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Year: 1866

THE QUESTION. -Hdrper'S Weekly, in an
article on the minority report of the Recon
struction Committee, thus puts the question
to be decided by the adoption of the new Con-
stitutional amendment:


'For the doctrine of Alexander IT. STEPHENS
and the Minority Report is either true or false
Either the National Government was power
less, except for collecting revenues and holding
district courts within every rebel State, when
the insurgents surrendered, or it had exactly
as much power as in its judgment was neces-
sary to secure peace and conform to the Union.


The latter being the plain common-sense OF
the situation, is the doctrine OF the loyal Amer
lean people 1t is in vain to split hairs upon
the question of the exact condition OF the in
surgent States. 1t remains a pernlclOus abb
straction. There is something amusing in the
preposterOus gravity with which Mr. Stephens
and his friends in Congress inform the faithful
people of this country, who freed the slaves il
order to undermine the rebellion, that the reb
el States, having concluded to surrender, viii
now by continuous right" return to a larger
share in the Government than they had before
| Does MIR. Reverdy johnson seriously suppose
that the people who had faith enough ant
sense enough to suppress such a rebellion real
ly mean that those who rebelled shall have
gained political power at the expense of those
who remained faithful and were victorious?


1t Is this issue Of common sense and not onC
Of Constitutional hair-splitting which will %
to the country in the coming elections. Nor i
ltaquestlon whether loyal Representatives from
any State shall be admitted, but whether an,
State lately III rebellion shall be represented
until 1t has given reasonable and honorable
guarantees OF fidelity to the Union.
Year: 1866

Tho nambcr OF ncu OF The city Of New York police
focc on duty yesterday exceeded fifteen hundred


Yesterday morning nj early hour the orders OF the
Police Commissioners set in active motion, and
before midday sections OF the force detailed to
various parts Of the city which their presence was
deemed necessary.


The first assignment which appeared on duty marched
four deep from the City Hall down Broadway TO the
Battery, about hundred men, and in physigse and
discipline imposing municipal corps never irod
the streets OF any city Under the wise discretion OF
tho Commissioners In command details Of the force we're
despatched other localities through which the process.
pass, and with all his exhibition OF physical
force under the command and power Of civic Authority
this numerical and gigantic display proved TO be nothing
less Than show, for during tho hours Of
the procession and lser s when all had subsidized aud
the egons OF people had retired to their homes could
b. discovered ha, their agency required for tho
preservation Of ordr in this huge and warmng hive Of
humen life.
Year: 1866

Who does not love his country with
all his soul aud heart? Our whole
country with her vast rivers, lakes,
mountains ani rolling prairics, all of
which exceed that Of any other nation
in d'c world


Our whole country! What glorious
theme for one to think he lives in the
"lanl of the free aud home of the
brave and that peace onco more has
returned to nation Of people.


The beautiful cut at the head of this
column is emb'cmatical Of tho high po.
sition she occupies among the nations of
the earth, and long may it remain soil |
compact to resist the cncroachmcnts of
any foreign foe, now and forever.


Our whole country-rurchascl with
tho blood Of our Revolutionary sircs,
whose memories and deeds of valor are
still cherished in tic heart of every true
American. As n nation Of people we
are again enjoying the blessings Of peace
after four years war among ourselves
and Of its causes anl those who were in
s.rumental in bringing it upon our rco-
PIE, it is not cur purpose to name. For
the future let all strive to cultivate peace
and harmony with each other, and look
forward to brighter and better time to
come. All hail, then to oar whole coun
try, now and forever.
Year: 1866

Article l. This District shall be known and
designated as Township No. Quartz Mining Dis
trict, and the boundaries shall be those Of the
township


Art. q The jurisdiction of the following laws
shall extend to and define the rights and privi-
legos Of those who may locate claims upon veios
or lodcs OF quartz or other rock containing gold,
silver cinnabar, or copper, within this district.


Art. 3. Any citizen or qualified person shall be
entitled to locate or own by the location OF 9th
ers, but two hundred feet along the line, or upon
the same vein or lode Every claim OF two hun
dred feet or less shall include all dipss spurs angles
and variations OF the main lode, together with the
crossing parallel veins or lodes, within twenty
feet OF the samo upon both sides; provided that
the dip OF any parallel vein or lode, so included,
follows the dip of the main vein or lode, Any
person locating vein or lode within this district,
may claim at right angles from the main lode,
and wholly upon the one rpartly upon both side,
two hundred feet Of surface ground iorconvcnient-
ly working the mine; but such claim of surface
ground shall not include others than the vein or
lode provided for in this article. nor prevent 9TH
er parties from working such vein or lode


Art. 4. The discovercr OF q vein or lode shall
be entitled to locate two hundred feet in addition
to the rights and privileges accorded to others by
these laws.


Art. 5. Any person claiming more than two
hundred feet in the same lode, except as provided
for in Article 4, and except by actual boAa tide
PuICiIdoc; suiH Dc COHsluCTCu us uDdDNUUlllS All
feet in excess of the first two hundred feet loca
ted in his name, and such excess may be claimed
and recorded by any other party not owner by To-
cation on the same vein or lode.


Art 6. Upon the location of claim or claims,
a notice shall be posted upon the lodes which
shall clearly have written the name or names OF
the locators, the general direction OF the vein or
lode, the surface ground, if located upon one or
10th sides of the main vein or lode.


Art. L. A copy of the notice provided tor in
Article shall be recorded in the Book of Records
IN this district, within ten days after being posted
on the vein or lode. The record shall also state
,ne boundaries of the claim. its locality in the
District and that the claim is first. second. oct
nortneriy or southerly. easterly or westerly, from
.he hrst location on the same vein or lode; but
no record shall be made of claim containing
more than three thousand feet of the lode.
Year: 1866

On the first page our readers will find an
elaborate detailed statement Of the receipts
and expenditures Of the city government for
the year ending June 80, 1866. We print
this report Of the Register to enable our citi.
zens to examine the financial condition Of
the city, and to refute the charges that have
been made by prominent members Of the
present Congress that no printed exhibit is
made of the finances and no care taken to
enlighten its citizens upon the subject These
reports are made annually to the City Coun.
ellis by the Register, and the present one
gives q faithful exhibit Of the general, special
and ward funds.
Year: 1866

TaAp. srnvEss has already given notice
that on the reassembling Of Congress he will
press to Q vote his Enabling act" which
wipes out the existence Of ten States in the
Union, and provides for their erection into
Territories. II this is not an attempt to ac-
complish exactly what the rebels fought for,
and exactly what our gallant Union boys
suppose they fought to prevent, and did pre-
vent-secession, or the disruption Of the
Union of The Stdtes--then we have mistaken
the causes Of the war and purposes Of the
Government in carrying it on and sup
pressing the rebellion.


The Albany Evening Journal, q strongly
radical paper, observing the dangerous, head
long tendency Of Mr.. STEVENS in his leader
ship in the National Legislature, says, with
considerable force:


There is great and growing danger that
in carrying forward the processes Of recon.
struction, tendency will be constantly ex-
hibited to 20 further and faster than the con-
diton Of the country, or the sentiment Of the
people warrants. The electors Of the North
have decided, and rightfully decided, that the
governments Of the Southern States are not
republican in form, and that they should be
made conformable to the Federal Constitu-
ton. This is state Of facts resulting from
the condition in which those communities
were left by war, and the action contemplated
is justi6able only in view Of the emergencies
which were created by war; and the power
that war conferred. But in recognizing the
existing prerogatives Of Congress- the people
did not intend to confer power upon it to re-
model the Government reconstruct all the
States Of the Union, or revolutionize the sys-
TEN upon which il has thus far been main
tanned II Thad. Stevens and his followers
thus interpret the decision Of the late cleo
tions, it will not take them long to discover
that they have made q supreme mistake"


We agree with the Buffalo Commercial
Advertiser that it would have been wiser in
the Journal If it had taken this moderate
tone of policy earlier in the day, before the
men whom it now condemns had grown into
such prominence and influence in the party
But we hail it now as an able co-worker in
the good cause Of moderation, Cancellation
and prudence, for which we have always earn.
estlv labored
Year: 1866

Upon our outside to-day will be found an
able communication from the Washington
correspondent of the San Francisco Alta
California on the subject Of suffrage in the
District. While we do not agree fully with
all that the writer says about the Southern
States and the Constitutional amendment,
we like the independent manner in which he
treats the subject Of suffrage, and commend
the communication to our readers as worthy
Of their attention.
Year: 1866




The following significant communication
appears in the Nation of this week. 1t re-
quires no comment as it sufficiently explains
itself:


CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo-, Jan. II, 1865,
To the Editor ofthe Nation:


I am aware that the time of my subscription
for the Nation has expired. have read It
with deep interest and with much benefit to
myself, and only regret that 1 am unable to
renew my subscription at this commencement
of the year.


have just returned from two months
business trip in. l left orders to have
the Nation forwarded to me, but soon found 1t
for my interest to countermand them. found
it very unpopular, besides little unsafe, for
person to be caught reading anything like an
anti-slavery or radical journal. The only way
that person can live there in safety and do
business (outsile of military post) is to pro-
fess to be Democrat with Southern procliy-
Year: 1866

Established expressly to afford the afflicted sound
and scientific Medical aid, in the treatment
and cure of all Private and Chronic
Diseases, cases of secrecy, and


all sexual diseases.
Year: 1866

The Commissioner of Indian Affairs in submitting
his second annual report remarks that the year 1866
will be memorable in the history Of the Indian affairs
for the large number of treaties concluded with them
by the Government. Many of these treaties are con-
cluled with tribes with whom hostities had continued
for two or three years. at great cost to the country
In the treaties made with the nations resident IL the
Indian country south Of Kansas the abolition OF
Slavery and proper care for the freedmen are expressly
provided for. Many of the tribes agree to be moved
to reservations in the Indian country, and cede the
territory hitherto owned by them to the Government
or TO private companies, which, in return, engage to
make provision for establishing schools, supporting
missions and encouraging agriculture and civilization
in general. number Of treaties are still awaiting
ratification, or in the course Of preparation.


Although no serious hOstilities have occurred during
the past year between the Indians and whites, nu
merous depredations have occurred usual 1t s nat
ural that the disposition among the settlers who occa
sionally suffer from the raids of the Indians, is very
hostile, but it is at the time gratifying to know
that both the legislative and executive departments Of
the Government are intent upon protecting the lnd-
ans from unjust and illegal treatment.


The history of the Indians is drawing TO close
The irrepressible advance of the white settlers over
floods all their possessions, and more and more they
become concentrated in the Indian territory, where
most of them are placed under kind Of territorial
government and begin to devote themselves to agr'
cultural pursuits The report of the Commissioner
makes number of recommendations which will re.
ceve in time the earnest attention Of Congress.
Year: 1866

A French provincial journal of recent date gives
some very interesting details relative to so years
celebration on an estate in the locality. About the
incidents themselves there is great deal to challenge
our admiration for those simple forms Of life and kindly
reciprocity of feeling which more characteristic OF
a country than of q city community.


One Jules Fabre, the proprietor Of large paternal
estate completed at the date specified in the news
paper above referred to (Oct. 26) his 5Oth year oc-
oupancy Of the land. Fortyseven of these years he
had been q married man. so that the carnival held on
the occasion was almost Of the character Of golden
wedding. Nearly 800 persons TO whom he gave en-
ployment joined him in the joyful observance Some
of these had worked under his father and, like NJ
Fabre himself showed gray hairs and wrinkled
cheeks; Others too, were there who had been at
tached the domain for 40 or more years, 30 20 10;
grandsres sires stawart with their fair part
ners, down to mere youths.


The entire programme is described In the journal
from which we quote, and the proceedings must have
been Of an exceedingly interesting character-incud-
ing an attendance at church, an outdoor banquet,
singing and dancing and the recitation of pieces in
prose or verse the end being benedictOn by priest.


II appeared that the connection of NJ. Jules Fabre



and benefit that he blessed with the goods of fortune
aud phianthropic mind had chosen rather to prove
himself the friend Of those around him than to indulge
in the asperties of caste common 10 many European
employers. He had built school on his estate;
helped his people TO become the owners of the houses
they dwelt in and had beside exerted himself in their
behalf both in moral and physical point Of view.
II is needless TO say what the feelings existing be-
tween the two were after the experience Of kindness
like this.


We have been induced to briefly allude to this
golden celebration in view Of the really golden pic
ture it presents of just and kindly disposition of
reciprocal persons and duties. Though there may be
something about it suggestive of the old feudal
times, that something is soon dispelled beneath the
light of the pure civilization and true religion papabe
in is every phase.
Year: 1866

As we have anticipated, the action OF Messrs HAS
tead and White in precpitately hurryng out OF the
Associated Press does not meet the appreciation oil
the Western Press. The card of Mr.. ScrppS reveals
the existence of tyranny which we have all along
assaed He makes the mistake of supposng that there


is any disposition on the part of the Associated Press
to injure the newspapers outside of New-York This
newspaper as q member of the Executive Committee
could never consent to any such policy. 1t Is just
to our neghbors to say we have never heard such
policy asserted The one question on which we unite
is that with our consent no man shall be allowed
70 aggrandize the power Of controlling the news OF
this country and becoming to us the Reuter- OF Amer
ica Eminent English journalists unite in this wish'
and beg US to keep the American press free from
tyranny which to-day the curse Of journalism in En-
gland Mr.. Hastead and Mr.. White received every
kindness from US. There proposition they could
have made in any way proper that We would not have
accepted. But the proposition we could not ac-
cept was that we should recognize dismissed aud
unflthfu servant as a rival in gathering, aud
those who sustained him could hope for no associa-
ton with us. We desire no antagonsm We seek
to impose no burdens. We wish TO do to the outside
press what we do to each other, and no more.
Year: 1866




We have the usual monthly report from the
Agricultural Bureau-a pamphlet nearly as valuable
as an agricultural newspaper. We are told that
Providence is giving genial seasons and that big
things are the result; also, that the National seed
store is doing larger business than ever. Perhaps
farmers and others had better stop saving garden
seeds and send directly to Washington. But the
Commissioner complains that he has not money
enough. He has expended only about one hundred
and sxty.two thousand dollars this year.


The estimate of the crops of the year Is toerably
definite but it would be more complete had
the fractions Of bushels been given for he deals in
fractions. He takes fine sight Much Of the statis
teal work Is to solve questions like this How much
seyen-tenths of threeeghths Of ve-sxths Of three
fourths of one-ninthl


The Commissioner has got a bright idea. He pro-
poses send to Egypt for cotton seed to increase the
Southern crop. Perhaps he thinks that he will get
of the seed which the Egyptians procured in our
country few years ago. This about the time
that seed was sent to India and other parts Of Asia
One may want to know what this was done for. 1t
was because the staple in those hot climates is short
that il cannot be worked on any Of our machinery.


Congress being in session this Department will be-
come active The costly and extensive greenhouses
are blooming with flowers Every member who has
his wife with him. or who has let her at home, will
have an evening bouquet These flowers said TO be
beautiful They certainly give much light.
Year: 1866

THE NEW YORK CENTRAL hdfLhOAD'


1t is currently rumored that the New.York Central
Railroad Company have in contemplation the election
of the Hon. WILLIAM G. FARGO of Buffalo, Us Presl-
dent This is hopeful indication, as well for The
travelling and freght-carrying public as the stock
holders of the Central. Mr. Fargo is man OF large
executive or business capacity and experience and
should he be elected, have doubt that he would
manage the affairs Of that great corporation upon in
telligent business principles If he will only devote
himself to the interests Of the Central with the un-


firing energy and capacity he has heretofore displayed
in another and hardly less extensive and important
field, he will prove the best man for the position
within the reach of the Company; and we do not be-


eve that under his management the concern would
be run in the interest of any political party or any
financial clique. The Company has heretofore had
the unenviabe reputation of having spent large sums
in aid of the Democratic party to the detrment both
of sound political morality and the pecuniay interests
of its stockholders The election Of Mr.. Fargo would
cure all this and the property would be made vastly
more productive, while the public would be better
served.
Year: 1866

One of the smaller maryels of the recent demon
stration in honor of Congress was permission accorded
to clerks of the State and Treasury Departments to
Join in the procession. Forty Treasury clerks turned
out, it is Observed but only eleven had the rashneSs
or the courage to accompany the procession back from
the Capitol The high Secretaries have manifested
shrewd berality which we commend to headquarters
Our Washington correspondence intelligenty suggests
the spirit that will animate Congress in the present
so,sion
Year: 1866

The Senate debated the repeal OF the pardoning
power of the President yesterday, and the bill was re-
ieued to the Judiciary Committee. We understand
that the Radicals in the House deeply disappointed
that the Senate did not pass promptly but we see
no reason for uneasiness. We do not think that the
courage of the Senate is to be doubted merely be.
cause it chooses to observe its usual forms of legsa
tiOn
Year: 1866

DR.. ScHENcK-Dear Sir About two years ago was
taken with very troublesome cough and pain in my
breast seven OF eightmonths passed away without my
doing anything for myself Then applied to physi-
clan, who attended for about three months without
rendering me any service also obtained the advice
and treatment of physician in Of the hospitals,
and also the advice and treatment of two other phys
clans, but all to purpose During this long space of


time nearly dead; several times my friends came
to see me and witness my exit into the spirit world
was confined to my bed two months at one time, My
breathing was exceedingly short. l gave up several


times all hope Of getting better and regarded getting
well, that was entirely out of the question. And to
think thsday am well and hearty Twas advised by
some of my friends to try DR.. SoHEACKs Medicines.
accordingly bought bottle after BOTTLE until reached
the ninth; then found decided change in my cough
for the better suffered severely from palptaton of
the heart and two weeks after taking your
medicine this difficulty ceased @


When first went to DR.. Schenck's Office it with
difficulty that could get up into his reception ROOM
was so weak and so sweed; my skin was as sallow as
though had the jaundce felt dull heavy and sleep
less DR.. Schenck after examining me- said both my
lungs were affected, and gave me but little hope; but
his medicines in about two weeks, took right hold of
me; it seemed to go right through my whole system
The Pulmonic Syrup Sea-weed Tonic and Mandrake Pills
all took right hold in the place. The Pills brought
away great quantities of bile andslime the Syrup oos
ened the matter in my lungs, which off very Free
the seaweed Tonic gave me an Appetite and everything
seemed to taste good. ft.gsec (, TS1 4g II


To show what great power the medicines have in pu-
rifyng my system and to show how bad was diseased
beside all the bile that passed my bowels and the great
quantities ofphlegm and matter epectorated broke
out all over in large bois that would continue to gath
and run for about six weeks and had at one time
twenty-five boils have nothing of the kind now
and feel like another person altogether safely say
that have notenjoyed such health for five years
do now, and cannot praise, you and your medicines
enough. May God abundanty bless and preserve you
is the sincere desire of who has been wonderfully
relieved through your agency and if any one desires
to know with regard to the truhfulness of this report
if they VIII call upon any Of my friends, or upon me-
No. Dryden Place, near Thompson street. below Cad
walader Philadelphia they viii be perfectly satisfied
with the validity of the case.


Yours, with much respect fi3u
Year: 1866

As PLAIN AS PIKE sTAFF. dge
John I. Dillon, of the Supreme Ceurt.ef
Iowa, used the following language in
speech. recently delivered at Davenport:


The Southern States ought not to Be
allowed representation in Congress until
the right of Suffrage is given otonthe ne
grOes in those States, and it is the duty
of Congress to insist upon this condition
precedent to their admission and as guar
antees of their future Loyalty IF the
negroes fail to obtain this privilege by
law, they would be jusifed in obtaining
it at the point of the bayonet.. .s-a-