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Year: 1867

The cost of protecting the lives and
liberties of the lOYalists of the South,
has been comparatively trihing. The
number Ofs0ldiers on duty in the South
does not exceed a full corps Of the late
army Of the Potomac. The total ez-
penses of our military establishment
for the present year will probably not
exceed $25, ,000, 900, and only about one
half of this sum may be credited to the
South Deducting from this, say two
millions, for ordinary expenses, will
leave about ten millions for eZpendi-
lures on reconstruction. This expen-
diture Is certainly not large, consider
ing the magnitude Of the work to be
done. It is necessary and it will be ben
ficial Ii is a part Of the price we are
paying for thirty years of Democratic
supremacy. 1t is the tail end Of the
cost of a Democratic rebellion. Let
US reconstruct the Government so that
the bitter cup may never again be pre-
sented to our lips.-ToJedo Blade.
Year: 1867

Do RIaHr.-Find out what is right
and then act it out and leave the result
to God. DO not be afraid that any evil
can possibly come of your doing right
either to yourself or country.
Year: 1867

Inc immense size, weight and clum.
Sy make Of the hoes and other imple.
ments used by the slaves on Southern
plantations, were long a subject of
marvel to travellers. 1t has, however.
become Il well ascertained fact that
intelligent farm laborers work better
with lighter utensils A welI-cducated
and very handy man can do more
work with light shovel than great
clown with heavy one. This sub.
Ject has been we'll discussed, as fol-
lows:


Now if the error was confined wholly
to the use ofheavy implements, handled
by the man himself, then he alone
could suffer by q useless outlay of
strength; but it is not so, because, as q
general thing, farm carts and wagons
are much too heavy. Most of them
are OF sufficient weight to hold up
thrice the burden that any common
team should draw. Many horses and
oxen are injured annually by this de-
tect; for 1t is apt to be the case that
farmers are governed more by what
their wagon will hold up, when putting
on lead, than they are by what their
teams should be allowed to draw
There are, Of course, cases in which it
is necessary to have a heavy cart or
wagon, where large loads are to be
drawn by very heavy or double teams;
but in no case is it necessary to have
a cart-tongue SO bunglod and heavy
that one man is hardly able to lift it
into the yoke ring.


1t is our opinion that more labor
can be performed on farm in a dav
with a light wagon, and the drawing
Of light and frequent loads, than can
be done with heavy wagon and the
drawing Of large loads, and there is
certainly much less outlay of muscular
power by both man and beast. Wherev-
er man is found that daily exerts the
strength of his team to the uttermost.
is surely to be found one that is con.
stantly perpleXed with breakage, and
the owner Of jadcd team Farmers,
use light and durable vehicles. and
there will be less wear and tear and
more accomplished.
Year: 1867

New ORLEANS, La, March %, 1857.
WIN. H G KING Editor Of the New Orleans Tnses, New


Orleans, La -


DEAR sia-You have done me the honor to caI for
my opinion relative TO the action Of the South under the
Military bill Having seldom taken part in politics,
do not feel well qualified TO advise momentous
question Nevertheless the desire to obtain my
views has been manifested from various quarters
shall not shrink from the responsibility Of expressing
them in the hope that they may tend quiet the pub
lie mind, so justly alarmed at this moment In my
humble opinion, we have but OF two things to do
fully exhausted condition Four years Of desperate
war have taught us that the argument OF the
sword can no longer be resorted to by us to
redress grievances We must therefore, submit;
but with that calm dignity becoming our manhood and
lost independence Having been overpowered in the


late struggle submit to the harsh and ungenerous
must adopt the least Of two evils futile resistance
would only rivets to be driven Closer must
then acquiesce or leave the country But love too
dearly the land Of our birth TO abandon IL in its hour of
severest trial. We should avoid also bringing IT, by
internal dssensons 70 the condition Of poor Mexico and
the unf0rtunae South American republics With regard
70 the suffrage OF the freedmen, however Objectionable
II may be d present. is element Of strength for tho
future II properly handled and directed shall defeat
our adversares with their own weapons The negro is
Southern horn; with little education and properly
qualifications he be made TO take sufficient interest
in the Affairs and prosperity Of the South insnrc m
Intelligent vote ON his part In our future political
tsss with the Norh on protective tari Internal I'M
pr0vements &C. the freedmen OF the South will side with
the whites OF the South and Of the West and they will
thus contribute give back the influence formerly
hadbn the councils Of the nation Our people should
understand that the radicals remain In power only
30 long AZ the public excitement Ia kept up; with tho
turbd waters OF the Mississippi river the sedmentary
particles are kept up at the surface only long the
notion the instant the checked
those particles fall to the bottom. Thus will IL be with
the radicals when peace and quiet restored TO
the country The conservatives win then take the rens
in their hands, and the constitutional laws OF the
fully. - - ~ 6. T. BEAGREcARD b.
Year: 1867

NEW OhLEANs, MhTCn lo, 1881.


As have never applied myself 70 politics, l cannot
claim TO speak TO the wise statesmen Of the country
who devotng their energies the solution OF the
problem which agitaaes the public mind. can only
speak the pain honest convictions Of soldier II can
hardly be necessary at this late day. to enter into dis
cusson Of matters that usually brought up in argu
ing upon the proposed plan for reconstrucng the
ernment Indeed think that many OF them
are not pertinent to the question. The striking
feature and the one that our people should
keep in view, Is that we are conquered people.
Recognizing this fact fairly aud squarely,
there is but one course left for wise men
TO pursue, and that s TO accept the that
offered US by the conquerors There be discredt
to conquered people for accepting the conditions
offered by their conquerors Is there any occasion
for feeling OF humiliation. We made an honest and
hope may say credtable fght but we lost. Let US
come forward, then, and accept the ends involved in
the struggle Our people earnestly desire that the con-
sttutonal government shall be reestabshed and tho
only means to accomplish this is to comply with the
requirements Of the recent Congressional legislation II
is said by some that Congress will not receive US even
after we have complied with their conditions, but can
find sufficient for entertaining this proposition
for moment cannot admit that the representative
men of great nation cood make such pledge IN bad
faith Admitting, however that there Is such mental
reservation that be any for US in failing 70
discharge dutya Let s accept the terms o. We are
IN duty bound 70 Gv aud II there Is good faith
let It be upon others Very respectfully your obedent
servant JAMES LONGSTREET.
Year: 1867

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Year: 1867

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Year: 1867

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Year: 1867




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Year: 1867

heartily agrees with its policy, aud feels
the necessity of its aseendency. Gener-
al Grant has not yet publicly expressed
himself upon this point, although all his
actions show his general sympathy with
that party. 1t is, therefore, premature
both to insist that he must be the can
didate and that under no circumstances
can he or ought he to be the candidate.


If Genoral Grant would like to have
the nomination of both parties or if he
would prefer to be nominated without
expressing himself more plainly, then


we should say that he certainly could


not be and should not be the Republican
candidate and we greatly miscouceive
General Grant himself if he expects the
Republican nomination upon such terms


He knows of course, that the party which
is as sure as anything political can be to
elect its candidate will not nominate in
the dark or for luck. He also knows,
probably, that under the circumstances
he could not be nominated by the Dem
ocrats. Would he then be likely to suc>
coed upon peoples nomination ?" We
think certainly not, because we 90 not
believe that he would as third candi-
date seriously reduce the Republican
vote. Meanwhile we repeat that the i'm
portant consideration in tho Presidential
campai9n is the continued dominance of
the Republican party.-Harpers Weekly.
Year: 1867

Animal matter contains every elemen t
that is necessary to grow every pant known,
In it are phospate and car onate of lime
ammonia, carbon in short in the best form
all the essentials of vegetable growth
Whenever fowl, cat, dog, sheep, pig,
horse or COW dies, let the carcass be cut
up and added to the manure heap. The
carcass of single horse will turn loads
of useless muck or peat into manure, rich
er than any ordinary barn yard dung
Why then suffer it to decay useless and
annoyingly? 1t is true it is not lost, for
the gases that.tant the air are appropri-
ated by plants; but the farmer who own )
cd the animul gets but small portion of
what should be all his own. Why will
we waste the dead energies of the horse,
when he has lost the living ones?


If our readers will heed what we say,
they will notbuffer dead animals to annoy
the eye and disgust the nose hereafter
Bury them in the manure heap; ada some
quick lime to hasten decay, and charcoal
dust or plaster to absorb the gasses, and
much will be-gained in the good appear
ancc of the farm and in the quality Of the
manure. Ifyour neighbor beso improv-
ident-as to waste a dead animal, beg it
of him, that it may not be detrimental to
health and useless vegetation. Laws
should be passed to compel the saving of
this most powerful of fertilizers, when
common sense and decency fail to do it..
Whenoyer it is desirable to hasten de>
cay, and rapidly turn animal matter into
manure, sulphuric acid may be used. =
This would be too expensive (although
the acid is cheap for farm purposes, but
may be employed ssfor the garden, where
expenses is not so important. 1t is fre>
quently desirable to have rich manure
in the garden, and it is not at hand. An>
imal matter put into sulphusic acid will
in few hours furnish it. Every house
will supply much refuse animal matter.
To this, rats, mice, feathers, hair, bones,
horns, &C., may be added. If the garb-
age of slaughter house can be got it
should be. All these will soon be re-
duced to an available state, be inoffen,
sive, and add great fertility to the soil
where used. The requisite quantity of
acid may be ascertained by experiment
about ten or fifteen pounds is usually
allowed for one hundred pounds of ami
NAL matter.
Year: 1867

What of General Grant on the 9th er
hand His statesmanlike letter will put
to eshame the persons and press who
have for several weeks been trying to fix
upon him, for their private purposes, tho
suspicion of foolishness equal to Mr..
Johnson's.


General Grants opinions on recon
struction are not secret. He has spo-
ken freely with many persons and
there was not the slightest occasion for
misrepresentation to which he has late
ly been subjected. He believes,that the
work of reconstruction ought, on every
account to be completed as quickly as
possible. He holds that the country is
seriously injured by the long delay which
has occurred. He thinks that military
rule over the South is not neatly so bad
or SO dangerous for the South as for the
country at large that, as he once put
it to friend ID conversation, it is just
as it was with slavery, which, though it
was hurtful and mischievous to all, was
far more injurious to the master than to
the slave Grant holds that the Con-
gressional policy, when it was declared,
should have been carried into effect at
once that all opposition to it ought to
be discouraged and that it is expedi~
ent to that end that all parts Of the
Government should appear to be cordi-
ally united in carrying it out, to the end
that the whole country may, as speedily
as possible, be placed under the peace-
full Supremacy of the Constitution, and
all parts be represented in Congress.


Now in this faith Grant has the greats
er part of the Republican party with
him. And is not, of course, favored by
the persons who desire to. keep the coun-
try in turmoil, who wish still further
to delay the work of reconstruction, who
insist on confiscation, etc.


| But grant has with him, in his be-
half, the greater part of the Republican
party, which earnestly desires the COM
pletion of the work of reconstruction, and
he has with him also considerable part
Year: 1867

1t is of Importance, as. placing Grant
before the country in his true light as
the earnest and reliable adherent OF
the Congressional policy of roconstruc-
tion and as :he determined opponent of
the reactionary policy upon which John
son has been bent. His lanuagge is SO
plain, so forclble and so straight to the
point as to leave no room for bubble as
to his opinions He takes issue boldly
and openly with the President by say,
ing that the removal of Sheridan "will
be regarded as an effort to defeat the
laws of Congress" which we take to be
about as direct an imitation of what he
thinks Of Johnson's course as he could
we'll give.
Year: 1867




-Amoung the antiquated laws and
customs of some Of the smaller German
States, which will be abolished on their
annexation to Prussia, not the least
curious are those relating to marriage
In Electoral IIesse no man was allowed
to marry if under twenty-five and no
woman if under eighteen. The result of
this somewhat severe law was, that while
in other countries girls try to make peo>
pie believe they are "sweet seventeen"
for many years after they have left school,
the Hessian young ladies often declare
themselves to be eighteen yeare old long
before they have reached that age. The
Prussian authorities, however will change
all that, the law of Prussia making the
minimum manageable age eighteen for
a man and fourteen for woman. In
Wurtemburg men are not allowed to
marry under twenty-five, except by
special dispensation. A curious law,
said to date from the Vbigoths, also
exists in that country, forbidding any
woman to marry man twelve years
Younger than herself. In other German
States similar anomalies occur. Thus,
in Saxony, the minimum manageable
age for man is twenty>one for wo-
man there is no restriction. In Aus
trian boy of fourteen may marry a girl
of twelve while in Baden marriages
where the bride groom is under twenty
FIVE or the bride under eighteen, are not
allowed unless sanctioned by the police
authorities.
Year: 1867

From the Chrago Tribune.


The letter written BY General Grant
to the President protesting against the
removal Of General Sheridan is publish
ed. 1t is not too much to say that this
noble document anticipated every argu-
ment which has been urged by the press
and people of the country against that
ill-advised step, aud that it presented
the reasons why that step should not be
taken in more pointed and concise terms
than have been employed by anybody
else. The uumistakable will OF the
people, the great services of Gen. Sher =
idan, the bad effect which his removal
would have on the unreconstructed ele-
ment of the South, the repeated ex-
preston of Gen. Thomas wish not to be
made the instrument of censuring Gen.
Sheridan, and the duty devolving upon
the President to execute the Recon
struction Law faithfully-are all point,
ed out in nervous language, which
leaves no doubt that General Grant was
deeply solicitious that the order should
not be insisted on. No one can read
the letter without feeling that the most
cruel injustice has been dore to the
great soldier, by those who have charg-
ed him with sympathizing with " An
drew Johnson's policy" There is not
a word which does not breathe the tras
est loyalty to the principles upon which
the rebellion was put down and the work
of reconstruction undertaken by Con.
gress. Above all, tho inj junction which
he gives to tho President, that this is a
republic in which the will Of the peo-
people, coRstitutionally expressed, is to
be obeyed, is most significant and hons
orable The capture of Lees army was
not a prouder addition to the wreath of
the Generals fame than this letter to a
faithless Executive.
Year: 1867

The earnest patriotic words of Grant
will convey comfort and encouragement
to every northern and national heart.
They are what the country expected of
him. and what she demands of every
true citizen in this hour.
Year: 1867

be copched in much stronger language
even than that used in relation to Sher>
idau, but for rea sons best known to him.
self, the President kept it from the pub
lice Grant stock is decidedly above
par today in Washington.
Year: 1867

The letter of General Grant is worthy
of the man. 1t dispels all doubt of his
position, touching the removal and it
effectually silence the clamors raised by
the Tribune as to Gen. Grants agency
in making the unfortunate substitution
of commanders.
Year: 1867

Such language from man of General
Grants equal mind and reticent hature
is of unmistakable import. \
The loyal masses will thank General
Grant for these words. We believe a
very short time will prove how truly he
has foresha1 lowed the effect of the Pres
dents renewed policy of obstruction.


The reply of the Presidents shows
how strongly he felt the effect of General
Grants protest, though determined to
disregard it. His chagrin crops out in
the intimation that he had not asked
for "a formal report" but only "vorbal
statement of the Generals views. A
verbal statement he coull have twisted
into anything to suit, with the aid of
the serviceable correspondents who are
instructed at the convenient periods to
seek an interview with him but a forN
NAL, written protest is as unmanageb le
as the truth and earnestness in which
General Grant has made it. 1t will
stand to condemn the President when its
foresight has been approved by events.
Year: 1867

be couched in much stronger language
even than that used in relation to Sher>
idan, but for rea sons best known to him.
self, the President kept it from the pub
lice Grant stock is decidedly above
par today in Washington.


From the Washington Chroniele


1t is easy to see now why the Presi-
dent was SO reluctant to let the letter
appear. The reasons are evidently ex,
actly those we have assigned. Mr.. Johns
son would far rather have submitted to
the extraction of one of his molars than
to have parted with this proof of Gen
.eral Grants full sympathy with the loyal
millions of his countrymen in his views
on reconstruction Think of Andrew
johnson claiming that Grant and him
self were in full accord on the great
questions of the day He would have
given much to have the people believe
SO until after the fall elections, but
truth cannot be always suppressed. X
& General Grant is known to
the people. He is knewn as patriot
as a soldier true to the cause he fought
for The country can no longer be de-
ceived as to his position 1t is as well
assured of his truth and patriotism as of
Andreww Johnson's falsehood and per-
fidy, and the latter can no more involve
him in his own deep disgrace by making
him member of his Cabinet than he
can elevate himself to the high station
which the General of the armies of the
Union holds in the grateful recollec-
tions of the American people.


[From the Chicago journal


But the main interest clusters about
Gen. Grants letter. His habitual reti>
cence gives place to positive and full
expression of Sheridan and his admin
istration. the authority Of Congress tho
duty of the president as a servant of the
people and of the unrecoustructed rebels.
The case has never been so we'll put by
any one else as by General Grant in this
concise and powerful protest-especially
the second paragraph. The Iong'drawn-
out petifogging of the President sounds
most pitiable by the side of it. A
stronger contrast is hardly conceivable.
Leaving Congress in its legislative and
judicial capacities to deal with the Pres
ident for daring to usurp reconstruction
powers expressly delegated to the Gen
erl Of the army, but wrested from him
by the superior force of the Commands
er>ia Chief, he sets forth with matchless
force the other objections to the reno,
val of General Sheridan. If Congress
goes with equal vigor to the rescue of
the Generals authority from PTosiden-
tial usurpation, it will bring A. j. to
terms without much delay. An aban-
donment of his present course of usurpr
alton, or impeachment will be the result
if Congress is only as true to its ohliga-
tions as General Grant was and is to his.


1t is to be hoped that the Phillipses,
Goologys aud Tiltons who have been
making war upon General Grant will
now be honorable enough to acknowl>
edge their error, or at least to cease their
calumRies.
Year: 1867

Conventions to draft constitutions To-


yhe acceptance of their respective states
are now IN session at Richmond, Va,
Atlanta, Ga. and New Orleans, La.


There have been fears expressed tina:
these conventions wouid be too radical,
out their actions show that such fear.
were ungroundad. The delegates show
extreme moderation and they certainly
demand nothing from the late rebels
which is not Just and humane. There
seems to be q desire on the part Of many
10 secure a proviso that after the 18th OF
July, 1870, no person. either white or
black, shall be allowed to vote who can
not read the constitution and at least
write his own name. This we think is
eminentiy sound First, because we like
the principle and would like TO see II
adopted everywhere, and second because
it would exclude mere voting cattle and
give only men OF intelligence this great
power But at the same time that we
think such measures are good for the
South we think they are just as whole


some for the North II ignorant people
are not capable of discerning what is
right, in one place, they certainly are
not in another An exchange
speaking on this subject says
some of our wisest statesmen think that