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Year: 1867

A Cable dispatch states that, according to a
report Of Omar Pasha, the insurrection in
Gambia is at an end. There is reason to fear
that the Turkish account is this time better
grounded than it has been before. Our Con-
stantinOple correspondent whose reports on
the progress Of the insurrectiOn have invari-
Year: 1867

We print this morning some additional
testimony in the Canal Fraud investigation.
1t would have been gratifying to learn just
how far the State officials were implicated in
the corrupt practices of the contractors; but
the witness who was questioned on this point
refused to answer, for fear of eliminating
himself
Year: 1867

The House Of Commons has passed, as it has
done once or twice before, bill for the Aboli-
ton of Church Rates. Thus far, the Lords have
always upheld the rates by very large
majority, and it is not to be expected that
they will this year do anything differently.
Year: 1867

An attempt has been made to introduce
Coolie labor on some of the Southern planta-
tions, and one or two cargoes have already
been landed. There are laws against this
traffic, and we look to the Government for
their rigid enforcement.
Year: 1867

The counsel for the defense offered to close
the Surratt case yesterday, and submit it with
out argument, but the prosecution would not
consent so the examination of witnesses was
resumed.
Year: 1867

the necessary arrangements for establish
ing and fixing the permanent scat of JUS
tee in said county" That is if the law
had been strictly followed, he must pur-
chase the land and lay off town. In
stead of doing this, which was attended
with a practical difficulty, in this, that
the Director had no money to buy land
with, he naturally agreed that Col. Ward
should retain one-half of the lots as price
of the land. And there was another rea-
son which may have had its due weight.
No lands in the Mad River country had
vet been patented and as the patent must
Of necessity issue to William Ward, much
difficulty would attend the transfer Of IT,
ties, if the Director acted independently
Of him. So of necessity, title bonds for
lots, became the only form of contract in
making sales and the only evidence of
sale until the original owner should re-
ceive his patent The Court Records of
the County show that cases occur in
which orders were sought after the lapse
Of more than twenty years for the sue
ccssors of the Director to make deeds to
tie holders Of such bonds.
Year: 1867

most humble disposed but when the


avenging goddess of Liberty is beaUti-


ful, and spurns you with a foot Of such


small prop0rtiona as in this case, the


position of the conquered party is one


of comparative triumph andfelicity. Our


performance gave as much satisfaction


to the spectators as it certainly did to


myself; and as for the General, his en-


thusiasm appeared excessive, for he in


sisted on having the taJleau repeated


several times but it turned out that


this was pure benevOlence towards me,


for he rallied me afterwards, saying he


was sure I wanted to be sic semper. At
last daylight streaming through the
jalousies gave the signal for our party
to break up, and seek the rest which I
myself felt in extreme want. DOleful in
my ears was the sound of Stuart's voice


ordering our horses, and welcome was
the rain which soon after poured down
in torrents and cause Stuart's iron will
to give way and yield to the urgent So
licitatiOns of our host to remain through
the day, which, gloomy as it continued
outside, did not damp the gaiety with
which within doors the hours were wiIed
away till deep in the night, when we
took leave of the company; and just as
they were retiring comfortably to rest,
set off on our long ride through the dark,
chill, rainy morning. About halfway
home we were met by a courier with a
informing us that the enemy
had beenmakiug serious demonstrations
on the river between Fredericksburg
and Port Royal so, urging our steeds
to quicker pace, We made all haste to
gain headquarters, and it was still quite
early in the morning when, having reach
ed our destination, we found that the
heavy rain had conveniently impeded
the movements and altered the inten-
tions of the Yankees, among whom all
again was quiet.
Year: 1867

We sit by the window. my baby and l,
In the fading sunset light,
Watching the darkness creep over the sky,
Out Of the eastern night:
We see the stars come trembling out
In the track ofthe fallen sun,
And we feel the quiet, within and without,
That comes when the day is done.
What have we been doing, all day, all day,
Since the rosy morning smiled?
Playing at work and working at play;
God help US, mother and child;
But much fear that those little hands
Have put me to shame to day;
For God, who is earnest understands
Truly our work and play.
think OF kindness left undOne,


That might have frightened the day;
or fduties dreamed Of, but never begun,
Scattered along my way:
Tou lie with peace in your violet eyes
You have not learned regret
For the sorrowfGl years that make rs wise
Have not come to my baby yet.
And still. as I sit in this twilight hour,
Atthe close Of a weary day,
Even sorrow and sin do not quite have power
To keep blessing away
A blessing that falls like dew from the heaven
On the parched and thirsty ground;
And in loving much, because much forgiven,
Ny deeper peace is found.
Your life, my little baby, is just begun,
And mine Is growing old;
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Whose ycars are all untold.
he holds us both in his loving hand,


He pardOns all our sin,
Ard by-aud by, to the same sweet land
He will gently let us in.
Year: 1867

As an example of the benevolent and
gentle disposition of the population of
New Jersey may be quoted the following
fact: \ gentleman saw man gathering
what appeared TO be mushrooms. Seeing
that they were poisonous, he warned the
man, with some warmth, telling him that
they were poisonous. The countryman
smiled and replied, Thanks for your
Kindness, but 1 am not going to eat them,
but to sell them
Year: 1867

The Chicago Times expresses its opin-
ion iu respect to negro suffrage in the
following forcible words:


The attempt to make the negroes dom.
inant in the South through the agency OF
a military rdespotism, is crime in com
parison with which the rebellion was a
virtue. There is every element of mean
ness in it. Itis a cowardly revenge. 1t
is declaration by white American
citizens that ignorant and degraded
negroes are their superiors 1t is pros
titution of government 1t is the eleya-
ton Of sin and ignorance over intelli-
gence and virtue. Hellis not Furnishing
a crime more enormous or one which
approaches it in meanness, The military
commander who will lend himself to its
perpetration is putrid. he is working
for the accomplishment of villainy
more horrid and loathsome than was
perpetrated by the hoary old lecher
Cenci.
Year: 1867

Say A Chicago dispatch says: "a
young fellow came here from Louisiana
with ten thousand dollars, last week, to
marry girl to whom he had long been
engaged. He lost his all at gambling
table, and tried to drown himself in the
river, but was rescued. He then went to
a hotel, ordered two bottles of wine, laid
his revolver on the table, and wrote a
note to a friend stating that he had
killed himself. The friend rushed up
there, and found him dead-drunk, on
the floor. He had apparently intended
to kill himself while under the influence
of liquor, but took too much Drink
saved him"
Year: 1867

S6- A cotemporary says: The
Washington Chronicle has a fellow in
the Office there who has never been south
of Washington, who writes all thelstters
Of Union men who live in Georgia and
Texas for that paper. Sumner hired him
last winter to furnish him letters from
Union men living South and as soon as
Congress adjourned Forney hired him.
He is Certainly some on the pathetic.
Year: 1867

No Reduction in Charge on Messages.


LONDON, March 13-Noon
The Anglo-Amercan Telegraph Company and the
original Atlantic Telegraph Company held meeting in
ths city yesterday 10 the proposed reduction Of
tolls upon business transmitted over the cable.


Quite unexpectedly to the general public the move
mont for reduction failed in consequence Of the refusal
OF the Atlantic Company to thereto The public
should remember that although practical manage.
ment OF the cable in The hands Of the Anglo
Company. no change rates be made without The
consent of the Atlantic Comrany The latter company
is the which initiated the cable enterprise but sub.
sequenty transferred its franchises and property to the
Anglo American Company which successfully completed
the work.
Year: 1867

The most useful and reliable friend that
a man can have is a good trade. This re-
mark is applicable to not only those who are
habltually employed in manual labor, bat also
to those who have reached more enyiable no.
sitions in business life Every day there are
instances of men slipping from high rounds
to the lowest one in the ladder of wealth.
Business men find themselves eDgulphed in
the sea of financial embarrassment. from
which they emerge with nothing but their
personal resources to depend upon for a Iiy>
lug. Clerks, salesMen and others find them
selves thrown out of employment, with no
prospect of speedily obtaining places which
they are competent to ell, and with no other
means of gaining livelihood How mauv
men there are in this city to-day liable to be
reduced to the lowest pecuniary point, at some
stage of his life, and it is hardly necessary to
refer to the large portion of men who reach
that point. No man is poor who is master of
trade. 1t is kind Of capital that defes
the storm of financial reverse, aud that eliugs
to a man when all else has been swept aWay.
1t consoles him in the hour of adversity with
the assurance that, let whatever NAV befall
him, he need have no fear for the support of
himself and family. Unfortunately a silly
notion, the offspring of sham afistecracy.
has of late years led many parents 10 regard
trade as something disreputabIe, with which
their children should not be tinted. Labor
disreputable! What would the world be
without it! 1t is the very power that moves
the world. A power higher than the throne
of day. Some who have families dependent
upon them for support, bewail the mistake
they made in not learning useful trades in
their younger days. There are hundreds of
them. There are men who have seen better
days, men OF education and business ability.
who envy the mechanic who has a support
for himself and family in his handicraft,-
Parents make a great mistake when thev i'm
pose upon the brain of their boy the task of
supporting him, without preparing his hands
for emergencies. No matter how favorable
boys circumstances may be, he should en-
ter the battle of life as every prudent general
enters the battle of armies-wirh reliable
reserve to fall back upon in case of disaster.
Every man is an aristocrat who ennobles Ia
Dor, and he who would disparage it must set
himself above the Divine principle, ain the
sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread" A
teade is "friend in need ;" it is indepen-
dence and wealth. rich legacy which the
poorest father may give to his son, and which
the richest should regard as more valuable
than gold.
Year: 1867

Under this head the New York Times has
follows -


All sensible men in the South have acoui-
esced in legal and political emancipation The
indications are undOubted that no dscrmina-
tiOn of these rights will be embodied in the
law or in the dealings between white and
black. The ensuing election will terminate
much of the excitement, for the indifference
OF the politicians to the voter after the cleo
tion is notorious The relations between en-
PlOyer and operative will then ad Just them
selves.


But the apprehension of colored supremacy
has entered into the popular mind here as
well as at the South, and as it will impede
emigration to the South, it is we'll to disabuse
the public mind of the error. The gross
number Of white males in the Southern
States is ., lbs, 1863; that of the freedmen is
l,299,94l. 1t will be seen, therefore, that
the white race is in excess of the colored in
the Southern States more than n quarter of
million of men. The local distribution of
these numbers shows that there is a majority
of 2,37O freedmen in Mississippi, and of g.
439 in South Carolina. AS the advocate of
harmony between the races on the basis of
equal legal rights, we desire the freedmen to
remember that the limitation of the franchise
does not affect the comparative numerical
ability of the two races; but that this ma
jcrity OF quarter of a million of whites re-
mains to wOrk-that nature will emancipate
them in few years. That while there can
be no more black immigration into the South,
there will be large white increase The
supremacy of the colored race will be but
temporary and local. They should therefore
Al. =,
should not lay the foundation of any discon-
tent which may be revenged by retaliation at
a future period. Such is our advice The
white race is in little danger of losing any
right which they are not willing to conccde
The colored race should observe moderation
at the present to prev yent retaliation in the
future.
Year: 1867

In his application to the President for the
re-opening of his case aud the ordering of q
new court martial, General Porter says 3


Seventeen years of my life have been spent
in the army of the United States-years Gov
ering the active events of the Mexican war,
and including the opening and most trying
years of the rebellion.


Intrusted at all times with duties of the
greatest responsibilities, frequently perform
ed at the peril of life, l can assert without
fear of denial, that up to the period of the
charges, no breath of suspicion had attached
itself to reputation which it had been, as it
still is my life's study to preserve unsullied.
feel assured your Excellency will appreciate
the motive that induces me to frankly say
that, at no time from the presentation Of the
charges to the completion of the trial, did it
occur to me that with such record as my
country had generously permitted me to make,
could by any court be adjudged willfuIly
neglecting the interests of that country in its
hour of peril, and to whose reputation, his
tory, and welfare was bound by every SEN
timent of patriotism, gratitude and interest.


Conscious of innocence, feeling that, what
ever differences of opinion might arise upon
other points, there would not and could not





could not bring my mind to contemplate any
other verdict than that of a speedy and hon.
orable ac9uittal.


1t is possible may have committed an err
ror, both as to the court and myself, in thus
assuming much that should heve been set
forth. 1 also feel assured that your Excel
lency will appreciate the motive thatinduces
me to make reference to the events of lite
while in my country's service. The vindica.
ton of my honor alone compels me to do so
In this paper, as in previous one read to the
court.


The verdict against me was found January,
1868, at time of most unusual excitement
The country was envirOned with pcrils; dis
trust had seized upon many minds, errors of
great magnitude had occurred the press and
forum We'd with each other in responding to
a great and growing sentiment that an exam
pie should be had by which faithlessness or
incompetency should be promptly dealt with.
May not now say with truth that it was my
misfortune to be charged and tried at this
to me-mOst inOPportune of periods?
X


My appeal is to your Excellency to appoint
a court for the purpose of recOnsidering the
proceeding in my case, composed, L trust
it may be, of the best talent and most ap-
proved patriotism in the army.


l have every reason that, with such a court
now instituted, aud with the full testimony
now to be obtained, can obtain the full and
honorable acquittal l know deserve. and
which shall ever seek at the hands of my
country. With nigh respect, 1 am your obe-
dent servant, FITz JOHN PORTER.


This petition is endorsed by the Hons.
Henry Wilson, John Sherman, Ira Harris,
Horace Greeley, l.. F. G. Foster, n P.
Banks aud A. q. Curtin.
Year: 1867

In the fall of lS4T, young man went to-
New York in quest of employment After
weeks of unsuccessful search, he found him
self without prospect of work, and consider
ably in debt for board. In despair, he made
arrangements to dispose of his clothes by auc-
tiOn, in order to defray his debts, when a let
ter was sent him containing a tweuty-dolIar
bill, and directing him to the oyerseer of one
of the corporations. The letter requested
him to sign a note of hand for the amount
loaned, and, to place it in certain unOccu-
pied box in the post Office, where it would
be called for by the lender. The young man
did as directed, and received the situation.
the overseer stating that it had been secured,
for him at the earnest solicitation of young
lady. Years passed away, and all attempt to,
discover his creditor was uDavailing. The
young man prOspered in business, and at
length plighted his affections to an amiablo
young lady with whom he had been acauaint-
ed. On the day before their marriage he re-
ceived letter requesting him to call atra Ger
tain place and pay the note of twenty dollars,
with interest, which he had signed some years
before. Anxious to settle an Indebtedness
which from the mystery of the whole affair had
caused him many hours of uuhappiness, he
hastened the place indicated, and was ushered
by the domestic into the paTlor, where to his
astonishment he discovered in the person Of
his unknown benefactor, the lady with whom
upon the next day, he was to unite his earthly
fortune. 1t was her FIRST business transac-
ton, and the partnership which was the long
and happy one, only to be dissolved when the
last debt OF all-the debt Of natuTe-had 70
Ge paid.
Year: 1867

1t Andrew johnson is to be impeached, the
Senate can elect the acting President to serve
TOR the unexpired tenn. When the Vice Pre-
sldent Is acting as President, the next civil
officer ID the President pro tempOre of the
Senate. This Office the Senate fills at its
pleasure. Mr.. Wade is the incumbent, but the
Senate may at its next meeting elect Fessen-
den or Trumbull, or some other member of
that body. The Office Of Mr.. Wade has no
stated time to run, but terminates at the will
OF the Senate. This is fortunate, for, after
Andrew johnson, n more unsuitable person
for President than Mr.. Wade would be hard
to discover. Indeed, in many respects, there
is decided resemblance between johnson
and Wade. In both we remark the absence
OF the ideal faculty and the Obtrusive presence
OF selt.appreciatiOn. Both are INDECENT in
ideas and economical of practical suggestions,
but rich in epithets and profigate in furious
VltuperatiOn. Just now Wade is more lavish in
harsh words about Democrats and rebels than
any other man in the country. Not MANY
months ago this distinction was that of An
drew johnson. The people want peace
The President is hateful because he is a dis.
turber OF the peace; because, if he does the
right thing, he does it at the wrong time, and
because he keeps up perpetual pother that
rasPs all sensbiIities and forbids the healthy
growth of fixed policy in a calm atmosphere


Wade would no more give the country peace
than johnson does. He would not feel that
he was radical enough if he let any thing
alone for two weeks. Rather than not lump
ahead, he would take a leap in the dark, as
in his Kansas speech. If there could be no
other objection to reconstruction urged, it is
likely he would insist that loyal female suf>
trage must be established before the con-
quered territory of the Southern Coniedera>
cy could be permitted representation.


If there is to be impeachment, the Senate
should prepare for it by elccting one of its
men, competent for the great Office of Presi-
dent of the United States, President pro
fe"lPore of that body. Such is the temper of
the Senate that the presiding officer must be
a Senator who has seen good deal of service.
Perhaps Fessenden has made too MANY enc.
mics in the Senate to carry the vote of that
body for position from which to be promo
ted to the Chief Magistracy. If so, Judge
Trumbull, of Illinois. is man in whom the
people repose confidence; and he deserves
the public faith in his integrity and capacity.
This is matter too important and too perti-
nent to be blinked. Journalists and politi-
clans generally, who are demanding impeach-
ment, are bound to take it into consideration.
Year: 1867

I can pass by the tomb of nan with some
what of calm indifference, but when survey
the grave of female, sigh involuDtarily
escapes me. With the holy name of woman,
I associate every soft, tender aud delicate af-
fection. think Of her as the young and
bashful virgin, with eyes sparkling, and
cheeks crimson with each imPassioned feel
ing OF the heart; as the cbaste and Virtuous
rnatron, tried with the fOllies of the world,
and preparing for the grave to which she
must descend. o, there is something in con-
templating the character Of a woman, that
raises the soul far above the level of society.
She is formed to adorn the level Of society.
She Is formed TO adorn and humanize man
kind, to soothe his cares and strew his path
with flowers. In the hour Of distress she is
the rock on which he leans for support, and
when fate calls him from existence, her tears
bedeW his grave. Can you look upon her
tomb without emotion Man has always
justice done his memory woman never
The pages of history lie open to one; but the
meek and unobtruSiye excellences of the other
sleep with her unnotieed In the grave. In
her may have shone the genius of a poet
with the virtues Of a saint She too, NAV
have passed along the sterile path Of exist
ence, and felt for others as I now feel for
her.-HOrtmey.
Year: 1867

A CURIOUS DIVORCE CASE IN PRUss1A..-
A single example will explain what things
are even now possible. A married lady,
mother of several children, living in entire
harmony with her husband, an amiable, easy
gentleman, hears at church an enthusiastic
young preacher, and is enraptured by his ell.
oquence. On her return home she tells her
husband how thoroughly the preachers words
had come to her heart; and that she is quite
persuaded it would conduce to her spiritual
perfection to be married to him and, if she
can get his consent, she hopes that her hus.
band will not oppose divorce. What amount
of urgency suficed to disgust the husband
into agreement is not public fact. No man
can like to feel that he is keeping a wife
against her will, and to be reproached with
hindering her spiritual improvement. That
the husband did consent aud that the court
thereupon did without further inquiry sane.
tion the divorce, is public fact also, that
the preacher made no difficulty about accept
ing the enthusiastic lady, with her doWry
and her children. We have since heard,
bat from one informant only, that, after many
years of union. the preacher in turn sought
and gained a divorce from his wife, and that
she has now gone back to her first husband
Year: 1867

]. Your COMMITTEES would also recon-
mend that the report of the Directors
of the Poor House be adopted. ~


We have visited the Poor House and
find the house and premisesi In good
condition, with the exeptionwof the
pump and kitchen floor. But the
house Is too small to accommodate the
present occupants. as We therefore rec
ommend that the Board require ,the
Directors Of the Poor House to Join the
barn to the house and fit II for the Bet
ter accommodation of the inMntes oi
the Poor House, and make such other
repairs % will In the opinion Of the
Directors be beneficial to the institu,
Year: 1867

Ills stated that in certain window on
Broadway, New FORK, in an unobtru.ive
case Of ordinary size and pattern, $780,.
600 worth OF diamonds are lying exposed
to public view. This is the famous col.
lection contributed by the ladies Of the
South 70 aid the war, and is TO be used
by the Gettysburg Association In the rails.
ing Of funds for the enterprise Of found
ing bone for crippled soldiers on the
battlefield At that place.