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Year: 1865

A false impression in reference to the
present dispositions and purposes of the
Southern people prevails in the North,
caused by the persistent declarations of
the radical press and their evil disposed
Southern correspondents, that the peo-
ple of the South are still cherishing a
spirit of rebellion. To correct this err
roneous impression the Memphis Com
maerciM suggests the propriety Of assem-
bling a Convention of delegates from
all the seeding States as early as prac
ticable, at Nashville or some other cen
trail point, for the purpose of placing the
people of these States in their true posi-
ton before the country and the world,
as a people acquiescent in the rulings
of fortune, submissive to Federal au-
thority, anxious to resume the duties Of
citizenship, and assuring President
Johnson of their united purpose to CO.
operate with him in the establishment
of law and order and the maintenance
Of the national authority.


The Richmond Wing approves the
suggestion and says:


s.We believe that great good would necessarily
result from the assembling of such body, and its
weghty and authoritative declaration in regard
to the thorough and profound submission with
which the people of the South accept the legti-
mate results of the late terrible war. We and all
other Southern men are fully aware of the fact
that the citizens of the South are animated by no
wish or purpose to defy or impede the national
authority. But that fact is not so well known a.
mong the people of the North, for the simple rea-
son that there has been a conc erted and perss
tent effort en- the part of certain presses and par
ties in that section to msrepresent the condition
of public sentiment in the Southern country. We
are, therefore, clearly of the opinion that Con-
vention of the Southern States, assembled for the
specific and patriotic end Of setting FORTH emphat
ically and Enthusiastically, the purposes and objects
of the Southern people in reference to the Fede-
raj Union, would infalbly result in dispelling the
mist and tog which seems to have settled down on
the public mind Of the North in regard to this vi
Year: 1865

tally important subject. And, with this view of
the matter, we repeat the wish that such Con-
ventipn may be convened at such time, prior to
the meeting of Congress, as may be deemed most
convenient and suitable"


The Charlottesville Chronicle suggests
mode by which the people of the
North can be informed, through their
own military officers, of the real dispo-
sitions of the Southern people. The
Chronicle says:


''It is very easy to ascertain what is the state
of things at the South. The Government has
troops stationed at all the important towns in the
Southern States, under the command Intelligent
officers. Now the influential Northern journals
to which we refer, and which we have In mind,
easily procure from these government officers
official reports from their respective departments
We challenge them to move the government to or :
der such reports-reports from all parts OF the
South of the state ofpublic feeling-of the temper
of the people towards the government-of their
feeling the subject of emancipation-of the
treatmant of the negroes by the withstand what
ever else may be deemed relevant to the matter
in hand. We challenge such discovery of the
dispositions of the Southern people. We will :
bide by the judgment of the Northern officers a.
mong US. If they pronounce the South disloyal,
then denounce us, tighten the reins and chastise
us. If they say we have honestly accepted the
situation, then cease to torment u.s."
Year: 1865

From GEoRGIA.-Howell Cobb was in Augusta
and recently expressed an earnest desire to see
Georgia resume ber former position in the Union.
Slavery he said could never be resuscitated and
he thought it best for all to submit promptly and
willingly to the United States authorities.


Ex-Gov Brown was lately in Atlanta, and en-
tirely recovered from his illness. He regarded
the question Of secession settled, and thinks that
any further agitation on that and kindred topics
should be studiously avoided. He thinks it would
be well for the State Convention to declare sla-
very at an end in Georgia, without excitement or
discussion on the subject
Year: 1865

AS the time is not far distant when
the Citizens of Augusta will be called upon to elect
several members of the House of Delegates, we
beg leave to present the name of B. F. MAILMAN,
ESQ, to the public, as man, in every respect,
worthy of the honor. To those who are personal
ly acquainted with ESQ, Hailman, not one word
of commendation need be said. To those who
know him not, let it suffice to say that he is
man of good, practical judgment, enlightened
views, sound sense, and Christian man.


We hereby call upon Esq. Hailman to announce
himself a candidate for q seat in the House Of Del
Year: 1865

Personal friends of Alexander FL. Steph-
ems who have recently been permitted to visit
him at Fort Warren, represent that his health
is very much broken down, and that the
only favor he says he would ask of the Gov
ernment is to accord to him a speedy trial.
He says he has no complaints to make as to
his treatment in prison, which is as good as
he could desire, but that if he is kept much
longer in confinement, he feels that he has
but short time to live The persons to
whom he made these representations have
gone to Washington to urge the President to
order his trial, or to grant him pardon as
speedily as possible.
Year: 1865

We hope the next Legislature will pass law
killing the man who higgles about taking his Coun


ty newspaper. Such man may be o Christian, but
has no public spirit; he may have klnd heart,
but he is as close as wax There is no telling what
that man wouldn't do. lie woadn't subscribe to,
o Courthouse. lChronleie.
Year: 1865

of honor or profit under the government of
the United States either in the civil. military.
or naval departments of the public service,
excepting the President Of the United States,
shall, before entering upon the duties of such
office and before being entitled to any of the
salary or other emolnments thereof, take and
subscribe the following oath or affirmation:
u, A. b, do solemnly swear Tor affirm that
| have never voluntarily born arms against
the United States since have been q citizen
thereof, that have voluntarily given no aid,
countenance, counsel, or announcement to
persons engaged in armed hostility thereto;
that have neither sought nor accepted nor
attempted to exercise the functions of any
Office whatever, under any authority or pre-
tended authority in hostility to the United
States; that l have not yielded a voluntary
support to any pretended government, au-
thority, powes or constitution within the
United States, hostile or inimcal thereto.
And | do further swear Tor afirm) that to
the best of my knowledge and ability, | will
support and defend the Constitution of the
United States against all enemies, foreign
and domestic; that will bear true faith and
allegiance to the same; that take this obi
CATION freely, without having any mental re-
servation or purpose of evasion, and that |
will faithfully discharge the duties of the
office on which am about to enter, so help
me Cod which said oath. SO taken and
signed shall be preserved among the files of
the court, House of Congress or department
to which the said Office may appertain. And
any person who shall falsely take the said
oath shall be guilty of perjury, and on con-
| viction in addition to the penalties now pres
cribed for that offense, shall be deprived Of
his Office and rendered incapable forever after
of holding any office or place under the
| United States.


Approved July 2, 1862.


1t is trus thai as Q matter of policy or ne
cessity some local appointments of provision
al character have been made by the President
from the list of pardoned rebels, but these
officers are such as are unknown to the Con-
stitution and laws, and are of provisional and
executive character, adapted to the emergen-
cy and instituted by the Executiveto aid him


in the administration Of the Government in
the rebel States.


The President is net disposed to set tbs
laws at nought, or to usurp the right of Con.
gress to decide upon the qualifications of its
members. or to override the Constitution Of
the States and say that rebels shall have the
right of suffrage, when those constitutions pro-
vide that they shall not. So We repeat, that
the copperhead leaders on the stump and
| through the press are attempting TO deceive
the people as to President JoHSsoS's policy,
and as to the effect of general amnesty or
special pardon, while they are striving at the
Same t,me IN commit the unwary soldiers who


are in league with them to the policy of re-


storing the rebel horde of traitors to political
power
Year: 1865

In pardoning distinguished Southerner
the other day, says the Posts special, the
President told him to go home and urge the
election Of men to Congress who would take
the oath prescribed by law. 1t twas of no use,
the President said, to send men TO Congress
who would not take the oath.
Year: 1865

found myself in the lake among portions Of the wreck
the cabin having broken 70 pieces. swan to . life
boat that saw partially drifting, and attempted to get
into IL but was washed of BY heavy sea and carried
toward the Meteor. EntsBged m the bulwarks Qf the
latter steamer was the broken flagstaff Of the Pewbio
70 which cung until rescued by rope being let down
from the Meteor.


CAPT. Mckay Of the Pewabic. remained perfectly
cool and collected doing his utmost TO the pas
sengers by preventing panic lowering the boats &c
but as his steamer went down 20 quick be was unable
TO do az much he otherwise could have done. The
Meteor remained all night In the vicinity Of the catas
trophe and picked up those Of the survivors who were
aost on pieces of the wreck. About O'Clock Thurs
dey morning the propeller Mohawk came along, and
the rescued passengers and those Of the crew who
were saved were transferred and brought 10 this city
nothing was saved from the Pewa5ic.


STATEMENT OF J. oNIEL.


We left Sault Ste Marie Wednesday morning We
had on board should estimate about 140 passengers
The day WAS fine one, with q fresh breeze, and the
Pewabio was from six TO miles from Thunder Bay
lights under ul headway Of steam when she colided
with the propeller Meteor bound TO Lake Superior 1t
was about "a in the evening. before Ii was scarcely
dark 1t was little hazy or misty but sin the lights
OF Thunder Bay plainly visible at the time Of the
collision was sitting In the cabin at the time, and
the moment the collision occurred ran out and Jumped
on board of the Meteor and the rst person helped on
board was Mrs. Mcknight wife of one Of the owners
OF the Pewabic The Meteor was seen a long time be-
fore the collision The Powapic sank witain I've
minutes after she was struck.
Year: 1865

ALMOST FATAL ACCIDENT TO THE RECTOR
OF GRACE CHuEcH-The Rev. DR.. Taylor Of Grace
Church. while driving out a few days since at his
country seat near Hyde Park Duchess Co., was
thrown from bis vehicle by the fractousness Of his
hghlyDetted horse. and severely injured that for
while bis attendant physicians believed he could not
recover Old as he is the Doctor is very tough and has
elastic constitution, and, much TO the snrprs. OF
the learned gentlemen he rallied and is now be.
leyed 10 be out OF danger.
Year: 1865

TIE BkLLE OF THE SEASON.


The secret might as well be told now The belle OF
the occasion and the place is no maid but wife
fear to trust myself with any description OF her appear
ance lest some awkward touch should cause her
nodesty to blush at her fame creature 40 fair 90
symmetrical near perfection did not think existed
ssve in the domain Of art or fancy. She resembles
somewhat Tinans mistress except that her eyes are
nose rather oval face lips firm fine emf and deoi,ye
form medium sized but in exquisite proportion. ewes
gray and fascinating;


& The light of love, the purity Of grace


The mind the music breathing rom her f.co


The heart where softness harmon zed tie w.


And oh that eye was in itself soulir '
Year: 1865

- The people have been so long and so
vehemently entertained with a repetition of
the assertion that the Democratic party is
dead, and the principles by which it has
been governed in all time past have been
laid aside as of no further use, that there
may be some, even among sensible men,
who are in danger of being confused and
misled by that kind ofteaching. Itmay be
well to guard against all fallacies of that
sort. Democratic principles are immortal
and cannot die. They are so interviewer
and blended with the great structure OF our
Government, that when they are ignored,
or to any extent neglected, either in theory
or in practice, the sublime fabric erected by
our fathers becomes impaired, and the long
cherished hope of che triumph of Republic
anism becomes feeble and unsatisfactory.
This, we know, is only-a repetition of what
has been a thousand times said before, but
in this crisis of our affairs, the public need
to be reminded of it, Should the day-eVer
come when it can in truth be said that
Democracy has persisted, its grave will he
found by the side 1.-the grave of Liberty,
and Despotism will trample them both un-
der foot. No-not only is Democracy a
living entity, stubborn reality, an imper-
ishable truth, but its principles are embalm-
ed i'm the minds and hearts OF unnumber-





ed millions of undaunted men, who will
henceforth, as heretofore, stand up in its de-
tense. Not yet, perhaps, will the people of
this country listen to the voice of reason,


The experience of the last four years has
not yet had its Legitimate effect. More
blood and tears,must belshed before frater-
nal hate and inordinate cupidity can be sat
isfied. Democrats must "bide. their time"
But, now that the, war is over, statesman
ship, becomes necessity, and the game Of
physical force is nearly play ed out,b A SOL
,emn thoughtfnlness will, ere long, take the
place of noise, and as the din of battle dies
sober second thought Of the people win
prompt them to commence in earnest the
work Of reconstruction. y In Olfio there are
at least two hundred andhfifty thousand
Democratic voters, who have never bent
the Knee to Baal,g and who constitute the
nucleus around Which is to be gathered the
Year: 1865

Now that the war Is practically ended,
and we look back upon the vast expendi-
ture of money as well as life which it has
involved, we find it difficult to over, esti-
mate the effects of peace upon our national
finances. 1t is at the same time gratifying
and encouraging to find the Government
prompt to profit by the opportunity of re-
ducing its current expenses by the reduce
tions which have been ordered in the mill
tary and naval service. grh yge7I


Our four years struggle with rebellion
has already left us saddled with registered
debt OF more than twenty-five hundred
millions of dollars, and before reconstruct
tion is accomplished the total will probably
be three thousand millions. q How to man
age this debt and provide for the payment
of the interest with as little inconvenience
as possible, or, in other words, how to raise
the maximum Of taxation with the mini
mum of expense and burdensomeness will
be the great question which will absorb the
attention of Congress for long time to
come, and be likely in the end to Influence
important political changes. Political
economy is still young as a science, and
before the war commenced, at least, our
Legislators had not made much progress
in it. Our fiscal legislation was, there
fore, crude and laundering, and this ad-
ded needlessly to our debt by the subtle
process OF depreciatiDg the currency. A
well devised scheme of taxation is of vital
importance to the credit of nation at war
or burdened with large national debt yet
our present tax bill and tariff are a tissue of
absurdities. Congress has thus far merely
tinkered with taxation; but in the future
we may reasonably hope to profit by the
costly lessons of experience and do better.


Every Taxpayer in the country will
hencefoEward be interested in the fiscal
administration of the country, and some
thing better than a complex internal rev.
enue bill, which yields, at an enormous cost
for collection, less than two hundred mill
lions year, and a tariff which, in many
cases, is prohibitory, or nearly so, will be
required by the people. 1t is notorious
that the internal revenue officers are inefii-
cient in the performance of their duty, aud
that evasions of the law are almost as COM
mon as a strict compliance with it. All
that the Government has or can have in the
way of income must come from taxation,
and hence, if that is defective, the public
credit will suffer in proportion, and it is
useless to shut our eyes to the fact that our
system will require to undergo considera-
BILE improvement to enable US to emerge
successfully from the financial difficulties
which have been for the last four years
gathering around us.-N. Y. Herald. 10
Year: 1865

lie on the same floor, vice and treason
walk abroad with unblushiug effrontery,
and virtue and patriotism are abandoned
to detraction among their enemies. God
has appointed a day when all these evils
will be corrected, and when justice will
be done to all classes.


Then traitors and criminals shall bn
punished, and patriots and christians shall
be rewarded, May God inspire us all
with the zeal to initiate the virtues of the
illustrious dead, and grant US another
and final meeting, where no wars rage.
where sorrow and death are known nd
more, and where peace and joy shall reign
throughout the long sweeps of eternal
ages.
Year: 1865

When our starry banner shall once again wave,
Ger the patriots home and traitors grave,
Ny dear friends the time is drawing near,
When shall not meet in the school-roUin hear;
But be scattered abroad from friends and home,
Perhaps In distant land to roam.
And when our ioyous youth has fed,
And the roses again then leaves have shed
Well reflect on the past Nitli fearful eyes,
Aud .hink of friends beyond the skies.


u
But when we have parted for the last time on EARTH
And our days are over of joy and mirth
Then we hope to meet in the mansions above,
On brighter shore Of peace and love
In conclusion twill just say to the spectators that are
That I hope after they're gone they all can say;
That they spent pleasant time and enjoyed themselves


well,
And that our institute does all others excel
We will not meet here any moro on this occasion,
For this "a the last Institute believe Tor this So tsoni
So we VIII make the time cheerful merry and gay,
And with many kind thoughts will close for to-day
And when the time comes that we must part
we will all 90 home with a. cheerful heart
And when we have spoken aud performance isthto
We will an leave the schoo-room bidding ono another


adieI.
But first we will hear advise from smne kind friend
whoha been listening 10 our performance from begin


ming to end;
And ifany one here don't like performance to-day,
There is one consolation you have nothing topay.
Now my dear friends for fear weary yonr mind,
With poetry Of such wearisone KIND;
| will bring toa close my simple rhyme,


SPECTATOR
Year: 1865

no chance for her to get in. Late in the
afternoon of the third day the President
was going through the back passage to
his private rooms, to get a cup of tea Or
take some rest" (This passage way has
lately been constructed, and shuts theper-
son passing entirely out of view of the
occupants of the anteroom. " On his
way through he heard baby cry. He
instantly went back to his Office and rang
the bell. Daniel, said he, is there a
woman with baby in the anteroom :? |
said there was, and if he would allow me
to say it, l thought it was a case he ought
to see for it was a matter Of life and
death. Said he "send her to me at once"
She went in, told her story, and the Pres
ident pardoncd her husband As .he wo-
man came out from his presence, her eyes
were lifted and her lips moving in prayer,
the tears streaming down her checks
Said Daniel, Il went up to her and pull
ing her shawl said "AIadame, it was the
baby that did it,"


a TOUCHING INCIDENT.


Another touching incident occurred |
believe the same week. A woman in
ia led shawl and hood, somewhat advan-
ced in life, at length was admitted in her
turn. to the President Her husband
and three sons, all she had in the world,
enlisted. Her husband had been killed,
and she had come to ask the President to
release the oldest son. Being satisfied of
the truthfulnoss' of her story, he said
"Certainly, if her prop was taken away
she was Justly entitled to one of her
boys" He Immediately wrote an order
for the discharge of the young man. The
poor woman thanked him very gratefully,
and went away. >On reachieg the army
she found that this sen had been in q re-
cent engagement, was wounded, and ta-
ken to a hospital She found the hospi-
tai, but the boy was dead, or died while
She was there The surgeon in charge
made memorandum Of the facts upon
the back of th8 Presidents order, and,
almost broken h4srae9, the poor woman
found her way again into his presence
He was much affected by her appearance
and story, and said, 81 know what You
wish me to do now, and shall do it with
out your asking, / shall release to you
your second son" Upon this he took up
his pen and commenced writing the or
der. While he was writing; the poor wo-
man stood by his side, the tears running
down her face, and passed her hand soft
ly over his head, stroking his rough hair,
as | have seen a fond mother do to a son.
By the time he had finished writing his
own heart and eyes were full. lie hand
cd her the paper "Now said he 'you
have one and one Of the other two left
she took the paper, and reyerently placing
her hand again upon his head, the tears
still upon her cheeks, said, "The Lord
bless you Mr.. President. May you live
thousand years and may you always be the
head of this great nation p
Year: 1865

- A lady that would please herself in
marrying was warned that her intended,
although good sort of a man, was very
singular. WE'LL" replied the lady, " if
he is very much unlike other men, he is
much more likely to be good husband. "
Year: 1865

When, you see man on a-noonlight
night trying to eopvipce his shadow that
it is improper to follow gentleman, you
may be sure that it is high time for him
to join temperance society.
Year: 1865

A touching instance of his kindness of
heart occurred quite recently, and was told
me incidentally by one of the servants
A poor woman from Philadelpllia had
been waiting, with baby in her arms, for
three days to see the President. Her
husband had furnished substitute for
the army, but some time afterwards was
ope day made intoxicated by some COM
panions, and in this state induced to en-
list Soon after he reached the army he


deserted, thinking that, as he had provi-
ded a substitute, the Government was not
entitled to his services. Returning home
he was, of course arrested, tried, convict
ed, and sentenced to be shot. The SEN
tence was to be executed on Saturday.
On Monday bis wife left her home with
her baby, to endeavor to see the Presi-
dent. Said old Daniel, "She had been
rafting here three days, and there was