping
VIM. Bonner, Jr., has been arrested
and held to bail in the sum of three
thousand dollars for bis appearance to
answer the charge before a Military
Commission.


Parties are out to arrest the other
three engaged, sil of whom belong to
the Home Guard, the principle one.
Captain in that organization. #Ek
Year: 1865

u


accorded to the rebel Government


One Confederate cruiser is, so far as


We know, still afoat for the purposes


Of war. The rebel Government,


it Is true, dispersed but Off


cially the United States does


not know that Government, and


has never recognized it. The bus


iness Of the. United States IS with the


people who we're in rebellion; aud per


sons may assume defiant attitude


long after the Government which


they attempted to set up is overturned.


All these matters are to be taken into


consideration when the question


whether the rebellion is ended is 10 be


decided Justice Thompson, however,


has undertaken to decide all Of them
in advance Of the Federal Government
and be discharged the prisoner who
was before him, taking the ground that


the rebellion is over. How does he
know that2 The President has not is
sued a proclamation to that effect. He
has not restored the habeas corpus, and
the act of Congress directly says that
'pToceedings under the writ OF habeas
corpus shall De suspended by the court
or judge having issued the said writ so
long as tie ggpsisiOa IN tie President shall
remain IA force" that is, until the Presi- !
dent shall withdraw the privilege of I
suspension which is vested Ia him by /
the law. The President has not done |
so, or he would never have issued the
warrant of arrest under the military
law.


Justice Thompson has undertaken to /
nuliify an act Of Congress, and to de-
eide that the rebellion Is ended, upon /
an unofficial knowledge of certain
events which have happened, and with
out possession of full information upon
the subject, which can only be in the
hands Of the Government He has de
cided upon rumos, and not upon fact
and official evidence. The decision is,
in truth, political, and faVors the party
which from the beginning of the rebel
lion has been incidentally assisting the
traitors By clamOring against the exer-
else Of martial law, and which has tsen
assisting sympathizers with treason by
declamatOry indignation against the
Of the habeas corpus We
believe that az soon as the public safety
permits, the President will proclaim
that the rebellion is ended, and that
the public safety will allow that the
of the writ of habeas corpus,
ordered by the proclamation of Sep
tember Is, 1868, shall no longer conhn-
Dispatch, July 9.
Year: 1865




Mr. HoLDEN:-0n reading your appeal to your
subscribers to get at least subscriber each for you
went 10 work to discharge my duties in that res
Pech as every one should feel 1t duty incumbent
upon him, and have secured two to your Weekly,
and herein enclose $40 for the same


Recruiting for the Standard would be quite an
easy business were the people fully aware of its
merits that is for the firm and fearless stand it has
taken Tor their rights, and for the truths it enun-
clates, which are so formidable to its enemies and
Rhe VIII now presume to dictate after their corrupt
ana lnlqultous influences have brought the present
miserable state OF affairs upon us. And the Stand
ara should have more extensive circulation at this
time than n any former period for the reason that
every true friend of constitutional liberty can but
admire and commend its course, And again, very
nearly all OF our newspapers at the present day are
SO iui OF talsehoods misrepresentation, and ridioul
Gus speculations, that many of our reading men
nave quit taking any paper at all-having to pay
nlgn ior such STUFF, which only serves 10 irritate
their good sense and judgment But feel assured
no one that can appreciate sound sense and truth,
Jewels so rare IN these days, will ever regret SUBJ
scrlptlon to the Standard but will feel that he is
amply paid for his money in its interesting columns
30 nope your subscription list may run up to its
iull maximum without delay.


I4e Legislature is to assemble again next week,
ana nope during the present intermssion, those
vance DestructiVes have become sufficiently
quanted with the sentiments of their constituents
to convince them that their former course has not
met their approval; and that they may be induced
10 change their tactics, cooperate with the true
Conservatives and be instrumental in accomplish.
ing some good to our distressed eouhtFE,a Many Of
them were elected by true Gonserf valve votes 0ho
no 60 are Vegy much deceiVed In then course,
as they are in The course of their eaier Gov. Vance
who all true Conservatives have given up as gone
beyond redemption-havng firmly allied himself
with the original secessioni.ts whose cOunsels we
all know have invariably proved false, and from
whom none of our people can expect any good 10
emanate. LOVER OF TRUTH.
Year: 1865

HARD ON THE Poor SoLDTERs.-on yesterday,
says the Augusta ChronicLe we learned of case
wherein q returned Confederate prisoner was com.
peled to lose two hundred dollars, from the fact OF
Congress condemning the hundred dollar bills, old
issue, as worthless, after q certain date


1t seems that he had been captGred prior to the
passage of that law by Congress, and had not the
opportunity while in prison to fund or get other
bills in exchange. Thus he was compelled to hold
on to them until he arrived home, which was a few.
days since As soon as he arrived in Charleston,
he went to the ab-treasury Office in that city, and
demanded payment for the bills and was refused,
but was offered payment or exchange for small bills
of the old issue, at the rate of one-third of.


This is specially hard upon these poor fellows IS
they had not the opportunity to obey the law in
question, and we think Congress should do some
thing in the matter for their benefit,


five mistake not a bill TO this effect was offered
in Congress sonic time SINCE but We do not remem-
Der what was done with it. Their case demands
the attention Of the government in their behalf
Year: 1865

Newspaper structures do not change the opinion
OF the President while they do have depressing e
effect on the people Confederate


True enough, the President has no respect for
public opinion as expressed through the free presses
Of the country. There are government detectives
without character, and drunken partizans, who
have more influence at Richmond than all the free
presses in the South. A Senator who carries his
private key to the gambling hels of Richmond has
more influence with the administration than score
of such men aa Stephens, Graham, and Foote. We
speak "by the book" We say these things more
in sorroY than in anger.
Year: 1865

tlons are vieing with each other in tHS work Of
emancipation. The negroes are to be armed, and
society is to be not merely upset, but destroyed
Every evil which followed in the wake of French
emancipation will atflict US here, if this policy be
adopted We call upon the Legislature Of this
State now in session, to rise to the magnitude Of
the occasion, and not only to stamp this infamous
proposition with the seal of its reprobation bnt to
adopt promptly the most vigorous measures to en-
sure an honorable PEACE which can alone close this
Pandora's box Of ills untold, and put US again in
the enjoyment of prosperity, freedom, and happi.
ness. l.
Year: 1865

Mr.. EDIroR:-In these times when mucilage is
almost out Of the question the following recipe may
be useful to the public you think proper give it
space. A CONSTANT READER.


Jan. 9th, 1865.


PASTE AS is PAsTE.-Dissove an ounce of alum
in quart Of warm water when cold, add as much
-four as will make it the consistence of cream then
strew into it as much powered rosin as will stand
on shilling, and two three cloves; boil 1t to
consistence, stirring all the time. 1t will keep for
twelve months, and when dry, may be softened
with water
Year: 1865

The Confederate expresses the wish that all the
"cOadjutOrs" Of the Hon. Henry s. FoOte, and
AL vOtariss of his kind Of peace" were across the
lines among the Yankees. Not SO fast, Mr.. Con-
Jsdsrdte. The friends of peace intend to stay and
see you out. You and your set have ruined the
country, and the true and good men among us will
remain to save what they Can from the wreck
This is our country. We intend to stand by it to
the last
Year: 1865

AHe EUFtFOF ana fflnC6 NdPOitOB'


The Paris correspondent of the In
dependence proclsims himself better
able than any other member Of the
Paris press to give special details of the
relations between the Emperor and the
Prince Napoleon, and states that the
Prince, before setting out for Ajaccio,
communicated the subject of his speech
and some of its details to the Emperor.
He believed himself, therefore, TO be
speaking the sentiments Of his cousin,
and he is indignant that ideas thus ex-
planned to the Emperor should have
met no contradiction before they were
delivered to the public Having writ
ten his speech at length, he sent it to
Algeria for the Emperor's approval
The latter wrote back forbidding the
delivery Of the speech as it stood. The
prohibition, however, reached the
Prince too late; the speech had already
been made. This circumstance, which
is not generally known to the public,
will explain the tone of the official
letter. The Emperor evidently sup
posed that the Prince had received his
prohibition and had taken no notice Of
it while, in fact, the prohibition did
not arrive until after the speech had
been delivered.
Year: 1865

We don't like stinginess. we dom like e.
economy, when it comes down TO rags and
starvation. We have no sympathy with the
notion that poor man should hitch himself
to post and stand still, while the rest OF
the world moves forward. 1t is no mans
duty TO deny himself every amusement, ev-
cry recreation, every comfort, that he may
get rich. 1t is no man duty to make an
iceberg of himself, to shut his eyes and ears
to the sufferings of his fellows, and to deny
himself the enjoyment that resultsfro gener-
Gus actions merely that he may hoard wealth
for his heirs to quarrel about But there IS an
economy which is every mans duty, which
is especially commendable in the man who
struggles with poverty-an economy which
is consistant with happiness, and which
must be practiced if the poor man would Sc
cure independence 1t is almost every
man $ privilege, and it becomes his duty, to
live within his means not to, but within
them. Wealth does not make the man, we
admit, and should never be taken into the
account in our Judgment of men but COM
petence should always be secured, when it
can be, by the practice of economy and self
denial only to tolerable extent. 1t should
be secured, not so much for others to look
upon, or to raise us in the estimation of
others, as to secure the conciousness of in
dependence. and the constant satisfaction
which is derived from its requirement and
DOSSpSS!On
Year: 1865

A dispatch of May lIth, announced the
march of fifty thousand of the victorious
veterans, who fought under GRANT and
SHERMAN, through the streets of Richmond
on that day, on their way home. A specta-
Gle at once so morally and SO martially grand
has rarely if ever been witnessed. The
transition from citizen soldiers to soldier cit
lZens is thus going on; aud these brave men
will scatter to their respective homes and
take their places as they were before they
went out. Their coming will make glad
thousands upon thousands of hearts. They
will be honored while they live, and their
memories. will be revered and cherished in
after generations Make room for them at
the hearthstone and IN the walks of peace
fui industry; and in every proper way let
their eountrymen show that they are CRATE
tul for the service they have rendered to the
country. Some will come safe and sound,
some manned, some broken In constitution,
and, alas ! thousands will never come, and
thousands of the resting places of the good,
the brave and the beloved will never be
known. But though their mortal remains
repose in undiscovered graves, their memo
ries will long be cherished in the home cir
cles, and coming generations will honor them
as the saviors of their country.


''When this war isover, said the lament





march into the Wilderness, ''and you go
home, you viii be received with shouts, and
hosannahs, and tears of joy; you viii be
honored and cherished as men never were
in the world your children and children S
children, to the farthest generation will
make it their proudest boast that their faith
ers fought in this great and holy war. You
will find families in the land the highest in
the land will be proud to say, My ances-
tor served in the great war And if we die
on the field of battle, as many of us must,
do you think we shall be forgotten? All,
don't believe it When the war is over, be-
sure every smallest incident of its history
will be traced, every name viii be recorded.
every brave deed will be searched out, and
for a century TO come, your trials, your suf-
ferings, your constancy and bravery will be
the chosen theme of the most finished schol-
ars, and the greatest writers our country
produces. No act of ours will escape the
vigilence of that multitude of busy writer's,
who will, in every State and in every town,
search out our names and the story of our
service, to make them known to the nation
which will call us fathers of redeemed
country, the soldiers of greater revolution.
All, it is proud thing to fight in this war y