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Year: 1866

A LIBERAL GIFT.-We have seen within
a day or two past letter which illustrates
the generous and liberal spirit Of those no
BILE citizens of Baltimore and some other
places north of us who seem never to tire
of helping the impoverished people Of the
South. The letter in question describes q
gift from gentleman of Baltimore for
some penniless but genteel persons of this
town, which will he to them like cold wa
ter to thirsty soul, or good news from a
far country. 1t was entirely unsolicited,
unexpected, and private, and came from
one whose benefactions sent in this direc-
tion within year or two past, as we hear,
have already amounted to large sum.
Our friends at the North have been over
run with applicants from the South for
every conceivable scheme, and have good
reason to grow weary of them. Indeed,
We have been requested to advise that no
more agents be sent at present TO get
money from that quarter. But when do
nations come as did this, without solicita-
tion, they are truly welcome.
Year: 1866

New YORK, August lO.-The report OF
the Freedmen's Bureau inspection re-,
Gently made by Generals Steadman aaa
Fullerton is published. In the course
of the report the officers state that there
was considerable difficulty lin reporting
upon the mode of administration among
the agents of the Bureau as there is an en-
tire absence of system in the whole or,
ganization. The contract system con-
trolls the laboring in one State. while the
labor is not controlled at all in another


The General Government furnishes the
funds in one district and taxation on
the plantations of negroes in another


They finally close their report by saying
that the system of contracts enforced by
the Bureau is simply slavery in modi-
fed form.
Year: 1866

The Ohio Democracy are in the same
tactical strait as Col. Booker, of the Cana
dian troops, who had expended all his
military genius on the maneuver of form
ing square to resist cavalry. The Fenians
had no cavalry, but this made no differ
ence to Col. Booker. lie had devoted
himself to the forming of a square to resist
cavalry, and that they had not cavalry was
their fault, not his. He was not going to
lose all his training in forming a square to
resist cavalry, because n parcel of Fenian
rapscallions had come in on foot so he or
dered his men to form square, who there
upon took to their heels.


So the Ohio Democratic stump spealSers
and journals had devoted all their mental
powers to the preparation of ammunition
to be used against negro suffrage, which,
they charged, was to be madc 4 condition
of representation for the insurgent States
And although the Union party has laid
down its conditions of reconstruction,
which do not contain the requirement of
negro suffrage, the Democratic speakers
insist that the canvass shall be made solely
upon that issue. They have formed square
on this, and have expended all their ener-
gies upon it, and il is the fault of the Union
party, and not theirs, that it did not adapt
the issue to their ammunition. Being,
like Col. Booker, unable to make any other
dispositions, they insist on fighting out the
canvass on their square, and the result will
be similar to Colonel Booker's martyrdom
to his devotion to a tactical figure.-[Cin.
Gazette.
Year: 1866

There is but one hope for us, and
that is to quietly await the time when
the conqucring States shall be satisfied
OF our integrity, and when apprehen-
sion of future trouble shall have ceased.
Then will we have restored to us our
lost rights, and be once more permit
ted to assume our wonted place in the
councils of the nation.


The above, from Flakes Galveston
Bulletin, is sensible talk for a South
ern paper. 1t really seems that sensi-
BILE Southern men are disposed to re-
gard the Reconstruction policy of Con-
gress with more favor than the Presi-
dent, or those in the North who adyo-
cate their unconditional restoration
They do not expect to have their lost
rights restored until they deserve it,
by satisfying the Government of their
integrity, and good behavior for the
future. This is all our so-called Radi-
cal Congress asks, and for which they
are abused by Copperheads and trail
tors.
Year: 1866

Sound Views of n Conservative


UniOnist.


In late speech on the pending con-
troversies between Congress and the
President, Mr.. R. w. Thompson, of
Indiana, made the following admira-
BILE statement of the sentiments and
opinions of the loyal masses of the
country in regard to the issues of the
day. Mr.. Thompson is understood to
be politician of conservative tenden-
cies:


"We do not intend to call in any
of the Democratic party to assist in the
solution of any of the present difficult
ties-such as they are-for / believe
that the Union party is wise enough
to settle these within ourselves with
out calling upon the Copperheads to
help us. We are party whose attach
ment to the Constitution creates an in
veterate antagonism to Copperheadism,
and we say to our friends at Washing
ton, especially to those who would
ASANA ~ ASW PeeAOJ3 a yOu aAC uSlCI-
mined that we should choose between
Radicalism and Copperheadism, fear
there is danger of making Radicals of
us all. I believe could live under
Radicalism, but / think not under
CopperEeadism. If our men at Wash
ington will look to the people, there
will be no difficulty upon these ques-
tions at all. There will be no Congress
party and no President party. / am
for Congress whenever Congress is
right, and 1 am for the President
whenever he is right; but L will not
go one step with either Congress or
President toward the embraces Of Cop
perheadism. This is how we feel about
it here. In that Union party will
stand side by side with the Radicals
or anybody else, ready to make com
mon cause against the South or their
allies of the North"
Year: 1866

Such a protest as the above, coming
from the officers of his own Regiment
is certainly not very complimentary to
either the bravery or patriotism of this
Copperhead candidate for Secretary of
State,
Year: 1866

A Co1EcIDEScE. The Washington
Chronicle says it is singular fact that
''Tennesseean should have been Sc
lected to roll back the tide of treason at
the beginning of the last generation,
and that another Tennesseean should
have been found in the Senate of the
United States at the beginning of the
succeeding generation to proclaim in
thunder tones the very doctrines that in
spired his iIlustrious predecessor. And
singular, too, that both these men were
born in North Carolina, coming from
the same Scotch-Irish stock, reared IN
the midst of the same rude associations,
growing up through youth with almost
equal disadvantages, and fighting their
fierce and upward passage through life
against the same malevolent and un-
ceasing social prejudices and antagon-
isms."
Year: 1866

G&r One million FIVE hundred thou
sand pounds of cotton Of good staple,
have been raised in the vicinity of Car
bondsle, jackson county, Illinois,, the
past season. Ten gins are in operation
at the present time, preparing the cotton
for market Preparations are being
make in the county of Jackson, to de-
vote large breadth of land to the
growing of cotton the coming season.
At the present prices it is the most
profitable crop that can be raised.
Year: 1866

BGWe see it stated that the famous
New York Seventh Regiment is about
to give grand ball, which will surpass
anything of the kind ever occurring in
that city. They propose to expend
$4,000 and 1900 tickets win be sold
at 500 each. The occasion for this
affair is reception of members who
have been officers in the army during
the war. Delmonico is to furnish sup.
per at a cost of $4,000.
Year: 1866

b@The preparations made for the
planting of large breadth of cotton
and tobacco in the southern part of H.
linois next spring, are Of cheering
character. This result of the past sea-
SON shows that these crops can be raised
to good advantage in that section.
Year: 1866

The bill amendatory of the Ha5eas Corpus act, heretofore passed by the House, and passed by the Senate Friday, provides that any search, seizure, arrest or impfison- ment made, or other trespasses, or wrongs done or committed, or any acts done or omitted to be done, during said rebellion by any off, cer or person, under and by virtue of any order, written or verbal, general or special, issued by the President or Secretary of War, or by any military officer of the United States holding the command of the department, district or place within which such seizure, search, arrest or imprisonment was made, done or committed, or any acts were done or omitted to be done by the person or officer 10 whom the order is addressed or for whom it it was intended or by any other person aiding or assisting him therein, shall be held, and are hereby declared to come within the pur- view of the act of which this is amendatory, and within the purview of the fourth fifth and sixth sections ofsaid act of March 3d, 1863, for all the purpose of defense, transfer, appeal, error or limitation, provided therein, but no such order shall be a defense to any suit or action for any act done or omitted to be done after the passage of this act, nor for any done with malice, cruelty or unnecessary severity. It further provides that the right of removal from State Courts to Circuit Courts may be exercised as well after the appearance of the defendant and the filling of his plea, or at any time subsequent to that at which an ap- pearance is entered, or before the empanel- ing of jury; and it further provides that a State Court shall, notwithstanding the per formance of all things required for the remo- val of the case to the Circuit Court aforesaid, proceed further in said cause or prosecution before said certificate is produced, and then. in that case all such further proceedings shall be void and of no effect, and all parties, judges officers, and other persons, thenceferth pro- cceding hereunder, or by color thereof, shall. be liable in damages therefor to to the party aggrieved.
Year: 1866

It is thought that Texas will produce the largest cotton crop the coming season o1 any of the cotton growing States, and South Carolina the smallest. The interior of the latter is so entirely devastated that it will take several years to recover it's former prosperity.
Year: 1866

SS&7 Aii0 ui S uniciio t'S 1ihSo HOSlo w uaii- ty, and tho whole breed of measures look ing to that end, was never better stated than by MT. Cowan, United States Senator from Pennsylvania. In the debate on the civil rights bill he said:

 This is not his--the negro's- country ]; it is your country. He is here as kind of stranger You can not eat with him, drink with him sleep with him, or marry with him. Laughterand cheers.1 say, then, that no true friend of the colored man will bring him face to face with the white man in any struggle in which. we may be engaged Why should he be brought there? It is but to expose him to your greater strength and power Then why should he vote? What good would it do him? He has either got to have par ty of his own, or mix himself with two or three of your parties If he had party and the majority, do you think he would elect any white man to ofhceI Go into Liberia, where he has country of his own, and see whether he will permit any white man to vote there. Not at all: his con stitution says that nobody shall vote unless he has African blood in his veins. Why? Because he does not want to expose you to defeat by coming into competition with his superior race '..s Laughter.
Year: 1866

All communications addressed to this Office must be plainly written on one side of the paper, and the authors name must invariably accompany each article We will accept or reject all manuscript as our judgment dictates. frY
Year: 1866

He believes, as ] have no doubt a large

 majority of the American people believe, that the law is unconstitutional, but 1t should be remembered that the President is not tho authorized interpreter of the Constitution If the Constitutionality of the law is to be passed upon at all, that work must be done by the Supreme Court, and whatever the decision of the Court may be, 1 believe the President will accept and abide by it.

 hear that test case will be made up as soon as possible, so as to bring the question of the constitutiorality of the law to an early issue. As the Supreme Court is now organized, tho chances are that the law will be declared unconstitutional You have probably read she speech of Chief justice Chase at church anniver- sary in New York on last Monday night The pulpit is not the bench, just yet, though some persons seem to confound the two, and the Chief Justice is one of them It was not very dignifed in him to stand in St. Paul's Church, and pass an opinion on law that is likely to come before him III tilOt tlUplChit OUuIb iUl ucClSlUl ftS u llS constitutionality. It was, should say, highly improper; but the Chief Justice did not, think 50, and in doing it he noti- fled the whole country that he is in favor of the law He rides side by side with Sumner and Trumbull on the Civil Rights hobby, and when test case comes before his Court, his opinion will be that the law is constitutional He has already ex- pressed that opinion, and I suspose he will stick to it. 484

 But there are others besides the Chief Justice to decide the question, and not withstanding the position he has taken, the law may be declared unconstitutional Until the question is decided the President will not exert himself to enforce the law, but neither will he attempt to hinder its enforcement. Should it's constitutionality be sustained, he will perform his duty, no matter how much he may regret the neces- sity of executing law which his own judgement condemns.
Year: 1866

nhomas Francis Measher. ON the
Evening of the 7th inst. at Helena.


in Edgerton County.


General Meagher defined his position in civil social
ana military point of yiew He commenced by stating that
when ne came to this Territory he fell into the hands of
pad ADVISER and that being ignorant of his powers in
response to The petition of the merchants and Others he
rephed that he had power to the Legislature
consulted with the eminent lawyers there and
that he had been imposed upon heretofore by political
cas- who endeavored to control his action But his Irish
heart could not stomach the influence and since that time
he had been opposed by the political roscas into whose
hands he fell when he first here Thar he glried in
beng Democrat and iii occupying the high position in
which his political opponents had placed that
'o when he satisfied he had the power to do so was
the time to call the Legislature and the Convention and
not to wait until more Republicans the Territory
before doing he had been advised to do by pocal
raseals That complaints had been made of his appont
ments of to Office and he had been told that he had
appointed rebels and bushwhackers that he ried in
having done That it time to heal all ditfeutes


ana this the way to do That he had his instrue
tons from the Lieutenant General That these epithets
We're not known at the of conflict but originated
thousands of miles away among those who were safe in
the mountains That he had fought bravey four Years
ana many times after battle he had the brave noble
ana heroic Southern soldier lying his back with his


frozen hand in his knapsack gaspng the last morsel of
parched corn that they true soldiers heroes and
the nooest OF men, That when the great and noble Lee
and Johnston honorab hehed their swords the acts of no
neshould be remembered against him. that ali should
act feel as brothers and that discrimination should not be
exercised against them That some political rascal had
oeen reporting stories about him, and he would like to
grasp him by the throat and choke it out of him.
Year: 1866

Virginia School Exhibition Professor Heard will give
School Exhibition n the Theatre Hall Wallace street
the evening Of February 2h The is very
extensive and good time may be reckoned upon We
hope the citizens will do their best encourage the
Of education by their presence Young folks are very
sve in such matters and their preceptors goody
number of spectators will proper stimuan to the
pupils both then and afterwards
Year: 1866

HQggisb - Pork foot sells in this part of the world
at very good price, and the item quoted in our
market report give it for the benefit of friends
he States specimen Of the porcine tribe with six
weeks practice in gruntng sells at thirty dollars one
which has endured the entire absence OF human sympathy
for two and onehaf months etches sixty dollars and one
that has suffered the ills that flesh heir till ullg grown
i Of the feminine Gender is worth one hundred dollars
Year: 1866

Public CsSerns-The public ciserns remain in statu quo
the water will not do If fire should occur thev
will probably be finished It is quite absurd however to
hnk that they will hold water unless cemented puddled
cau6ed The boarding is almost as waterproof as
ral fence.
Year: 1866

EE The Washington National EateW-
gencer remarks with much force-"The
small majorities of which the Radicals
boast were won by the red hand But
the American people are incapable ofcon-
tinued injustice. They will respond to
the claims Of fairness and constitutional
right. The Radicals may rejoice in their
brief hour Of triumph, but the reaction of
conservative patriotism and ofa Catholic
nationality will ere long, assert itself
and the South be restored to its wonted
place in the national legislature
Year: 1866

Were puroha.cd in New York, direct from
importers and Manufacturers during the late
panic in gold, and rs we pay no second profit
TO Jobbers, we respectfully invite the attcn-
tion of parties who wish to replenish their
stocks.


We rectify our own Whisky, and defy com-
petition.


Weare prepared to make liberal advance
on Cotton, and shall pay strict attention to
Year: 1866

ETA correspondent of the Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel, writing from Ma
con, says of the cotton crop of Georgia
II have conversed with gentlemen from
every section of the State in relation to
the probable extent ofthe present cotton
crop, and / find that the universal report
is, that there cannot be more than one.
third Of the usual crop made this year


There are in this city some gentlemen
from every county in the State where
cotton is grown to any extent, and al
concur in the statement ! have just made
in regard to the extent OF the crop.
Year: 1866

t A mother who was leaving home on 8
visit, told her little boy aud grl not to %
through a gate at the bottom Of their gar
den. which opened into the wood. The
children were very happy for long time
alter theirmother had been gone, bu, at last
In their play. having reached the gate
through which they were not to pass, tie
little boy began to feel an earnest desire TO
so into the wood, lie persuaded his sister
to follow him. Nothing appeared TO dis
turb them, and after some rambling and
playing about they returned, having con.
oluded not TO tell their mother where they
had been, unless she asked them; she had
not expected them to disobey. and never
thought OF inquiring Notwithstanding
this, the little boy did, feel comfortable.
lie knew he had done wrong, and he could
not help feeling unhappy.


When Sunday night came, and lie little
boy had been washed for bel, he and his
mother commenced TO have nice talk, as
they usually had at that time. James
could not keep bis sad secret any longer
from his kind mother, so he told her what
he and his sister had done; and in some
sort to show that her command was need.
less, he said that nothing had happened to
them. The mother let them know that
something had befallen them, and that they
had lost something, AMI urged her little
boyto think what it could be- Perhaps
she meant they had lost the habit Of olcdi
Ia, "a '. 4


long time Of anything he had lost. He
knew that he had left his ball safe, that his
knlle was in his pocket, and that his slate
pencil was at hand when he wished to use
1t. But as he continued to think, he re.
membered how uneasy aud uncomfortable
he had been all the week, and at las. in
low, soTowful voice, he said: "Mother.
did lose something in the wood, did; |.
lost the happy out Of my heart"
Year: 1866

New YORK. April 1S-The steamer City of Nor
wich," of the new London line, came in collision
with the schooner Gen. Van Vliet off Huntington,
this morning. The schooner struck her amidships


cutting her through. The fires in the furnaces COM
municated to the wood work, and the steamer was
entirely destroyed Above fifty persons were on the
boat. about forty-fve of whom were saved by the
boats from tho steamer Electra from Providence


and brought here this morning. The remainder OF
those on board supposed to have been lost. The
schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition, and
the captain and crew taken aboard the Electra The
latter lay by the scene of disaster for nearly two
Year: 1866

He WADED.-It was election day, an d
Grimes having assisted on the occasion by
the deposit OF his vote and the absorption Of
about as much old rye as be could walk un-
der, started with two of his neighbors, who
were in the same state of elevation, to make
their way down to their homes. They had to
cross Brandywins Creek by foot-bridgs,
constructed Of single logs thrown across, and
hewn Fat on the upper side, but without any
handrsil to aid in the transit. There would
have been no difficulty with a clear head and
steady legs in crossing, but with our party it
was felt not to be devoid Of difficulties "un-
der existing circumstances" However the
creek must be crossed. Grimes two friends
took the lead, and with much swinging Of
arms and contortion of body reached the fur
ther side. II was now Grimes turn to face
the music, and making bold start be sue
ceeded in getting about one third Of the way
over, when loud splash announced to his
friends that he was overheard. Emerging
from the water, it being about TO his breast,
he quietly said, as if this course was the re-
suit of mature deliberation, "I guess IN
wade"


The Senate has crossed the bridge and the
President has slipped off, We hope he may
wade out safely. and never slip again.
Year: 1866

THE NEW CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH


Mr.. WALTON l notice by an article in youi
paper, and also one in the Freeman, that it ha'
been proposed to front the new church on Schoo
Street. | cannot for a moment believe that any
such incongruity can prevail or meet with the ap'
proval of good taste and Judgment. As sppro-
priately might the State House in its rebuilding
fronted on either of its avenues instead Of State
Street as to turn away the front Of the new church
from its time-honored and revered parent, the old
Brick Church, on Main Street. and take up its
front on an avenue leading to the school house.


April 6, 1866 An OLD SETTLER.
Year: 1866

The Senate has passed the Civil Rights bill over
the Prcsidease veto, by 9S to 10. The House
win undoubtedly eonoar by more than the required
two-thirds SO the bin win become law On this
question Congress has already, very decidedly, the
advantage Of the President in public opinion, aud
viii have it stronger sli when Senator Trumbull's
reply to the veto shat have been generally read
We shall print that speech in fall when we receive
the official report
Year: 1866

ONE Of the New Hampshire railroads is about
TO adopt the following ticket system, with view
Of insurng a correct return Of all fares taken on
board the trains. Hereafter a charge Of twenty
cents extra win be made upon all fares paid in the
cars, and the passengers so paving win receive a
check from the conductor emitting him to return
Of that amount upon its presentation at any ticket
offce named upon the hcket