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Year: 1867

pension OF President johnson But, finally,
after specifying the exclusive powers Of Cor
gress, the con tiiution further says that Con-
gress shlll have power !"to mike all laws
which shall be necessary and proper for car
rying into execution the foregoing powers, and
all other powers vested by this constitution in
the government Of the United St.tes, or in any
department or ofacer thereof" Under this CLAUSE
Congress may as ume the power to suspend
the President while on trial, as necessary to
carry into effect certain other powers with
which the two houses are invested and the
powers Of the Executive Department Under
astrained construction Of the constitution two
third majority in each house OF Congress may
do anything against the Executive but IRON
the very silence OF the supreme law on this
question Of suspension from Office OF parry
impesched while on trial for high crimes and
msdemeanors we may safely assume that no
such thing was ever contemplated, and espe-
the President, on impeachment, may be sus-
pended, he may be virtually removed from
Office by bare majority of the House in bring
ing him to trial before the Senate; for once
there, as before court, the trial, by bare
majority OF that body, may be indefinitely
prolonged.


Mr. Stevens, at any ratio, in this proposed
bill on impeachment is only aiming to reach tle
actual removal OF President Johnson by less
than The required two-tlird vote of the Senate.
He has probably mad tho discovery thas two
third vote in the Senate for this removal by
impeachment does not exist, and, il SO, he
would do we'll TO abandon this half way
measure of suspension; for If this law te
passed the President, in contosting its consttu-
tionallty, may make case Tor the Supreme
Court which will hold bin in Off ce to the end of
his term. The proposed impeachment to
amount to anything, must be conducted accord
ing to the explicit terms of the constitution
The President must first be tried on charges
from the House, and then, if declared guilty
by vote Of two-tlirds Of the Senators present,
he is removed, and will have to 60. If this
cannot be done, the prosecu ion ought to be
dropped, for no halfway trick OF suspension
will reach the case as contemplated by Mr..
Stevens


His second bill, deemed necessary for the
safety o. the country, is simply the scheme OF
Mr. Senator Sumner, of establishing universal
negro suffrage by act of Congress-the expert
mcnts made in this direction in the Northern
States, in Ohio mos! emphatically, having
failed. Mr.. Stevens will hardly mend the mat
ter by this bill. The republican party in Con-
gress have been admonished that they have
followed him little too far ALREADY. Their
true course is to fall back upon the pending
constitutional amendment, which, if we are not
mistaken, has been ratified by sufficient num-
Der Of the States to make 1t part of the supreme
law, and which, in leaving representation and
suffrage to balance each other as each State
may choose in regard to the blacks, and in
binding the government, the States and the
people to redeem the national debt, settles the
two most important questions Of the day.
Year: 1867

From different sections of the country
we learn of intense dissatisfaction at the
modified apportionment act of General
Meagher. 1t is looked upon as illegal
and unjust, and in Deer Lodge county
all parties have united in a formal pro
test and petition to Governor Smith.
The opinion is held by able iurists that
the apportionment once made, The power
vested temporarily in the Governor
ceases, and that the subsequent proclaim
ations of General Meagher and Governor
Smith are null and void of effect. Taking
this view of the case, it is proposed to
elect under the original apportionment
proclamation of General Meagner, and
claim representation in the Legislature
on that basis. Deer Lodge county claims
to have as large a number of qualified
electors as Edgerton or Madison. and is
indignant at the apportionment as it
now stands. 1t is a new issue sprung in
the campaign, and is likely to become a
vital question if the modified apportion-
ment is insisted upon
Year: 1867

There is a class of men who never can
find work They are the same identical
men who never try to find it, or having
it thrust upon them, run away from it. "A
man just arrived from the Muscleshel,
reports that he met two hundred of
these constitutional GROWERS con the
way to Fort Benton to work their pas
sage down the river, being unable to find
anything TO do in Montana" Now we
happen to know that at the time they
must have left Helena, there was a letter
there, sent from the Bear creek region,
signed by number of the most substan-
tial men in that section, offering eight
I0LLdrS day ia clean dust for a large
number of men-if we recollect right,
one or two hundred, and stating that
the number of laborers was totally mad
equate TO the work that should be done.
At the same time, parties visited the
troops on the Yellowstone and offered
work to all, some $50 or 800, at So per
1t is but short time since we had a let
ter from Butte City, stating that men
could find ready employment there at
| Sc per day and Smith and Graeter, at
Bannack. have been giving work to all
who applied, on the ditch at that place,
on fair terms. These are but fraction
of the places in the Territory where men
were applied for. There is no scarcity
of work there may be men who are idle
| in some of the duller camps, or arriving
from east or west, who do not know
where to go to obtain employment. For
the purpose of assisting them and dis
tributing labor to camps in need of it
we request our agents and correspon-
dents in camps where more men are
needed to give information of the prob
able number in their respective lOcali-
ties, which statements should be signed
by several reliable persons, and trans
mitted at an early day for publication.
We believe this to be desirable plan
for the good of all, and offer the columns
of the Posi- as a means of communica
ton.
Year: 1867

the appointment Of Major Wallace That
wasthe stday's work that has been done for
Georgia for many year. As already hinted,
the business of this road is now very large
greater than at any time, / believe, since
the completion of the road. / have had
occasion to pass over the line recently, and
was struck with the superiority Of its APP
pointnents, the efficiency, courtesy and
sobriety of its officers, their polite attention
TO the comfort of passengers, the elegance
and comfort Of its cars, and the elock-woFk
regularity of the trains. Thesplendid con-
dition Of the track is very proYerb in the
mouths of all who ride over it, and es-
pecially is it observed by railroad men.


In future letter may have something
more TO say about the various railways
terminating in Atlanta, and hope to be
able to give you some statistics of the very
heavy work they have been doing this
winter, and which is yet pressing them to
their utmost capacity. At present ! fear
to trespass farther upon the patience Of your
readers, lest they may be deferred from the
perusal Of my next, which intend to make
highly Interesting and instructive, and may
even indulge them in what country friend
once pointed ont to an editor as The cream
of newspaper. viz: Something divert
ingw SoJoURNER.
Year: 1867

Every department Of business has an imme-
diAte interest In the markets Of the country. and
in its financial fluctuations and condition. The
man who fans 10 keep himself properly ad-
vIsed as to the rise and fall Of the markets, as
controlled by the laws Of demand and supply


and the relative condition Of the currency, Is
exposed 10 constant loss. and must necessarily
fall behind his more intelligent and enterprising
neighbors. In order 10 make our paper valuable
as well as interesting, we shall continue TO
make this a SPECIAL FEATUBR. Our Daily
Market Reports, domestic and foreign, by tele-
graph. and our City Reports, gotten up at heavy
expense have challenged the commendatiOn Of
our best business men; while our current Finan-
cial Reports from all the leading money centres
Of the country are fuller than have ever been
published BY any other Journal in Tennessee.
Year: 1867

Aud Tor the special pleasure and profit Of the
young. each week wewin give a general literary
and religious miscellany. Nothing shall find
its way into oar columns UNFIT for the perusal OF
the mothers and daughters Of the land Depre-
eating the demoraliEing sensationalism Of many
contemporary Journals. we shall eschew that
character striving 20 give tAe.reader substantial
matter. rreierring 20 be useful rather than


ensaUonul
Year: 1867

We shall constantly admonish the Southern
people to be self-reliant and shall do what we
may be able TO induce the establishment Of
manufactures in our midst for our home pro-
ducts. To this end we viii pay special attention
70 the COST and STATISTICS Of manufacturing,
and exert ourselves to encourage the diyersih-
cation Of Southern industries and the develop
uont Of Southern resources.
Year: 1867

re Ladies habitpslly carry pins in
their mouths-we mean in the dressing
room-and always insist that no harm
ever came of it. On the contrary,
there are frequent warnings in the shape
of fatal accidents resulting from this
practice. A tailor at Croydon, Eng
land, met his death the other day, in
consequence of bending a needle be-
tween his teeth and accidentally pro-
jecting part of it into his throat.
Year: 1867

The following hints upon this sub
ject, we find worthy of consideration;
and as in the spring much time is de-
voted to repairing and making roads,
we give them for the benefit of farmers
and others In road making, one great
requisite is the ready and total removal
of all water. There cannot be a good
road where water stands by the side of
or on it. If the bitches have no ready
outlet, the road bed will soak up the
moisture more or less, by capillary at
traction, and thus remain rutted and
muddy. 1t is vain to think of having
a good road on a subsoil filed with
stagnant water Even on side hills, if
water remains on the upper side, it will
injure the road by passing under. Pro-
vide, then, if possible, for the thorough
drainage of your roads, either by sur
face or covered bitches. See that the
road is evenly and slightly rounded,
so that the water can readily find its
way to the drains. If the soil is clayey
or loamy, give it few inches of gravel
or even coarse sand, and you viii have
fine and pleasant passage way II the
soil is sandy, il needs an addition OF
clay to correct it, and this will correct
it so that good roads may be had over
the lightest sandy soils.
Year: 1867

Men who tell stories that run into
one another so that you find it very
difficult to get away at the end Of any
of them.


Men who have quarrelled with all
their relations.


Men who have been betrayed and
abandoned in the most heartless manner
by all their own friends.


Men who initiate popular authors.


Men who have been prosecuted and
swindled by general conspiracy of
everybody.


Men who are always asking, "Don't
you think so 7"


Men who are always quitting a case"


Men who agree with you too much


Men "who feel inclined to join issue
with you there"
Year: 1867

SITKA.-The formal notice Of the ratifica.
tion of treaty with Russia having been re-
ceived by our Government the Secretary OF
the Treasury will at once prepare Instructions
regulating trade and revenue in our recently
acquired Russian possession. AS the matter
now stands all our trade and revenue regula-
tions are subject TO the approval or sufferance
Of the Russian Government.
Year: 1867

ITEMS FROM THE BLAcKFuoT ROAD. - A new
bridge, to accommodate the wagon travel, is in
course of construction near BY the old one On
the Palouse river.


A new bridge is also being built across the
Tuc"nOn, and will be complete by the LIST of
March.


The weather on the Spokane has been mild all
winter snow not more than about IA inches
deep at any time on the Spokane prairie, and
that only for FIVE days. SchnebIy's bridge on
me Spokane will be completed by the lst of
March.


Snow about three feet deep at Pen d'Oreille
city, according to Indian reports The abut.
mrnis of the new bridge on Hangmans Creek
and also those of the Mullan bridge on this side
were csrr'ed away by the late high water. A
new bridge will be Immediately built AT on. or
these places. "
Year: 1867

CALIFORNIA CRoPs.-An old resident Of CAL
ho'nia, now in our city, informs US that the
wheat crop sown in California this year is full
'To-'hirds less than 1t has been for many years
The farmers generally intended to SOW less than
formerly on account ofrhe overplus of last sea.
son and the consequent very low prices but the
rains last fili prevented them from sowing even
as much as they wished to. Ia addition TO this
the heavy rains and high water Of the present
winter have destroyed considerable amount Of
the crop sown. If this be true the farmers here
may look for higher prices before the close Of
the present year than are now ruling.
Year: 1867

A new road law was passed, the principle fea-
lures of which that the road tax shall be paid
into the county treasury as other taxes, and per-
sons can have the choice of paying their taxes
in money or working it ou' on the roads at the
rate of two dollars per day. The matter Of ope-
ming new roads is also made much easier than
under the old law, and all roads now opened
and travelled are declared legal roads. THIS
law will be much more satisfactory to the peo-
pie than the old one
Year: 1867

The act requires that all persons having charge
Of any white orphan children ia the Territory


between the ages ofeight and eighteen years, shall
send them to ehOOi at least three months IN each
year, provided a school is taught that length Of
time in their district, within two miles Of their
residence and in case such person is unable to
edneate such children they must be educated
at public expense. The penalty for failure to
comply with this act, without good reason being
shown, is a 6ne OF one hundred dollars, to be
paid into the school fund. The County Commisr
when in their opinion justice demands q remis-
aion
Year: 1867

This act provides that no person shall be dis.
qualified AS witness in any civil action by rea>
son Of his interest in the event of the same, as
party thereto or Otherwise, except when the op-
pOsIte party sues or defends Ms executor, admin
istrator or legal representative of any deceased
or insane person, or as legal representative Of
any minor under the age OF fourteen years.
Year: 1867

Is very stringent one, aud though not partial
to such acts, it seems to us from close e1"mi-
-a,ion Of the law that II will he almost an i'm
possibility ~ .a,rh as may take the benefit Of it
TO practice fraud All properly S.ln4 ping to an
insOlvent debtor, excepting such as be may he
entitled to under the exemption law, is divided
pro rata among his creditors but legal mortga-
ees and liens resting upon the property at the
time the assignment is made shall remain good
and valid, and may be enforced in the same
manner as though NO such surrender had been
made.
Year: 1867

~ L W. ShAI
1t was a February storm in Maine,
and those who have not experienced
such can have no idea of its terrific
power, the air thick with falling snow,
which was driven whirling into i'm
mense drifts, and the wind raging and
tearing in its wild fury with IL roaring
like thunder.


Brooks Mill was small clearing on
the Penobscot, over which was scattered
some dozen log cabins, besides the mill
which gave name to the place. The
cabins had an opening in the roof, which
served the double purpose of letting the
smoke out and the light in; and on
nights like the one described, were
scenes of elemental warfare, for the
wind and snow come whistling and
drifting down the opening, but only to
be met and conquered by the bed of
glowing Goals and the flames which
lcaped and flashed as if enjoying the
contest.


When nights were clear, the stars
looked down upon those gathered about
the hearthstone, and by day the sky
spread above its glorious blue, and the
sun poured down its food of golden
light.


The cabin of Peter Hoffman was some
what larger than the others, and pos
sessed the luxury of glazed windows.
The chimney occupied nearly one side
of the apartment, and tho fire, which
was composed of logs several feet in
length, went blazing and cracking up,
sending out its ruddy light and genial
heat. There were perhaps n dozen per-
sons gathered around it, luXuriating in
it us only those can who have battled
through the day with fierce winds and
deep SHOWS.


There was but one woman present,
Kitty Hoffman, the hOusekeeper of her
father; the others were men with firm
tread, iron muscles, and voices accus-
toned to ringing through the forest
with clear trumpet notes, more penetra-
ting than the howl Of a wolf or the
scream of catamount.


One of the company was an Indian,
whom they called Sockabason, brown
and wrinkled, but with erect figure, and
coal black locks, which hung struggling
over his ears and shoulders. Near him
sat boy, of perhaps nineteen Summers,
who was designated us Indian sam,
though it was evident from his blue
eyes and ruddy checks that he had no
hereditary claim to that title. He was
an ostray, who had been picked up by
sockabason, so long ago that he had for
gotten when, though he repaid the
klndnCssof his protector wi,htho slauch-
lest devotion. They had lived much
Year: 1867




We have often read of children and ven-
omous snakes playing together. but We
never had case come under our immedi-
ate observation until yesterday. In the
afternoon the two little daughters of Mr. c.
G. Lieben, aged three and FIVE years re-
spectively, were engaged in playing in the
front yard of their home on Iowa street. be.
tween Seventh and Eighth, when the oldest
child ran into the house, and told the ser
want girl to run out and see to her sist,r,
who was playing with big snake The
servant thought nothing of it, and contin-
ued her work. In few minutes the child
again besought her TO 60 right out, for the
snake was kissing at SISSY" The girl
went out, and was struck speechless and
made to grow pale? On the brick walk
near the front gate sat the little child,
laughing at and patting huge snake on
the head The snake was coiled up like n
spiral spring, and elevated with head and
protruding fangs was allowing the child to
play with it. It was blackish monster,
streaked and spotted with green. When
the child would cease patting it, the snake
would strike at the little ones hand, and
stiffen as preparing to jump at the child =
Then the little one would tap its head, and
it would lower its head, and remain pas
sive. The servant stood for moment
unable to say word. AT last she shrieked
for Mrs. Lieben who came out. She clso
was seized with terror, but waited only a
second before she seized her child and bore
it away. A lady who resides next door,
alarmed by the servant girls cries, had
now arrived upon the scene. Before the
snake uncoiled itself, she threw brick at
it, which struck upon its head and stunned
it. A man who was passing by then step
ped in and killed the snake. 1t measured
thirty eight inches in length, was of the
kind known as the house adder, the bite or
sting of which is said to be terribly poison
Gus. The child had narrow escape from
an awful death.
Year: 1867

A STRICKEN FAMILY The Portage
Register says on Wednesday man who had
travelled with team all the way from
Platte Valley, beyond Fort Kearney, with
five small children, arrived in that city,
His wife was killed by the Indians six weeks
ago, and he was stripped of everything he
possessed except team he had with him
away from home when his house was at
tackled by the savages. His destination
was Marquette county.
Year: 1867

b6> When it is known that our senior
ditor Is yet in the physicians care, and
Pdr junior confined to his bed by severe i'll
hess, no apology is required by our readers
or any lack of interest in the columns of
he Plot now a-days We have the most
charitable set of readers in the world.
Year: 1867

ANOTHER STEAMER.-We learn from
good authority that Capt. RAND will shortly
commence the construction of new steam
er for Capt. GooDRICH-one that will be
equal in size and finish to any yet built by
him. This is encouraging news to our me-
chanics and timber men, and very accept
able to the whole town.
Year: 1867

ARRIVED. The steamer Mdnitoroc was
brought here on Monday from Milwaukee,
with her boilers in their proper place
Mechanics are now engaged in furnishing
her upper works, and she will be ready for
business early in the spring.
Year: 1867

We,nake the following extract from the
Wilmington Dispatch of the 18th of last
month:


& "The people of the South are united. as
one man. in their opposition to the threaten
ing policy of Congress. They have felt the
influence of that life-giving power, freedom
They cannot be made slaves through ignor-
ance, they cannot be held in subjection to
tyranny At the right time, IF the President
ofhe United States stands .77ana in his pur-
pose to protect the Constitution, the check
to the march of despotism and fanaticism
wiil-be given by these forces combined
They aoiU dri0e the usuapers. from their seats of
pocer. They will restore the Constitution of
our country They will preserve free insti-
tutions to America. There can be no rea-
sonable doubt of the result Already the
Southern people have given evidence of their
capacity as soldiers. With the North uni
ted against them, many of their own people
against them, no organized government to
commence with, no army, no navy, no re-
I sources, nothing to coalesce them but
. principle, and on that thousands refusing to
stand, they kept up an uneven contest for
independence for four years with yalor un-
exampled, a fortitude unparalleled, and
determination unexcelled. In THIS approach
ing conflict, for conflict there soiU be If Congress
attempts to destroy the States, they will have
nearly half of the North as allies, and will
be themselves united. There will be no room
for compromise after the first blow. There
can be no divisions of sentiment on the side
Of Conservatism and freedom and Union.-i
The Conservatives will be animated by the
most powerful considerations. They will
fight to the knife, and then to the hilt."


The Editor of the Dispatch has spoken in
the above for large majority of the rebel
leaders in this State. We tell the President
of the United States that Southern traitors
are ready to spring to his support, and to
I" fight to the knife, and the knife to the hilt,"
if he will only lead the way against the Con-
gress, the law-making power of the country
We tell him they look to him and depend
upon him. He seems to be their only hope
Vain hope Andrew johnson is no traitor.
He will never raise his arm against the law
tul Congress Of his country He scorns the
traitors who would thus use him. We feel
sure he does. But it is unfortunate for his
fame, and it is source of modification to
his real friends every where, that these trai-
tors are permitted without rebuke thus to
class him with themselves, and to count up
on him as an instrument to effect his coun-
Itry'sruin. a fell
Year: 1867

Mr.. EDiroR The following letter is from
a gentleman of this State who went North
to sell lands and other properties for himself
and friends. 1t may interest your numerous
readers to peruse it. 1t speaks out plainly
as to the real difficulties in the way of our
material prosperity, and gives an inkling of
the untold wealth that would speedily flow
into the South if we could only get our po-
htical troubles settled.


A NATIVE CITIZEN