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On the procession reaching the Executive Mansion, where an immense -crowd had preced ed it, Mr Fendall, the President of the meeting, presented to ihe President the resolutions which had passed the meeting, with a brief and perti nent address from Mr Fendall, in which be in formed him that the assembly had adjourned to the Presidential Mansion to pay their respects to him. The President waa then formally intro duced by Mr Fendall he addressed them sub stantially as follows : After returning his thanks to the committee which had waited upon him and presented him with the resolutions that had been adopted, the President said : The resolutions, as I under stand them, are complimentary of the policy which has been adopted and pursued by the Administration since it came into power. I am free to say to you on this occasion that it is ex tremely gratifying to me to know that so large a portion of our fellow-citizens endorse the poli cy which has been adopted and which is intend ed to be carried out. Great applause. 3 This policy has been one which was intended to restore the glorious Union to bring those great States, now the subject of controversy, to their original relation to the Government of the United States. And this seems to be a day pe culiarly appropriate for such a manifestation as this the day that gave birth to him who foun ded the Goveromcnt that gave birth to the Father of our Country that gave birth to him who stood at the portal when all these States entered into this glorious Confederacy. I'say that the day is peculiarly appropriate to the en dorsement of measures for the restoration of the Union that was founded by the Father of his Country. Washington, whose name this city bears, is embalmed in the hearts of all who love their Government. A voice, "So is Andy John son," and applause. j Washington, in the lan guage of his eulogists, was first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of bis countrymen. No people can claim him no nation can appro priate him. His eminence is acknowleged throughout the civilized world by all those who love tree jrovernment. I have had the pleasure of a visit from the association which has been directing its efforts towards the completion of a monument erected to his name. I was prepar ed to meet them and give them my humble in fluence and countenance in aid of the work. Let. the monument be erected to him who found ed the government, and that almost within the throw of a stone from the spot from which I now address you. Let it be completed. Ap plause -Let the pledges which all these States and Corporations and associations have put in that monument be preserved as an earnest for our faith in and love of this Union, and let the mon ument be completed. And in connection with Washington, in speaking of the pledges .that have been placed iu that monument, let. me re fer to one from my own Siate--God bless her ! which has struggled for the preservation of" this Union in the field and in councils of the nation. Let me repeat, that she now is strug gling in consequence of an innovation that has taken place in regard to her relation with the" Federal Government, growiug out of the rebel lion she is now struggling to renew her rela tions with this government and take tfce stand which she had occupied since 1796. Let me repeat the sentiment which that State inscribed upon her stone that is deposited within he mon ument of freedom and in. commemoration of Washington; she is struggling to stand by the sentiment inscribed on that stone, and she is now willing to maintain that sentiment. And what is the sentiment ? It is the sentiment which was enunciated by the immortal and il lustrious Jackson "The Federal Union, it must be preserved." Cheers Were it possible for that old man, who in statue is before me and in portrait behind me, to be called forth were ij possible to communicate with the illustrious dead, and he could be informed of the progress in the work of faction, and rebellion, and trea son that old man would turn over in his coffin, he would rise, shake off the habiliments of the totub, and again extend that long arm and fin ger and reiterate the sentiment before enunciat ed, "the Federal Uniotr it must be preserved." Cheeis. But we witness what has transpired since his day. We remember what ho said in 1833. When treason, and treachery, and infi delity to the Government and the Constitution of the United States stalked forth, it was his power and influence that went forth and crush ed it in its incipiency. It was then stopped. But it was only stopped for a time, and the spi rit continueil. There were men disaffected to wards the Government in bh the North and South. There were peculiar institutions in the country to which some were adverse and others attached. We find that one portion of our countrymen advocated an institution in the South which others opposed in the North. This resulted in two extremes. That in the South reached a point at which the people there were disposed to dissolve the Government of the United States, and they sought to preserve their peculiar institutions. (What I say on this oc casion I want to be understood There was a .:.. .i,:. -r,ri iiuiuuii ui vui tuuuuuicu wi' n'scu iu mis, ouu thev went to that extreme that they were ill- J . ' . ' ... to break up the Government to destroy this j uliar institution of the South., I I assume nothing here to-day but the citizen j one of you . ' I I -l.-J: r. i.- ! -wuo tins ueen meauui'l ior ni ; -' . Country ana tne nretervauou oi ttiu ,oriMiiuuon. ("Cheer. These two parties- have been array-' t-d a-rainSE eacu uiuti, aim j. sunm uetore you as I did in the Senate of the United States in IKfiO 1 denounced tnere mose who wanted to disrupt the Government, and i portrayed their', blood. That is, the sobstance ot your urovern true character. I told them that those who j ment may be taken away while there is held out were engaged in the effort to break up the Gov- j to you the form and shadow. And now, what ernniPnrere traitors. I have not ceasjd to re- arc the atteufpts and what is being proposed ? peat that, and as far as endeavor could accom ... . . r- . piisn it. to carry out ine huuuicui. i vnecrs. i t it, xv van; v l . j i i- i .. . .1 . : . . rii " I remarked, thcuh; that there wejc.twopartics. : One would destroy the Government to preserve slavery; the other would break up the Government to destroy slavery. Cheers The objects to be accomplished were different, it is true, so far as slavery wa3 concerned, but they agreed in i one thing the destruction of the Government, precisely what I was always opposed to; and whether the disunionists came from the South or from the North, I stand now where I did then, rindicating the Union orthese States and the Constitution of our country. Great cheer ing. The rebellion manifested' itself in the South. I stood by the Government, I said I was for the Union with slavery, I said I was for the Union without slavery. In either alterna tive I was for the Government and the Consti tution. The Government has stretched forth its strong arm, and with its physical power it has put down treason in the field. That is, the section of country that arrayed itself against the Government has been conquered by the force of the Government :tself. Now, what had we said to those people ? "No compromise; we can set tle this question with the South in eight and forty hours. 1 have said it again and again, and I repeat it now, "Disband your armies, acknowledge the supremacy of the Constitution of the United States, give obedience to the law, and the whole question is settled." Cheers " What has been done since ? Their armies have been disbanded. They come now to meet us in a spirit of magnanimity and say, "We were mistaken: we made the effort to carry out the doctrine of secession and dissolve this Union, and having traced this thing to its logical and physical results, we now acknowledge, the flag of our country, and promise obedience to the Constitution, and the supremacy of the law." Cheersl I say, then, when you comply with the Con stitution, when you yield to the law, when you acknowledge allegience to the Government, I say let the door of the Union be opened and the relation be restored to those that had erred and had strayed from the fold of our fathers. Who has. suffered more than I have ' I ask the question. I shall not recount the wrongs and the sufferings inflicted upon me. It is not proper to deal with a whole people in a spi rit of revenge. I know there has been a great deal said about the exercise of the pardon pow er, as regards the Executive; and there is no one who has labored harder than I to have the principals, the intelligent and conscious offen ders, brought to justice and have the principle vindicated that "treason is a crime." Cheers. 13ut, while conscious and intelligent traitors are to be punished, should whole communities and States be made to submit to the penalty of death ? I haye quite as much asperity, and perhaps as much resentment, as a man ought to have; but we must reason regarding man as he is, and must conform our action and our conduct to the example of Ilim who founded our holy religion. I came into power under the Constitution of the country, and with the approbation of the people, and what did I find ? I found eight millions of people wh6 were convicted, condemn ed under the Jaw, and the penalty was. death j and through revenge and resentment, were they all to be annihilated ? Ob ! may I not exclaim, how different would this be from the example set by the Founder of our holy religion, whose divine arch rest' its extremities? on the horizon, while its span embraces the universe ! Yes, He that founded ths great scheme came into the world and saw man condemned under the law,, and the sentence was death. What was His example ? Instead of putting the world or a nation to death, He went forth on the cross and testified with His wounds that He would die and let the world live. Let them repent; let them" acknowledge their rashness;tlet them be come loyal, and let them be supporters of our "lorious sfripes and stars, and the Constitution of our country. I say let the leaders, the con scious, intelligent traitors, meet the penalties of the law. But as for the great mass who haye been forced into the rebellion misled in other instances let there be clemency and kindness, and a trust and a confidence in them. But, my countrymen, after having passed through this rebellion, and having given as much evidence of enmity to it as some who croak a great deal about the matter -.cheers when I look back over the battlefield and see many of those brave men in whose company I was, in localities of the rebellion where the contest was most diffi cult and doubtful, and who yet were patient; when I look back over these fields, and whre the sniGkc has scarcely passed away; where the blood that has been shed has scarcely been ab sorbed before their bodies have passed through the stages of decomposition what do I find ' The rebellion is put down by the strong arm of the Government, in the field. But is this the only way in which e can have rebellions ? This was a strurre against a change and a rev olution'uf the Government, and before we iully get from the battle-fields when our brave men have scarcely returned to their homes and re newed the ties of affection and love to their wives and their children we are now almost inaugurated icto another rebellion. Cheers. j sions, speak what I think. Yes! Cost him his One rebellion was the effort of States to secede, I head! Usurpation! When and where have I aud the war on the part of the Government was ! been guilty of this? Where is the mau in all to prevent them from "accomplishing that, and J the positions I have occupied, from that of Al thereby changing the character of our Govern- j derman to the Vice Presidency, who can say ment and weakening its nower. When the ! ., . inrprnniflnt nas pnec-fonon i iprp is an aiiemnr. v v - - r - i now o concentrate all power in the hands ot a ! few at the Federal head, and thereby bring about a consolidation of the Republic which is ! . equally objectionable with its dissolution. We n J ,.... ,! 1 . . tnA - Ko r . : niiu a astuuicu aim miciii pteu j- z. i ercist'u oi u ui.i.-t caiiwiuinaiv f"'"""- " ; see now that governments c n be revolu- iioutteu .-"'"j? out going into the battle held; and sometimes the revolutions most distressing to a ; ncoole are eneciea wunout me 6ncuuiu ux . t t r- r r J .u-. U : ..'.M .Pntral dir e UIIU mat u au li I ciuuuon. .-v- . tory nearly ail the powers of Congress are as-' tuij j t . ., . i iorv ucny - o . - . j , . . . i-;.i.:- i sproed wuuoui even consuMiuj; iv5.oiaiie and executive departments of the Government, By a resolution reported by a committee upon wnom and in whom the legislative power or the Government has been lodged, that great princi ple in the Constitution which authorizes and empowers the legislative, department,' the Sen ate and house of Representatives- to be theJ judges of elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members, has .been virtually taken away from the two respective branches of the Nation al Legislature, and conferred upon a committee, who must report before the body can act on the question of the admission of members to their seats. By this rule they assume a State is. out f the Union, and to have its practical relation restored by , that rule before the House can Judge of the qualifications of its own members. What position is that 7 You have oeen strug gling for four years to put down a rebellion You contended at the beginning of that strug gle that a State had not a right to go out. You said it had neither the right nor the power, and it has been settled that the States had neither the right nor the power to go out of the Union. And when yon determine by the executive, by the military, and by the public judgment that these States cannot have any right to go out, this committee turns around an! assumes that they areout, and that they shall not come im. I am freo to say to you as your Executive thtit I am not . prepared to take any such posi tion. . Great cheering, I said iu the Senate, in the very inception of this rebellion, that the States had no right to secede. The question has been settled. Thus determined, I cannot turn round and give the lie direct to all that I pro fess to have done during the last four years. I say that when the States that attempt to comply with the Constitution, and give sufficient evi dence of loyalty, I shall extend to them the right hand of fellowship, and let peace and union be restored. I ara opposed to the Davis- es, the loombses, the budells, and the long list of such. But wheu I perceive on the other hand men A voice, "Call them off." I care not by what name you call them still opposed to the Union, I am free to say to you that I am still with the people. I am still for the preser vation of these States for the preservation of this Union, and in favor of this great Govern ment accomplishing its destiny. Here the President was called upon to give the names of three of the members of Congress to whom he had alluded as being opposed to the Union. " . ' The gentleman calls for three names. I am talking to my friends and follow-citizens here. Cheers- Suppose I should name to you those whom I look upon as being opposed to the fun damental principles of this Government, and as now laboring to destroy them. I say Thaddeus Stevens, of Pennsylvania; I say Charles Sum ner, of Massachusetts; I say Wendell Phillips, of Massachusetts. Great chceri'ng, and a voice "Forney !" r I do not. waste my fire on dead ducks. Laughter. I stand for the countrand though my enemies may traduce, slander, and vitupe rate, I may say, that has no force. In addition to this, I dojiot intend to be gov erned by real or pretended friends, nor do I in tend'to be bullied by my enemies. Cheers. An honest conviction is my sustenance, the Constitution my guide. I know, my country men, that it has been insinuated nay, said di rectly, in highplaces that if such a usurpation of power had been exercised two hundred years ago, in particular reigns, it would have cost an individual his head. What usurpation has An drew Johnston been guilty of? Cheers and cries of "None." My only usurpation has been committed by standing between the peo ple a.nd the encroachments of power. And be cause I dared say in a conversutien with a fellow-citizen, and a Senator too, that I thought amendments to the Constitution oucht not to be so frequent, lest the instrument lose all its sanc tity and dignity, and be wholly lost sight ot in a short time, and because I happened to say in conversation that I thought that such and such -1 X 1 I A A. I . "I an atnenamenr. was an mat ougui to oo aaoptea, it was said that I had suggested such a usurpa tion of power as would have cost a king his head in a certain period! In connection with this subject, one has exclaimed that we are in" the "midst of earthquakes and he trembled." Yes, there is an earthquake approaching, there is a groundswell coming of popular judgment and indignation. The American people will speak, and by their instinct, if in no other way, know who are their Iricnds, when and where and in whatever position I stand and I have occupied many positions in the Government, going through both branches ot the Legisla ture. Some gentleman here behind me says, "And was a tailor. Laughter Now, that don't affect me ia the least. When I was a tail or I always made a close fit and was always punctual to my customers, and did good work. A Voice. No patchwork. The President. No, I did not want any patchwork. But we pass by this digression. Intimations have been thrown out and when principles are involved and the existence of my country imperilled, I wiM, as on former occa- that Andrew Johnson ever niaae a pieuge mat , !, , . ...a - ,!. m nin nor reaeem. or tri umuu mai . he violated, or that he acted with ialsity to the t people? ; They may talk about beheading, but when I y - . - - 0m beheaded 1 want the American people to be U n, t nca rt1hppT! I I nil nnt I nn nnt wint he in. iuc niim."- . . A r .... .pTn.-rt j,,,.tfi, ; !,;!, t .vvv r i ucuuwo - ----- n- r- , - to have-one say to a man woo uas assassination , broiling in . bis heart, "there is a lit aubjec , ; 'there is a fit subiect." : u.v....- - , - : and also exclaim that the "1'residential obstacle , mu6i ub gut ' -j those who want to destroy our institutions ; and change the character of the Government 1 not satined with the blood'that has been shed? , .r r. EafifipH xrifh r.n murtvrV DnM i j . . . ' not the blood of Lincoln appease the vengeance , . . e .;. r ! --- 1 r . - i i. rv r r.n i pu-i w,4,u v. luc vuv, v. v.WTv.y- j ment? Is their thirst still nnslacked? Do they j want more blood? Have tbey not honor and courage enough to effect the removal of the' Presidential obstacle ' otherwise than through the bands of the assassin? I am not afraid of assassins; but if it must bo, I would wish to be encountered where one brave man can oppose another. I hold him in dread only who strikes cowardly. But if they have courage enough to strike like men, (I know they are willing to wound, but they are afraid to strike;) if my blood is to be shed because I vindicate the Un ion and the perservation of this Government in its original parity and character, let it be so; bur when. it is done, let an altar of the Union be erected, and then, if necessary, lay me upon it, and the blood that now animates my frame shall be poured out io a last libation as a tribute to the Union, great cheering; and let the op ponents of this Government remember that when it is poured out, the blood of the martyr will be the seed of the church. The Union will grow. It will continue to increase in strength and power, though it may be cement ed and cleansed with blood. T have talked longer my countrymen than I intended. With many acknowledgements for the honor you liave done me, I will say one word in reference to the amendments to the Constitution of the United States. Shortly af ter I reached Washington for the purpose of being inaugurated Vice President, 1 had a con versation with Mr Lincoln. We were talking about the condition of affairs, and in reference to matters in my own State. I said we had called a convention and demanded a constitution abolishing slavery in the State, which provision was not contained in the President's rrockraa tioo. This met with bis approbation and he gave me encouragement. In talking upon the subject of amendments to the Constitution, he said, "when the amendment to the Constitution now proposed is adopted by three-fourths of the States, I should be pretty Dearly or quite don as regards iormiog amendments to the Consti tution if there should be one other adopted." I asked what that other amendment suggested was, and he replied, "1 haver labored to preserve this Union. I have toiled four years. I have been subjected to calumny and misrepresenta tion, and my great and sole desire has been to preserve these States intact under the Constitu tion as they were before; and there should be an amendment to the Constitution which would compel the States to send their Senators and Representatives to the Congress of the United States." He saw as part of the doctrine of se cession that the States could, "if they were pre pared, withdraw their Senators and Representa tives; and he wished to remedy this evil by the adoption of the amendmefit suggested. Even that portion of the Constitution which differs from other organic law says that no , State shall be deprived of its representation. We now find the position taken that States shall not be recog nized; that we will impose taxation; and where ta"xes are imposed the Representatives elect from thence are met at the dqor and told: "No; you must pay taxes, but you cannot participate in a uovernment wuicn is to anect you ior an time Is this just? ' Voices 'No!" "No!" We see then where we are going. I repeat that I am for the Union. I am for preserving all the States. They may have erred, but let us admit those into the councils of the nation who are unmistakably loyal Let the man who ac knowledges allegiance to the Government, and swears to support the Constitution, (he cannot do this in good faitbunless he is loyal; no am plification of the oath can make any difference; it is meTe detail, which I care nothing about;) let him be unquestionably loyal to the Constitu tion of the United States and its Government, and willing to support it in its peril, and I am willing to trust him. I know that some do not attach so mueh importance to the principle as I do. One principle that carried us through the Revolution was, that there fchould be no taxa tion without representation. I hold that that principle which was laid down by our fathers for the good of the nation then is important to its'good now. If it was worth battling for then it is worth battling far now. It should be preserved so long as our government lasts. I know it was said by some during the rebellion that the Constitution had been rolled up as a. piece of parchment, and should be put away, and that in time of rebellion there was no Con stitution. But it is now unfolding; it must now be read and adjusted and understood by the American people. - I come here to-day to vindicate, in. so far as h can in these remarks, the Constitution; to save it, as I believe, for it does seem that encroach ment after encroachment is to be pressed; and as I resist encroachments on the Government, I stand prepared to resist encroachments on the tJonstitution and thereby preserve the Govern ment. It is now peace, aud let us have peace. Let us enforce the Constitution let us live un der and by its provisions Let be it published in blazoned characters, as though it were in the heavens, so that all may read and all may under stand it. Let us consult that instrument, and, understanding its principles, let us apply them I tell the opponents of this Government and I par A not. frnm nrhaf. nnirtur thfv pomfl Eat or West, North or South "you that are engaged io the work of breaking up this government are mistaken. The Constitution and the principles - . r J . t I American heart. " All the powers coniuicea, i . . . tarw care not of what character they are, cannot de- i stroy the n a time, I lino liir ma2e ot freedom. They may succeed but their attempt will be (utile . j .... .. mm i - f; Tul "T I or cfiain ine waves. ll'. M'ey may U3 UL- j - . . . . : tempt to repeal 11 las it woum eeein . tue voosu- .,.- . . ,r.f ,.crt1t;. k., ' in j - y-"""' T' : 1 wllen lt s submitted to tne popular luogmeoi , T 'Z tZ I tUn fi -j u f c ti ;.rn,7iw,a r - j r - "a Ztian And " .t- . hat about as feasible as resistance to tho great hw of gravity, which binds all to a great common centre. This great law of gravUation D"nK O- 0S OtateS to oarmonj sou , t - -i . . . . T" J 1 ri...mti anil relations to the Federal Government anu all maehinntinrx North and boUtb Cannot pre- it au machinations . veot'it. Cheers. All that is wanted is time, until the American people can understand what is going on, and be ready to accept the view just as it appears to me. J. could wish to have an amphitheatre large enough to contain the whole thirty millions, that they could bo here and witness the great struggle to preserve the Con stitution of our fathers. They eould at once see what it is, and hov it is, and wbart kind of spirit is manifested In the attempt . to destroy the great principles of free government; and they could understand who is for them and who is against them, and who was for ameliorating their condition. Their opposers could be placed befoie them, and there might be a regular con test, and in the first tilt the , enemies of the country would be crushed. i I have detained you longer than I intended, , but in this struggle I am your instruments. Where is the man or woman, in private or pub lic life, that has not always received my atten tion and my time. Sometimes it is said, "that man Johnson is a lucky man' I will tell yon " what constitutes good fortune: Doing right and being for the people. The people in some par ticular or other, notwithstanding their sagacity and judgment, are frequently underrated ,or under-estimated; but somehow or other the great mass of the people will find out who is for them and who against them. You must indulge me in this allusion when I say I can lay my hand on my bosom and say that, in all the positions in which I have been plaeed many, of them as trying as any in which mortal man could be put so far, thank God, I have not deserted tha people, nor do I believe they will desert mo-. What sentiment have I swerved from? Can my caluminators put their finger upon it? Can they dare indicate a discrepancy or. a deviation from principle? .. Have. you heard them p.c any time quote, my predecessor, who fell a martyr to his cause, as coming in controversy with anything I advoca ted? An inscrutable Providence saw proper to remove him to, I trust, a better world than this, and I came into power. Where is there one principle in referenoe to this restoration that have departed from? Then the war is not sim ply upon me, but it is upon my predecessor.' I have tried to do my duty. I know some are jealous in view of the White House, and I say all that flummery has as little influence on me. as it had heretofore. The conscious satisfaction) of having performed my duty to my country,, my children, and my God, is all the reward which I 6hall ask. In conclusion of what I have to say, let ate ask this vast concourse, this sea of upturned faces, to go with me- or I will go with you and stand around the Constitution of our coun try; it is again unfolded, and the people are in vited to read and understand it, and to maintain its provisions. Let us stand by the principles of oor fathers, though the heavens fall; and then, though factions array their transient forces to give vituperation after vituperation in the most virulent manner, I intend to stand by the Constitution as the chief ark of our safetyt as the palladium of our civil and religious liber ty. Yes, let us cling to it as the mariner clings , to the last plank when the night and the temp est close around him. ' Accept my thanks, gentlemen, for the indul gence you have given me in my extemporaneous remarks. Let us go on, forgetting the past and " looking only upon the futuro, and trusting in Him that can control all that is on high and here below, and hoping that hereafter our Un- ion will be restored, and that we will have peace on earth and good will towards men. The Preeidont then ictired amid a storm of applause and congratulations. m Negro Mortality. To show the extent of the mortality among the negroes, the Mobile Ad vertiser and Register says : "We do not doubt that more southern negroes have died of disease, caused by improvidence ir a state of freedom for which they were utterly unprepared, than have fallen by the sword in the armies of both the North and South, in the lato sanguinary conflict." ih . A letter from Green Ridge, Arkansas, January' 22, received in this city, also says: "TfcHr mortality amongft the negroes iii tho tow ilt. (where they will all go if they can get ' there) is very great, chiefly from the prevalence of small-pox. In fact I btlieve the race will be come extinct in a few years. Strange as it may seem, mothers take but little care of their young, now that they are obliged to support them. ; In many cases they destroy their babes." - And again, this writer says : "There are not hands enough in this State" to cuitivato one-half of the land that was planted before the war. . The mortality among the ne groes since tbey became free is something fear ful, ana it is a rare thing to see a -cegro baby." m A Dead Husband turns up. Another case of the dead coming to life has j out been brought to light, in the register's office of this county. A citizen of Reading who cilited io the early part of the war, and from whom no information was Lad for some time, was given up for dead. His supposed widoir, in order td draw a certain legacy which in the meantim became payable to the husband, took out lettera 01 aatmiiiairauou on uis estate, urew iuo icgsigr .n ... ..r.;n mnrrl immliti1v thoreunon. -b . . v r-- A Jew wcew a iierwarus mo uuouu--uvv uu; living caueu u too rsr he was inlormed that letters or amioiwion on i-. . hnii r a a n rrrflnrofi in iiis . r inruiina .Wn.. wherennon he instituted leeat proceed- ; j -r- ... j l ' i .vi.j4hsf ri iniirro rnr inn nr atn roni o" -o order to recover back, not bis True, as heal UrA l.t the lerracv. Tbia lib the second case of a similar nature that has occurred in the reg. ister'. office of this county within the hut lbre months. Heading Gazette. At the Old Established . DRUG STORE v Of F. SCAUR, may be found everytbinj: in the Dree line, of genuine jnaHty. February 2ft. 16C9. . -
The Times-Democrat (Charlotte, N.C.)
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March 6, 1866, edition 1
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