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Year: 1867

Mr.. Stevens made n powerful speech
in the House on Thursday a week.
1t attracted marked attention. His ar
gument for tho sovereignty ofthe peo-
pie through Congress is unanswerable.
Every one at all acquainted with our
institutions ought to know that Con-
gress is the sole legislative department of
government, yet the fact seems at times
to be overlooked by Presidents and
Judges. Mr.. Stevens proclaimed that
though the President is Commander
in-Chief, Congress in his commander,
and, God willing, ho shall obey. He
and his minions shall learn that this is
not government ofkings and satraps,
but government of the people, and
that Congress IS the people, lie argued
ably for the right Of the loyal people
to reconstruct the government; trait
ors having no rights under the Consti-
tuition other than the loyal people may
choose to give them. He also took
the position that impartial suffrage is
the only sure guaranty for the safety
of the Republic. The following para
graph shows how he handles the subject:


But it will be said, and it has been
said, This is negro equality! What
is negro equality, about which so much
is said by knaves, and some of which
is believed by men who are not fools =?
1t means as understood by honest Re-
publicans, just this much and no more:
Every man, no matter what his race
or color; every earthly being who has
an immortal soul, has an equal right
to Justice, honesty and fair play with
every other man; and the law should
secure him those rights. The same
law which condemns or acquits an AZ
rican should condemn or acquit a white
man. The same law which gives q
verdict in II white mans favor, should
give q verdict in black mans favor,
| on the same state of facts. Such is the
law of God and such ought to be the
law of man. This doctrine does not
mean that negro shall sit on the same
scat, or eat at the same table with a
white man This is matter of taste,
which every man must decide for him
self. The law has nothing to with it.
If there be any who are afraid Of the
rivalry of the black man in office or
in business, have only to advise them
to try and beat ther competitor in
knowledge and business capacity; and
there is no danger that his white neigh
bors will prefer his African rival to
himself | know there is between
those who are influenced by this cry
of negro equality the opinion that
there is still danger that the negro


will be the smartest, but | never
saw even q contraband slave that had


not moro sense than such q man
Year: 1867

sA- Jefferson Davis, instead of being
q State prisoner, is rather enthroned
in state at Fortress Monroe. The last
performance is the formal presentation
of a cane made of wood of the rebel
ram Manassas, and his speech in reply
complimenting the donors upon their
PATRIOTISM by which devotion to tho
lost cause is, of course, implied.
Year: 1867

THE iERRToRIAL PLAIN-Steyens, saws
the Louisville Democrat, has introduced D
bill to Festore North Carolina I'D the Union
The bi assumes that the Stale has ceased
to exist, and that it must he reformed and
admitted as n new State. a convention is
to be called. Al are to vote who can read
and write, or who own real estate in Zoe to
the amount of 500, without regard to color.
No white men who have heretofore voted are
TO be excluded from voting. No one is to be
a delegate however, who cannot swear that
he didn't willingly support the rebellion af-
ter the 4th of March, 1864 We presume
this bill Is the work Of those few loyalists Of
the South. The design is to let into favor
some Of the greatest sneaks in the State
men who were active IN getting their States
into secession, and, afterwards, finding it
impracticable, deserted the men they cot
into the difficulty. and now want to be re-
warded for their treachery.


The old bushwhacker OF the New York
Herald sees great Iiberality in this bill. TO
be executed, 1t viii require n Territorial
Governor, officers of election, and all the ar
rangements of a Territorial Government
The object is to dispense with republican
governments IN the So tn and put the States
in the hands Of few men devoted, from in
terest and ambition, to the Republican party


The arrangement about suffrage will, of
course, be restricted before any bill of the
sort viii pass Congress. The bill reported
by Julian viii put all the States into the
hands Of these luyalists, many of whom were
foremost amongst Secessionists until their
people were involved in trouble, when they
shpt out, and now want to be rewarded for
their skill in getting others into trouble, and
then wriggling themselves out.
Year: 1867

Cocoanut Pis-Cut of the brown part of
the cocoanut. CRATE the white part and mix it
with milk, set it on the FIRE and let it boil
slowly eight or ten minutes To a pound of
grated cocoanut allow a quart Of milk, eight
eggs, four tablespoonsful Of sifted white
sugar, a glass Of wine, a small cracker poun-
ded fine, two spoonsful Of melted butter, and
half nutmeg The eggs and sugar shonld
be beaten together TO froth, then the vine
stirred in. Put them into the milk and
coeoanut which should be first allowed to
get quite cool; add the cracker and nutmeg,
turn the whole into deep pie-plates, with
lining and rim of paste BAKE them as soon
s. turned III the plates.
Year: 1867

The Nashville Union aud Dispatch of a
recent date says We referred yesteadav
briefly, to the subject of free negro labor in
this State. We limited at the error Of depend
ing too implicitly on the production of cotton.
Ia another column, we present a letter from
thoroughly experienced man, who has
planted in Mississippi during the past year,
He sees and acknowledges his mistake. He
now finds himself with third of a crop Of
cotton on his hands, and without grain and
pork sufficient to make another crop. He Is
doing better than his neighbors, and yet by
the time he provides for the winter and
purchases supplies absolutely necessary in
the production of another crop, his means
VIII be exhausted. He now says that to
make cotton profitable it must be q surplus.
That is the true doctrine The farmer must
first produce supplies, after that whatever
cotton he may make, goes directly TO the
profit account, be it much or little. In this
way the farmer wiz know what he is doing,
and what he may depend upon for year in
advance


If this rule were adopted by all who un-
dertake to farm, two things would be certain
lst, enough to eat and wear; and ID, what
ever is made beyond that could be depended
upon and ascertained. In a State so abun-
dant in the growth Of life sustaining pro-
ducts rs this, it is worse than folly to send





corrected at once. 1t is cur nearest cut to
ndependenee-eom and industrial
non-dependence. 1t cuts of at least one half
the cotton tax. It will increase the market
price. 1t viii offer a premium, still higher
than does or has existed for the manufaeture
Of our great staple in our own midst; and if
such an incentive could be offered as an in
ducement, it would invite capital frsm other
quarters TO increase the production.


Under the rule Of the Jacobines, who are
now deyising schemes at Washington to
overthrow the constitution, and to transform
the Government from a republic to an oligar-
chy, il becomes the Southern people to con
slider their safetY-not through the means Of
revolt or rebellion, or eounter-reYOlution,
even, but self protection through self-subsist-
ence We should give ample employment
10 the freedmen, and by kind treatment and
punctual payment, remove from them all
cause of discomfort as far as possible In
any future emergency, the Radicals are
counting upon the negro as a reserve force
against US. We had as well see it, first as
last, snd shape our course accordingly The
entire subject is one that may become of
infinite Importance, and deserves immediate
considerations.
Year: 1867

Il Dictator.-The Cincinnati Commercial,
whose radiealism will not be questioned, has
the following paragraph


aft Judge Kelley's bill, vesting in the
Chief Justice the appointment of internal
revenue officers becomes a law, and that Of
Mr.. Ward Of New Y ork, authorizing him
to appoint provisional Governors of the IN
represented States, goes through, the Chief
Justice may as well throw of the judicial
ermine. and assume the imperial purple
The com bination Of executive and judicial
functions would be complete. If some one
can be found land we would not ike to swear
that he cannot) to introduce a bill authoriz-
ing him to make the laws, as well as decide
upon them, and execute under thems we
shall have the dictator full hedged, and it
viii not be of the least consequence who IS
the next President. but it might be Of the
very first Importance to know who - TO be
the next Chief Justice"
Year: 1867

The Future Of the South-We utter but
a trite sentiment when we say that the fu-
ture of the South is in the hands of its young
men, How many Of them are qualifying
themselves to manage its factories, control
its railroads, mine its ore, work It's machine
shops and cultivate its plantations Pro
fessional men it has in nabundance-able law
yers, accomplished physicians, eloquent
speakers These have their uses, but the
growth of a State depends less on them than
on the character Of the men who manage its
industrial enterprises. What is most needed
in the South to-day is that the young blood
which fought for it so calamity should work
it as determinedly. On the plantation, in
the shop, in the factory, there the South is
10 effect It's true restoration The young
men who dug trenches and fed on hOminy
and pork who went clad in home-spun gray
and slept IN cold or rain or shine under the
canopy Of the heavens to further the for
tunes us they believed Of their native land.
can now do noble service by laying hold Of
It's piOw-handles turning its lathes, guiding
It's spindIes, handling its locomotives. But
there is want Of capital No matter. They
have yoEth, health, hope, ambition, and good
abilities. They have every incentive for
which to work Begin with a will. and sue
cess viii crown their Efforts National In
teLJigencer.
Year: 1867

The Suffrage Bill in the District o. Co
lnabia-The first section of the bill to
regulate the elective franchise in the District
Of Columbia, which passed the Senate re
Gently, provides:


" That, from and after the passage Of this
act, each and every male person excepting
paupers and persons under guardianship, Of
the age of twenty-one years and upwards,
who has not been convicted Of any Infamous
crime or offence, and erceptiag persons acho
may hare Uolltltdrilg giDeu aid and comfort
to the rebels an the late rebellion, and who
was born in the United States or naturalized
and who shall have resided in the said Dis
trict for the period of one year and in the
precinct where he shall offer to vote three
months previous to any election therein,
shall be entitled to the elective franchise,
and shall be deemed an elector and entitled
to vote at any election in said District, with
out any distidction on account Of color or
race"
Year: 1867

pause in the operation. The lnceSsanC
loading and firing are produced by the sim
plest kind Of mechanism, there being less
parts about the gun than in the springfield
musket. this gun can be discharged at
the rate of two hundred shots per minute.
One Of its features IS that there is no recoil
which can affect the accuracy of the aim
When the gun is once sighted at given
object, the same aim can be maintained at
the viii of the operator until thousands of
discharges take place.


A lateral train motion of the gun may be
kept up if desired while tie gun is being
discharged, so that perfect sheet Of balls
can be made TO sweep a section of any cir
Gle within its range. As there is no escape
of gas at the breech all the force of the pow
der is expended in giving velocity to the
ball. A consideration which is claimed to
be of the very first Importance in this gun
is that every cartridge must be either dischar-
ged or Withdrawn from the barrels, thus
precluding such results as were shown on
the battlefield of Gettysburg, where of the
%, SOB muskets collected after the battle,
$4,000 of them containing two loads each
and 5000 being charged with from three to
ten loads each, the cartridges oftentimes be-
ing loaded without breaking them, and many
inserted with the bail down first The gun
is light and easily transported. One of the
sizes now being made at the armory discbar-
ges 5S 100 inch calibor balls, and weighs
225 pounds. The otlIer size discharges balls
Of one inch caHber (nine ounces in weight
and weighs between 500 and 600 pounds.
The first named has range of about one
mile, and the latter upward of two miles
Year: 1867

Voting is going on at the Masonic Fair in
Washington to determine which is the great
est man-Robert E. Lee, Lincoln or Grant.
The first night Lee had nine to one against
the others, and last account there was
great excitement over the mltter, Lees
friends keeping him ahead
Year: 1867

Candid Ni3d-There Is nothing sheds 50
fine light upon the human mind = eandor
It was called whiteness by the ancients for
its purity and it has always won the esteem
due to the most admirable Of the virtues.
little sought for or Praeticed, al DO to it the
homage Of their praise, aud feel the Charm
and power Of its influence The man whose
opinions make the deepest mark on his
}eliow-Inan, whose influence is the most last
ing and Efficient whose friendship Is instinc-
lively sought where all others have proved
faitbIess, is not the man Of brilliant parts, or
aattering tongue, or splendid genius or COM
manding power; but he whose lucid etndOF
and ingenious truth transmit the hearts real
feelings pure and without refraetiOn. Thero
are other qualities which more snowy,
and other traits that have "a higher place IN
the world code Of honor, bat none wear
better, or gather less tarnisli by use, or claim
a deeper homage in that silent reverence
which the mind must pay to virtue.
Year: 1867

Especial Dispatch to the Star.1


PHILADKLPH HIA, Dec 3l.-At meeting Of the
Board of Trade last night, the committee
having In charge the consideration OF the
financial condition OF the country, presented q
report calling upon Congress to Immediately
enact stringent measures to stop Secretary
McCulIoch from the further contraction of
currency.
Year: 1867

PRoCIHDINes OF THE LOUISIANA CONVEX
TloH-ln the Convention yesterday the second
article OF the Con sttution, adopted Saturday,
proposition, that the citizens of the State shall
owe allegiance TO the United Sta es, which
shall be paramount to that which they owe the
State, was Incorporated therein, after much
discussion. Article three, ae adopted, declares
that there ehall never be slavery nor In volun.
tary servituoe in the State except rs q punish.
nent for crime. Article four declares the lib.
erty OF the press and speech. Article a We, ID at
the right Of the people TO peaceably assemble
and to petition the Govern ment snail never be
abridged. Articles six and seven are rehear.
sals OF the common law for the punishment Of
crime. The concluding paragraph OF article
seven says the privilege Of the writ OF habeas
corpus shall not be abridged.
Year: 1867

JURISDICTION OF MILITARY CoMM1ssIoNs.-In refsr-
ence to the report that several of the New Orleans RI
oters are to be tried before the military commission
recently appointed by Gen. Sheridan, the Washington
correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says


jurisdiction of military commissions under the re-
act does not extend for any purpose over
any otense that took place prior to the second dag Of
last month and military commission would not
have authority&o try the July rioters Should such
commission, however, assume such power to try and
convict its proceedings would be set aside by the
Government.
Year: 1867

There is land enough at the South for ALL and it will
yet be seen that is for the interest of all that m
barriers to its ownership and enjoyment should be com
pletely done away with. Boston journal
!, by parity OF reasoning, there is property enough aL
the North for ALL and it may yet be seen that it Is for
the interest of all that the barriers to its OWNERSHIP
and enjoyment should be completely done away with.
How does this suit? People may find the ehalce theg
tender to other lips pressed by their own, however
distasteful to themselves their own concoction.


Boston Post 22d NJ
Year: 1867

tary force to enable such officer TO per-
form his duties and enforce his authors
~ within the district to which he is as
signed.


SEC. 5. That it shall be the dutv of
each officer assigned as aforesaid to pro-
tect ali persons in their rights of person
and property, TO. suppress insurrection,
disorder and violence, and 10 punish or
cause 10 be punished, all disturbers OF
the public peace and criminals, and to
this end he may allow local civil tribu-
mails to take jurisdiction of and try Of
tenders, or when in his judgment it
may be necessary for the trial of often
ders he shall have power to organize


military commissions or tribunals for
that purpose, and all interference un-
DER the color OF State authority with the
exercise OF military authority under
this act shall be null and void.


SIC. 1. That all persons put under
military arrest by virtue of this act
shall be tried without unnecessary de-
lay, and no cruel or unusual punish
meut shall be inflicted, and no sentence
OF any military commission or tribunal
hereby authorized affecting the life or
liberty OF any person shall be executed
until 1t is approved by the officer in
com mand of the district, and the Law s
and regulations for the government of
the army shall not be effected by this
act, except in so far hs they may con-
nfCt Win It's provisions.


SEC. 0. That when the people of auy
one of said rebel States shall have
formed a Constitution of the United
States in all respects, framed by con-
Ventton of delegates elected by the per-
sons who may vote upon the ratiiea-
ton or rejection thereof, as hereinafter
providedj and when said constitution
so framed shall have been ratified by a
majority of the male citizens of said
State, e,tWenty-oney years old and upward.
OF whatever race, color, or previous
condition of servitude, who may have
been resident in said State for one year
previous to the day of voting on the
question of ratifying such constitution,
except such as may be DISTINGUISHED
for participating in the rebellion or for
felony at common law, and when such
constitution shall provide that the
elective franchise shall be employed by
all such persons that havelthe oualifica-
ton herein stated, and shall have been
submitted to Congress for examination
and approval, and Congress shall have
approved the same; and when said
State by vote of its Legislature, elect
ed under said Constitution, shall have
adopted the amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States, proposed
known as article II; and when said ar
tlcle shall have become a part of the
Constitution of the United States, said
State shall be declared entitled to repre-
sentation in Congress, and Senators and
Representatives shall be admitted there
from on their taking the oath prescribed
by law, and then and thereafter the
preceding sections of this bill shall be
imperative in said State.
Year: 1867



 A SINGULAR PHENoMENoN.-A cor respondent of the Richmond Examiner, writes from Accomac county, Va, as follows:

 T have seen nowhere an account of the phenomenon which appeared in this county on the 10th ult., and which I believe to be without precedent. On that day, while the ground was thickly covered with snow, and a fierce fall oi hail in progress, the whole Eastern Shore was visited by one of the sevcresi thunder storms that has ever been seen in this country. The lightning struck in various quarters, and so great was the consternation of the people al the spectacle, that many thought tho end of the world was certainly ap- preaching.
Year: 1867

THE WHEAT PROSPECTS. From every portion of the country, we get very tavor- able accounts of the wheat crop. A con siderably greater breadth of land was sown this last fall than for several years pre- yious, and with Ba continuation of good seasons, such as all true churchmen regu- larly pray..for, the yield will be something nearer the amount requisite to supply the county than it was last season. But even with the most propitious season, from this time forward, there will be much less raised than the county can consume. Our farmers did not put in enough wheat, and reserved too much land for cotton They will learn by experience however, and bitter experience it will be to the farmer who relies upon cotton another year [Columbia Herald and Gazette.
Year: 1867

SALT YOUR CHIMNEYs.--In building a chimney put quantity of salt into the mortar with which the intercourscs of brick are to belaid. The effect will be that there will never be any accumula- tion of soot in that chimney. The phi losophy is thus stated The salt in the portion of the mortar which is exposed absorbs moisture every damp day. The soot thus becoming damp falls down the fire place. Our readers should remember or preserve this little piece of valuable information.
Year: 1867

We feel grateful 10 our many friends for the liberal patronage received siacc our com mcnccmcnt in Dcs Arc, and want no better reference to give new customers, than those who have tried us.

 We will make liberal cash advances on cot ton for shipment, or store

 A fair barter of goods for any kind of country produce nov17-Cm
Year: 1867

EXCITING SCENE IN A MENAGERIE.-
A recent attempt to shift huge, black
named Sahara lion from cage TO den
built 10 hold him at menagerie in Scar
borough, England, was only scccessful after
several hours of hard work. William
Cross, the lion tanner, was summoned from
Liverpool, and at last the lion was sa ely
denned. While he was receiving the con-
gratulations Of the people about him he
inadvertently laid hold of one of the bars
Of the den. In moment the huge ami
NAL sprang from his crouching position,
and, to the CONSERVATION Of all beholders,
seized the hand of Mr.. Gross in his mouth.
1t is impossible to accurately describe the
scene at this juncture-fear seemed to
possess every one present. Several
S rangers who had been specially invited
to witness the shifting, magnified the acci-
dent TO Mr.. Gross into an escape of the
lion out of his cage thus, filed with fear,
they rushed out of the menagerie in great
trepidalion. The lion still held Mr.. Cross
fast by his hand, nor could he be enticed
to let go bis hold, although tempting junks
of beef and cows hearts were thrown into
bis cage; but the most surprising part of
all was that during the whole of the time
each was trying to attract the attention of
the lion from him. Mr.. Gross appeared the
least undisiurbed, as, with his eye fixed
upon his captor, he seemed to be watching
and waiting patiently for some expected
opportunity. Finding the lion determined
TO retain his hold, and the pain becoming
very severe, Mr.. Gross asked one of the
Year: 1867

1t may be honestly asked wne,ner serr-
GUS harm is not often done to the cause of
morally and religion by the unsparing Ian
guage of wcll-intentioned persons directed
against things which they individually do
not approve of. Failing 10 distinguish be-
tween the use and abuse of things, such
persons describe actions or pursuits, which
are per sc innocent enough, as grossly
sinful and abominable. To some it is in
expressibly soothing to level the most
unsparing anathemas at things which are
unattractive TO themselves, and which
they think ought for that reason to be un-
attractive if not repellant TO all the res,
of the world. And the unfortunate result
is that much undescrved discredit is thrown
upon the kindly warnings and friendly
words Of the large-hearted and sincere,
because the exaggerated censure of these
stern moralists makes people suspicious of
anything in the shape of advice. You
may call glass of wine deadly poison,
and you may designate ball room as the
haunt of sin, but that will not prevent
others from being greatly benefited by