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Year: 1867

The most detestable of the Radical
articles TO retain in their own hands the
powers and the patronage OF the Govern
ment was the device of the oath-the oath
that was prescribed for all who were
about to assume any position of author
ity or trust amy office with emolument
or official perquisito Of any kind. The
cath devised by them embraced conduct
past and future, and so comprehensive
was it that it almost amounted, even in
the North, to the exclusion of ali persons
from Office who were not Republican or
Radical. In the South its effect was
altogether exclusive, so that the entire
population may be said to be excluded
from office


There could be no provision of law, no
measure of State, more abhorrent and
demoralizing. The oath commonly
called "iron.clad" threw suspicion on
all, and questioned the general fealty Of
the people whose loyalty should be as
sumed as undoubted. The laws should
be based upon the public faith-upon the
public devotion 10 the common welfare;
and that country which rests not the
preservation of order and the proper
administration of the law upon the public
intelligence and the public patriotism is
in a very bad way. Its stability is doubt
ful, and its condition very unhealthy and
unsound.


Il is an outrageous fallacy to say that
the people Of the South, after they we're
defeated in their resistance 10 the Fede.
raj Government, we're not 10 be trusted,
and were not devoted to the welfare and
order of the Government under which
they we're to live-if for no other reason
-as the only means of promoting their
own welfare. This self-evident proposi-
ton was fully understood BY the domi-
nant parqy in the Government and they
80 fully impre.Jss with IT, But its
acknowledgement in their acts was con
trarv TO their party interests, saa they
anticipated would be fatal 70 their pow
rr So ,hey chose to ignore What every
wise man perceived, and What every
Year: 1867

B6r The sensible PittsbuE Post asks
What ought to be the keynote p and
answers: "The Constitution. The
issue, it declares, is submission Of the
white race to usurpation by a minority
Of the white race, or a return to faction
within the Constitution. We are glad
to see a,hint at the idea of fighting the
devil with fire." and putting down plain
and avowed usurpation without any very
squeanish fastidiousness about the
means to be employed. Thus says the
Post:


The "key note" is, for the people TO
demand Of their representatives. in Con-
gress, action UifhiH the Constellation,
and the speedy withdrawal Of acts which
have been passed, aud in part enforced,
outside Of it SO long as the Radical
msjority in Congress may choose to act
within the bounds established BY the
Constitution, for the safety Of the people,
there need be no interference: time
alone can remedy erroneous, or vicious
acts Of Congress. enacted under the plain
authority Of the Constitution. But
here's the point Of the whole matter;
If there Is 10 be a conflict Of juris
diction in this country, Il can
very soon be settled. II q Radical
majority Of Congress think they can rule
the people while standing outside Of the
fence, let them Try IL With a Radical
majority Of Congress on one side, and
the great bulk Of the white race on the
other side, short work vii Be made. The
Year: 1867

generous mind admitted They sss5Hisd,
contrary to the national welfare, that the
South could not be trusted, and contin-
ued their oath.binding and their disabil-
tiles for past conduct-and so they have
for the same reason expanded their sys'
TEN to the extreme of radicalizing the
South by Africanizing it-by putting the
governing power in the hands Of negroes
recently liberated from slavery, who are
utterly incapable of the political respon-
sibilities intrusted TO them.


The base motives which have wrought
this result rather increase than blunt
the force of their disastrous conse-
quences. We all know that il is from no
distrust of their fealty TO the Government
that the Southern people are put under
the government Of negroes, but con-
viction simply that they will not vote to
keep their persecutors--the Republicans
in power. The motive but adds irri-
tation to the outrage, and convicts the
INSCRIPTIONS party who have committed
it of reckless ambition that subordi-
mates the dearest interests of the nation
to those of the Republican party, and
would submit the whole country TO ruin
rather than the authority and offices and
patronage Of the Government should pass
from the hands of Republicans


The negroes have most aptly copied
the tactics of their depraved teachers;
and in the examples VIC have Of their
constitution making we see that the oath
for the voter is one Of their means for
degrading the public mind. The Ala
bama Convention imposes the oath that
the voter is never to favor the disfran-
chisemeRt of negroes That visionary
sheet the New York Tribune is the only
paper we have yet seen that favors the
putting of such an oath in the constitu-
ton of any State; and the fact is sufficient
to damn it as monstrous. 1t is not at all
surprising that the negroes should re-
sort to the oath. White men have
taught them. But white men will learn
that it is not the way to preserve rights
and secure order, and the negroes will
have to profit by the same lesson. If
negroes ought not to vote, the oath can
not save them. Ifthey ought, their right
will be safe without the oath. 1t is part
of the system of humiliation conceived
by a party of unsurpassed malignities,
and can only aid in the continuation Of
the feeling of resentment and sense of
outrage which adjourns the day of peace
and refers its solution to future convul-
sions.


There is no fact clearer to the minds
Of all rejecting persons than that the
persistence in the impractical and ex-
asperating measures and policy of Rad
icalism must subject the country to an
other great convulsion before peace and
harmony can be established Richmond
Dico0fcb
Year: 1867

n@. The Carroll (Miss) Conservative
has heard of man in that county who
one day last week brutally whipped his
own sister, a grown young lady, and then
turned her out of house and home because
she Joined the church in opposition to
his wishes. Lovely brotheri
Year: 1867

p3- A drought prevails IN the interior
of New York State. Letters from Lock
mort state that the citizens of that place
are very much incommoded for the want
of water. Weeks have elapsed since
any rain fell. The cisterns are empty,
and fears are entertained that winter
will set in before a supply of water is
obtained. The drought in Illinois con-
Times. and it is stated that all the
streams in the central part Of the State
have dried up.
Year: 1867

r9- A man advertised for a wife, and
requested each candidate to inclose her
carte dc uisite A spirited young lady
wrote to the advertiser in the following
terms: "Sir, l do not inclose my carte,
for though there is some authority for
putting a cart before horse, know of
none for putting one before an ass"
Year: 1867

The Memphis Bulletin, of the 18th inst,
says:


About two years ago a diabolical and de-
hberate murder was committed IN Fisher s
saloon, on Bank alley near Madison street.
which created a great deal of excitement in
the city at the time of its occurrence. The
particulars of the dreadful affair, as far as
could be ascertained, are to the following
effect: It appears that about two years ago
man named James Swan gave niece or a
cousin In charge of a man named Caldwell,
who was about to proceed to Arkansas, Cald-
well having agreed to convey her safely to
the house of her relatives. After the girl
got home she wrote to Swan, declaring that
while on their journey Caldwell had insulted
her in some way. Swan became indignant
at what had taken place, and learning that
Caldwell was in Fishers saloon, he went
there and found him In the restaurant at
dinner Some words passed between the
parties when Swan drew a knife and, it is
said, deliberately cut CaldwelIs throat with
it. The wounded man-died almost instantly
and Swan Immediately fed and took an
early departure from the city.


AS there have been a good many murders
in the city Of Memphis within the past few
! years. the particulars Of the above tragedy
/ were soon forgotten, but they were brought
! again to light a few days ago in a somewhat
mysterious manner While detective Sell
! kirk was in the State of Mississippi on some
/ business connected with the Police depart
ment, and while visiting Cedar Creek, he
was informed by the Sheriff of the county
/ IN which that town is located, that there was
a man named Swan living in the vicinity who
had committed a murder In Memphis two
years previously The detective made IN
/ quiries, but could discover nothing definite
and he returned to this city after transacting
the business which had called him to Mis-
sissippi. When he came back be resumed


his enquiries about the tragedy, and hearC


that Swan was expected to arrive in Mem


phis IN a few days. a watch was placed OF


Swans movements, and it was soon known


by the detective that be was In the city


Search was accordingly made, and strang


to say, the detective came upon him IN Fish


er's saloon, on Saturday night, sitting with


IN few feet Of the spot where the dreadfu


tragedy was enacted a couple Of years be
fore
Year: 1867

All that can be said about blood and gen
tie birth, is said by Bishop Washburn, in
these words; "High birth is a thing that
never knew any one to disparage, except him
that had it not; and never knew any one
to make boast Of it who had anything else
to be proud Of" This fine remark is said to
have been occasioned by an angry dispute
in the British House of Lords between a
peer of noble birth and one of new
creation
Year: 1867

A western paper tells the follow
ing rather tough story. If true, it
is the most remarka BILE on record


An accident of a remarkable ma
ture occurred in the woods of a
neighboring county last week by
which man was thrown eighty feet
in the air. He was standing on a
balance tree lying across large
log, to see another tree come dc wn,
when the tree in it's falling course
struck the other end Of the tree ON
which he was standing, and the tre-
menduous weight oft coming on the
spring lever, threw him like a shot
into the air.


The remarkable part of the story
remains to be told. When at his
highest elevation the man caught
hold Of the top of tree about tif-
teen feet from the trunk, and re-
mained suspended by the arms un-
til the person who had felled the
tree travelled distance of five miles
and returned with help and a ladder
before he could be released from his
perilous position. He was found in
the same position as when left, evil
IDENTIFY in the best of spirits, for he
was whistling Yankee Doodle, -
and making a strong fight with his
feet against delegation of wasps
that were endeavoring to build a
nest in the seat Of his pants. He
said, upon reaching the ground, that
he had had ''hcalty time" with
the "varmints, and attributed his
powers of endurance, wholly to the
hotly-contested canvass he had with
the ''critters" by their persistent
''fre in the rear" and the tremen-
dous excitement incident thereto.


If that man ever gets into Office
he will be provided for, for the rest
of his natural life. He will know
how to HANG ON TO 1T.
Year: 1867

The following containg the views
of the President upon this bill; is
the means he takes to test it's con
stitutiouality; and is authorized as
the expression Of his views, and as
the course be designs pursuing in
relation to the enactment.


Whoever shall take the place will
receive the appointment outright as
Secretary of war vice Il. NJ. Stan
ton removed, for it is the purpose of
Mr.. johnson to make an absolute
removal of Stanton under the law as
existed prior to the passage of the
tenure of offce bill, which is to be
held unconstitutional. In this opin-
ion Mr.. Stanton concurred when the
bill was first passed, and himself
prepared part of the veto message,
denying the power Of congress to
pass such an act. The removal of
Stanton having been accomplished
in the manner indicated the Presi-
dent will simply send his message to
the Senate nominating A or B to be
Secretary of War. By this it is ex-
pected, in case the nomination is re-
jected, possibly Mr.. Stanton may be
reinstated; but being out Of office,
he will be compelled to seek a legal
remedy by mandamus or any other
mode, if there is any pointed out by
law. This will bring the question
as to the constitutionality of the
tenure of Office act before the supreme
court of the United States for adiu-
dication, and by it's decision the
right of Stanton to holl the office
will be decided,
Year: 1867

The compliment Of a Wcstcra
clergyman to his female worshippers
is worth remembering: "Be not
proud that the blessed Lord paid
your sex the distinguished compli
mcnt of appearing first to 4 female
after the resurrection, for it was on
ly done that the glad tidings might
spread the sooner"
Year: 1867

\ new author asked an editor his
opinion of his books The answer
was, Il have found great deal o.
good and original matter in them
but what was good was not original
and what was original was not good
Year: 1867

II IL stated that the officers Of the Metropoli-
tan Fire Department, under the direction and
sanction Of the Commissioners, are assessing
all the members on their last months salary
sufficient sum to make up the amount Of eight
thousand dollars, with which to bribe the
Legislature to pass the bill increasing the pay
Of the Department The bill is said 10 be in
the hands of committee Of the Assembly,
who refuse to report II to the House until this
corruption fund has been raised and sent to
the State capital. This is clearly case which
demands the interference Of Governor Fenton.
If the Commissioners Of the Fire Department
have lent themselves as the instruments to pur-
chase the votes Of members Of the Legislature.
they are unworthy to hold Office and should
be at once removed. If they should deny any
participation in the violation Of the laws Of the
State, then they are, called upon to signify
their disapproval Of the disgraceful act
by summarily dsmissing every officer OF
the Department who has had any share in
raising the corruption fund. Indeed, 1t is so
bold and fragrant case that the District Attor-
ney Is bound to inquire into II and bring IL
before the Grand Jury.


The Assembly owes II to itself to make a
Year: 1867

thorough investigation into the matter. The


statement is published that one Of its commit


tees refuses to report bill until large sum


OF money is raised and paid over by those who
are interested in its passage. This is no mere
rumor, but it is put forth on the authority Of
the Commissioners and officers Of an important
department; and seven or eight hundred MEM
bers Of the Department are openly told that
they must pay over money to bribe the Legis-
lature into passing the bill. Here is fact
which an investigating committee can get hold
of at once. If the Legislature should refuse or
neglect to move in the matter it will be the
plain duty Of Governor Fenton to veto the
bill if il should pass the two houses. One Of the
best reasons for veto is the known use Of
money Or other improper influences in securing
the passage of bill; and in this instance the
bribery is open and unb1ashing.
Year: 1867

South


We advise the colored gentlemen of the
South 10 pay particular attention in all their
meetings and conventions TO preparing for the
next Presidential election. They should start
upon tie right principle, and that is by nomi-
mating General Grant and General Lee for
President and Vice President This will have
dertake. Beecher and the other parsons have
been giving advice to the coiored gemmen.tor
the last thirty years Wade Hampton, General
Lee, General Long street and the other ex-mili-
tary lenders have taken to advising them now.
We think that we have alright to give shem
some Sdvice too.
Year: 1867




Entry.


A bill is-bcfore. the Legislature to- raise the
commutass6n money or tax upon all ll'emigrants
arriving 1t the port Of New York one dollar
head. A.pressnt the Commissioners Of Emil
grafton collect twcdoilars and i1slf for every
cmigrant ianding-at Castle Garden. They de-
sire to oollect three dollars and half IN future
There are othel-fees and penalties which come,
into their hands, swelling their collections to q
large smount during the year, and as 1t is now
said TINT they have several hundred thousand
dollas on hand; and m their expenditures arc.
entirely at their own discretion, IL is difRcuH to
understand what necessity they can find for
raising more money.


Ore of the objections urged by our shipping
interests against this increase in the already
heavy enigrans tax, is thatit will induce the
making ot Jersey City port of entry and thus
divert commerce from New York. This Ii an
balderdssb. If Jersev City should be made
port of entry tomorrow it would not inter
fcre widi the business OF New York at all. 1t
would only increase tho general commerce of
the port The Liverpool shipping interests
were seriously alarmed when it was proposed
to make Birkenhead, on the opposite side Of
the Mersey, port Of entry, and predicted that
it would ruin the former place. The result
proved that they were frightening themselves
unnecessarily, and that the additional conve-
nience Of Custom House at Birkenhead only
Increased the general business Of the locality.
It will be the same with Jersey City, which
stands in the same relation to New York that
Birkenhead does to Liverpool 80 that the
rapacity of the Commissioners Of Emigration,
II II should result in making Jersey City port
of entry, will not in that way injure New York.
1t might be well, however, to ascertain what
becomes Of The large amount of money under
the control of the Commissioners of Emigra-
tion, and to require some responsibility or
place some restrictions upon its outlay; but a.
the State Constitutional Convention will attend
to this, among other matters, the Legislature
should let the tax remain as It Is and re ject
the bill.
Year: 1867

Over the beauty of the plum and
apricot there grows a bloom and beauty
more exquisite than the first fruit itself
"a soft delicate flush that overspreads
the cheek. Now, if you strike your hand
over that it is at once gone forever, for it
never grows but once. The flower that
hangs in the morning impearled with
dew-arrayed as no queenly woman ever
was arrayed with jewels--onee shake it,
so that the beads roll of, and you may
sprinkle water over it as you please, yet
it can never be made again what it was
when the dew fell silently upon it from
heaven. On a frosty morning you may
see the panes Of glass covered with land
scapes, mountains, lakes and trees ,blen-
ded in beautiful fantastic pictures, Now
lay your hand on the glass, and by the
scratch of the finger or warmth Of the
palm, all the delicate tracery will be OBJ
liberated. So there is in youth beauty
and purify of character which when
once touched and defiled cln never be
restored--a fringe more delicate than
frost work, which when torn and broken,
will never be embroidered. a man
who has spotted and soiled his garments
in youth, though he may seek to make
them white again, can never wholly doit,
even were he to wash them with his stearsl
When young man leaves his fathers
house with the blessing Of his mothers
kiss still wet upon his forehead, if he
cnce loses that purity of character it is
loss that he cal: ::never make whole again
Such is the consequence Of crime. Its
effects cannot be sradicated75it can only
be forgiven. sl,.i 4 aoii
Year: 1867

scar, which looks like the mark Of :
! blow 2" mf se a4J


My God p 1 cried, qs the light broke
in upon me all at once G And the dress
the strange old fashioned dress p


" The man wears a hun ting costume Of
purple and orange" answered the DOCTOR.


Il knew then that Andre de Brissac
had kept his word, and that in the hour
when my life vas brightest his shadow
had come between me and happiness s,


showed my wife the picture in the
library, for | would fain assure myself
that there was some error in my fancy
about my cousin She shook ike leaf
when she beheld it, and clung to me con-
yulsively. j,t.5


f" This is witchcraft, Hector, z she said
"The dress in that picture is the dress of
the man see in the pleasaunce but the
face is not his" tgA


Then she described to me the face of
the stranger; and it was my cousins face
line for line-Andre de Brissal, whom
she had never seen in flesh. Most vivid
ly of all did she describe the cruel mark
upon his face, the trace of fierce blow
from an open hand, ~


After this | carried my wife away from
Puy Yerdnn. We wandered far-thro'
the southern provinces, and into the very
heart OF Switzerland. thought to dis.
tsnce the ghastly phantom, and fondly
hoped that change Of scene would bring
peace to ny wife,


1t was not SO. Go where we would,
the ghost of Andre de Brissac followed
us. To my eyes that fatal shadow never
revealed itself That would have been
too poor a revenge The uuholy pres,
ence destroyed her life My constant
companion hip could not shield her from
the horrible insruder. In vain did /
watch her in vain did strive to com,
fort her. % ,'E1r sk kHFH.L a.
: "He will not let me at peace" she
said ''he comes between us, Hector. He
is standing between us now. l can see
his face With the red mark upon it plain
er than | see YOURS" - ta
Year: 1867

We find in the Greensboro IN. o. Reg
lister copy of memorial to Congress
from the loyal people of Western North
Carolina, embracing the mountain section
of the State, asking either that new
State may be organized in that section,
under the auspices of Congress, in which
only loyal citizens shall be voters or hold
Office, or that the State of North Carolina
shall be reorganized by Congress upon
that basis AS their reasons for this
movement, they say that they have lost
all hope of those controlling the civil
powers and internal affairs of North Car.
olina taking proper steps to restore the
State to its former relations to the Union;
that owing to the persistent disaffection
of the instigators and propagators oe the
rebellion, and the influence they WELD,
the loyal population is deprived Of repre-,
sentation in Congress, and that they are
anxions to accept of the wise and prudent
plan of Congress, and of being speedily
and permanently restored to the Union,
and relieved of the ban of secession, and
from their present suspense and deplora-
bic condition. +.e5


In regard to the formation of the pro.
posed new State, the memorialists ask
Chat it be composed of sufficient num-
Der of counties of the west end of the
State to afford the requisite population !;
that the boundary line be fixed by con-
vention chosen by the loyal people that
Congress order the call Of convention, ,
to be held in the district, for the purpose
Of forming State government, based on
loyalty to the national government, pre-
scribing that loyal men only shall vote,
and that the Determinations as to test OF
loyalty be made by Congress with due
reference to the locality and to the con-
dition of the people of the district dur
ing the rebellion and the cha a,ter Of
their loyalty since.


Nothing Is said in tLis memorial as to
the question of pegro suffrage, and we
infer that, while these loyal people are
anxious to do all the voting and office
holding, to the exclusion of their rebel
noighbors, they haye no disposition to
share their privileges with their acolored
fellow citizens, who, during the war, we're
rather more loyal than they We're them
selves. 1t would seem, therefore, that i
this prayer were to be granted, the col
ored citizens Of North Carolina would be
excluded from political rights, as arc
those of Delaware, Maryland. West Vir-
ginia, Tennessee. Kentucky and Missouri.
1t is not probable, at the present time,
that Congress will agree to such state
of things, or be willing to add two more
Senatorial votes to ths array of consorv>
alive impracticables.


ls If tho United States Supreme Court
were to decide the rebellious districts to
be still States, the proposed new State
could not be established without the con-