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Year: 1865

that a disturbed state Of ssciety will be the re-
suN, there il no question:" Y.1ikG -


This Is the testimony aud the judgment Of an
official who Is on the spot, and by his relations
to the Freedmen abundantly qualified to Judge
The opinion of Gen. SlOcum was the same
Gen. Schurz, sent by the President expressly to
examine into the workings of his Reconstruction
experiment was Of the same mind. Gen. Oster-
haus, commanding in Genital Mississippi, gave
the same testimony. On the other side is nobody
but Provisional. Governor Sharkey. surrounded
by officers whom he reappointed from the Rebel
State Government, and by lifo-long devotion
to Slavery untitled to judge fairly of the freed
men il not indsposed to give them fair chance
in freedom.


We find a confirmation of this testimony IN
private letter published in Western paper
from prominent citizen Of New-Orleans' VINO
has lived Is years in Louisiana lie writes;
"No Union man, that is to say, no man APPROX
ing the war for the salvation of the country, is
safe in that State. The negroes are shot
down wantonly every day in all parts OF MIS-
sissippi and no one is punished, or even arrested
for it, Perhaps things will come out all right'
but confess do not see the way. The Union
men are not only quite discouraged
but greatly alarmed. Any one VINO
knows anything of Southern society
and tho spirit Of Secession must
understand that the snake is sootched
not killed" And this writer goes on to say
a. anticipate something like this: the horrible
treatment of the freedmen by the infurlated
Rebels will ere long produce its natural fruit,
Retaliation and then q war Of determination
unon thein.r This Is not picture to regard
with complacence. Our earnest hope is for
peaceful settlement at the South on such
terms as shall give equal right and equal
security to whites and blacks. But 1t Is only
too plain that for the present the United
States forces must serve as police ior 'he
States. Gov. Sharkey's militia, said dispatch
the other day, refuse to organize under the Stars
and Stripes. Only the State flag, the same that
few during the Rebellion, is good enough ioI
them to fight under. Are such men 70 DE
trusted with the military control of the State
They are the men who, as disbanded Rebel sol
diers. have committed the most dreadful atroci'
ties on the freedmen-will they be safe guard
| ians of those same freedmen when reorgan'zco
and nying q State banner
Year: 1865

A Richmond paper speaks OF scmc OF
the best friends of the South in the
North as Abolition ghouls. Ghoul is a
pleasant phrase, and brings back the good
times of the Davis dominion. In return for this
and other healthy indications Of Southern
loyalty" we advise our ghoul friends TO send
an American flag to these Richmond people.
When they have another meeting it will not be
necessary to borrow one from the military au-
thOrities"
Year: 1865

1t is said that in many parts Of the South the
negro lessees of lands have to be protected BY
the soldiers from the fury of their Rebel neigh.
bors. Yet in spite of this fact we hear people
demanding that all the military shall he with
drawn from the South.
Year: 1865




Where principle of justice is involved
the Germans are always right. They are
the only men who as solid body 60 for
principle. We are even too conservative
for them. Their denuncialion of Andrew
Johnson's reconstruction policy is deep
and bitter. Their detestation and horror
at the man ner in which the loyal blacks of
the South are being treated by the Cen
eral Government comes from deep rooted
hatred of oppression in all its forms.
In most part exiles from their native land
for opinions sake, they have no notion Of
yielding without a fight, their ideas of man.
hood and free government. We are glad
this is so. The war of principle is not en-
ded, but with their solid forces thrown
upon the right side we are sure of victory.
Aristocracy, caste, false pride, oppression,
wrong and arrogance are objectionable
evils among free people.
Year: 1865

Under regular and proper call of the
committees Of the Republican Union party
of Marshall county, the delegates of the
people met in convention and nominated a
good ticket 10 be voted for at the coming
election. They acted wisely and justly
IN putting upon that ticket for t he two most
important Offices, brave and noble returned
soldiers. That convention and that ticket
represents the solid Union men of Mar
shall county in honorable organization ar
rayed. No man that thinks anything Of
himself, or has any respect for the party
and its dear old principles that have been
our guide through many dark day and
stormy hour, will oppose the ticket or sup
port any other.


Personal quarrels or personal differences
have nothing to do with republican princi.
pies. Let no man be deviated from an
honorable course and uprigh! action by the
sophistyy cf a few who lust for office. A
few young men have gotten together and
put into the field ticket which they call
Soldiers ticket, assigning that name as a
blind to gull the unwary. We fear that
they have Forgotten tina. the Republican
Union organization of the solid men of this
country is what has saved it-saved it from
distruction-saved it from the hands of
copperheads; and we cannot believe that
if they thought they were doing what they
should not do they would persevere in SO
foolish acourse. 1t can result in no good to
them and but harm to the dear old princi.
Piles that have SO long maintained us as a
commonwealth. The battle of principle is
but half fought yet, and even in the remot-
est corners Of our republic there is neces-
sity for Union men to stand together. IF
discord and dissension divide US, our natu-
raj enemies will yet step il and bear off the
palms Of victory. Let all loyal men stand
BY the good old flag as it is borne aloft by
the Republican Union party of our land,
and not be led astray by false colors and
gay notices.
Year: 1865

In Columbia county resides an old fellow
renowned for his belligerent disposition, who
is generally known as Friend Shavey. Born
and bred Quaker. he was long since read
out Of meeting on account of his quarrel
some propensiues, but he still pertuaciouslv V
ciingS to the plain language ard clothes of
his early days, probably as a protection
against the wrath which he is continually
provoking by his overbearing aud irrtatln 2
demeanor. He is always the owner of the
crosse't dog in the neighborhood. the most
troublesome, breacliy steers. etc., and Is con
tinually in hot water with some of his neigh
hOrs in consequence Of the depredatious nm
mitted by his unruly live stock. A few
weeks since Van Amburghs Menagerie. In
travelling through Columhiana. was obliged
to pass his residence. A little before dav-
lIsat. Nash, the keeper If the elephant Tip
poo Saib, as he was passin4. over the road
with his elephant, discovered this pseudo
Quaker seated upon fence by the roadside
watching Il bull which he had turned cut
upon the road. and which was paving, bel
lowing, and throwing up Il tremendous dust
generally. In fact. from the fury of the
animals demonstrations. one would readily
have taken him for one of the identical
breed that buttel q locomotive off bridge.


Take that bull out If the way shouted
Nash, rs he approached.


Proceed with thy elephant was the re
ply.


If you don't take that bull away he vii
get hurt continued Nash. approaching
while the bul! redoubled his beligerent de
mOnStrations


Don't trouble thyself about the bull bu
proceed with thy elephant retorted Friend
Shavey rubbing his hands with delight a
the prospect ot an approaching scrimmage
the old fellow having great confidence in the
InvIncibiity OF his bull which was really
the terror of the whole country around.


TlpFo0 Saib came up with his uncouth
shambing gait the bull lowered his heac
and made charge directly upon the Gle
phant. Old Tippoo. without even pausine
IN his march, gave his COW catcher sweep
catching the bull on the side, crushing il
his ribs, with his great tusk, and then rails
ing him about 80 feet in the air, the bul
striking upon his head as he came down
breaking its neck and killing him instant
".


I'm afraid your bull has bent his neck
little. shouted Nash, as he passed on.


Bent the devil. cried old Shavey, with
troubled look at his defunct bull. thy ele
phant is too hefty for my beast, but thee
will not make so much out of the operation
as thee supposes. | was going te take my
family to the show, but II see thee and thy
show blown to blazes before l 20 one step
and now thee may proceed with thy
elephant and be id, please; , tn,


please being added as Shavey took q
second look at the proportions of the stall
wait elephant keeper.-Er
Year: 1865

The Carson Appeal thus solves the
problem of the Mexican difficulty


1t is the almost united voice of the neopl
ani press Of France that NJ more Fem


soldiers be sent to AID Maxim lIan. Whe.
suh paners a The Steele, Debats ant
! Opinion rationale come out as openly in op
position TO the sending of more military
| force to Mexico, we may feel assured that
Louis Napoleon is willing that it may seem
to the outside world that the pressure OF
pubic opinion at home has induced Il dis
continuance of his protectorate over the ex-
perimental Empire of the Austrian Arch
Duke. For. by seeming TO acquiesce IN thl
universal wish of his people, he can grace
fully make The rerraction which lie finds ii
urgent upon him to make in order to
avert embarrassing complication, and, per-
Laps, war with the United States. 1t is no
doubt the wise and cautious policy of Sec
retary Seward TO SO conduct the delicate
diplomacy of this Government as to MAKE
it easy and in conformity With his outward
show of dignity for Napoleon to abandon his
hastily conceived project to implant the
. Latin race upon the soil of Mexico
With that suayity of international etiquette
only known by and practiced among the
more eminent and accomplished diplomats
of the world the Secretary Of State will be
pleased to seem abstracted in a brown
study while the illustrated nephew of his
uncle takes his somewhat awkward, but en-
tirely French" leave of Mexico. Seward
will express his delightful surprise upon
finding tie French force withdrawn from
Mexican soil and will express. in the
charmingly sincere language of the school of
ralleyrand his admiration and gratitude
for the performance by his imperial Majesty
of SO magnanimous and Christianike an
act. And then, in the honest frankness of
their hearts, the French and American
Eagles viii reassure each other of their
most distinguished consderations-Maxi
MILAN will make hastv exit from the
Halls Of the Montezumas, Uncle Sam will
quietly take Mexico under his 'wing-and
there will be no war.
Year: 1865

How TO ExTEMPoRIsE .-Radishes
may be grown in very few day by the fol.
lowing method: Let some good radish seed
soak in water for twenty-four hours, then put
in bag and expose it to the sun In the
course of the day termination will commence
The seed must be snwn in a well manurei
hot bed, and watered from time to time with
lukewarm water. By this treatment the
radshes will in very short time acquire Il
sufficient bulk and be good to eat. If be
required to get good radishes in Winter
during the severe cold, an old cask should be
sawn in two, and one half of it filled with
good earth. The radish seed beginning to
shoot as before must be then sown in. the
other half of the barrel be put on the full one.
and the whole of the apparatus is carried
down into the cellar. For watering. luke
warm water should be used as before. In
the course of five or six days the radishes
will be fit to eat
Year: 1865

The public mind is startled of late, at
the immense frauds and Villanies which


are being daily perpetrated throughout
the country by public officials and men in
positions of trust and responsibility. 1t
seems as if robbery, forgery and pecula-
ton had become the creed and governing


purpose of large portion of community !;


anu that to be q man of note or mark
among his fellows it is only necessary to
steal, swindle Or otherwise plunder the
pubic purse or betray private confidence.


We believe that the facility and ease with


which rascals nowadays obtain pardons
Tor penitentiary offences have much to do
with the fearful increase of this class of
crime in our country. If Presidents and
Governors would make it harder to oh
tain "clemency," as it is falsely called.
rascals and knaves would not be so ran.
idly multiplied as they now are, and a
healthier state of public and political
morality than now obtains, would prevail.
o! for the days of primitive honesty
when public men were satisfied to live
within the limit of their salaries, and did
not deem that an indispensable element of
personal respectability was to rob the
public and indulge in speculations and
huge purchases far beyond their annual
income and ordinary pecuniary abilities,
Year: 1865

AT A RECENT MEETING in New York
one of the speakers, Rev. Mr.. Jones, in
advocating the claims of the colored men
to vote, stated that the census shows that
in that city the negroes pay twenty-five
thousand dollars more than the cost O
their own poor; that in proportion tc
population thirty.seven of them went tc
war to every twenty-five white men, an d
that the number who cannot read is only
one in seven, while of whites it is one iu
five.
Year: 1865

lNIhMfhhAHNh'


In passing over the route, on our trip on the
City Passenger Railway cars last week, We we're
somewhat astonished to find that there are 80
many places in the Second Ward, where spirit
tOus liquors and lager beer are vended. Upon
examination | ascertain that there are about
forty houses in this little Ward, where whiskey
and lager are openly disposed Of, besides goodly
number where rum is dealt out to blear-eyed, bep
sotied customers olAndestiuely. The idea sug-
gested itself to us, that their is a wide margin
for improvement in this particular. If the other
Wards are cursed with SO large a number of
these sinks of corruption it affords an explana-
our midst and great laxity in public morals,
that determined effort is not made to rid the
community OF this stupendous evil. On every
side-at all hours Of the night and day-the
peace and quiet of sober, industrious citizens is
interfered with by hslf-c crazed nebriates from
the bar room and tap shop. 0urpolice reports ex-
hibit the startling fact that nine-tenths OF the ar
rests made are for ntoxcation, or crimes commit
ted while the culprt is under the influence Of the
soul destroying dregs drank from the maddening
bowl. We trust that the moral, christian part
of the community will arouse to a sense Of the
imminent danger that surrounds US, and lend
their energies to stay the tide Of misery and
vice which is flowing on with such fearful ra-
pidty. and will ere long render our city pan
dem onum Of drunkenness and crime.
Year: 1865

The present ruling of the Commissioner of
Internal Revenue, in relation to the basis
on which Wholesale dealers should estimate
their license tax, cOntemplates that dealers
may estimate the amount of their sales for
the year to come, or that for which license
is taken, without reference to the exact sales
of the former year of license, and sthat the
amount Of tax shall be determined by that
estimate. If at the close of tho year it shall
appear in any case that the amount of actual
sales have exceeded the estimate, a re-assess-
mont will of course be made.
Year: 1865

Some of our contemporaries are getting hot
over the tariff of prices to bo charged for
messages to be transmitted through the At
lantic cable. The famous Mrs. GLASS, whose
perceptions in such matters were very clear,
used to say, First lay your ocean cable and
send some messages through it before you
begin to quarrel about the prices"
Year: 1865

oUrsDE.-on the first page of our paper
to-day will be found large amount of in
terosting matter, including an account of the
laying of the cornerstone of the Washington
City Orphan Asylum, on which occasion an
important speech was made by Secretary
HARLAN.
Year: 1865

THE INTERNAL REVENUE LAW AND THE BROOKLYN
CRY RAnRoAps.-Through an oversight the line
announcing the time the amended Internal Re
venue act is to go into effect, which was intended
should form part of the head of the synopsis
which we published on the 9th inst, was omitted.
The Brooklyn city railroad companies acted
upon the provision, which we gave in full,
empowering them to add one cent to their
rates of fare; and, without waiting to ascertain
when the lew went into operation, Immediately
announced their determination to charge six
cents. Their grcediness, it appears, got the
better of their Judgment and caution, and thus
led them into violation of their contracts with
the city government Section eighteen of the
law says that This act shall take effect on and
after the lst day of April, 1861
Year: 1865

as the lien goes, with head erect and proud
ly bidding defiance to his foes. Let us
not secede, but rebel. He hoped most
devoutly that there would never again be
any attempt to separate from the National
Government. He was tired and sick of
war-tired Of fighting the battles of others,
who enticed him and others with lying
speeches; and when the day of their calam.
ity came, deserted them 10 their fate.


He hoped they would bury this doctrine
forever, and beyond the hope ofresurrection.
A more pestiient, political heresy never
infested and cursed any people. Often had
he and his brother officers, in times when
the Confederate arms were most prosperous
they had been victorious sometimes
and the prospect for independence was
bright, sat in their tents at night and can.
vassed the future which they thought lay
before them. They asked each other, "what
If we should succeed, and establish our in
dependence What shall become Of us
Shall we cling together, as now, and become
great and united people ?" Their con.
illusions were always respondent; they


could gather little hope from the prospects


that cursed element of secession and division


was implanted in the Constitution for which


they were contending, and it cast darl


cloud over all that lay before them.


He said he intended no disrespect what


eyer 10 the Convention. Of 1861, by voting


to declare their ordinance null and void
Far from it. He meant the contrary thing
He would be greatly obliged, if he were i
!; their places, to any one who would cause
10 appear that they meant to rebel instead c
, perpetrating the amazing farce of seceedinf
) He wanted to dignity their action. H
5 would be greatly obliged to any one WI
!, would convince him that he himself ha
t been fighting four years for something els
9 beside the stupid, the absurd right of ST
$ cession. He wanted the people to unde
it stand what they fought for, (if they d
is such foolish thing, land not again to te
e their leaders "You deceived US with Iii
It pretence of 'peaoeable secession"
Year: 1865

WASHINGTON, July 2l.-An effort is being
made to induce the President to suspend the
process issued under the Confscaton law, against
the property OF late rebels in Richmond until
owners can have an opportunity to obtain action
upon their applications for pardons The effect
OF recent operations under the act in Richmond
is said to have been to completely suspend the
efforts which were making to rebuild the burned
district and to have excited the greatest cou-
sternation among property holders who thou sht
that they were to be relieved from liability to
confscation Of their property.
Year: 1865

Flash the news, eXutant wire
Send it thrilling through the land,
Blaze it like an altar fire
Consecrating heart and hand,
Ring It over streets and lanes
Fling it full on land and sea-
Shout, on all our hills and plains,


Victory
Fling the starry banner high
Thunder cannon grave and grand;
Ring glad bells the sky
Peas Of triumph for our land,
lie. tie Future hold its pain,
Be the Present glad and free,
Walking back to life again


Victory
Dearly bought? Nay, never fear,
Right is Right, whate'er it cost;
He who sees both blood and tear
Will not count His heroes lost
What is life when honor dies
What is death, when souls are free
Which is writ in Heavens eyes,


Victory
If perchance some note of pain,
Sad as sorrow, sweet and low,
Falls like fall Of weeping rain,
For buried friends and buried foe,-
ThougiSyour hopes lie cold and pale,
Gods great heart may hear and see,
High above that broken wall


Victory
Then fash on, exutant wires,
Send it thrilling through the land,
Blaze it high as altar fires,
Consecrating heart and hand
God is near us in the strife,
And whate'er the end may be,
He can make or death or life


Victory, -Seiec
Year: 1865

An act defining the duties of certain


State Officers, and for the protection


and benefit Of the Treasury.


1t is hereby enacted, &c.


SEC. l. The auditor of accounts oil
this State shall procure aud examine al


the papers, vouchers and statements Of
any and all kinds of disbursements made
by any person for or on account of the
State of Vermont from the first day Of
January, A. D. 1861, to the first day Of
January, A. d. 1866, and he shall ar
range such vouchers for payments or
disbursements in proper form, and place
the same on file in his office, and for any
and all expenses or disbursements made
by an officer Of this State, or any one
acting by or under authority of this
State or its officials in any way, so far as
the said payments or expenditures may
have been in any way appropriated or
used to procure, furnish or provide, or
in any form have been used to furnish
men or means of any kind 10 aid and
assist the General Government of the
United States in furnishing or supplying
itself with any kind of material used in
the late war for the suppression Of the
southern States, or in any way expend-
ed in defending the frontier against inva.
sion or raid from Canada; be shall OBJ
tain all the evidence if possible so to do,
necessary to enable him to prepare and
present statement TO the said General
Government of the United States, of all
such claims, with their proper vouchers.
And it is hereby made the duty of said
auditor TO prepare such statement of these
claims as soon as practicable, and present
them and secure their payment if be can
do SO but if such claims are not paid by
said General Government of the United
States upon presentation, said auditor of
accounts is hereby instructed to obtain
their adjustment if possible, and TO have
The same allowed by said General Cow
ernment as just claim due to the State
Of Vermont. 1t is further made the duty
Of said auditor Of accounts to cause a
statement of these claims to be prepared,
Ia which he shall state in detail what has
been paid or allowed, and what has been
'ejected, with the cause for such rejection.