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Year: 1867

In debate during the first session of the
present Congress, one of the prominent Raj
cals declared very emphatically- are
the Revolution" The action of these gen.
tlemen since has convinced many who then
considered the announcement doubtful that
it was and is an actual fact. The people are
beginning to recognise it and to move in
opposition to its success. Al the New Haven
Democratic convention, Mr.. Brooks, who had
just been reelected to the seat in Congress
from which he was SO wickedly expelled re-
Gently, made few remarks. The following
pointed paragraph is a sy nopsis Of part Of
them: a4. ....a


"He informed the democracy that we were
in the midst of crisis, on the eve of rev.
olution, occasioned by the attempts of the
Rump Congress TO subvert the Government.
He charged that Congress was endeavoring
to seize all the powers. Of the Government,
National, State, and Local, and to do this
they were ready to impeach the President,
and to change the character of the Supreme
Court. That court had declared military ar
rests 10 be illegal. They had declared that
the Democracy, who were SO calumniated
during the war; were right, and that the





publicans wanted to change the court but
the President stood in the way, snd must be
removed by impeachment. He thought
Congress dare not go on with the impeach-
ment case. If they did, the President could
issue his proclamation calling for a forge to
support the Government; and the response
would be such, that not one railroad nor ten
thousand could transport the sons Of Democ-
racy going to his aid. The court and the
President must be sustained. II the Rump
Congress tried to remove him, the people
would arise and sweep them out Of existence
with the bosom of destruction


This remark Of Mr.. Crooks, we suppose, is
not made without some knowledge Of the
intentions of the Executive. He was not
alone in holding the opinion, for other gen
tlemen Of high standng-among whom was
Ex-Governor Thomas Ii. Seymonr--indorsed
the assertion, and congratulated the conven-
tion and the country upon the fact that the
Supreme Court had come out in favor Of the
President and the Constitution -Ex
Year: 1867

WASHINGTON, March %, 1867


Mr.. Butler brought to light in the debate
this afternoon the facts on which Mr. Bout-
wells resolution relative to the pardon of de-
serters was founded. He said that while doing
his duty as chairman of the board of manaoers
of the National Asylum for Disabled Soldiers.
he discovered that about $4,000 of the none
which should have been subject to his ordeyy
had, by direction the President, been trans
tered to anoth er fund This led him TO make
a thorough investigation. when he found that
some time last fall the democratic congression-
al nominee in the I'd district of West Virginia
made out, list of 173 deserters from the
Union army and sent it to the President with
letter saying that if they were pardoned and
restored TO pay and allowances they would all
vote the Johuson ticket This list and letter
were laid before the President by Colonel
Thomas Florence of this city, and every ono
of the deserters was thereupon pardoned with
out other proof or question, aud pay and allow
ance to the amount of about S70OOO were
made over to them. The pardon or orders for
some were deliverd to Colonel Florence who
received $1,000 Tor his service in the case from
the claim agent who had it in charge. 1t came
out in the debate following this statement by
Mr.. Butler, that the whole matter had been
laid before the impeachment committee, and
the democratic members thereof denounced
Mr.. Butler in strong terms for speaking OF the
subject in open house. One of them also at
tempted to convey the idea that there is anoth-
er side to the story, but Mr.; Buler said his
statement had been sworn To by brigaaier-
general of the army, and parties outside of
congress who are conversant with the matter
say that it can be substantiated beyond doubt
before any civil court.-Specadf correspondence


ROstOn Advertiser. .H... .....
Year: 1867

their places with the most offensive politicians
-treacherous Republicans OF rank Copper
hcads-to be found in the whole country, and
levied assessments upon his officials to pay
the expenses of this proposed coup detat, and
then summarily chopped off the heads of those
whose integrity would not allow them to bend
to his purposes.


1t was to head off this a wicked scheme of
an unprincipled Executive that the Senate,
in the exercise of its rightful constitutional
pOaoer, has been called upon to interpose, to
refuse its "advice and consent" and compel a
more decent respect on the part OF the Presi-
dent for the people to whom both he and they
are responsible. And in this the Senate has
done right. To have done less than this
would have been to become party to the Ex-
ecutiVe treachery. The people will thank and
commend that body for its frmness. Let them
persist in it. The power is unquestioned; the
rient 70 do so is equally plain. Let traitors to
principle understand that the constitution has
walled them in by a bulwark which they can
not easily pass. Let the people understand
that when their chosen servants undertake IN
betray and sell them, and barter awav their
cherished principles, the Senate win stand
firmly in the breach and protect them against
such unprincipled acts Of official detection.
Year: 1867

A murderer named Coon was recently hung
in Troy, N. Y, in the Jail, which is a dilapi-
dated garret. The sheriff invited about one
hundred friends to the agreeable pastime.
Before proceeding to business be treated them
with something stronger than ginger pop or
spruce beer, making this side-scene a sort of
official levee


The culprit was not hanged on gallows, but
from scuttle or rafter in the ceiling, through
which rope was passed with moose at one
end and weight at the other The weight
was tied up with string, the cutting of which
string let the weight fall and jerked the body
up. When the wretshed man entered the gar
ret his appearance was greeted with cries of
"Down in 'front.'" Hats off," and other calls
more suitable to circus than to snch SOL
emn scene; while few rebuked the rest with
cries of SHAME"
Year: 1867

A Washington correspondent of the Boston
Traveller is responsible for the following:


Does everybody know, wonder, that Mr..
johnson had his memorable veto of the Freed
mans Bureau bill printed on large sheet, in
the ante-room of his business Office? There IL
hangs to-day, and to me, seeing it first this
morning, it seemed like the defiant banner of
"my policy" hung on the. outer wall when that
policy was first distinctly enunciated, and not
to be taken down until that final surrender of
the Presidents resistance to the people so often
predicted but still so far off,-a notification to
all visitors that the Chief Magistrate of the
nation plants his back against the apostacy OF a
year and a half ago, and is not to be reminded
veto lta
Year: 1867

RESPECTFULLY SuBxIrrED.-A general desire is
expressed by men from all parts of the county
that the Convention which meets here to-day
Saturday should devise some means to change
the manner by which candidates selected
The people are tired of Conventions, and wish
to try some other mode. This is an important
step, and in the right direction, as we believe.
We are in favor Of voting direct for the cand-
dates, instead as heretofore, for delegates to a
Convention. The candidate receiving the high
est number Of votes to be the nominee of the
party. All candidates who wish 10 run shall be
| required to hand in their names to the Central
Committee, with pledge in writing to abide
the decision of the ma ajority. The Central Com
mitee shall then furnish tickets to the different
precincts, containing the names of all the can
didates, and it will depend upon the people
themselves to see that the election is carried on
fairly. Under Porter's Primary Law the penalty
for illegal voting is as severe as at the General
Election, and little care and watchfulness will
easily prevent frauds.


We have no desire to dictate to the Conven.
tion, but merely present our views, which, how
ever, we sincerely believe the views of three
fourths of the Union voters of this county. In
connection with this Convention we wish also to
express hope that the inquisitorial and corrup.
tion-breeding system of voting by ballot will be
abolished. 1t is not necessary to dilate upon
this subject; every one knows how things are
managed under the old plan. We hope that to-
days Convention will pass resolution to vote
rira roce for the different candidates. If men
act contrary to their pledges we will have the
satisfaction at least of knowing it. At all State
Conventions the vote is thus taken, and we see
no good reason why the same rule could not be
benefcially observed in County Conventions. 1t
is our firm belief that it will give universal salts.
faction will render the Convention more order.
ly, and require delegates to be more attentive to
their duties than heretofore.
Year: 1867

UNION COUNTY CoNvENrIoN.-To-day the rep
resentatives of the Union party in Convention
assc@bled will nominate County, District and
Township officers to be voted for at the Fall elec-
ton. From present appearances the Convention
will be full and composed of the best men in
the party. The responsible duty of selecting
candidates for county positions should only be
entrusted to such, and we feel assured that du-
ty will be we'll performed. Men will be before
the Convention on the ground OF availability, of
duty heretofore we'll performed in office, and of
active service in behalf of the party in the past
without asking recognition for such service at
,be hands of County Convention. 1t will de-
vo.ve upon the delegates assembled to weigh
well the claims of aspirants before decision is
given, and to so apportion the places to be dis
tributed that no particular section of the coun-
sty may have just ground of complaint at the
result of their deliberations. Good men are
named for every position to be voted for at the
September and October elections and it will only
remain for the Convention to exercise wise dis
elimination as to merit and availability, to the
end that county ticket may be placed before
the pcople which cannot be defeated.
Year: 1867

ENROLL Your NAMES ON THE PREcINcr POLL
LIST, OF YouR vorE Is Losr.-we hope every
delegate to the County Convention will go home
and warn his constituents Of the fact that to be
entitled to vote in September their names must
be enrolled on the precinct poll list by Monday,
the 5th day of august, after which time it cannot
be done without showing good and sufficient
cause for the delay. Registration at the Clerk s
Office amounts to nothing in default of Enroll
ment on the poll list in the precinct in which
the voter resides. This fact should be borne in
mind by all who value a vote ut the September
election. And there is no time to lose.
Year: 1867

A DANCE AT DouGLAs.-Next week Flanders
Davis of the Douglas City Hotel, will regular
ly announce party to be given on the night OF
August 3ath. The proprietors of that establish
ment have acquired the reputation Of doing
ur things in the Ball line in good style, and the
coming one will be no exception to the rule.
Year: 1867

ROAD TO CANYON CIry.-A wagon road to
that brisk and important mining camp is seri-
ously proposed. Nearly two thousand dollars
have already been subscribed for the purpose
more than half of it by residents of Canyon
creek. We hope the work will 60 on At least
five times the required amount to build a good
road has already been expended in keeping the
trail from Buffers up in repair.
Year: 1867

DRY GooDs AND CLoTHING.-G, j.


Beck reports this morning the second large
arrival of dress goods, clothing etc, select
by himself in person, and now offered TO
the public at astonishing low prices. The
ladies especially would do well to call at
Beck's, and at least, see the many choice
goods he has on his shelves for their benefit.
Year: 1867

HAVING sold out our entire stock of
Goods to T. ID. PACE, we would in retiring
from the business acknowledge our thanks
to the comm unity for the patronage extend
ed and bespeak the same for our successor
whom We most cheerfully recommend to the
public, w. & S.


NAV 26-d1w
Year: 1867

An inventive person writes to n southern
exchange that paper can be made from the
common swamp-cane. The machinery for
making ia simple and not very costly, and the
paper is said to be of better quality than that
made from common rags.
Year: 1867

A CALIFORNIA miner in luck, and hun
CRY for spree, but wishing to have com
pany in his frplic, hired two other miners
at S. q day to join him in drunk, They
were too busy and too poor to take the
pastime on any other terms.
Year: 1867




The following letter addressed to tn,
editor Of the Cleveland, Tenn, Banner
fairly illustrates the spirit Of Radical intol
erance in this State


CLEVELAND, April 10, 1867 think il
is time Tor all true constitutional Union
men 10 awake up from their lethargy and
contend. earnestly for their principles, as it
Is plainly 10 be seen that the rights of free
Rpeech is in danger of being restricted, for
on Monday of our last County Court | was
attacked by one Of the Jesuits, on the streets,
and ordered to shut my mouth or he would
make me do il, and denounced me. as n
damned traitor, for contending for the con-
Etitulion and the President. II is we'll
known by the people of this county that |
was attacked for the same thing in the year
1861, nearly at the same place, Just because
] was contending for the Union and the
constitution. merely refer TO this attack
10 show the similarity between the two un-
gentlemanly and unprovoked assaults on
me. Little did think when ! was suffer
ing in a Tuscaloosa prison, for the Union
and constitution, that | would be called a
damned traitor by professed Union man
in so short a time If being for President
johnson and his country constitutes traitors
| would be glad that our country was as
plentiful Of them as ever the locusts were
in Egypt in the days of Pharoah. Men
may call me what they please, but have
no sympathy for any party that wants 10
destroy the government of our fathers,
which costs them 80 much precious blood
TO establish q Republican government for
their children.


was raised by Q farmer Of good old
McMinn, and to many place have not
been, but this mnoh know, and the world
don't know more, there never was as much
u~urpation Of power before.


JOUS BOoSY
Year: 1867

Geore Wilkins Kendall, Of the New


Orleans PicOyune, tells the following story :


"WhiIe talking with Captain Wilson,


who is an old salt, and good one, | find
in comparing notes, that sailed or steamed
with him some sixteen or eighteen years
ago, between Charleston and Philadelphia


en- the Osprey, then running regularly in
that trade. She was a slow steamer, but a
staunch one. We had species Of adyen-
ture on board which / shall not soon forget


The first morning after crossing Charleston
bar, somewhere off Georgetown, if my
memory serves me, We were ALL good
number Of passengers quietly enjoying
ourselves under the awnings, the weather
delightful and the sea smooth, when sud
denly the bow OF the steamer struck some
hard substance k'chug, checking her up
suddenly, and causing her to culver from
stem to stern. All rushed to the sides, both
larboard and starboard, expecting to see a
log or piece of wreck pass by; but nothing
could be discovered-not even limb or
piece of plank. There was excitement and
wonder on board, and, as the steamer
passed on, many eyes were cast astern,
expecting to see some kind of drift turn up
but all was smooth--not a speek came to
the surfaee-the passengers soon returned


to their books or cigars, and in half an
hour all was forgotten. "sa


This was about ten o'cloci, in the morn.
ing. After dinner, while / was talking
with the Captain, the engineer came up and
quietly said that something was wrong; he
had on his usual head of steam, but the
Osprey was running a knot and a-half
slower than usual, He had examined
every part of the machinery, had found all
right, and could not account for the falling
off The mate was called, and he, too, was
at a loss had noticed that the vessel was
not up to her usual speed yet could not ac-
count for it. But in looking well over the
bow, the whole thing was explained the
cut-water of the Osprey, rank and deep,
had struck an enormous trunk turtle direct
ly in the side, had gone about halfway
through the monster, and fastened to him,
and was pushing him through the water
ahead, to the detriment of her speed A
church-door, showed sideways, could not
have impeded the steamers progress much
more than did this huge turtle, who was,
Of course, lying fast asleep on the surface
when struck. Nor was it an easy matter 10
disengage him. A nnmber Of men, with
hatchets and axes, were sent down, and
first cut off the turtles head, which,
az large as n bucket, was drawn on deck
and taken on to Philadelphia az a trophy.
The carcass, which was thought to
weigh some eleven or twelve hundred
pounds, was next cut away, and when once
loose from her STANCE companion, the
Osprey sped on at her usual rate. In all
my nautical "reminiscences, | do not recol-
lect having read Of similar occurrence
Year: 1867

TEIMNERs.-What is a trnamorg In old
times the definition was, man who was
always watching for office and shaped his
course accordingly. Now it means man
whose record on the Union or loyal ques-
ton, is 30 Internally had that he Joins the
Radicals in order TO keep the Radicals
from pitching into him.-.Slelbygiils URioB
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admouish the Southern
people L. be self reliant. and shall do what ne
may be able to induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro
ducls. To this eud We viii pay special attention
to the COST and sTATIsrrCs OF manufacturing.
and exert ourselves t. encourage the diversiG
cation of Southern industries and the develop
ueIt Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

DY A CONSOLIDATION OF THE NASH
VILE UNION AND AMERICAN and the
DISPATCH, and by the generous ant united
support of the UyIoS AND DfsPArCH by the
patrons Of both the former papers. the Proprie-
torsssfe enabled to present G Newspaper hirhsr-
10 unsurpassed in this city or State.


IN FULLNESS AND ACCURACY OF
NEWS. our paper will compare favorably with
the best in the entire country; and In saying
this. we only repeat the expressions Of many q z
our patrons. who are most capable Of Judging 10
uch matters
Year: 1867




We clip the following from the Chicago
Republican, and commend it to the consider
alton of our readers. Eoor' .'aal


What tells so readily the standard of
town OF city'as the appearance of its newspa-
per; and itsJyouth or age can as well be de-
fined by the observing, by a glance at its
newspaper, as though personal observation
had been made. The enterprise of its teiti-
zens is Depicted by its advertisements
iberality by the looks of the paper. Some
papers show good, solid healthy foundation


plethOrio purses and a well-to-do appearance
generally; others show a striving to contend
with the grasping thousands around them,
trying to wrench out existence frem the close
listed community around them. An occasional
meteoric display in it's columns Of tele-
graphic of local or Of editorial, shows what
it would do if it had the means, but cannot
continue ia the expensive work until the
support come which ought to be readily gran
ted. e newspaper is like church; it wants
fostering at the commencement and for a few
years, then, as a general thing, it can walk
alone, and reflect credit upon its location


Take your home paper it gives you more
news of immediate interest, than the New
York or other distant city papers; it talks for
you when no others will speak in your favor I;
when other localities belle you, it stands up
for your rights you always have champion
in your home paper; and those who stand up
for you should certainly be well sustained


\ our interests are kindred and equal, rise
or fall together. Therefore it is your inter
est to support your home paper, not grudg-
ngiy, but in a liberal spirit, as a pleasure,
not as a disagreeable duty, as an investment
that viii amply repay expenditure. # .-i.,. 4
Year: 1867

Heros Won Borcke, who was Chief
Of Staff TO the Confederate General J
f. B. Stuart, and who is writing an
account Of the war for Blackwood's
Magazine, thus refers TO "presenti-
ment of death" which he experienced
after the battle of Antietam, when
another fight was expected:


"l had heard much and read much
in my own German and elsewhere Of
thepresentimont ofapproaching death,
and had often spoculated upon the
matter, its verify, and the mental and
physical conditions that might super
induce it, &c; but this morning / was
taken hold OF, rather than oppressed,
by the conviction that | should be kill
ed before night in the coming battle,
and / should have regarded any one
as a proiane sceptic who had tried to
argue mo out oft, and prove the fore
boding nonsensical upon philosophical
principles. Whether the famished
state Of my body, or the excitements
of the last two days acting on my
brain, had wrought the presentiment
in the mind, it is nos worth while TO
consider; certain it is that made the
most mournful entry in my notebook,
at which / cannot now look without
laughing, aud which is too absurd to
be repeated here. / only revert to
the fact TO show that while in some
instances presontiments of death are
afterward verified, in others that we
do not hear OF, probably the greater
number, they have no subsequent re
alization."
Year: 1867

A German forest keeper, eighty-two
years old, not wishing to carry to the
grave with him an important secret,
has published in the Leipsio Journal a
recipe he has used for fifty years, and
which, he says, has saved several men
and great number Of animals from a
horrible death by hydrophobia The
bite must be bathed as soon as posi-
BILE with warm vinegar and water, and,
when this has dried, few drops of
muriatic acid poured upon the wound
will destroy the poison of the saliva
and relieve the patient from all pres.
cnt or future danger
Year: 1867

The following beautiful German
legend is told in ''Thorpe's Yule-tide
Stories :" 1t relates that mother
who had lost q darling little daughter,
sorrowed day and night for her, as
one without hope, and that for three
days and three nights she neither ate
nor drank anything, but wept in the
bitterness of her soul. The third
night, as she thus sat overcome with
suffering, in the place where her child
had died, her eyes bathed in tears, and
faint from grief, the door softly open.
ed, and the mother started, for before
her stood her departed child. 1t had
become a heavenly angel, and smiled
sweetly as innocence, and was bcauti.
ful like The blessed. 1t had in its
hand a little cup that was almost run,
ming over, so full it was And the
child spoke: "Oh dearest mother
weep no more for me the angel oi
mourning has collected in this little
cup the tears which you have shed
for me IF me you shed but one
tear more, it will overflow, shall
have no more rest in the grave, and
no Joy in heaven. Therefore, o, dear.
est mother weep no more for your
child, for it is well and happy, and
angels are its companions 1t then
vanished. The mother shed no more
tears, that she might not disturb her
child's Joy in heaven.
Year: 1867

A California farmer has COW that
viii permit no one to milk bcr who
will not sing while performing that
operation. II the music ceases she
becomes restless, and will break away
unless it is resumed; but while the
singing progresses she remains per
fcctly docile. She does not not seem
to care 50 much about the quality Of
the music, provided the quantity is
sufficient