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Year: 1867

The PHILLIPS TRAGEDY-MoRE TEsTI-
MoNY.-Since the agitation of the Phillips
tragedy facts and statements concerning
that horrible affair are being developed
almost daily. It is now stated by freed
woman of good repute that about the time
the alleged murder is said to have been
committed white man, accompanied by a
lady, drove up to her house in a buggy,
and desired to know if there was vacant
building in that vicinity which could be
rented. He was told that there was not.
lit may be stated here that just at this
locality there are quite number of small
shanties, which were built during the war
by Confederate soldiers, but they are now
all occupied, and chiefly by freedmen.l
The man then drove off, and halted at
another building directly on the route
to the spot where the body Of the murdered
woman was discovered. Here another
freedwoman heard the lady say: "You
have driven me about through these woods
and bushes long enough for Gods sake
take me to some place where | may find
rest" or words to this effect. These things
throw some light On the bloody affair
which has produced such intense and pain
full excitement in all this section. It re-
mains, however, for the prosecutors in the
Phillips trial to identify the parties seen
in the buggy as the unfortunate lady now
in eternity, and the still more unfortunate
man who yet survives, but with the fear
full suspicion hanging over him that he i'm
brued his hands in the innocent blood Of an
affectionate and confiding wife. God grant
that if innocent he may be enabled to
clear up the wonderful mystery which
now surrounds him.
Year: 1867

REPREHENsIBLE.-It is much to be re-
gretted that many persons will persist in
throwing muskmelon rinds on the pave
ments. Yesterday morning, near the cor
ner of Fourth and Broad, young lady
stepped upon piece of rind, slipped, and
fell, causing severe confusion to the hip,
but fortunately doing no other damage. A
few days since an elderly man met with a
similar mishap near the Second Market,
and badly sprained wrist. We trust that
practice so fraught with danger will be
discontinued.
Year: 1867

COLIN MoRAz Is our authorized agent for the
Dispatch in the town Of Manchester. He will be
assisted by MIR. SCOTT McRAE. Subscribers may
rely upon being regularly served with their pa
per- as our agent is determined to give satisfaction
to all concerned.
Year: 1867

THE PAtPERs OF CHESTERFIELD COUNTY.
Yesterday committee from Chesterfield
county visited General Schofeld's head
quarters to ascertain whether or not the
rule which had been adopted in regard to
the colored paupers of this city would De
applicable to the colored paupers of their
county. General Schofield being absent
from the city, Major Rathbone requested
the committee to make their statement IN
writing, and send it to headquarters.
Year: 1867

UNHEALTHY.-There is q collection Of
stagnant water at the corner of Cary and
Twelfth streets which should be at once
removed. Already the green scum has
settled on its surface, beneath which tad
poles wiggle and bull-frogs croak. Under
the piercing rays of an August sun this
filthy receptacle must generate disease,
and We hope the Board Of Health will give
it their special attention.
Year: 1867

IMPRov1NG.-Mr. Barratta, who was so
severely injured some ten days since by
being thrown from his buggy near the Gen.
trail depot, is convalescent. Though not
yet able to leave his bed, his physicians
hope that in few days he will be able to
return to his business.
Year: 1867

SToSEwALL DIVISION mo. 81 SOSs OF
TEMPERANcE.-This young and tlourishing
Division held its second meeting on Mon
day evening last in the lecture-room of
the Third Presbyterian church. Several
accessions were made to the Division, and
the vacant Offices filled. Much enthusiasm
was manifested, and those engaged in this
most commendable work have every rea-
son to anticipate prosperous career


They must exert a great influence for
good in their neighborhood and vicinity


The Division will meet again at the same
place on Saturday night next. Members
of other Divisions are invited to attend.
Year: 1867

We viii give to intellect, 10 religion
and to all virtues, the honor that belongs
to them. And still it may be boldly az
tirmed that economy, taste, skill and nea,r
ness in the kitchen have a great deal to
do in making life happy and prosperous.


Nor is it indispensably necessary that
house should be filled with luxuries.-
The qualifications fer slLg good housskeep
ing can be displayed as we'll on small
scale as on a large one.


Skillful cooking is as readily discovered
in nicely baked potatoe, or a respecta-
ble johnny cake, as in nut brown air.
loin or brace OF canvas backs.


The charm OF good housekeeping i.
the order Of economy and taste displayed
in attention to little things, and these
things have wonderful influence.


A dirty kitchen and bad cooking have
driven many n one from home to sesk
fo' comfort ard happiness somewhere
else.


Domestic economy is a science--a the
ory Ct lie which all sensible women
ought to study and practice. None Of
our excellent girls are Fl, to be married
until they are thoroughly educated in the
deep and profound mysteries Of the
kitchen.


See to it, all ye who are mothers, that
your daughters are all accomplished by
an experimental knowledge of good
Housekeeping.
Year: 1867

Owing to the sensational habitudes OF
the New York Herald, the statements Of
its correspondent, few days since, con-
cerning the condition of affairs throughout
the South. has not commanded the degree
of attention the subject merits. From a
more reliable source we have the following
terrible confirmation


Correspondence of the Cincinnati Enquirer.l


WAsHINGTON, Nov. !, 1867.


There is little doubt now, that the war
of races at the South, the inevitable result
Of the Radical policy, will be inaugurated
at an early day. The whole negro race at
the South have been corrupted by the
agents of the Freedman's Bureau; aud
they are now ready to so any lengths in
gaining possession of the lands aEd pre-
perty Of their former masters. They are
convinced that the only way to getthe land is
to kill the white people and this they are
determined to do. There is a widespread
organization, all over the South with this
bloody purpose in view. All the negroes
are armed, and they are banded together
in secret organizations. At given signal,
and on a preconcerted day, the work Of
massacre will simultaneously begin, all
over the South. The white people are rn-
armed, and completely defenceess. 1t was
part of the policy of Sheridan and Pope
and SickIes, that all the white people
should give up their arms. The only way
by which a massacre of the white people
can be prevented, is by the total disarma-
ment of the black savages. II this is not
instantly done, We may look out for a repe-
lition Of the bloody scenes of St. Domingo,
in every one OF the ten Southern States.


To this complexion have VIC been
brought at last by the Radical party. By
taking he negro out of his proper and
subordinate sphere. We have taught him
to despise labor. No negro at the South
now, a general rule, will work. By
giving them the right TO vote, and by max
ing them the equal of the whits man, We
haze led them on, until at last they are ripe
for general massacre of the white popu-
laIion. Thus our boasted "war for the
Union" has resulted in the extinction of
civilization in ten States. and in giving
over those Stnes TO all the horrors ofsnegro
domination.


There is one man. aud only one. who
81 prevent this horrible massacre; and
that is General o. o. Howard, chief of the
Freedman's Bureau. His influence over
the negroes ia uubounded Let him for
bid this bloody act. and instruct his subor-
groes of the consequence of such proceed
ing, and the negroes will abandon their
bloody design. lie; him fail to do this,
and all the blood which will be shed, will
! rest uron his head. Let him be made to
| answer for it
Year: 1867

Tie past year has been the most success
full in the history of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church in this county. Official re-
turns show the increase of members in the
various Conferences, during the past year,
to have been one hundred and ten thous-
aud There is large increase of scholars
in the Sunday Schools. the total of scholars
being over one million. The increase in
the value of church property is about seven
million dollars.
Year: 1867

While the National Government de-
mands a percentage on every mans income
"a share in the profits of every stroke Of
business-and must be paid for; all that
we are permitted to eat, drink or wear, the
State Government taxes US to an extent
never before known.
Year: 1867

A ridiculous story is currant that the
President and Gen. Grant have, through
the manipulation of Secretary Seward,
formed an alliance by which Grant is to
be supported by the administration as a
Conservative candidate for President, and
he in turn to secure johnson from impeach-
ment.
Year: 1867

Since the rain last week, says the Leba-
non Herald and Reg!st~r. of the Cd, our
farmers have been busily engaged in plow-
ing and sowing wheat. We think there
will be more ground put in wheat this win
ter than any time since the war. The
planters have found that cotton don't pay
and are going to drop it.
Year: 1867

Before trust my heart TO thee,
Or place my hand in thine,
Before let thy future give
Co or and form to mine,
Before l peril all for thee, question thy sonl


tonight for me-
break ali slighter bonds, nor feel
shadow of regret;
Is there one link within the past
That holds thy spirit yet!
Or is thy faith as clear and free rs that which


can pledge to thee.
Docs there within thy dimmest dreams
A possible future shine
Wherein thy ie could henceforth breathe,
Untouched; unshared by mne!
II so, at any pain or cost, oh tell me before all


is lost.
Look deeper STILL if thou canst feel
Within thy inmost soul,
That thou hast kept portion back,
While have staked the whole;
Let no false pity spare the blow, bnt in true
k--zaasss So re se
Is there within thy heart a need
That mine canno. fUliaR
One chord that any other hand
Could better wake or still2
Speak now lest at some futurs day my " hole


life Wither and decay.
LivCs there within thy nature hid
The demon spirit change,
Shedding passing glory still
On all things and strange
It may not be thy fault alone-but shield my


heart against thine own.
Could'st thou withdraw thy hand one day
And answer TO my claim,
That fate, and that days mistake,
Not thou had been to blame;
Some soothe their conscience thus. but thou, o


surely shou wilt warn me now
Nay, answer uOt-I dare not hear,
The words would come too late;
Yet I would spare thee all remorsc,
So comfort thee my fate;
Whatever on my heart may fall, remember


ac0ul3 risk it ali.


JENNIE.
T1Dow's RANcHE, Pulaski Nov. II, 1867.
Year: 1867

Two men recently died suddenly at a
Canadian tavern after drinking a cup of
cofee. The landlady called the police,
who suspected her of poisoning the men.
She protested she had not, and to prove
the harmlessness OF the coffee drank a
cup herself, when she also tell down dead.
An examination of the coffee pot showed
that bunch Of matches had been boiling
with the coffee.
Year: 1867

Abiding 10 the recent interview between
Radical Congressman and Grant. the
Memphis appeal says


The fact that Radical Congressman
went to the General in Chief to ask his
opinion of the President, is significant OF
the designs of the Radical party. They
have used every kind of hocus pocus pro-
cess to control the military power Of the
country in their revolutionary designs
Without it they know they must fail in
their atrocious policy. If General Grant
would declare his disaPprObation Of their
schemes in distinct and positive terms.
there would be no Radical party. We
know this is a humiIiating condition of
affairs. But so it is. It only imposes the
hig-er responsibility upon this one man.
not to make his power subserVient to his
ambition. To be equivocal or even reti-
cent, under such circumstances, can net be
reconciled with his duty to the country.
Year: 1867

Dan Rice is said, on one occasion,
to have remitted in the settlement
of an account with newspaper out
West, three dollar bill, which was
returned endorsed, This note is
counterfeit Please send another. =
1t was two months before Dan re-
piled, and he apologized for the de.
lay by saying that he had been una
bic until now to get another counter
felt three dollar bill, but he hoped
the one lie now enclosed would suit,
protesting, at the same time, his ina
bility to discover what ehjection
there was TO the other, which he
thought as good counterfeit as Le
ever saw
Year: 1867

The most reluctant slave to vice
we ever saw was a poor fellow who
had his fingers in one.


Silence is the safest response for
all the contradiction that arises from
impertinence, vulgarity or envy,


There is one advantage in being
a blockhead-you are never attacked
with low spirits or apoplexy. The
moment man can worry he ceases
to be fool.


Morality without religion is only
a kind of dead-reckoning--an endeav-
or to find our place on cloudy sea
by measuring the distance we have
run, without any observation OF thu
heavenly bodies. rfa
Year: 1867

The N. Y. Tribune speaks Of lecture recent
ly delivered in New York city before the Asso-
citation for the Advancement of Science. We
are glad the resources of our State are begin
ming to arrest the attention of distant observ-
erS We quote:
Year: 1867

the pulpit this<season, and the ladies are al
ready making extensive preparations in the
way Of bouquets aud slippers for the expected
aspiran.s to ministsrial honora We wonder
very much what one Of those earnest. devoted
apostles Of the olden time would say II he
were to visit fashionable gospel establish
ment Of the present day ostenslbly devoted to
the worship Of God The wrath Of Moses,
when he came down from the mountain with
dancing around the golden calf, would be q
mild comparison with the spectacle Of the
wrath Of the evangelist
Year: 1867

INFLUENCE OF THE Moon UPON THE
WEATHER.-There is great variety Of
conflicting opinions upon this subject.
Some people lose all faith in the moon be-
cause it does not invariably bring them
clear weather just when they want it, and
refreshing showers when the drought has
become oppressive. Such lunacies cannot
be satisfied nor convinced that the fair
mistress of the night controls the clouds
and rains in great degree. The present
moist season proves nothing. The princi-
pal interruptions Of 1.-THE few bright days
or hours-have occurred near and upon
changes of the moon; but they rapidly
passed away, they did not continue long
enough to let us know that the moon had
made permanent change, but only told
us that she had laid her hand for little
while upon the storms, and held them in
check. But when at or near some future
change of the moon a permanent change
takes place, the clouds go away and stay
away for some considerable time, and the
sun rises and sets clear for some days, we
may look for continuance Of fair weather
until another rain, which will probably oc-
cur near a change of the moon.
Year: 1867

THE SOUTHERN OPIsIoN.-The commit
tees to make the awards for the prize
poems of The Southern Opinion are an
nounced in our columns this morning. The
manuscripts have been handed in for ex-
animation and decision, and it is under
stood that the awards will be published as
soon as decided.
Year: 1867

The festivity was kept up with unwa-
vering interest and increasing enjoyment
until an early hour yesterday morning,
when gray streak in the eastern sky
warned the jewellers that they must cease
their merriment. In q few moments the
ballroom was empty, and few torn
shreds and many portions Of destroyed
masks scattered about upon the floor were
the only relics left of this most brilliant
affair.
Year: 1867

We commend to the careful and
candid consideration of our readers
the admirable letter of the Hon. b. I'll.
Bigham, which We publish to-day.
The calm yet forcible manner in which
he maintains the cause of reconstruc-
ton, is in admirable contrast to the
yituperation and abuse which consti-
tute the staple of the arguments Of
those who maintain opposite opinions
on this important subject.


To men like Judge Bigham, who
have heretofore been honored by the
people in offices of high trust and
honor, and now have nothing to ex-
pcct personally by the adoption OF
the terms which they advocate, no
other than the most mseltish and
patriotic motives can be attributed.
Such men, however reluctant to en-
counter the storm. of Misrepresentation
and slander that is sure to pour down
upon all those who dare to differ from
the rampant and raging champions
of anarchy, vet feel themselves forced
by an imperative sense OF duty to
their fellow citizens, to endeavor to
turn them into the path that leads to
safety and prosperity. We hope the
time is at hand when the voices of
many more men Of practical sense,
experience and wisdom will be heard
in our State--men who are not to be
borne down by the insane clamors OF
the violent, or daunted by unmeaning
nni+ho+-
Year: 1867

authority to district the. State, giving
to those counties that have the re-
quisitc number of registered voters,
one or two members, and throwing
together two or more counties which
singly may fall short of the number.
The data for any calculations are
very imperfect, but we suppose that
the number of voters in Georgia will
be nearly doubled by the addition of
the colored citizens if so, the repre-
sentation in the Convention will be
at the rate of one delegate to about
twelve hundred voters.


There are other important points
to be settled and arrangements made
between this time and the election,
but we throw together these, to show
that the work of reconstruction is
hardly commenced by registration,
and that vast amount of labor has
to be performed, even when registra-
tion is closed.
Year: 1867

RlcHMoND, August ~. -Ex-Governor
Wise delivered an address to day at the
Washington and Henry Academy. He
said: We all now owed national allegiance
to our country, and any oath to support
was a violation Of That constitution.
There is now bcing made an effort to
make white frecmeu South subject to
the domination Of black freedmen.
Against this VIC must appeal 10 The
white masses Of the North, who will not
permit sacrifice Of natures laws 10
political prejudice. The whites Of New
England, the Middle States aud Europe
must not be kept out Of the South by
black r;!lc., This is a white mans
laud, and must be kept open for thc
whites. He said that to avoid the nn-
tional dishonor Of reputation, the in
tercst on the national bonds must be
reduced to four and half per cent.
That interest taxed. aud the whole debt
consolidated, the rich would stop hoard
ing bonds. He urged his audience to
renew their allegiance to their country,
and never desert the constitution. To
preserve the purity Of their race and
blood, aud labor increasingly to live in
peace and plenty.
Year: 1867

1t is the deliberate purpose, says the
Montgomery 1drertiser, Of the people
of Alabama to push forward the work
of reconstruction until it reaches a
point of complete success. This pur-
pose becomes firmer and more deter
mined every day. The people arc not
only ANXIOUS for a settlement OF our
political troubles, but they are resolved
to have it. Success is already not only
fully assured, but there is a growing
increase in the number of those who
are to consummate the work. OF this
we see striking evidences daily. Nor
is this to be wondered at. Indeed it
would be very surprising if it were
otherwise. People who reflect upon
this subject, and keep themselves free
from passion and party rancor, will
have no difficulty i'll reaching proper
conclusion in regard to it. The case
is perfectly plain. Political tranquil
ity in the country is matter of abso-
lutte necessity. We are now at the
mercy of an angry tempest. Life and
property are quivering before a mighty
whirlwind, and if it be not speedily
arrested, no one can tell who or what
may be carried away in its devastating
sweep.


This being the actual condition Of
things, people will very naturally be
induced to reject Sclf-intcrcst will
induce men to consider. and consider
seriously, what is best to be done ut
such Il time. There will be nothing
but instability and distrust as long as
these ten States arc held in their
present anomalous conditions. They
are neither in the Union nor out Of
it. AS political communities, they arc
neither dead nor alive. Their pre-
else relation to each other and to the
Union is inde8cribablc But, how
ever difficult it may be to define their
real status, there is not the least diff
Guilty in comprehending the necessity
| for relief from the discouragemcnts
and troubles that arc inseparably
associated with our present situation.
To remain as we are, is to bring upon
ourselves certain ruin.


People see this and, at the same
ltime, they see there is but one mode
of escape. That mode is to seek out
the path which leads most directly
into the Union. A short and easy
one is found in the pending recon
struction plan. This is manifest to
all who are not blinded by intempcr-
ate partizanship. But the masses OF
the people arc not partizans, and
hence it is that they are rallying in
almost solid phalanX to the standard
Of reconstruction.
Year: 1867

Reconstruction III accordance with
the laws Of Congress.


The equal political and legal rights
Of all citizens of the United States,
except those who have been convicted
OF crime, or those who have vol
unfairly attempted to destroy the
Government


The enactment Of State laws for tho
inauguration and support Of a system
Of common schools.


The elevation Of labor, and the pas
rage Of such laws as will protect the
toiling masses Of society in their just
and legal rights.