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Year: 1867

connie ofimportant witnesses. They will be examined
NV tho Committee tomorrow. 1t is thought the Com
mittee will report on the subject cf impeachment on
saturday. and will ask to have the matter referred
over to the XLth Congress


.Iudge Thomas of Virginia decided yesterday that
the law of Congress, passed during the war, author
izng the sale of real estate belonging to Rebels in
payment of the direct tax unconstitutional This
decision if sustained by the Supreme Court, will
destroy the title to immense amount of property
in the South, and has created considerable excite
ment among the purchasers of property under the
law in the South.


The President has approved the resolution to ex-
tend aid and facilities to citizens of the United
States engaged in the survey of q route for ship
canal across the Isthmus of Darien 1t authorizes
them to be furnished by the Secretary of the Navy
as far as he may be able TO do without prejudice
to the naval service and without additional expense
TO the Government


Prof Pierce of the Cambridge University, having
been appointed Superintendent of the Coast Survey,
was sworn into office to day.


The closing reception of Chief-Justice Chase was
held this evening, and was large and brilliant The
Hon. John b. Haskin is intOwn.
Year: 1867

A BLACK FrEND-A most terrible instance
of the brutality Of the negro raco, when fully
aroused. occurred in Williamson county o
few days since, at a country place bearing.
the more significant than elegant title % OF
Lousy Level-a settlement made up OF a lit
tie grocery and several struggling buildings,
occupied by an interesting variety of tenants,
and not likely to compete successfully with
The general run Of commercial centres and
fsst towns in other parts OF the State.
Year: 1867

nr A modern philosopher, taking the motion Of
the earth on its axis at seventeen miles second,
if you take off your hat in the street to bow to
friend, you go seventeen miles bare-headed with
out taking cold
Year: 1867

not one rsmans or the origin Of the disaster no norTa
ton Is afforded In consequence OF the tota ae
siruction OF the stores and places OF business
and the loss Of te provisions stored therein there has
been complete dearth OF food, and anxiety Is mani nj
another should be added in the form Of famine and pes
lence. The demand for food became OF such pressing
nature that Capt Badger Of the United States sleae
had been prompted to render such assistance as pra
supply from the stores of his ship would permit an aet
Kindness and generosity to suffering conmunlty or
which he deserves the greatest cOmmendation. only one


life reported to have been lost Only Is respeetaDe
houses are left standing and every merchant and store
keeper s completely burnt out The bank shared the
same fate but the vault held out aud when opened the
cash and books found TO be safe The yalne OF the
property destroyed be safely put down at R3tOVO
OF which only 100000 was insured
Year: 1867

Jefferson Davis has been admitted to
bail After two years of imprisonment,
during which every loyal Jacobin in
the land has clamored for his death, and
Jacobin mothers have used his name TO
frighten refractory infants, he has been
restored to liberty by Jacobin judge,
with high priest in the Jacobin syna-
gogue as his chief boHdsmsn And thus
has appropriately ended the stupendous
farce which Jacobinism inaugurated in
his name to make treason odious,"


The curtain has fallen upon the last
scene. II there be any in the audience
so innocent as to suppose that this farce
is to be followed by tragedy, or that
the performance is not already ended,
their deusien is more to be laughed at
than pitied.


More intelligent spectators will go
home and reflect upon the very absurd
finale Of the spectacle they have wit
messed. The drama which preceded was
a grand and bloody one. War, upon a
more gigantic scale than the world ever
witnessed before, was waged necessarily
for four years. Millions of treasure and
rivers of blood we're poured out in the
effort to create government on one side,
and to maintain a government on the
other. The central figure in the mighty
contest-tbe man upon whom centred the
idea Of responsibility for the great re-
bellion P-was at length caught and
Gagged, and indicted for high treason.
Not to hang him, it was said, would be
to reward treason and encourage rebel
lion. But the interests Of political
party stepped in, and that result for
which alone the arch traitor had re-
belled, and to which he had looked for
ward as the crown of success, was
officially declared to exist. The rebel
States were pronounced to be out Of the
Union. What had been called rebellion
was voted to have been unsuccessful rev.
olution. OF course, then, Jefferson Davis
was no traitor. To try a man for treason
in attempting to divide the Union who
had succeeded in dividing il, would be
most palpable absurdity. Jefferson
Davis, therefore, must be disposed of
without the form or semblance Of trial.
1t would be imprudent to lynch him, as
many Jacobins demanded; he therefore
must be released.


From a traitor prison, Jefferson Davis
has gone forth to assume the place which
the future will assign him, as the most
colossal character in the history Of his
time, while JacobiR thirst of vengeance
sinks away covered with ridicule Par
fltriunt montes, ndscetur ridicHlus mus J
-ChfcdqO Times
Year: 1867

Duinh


doubt not, gentlemen, that in the
course of time the negroes will be sup
planted by immigration from the more
populous countries OF the East; but this
will require time, and the idea desire TO
enforce is, that it is our duty and our
interest, for the present, at least, by kind
aud generous treatment, and by fair
dealing, to get their confidence and keep
it, that they will be useful to themselves,
useful TO u.s. and useful to the country.


have thus briefly given you some OF
my views from the stand point OF pecu'
mary interest. The higher and nobler
considerations which have urged upon
another occasion, you have no doubt
seen in the public prints. Heaven knows
that toward these people, as an individ-
ual, have no reasen for doing otherwise,
and do entertain nothing but the kindest
feeling. They who were. my faithful
slaves are to-day, with scarcely
any exception, my willing laborers
He who was the nurse of my child
hood, the companion Of my
boyhood. for more than twenty years my
slave, and to whose care, for five long
years Of absence, committed, with per-
feet confidence, my wife sAd little chill
dren, is the same faithful friend to-day.
And so, too, of him, who, with free
pass in his pocket, shared with me the
hardships of every campaign from Pen
sacola to Bentonville, and to whom, on
a score of battle fields, / intrusted nay
purse, and what might have been my
last message 10 loved ones could not
afford to part with them now for the sum
they would have commanded as slaves
and would deserve to be called migrate
ful, If were to turn my back upon them,
in this, their hour of trial, or withhold
from them the words Of friendly adviceI


You will observe, gentlemen, that /
have said nothing to you about the politi-
cal condition Of the country, and do not
intend to, except this that it is none of
my duty as Judge, nor OF yours as
Grand Jury. Upon that subject ! desire
to be distinctly understood, that neither
advise you what to do, nor what not to
do. We are here to enforce the laws, not
to discuss the making of them. We are
here for particular, defined public duty,
and as soon as you have done that, / will
take pleasure in discharging you toyour
respective homes and to labors doubtless
more congenial to your tastes. Whatever
convulsion may take place among the af-
fairs of men, you may at least thank God
that the same bright sun still shines in
Heaven above you, all around you still
arise the same majestic hills, the rivers
still roll their unending waters to the
Gulf, and the same genial soil beneath
your feet still hands forth its fruit to
your industry. Remember His judg-
ments are tempered with mercy, and
read this beautiful attribute of His char
acter in the book of nature and in the
book of revelation. And as you seek
relief from your mental disquietude, in
the physical labor Of your fal ms, remem.
Der it is written, in the sweat Of thy face
thou shalt eat thy bread, and thus the
curse becomes blessing, the penalty
mercy
Year: 1867

This, says the Grass Valley Union, is an
old and worn out subject. The people have
been disgusted with it for years, and yet it
goes on to the sickness of all good men.
Cox, the man Of god, sanctiied by grace
from on high, caller of sinners to repen.
tance,a follower of The meek and lowly, a pro.
claimer Of forgiveness and salvation TO sinners
tells the world from vile political stump
that Copperbeads are outside the pale Of sal,
vation, and winds up meeting with polit-
ico-reigious hymn and prayer. Can in.
sanity 60 further, or can political fanatcsm
take step beyond the hell daring virulence
of such christian.


There was time land we are not particu.
larly admirers Of olden times) when such
ferveut hate as Cox and tis class show,
would leave preacher without congregation
or salary; and there is time coming land
we rejoice at the near and dear prospect, J
when such outrag eous doctrines and utter.
ances will leave no honored graves in earth
nor a hope Of Heaven to such as hold or say
them.


A ranting public prostitute, who wanders
over the country, in the garb Of saint, with
hate on his tongue and hell in bis heart de-
serves and should receive the censure Of the
press and the loatbing Of the people. The
cause such man advocates, does aud will
attach to itself the detestable characteristics
which belong TO the man himself, and even.
tually the party relying on the hypocritical
eloquence Of political preacher for success,
will rne the day it allowed itself to be sold,
for so email price, to such tyrsnuical and
torture'loying master.
Year: 1867

GOVERNMENT TlrLE.-The City Trustees,
says the Nevada Transcript, met on Thurs,
day night and determined to call meeting
Of the citizens to consider what steps should
be taken to secure the Government title to
the groundupon which the city is located.
The law prescribes how this may be done.
bu. the trustees are without legal authority
to levy tax for this purpose, The bes.
way probably would be TO ascertain the ex-
pense per acre, and then levy an assessment
upon each property holder, leaving it under
stood that application will be made for Gov.
ernment titles only for those who pay their
assessment. The ground can probably be
obtained at the minimum Government price,
and will only cost the largest owner OF
ground in the city few dollars. The site
of Nevada is upon parts Of four sections,
two belonging to the Government and two
claimed by the railroad.


Would it not be we'll for Auburni.es to
be looking after their town site, as it is on
an odd section
Year: 1867




The Paris Lyons Mediterranean line
have lost their suit in the case of Mad
anne Griesvilliers. This lady, wild
ow at that time, was travelling by the
night train along this line, when, as
the train approached Joigny, a piece
Of burning coal few into the compart-
ment in which she was alone, and set
fire to it With great presence of
mind, the lady contrived to open the
door of the carriage and stand on the
step, hoping to be able to remain
there till the next station was reached.
However, the progress of the flames
was so rapid that she was compelled
to throw herself off the step, and in
the fall she broke her arm and disloca-
ted her.shoulder and wrist, yet in this
state she contrived, with the help of a
railway employee who happened to be
on the line, to walk as far as Joigny,
distance of three miles. The lady
has since married a general officer,
and sued the company for 10000 as
compensation for the injuries she re-
ceiyed. The Lyons Tribunal has SEN
fenced the company to pay the lady
2O,000l (800l) besides the fees due to
the physicians who attended her, and
the cost of the trial.
Year: 1867

ed help, and hence she gladly accepted
the kind offer of living with her friend
This brought about the unexpected chance
Mr.. Oscar had long settled it in his mind
that his son Henry should marry Ellen,
and even broached the subject to her
mother two years before her death and
gained her consent. The existing attach
ment between herself and William Ev-
eritt was fully known to him, and for this
reason he kept it quietly in his mind,
knowing that they would soon awake from
their dream. Young ladies' seldom or
never consumate their first love; so Mr..
Orcar held, and by the by, he determined
not to interfere, being convinced that any
opposition on his part would only make
them more steadfast. Oppose a young
lady's fancy, and you will surely push her
on to its fulfillment. Ellen Lorr lea ned
to admire Henry. BY vigilant aud pa
rental watchfulness the old man detected
the first blush of her second passion,
aud by degrees so ordered that she often
longed for Harry to come and take her
to sail with him in his canoe down the
smooth Scioto. Pleasant evenings passed
In this manner, till at last, her hand trem-
bled in his. and a sigh escaped her lips
whenever he took his leave She was
soon to change her name; the evening
of which we speak was to make them one,
and Ellen approached the officiating min
istcr with burning check. William
Everitt was in the deep current of her
thoughts; and as she pronounced the final
" Yes" tear came into her eye, and she
wept,. But she saw not the pale, manly
face that blanched as she pronounced the
word; nor the expressive eyes which
grew sightless as Henry placed the ring
upon her finger. William Everitt indeed
stood there, rich and honorable man
he turned towards the door and went out
aud the beautiful and fathless Ellen was
led away the bride Of another.


LANGFoRD
Year: 1867

There are few Obsersant medical men who


have failed to notice habit that has been on


the increase for some years past, and which


threatens he moral and physical integrity of So


ciety. TIE growing tendency of those even


whose lives are gentle and whose mir ds are
educated, to indulge in alcoholic stimulation, is
fact which the profession would do we'll to re-
cognize and protest against. The vice is not
the vice of our grandatherS the bottle or two
of port which often laid them under the dinner


table and always sent them reeiing INTO the
drawing room. The sin of our day is less ob-


trusIve and ever more disastrous. It takes the
form of an occasional glass at odd times during
the day, an extra dose at lunch, glass OF sher-
~ or two more or less frequently in the course
Of the afternoon, another from the table when
the cloth is laid for dinner. Not uncomonly n
flask OF sherry accompanies the blue book ia
the carriage. And it is worth nothing that
this kind of tippling is not dos e in secret So
for, indeed, from this it is rather matter of
ooasting on the part of those who indulge init,
and they press others, often warmly, to follow
thier example. Sometimes it is true. mild
kind of excuse is offered The dose is taken
just to keep one up you know" or as a ''whet
before dinner Just as often when soda
and seltzer water suggests itself as a refresh
ment, the question arises whether its accom-
pan'ment shall be brandy, sherry or liquor. The
idea of taking it alone is not entertained: 1t is
described as weakening 'too eosd for the
stomach, and SO on. Not so frequently, 1t is
to be hoped, but still often enough to be Of Sc
rious moment, these odd glasses o. sherry, bran
dy and soda dry curaco &C., are taken in the
morning between breakfast and lunch, some
times even before breakfast In course nf time
the result Of these indulgences do not fail to
present themselves in the nasuea and retcIing
which accompany the morning toilet the husky
forenoon voice, the want of appetite for ba FAX
fast the vague dyspeptic symptoms which lurk |
about during the day. More remotely il is for |
a shattered, ne vous system that he patient
or 'person'-seeks relief from the phvsician |
Society is On its knees, just now always in a /
polite and respectable way. its sins of omission
or commission in regard of dress luxury. paint
and the demi mond. 1t behooves the medical /
profession to that the vice described is in
cluded in the list.-Lancet.
Year: 1867


God bless little children.
Day by day,
With pure and simple wiles,
And winning words and smiles,
They creep into the heart,
And who would wish to say them nay?
They look up in our faces,
And their eyes
Are tender and are fair,
As if still fingered there
The Sayior's kindly smile
So very meek they look, and wise.
We live again our play-time
In their play;
Their soft hands leads us back
Along a weary track
The pathway of our years
Unto the time when life was May.
when my days have ended
would rest
Where little children keep
Their slumber long aud deep;
Ny grave be near the little mounds
know chat God hath blest.
Year: 1867




There are a great many subjects which, al
though they are current topics of converse
tion in the community, are but little under
stood Take, for instance, life insurance,
building associations. cooperative societies,
and other subjects which may be embraced
under the general head of political economy
Although the masses enter into these things
they do so mostly on the recommendations Of
others, and without the investigation neces-
sary for thorough understanding of the prin.
ciples OF which they are based, and the laws
which govern them New, there are some few
men who could take up any such subject, and
stripping 1t of technicalites and abstraetions
present it to an audience Of average intelli-
gence in such plain and familiar style:
as to make it perfectly understood
Much good might be done in this way
Caudle lectures. generally on the subject OF
domestic economy, are not likely to become
popular with married men; but that house.
hold affairs may be treated in q manner to
interest and improve an audience is proved
by the success Of Professor Blot and a New
York ID. ID has recently lectured to q crowded
house IN Boston, on the subject Of life assu-
rance, presenting the subject in an entirely
new light to many of his auditors. We belle We
that there is a rich field open for popular lec-
turers, which they can work with profit to
themselves and their hearers
Year: 1867

Some surprise has been expressed that prize
fights are carried on with impunity in the
bordering State of Virginia without interfer-
ence from the authorities of Virginia or the
police Of this city. We learn that there is no
statute law in Virginia to enable the authori-
ties TO interfere. and the same is true OF this
District. An effort was made to get a law
passed by Congress at the last session to en- .
able the police authorities to suppress any,
thing of that sort attempted here, or having
It's origin here but it failed tor want of time.
In the State of Pennsylvania law was
passed by the Legislature. after the NC GLADE
and Collyer fight, making 1t penal offence in
tnat state. and Congress will doubtless do the
same Ior this District, and the Virginia Legis-
lature for that State; but as above stated, at
present the authorities here and in Virginia
are helpless IN the matter. Major Richards


and his force were on the alert and success
fully, TO prevent any loss to our citizens from
the crowd OF professional thieves passing
through 1t is believed that not a penny was
stolen by the "professionals' in our police
limits, and they were sent away from the
city the moment they showed their faces.
Year: 1867

1T SEEMS probable that another hitch may
occur in the court proceedings in the Surratt
case after the new jury is made, through OBJ
lection being made to the Grand Jury, as if
the Petit Jury was illegal, the Grand Jury
panel organized in the same manner has the
same detect.
Year: 1867

You ask counsel Of me. have given
1t, fully, frankly, sincerely. No personal
motives can possibly sway me, for am
no longer citizen Of the United States
or Of South Carolina. The bill which
gives the right Of suffrage to you disfran.
chises me. have not even home here,
for my home, and the homes Of all who
love my name, have been laid in ashes
Ihave no political rights. I have moth.
M to bind me TO this ruined land, but
the memories Of the past; the apprecia-
ton cherish for its people, and the
graves of my kindred. These ties, how.
ever, are strong enough to keep alive in
my heart warm interest in my State, and
they are sufficient to make one strive al.
ways TO promote her welfare. This mo-


tive, alone, brought me here to-day, for
it was not until the chairman OF your
committee urged me to come, upon tho
ground that / could thus "do good to
my own people, and TO HIS" that con.
sented to address you. trust that these
expectations may not be disappointed,
and that the spirit which has animated
this meeting may spread over the whole
South. thrust that hereafter there may
be mutual kindness, forbearance and co.
operation between all classes of our peo-
pie


Let those, then, who are familiar with
the cause, the people, and the interest of
South Carolina, frame the new constitu-
ton, and if you find that your rights have
been ignored; if you find that there is
one law for the white man and another for
the black, you can justly complain OF
having been deceived, and you can reject
the constitution. This convention, then,
will be the means of testing the sincerity
of the professions made to you by the
white citizens of the State, and of yours
to them. But suppose the bill is pro-
nounced unconstitutional, what then p
You will be left III precisely the samo
position you held before its passage
The present State governments will con-
tinue, and the present laws will prevail.
1t will then be for US to prove that our
professions Of friendship were not idle.
and while / cannot speak for others, I
tell you what / am willing to see done
am willing to give the right of suffrage
to all who can read and who pay GER
tain amount of taxes, and Iagree that all,
white as well as black, who do not pos
sess these qualifications, shall be exclud.
ed. would not take this right from
any who have heretofore exercised it,
but ! wish to see an educational and pro-
pcrty qualification for voters adopted for
the future. Let this qualification bear on
white and black alike, and while 1t will
cut off from voting some Of both races,
it will be a strong mducement to all to
seek education and to obtain for them
selves a real and tangible interest in the
State. 1t will serve to elevate all classes,
and contribute not only to the material
prosperity of the State, but to the In.
crease Of virtue and education among her
people. No one under twenty one years
OF age is allowed to vote, nor Can for
eigners do so until they have been In
this country some years. u hiaes
Year: 1867

JOLT RESOLUTION in relation to the erection OF


Jail in the District of Columbia.


Be it resolved By the Senate and House Of Repre-
sentatiues of the United States Of America in Con-
of the Treasury towards the construction of the
new Jail for the District of Columbia under the
act approved twenty-tifth July, eighteen hundred
for the building of said Jail shall be suspended
and delayed until perfected plans for the entire
work shall have been completed and approved by
board of three, composed Of disinterested and
Quartermaster General NJ. c. Meigs, and A. B.
Mullet, architect of the Treasury Department,
shall be two, nor unless the letting of such con.
competion, on seasonable notice printed in two
leading newspapers printed and publised in the
city of Washington after such approval of such
new and perfected plans, and that the Secretary
of the Interior be also authorized and directed to
select new site for said Jail under the said act.


Approved, March 2, 1867.