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Year: 1866

We notice in Georgia exchange, among
the acts passed by the Legislature Of Geor-
gia last month, ian act to make free persons
Of color competent witnesses in the Courts
Of that State, in certain cases.


The act provides that free persons Of col
or sLall be competent witnesses in the Safe
Courts. in civil cases whercto a free person
of color Is a party, and in all criminal cases
wherein a free person Of color is defendant,
or wherein the offence charged is a crime or
mi-demeanor against the person or property
of free person Of color, any law, usage or
custom to the contrary notwithstanding. -
Also that "in cases to which a free person Of
color il a party such free person OF color
may make any affidavit now by law allowed
a citizen


This is not the most liberal concession cf
equal rights conceivable, ina.mueh as tie
colorcd man il permitted to testify personal
ly or by affidavit only in cases to which col
ored persons are parties.


But the thing which strikes Us in the act
Is the repeated phrase free person Of color"
Are any portion Of the colorcd population Of
Georgia still slaves? Had the Georgia Leg
islators not heard Of the Emancipation Proc
lamation and the amendment Of the Con
s.i;ution Or is this act intended to last
to a time when the old distinctions of free
and slave shall be revived tor the colored
men Of Georgia?
Year: 1866

The most important provision of Senator


Trumbull's bill for the enlargement of the


Freedmen s Bureau, which passed the Sen


ate Yesterday, is that which gives the Presi-


dent authority TO set aside for the freedmen
and loyal refugees not exceeding 100000
acres Of government land in Florida. Missis-
sippi. and Arkansas. Forty acres are to lie
rented to each family or laborer at a fair
price, and after the lapse of a certain period
the occupants can purchase the land at a
price to be determined by a commission.
The three millions Of ac-es, which it is pro-
posed to set apart, would furnish seventy
four thousand forty-acre farms. Probably
more would not now be needed. No one
who knows the strong desire OF the southern
blacks for the ownership of land, can doubt
that the possibility Of such ownership, with
the comparative Independence it will give to
those who can thus earn their livelihood on
their own farms, will be a most important
il not an essential stimulus and element Of
progress for the blacks.


The bill confirms for three yoals the titles OF
the blacks to the Sea Island lands, assigned to
them by the order of Gen. Sherman. 1t also
provides that lands shall be set apart for the
pauper freedmen III such districts as the
Government may purchase, and authorizes
the erection Of the necessary schools and |
asylums 1t also authorizes the President |
to give military protection to the freedmen
against all laws which discriminate against
them On account of color


Tie bill was houored by the opposition and
adverse vote Of every democrat in the SEN
ate, except Nesmith Of Oregon, whose name
ioes not appear on tho list Of yeas and ways
Year: 1866

GEN. GEo. CRooK.-Gen George
Crook has been appointed Colonel in
the U. S. Army. We are glad TO
hear it. He deserved it. But the
Cincinnati Gazette's attention is call
ed to the fact that Gen. Geo. Crook
did not sign the Army Officers call
to the Cleveland Convention. We
kaoaO whereof we speak. His name
was forged. Gen. Crook does not
conceal his opinions that the rebels
are as dislsyal as ever. and that they
ought to have been whipped more
thoroughly:-DdytoB Journal.


The publication of the above cor
rection affords us extreme pleasure
We entertain a high opinion of Gen.
Crook. and was amased and panied
when we saw the indication that he
had seld his reputation for an office.


The Infamous character of the
Washington managers of the John
bon faction is thus made manifest
What could be more infamous than
the practice of forging the names Of
gentlemen to documents by which
their character is damaged? But
this is in strict keeping with the
course Of the unscrupulous political
Esaus.-Cia. Gaz.
Year: 1866

% Remember that every dollar
YOU pay as income tax, and every
dollar you pay for any kind of U. S.
license, is part of the cost to you, of
the Democratic rebellion. And now
the same party that rebelled, and
made this vast expense, asks to be
again placed in power.
Year: 1866

From the Portsmouth Tribu1e


When the tender hearted crocodile lies
basking in the sand of Mississippiswamp,
with MS upper jaws thrown upon his
back, and great briny tears gushing down
his beautiful cheek, he Is said to be q most
mournful spectacle The vail of the
whang- doodle" mourning for its first
born, sends a shudder to every breast.
The turtle dove is'a sorrowful bird, and
touches the heart of many a discOnsolate
loveysr by its lonely meanings. That
beautiful and affectionate creature called
the " Dodo" Is said TO plunge its head
into the earth, and utter peculiarly
plaintive whistle, with the other extre-
nifty, upon being moved by any deep
grief Words fail TO express the woe Of
the iackal, when he fails to secure the
freshly buried corpse of an unfortunate
traveller. But worse than all this was the
wall at the White House, when the BOBBY
Andrew "cried" over the disgusting farce
of a few South Carolina vipers and Massa-
chusetts lizzards writhing into the Phila-
delphia wigwam in each others arms.
Year: 1866

forcibly, sustaining the policy Of the
Union party, and showing up Johnson S
hypocrisy.


Gen. Gibson was then called for, and
pronounced a most eloquent address,
which was listened to by the crowd with
wrapt attention, and was applauded and
cheered throughout.


The meeting is regarded as a perfect
success, and is proof of the earnest inter
est taken in the coming election by the
masses In this county but a single
Union man has followed after Andy. and
such an example will not prove attractive
TO others. ID.
Year: 1866

An oberlin correspondent informs u;
that the mass meeting which was to have
come off there yesterday was abandoned
because Governor Hamilton, of Texas
could not be present. General Garfield
who had been announced to speak with
out his own consent, was also absent. We
trust the Union men of Oberlin will not
give it up so. Let them have rousing
meeting speedily. 1t th,y cannot get
speakers from abroad they have plenty
of home talent unemployed. There i:
hardly need of sending to Texas for aid
when they have FAirchild, Plumb, Ellis
Shurtleff, Langston and men likS them in
their very midst.
Year: 1866

The Providence Journal truly says that
the present is the final struggle OF the
Southern rebellion. II we carry the for
tieth Congress by clear majority over
everything, the final victory is won. If
we loseit the South rules again.
Year: 1866

Most Of these three years mon married and have
families 70 support A. the conclusion Of their term Of
Many OF them were In debt They rs-enlistsd. And
now the government virtually says:-"You were penni-
and We are determined 70 keep you until you again


At tho conclusion Of the war; the government muster.
cd out at camps Of rendezvous all recruits Tor volunteer
this corps alone excepted By every rule Of
ngn Justice and good faith the government should at
interest to do So The expense Of keeping this corps q
more than $780, 900 per month. The government has


little or no duty for these veterans perform outside Of
the police and guard Of their Fregimsnt quarters
The people clamor for retrenohment Why Is not this
leak stoppedS A VETERAN


NEW YORK, Feb 10 1904
Year: 1866

tactics before the Army and Navy Society Of England In
London, and about to comply with the request. The
Generals recent work on tactics In two volumes is
much commended by the English press and has attract
cd favorable attention at Rorse Guards; complinsn-
ary fact which shows how closely England watched our
development of this important branch Of service during
the late war
Year: 1866

The indications OF progress in art matters at present In
this city OF the most gratifying kind and augur we'll
for the future position Of American artists. very
Iaudabe and important enterprise has been entered into
by Messrs Miner and Somerville In the founding Of
large institution which ma he termed n
Year: 1866

Notwithstanding this untoward circum-
stance, the attendance Of delegates and spec
tators was quite large as on yesterday, and
quite equal TO the ca oacity OF the canvas
spread between them and leaky clouds.
Year: 1866

The weather could not have been more IN
favorable Tor the purpose of the Soldiers and
Sailors Convention than it was to-day, il
Thad Stevens were in Heaven and had sole
charge of the shower department up there.
The rain fell in torrents from early in the
morning, and by 10 o'clock there was good
opening for gun boat feet under and around
the tent and a general air of being drowned
in it seemed to have taken possession OF every
hohV
Year: 1866

monument OF their late lamented brother Stephen A.
Douglas. and also being invited by Mr.. Alfred Russell
Chairman Of the Reception Committee to act as part Of
the escort OF the President from this city to Chicago
have accepted the invitation.


Upon their arrival the entrance OF Young Mems Hall,
the Bddle House and the buildings on the line Of the
procession TO be handsomely appropriately dec
Grated An energetic committee have the matter In
charge Mr. William p. Wells is to deliver the address
to the President in the evening at Young MEMS Hall


special train has been provided by the Michigan
Central Railroad Company convey the party Chica-
co. and at meeting last evening the following resolu-
tien was unanimously adopted


Resolved, That the Sir knights of Detroit Commandery
cordially accept the invitation TO act the Masonic
escort OF the Executive Of the nation join him and our
masonic brethren In procession to celebrate one Of the
most ancient customs OF order In full uniform OF the
Courteous and Honorable Order OF Knights Tcmpla


largo number OF the Sir Knights Will attend, and
form an interesting feature OF the cortege


committee from Chicago including Governor Ogles.
by, Lieutenant Governor Bross, Senators TrumDul and
Yates are expected here to escort the party 10 Chicago
Everything promises that the welcome here will bo
very cordial and harmonious affair.
Year: 1866

General Grant has finally determined TO start from
hero with the Presidential party and accompany them
throughout the trip Hc will DO attended by his chief
OF staff General Rawlings and probably other members
Of his stah.
Year: 1866

LARCENY OF A HORSE AND WAGON
Twentieth and Fitzwater streets yesterday,
charged with the larceny of horse and wagon
The property was standing in the street, when
Parry Jumped in and drove Off He was arrested
Alderman Dallas committed the accused for trial.
Year: 1866

u-Devoted to the of Republicanisa, the IN
tercsts rlture the advancement OF Education,
and the best coed of Potter county. Owning no guide
except that of Principle it will endeavor to aid III the
work of more fully Freedomizing our Country,
Year: 1866

We receive in exchange sbOuE one thousand
journals that supported Lincoln and johnson in the
Presidential canvass Of 1854. If there be twenty
Of the whole number that side with the President
against Congress, we are very widely IN error. We
cannot now name ten, but suppose there may be so
many. That more than nine hundred are in open,
hearty accord with Congress, is most transparent,
incontestible fact" Whereas, on the other hand,
we find that the secession press, both North and
South, as universal thing, is on the side of Mr.
johnson, as against Congress Can any patriot long
remain in doubt where 70 take his stand We think
no
Year: 1866

HAVING ADDED GREATLY 70 OUR
H former extensive facilities, turning OF
large number Of Improved Portable Steam Engines and
Portable Circular Saw Mills Those already received and in
operation giving the most entire satisfaction There Is
hardly State Territory in the Union but Improved
Portable Engines and Saw Mills in All Engines
have spark stack them which arrest the sparks


We would respectfully refer you the following gentlemen
and the portability utility aud practical opera
tiOns Of our Portable Steam nsne5 ana Sag Mills;
Year: 1866

The reason why children die, says H1lrs
Journal Of Heath, is because they arc not
taken care Of From the day Of their birth
they are stupcfed with food, choked with
physic, slashed with water, suffocated in
hot rooms, steamed in bed clothes. So
much for indoor. When permitted to
breathe pure air, once week in summer,
aud once or twice during the colder month 5
only the nose is allowed to peer in daylight.
y little later they arc sent .out with no
clothes on at all on the parts OF the body
which most need protection. Bare legs,
bare arms, bare neck, girted middles, will,
an inverted umbrella to collect the air and
chill the other part of the body A stout,
strong man goes out on cold day with
gloves and overcoat, WOODEN stockings, and
thick double soled boots, with cork between
and rubbers over The same day child
OF three years old, an infant Of flesh and
blood and bone aud constitution, goes out
with shoes as thin as paper, cotton socks,
legs uncovered to the knees, neck bare. an
exposure which would disable the nurse,
Kali the mother outright, and make the
father an invalid for weeks. And why !
10 harden them to Il mode o! dress which
they arc never expected to practice 10
accustom to exposure which dozen years
later would be considered downright fool
cry To raise children thus for the slaugh.
ter pen, and lay it to the Lord, is too bad.
We don't think the Almighty had hand
IN it. And to draw comfort from the pre-.
sumption that he had any agency in the
death OF the child, is presumption and pro.
fanation.
Year: 1866

Very few Of the sudden deaths which
are said to arise from diseases of the heart
do really arise from that cause. TO ascer
tain the real origin of sudden deaths. an
experiment has been tried in Europe. and
reported TO a scientific congress held at
Strasbourg Sixty-slx cases OF sudden
death were made the subject of thorough
postmortem examination in these cases
only two were found who had died from
disease of the heart. Nine out of sixty
six had died from apoplexy, while there
were iorty.six cases Of congestion of the
lungs; that is, the lungs were SO full of
blood they could not work, there not being
room enough for sufficient quantity of air
to enter to support life. The causes that
produce congestion of the lungs are, cold
feet, tight clothing, costive bowels, sitting
still until chilled after being warmed with
labor or rapid walk, going too suddenly
from close, heated room into the cold air,
especially after speaking, and sudden de-
piessesing news operating upon the blood.
These causes of sudden death being known.
an avoidance of them may serve to length
EN- many valuable lives, which would 9th
erwise be lost under verdict of heart com
plant. That disease is supposed to be in
evltable and incurable; hence many NAV
not take the pains they would to avoid sud.
den death il they knew it lay in their DOW.
er.
Year: 1866

a good story is told of a doctor in a
town not hundred miles from Ncrm Mt.
The doctor kept missing his wood, and set
watch, AS was expected, it proved to be
the work of a near neighbor, who soon ap-
peared, and carefully culling out all the
dry wood, started off with an armful. The
doctor hastily gathered up an armful of
green wood and followed, trudging as fast
as he could, and just as the man threw
down his armful, the doctor did the same
excIaiming, "There, you must burn green
wood part of the time, as well as - and
departed, leaving the thief to his own re-
Elections.
Year: 1866

Horse LAMENEss-How DISCOVER
ED.-Take notice, that in examining q
horse for lamoness, you may often detect it
by only looking at his ears; for all horses
that are lame before, drop their heads
when they throw their weight on to the
sound leg and those that are lame behind,
throw their head up when the sound leg
comes to the ground. ...r .s.,-
Year: 1866

A pretty girl says: IF our Maker
thought it wrong for Adam to live single
when there was not woman on earth, how
criminalIy guilty are old bachelors, with
the world full of pretty girls |"
Year: 1866

HONEST ToIL.-A cheerful life must bo
busy one. And a busy life cannot be
we'll otherwise. Frogs do not croak in
running water. Active minds are seldom
troubled with gloomy forebodings. They
come up only from the stagnant depths Of
spirit, unstirred by the generous impulses
Of the necessities Of honest toll.
Year: 1866

We are quiet people. in this goodly histor- ical land. Among all the natural and moral evils which prevail in this region, there gre human sympathies within warm hearts. We do not, however, often get into the papers, and this may be good reason for letting the world know hereby and herewith, that we of Canaan still ''live and move and haye be. ing" As in most eoaniry hssnlsts in. New England 's large part of. the public interest lies in matters selssiastical or religious, so 1t here.

 The Rev E F Howe, late pastor of the church in this place, is now spending part of this summer vacation among his old friends. Him. self, wife and child are ,snjoyinatheir Eastern visit very much. Mir H is now preaching in Q fine church in Terre Haute, Indiana.

 The chief amusement in this region. as in many other places, is the game of eroquet; which is very fine recreation, and much more sensible than it appears to be to the locker on. The old people call 1t silly and simple. But those who are younger in years. and feel the worth of good hsslthy exercise, combined with sociality between young ladies and gentlemen, not only differ from such sage opinions, but reply to the charge of stiffness and simplicity "eoms on! and we'll beat you!" It is conceded that there is no better game in the world either to promote health and social feeling, or to kill time if one wish es to do such thing. a

 There is smother kind of exercise in this town which is in vogue. It is much harshsr. and is slwsys engsgsd in, when one rides over
Year: 1866

The most peaceable and quiet election that
has ever been witnessed in Van Buren,, was
had last Monday. Not an unkind word was
passed. And what was true of this township
is true, we learn of all the other townships.
We rejoice to know it, and trust that peace
and harmony will hereafter prevail. y
Year: 1866

AS1INUTUN, JUIy ZJ
CYRUS W. FIELD, Hearts Content;
/ heartily congratulate you and trust
your enterprise may prove as successful
as your efforts have been persevering.
May the cable under the sea tend to pro
mote harmony between the Republic of
the West and the Government of the
Eastern Hemisphere


ANDREW JOHNSON.
Year: 1866

Fill tumbler three-fourths full of mod
erately cool water; then pour half table
spoonful of oil into it; stir them together;
then hold lighted match ever the tun-
bier, and il it takes fire from the vApor,
before the fame comes in contact with
the oil, it is dangerous, as good oil will not
thus ignite, and, indeed, will not burn
readily when flaming match is thrown
into it; while those which have been much
adulterated with benzine will emit vapor
which Is nearly as explosive as gunPowder
and the oil will then burn freely.
Year: 1866

The Election OF the Leader as City
b. ~ Printer. U.rr


The LEADER was yesterday, by vote


of the City Council, made the official pa


per of the city. We appreciate highly


the compliment thus rendered US by the


city fathers-the more as it has been CIV
en- entirely without solicitation. We have
not asked single member of the Coun-
Ncil for his vote or influence, and have not
attempted to forestall in any way the free
choice of that body. We accept the
honor which has been rendered us
as a cheering indication that the
labors of the LEADER for the
principles of the Union party, and its fear
less and Independent defense of those
principles when imperiled by Presidential
treachery, is endorsed by the Unionists of
Cleveland. We assure cur friends that
the LEADER will not change its outspoken
course on account of its assumption of Of
fee, but will assert and maintain the same
freedom of speech in relation to city af-
fairs as has always characterized its treat
ment of national matters.
Year: 1866

The dispatch in several papers announo-
ing tha Governor Morton is in washing
ton is incorrect He Is and hasbeen con-
stantly under medical treatment in this city
and expects to leave for Indiana this week.
Year: 1866

covery she had unwittingly made,
while fulfilling the gentle mission of
friendship, and no one ever knew the
precise manner in which the contom-
plated match between Florian Richley
and Laura Avery was broken off.


There are some things that bring
their own reward in this world-and
the one act of Kindness had saved Lau-
ra from unconsciously taking the step
that would have prccipitated her into
lifetime of misery.
Year: 1866

HUMoRs AND OURIoHTIEs OF ADvER-
rrsINd 1.-The following was lately con-
tained IN a Western paper y"


Whereas, at particular times, may
importune my friends and others to let
me have liquor, which is hurtful to me
and detrimental to society; this is,
therefore, to forbid any person selling
me liquor, or letting me have any on
any account or pretense, for if they do,
l will positively prosecute them, not
withstanding any promises | may make
to the contrary at the time they may
let me have it.
Year: 1866

A WoMAs's FRlESpsHIr.-It is
n wondrous advantage to man, in
every pursuit or vocation, to secure
an adviser in sensible woman. In
woman there Is at once q subtitle deli
cacy Of tact, and u plain soundness of
Judgment, which are rarely combin-
ed to an equal degree in man. A
woman, if she be really your friend,
will have a sensitive regard for your
character, honor and reputation. She
will seldom counsel you 10 do a shah
by thing, Tor a woman friend always
desires to be proud Of you. At the
same time her constitutional timidity
makes her more cautious than your
male friend. She, therefore, seldom
counscls you to do an imprudcnt
thing. A mans best female friend
is a wife of good sense and heart,
whom he loves, and who loves him.
But, supposing the man 10 be with
out such helpmate, female friend
ship he must still have, or his intel
lect will be without garden, and
there will be many an unheeded gap,
even in its strongest fence. Better
and safer, Of course, are such friend
ships where disparity Of years or cir
cumstances puts the idea of love oui
of the question. Middle life ha,
rarely this advantage; youth and old
age have. We may have femal,
friendships with those much older
and those much younger than our
selves. Female friendship Is TO q
man the bulwark, sweetness, orna-
ment of his existence.
Year: 1866




A Washington letter to the Memphis
Argus says, that ont Of two hundred
and fifty thousand bales of cotton be-
longing to the Confederacy, and on the
books at Richmond at the close OF the
war, only ninety thousand bales have
been reported to the Department by
Treasury agents, including all the selz-
ures Of private cotton. This state OF
things naturally provokes the inquiry,
where is the balance? but the question
finds Il ready answer in the handsome
fortunes accumulated by numerous Of
liciaIs in the military and civil service
during the progress ofthe conflict. TO
what account they will be held it is i'm
possible to determine, or whether any
investigation will be instituted that will
reveal the truth The war made the
South. and the North as well. perfect
Eldorado for that cnterprising class OF
men v hose love Of gain ahsorbs every
other quality; hence the desire for q
renewal of the conflict, and its prosecu-
ton on the Brownlow's plan Of "torch
and sword