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Year: 1866

live two and half miles from Hendeuoar
understand mans character - 1l1< ~:
neighbors say of him -haveknoVz s.
drick fifteen years-havc not formed lp n
him from naything know Of hila
believe him on his oath from what have heard
of him. Mrs. B. was living where she now lives
when moved to my place two years ago she
had been in the edge Of Granville county she
was raised in that county-what I have said other
is in regard to her character in that county as well
Is where she now lives.


Witness here gave description of the house
md shed room, alluded to in the examination]


The path comes up towards the house rather
ON the north east
Year: 1866

The birthday of WASHINGTON, the
Father of our Country, is fast approach
ing. We see that preparations are be-
ing made in the North to celebrate it
appropriately.


How often did we hear, during the
late war, the exclamation: eff WASH
1NGToN had been alive, this would never
have beenw We had no Washington
then, nor have we one now-but his
words and example are left us. We
solemnly recommend our people to read.
with one accord, bis immortal Farewell
Address, upon the approaching day Of
his birth-the 22nd. The words that
he uttered then were meant to apply in
times like these. Let them not be for
gotten.
Year: 1866

WAsHINGTos, June 3O.-A bill introduced
to day by Senator Wade to regulate the
selection of grand and petit jurors in the
Territory of Utah and for other purposes,
and which was referred to the Committee
on Territories, provides that citizens only
Of the United States shall be competent to
serve as jurors in Utah thst they must be
selected from the body Of the people Of the
district; that the United States Marshal
shall attend AL courts aud execute all pro-
eesses aud orders Issued; that when a judge
of any disS..rict is absent or disabled his


;;.iaee may be supplied by any Of the other
Judges; that q citizen aggrieved by the


action of a Justice of the peace or probate
Judge may make appeal TO the district
court that in election by ballot it shall be
unlawful for any person to place upon it
any mark or device by which the voter
might be identified in penalty Of $500
fine and six months Imprisonment; that in
s,1i.. :. ..Lish The upited States ara not 4
Year: 1866

Editors Of the Journal.


crease announce nae as candidate to rep
resent this District in the next Congress.


believe in the immediate and uncon-
d1tlonaI restoration of the seeded States
TO the Union, as the only remedy to re-
store peace and prosperity to the country


am opposed to any further tinkering
with the Constitution, until all the States
are in their proper places and fairy repre-
septed. JOHN PITCHER.
Year: 1866

II, however, by any rash or reckless act
OF ours this country shall be involved in a
desolating civil war, then the sooner the
curtain OF oblivion is thrown over the
present exciting and terrible chapter in
our history as a nation, the better for us in
the eyes of posterity.
Year: 1866

A card is published in Washington
evening paper purporting to be from
Fleming, the mysterious visitor of Sena-
tor Wade, in which he denies that he at
tempted or even thought of assassination.
In regard to his drawing bowie knife, he
says:


~ then got up to spit in the fire, and
being something of tobacco chewer, l
took out large piece of tobacco and O
common sailors jacket knife-a blunt
pointed, wide-blsded affair, about as fit
for stabbing purposes as a tallow candle
and having cut off chew, returned it to
my pocket and took my seat again, saying
as did so, Judge, these men in Charles
town have told you lie.' As he still
seemed to be inclined to be sulky, and
professed to believe that ] had talked
about him in Massachusetts, bade him
good night civiny, and opened and closed
the door after me and went away. He
did not follow me, or even rise from his
seat, and as to the story he has told about
drawing pistol on me, and the story he
has told since about kicking me out !
have only to say that had he drawn pis-
tol it would have speedily found its way
out of the window, and had he attempted
the kicking process he would have fol-
lowed his pistol in the same direction
Year: 1866

| The most encouraging declaration contained
| in the Presidents speech Of the 22d instant
wac his clear and distinct announcement OF
the fact that he regarded men Of the SUMNER
and STEVENS stripe as enemies TO the Consti-
tuition and laws, thus placing wide gulf
between himself and all the tribe Of negro
advocates North and South. The next in
importance was the avowal that he means by
loyalty" not what certain interested par
ties would have Us believe, but merely an
acknowledgment Of allegiance to the Govern
ment and willingness to take the oath to
support the Constitution. Inasmuch as his
opinion on this point has repeatedly been
represented to be just the reverse Of what he
himself says it is, we republish his language.
1t is as follows:


"Then, I say, let us admit into the councils
of the nation those who are unmistakably and
unequiYocally loyal; those men who acknow-
ledge their allegiance to the Government and
swear to support the Constitution. 1t is all
embraced in that The ampliication of an
oath makes no difference if man is not loyal (;
but you may adopt whatever test oath yon
please, to prove their loyalty"


This language is plain enough. He knows
that many man can honestly take the oath to
support the Constitution hereafter, who can
not swear that he never voluntarily aided or
assisted the cause of the Confederacy, and that
such mans loyalty is more to be relied upon
than the noisy loyalty of those who are
willing to take an oath with any sort of
"amplifcation," and who claim to have gone
through the war with their attachment to the
Union unabated, and without once expert
encing in their hearts q feeling of sympathy
with the cause in which their dearest friends
and nearest relatives were engaged.
Year: 1866

PAINFUL AccIDEyr.-A citizen, whose name
we have been unable TO learn, was engaged
few days since in swapping percussion caps for
the amusement of some children. One OF the
caps, in exploding, was shattered, and frag-
ment struck the unfortunate man on the eye,
penetrating the pupil An examination was
carefully made, but the fragment was not
found, and we regret to learn that the sight Of
the eye which was struck is entirely destroyed.
Year: 1866

Run OVER AND KuLED.-We learn that the
Sunday might train on the Central railroad
ran over a negro man near Hanover Junction,
cutting off both his legs near the body. We
take it for granted that he was killed, though
we really forgot to ask our informant. bot
tie of whisky was found in one of his pockets,
and it is supposed that he was drunk.
Year: 1866

A Coon MovE.-Ou Sunday collection was
to aid in clothing poor children who have been
attending the Sunday School at that place,
some of whom have absented themselves Tor
lack of suitable clothing. One hundred and
seventeen dollars was raised. The ladies OF the
church have organized themselves into So
ciety to carry out this enterprise. Mrs Tignor
is the president Of the society.


Those who wish TO aid in this good work are
requested to send in their contributions. Oio
clothes are very acceptable, as the ladies pos
sess the power of converting them into new
garments.
Year: 1866

Who have injured themselves by certain practice
INDUCED in when alone, habit frequently learned
from evil companions, at school, the effects Of which
are nightly felt, when asleep, and If not cured
renders marriage impossible, and destroys both mind
and body, should apply Immediately.


What pity that young man, the hope of his coun:
try the pride of his parents should be snatched from
of devating from the path of nature and ndulgng in
certain secret habit Such persons must before con-
templating
Year: 1866

Recalld him not to revelry.
With soul aglow, his thoughts were high,
For in the depths of his clear eye
Was mirrored true nobility.
His thoughts were such as do not sway
Those who are made Of common clay;
Enlarged his soul, beyond his years,
Not bound by common hates or fears
But more expensive than the air
He scars above and in the glare
Of countless suns, he roams in grandeur on
Until he views the All Eternal throne,
And sees those many worlds revolving


round


The One Great Centre where our God is


found.


Nor in the sky alone, does his young mind
See beauties that are worthy ofmankind;
But in the realms of nature broad domain,
Rocks, trees and hills, and field of waving


grain,


Tie flowers that bloom in beauty at his feet
And the green carpet Of the meadows sweet.
Fill his young mind with beauti.s rich and


rare,


For God speaks his goodness to him there
Every fragrant blossom on the tree
Portrays at once n watchful constancy,
For He who ri 'cs the heavens above
Is yet through all a God of Love.


L.
Year: 1866

quite so low as dat. Why, if | went in
dat dar wagon all de darkies in the
country would dribe me out Oh it Thus
disappointed in securing negro, the
returned rebels did the next best thing
they could do, hired one of their own
number to paiM his Ioce blsck and had
him to do the work A little incident
like this is worth remembering when it
is claimed that the coloreh race wonld
not 90 with their friends if they were
clothed with ,hp right of suffrage.
Year: 1866

An affidavit of w. b. Nash, a freedman,
in relation to the burning Of Columbia, S.
c., has been pretty extensively circulated.
Nash is fond of seeing himself in print, and
is n correspondent of the Leader, the Freed
mems organ in Charleston. In letter to
that paper he says:


Things here are not so lively as they
have been; and, excepting now and then
a fight between the colored men and some
members Of that detestable regiment, the
Twentv-ffth Ohio, (who are TO leave here
or Orangoburg, to lord it over the poor peO-
ple'there,) Columbia would be a very quiet
and orderly district. But this regiments
time will soon he up. May God hasten it I!
Let them go-we are sick of our protectors y


"The smallpox is raging in this city, and
the manner in which our people are treated
bv those whose duty it is to look after us
lthe Freedmen J Bureau it disgrace to
humanity.


We are left to die, like rotten sheep, in the
black hole of Columbia, and all owing to a
want of Justice towards us by those who
were sent to look after our interest but who
spend their time in cotton planting. Yes,
let the truth be known, looking after the
freedman's means looking after him ON our
plantations. But we are not all fools, even
if we are negroes


Speaking Of the negro schools in Charles
ton he saws:


The female teachers here are more occu-
pied with the Young officers than with their
poor colorcd pupils. We have lived in that
city"


lie also makes this interesting statement


THE freedmen are all at work. Quite a
number Of them purpose going to the Wes-
tern States and the southwestern part of
Tennessee. More than one thousand have
left here during the past month";
Year: 1866

FOR LEASING THE CONVICT LABOR OF
THE STATE PENITENTIARY OF TENN.
CEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
- by the undersigned for leasing the Convict
Labor of the State Penitentiary of Tennessee, till
the 2Sth day of June, prOXimo, for the period of
four years from said date, with the preference in
favor of the Lessee for an additional four years
over other bidders for proposals at the end of
the first four years-other things being equal.
The Lessee will be authorized to occupy and take
charge of the shops and wOrkhouse in said Peni-
Tertiary; to put up such machinery as he may
desire and shall have the privilege of buying, at
such prices as may be agreed upon; all the tools,
fixtures and materials on hand, both finished and
unfinished. Said Lessee shall also be bound TO
hire all the able convicts on hand, or that may
hereafter come into said Penitentiary during his
term of lease. excepting such may be necessary
to keep up the establishment. Said Lessee shall
treat those hired with humanity and kindness,
conforming to such rules, bylaws AMI regulations
as may be established by the Directors and work
them not exceeding ten hours per day. For each
convict so employed. the Lessee shall pay into the
State Treasury the price per day bid, said pay
mCnt to be made quarterly. lie shall also give
bond. with approved security, in the sum of fifty
thousand dollars. payable to the State of Tennes-
see for the faithful performance of the undertak
ing hereby imposed. The cOnvicts will be Froyls-
iOned and clothed by the state of Tennessee. The
present number Of cOnvicts-twO hundred and
twenty-which number will probably be very
largely increased at an early date. All communl-
cations may be sent to the Directors at either the
City Hotel OF at the PenitentlaTy.


SAM'L f. HARE,


A. j. SHANkLAND,


W. MILLS,


Directors Of State Penitentiary, Tenn.
Nashville, MAY p. 1855. mayS2-lm
Year: 1866

A limited amount only of the stock thus appro-
GERS of the company TO be sold at so per share;
and the stock has all been issued full paid, in
payment of property. it is not therefore liable to
any future assessment.
Year: 1866

The hour up to which FREIGHT for this road will be
received at the Depot in Manchester, extended to
FOUR O'CLOCK p NJ, from and after this date. As 1t is
necessary to enable the clerks to make out the proper
way bills to have fixed hour to stop receiving notice
is hereby given that freight will be received after
the hour named.


The Freight on goods for Danvllle and Greensboro
may paid destination at the option Of the ship
pers but the freight all goods for way stations must
be prepaid .. I...


shippers will please pay their freight bills by four
O'clock p. NJ otherwise goods will not be sent for
ward. THOMAS D0DAMEAD,


mh5 Superintendent.
Year: 1866

The Morris Convention on Tuesday did its
work nobiy in nominating man like Judge
HARRIS as the conservative candidate for
congress in this district against BURTOY c.
Cook. 1t would have been ha.d to End al
other man in the district who contrasts so
favorably with his opponent. In ability as
lawyer and speaker he is more than Mr.
Cooks equal In all else that pertains to the
statesman pr politician they are as WIDE
apart az men can be. Judge Harris supports
the constitution as it is, and tie war beiny
over, advocates restoration aud peace. Mr.
Cook is unwilling to live under the constitu
ton as it is 1t is a blunder, sccording to
his notion, 10 give the states auy rights
Suffrage-and that includes everything else
he maintains must be regulated by the
general government; and tho ugh the war is
over, and there is no longer hand raised
against the government. it is dangerous TO
let the south have peace, for they might vote
against the republican party. So his project
is to continue the state of war, until the white
men of the south allow themselves % he
wholly disfranchised ty congress, apd make
negroes and yankees from the north their
only voters so that the southern states may
also vote the republican ticket. THIS Is the
~hole Of Mr.. Cooks platform. There is no
horcsty, he holds-no virtue, 10 patriotism
outside Of the radical party. We say this is
the essence Of self>righteo luess and bigotry,
which dwarfs the intellect, and is as opposite
| to true craftsmanship as right is to wrong.
Judge Harris is OF course the opposite. of
this He stands upon and endorses Flat.
form tina. believes there may be mani ,o1
and loyalty outside Of the cramped and bigo
ted circle ofradicalsm-that there may even
be virtue enough left among the white peo,
pie Of the south to make them once more
good, union loving citizens. At least, they
may not be so wholly lost as to be unworthy
of trial.


Such are the platforns-such the candi-
dates. The one represents all that is liberal
manly nly-statesman-lIke the other all that
is narrow in politics-intolerant-
Can an enlightened, christian people hesitate
as to the choice they ought to maker
Year: 1866

A.-ArLT UPoS i yorNa LApY.-C. Bowers
an elderly man OF respectable appearances
whose arrest for an assault upon Miss Veto
ria Davis We noticed in our previous issue,
was before the Mayor yesterday, but none OF
the witnesses for the Commonwealth h respond
ing to the call, the accused was admitted 10
bail TO appear to-day.
Year: 1866

WASHINGTON, February 19.-Of Gen.
Lees interview with the Reconstruc-
ton Committee we have the following
account: He was quite reticent, and
did not volunteer any remarks beyond
proper answers to the questions. He
said so far as he had opportunities for
learning, the people of Virginia had
accepted the result of the war in good
faith, and were anxious for "a restored
amity in the Union. When pressed by
n question he is said to have intimated
that the feeling for the Union was much
stronger just after the close of the war
than now, for there appeared to him
to be some impatience among the peo.


pie that men who had not been identified


with the war, in tho South should be


prevented from representing the States


in Congress. He declared that there


was disposition to treat the freedmen


kindly, as we'll for their interests as for


the people. He expressed a decided
hope that tho Government might EN-
dure for all time, and regarded the
course of President johnson and Genc-
raj Grant towards the South as liberal
and humane. uJ .1fI M5N. l7I
Year: 1866

The Washington correspondent OF
the Cincinnati Gazette, in his dispatch
of the Goth ult, relates the following
as illustrative Of the effect produced on
the radical ranks by the veto message


Gas an indication Of the feeling
which prevails in Union circles, one OF
the strongest Union men IN the House
thus expressed himself to-day 4" l
have striyen conscientiously, up to this
moment, with all my power, to promote
harmony and prevent separation
but the President has made the issue
clear; ! now throw aside my gloves,
and hcnceforth it is war to the knife"


TO which the Cincinnati Enquirer of
the 22d, retorts:


"Thad. Stevens, Sumner and Wade
could have, with truth, made the same
remark. They each and all have striv-
en- to promote harmony, and prevent n
separation between themselves and the
President, by trying to get every one
to conform to their platform, The
President might, with as much propre-
ty, say the same thing. Believing this
policy correct, he strove conscientious
iy to induce Stevens, Sumner, Wade ~
Co. to support it, and thereby pro
mote harmony and prevent Il separa-
ton" but they would not.


zone Of the strongest Union men in
the House the GazeHe'S correspondent
saws, has thrown aside his gloves, and
will henceforth war the President to
the knife. That Union Congressman is
one of the glove gentry who remained
at home during the war, and let poor
men and hard hands do the work on the
rebels he now proposes to do on the
President. Heis one of the class that
insists that the white soldiers did not
and could not have put down the rebel
lion without the aid of the negro troops.
He will find that the white people can
preserve the Union and restore the
prosperity ofthe country without negro
suffrage, or unconstitutional and op-
pressive nergo bureau bills.
Year: 1866

A Washington letter says: Erred
Douglass, in o conversation in this
city, just after his interview with the
President, is reported to have remark
ed: The President charges us with
hostility to the poor class OF whites at
the South. 1t is very natural he should
take sides with them against us. for he
belongs to their ranks. ! grew up a
slave among the aristocracy of Mary
land, while he is only low-bred tail


or: and ii Is not surprising, therefore.


that l condemn such poor white trash;
Such is the hight of insolence to vhicn


this pet of New England philanthropy
has been educated.
Year: 1866

Some time since Lorenzo D. Brewer, for
merlya soldier of the 5lst Illinois Infantry,
killed his own cousin, who had seduced his
wife while he was in the army. He was in
dcted at the Fountain Circuit Court for
murder in the first degree, butt a change of
venue was granted to Montgomery county.
The trial in the Montgomery Circuit Court
occupied four days, ending on Saturday
evening at five O'Clock, and the jury came
in on Sunday noon with verdict of "Not
guilty" There was great excitement in
the court room, and public sentiment was
strongly in favor of the defendant.
Year: 1866

DEATH OF COOP MAN-It is With
deep regret that we announce the death of
Rev. G. REHwALD, the Pastor Of the Ger
man Lutheran Church in Cooperstown, in
this county. lie died in Detroit on Tues.
day last, on his way home from Buffalo,
where be had been attending synod of
his church. The dispatch which reached
here yesterday does not mention the cause
of his death, but as he was sometimes
subject to the heart disease, it is very
probable that it was the cause of his sud,
den and unexpected demise.
Year: 1866

MAN1rowoc AND MISSISSIPPI Rail
ROAD CoMPANY.-The directors of this
Company held a meeting at Menasha on
the Goth inst, ard organized by the
election Of the following officers:


GEORGE REED, President,


JosEpH Was, Jr., Vice President,


Henry HEwGrT, Treasurer.


The President is Chairman Of the Exc
cutive Committee.


The Vice President is Chairman of the
Finance Committee.


Under suci An organization we confi>
denty expect to see efficient work done
in pressing forward this important enter
prise to an early completion and these
men only need the co operation of our
citizens, (Which we feel confident will be
accorded to the full extent desired to
enable rs at no distant day to chronicle
the fact that the rail road to Fox River is
completed.


We are informed by President REED,
that be intends il not discouraged bv
those who have the deepest interest IN this
matter, to have all difficulties which have
heretofore surrounded this enterprise,
speedily settled, and to have the line Of
grade and bridges &c, examined between
this and Menasha, end estimates made Of
the cost Of putting the track in condition
to receive the super'' '~ucture-to obtain
and settle the title Of night Of way and Of
the necessary depot grounds, and then
notify the people what will he required Of
them to put this important enterprise
again upon its taps, and secure its early
completion.
Year: 1866

STILL IN THE UN1oN.-The Democratic
minority Of the Reconstruction Committee
have submitted their report. They claim
that the relations of the States are not in
ary way affected by the rebellion, and
that they have, and have had constantly,
right to representation in Congress.


Per contra, the Radicals insist .ha. the
Southern States are not in the Unicn,
Notwithstanding all the blood that WAS
shed to whip them into it.


We think the people will decide at the
coming fall elections tha. the Union army
was successful in It's endeavors to prevent
secession.
Year: 1866

ANOTHER MARBLE QUARRY. We have
been shown a specimen of marble taken
from quarry on the lands of Mr.. HENRY
NAcHrwAr, living in the town of Gibson,
in this county. The marble is Of splendid
quality for building purposes, and is of a
light gray color. 1t crops out over an
extent of some seventy or eighty acres
Being easy to quarry and contiguous to
the Neshoto river, no doubt but ere long
i! will form an important item Of manufac-
ture and commerce.