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Year: 1865

How ABOUT THE NEaRoEs.-A delegati on
of the South Carolina rebel aristocracy called
on President JOHNSON, the otheL day. to talk
with him in behalf of pardoning JEFF DAVIS
and others of their friends. The President
responded to their talk about their friends,
and then turned upon them with some sug-
gestioHs for their consideration in reconstruct
ing South Carolina. And strangely enough,
seeing that the copperheads are SO enamored
of him, the Presidents chief concern seemed
to be the status of the negro.


Read here what he says to the representa-
tives of the South Carolina nobility, and see
what affinity it has with the ideas of party
which owes its vitality to opposition to the
niggers.


'.The President thought many of the evils
would disappear, if they iuaugursted the right
system. Pass laws protecting the coored
collect his debts. He knew how it was in the
South. The question VIXEN frst presented of
putting a colored man on the witness stand.
made them shrug their shoulders. But the
colored mans testimony was to be taken for
what il was worth by those who examined
him and by tbs jury who hear it. After all
there was not so IsucE danger in this as was
supposed. Those coming out Of slavery can
not do without work. they cannot lie down in
dissipation; they must work; they ought to
understand that liberty means simply the
right to work and enjoy the products of labor
and that the laws protect them. That being
done, and when we come to the period to feel
thet men must work or starve, the country
will be prepared to receive system applica-
BILE to both white and black-prepared to re-
ceive system necessary to the case. short
time back, you could not enforce the vAgTsnt
law on the black but could on the white man.
But get the public mind right and you can
treat both alike. Let us get the general prin-
eiples right and the details and collaterals will
follow.


Now if there is any copper in that We fail to
see it. claws applicable alike to white and
black that is the pure "Golden Rule
which in the long run will settle all our
troubles and establish liberty and law on the
sure foundation of justice and righteousness,
peace and good will to all men.


Do full justice to the blacks as well as the
Ehites on general principles, and all minor
details will dore-taii into the grand structure
of society. smoothly and squarely, just as
surely as that all things needed will be added
to those who first seek the kingdom of Heav-
en-, or that all things work together for good
to those who love the Ruler of the universe.


Why don't the Copperhead press publish
President JoHSsoS's speeches, if they are so
devoted to carving out his views
Year: 1865

The Herdlds special says the Secretary Of
the Treasury has decided to receive deposits
Of gold, and to issue therefor certificates pay
able on demand, in gold. These gold notes
viii be receivable for customs, and viii be
largely used in adjusting balances in New
York


Fears of negro instructions at the South
have been brought to notice. These fears are
considered groundless, but an eye will doubt
less be kept on the matter.
Year: 1865

The appointment of General Fitzpatrick to
the important position of Minister Plenipo-
tentiary to Chill may be regarded as indica'
ting President Johnson's opinion Of the cop
perhends The gallant General won his mil
itary distinction and promotion by fighting
the Southern rebels, and now the President
Of the United States honOrs him with first
class alubassadorial mission as reward for
thrashing the Northern cOPPerheads.


This is a warning to oil Coppcrhcad Office
holders and office seekers. In attempting to
bag Andy Johnson they will find that they
are altogether mistaken in their game, and
like the radical Republicans, they will be
left out in the cold, to make way for the
steady and triumphant march of the new
party of the people, the President's firm and
honest backers.-N Y. Herald.


The above is pretty good for the HeraH'
inasmuch as it was the Copperheads' chief
assistant sin attempting to bag ANDY
JOHNSON"
Year: 1865

A Washington dispatch to Boston papers
says


Chief Justice Chase, II is said, complains
that he has been misrepresented in the pub
lication of the synopsis of the correspondence
between the President and himself relative to
the trial Of JEFF Davis and it is not improbd.
BILE that full copies Of the correspondence will
be laid before the public.


at is said" Who "said' it, If Chief
Justice CHASE "has been misreprosented'
in the publication referred to above, he has
the remedy in his own landscapes of the
correspondence-hyw which he can set himself
right But we doubt the statement that
Chief Justice CHASE ever made such COM
Year: 1865

T1he attention of the public and the trade is


l. invited to our New SCALE OCTAVE
ROSEWOOD PIAN0-FORTES, which for vol
ume and purity of t,ne are unrivaled by any
hitherto offered in this market. They contain
all the


MODERN IMPROVEMENTS!
Year: 1865

How do the little busy BlaiFs,


Improve the shining hours,
And load their minds with pondsrOus cares
To close this war Of ours
How skillfully they lay their plans,
How much their brains they tax,
And labor like stout artisans


For the dear peoples sakes !
In these good works, then let Us pray
That their ripe years be past,
Inspiring hopes that yet some day
They'll save the land at last.
Year: 1865

tract. Without hesitation, we saw ,bfs. tbst
before no legal Court and impartial iurv nm
on such testimony, would these men have
been found guilty Of any crime to WIKI
death penalty is by law attached.


Now that the foundation for even pre-
tense Of national danger is broken M, there
shOuld be an end to party vindictiveness-
Let these men be brought to trial: let them
enjoy the advantage Of that benign rresump-
ton upon which civilization insists, that they
are innocent until they are proven guilty let
them have the assistance Of unhampered
counsel, and ofthose rules which the expert
.ence of ages had devised to eliminate the
false witness from the true, and the illegiti-
mate from the legitimate; and If then, bv an
unbiased papel of their ie!Iow-eitizens, they
are found guilty, let them be punished. This
is what humanity has the right to demand
It is what Governments were made to secure.
and what the party in power viii gain moth
ing by refusing. The blood Of these done to
death unjustly viii cry ont from the grave
against the murderers. There is no need of
haste of sending these men to eternity. The
country can well afford to wait ages rather
than witness deed o. injustice committedin
its name.


We appeal to our contemporaries of the
Republican party. We present It as mat
ter of party interest. Do they want this
thing done? Do they want the blood Of
these men in the skirts of their party? Do
they want the memory of a great net ofinius-
tice to hang over them and all with whom
they are, in party bonds, connected2 They
have some influence in this matter, we have
none. It is more their interest than it il
ours. This execution win make more enc
mics to power than it will extinguish It
will excite more hatred than terror. But
are either hatred or terror things which the
welfare Of the country now reuuiras2 We
are aware that there is a cry for blood abrosd
in heland. The spirit of revenge Is awake,
end grasping every thing which can afford the
means of additional excitement. But Is IL
honest, is It even safe blindly to fall into this
current, or actively to feed this flame, which,
none know how soon, may get beyond con-
troll, and erect a memorial for future ages to
shudder at2 As we said above, we present
tFis to the consideration OF the organs Of the
party in power, and, as they shall respond,
or fail to respond, the public viii gain the
means to know how much they can be relied
upon to cast their influence against the dan
gerous and cruel propensities ofthe times =


Gin. Enquirer.
Year: 1865

WILKES Spirit of the Times insists
that Andrew johnson, on the 4th Of
March, instead of being intoxicated, was
poisoned. May not this be true? The
cup of poison was tried on Abraham Lin
coln.-BIGde.


Would it not be better for Republican
papers and stumpers to honestly admit
the facts in this case than to be constant
ly originating falsehoods to excuse Mr..
johnson? Only a few days ago, Rev.
Col. Moody, in speech at Columbus,
said Mr.. johnson denied having been
drunk at the time of his Inauguration,
but said he was very weak from sickness
and took a little stimulus before present
ing himself to be sworn into office. Since
it is we'll known that he is an habitual
drinker-that he was not in a condition
to appear before the public from the
time he left Nashville to the day of his
Inauguration would it not be as we'll to
say nothing about the matter, unless it
might be to express the hope that he
would reform? Democratic papers, out
of respect for the position which he fills,
have said nothing about this national
disgrace since Mr.. Johnson's elevation
to the Presidency, and there is no neces
sity for either editors or stumping
preachers to manufacture and retail lies
about it.-7oledo Record.
Year: 1865

Messrs. BowtEs, NLEGAN & HoRsET, sen
fenced to death by Military Commission,
which sat at Indianapolis during last summer
ard fall upon a charge of conspiracy against
the Government, have it is reported, receiv-
ed notice to prepare themselves for execu-
ton. Whether they are to be hanged or
shot, is not yet understood; but their death,
by one mode or the other, is, probably. ire
vocably determined upon by the President
of the United States. We 90 not suppose
that aught which we could offer would have
any effect, either way, upon the fate of these
unfortunate gentlemen. Whether they are
guilty or innocent of fragrant crime against
the political state, who do not know, and
have no means OF information. In the eve of
the law. thsy have never been tried. They
have been before no Court known to our svs-
TEN Of Government; and have, in legal man
mer and form, been charged with no offense
defined by the laws OF the land. There has
been no time, since their arrest, nor before,
when they might not have been brought be-
fore a constitutional tribunal and fairly tried
with every desirable guaranty of impartiality
in the sesult.


There was the form-if we do not make a
fragrant misuse of terms in calling it even the
form Of trisl. The parties were brought
before that which called itself q Court, and
which received the title of evi-
denCe was offered against them. Upon the
nature of that evidence we have commented
before, and have nothing to repeat or to re-
Year: 1865




ABOUT forty years since there lived in
the town of Woodbridge, in Suffolk, a
short, sharp-featured, wiry little man.
who apparently had no occupation, but
professed to be farm-laborer, and real
" got his living principally by poaching.
His proper name was Richard Brown, but
the townsfolk of Woodbridge, from some
fancy or other, probably on account Of
his short stature, had changed the Rich
ard into Stumpy, and by that name he
was always known. Every one was afraid
of Stumpy Brown; he lived in the out
skirts of the town on the MartlesOme
road, and rarely troubled himself to con-
verse much with his neighbors. When
he did it was generally to dispose of a
hare, or game of some description, which
he nearly always had in stock. His dress,
in addition to the knee breeches, Of the
period and the usually bright-colored
vest, was long brown coat ofvery shah
by appearance, and loose felt hat, which
he wore over his forehead, whilst his cold,
4 grey eyes glanced Indignantly from un-
der its Brim, No one could say any
harm ef Brown, beyond that he was a
surly, ill-conditioned sort of fellow, who
Stunned his neighbors, and was a known
poacher, but yet there we're suspicious
and rumors abroad about him, which if
true, would have brought him to the gal
lows. Some few years before the time
of which I speak, three murders had oc-
Cured at various intervals in the neigh
borhood Of Woodbridge, which, cOnsid-
ering the nature and size of the town,
was very startling circumstance. OF
none of these was the perpetrator known.
An officer of a regiment quartered IN
1 Woodbridge, had been drinking in the
Red Lion public-house on the Martle-
some road; he had been seen and rocog-
nized here; on the following morning he
was found in a ditch near by, his throat
cut and his pockets empty. The captain
of a Norwegian trading vessel, then lying
in the port, after he had been missing
for ten days, was found in putrescent
condition at the bottom Of the river, tied
up in a sack, without the least clue as to
where or by whom be had been murder
ed. Lastly a farmer of the name of
Aighton, whose property was in the
neighborhood, was known to have gone
into Woodbridge on the market-day; he
did not return home in the evening, but
on the following morning his body was
found in a barn, by the side of the road
hebind the town, which it was necessary
for him to traverse on his way back. His
head he'd been battered in, apparently by
some blunt instruments, and his pockets
riaed. More attention appears to have
been excited by this murder than in the
two former cases. The officer and the
captain we're strangers in the town, and
with regard to the Norwegian 8kippcI 8
Year: 1865

WHILE hunting items on the Ohio
Levee yesterday morning a little while
after the time the sun should have gone
to rest, we came upon a restless son of
Africa whose new made freedom, equali-
ty and bad whisky had demoralizod him.
Taking cursory survey Of the creature,
we stopped to muse upon the dep.avity
of the ' free and the equal" wondering
of their uncouth and disgusting habits
would not exert a beneficial effect upon
the Anglo-American, when by US bOltcd
fair woman, her disheveled tresses
flowing in neglected snarls from beneath
well worn scoop. Her hands were
clasped in beseeching manner and her
anxious face was marked with care and
want, and she pressed forward until she
came up with the aforosaidso son of Africa,
when, with trembling accents of love, she
cried:


"My dearest husband-my angel-my
Year: 1865

A NEW YORK editor has issued a
carte-UancIe to his friends in the follow
ing terms!


Our table is a broad one Come in
and see US. We can write while one
man is singing, another whistling, and
another dancing and shouting hallelujah.
Pay us a visit. Require a little elbow
room on the table-can't ego it" if
elbow room is little cramped. When
you come, lie on the table, particularly
it you have the ague and fever. We are
never busy-have plenty Of time to talk
and say original things about the weather.
Drop in. When we are blessed with
your acceptable presence, turn over the
exchanges and put the Oldest ones at the
top Of the pile. Borrow the shears and
put the paste-brush in the ink-bottle.-
Tell the last joke and sing the newest
version of john Brown. Swear like a
rebel, and find out the latest news by
telegraph. TPlay with the dOg-that's
original And so on-you know the
rest. BY all means come and see US
Remember that it is the height of polite
ness to be just as agreeable as possible
and drop in.
Year: 1865

for the home and family; and an abundance Of ar
agraphs upon every topic of interest or import


ance. The wide circulation already obtained by
this paper. IS an evidence Of Its popularity. and Of
Year: 1865

.. Upon the ccming events of the year. rest tho
hopes Of the People and Government. We are il
the midst of bloody and protracicd civil wa Is
duration and close depend upon wiser, truer and
more patriotic Policy than VIC have seen during the
present Administration.
Year: 1865

FRoN Observation-Disclosures from the
Islands Of Hayti give deplorable accounts
of everything there. The civil war there
continues, and is carried on with sangui
nary fury on both sides. The army OF
President GeHrard is said to have met
with three defeats recently, in all of
which their losses were heavy. This war
has put a stop to the industrial pursuits
of the islanders, and the island itself
seems in q fair way to go TO ruin.
Year: 1865

Tur RtcuxoSp ELEcrIoS.-We see it
stated that delegation of prominent
citizens OF Richmond have arrived IN
Washington in order TO lay before the
President the facts Of the case. and to
ask him 10 revoke the recent action OF
military authorities in the case of the
Richmond election. 1t is said they feel
confident of being able to convince the
President of the loyalty Of the elected
gentlemen.
Year: 1865

IF you see half dozen faults in a
woman, you may rest assured she has a
half dozen virtues to counterbalance them.
We love your faulty women, and fear your
faultless women. When you see what is
termed faultless womaps dread her as
you would beautiful snake. The bower
of conccaling the defects which she must
have, is, OF itself serious vice.
Year: 1865

Mayor Cleveland, Of jersey City, who has been In
Washington for the past few days on business relating
the quota Of Jersey City Of which there has been Of late


All right Captain Mills the Provost Marshal of the
Firth Now Jersey Congressional district Ia ordered 10
take no further action In regard TO the drafed men
Jersey City O CIEvEI,AND
Year: 1865

Stocks and gold not very active The nrst meeting Of
the evening exchange In Gaahers new building, sdjon
ing tho Firth Avenue Hotel VIII take plaoe on Monday
night noxt Tho old room, cornor Of Broadway and
Twenty third street will therefore be closed.
Year: 1865

If you love others, they will love you.
If you speak kindly to them they will
speak kindly to you. Love is repaid with
love, and hatred with hatred, If you
would hear sweet and pleasant echo,
speak swcetly and pleasantly yourself
Year: 1865

A YOUTH asked his fathers sanction to
his project of marriage. The old gentle
man requesting his son to pray with him,
prayed that if the match was against the
will of the Lord, lie would throw obsta-
cles in their way and make it impossible.
The son interrupting, cried: 80 Lord,
don't you do it; for must have her any
how"
Year: 1865

A YOUNG lady who was rebuked by her
mother for kissing her intended, justified
herself by quoting the passage" What
soever ye would that men should do unto
yo0, DO Y-oU even so unto them"
Year: 1865

TIE MEDDLER. The meddler has place
in every community, and his nose has a
place in everybody's business. lie is all
things to everybody and has an opinion
to give concerning the department and
character and political belief Of every
neighbor. lie skulks around the corners
and dark alleys, and sneaks beneath the


windows Of dwelling houses in order that


he may catch a word that may fall from


the lips of those who are engaged in pri-


vate conversation, and reveal it to some
attentive ear. lie elbows bis way amid
the throng on our public avenues, and en-
dcavors to acquaint himself with the drift
of conversation, and also the views ex-
pressed by different parties. He is anx-
ious to know how many glasses of grog
his neighbor swallows per ay,and wheth-
er he takes it straight or mixed. lie would
like to know the income Of the individual
who drives fast horse, and the amount
Of money he spends per day for cigars
He is somewhat in doubt as to how his
neighbor can afford to employ a servant,
and is not at all satisfied in his own mind
as to who and how many suitors are
pressing their claims upon the attention
Of his neighbours daughter. lie knows
the quantity and the quality of the pro-
visions consumed on his neighbors table,
and is prepared TO give an accurate nc
count Of the number and color of the pet
ticoats worn by his neighbours wife. lie
knows the amount of business done by
the merchant, and can improve upon the
manner in which it is conducted. lie is
prepared to give advice to his "loyal"
friends as to who they should patronize
in business, and will in no way comprom-
Use his wisdom or patriotism by favoring
the person with his smiles of appreciation
who will in any way entertain copper
head views or associate with or patronize
the man who subscrbes to political doc
trines at variance with his own. He can
point out many blemishes in the charac-
ter of his fellow men, and is ready to
shrug his shoulders, look wise, and cast
base insinuations upon the chastity Of re-
spectacle females. lie sips his wine at
the public bar, and his forked and deceit
full tongue wags to malign his ncighbor,
while his ear is receptacle Of material
for further gossip. lie is perfectly well
posted in all the shortcomings of his fell
low men, and is able to write up the life
and character Of each individual. all of
which would be blackened by deeds of
infamy, and be accompanied by passports
such as would allow them to 60 unmo-
Tested through the Internal regions. The
Meddler has arrived in this city and is
earnestly engaged in the great work of
reform. Exchange.
Year: 1865

with some of the ablest members upon
this side Of the House, those most con-
5p9rD0us for the ardor Of their support Of
she Administration and they think with
mo that obstinate adherence to these Abu-
ses must destroy either tho AdminiStra-
ton or the Republic. If it would satisfy
any one to strike out the word ''dis-
charge" have no objection, because an
American citizen is safe when delivered
into the custody Of the civil author tiles to
be proceeded against according to law /;
beyond that I do not feel disposed to mod
ify my amendment in any particular.
Least Of oil can l accept the amendpent
Of the gentleman from Iowa Mr.. Kassonl,
which enumerates the offences for which
citizens shall not be tried by military
courts, but yields the whole principle by
admitting that persons not in the militia
rs forces in States where the United
States courts'Are op6a, may be tried for
violating the 'usages and customs of war;
it recognizes the category of military Of
fences committed by citizen, an excep.
ton which would place your liberty and
life and mine at the beck and call, at the
will and pleasure Of any military com
mission Of officers too worthless for field
service, ordered to try US and ~organized
to convict" That amendment involves q
total misapprehension OF the whole ques-
tion. 1t is not what offences n military
court may try, but what persons they may
try for any offence. will not detain the
House by narrating the individual cases
Of oppression that are fresh in my memo
ry. There is no gentleman that does not
know Of such cases Of oppression in his
own neighborhood. and has not felt this
atmosphere of oppression around him.
If there be, they are happier than we are
in Maryland, or they are in Massachu-
setts. This measure is demanded by the
feeling of the country, and in my judg-
ment, if the House will now say that the
liberty Of the American citizen is of equal
moment with the miscellaneous appropri-
alton bill, and will pronounce by such q
vote us that by which it referred the res.
olution of the gentleman from New York
[Mr. Gansonl with only three dissenting
voices, to the Military Committee, that
law is still supreme, every man in the
United States will breathe freer and will
bear himself more loltily, and look with
assured JOY to the day when armed rebel
lion shall be destroyed, to be followed not
by armed despotism, but by the peaceful
reign of liberty and by submission, but
not by servitude.