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Year: 1868

NEGRO NATURE.-Therc could he no
better illustration than the following
he result of an investigation by cor
pner's jury into the cause Of the death
pfa young negro man in Claiborne par.
sh-to show how utterly without PROV
dent forethought and self-care is the
hegro, and how certain he is to relapse
nto his native barbarism, now that he
free. The Claiborne Advertiser says
he jury decided that he came to his
ieath by the falling of a pine stump as
|ollows: He had a sack of potatoes /;
how " he came in possession of the pota-
ies does not enter into this. investiga.
ion, )becoming hungry and weary, he
ut himself down on the pathway be-
ide this old pine stump, set it afire to
oast his potatoes and to satisfy his
hunger. While eating, he became warm
lnd comfortable, and as is natural with
his curious race of people, fell asleep,
I'D while asleep the stump fell upon
him, and the fall and the burn together
paused his death.
Year: 1868

The New York Day Book, in an ar
ticle upon the Presidents views, makes
use of the following words:


Mr.. johnson seems at last to have re-
ally grasped the fathomIess and meas
ureless diabolism of Aboliiionism, and
therefore is able to understand the stu
pcnduous dangers impending over the
country, better than any other public
man of the day. He sees clearly the
awful gulf into which we are drifting,
and therefore is far more likely than
any other public man of the day to be-
come the leader of the people in that
grand counter revolution which is de
stincd to restore white supremacy in
the South, and with it the restoration
Of peace and prosperity in the whole
land.
Year: 1868

\ resolution was adopted b. the
Ohio House of Representatives, at The
close of last week, TO inquire by what
authority the Quartermaster- general,
by the direction Of the Governor and
Adjutant general, had drawn from the
State Arsenal arms belonging to the
State, and distributed them among q
secret military order called "Thc Grand
Army of the Republic" The wording
of the resolution takes it for granted
that such distribution of State arms
has been made, the only matter of in
quiry being the authority for it. 1t is
about time to be inquiring into that lit
tie matter,
Year: 1868

What may Result from Congressional En-
actment the Radical Constitutional


Little Cloud of Civil War Discernible.


We quote the following from the ed
itorial letter of the Montgomery Mail.


dated New York, Feb. 12


cannot see how the Senate, which


hesitated to pass the bill allowing q
majority of actual voters to ratify the
constitution, car stultify themselves so
far as to enact the constitution which
has just been defeated, and make it the
law against the will of three-fourths of
the male adults ofthe State. Upon their
own platform they must accept the de-
feat as complete. If they now force
the constitution upon us as Senator
Nye proposes to do. the deliberately re-
pudiate the only republican feature Of
their monstrous scheme. think they
will not be able to enact constitution
for Alabama The other Southern
States will follow the course Of Alabama,
repudiote the bogus constitutions, and
be excluded from participation in the
Presidential election This is what
the Democrats desire. They are not
afraid of the result if left with the
North, and they have very little fears
of the result, even though the South
should be thrust into the guardhouso
of Grant If, however, the electoral
votes of the South should be throw by
negro governments, enacted into exis-
tence by Congress, in favor of the Rad
icals, and thereby secure q nominal
majority for the Radical candidate, We
may look out for civil war. There is
no mistaking the feeling of Radicalism
Even the strong military arm Of Grant
will be poweress before it. l speak
advisedly. Men who held high militia
ry Offices in the army do not hesitate
to canvass publicly the chance Of civil
war in the event Of q Presidcnt being
elected by negro minority Of tnc sou
thern States.
Year: 1868

ADVERTISING PATRoNAGE.-We copy
and fully indorse the following sensible
remarks from the jamestown IN. ~
Journal of recent date:


"In general sense, the effort on the
part of any merchant to get trade with
out advertising is wrong to other bus
mess men in the place. Whether a
man believe in advertising or not he
will coincide that the newspapers are a
great help to the place, and that bust
ness amounts to very little in places
that don't support one or more of them.
Absence of newspapers is q bad sign
for place, in business point of view,
as absence Of churches is in morals, OF
school houses in education. The men
who support the village paper do more
to build up the place, and make itpros-
porous, and draw trade there, than all
other influences combined. Therefore,
the man who tries to come in and take
the benefits of that prosperity without
contributing to sustain it, tries to dead
head on the rest Of the business men,
and does them wrong"
Year: 1868

How 40 GET AT TuEM-A subscri
Der writes:


"rhere ore men in our midst whit
don't take any paper, and can't be in
duced to do so, and are able enough il


they would. Is there no way to get q
them?'


We must confess we have heard o
such individuals, aud can with dilIlcul
ty realize that they will remain without
a knowledge Of the passing events o.
the day but are more astonished thai
they will allow their children to grow
up to degree Of ignorance which
would not exist in any family rcceiv.
ing the visits of reliable weekly jour
nal, We have heard thatsome ofthesC
men are very fond Of borrowing theil
neighbor's journal, but positively refuse
to subsrclbc for II newspaper for them
selves. 1t is decidedly unpleasant to
refuse the loan Of n paper to the per.
son whose fields adjoin our own. but
when So per year will secure him a
first class weekly journal, comingbright
antl clean TO the Post Office, and bear
ing his own name, we believe it would
elevate him in his own estimation if lac
could feel how nice it was to be q live
man for q single year.
Year: 1868

An exchange says, we can always
tell what sort of a woman man mar
ries, by the way he treats the printer.


II The gets common wife he forgets
the printer altogether If he gets a
tolerably good wife he will send in a
notice Of his marriage. If he gets a
very good one he will send the printer
slice of cake accompanying the no.
lice. If he gets an extra good one,
he will send greenbacks with the no.
tice. And if he gets o glorious, angel
creature-all affection and goodness :
he is sure to send the printer lots of
cake and gold or silver dollar with
the.notice Of his happiness.
Year: 1868

A lawyer once came into court drunk
when the judge said to him "Sir, an
sorry to see you in a situation which is
a disgrace to yourself and family, the
court and profession to which you be-
long" This reproach elected the fol
lowing colloquy ""Did yonr honor
speak to meT' ~ did sir; said, sir
that in my opinion you disgrace your


self and family, the court and the pro.
fession by your course of conduct. -
"May hit please your honor, l have
been an attorney i-i-in this c-court for
fifteen years; and, permit me to say,
your honor, that this is the first cor
rect opinion l ever know you to g-give! !!
Year: 1868

The South is not fighting against the
Union. Lying demagogucs assert that
We are rebellious, because they want an
excuse for keeping up bayonet rule
that excludes decent men from office
But it is negro equality we have to fight
and we are not fighting the internal out
rage enough.
Year: 1868

We advise our friends in every coun-
ty where the Kuklux order exists to
prepare lists of it's leading members, as
fully as they are able. and forward them
OF once to the Governor. There are
the best reasons for believing the clan
to be band Of thorough traitors,
whose sole purpose is to rob and mur


der loyal people and revolutionize the
State by violence. There can be no
doubt that if the President could mus
ter soldiers enough in Washington to
resist his removal by arms. the Kuklux
would rise at once throughout the State
and deluge it with the blood Of Union
men. Hunt up the leading men enga
ged in the movement. The list will be
v wanted in q few weeks from this time,
when a loyal President and true friend
and defender of Union men will sit in
the White House, and will be Comman-
der.in chief of the United States army.
The insurrectionists and rioters Of
Rutherford, Marshall, Giles and Dyer
counties seem to be counting notice.
Well, they shall have it, very soon, and
q good deal more than they dreamed of
or bargained for. If they succeed in
driving or intimidating loyal voters
from the polls next Saturday, the reb-
els they elect will not be permitted to
hold the Offices which they obtained by
violence. The names of some of the
prominent Murfreesboro rioters, who
took deliberate aim and fired st inno-
cent men in the streets, on last Satur-
day, have been communicated to lis,
and they will be made to answer to the
charge of murder before month pass
es away.-Nushvile Press d. Times, last
Saturday, before The election.
Year: 1868

Al the last session Of the State Legislature
company was incorporated to build bridge
over the East river to Brooklyn. The abuses,
Inconvenience and dangers OF the East river
ferries induced general demand for some
such means Of communication between the
two cities, and the hope was entertained that
a remedy for all existing troubles had at last
been discovered. But the bridge project, for
some unexplained reason, seems suddenly to
halt and the best informed persons believe that
II Is destined to be complete failure, for the
reason that il is impossible to build bridge
that will not obstruct the navigation. This
impression is strengthened by the recent
Introduction in the State Senate Of bill to in
corporate company empowered 10 lay
pneumatic tunnel between New York and
Brooklyn. This, although more modern inven-
ton than bridge. is regarded as practicable
undertaking, and at least deserves trial. IL
would be free from all the objections that at
tach 70 the project Of bridge, and Il would
remove oil the snnoyances, delays and dangers
OF an overcrowded ferry. There can be NO
reasonable opposition to the passage Of this
bill. II men Of capital choose to invest money
in the experiment il can do no harm, even II
II proves failure, and it will be productive
OF great public convenience If ii proves to be
. success The best thing that the Legislature
can do will be to grant the charter which has
been asked for, and thus let the undertaking
have . fair trisl
Year: 1868

Highly Important Decision Of tho Supreme


Mr.. Justice Nelson yesterday, in the Supreme
Court OF the United States, delivered the
opinion Of the court upon the Mississippi and
Georgia reconstruction injunction cases. 1t
will be remembered that last summer these
cases came up in the form of petition, in
behalf of each Of the States of Mississippi and
Georgia, for an injunction to restrain Andrew
johnson, Edwin NJ. Stanton, U s. Grant, Gen
eral Ord and General Pope from the execution
of the reconstruction laws OF Congress in Mis-
sissippi and Georgia, on the plea of the un-
constitutionality of those laws. 1t will also bo
remembered that after full argument on both
sides these applications were dismissed on the
ground of a want of jurisdiction. The opinion
of Judge Nelson elaborate and comprehcn-
sive, rests upon the foundation that the issue
between these parties being purely political it
| was not within the jurisdiction Of the court,


and must accordingly be dismissed. In this
opinion, too, all the judges concur.


Now, it seems to us that in this decision the
Supreme Court virtually declares that it cannot
interfere in this work OF Southern reconstruc-
tion-that it is matter exclusively belong
ing to Congress. In short, we cannot perceive,
after this compre hensive opinion of yesterday,
how any application or appeal affecting the
constitutionality of the reconstruction laws can
be entertained by the Supreme Court, because,
in assuming to take cognizance of any Of such
cases, the court touches political issue and
invades the exclusive power Of Congress to


the constitution. The opinion delivered by


Chief Justice Tancy in the Dorr-Rhode Island


case and certain opinions Of Chief Justice


Marshall bearing upon the same question are
| in accordance with this view OF the subject
| that the Supreme Court can have nothing to
| do, and will have nothing to do with any case


affecting the political status Of the ten outside


States while they remain unrecognized as States
by Congress.


The Congressional bills, therefore, lately in
troduced to regulate the Supreme Court may
now be permitted to lie on the table. The
court is out Of this reconstruction 6ght The
issue is between this Congress and this admin
/ istration, and between the radicals and con-


servatives, In the struggle for the next Con-
| gress and the next Presidency.
Year: 1868

not yet experience absolute want The steam
yachts Of tho HERALD announce exclusively
that q deet Of ave vessels had arrived on Sum
day from Virginia. bringing from i've to seven
thousand bushels Of the precious bivalves, and
we learn that more are coming. Thus, by our
enterprise in obtaining ship news exclusively
for the HERALD, our readers have been able to
learn that there is no danger Of their being cut
of from the greatest luxuries in the peoples
reach.
Year: 1868

The Herald's Special Teiesrams-Practice


or Our Contemporaries.


We have incurred o very heavy expenditure
sion to the HERALD of important news from all
parts of the world, and our correspondents
have been instructed to keep our readers in
formed by special kilograms of all such events
Immediately they transpire, no matter where
or how distant the point may be. We have
used the Atlantic cable for such purpose almost
daily from the moment it was laid down to last
Saturday evening, when we received the highly
important dispatches from Paris, Madrid and
Alexandria, Egypt, which we published on Sum
day morning, announcing the sudden change in
Napoleon's policy towards the Pope and report
ing the advance Of the British troops in Abyss
sina.


This intelligence is placed freely at the SER
vice of our contemporaries Of the city press !;
but in many instances our special kilograms
are taken bodily and transferred to their
columns without even the courtesy Of an
acknowledgment OF this there was re-
markablc instance yesterday morning. when
our special cable dispatches from France,
Spain and Egypt were taken from the HERALD
and given to the public as having been sent to
another paper.


In this we have just subject for complaint
We merely ask in such cases an ordinary credit
for our enterprise and outlay, return which
we will not fail to reciprocate should any of
the other metropolitan journals publish exclu.
sive news of character sufficiently interesting
to be deemed worthy of transfer to the pages
Of the HERALD
Year: 1868

mendstions. In the future, as in the past,
they should labor in their own peculiar spheres
OF duty, and not seek to enter on higher and
to them foreign plans Of action, where they
are not needed and where they do not right
fully belong, and we shall see the service under
the new organization credit to our country
and the admiration Of the world. We there
fore urge in the interest Of our navy the neces-
sity Of creating board Of three officers, a.
the bill provides, which shall at once enter
upon their labors, the final result Of which
will show us that we can have an efficient
navy ct moderate cost, instead of the present
expensive, nondescript and worthless affair.
Year: 1868

What Shalt Be Done with Hell Gate,


There is movement in the State Legsla-
ture on the removal of the distractions at
He'll Gate to the eastern entrance to New York
harbor; there is movement on the same
question In the New York Common Council,
and the subject is even heard Of through all
the din Of nigger reconstruction in the United
States Senate. II is to be hoped that matter
agitated in so many lawmaking bodies may
not fall quietly out Of sight before something
is practically done TO Sc. on foot the necessary
measures for opening good channel at He'll
Gate and otherwise improving the East river
SO ss TO make the entrance to this port by
Long Island Sound as practicable as that by
the Narrows. The advantages that this measure
will secure to our city are hardly calculable !;
but it will have other advantages than these.
II will have its most immediate result in the
greater facility with which this port can be
reached in the winter. We shall have done
with that dreadful catalogue that the wintry
storms bring US OF richly freighted merchant
men driven on Barnegat and other points Of
the Jersey coast IN their attempts to come by
Sandy Hook. Winter passages will be shorter
also; for il now often happens that ships after
having made Montauk are nve or six days
before they come into port BY the eastern
passage such ships would have short and
easy run. Passenger steamers coming by the
Sound could, IL desired, land their passengers
at the east end Of Long Island and save day
on the trip, just rs now the French Havre
steamers land their passengers At Brest. Not
the least OF the advantages would be the
immense development this eastern passage
would give to the upper part Of our island
and to the shores of the Sound Mcssrs.
Legislators, hurry up the He'll Gate opening.
Year: 1868

The CoTToN TAx.-The illiberality of
the Senate, in declining to come up to the
mark of the House, which is willing TO re
peal the cotton tax in toto upon crops
raised after 1867, is rather unexpected.
We see the Senate proposes to go no
further than to suspend the tax for this
year; and to make sure that the collection
will be resumed afterward, agreed, We are
sorry to say, on motion of Senator
Drake, that no further provision of the
law should be required to authorize the
collection after this year Further, pro.
vision was added exempting cotton i'm
ported between April, 1868, and April,
1869, which means that dr cotton raisers
are to be left entirely unprotected against
rivalry with cotton grown in India and
elsewhere.-S Louis Republican,
Year: 1868

No snow falls lighter than the
snow of age; none heavier, for it
never meltS.


Opportunities, like eggs, must
be Matched when they are fresh.


The felicities of mankiud are
strengthened by the counsel of
the good.


Talent without wisdom is like a
fiddle without a fiddle-string.


The trials of life are the tests
which ascertain how much gold
there is in us.


To achieve success in life the
mind must be firm not constant
lyon the change like a rolling
stone-ever shifting, sick and dis
satisfied.


You cannot fathom your mind.
There is a well Of thought there
which has no bottom. The more
you draw from it the more clear
and plentiful it viii be.


Manners are what vex or soothe,
exalt or debase, barbarize or re
fine us by a constant, steady uni.
form, insensible operation, like
that of the air we breathe. They
give their whole form and color tc
our lives. According to their
quality they aid morals, they sup.
ply them, or they totally destroy
them.


There is nothing that is proper
ly evil that can befall a good man
for reason has armed him againt
ambitious prospects, Unsuitable
avarice, and low and sordid ac
tions. Prudence and Integrity
are above accidents and draw
good out of everything; and tht
constancy and resolution of the
good man are grace and. dignity
of the picture. a
Year: 1868

~ We were9veTy mach pleas
ed to hear DR.. Wren, the member
of the House from Bossier, declare
himself so frankly and fairly on
Tuesday in favor of reversing the
course Of legislature which has
prevailed in that body since its
organization. He rightly said
that it was both wrong in itself
and ruinous to the Republican
party, from the odium which would
justly be brought upon it by acts
so palpably wrong and unfair, as
have been most of the measures
undertaken by it.


The immediate subject of con-
sideration was the case Of Borge
and Maunder. The former was
elected by 800 majority, but was
declared ineligible for reasons
! which the Senate has found to be
untenable. Thereupon the House
had declared that the defeated
man was entitled to the seat! It
was upon q motion to reconsider
this last proposition that DR.. Wren
spoke, and the House showed its
returning reason by reconsidering
that vote and sending the case
back to the people to be tried by
them. As DR.. Wren said: ssIf
the man who is rejected by the
people is admitted by you, it is
you who elect him and not they,
and you might as well seat a man
who received no votes at all.n The
House thought with him, and did
not give the seat to the man who
was rejected by the people, but
| ordered a new election.


/ DR.. Wren has several times
manifested his independence OF
party trammels, and his desire tx
do right. He voted against the
bill to enable men to force their
way into white peoples boarding
houses and restaurants and agains
the forced education bill of Con
way and we congratulate him OF
his exercise of free speech ant
free suffrage in the Honse.-[N. O


Picayune.
Year: 1868

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Poll and Hospital Taxes, for the year 1858
due and payable.on the first Monday of March,
and the statutes providing for their collection will
be strictly enforced.
Year: 1868

of Two Dollars, if paid prior to the first Monday of
August. and Three Dollars on and after that date
is due from "each male iuhabitant of the State
over twenty one and under sixty years of age, and
not bv law exempt
Year: 1868

Ex Governor Horation Seymour ad
dressed a large meeting at Bridgeport
Conn. last week. From bis speech We
make the following extract, and ask fo'
it the attention of every reader:


Il ventured TO ask to day very intel
ligent man, whose position in lie is proof
OF his capacity and sagacity, how much |,
would cost the laboring man, or how
many hours laboring man would have
to toll in order to support himself if he
had no such thing as taxation: if, for cx
ample, working man could procure hi:
food and clothing at first cost, how many
hours he would have to toll to support
himself and the answer was, six hours,


which we may consider very fair esti
mate. Now, you are to remember how
much the cost of every thing is multi
Piled by taxation in It's various forms
Now. all labor above six hours is put up
on you by the tax-gatherer. 1t is put
upon you by the policy of the Govern
ment. OF course we can not lift the load
of taxation altogether from the people,
You cannot reduce the hours of labor 70
six hours per day but tell you. those
ofyou who toll in the workshops, when
you have labored your six hours, when
you are beginning to feel your arms
weary, and you desire either mental oc
cupation or enjoyment with your families
the tax gathercr comes in and says: No
we own four hours Of your labor yet
you must pay tqem to US | Applause.
Now ! ask you, laboring men, can yol
afford all that in order that these gentle
men may amusc themselves with theil
policy of Southern reconstruction 2"