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Year: 1866

to see that the Governor Is In favor of ad- !
mitting negro testimony. The President is
and his views are as have expressed them
cannot see why your people should not
better their condition by admitting ne
gro testimony; for fy admitting this tes-s
timony they would do away with a great
deal of trouble which, one day, sooner or
later, they will have to do away with
I will candidly admit the Freedmen's Bu-
raau is a nuisance, and will lead TO much
harm, injury and expense, both to the North
and the South, negro and white, if it is not
abolished So long as it is in operation the
negro has every inducement not to work,
to crafty his passions, and produce mischief;
for he knows that the government viii feed
him and clothe him and so long as this is
the case, he cares for nothing else, The Pre-
sident is doing all he can, and that va,y fast, to
abolish it, Vast reductions have already been
made, and greater one will soon be made
The thing can not be abolished at the stroke Of
pen. but must be done gradually. A great
many complaints have been made against its
officers, and with great justice. 1t seems to
me that they have lost their senses, Judging
am very certain that the President has made
no promises which he has not fulfilled; and
if you think he has, let me know them and
will explain them. The President did not
say that the troops would be withdrawn as
soon as the Governor was inaugurated; but
hot hay he n Of he
first practicable moment The troops were,
and still are, kept more to protect the whites
than the blacks, and to accustOm the people
to the new order of things, which are the
necessary results of the war. And, again,
the troops are kept for purpose foreign to


what most people think them kept. You see


that they are being relieved now very fast.


You seem to imagine that the President viii


be swayed by Congress. Let me tell you
that you could not be more mistaken. No
matter what Congress may do or think, he
lciH do arhat he thinks Is right; and as he was


never known to give way, it is now rather
late in the day for him to commence. He is
fighting Congress daily, and l am surprised


that you do not see it. Look at the Trades


upon TRADES that are made against him in
| Congress because he opposes the fanatics of


the Sumner, Wade and Stevens schools. If
it had not been for him you would have gone


to the devil long ago. He stands upon the
constitution, and he Will die sooner than
yield to what he believes is not right You
little imagine how hard he is working for
you, and he is gaining more friends daily
Year: 1866

There is no one OF the President $ positions
more utterly fallacious and fraught with evi
consequences than his assumption that the
old form of swearing to support the constitu-
tion is sufficient test of loyalty on the part
ofthe rebels. The Chicago 7Tibune's Wash
ington dispatch Of the 9th says:


The President last night in response to the
direct question of several Congressman, de-
clared that he was opposed to all constitution
oil amendments until Southern members were
in their seats and so the South could have a
voice in the matter He said the question Of
representation was a small matter, and that
the North could we'll afford to overlook the
two ffths advantage which the South now
have, because emigration and kindred causes
would soon remedy it without legislation. If
the matter must be changed at all, he was ia
favor of making the voting population the
basis. He then asked how they proposed to
get an amendment through in the South? The
reply was. in the same way, Mr.. President,
that you got the constitutional amendment
through by little Presidential pressure. Mr..
johnson replied that he saw no similarity in
the two cases. In regard to the test oath he
said he was inclined to think the old form of
swearing to support the Constitution was
sufficient test of loyalty.


That is merely an iteration of sentiments
be bad previously expressed


1t is difficult for us to conceive how Presi-
dent johnson can say this. He wasin the Sen
ate of the United States when the tide of Sc
cession sat in. He saw the Catalnes Of that
body, who had npon their souls the burden of
an oath % support The constitution, meet in
secret caaa.s plotting the overthrow of the
country. lie cav them at last trampling un-
der foot taat oath and turning away to invoke
battle to destroy the constitution aud govern.
meut they had repeatedly sworn to defend.
lie saw a cabinet, similarly pledged, spurning
the sanctity of their oaths, and working night
and day in tue interests Of traitors. He saw
President, bound By pledge his lips had
sealed, to support protect, and defend the
constitution and the union Of the States, sit
calmly still and see the work OF treason 60 on
by the agents he had himself appointed. An
war and he saw with what recklessness rebels
dsregarded their oaths He saw men one
day swear to take up arms no more, aud on
The morrow be found in guerrilla bands He
saw whole section of country where all the
i,Ials we're at least morrAly perjured, and
be claims that the mere lip service, the oaths
hat these men take are sufficient tests of their
ioyalty-are all the protection government
needs against the treason of proven traitors
1t will be long ere Union men throughout the
country will support that position.
Year: 1866

A STEWART has taken into partner
"a ship l.. NJ DEAN and hereafter will carry on
the Boot and shoe business under the Of Stewart
Dean. Mr.. stesAt ms many thanks to the pub
c Tor the very liberal patronsgs he has received and
asks continuance of the same to the new firm They
will be found ready at all times wait all who may
favor them with call


All persons indebted 70 will please call and settle
their accounts. A. STEWART


mchl div
Year: 1866

NEW YORK, Feb lU.-The Commercial
says. Extreme dullness continues TO be
the prey ailing feature III finance afairs
The uncertainty az to the result OF the
deliberations OF Congress on the Finance
Bill and the apprehension OF an unsettled
condition Of the money market and OF
values during the execution oi The pro
posed measures OF the Secretary OF the
Treasury produced general disposition
to avoid contracts extending into the tu'
ture.


The stock market exhibits u slight i'm.
provement upon yesterday, the improved
returns made by some of the roads and
the oveT.sold coalition of markets has
impaired a firm tone prices and some
of the leading stocks are talc higher
The general tone of the market is deCi.
dedly frmeT than a week ago How far
the improvement will be extended must
depend very much upon the future earn
Jugs of the roads Governments are dull
but firm The prospect OF a steady aP.
probation of thel government credit
gives this class OF securies trmness eX'
hibited by almost no other The street
demand for money is quite moderate
and the rate on call loans continues at
1 per cent as the rule with exceptions at
per cent Discounts are quiet; prime
paper is discounted at 7a74c per cent
good money at Sa9c lower grades l0alJ
per cent Gold is easier The bearish
tendency of the market appears 10 have
brought out a certain amount from
boards, and the market is more amply
supplied One broker sold yesterday
about one million dollars who had pre-.
viously been a heavy buyer Today
gold is loaned readily at tat per cent
per day. The price touched l&-s during
the morning
Year: 1866




The President has signed the resolution, recently
passed by Congress- returning the thanks of the na-
tion to General Winfield S. Hancock for gallant and
meritorious service 1.-THE battle of Gettysburg This
recognition of his brave deeds appears to have been
richly deserved In the report of that terrible con-
"ict which has been made by the Committee on the
Conduct of the War, it appears that after the death
Of General Reynolds, General Hancock was sent to
the front to the command vacated by that sad
occurrence. Subsequently, he commanded what was
termed the left centre consisting of the st I'd and Sd
Corps, upon which the enemy concentrated, on the
afternoon of the third day Of the battle terrific fire
from one hundred and twenty pieces of artillery. In
General Hancock's testimony he gives the following
description of this memorable attack:


The cannonade continued for probably an hour
and half. The enemy then made an assault at
the end Of that time; it very formidable assault
and made. should judge, with about eighteen thou
sand infantry. When the colunnS OF the enemy ap-
peared, il looked as il they were going to attack
the centre or our line, but after marching straight
outs little distance, they seemed to incline little
to their left. as if their object to march through
my command and seize Cemetery Hill which have
doubt was their intention. They attacked with
wonderful spirit nothing could have been more spr-
lted The shock Of the assault fell upon the ID and
Sd divisions OF the I'd Corps, and those were the
troops assisted by small brigade of Vermont troops
together with the artillery of our line. which fired
from Round Top to Cemetery Hill at the enemy all
the way as they advanced whenever they had an op-
pOrtunity. Those the trOOr5 that really met
the assault. No aoabt there were other troops that
hPeda little, but those were the troops that really
withstood the shock OF the assault and repused it.


The attack Of the enemy was met by about six
small brigades of our troops and was finally re-
pulsed after terrific contest at very close quarters
in which troops took about thirty forty colors
and some 1909 or 5000 prisners with great loss to
the enemy il killed and wounded. The repuse was
most signal one, and that decided the battle and
was practically the end of the fight was wounded
at the close OF the assault and thus ended my opera
tions with the army for that campaign"


He stated the following interesting fact in reference
to this terrible cannonado, at subsequent stage of
his examination


Question. Was there ever, in any battle of which
thanip that battle! ''' 80


Answer. doubt whether there has ever been
more concentrated upon an equal space, and opening
at one time. think there has been more artillery
engaged in many battles but do not believe there has
been more upon both sides concentrated on an equal
SDace.N
Year: 1866

COMPLETE CLOTHING HoUsE.-We take great
pleasure in calling the attention of readers to the
conspicuous advertisement of Messrs. Smith Bros.
Il Co.. No. 40 West Baltimore street. We speak what
we know when we say their present stock Of clothing
cannot be excelled. We commend this firm to the
favorable notice of ell who may want goods in their
line. They sell at small profits. and deaf On the
square with everybody.
Year: 1866

We hope we do not violate confidence in
stating fact to the honor of a New York
merchant, which, though private transac-
tion, ought to be known. Our fellow-citi-
zen, Mr. Cyrus W. Field, whose name will
always be connected with the Atlantic Tele-
graph, has twice nearly ruined himself by
his devotion to that enterprise. Though a
man of independent fortune when he began,
he embarked in it so large portion of his
capital as nearly to make shipwreck of the
whole. While in England, engaged in the
expedition of 1857, financial storm swept
over this country and his house suspended,
but on his return he asked only for time,
and paid all in full with interests. But the
stoppage was heavy blow, and being fol-
lowed by fire in 1852 which burned his
store to the ground, and by the panic of De-
cember, 1860, just before the breaking out of
the war, he was finally obliged to compro-
mise with his creditors. Thus released, he
he has at last carried through. The sue
cess of the Atlantic Telegraph, we are happy
to learn, has brought back a portion of his
lost wealth, and his first care has been to
make good all losses to others. He has adj
dressed a letter to every creditor who suffer
ed by the failure of his house in 1860, re-
uuesting him to send statement of the
amount compromised, adding the interest
for nearly six years. and as fast as presented
returns a check in full The whole amount
will be about 100000. Such fact, howev-
er he may wish to keep it secret, ought to be
known to his honor and to the honor of the
merchants of New York.
Year: 1866

An Act to regulate the Transportation of Nitro


Glycerine, or Glynoin Oil, and other Substances


therein named


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That hereafter it shall not be
lawful to transport carry or convey, Ship deliver
on board, cause to be delivered on board the
substance or article known or designated as nitro
glycerine, or glynoin oil, ntroIeum, or blasting
oil, or nitrated oil, or powder mixed with any
oil, or fibre saturated with any such Tarticle1 or
substance upon or in any slip, steamship, steam
boat, vessel, car, wagon or other vehicle, used
employed in transporting passengers by land or
water between place or places in any foreign
country and place or places within the limits of
any State territory, distict of the United States
or between place in one State, territory, or dis
trict of the United States, and place in any
other State, territory district thereof and any
person, company, or corporation who shall know
ingly violate the provisions of this section shall
be liable to a fine of not less than one thousand
nor more than ten thousand dollars, at the dis
cretion of the court, one half to the use Of the
infOrmer


Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That In case
the death of any person shall be caused, directly
or indirectly, by an explosion of any quantity of
the same is being placed upon or in any such ship
steamship, steamboat vessel car, wagon, or other
vehicle, to be transported, carried, or conveyed
thereon or therein in violation of the foregoing
section, or while the same is being SO transported,
carried, or conveyed, or while the same is being
vessel, car wagon, or other vehicle, every person
who knowingly placed or aided, or permitted the
placing of the said substance upon or in such
or other vehicle, to be so transported carried, or
conveyed, shall be deemed guilty of manslaughter,
and on conviction thereof shall suffer impTison-
mcnt for a period not less than two years.


SEC. 8. And be it further enacted, That IL shall
not be lawful to ship, send, or forward any guam
port, convey, carry the same by ship. boat,
vessel, vehicle, or conveyance of any description,
upon land or water, between place in foreign
between place in State, territory or district
of the United States, and place in any other
State, territory, or district thereof; uu1ess the
same shall be securely enclosed, deposited or
packed in a metallic vessel surrounded by plaster
of paris, or other material that will be non-ex-
plosiye when saturated with such oil OF substance,
and separate from all other substances, and the
outside of the package containing the same, be
marked, printed, or labelled in a conspicuous
manner with the words "Nitro-G Glyeerfne, Danger
Gus :" aud any person, company, or corporation,
who shall knowingly violate the provisions Of
this section, shall be liable to . fine OF not lesS
Year: 1866

oflongitude as now required by law: And provided
further, that said company shall connect their
line of railroad and telegraph with the Union
Pacific railroad, but not at point more than fifty
miles westwardly from the meridian of Denver in
Colorado.


Sec 2. And be it further enacted, That the Union
Pacific Railroad Company, with the consent and
approval of 1.-THE Secretary of the Interior, are
hereby authorized to locate, construct, and con-
tinue their road from Omaha in Nebraska Terri
tory, westward, according to the best and most
practicable route, and without reference to the
initial point on the one hundredth meridian of
west longitude, as now provided by law, in con-
tinuous completed line, until they shall meet and
connect with the Central Pacific Railroad Com
pany of California; and the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company of California, with the consent and
approval of the Secretary of the Interior, are
hereby authorized to locate, construct, and con-
tinue their road eastward, in a continuous COM
peted line, until they shall meet and connect with
the Union Pacific Railroad Provided. That each
of the above-named companies shall have the
right, when the nature of the work to be done, by
reason of deep cuts and tunnels, shall for the ex
peditious construction of the Pacific railroad
require it, to work for an extent of not to exceed
three hundred miles in advance of their continu-
ons completed lines


Approved, July 8, 1866.
Year: 1866

An Act to amend Act entitled can Act to


amend an Act entitled AN Act to aid in the


Construction of Railroad and Telegraph Line


from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean,


and to secure to the Government the Use of the


same for Postal, Military, and other Purposes,


approved July 1, 1862, approved July 2, 1854


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That the Union Pacific Rail-
way Company, eastern division, is hereby author,
lied to designate the general route of their said
law, at any time before the first day of December,
eighteen hundred and sixty and upon the
of said road, the lands along the line thereof SO
far as the be designated, shall be reserved
from sale by order of the Secretary of the


Provided, That said company shall be entitled TO
only the same amount of United States bonds
to aid in the construction of their line OF railroad
to if they had connected their said line with the
Union Pacific railroad on the one hundreth degree
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-An ex-oficer of
the Freedmen's Bureau, who has just return
ed to this city on trip through the north
ern part of Virginia, reports that the noun
famous region, including the towns ofLynch-
burg, Lexington, Staunton, &c, is bitterly
hostile to the black man and the white Uni
onists. The latter are slowly selling out their
real estate and moving northward. 1t is
with the utmost difficulty and in spite of
bitter opposition from the people of all that
section of the country that colored schools
are established there The following judicial
decision, just given in Lexington reveals the
feeling of even the best class of the whites
toward the negroes.


A few weeks since, respectable black
man walking homeward just at dark saw
young man, who turned out to be one of the
students of Gen. Lees College, talking with
a colored girl Thinking he probably meant
to accomplish her ruin, the black man stood
still moment to watch. The student, no
ticing that he stopped, ordered him to move
on. The negro remaining quiet, the student
with threat renewed his order, to which the
black man replied that he thought he had
right to stand on the sidewalk. The stu
dent rushed into building close by, where
some of his classmates roomed, and demand
ed pistol. When summoned to give their
evidence at the trial, the students testified
that they asked him what he wanted pis-
tol tor, and he replied, ITO shoot negro
with who insulted me-" They advised him
to take club and knock him down but on
his refusal to take the club, one of them
handed him a revolver. He immediately
returned to the street but the negro had gone.
Ascertaining the direction from the girl, he
went after him, shot him through, and then
returned to his associates.


The negro died before morning, but he
lived long enough to testify against his MUIR
derer On the trial the pistol was produced
and all the facts proved The Judge, after
hearing all the testimony, including the
statement of the student himself, decided
that the laws of Virginia have always recog-
nlzed the difference between the white man
and the black that a white man may pro-
tect himself from negro insults that though
the deed was clearly proved, it was the re-
suit of the insult and that, therefore, he
should discharge the defendant from Gus
tody.


The effect of this decision is to justify
shooting negro in cold blood who endeav-
ors to save any of the females of hisrace from
Injury or ruin Wash. Cor NJ Y Tribune.
Year: 1866




An Act granting certain Lands to the State of
Michigan to aid in the Construction of Ship
Canal to connect the Waters of Lake Superior
. with the Lake known Lac La Belle, in said
State.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Bep-
resentatives of the United States of America in
Congress assembled, That there be, and is hereby,
granted to the State of Michigan, for the use and
benefit of the {" Lac La Belle Harbor improvement
Company company organized under and by
virtue of the laws of the State of Michigan, for
the purpose of aiding in the construction OF ship
canal to connect the waters of Lake Superior with
the lake known Lac La Belle, in said State, one
hundred thousand of the public of the United
States IN the upper peninsula OF Michigan, TO De
selected from the odd numbered sections OF land
nearest the location of the said CANAL not other
wise reserved or appropriated, nor designated py
the United States mineral lands" prior to
the passage of this act, to which the rights of
pre-emption or homestead have attached: Pro-
vided, That the said canal shall be at least one
hundred feet wide at the top, seventy-hve feet
wide at the bottom, and shall have, when COM
pleted, depth OF water through its entire length
of at least twelve feet, running from sixteen feet
of water in Lake Superior to fourteen feet OF
water in Lac La Belle. And provided further,
That said canal shall be and remain pulic high
way for the use of the government OF the United
States, free from toll or charge upon the vessels
of said government, or upon vessels employed by
said government in the transportation OF any
property troops of the United States.


SEC z And be it further enacted, That the lands
hereby granted shall be subject to the disposal
of the legislature of the State of Michigan tor





as the Governor of the said State shall file, or
cause to be filed, with the Secretary of the 1nte-
for, map plan showing the location of the
said canal then it shall be the duty of the Secre
tary of the Interior to withdraw from market the
lands applicable and subject to the provisions of
this act; and whenever the Governor of the State
of Michigan shall certify to the Secretary of the
Interior that the said ship canal has been COM
Pleted, in good, substantial, and workmanlike
manner, in all respects in conformity with the
provisions of this act, and to his satisfaction,
then it shall be the duty of the Secretary of the
Interior to issue patents to the said State of Mich
igan for the land hereby granted.


SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the
ship canal shall not be completed within two
years from and after the passage of this act, the
lands hereby granted shall revert to the United
States.


Approved, July 3, 1866.
Year: 1866

OF all the things in natures store,
On land or on the sea,
Fair woman's form we most adore,
For beauty blessed is she.
Man clinging to her heart of love
Spends all his days of life,
Then leaves her for the land above,
But not without strife.
Her word doth rule in any land
Where christian people dwell,
While Justice has her heart and hand
To guide its virtues well.
One smile from her will mend heart,
While yet little frown
Will tear its soul and flesh apart,
Or brinsjts spirit down.
Rise up, rise up, proud man, to fame,
Above great Caesars height,
Yet doomed tho9zsSt to drop thy name
When woman sA6ws her light.
Yes, travelling through life's dreary night
Upon the coast of time,
Fair woman is our beacon light
To guide our way sublime.