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Year: 1866

posed to the rebellion and to the party that brought it
about The Representatives elect to the House were
without exception, opposed to secession They all be-
onged to the party Several of these gen.
tlemen engaged in the rebellion after it broii
about. Coonels Reynolds and Pierson had commanded
regiments in the Confederate service. When the State
went out suppose they felt that they must go with their
State.


In regard to Governor Humphrey there man op-
federates could establish and maintain government He
told He ultimately got into the rebellion by
dent you might say He went with company as cap
tain and promoted to be general. Being popular in
in the army, he elected Govern He is good N an
regret to that the rest of the State
the hands of the conservatives. had conversation
with Colonel Hamilton stating, in June, 1855, that the
State made out that the South to have its own
way the object of which to give the President all the
political power of the South.


GOVERNOR JOHNsoN's TESTIMONY.


Ex-Governor James Johnson of Georgia. testies that
affairs improving there The people are becom
ing better satisfied time epses and the passions
side. We have few bad men among us. Hostility to
the freedmen is abating 1t would be good policy with
draw the black troops. Their presence is irritating
majority of people willing to submit natural
that they should prefer Tor Office who have
with them Mr. j. then states that all of the Senators
and members elect have been in the civil military serv-
ice of the Confederate government The people op-
posed to negro suffrage i'll any form.


ARKANSAS.


The evidence in regard to Arkansas is vounnous but
all of the tenor, Gen. Blunt, Gen. Andrews and sew
eral civilians esying They all agree that the
thoroughly reconstructed The order is better it as
been for forty years. More cotton will be raised this
season in that State than in any other.
Year: 1866

cordial assent. 1T the Democrats of the North
had accepted it with the same sincere desire
Tor the public good, it would have been indors-
sd and affirmed by the people. But they did
nothing OF the sort, They took it as part of
their own stock in trade. They seized it as the
ladder upon which they were to climb back
again into the high places from which they had
been expelled. Designed as a great national
movement tor the attainment of national ends.
1t became, In their hands, tool for the attain
ment OF partisan purpose-for the resump-
ton OF official place and party power.


Unfortunately y the friends ofthe Administra-
ton lent themselves to the project. Democrat
lc Committees and Democratic candidates re-
paired to Washington and demanded of the
Administration the aid of its patronage and its
influence for their party purposes it was
very largely accorded to them. Democrats of
Copperhead antecedentS were appointed to of
nee universally, perhaps often through
lnadVertence and lack of information,-b
upon the application Of Democratic leaders. far
more anxious to restore their party to power
tnan to serve the Administration or save the
Unlon. The same men, acting from the same
motives, secured Democratic nominations, for
State offices and for Congress, whether they
had chances OF success, and the whole current
OF political action ran in the same direction.


The natural effects of all this was to produce
upon the public mind the conviction that the
aim OF the Administration was to restore the
Democratic Party to power; and as this con-
viction grew the political power Of the Admin
istration dwindled until it absolutely ceased, as
the result shows, to have any perceptible inhu-
ence upon the elections whatever. There is
one thing upon which the people have made
up their minds, and neither the President nor
any other power can change it, and it is that
the restoration of the Union shall not be in
trusted to the men who tried to destroy it by
war, nor to those who failed to resist that at
tempt by all the means in their power. This
determination may not be logical, nor consti-
tutlOnal, nor strictly in accordance with the
rights OF States and sections; but it is instinc-
tive and unconquerable.
Year: 1866

SHERIDAN'S TEN-PINs. Our soldiers could
not very well carry bowling alleys along with
them, but General Sheridan supplied this def
cheney by the invention of game of ten-pins.
A ball, usually l2-pound shell, was suspend
ed from the limb of i tree, or from some con-
venlent arrangement. The board on which the
pms were set up was placed either beyond or
In front of the spot over which the ball hangs
when at rest This is necessary, as it would
be almost impossible to strike the pins other
wise. The game is played by throwing the
ball so that it shall miss the pins on its forward
swing and strike them on its return. In order
to do this it is necessary to "enCish" or twist
the ball as it leaves the hand Some very nice
calculation is necessary to do this with certain
ty. Three shots are given to each player; but
he loses these if he strikes the pins on the for
ward swing.


Sheridan, says correspondent, "is by
tar the best player that have seen, although
some of his staff, among them Colonel Sautelle,
are quite successful players.


Following his freely-expressed idea, that a
man Is foolish who can not unbend, but makes
an effort to be great man all the time" Gen
eral Sheridan has arranged game among the
trees about his present home in New Orleans
Here the General with his staff and friends
amuse themselves occasionally during the al
ternOOn.


The game was always favorite in the Army
OF the Potomac. General Sheridan invented
1t for the amusement Of the convaescents
which camped near Mufreesborough.
Year: 1866

A WATERFALL ON FIRE.-A young lady
riding in car on the Susquehanna Railroad.
was. suddenly assaulted very violently the 9th.
er day by an old lady in the seat behind her.
who tore the WATERFALL from the young Ia.
dys head, threw it on the floor, and commenc-
ed stamping on it. The young lady was at first
disposed to resent this treatment, but it was
soon explained to her that her waterfall was on
fire " hen the old lady seized it. She was Sit
ting by the open window, and spark from the
locomotive had lighted in her back hair, and
would soon have lighted it up had not assist
ance been thus promptly rendered.
Year: 1866

DRY GOODs DRUMMERs AT. THE South
It would be singular, if our Southern brethren
did not despise us, if they Judge us from some
of the men who go among them, and who, in
order to secure their custom, outdo rebels
themselves in their expression of rebel senti-
ments. In fact, it must be admitted that now
as before the war, the class of Northern men
who go Southward, seeking custom, or design
ing to make permanent stay, are the most
despicable representatives of the North, and
form the most dangerous class Of Southern
citizens.


We shall hail the day with joy when citizens
from Northern States going Southwark shall
fairly represent the people of those States =
Then, and not until then, will lranknesS of
speech and an honest, unhinching purpose be-
come habitual, and do much to secnre that
freedom in the expression of opinion which is
now in the South almost Impossible.
Year: 1866

A NICE HOUSE." Mamma" said little
fellow, whose mother had forbidden him to
draw horses and ships on the mahogany side.
board with sharp nail" mamma. this amt
a nice house. At Sam Racketts we can cut
the sofa and pull out the hair. and ride tbr
shovel and tongS over the carpet; but here we
can get any fun at all - w
Year: 1866

Speaking Of shaving" said pretty girl to
an obdurate old bachelor, Il should think
that pan, OF handsome eyes would be the best
mirror to shave by. "Yes, many q poor fell
low has been shaved by them y
Year: 1866

In another COLUMN of our paper will be found
card headed as above. Every word in that
card is strictly and literally true. Wo have the
honor OF exchanging with the Houston Telegraph; !;
and with tho most perfect honesty, We pronounce
it second to no paper in the United States. And
when We have said that paper published in an
interior town of Texas, is second to mono in the
United States, wo have said all We can soy. But
not one syllable moro that We really think. A
paper Of the extraordinary style aud yigar of
the Houston Telegraph, coming from elsewhere
than New York or New Orleans, is something
which fills us every week with establishment.


Mr.. r. II. GRIFFIN, Business Manager Of the
Telegraph, and editorial contributor thereto, is q
gallant and accomplished young gentlonan-a
son of Col HENRY GRIFFIN, who lived until a
few years back in our part Of South Carolina
and nephew of the late Hon. N. L. GRIFFIN.


We bespesk for the Telegraph many subscribers
from old Edgefeld.
Year: 1866

EgA young woman was drugged in a
Photographic gallery in Chicago on Saturday
last, the object of the artist being to get some
nude photographs. Such heavy dose was
administered that the girl was rendered
speechless, and at the last accounts had not
recovered the use Of her tongue.
Year: 1866

The FAMILY, CIReLE.--If there be
any bond in life which ought to be sacred
ly guarded from everything that can put
it in peril, it is that which unites the MEM
bers of a family. If there be spot upon
earth from which discord and strife should
be banished, it is the fireside. There CEN
ter the fondest hopes and the must tender
affections. How lovely the spectacle pre-
sented by that family which is governed
by the right spirit Each strives to avoid
giving offense, and is studously considerate
of the others happiness. Sweet loving
dispositions are cultivated by all. and each
tries to surpass the other in his efforts for
the common harmony. Each heart glows
with love and the benedction of heaven
ly peace seems to abide upon that dwelling
with such power that no black fiend of
passion dare rear his head within it.


Who would not realize this lovely pic
ture? 1t may be realized by all who will
employ the appointed means. Let the
precepts of the Gospel be applied as they
are designed to he; and they will be
found to shed a holy charm upon the fam
lily circle, and make it what God designed
it should be, the most heaven-like scene
on earth. 4 38ff
Year: 1866

THE LITTLE SUNBEAN
A little sunbeam in the sky


Said to itself one day,
'I'm very small, but why should


Do nothing else but playf @
I'll go down to the earth and see
If there is any use for me-"
The violet-beds were wet with dew,


Which filled each heavy cup,
The little sunbeam dartcd through,


And raised their blue heads up.
They smiled to see it, and they lent
The morning breeze their sweetest scent.
A mother, meath a shady tree,


Had left her babe asleep;
1t woke, and cried, but when it spied


The little sunbeam peep
So slyly with the glance so bright,
Itlaughed and chuckled with delight.
On, on it went, it might not stay,


Now through window small
II poured its small but tiny ray,


And danced upon the wall.
A pale young face looked up to meet
The sunbeam she had watched to greet.
And now away beyond the sea


The merry sunbeam went,
A ship was on the waters free,


From home aud country sent.
But sparkling in the sunbean's play,
The blue waves curled around her way.
A voyager stood and watched for them,
With heart of bitter pain;
She gazAd, and half forgot her care,


And hope came back again.
Said she, ''The waves are full of glee,
Then yet there may be joy for me-"
And so it travelled to and fro,


And frisked and danced about,
AHd not door was shut, know,


To keep the sunbeam out.
But ever as it touched the earth,
1t woke up happiness and mirth.
may not tell the history


Of all that it could do, ~
But tell you this, and you may try


To be a sunbeam too:
By little smiles to soothe and cheer,
And little deeds of love most clear.
Year: 1866

The New Orleans Price Current
refutes the statement in the Ship
ping List that the coming cotton
crop will be large. 1t shows that
scarcity of labor is not the only
obstacle against the production,
but many other circumstances op-
crate against such desired result.
Year: 1866

A young man and a young wo-
man in Berkshire county, Mass,
went to a clergyman to be married
the other day, and stood up to
have the ceremony performed,
when the inquiry was made by the
exnectant bride if the young man
would agree to abstain from the
,,se of Intoxicating liquors. This
he declined to do, and the parties
went home unmarried.
Year: 1866

uar feeling awaited him At the larger towns as he
passed by.


the whole population OF the village and far beyond It's
precincts seemed to have turned out and lined the
houses and wharves. cannon also provided,
which, while the vessel steamed slowly past belched
forth its noisy welcome TO the Chief Magistrate.


AT rARRYTows


and other prominent points tho people gathered to the
banks Of the river and cheered and hurrahed while the
boat passed. while the and vessels on the river
were gay with flags and crowded with enthusiastic
people In this way the River Queen proceeded on her
way I'LL she reached West Point


PRESENTATION or CANE TO THE PRESIDENT


just before disembarking at West Point presentation
OF cane was made to the President by Major Lancey
The cane although Of little intrinsic value, win no doubt
be regarded by its present owner
on account OF the interesting historical associations which
nseparably connected with it. The stick was made
from OF the rails vertaby split by the late amented
Abraham Lincoln in the early days when he was buried
in apparently eternal obscury The head OF the cane has
asmar interest having been turned from portion OF the
log hut erected by the same ustrious statesman In
Macon county Illinois. The presentation took place In
the Presidents statcroom. Generals Grant, Custer,
Meade, Admiral Farragut and others were present.
Major Lancey presenting cane said he did so as
representative Of the soldiers who voted for Mr. LIN
coins collection The fact that the enemies OF Lincoln
the revers Of the present Executive and that Lin
coins friends and supporters also the friends and
supporters OF Mr. johnson, s the best evidence that
could be given that the latter s following In the foot
steps OF his predecessor Major Lancey said he agreed
with General Butler that those who fought through the
war should decide the tcrus for the restoration
Of the Onion. He quite content to leave that ques
ton In the hands OF Generals Grant, Sherman, Meade
and Custer The President In RESPONSE expressed his
thanks for the presentation and his willingness TO accept
IT, stating further that he thought he knew how TO ap
preclate the compliment
Year: 1866

Ae President and suite left the city yesterday morn
Ing, as eight o'clock, and after sail up the Hudson
river, which proved perfect triumphal march, were
received at Albany at eight p n with all the honors
Year: 1866

counties of his District lie upon the Ohio
river and it was almost as easy for iht
Kentucky COpperhcads to reach the polls
there as il was for their Missouri prototypes
TO cross the line into Kansss on election
day. That General Gresham could not over
come this rebel horde was no fault of his.
or Of the Union voters who supported him;
and he is entitled to as much praise for the
able canvass he made, as though the cleo
ton had been honestly conducted.


The Union men ofthe First District made
an equally vigorous effort TO rescue it from
the control of the Copperhead Democracy
In the canvass there. Governor Baker did
noble service, although he was not can
didate for Congress or any other office. Our
candidate. Judge DeBruler. made splcn-
did canvass and reduced the majority of his
competitor one-third below what he re
ceived two years ago, and would have brot
il much lower could the guerrillaS have
been kept out of the District.


To the spirited contests made by our
friends of the First and Second Districts.
we are prob IDLY indebted for our success
i'm several others. for the rebel invasion was
certain to come. and if those districts had
been permitted to 20 by default. the Cop
perhead managers would have thrown their
guerillas further North. and we should
have lost W ashburn. Orth. and possibly
COburn, unless the Kentucky importatiOns
had been dubbed ont of the State before
the electiOn.-Ind. Jour.
Year: 1866

Archbishop McClosky gave very clear
explanation of this dogma in his address
before the Catholic Council lately in session
at Baltimore lie said:


''And first. let US understand what is pre-
cisely meant by this in(alibility. Do we
mean that the church receives direct and
miraculous inspiration from heaven: that
new revelation has been or is at any time
impaired to her: that she has the right to
alter or amend. to add or take from the
original deposit entrusted to her? Not at all.
Much less do we confound infallibility with
impeccability, or assume that exemption
from error carries with it or implies an eX-
cmption from sin. But what we do mean
and what we DO assert is. that the church.
in her Office of teacher. in the fulfillment of
the commission given her. has divine
guarantee that she shall not err or lead OH
crS into error and that TO this end she is
perpetuallv assisted protected and guided
by the Holy Ghost This infallibility then,
resides in the teachings of the church-thc
ecclesia dozens that is 10 say in the body
of her pastors her bishops. whether assem-
bled in general council or dispersed
throughout the world. united with her chief
bishop. which is the head. Ii is not claim
cd that provincial council or a national
or plenary conncil, such, for instance, as
this. is infallille. but an ecumenical gen
eral council represents the whole church.
with the holy father 1T its head. This is
the Catholic teaching and belief"
Year: 1866

The gallant and able canvass made by
General Walter q. Gresham in the Second
Congressional District has led TO his favor
able Recommendation as the next Union
candidate for Governor. by some of his
friends and admirers. To this, the Evans
vile Journal responds that the First Dis
trict will present the name of Lieutenant
Governor Conrad Baker for that position.
when the proper times arrives, and speaks
in terms of Just commentator Of his scrvi-
ces in that district during the late canvass


1t is rather early to discuss the relative
merits of gentlemen who may be proposed
as candidates for Governor two years hence,
but this is the proper time to speak of the
signal industry and ability displayed by
both of these worthy and able members of
the Union party. and 10 manifest the con-
dence reposed in them by their political
friends. ~.


General Gresham accepted the Union
nomination i'm the most intensely copper
head district of the State, and went to work
with vigor and determination that en-
couraged and inspirited his political friends
and astonishcd and alarmed the opposition.
Although crippled by wounds received in
battle against the public enemy. to such an
extent thai he was compelled to support
himself upon crutch while speaking, he
traversed the district through and through
and addressed the people of every town
shlp-of some Of them several tiines-and
by his earnest and eloquent appeals to the
patriotism of his hearers, aroused an en-
thusiasm never before witnessed in the
Second District. l--


His election was confidently claimed by
many well-inf0rmed Unidnists, end none
doubted that he would greatly reduce the
copperhead majority of 1864. Whether he
was legally elected by the legal voters of
the district may be questionable, but that
the majority of the copperhead candidate
was reduced to less than one-tllird of its
magnitude in 1864, no sensible man of
either party doubts. That the returns do
not show the fact, is due to the Importation
of from one to two thousand Kentucky
conservatives, alias rebels, who were
shamefully marched to the polls to elect
a copperhead Congressman irl Indiana.


Before such an invasion, backed and sup
ported as it was by the resident Democrats
of the District, General Gresham and his
friends were powerless. Five ofthe eight
Year: 1866

Our beautiful flag, oh, now we see
From every spot and blemish free,
The fiag of our Union bright and fair,
That waves in triumph everywhere.


CHORUS--


Oh, be true-Oh. be true,


True to our beautiful flag so free.


Oh. be true-Oh be true,


True to our beautiful flag.
Our beautiful flag, so pure and bright,
Thy radiant stars are life and light.
The emblem of power, our guide alway.
Thy stars shall never fade away.
We see thy stripes and eagle bold,
And love thee more as we behold;
Forever wave on land and sea.
The Union Flag of the brave and free.
That beautiful flag we soon shall see
Ger every State unfurled and free.
Beneath its folds shall discOrd cease
And North and SeHth rejoicein peace.
Year: 1866

FREE SCHOOLS IN RICHMoND.-The Rich
,mond - Republic" has an interesting article
upon the free schools established in tnat city
by the Union Commission. We quote
couple of paragraphs:


Over the building in which the boys
school is taught, there floats a beautiful
United States fag-tbe expressive symbol of
the spirit that prevails and the work that is
done on the premises. The children are
taught that the friends of the Union are their
friends, and that the Union itself is their
friend : but nothing that can wound their
feelings or lessen their self respect is done,
or said, or encouraged. If they are badly
clad. clothes are given them; if they hunger,
they are fed if they are sick, they are visit
ed and it would be unnatural indeed If they
and their parents were not sincerely and
strongly attached to their benefactors.


On four nights of the week, the grown
people of Belvidere Hill, Of both sexes, who
have not been blessed with an education,
meet at the Laboratory Schools, and receive
gratutious instruction. On some nights as
many as thirty five attend, and apply them
selves with an eagerness and an earbestness
that is inspiring. Some OF the pupils in the
day school are enough in earnest to come to
the night school also. A Massachusetts
school teacher trying for an hour to show a
one legged Confederate soldier how to write,
and doing it all with pleasure, and delight,
is a subject for an artist
Year: 1866

NABBED.-Deputy Sheriff o. Brown, of
Red Bluff, had little official business that
took him out as far as the Tower House, this
week. Returning, he stopped at Whisky
town for little recreation. at the hotel. He
noticed mule hitched there. and having an
eve to business. he gave the animal and rig
ging close inspection. recognized the saddle
as property belonging to a stable at tire
Bluff. On inquiry he learned that a China
man owned the property. Brown sought
for and found the Celestial cuss, and learned
from him that lie hired the saddle and a
horse from Wileox-Browr' s partner former
ly-to 90 to Missouri Bend to bay hogs. and
having become tired of riding another ma"
horse, for which he had to pay a per diem.
traded him off and got one Of his own
Brown bagged the Chinaman and took him
to Red Bluff.
Year: 1866

HoNEYcoMB MrLL-Last week this mil
was cleaned up after run of fifty three tuns
of rock. The result, after melting and assay.
was fraction over Sl545. Mr.. Grover, the
Superintendent, says that almost any two
tuns of the fifty three should have paid that
amount, but the sulphurets are OF such
character as to battle his skill in saving the
gold. The most he can do is to save the tan
ings and wait for further developments III
ways and means for saving the gold IN that
class of rock. 1t is his opinion that roasting
is the only remedy, and thinks some oi
building furnace for that purpose TINS sum
mer, and testing the virtues of fire first upon
the tailings and then upon the rock. Does
the Mining and Scientific Press know OF
better process?
Year: 1866

SourH FoRK.-The Chicago is the
original discovery in the district. We hear
a rumor that already the company have COM
menced business by sending an agent below
with quantity of the rock to show Its
wealth. and to buy mill and machinery
if satisfactory terms can be made. This
looks like business, and we have no doubt
Init success will attend the movement,
for the AGENT will have erideace with him
that cannot fail to be convincing.