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I 'I I. j A TilB'-dOXSTITUTIti K A4K1) T life "K A W r.Tft'E! G U A R t) I A N? DP O VU", LlBEUTT ' ' V ; Vol. XL VI. inLLSBOROUGn, C., MAy;2, 1866. . , . . dsB'. .:; 1 LTii i , ft i ; s s mn i ai p - i w a v ii ibb r . . i m u w i-i m a m " ' . . ..Z'.t--- v'.,r,:.M?-ii.v,l, ,r ....... .j.v...,3i! i, II. il-.jj :.' , , For the IlilUborough Kecordei. .. , A'(HOSTLY ADYKNTURK. '.'' ' BV Ll'CV SXOW. . bad been invited to ipenit the chrHt mai liul rdftyv at the old-fahioned, but state It mansion of mjr uncle Clinton, wholiveil on a plantation ibout ten mile from tnl arae 13 VSMi$iarjr, and three from the nearest railway itatiw. Mjr buiutii friend and Grit coanin, Jwsrt phene Stanley, was invitfd alto, and a I wa detained at the Seminar? bv a alight icknei, ' Josetr." at we callrti her at nchuul, preceded me bjr aeverat day, and wa the nrt t meet ine at the doer of Ulin Un Hull. It wa mj Cut visit to ntv relatives, and tnj Uncv had painted a drerv pile, with 1ea v oj ken doors and ramblinx paagea. at) J the usual accompaniment of " haunt ed chamber' and wtuever tle my roman tic and vivid imagination could picture to mjr euiiousand excited mini. Str wai I diiappi.intcd when after the hattv treet in of mv uncle and hit fnuilr, lol lowed JotepHene through jat such a pajge as in? lunc v bad pictured, to a small but ci apartment in t!nr secnd storjr, and entire lr remote from the part of the building c copied bv the familj. "I ata'sa (lad that you dare come, Lou," wit Jiney's eiclauntinn as soon as we were a'one; i selected this Mom on account of the fine vie from the windows, buttmr maid Kilty has been giving me the horron with her frightful tales of ghoua and " haunts," as she calla them, and if you had Kit come t fthare it with me, I had madt pp my mind to atk aunt Marjr to let me take another ream, nearer the family." " "01., this i delightful. Joev."' I ei claimnl, yon know I alware had a fancy far such things, an I perhaps I mav be grat' ified at iait by the sight of a ghost." Well, every one t his notion, but ex cuse ine fmm att introduction tt tour ghot I J friends." said Joev, after a hatv tet let we descendrd the long taircae rrid en tered the hall leading to the ftm.tr tilting reom. Tea" had jot been annCP.ced and as we took our p!ace at the tkble, mjr an cle remiked that we " should eat hearti ly. ai.d dance inerrilv to nisht, to scare off the h b-obima. as it was jut the kintl ! weather ta brinjj eet audi dismal crea turei. It was odd and cloudy and the wind whiatled mourr.f!ly through tl- tail tedarv and statrly po!r that kurrocoded t!t mansion. Bet tlere were merry hear; wtthit; and as one after another !' ttif vnutHfui neishOors entered the chertftd "parlor, t!ie fifjhinjr, of lU wind wa svou lost in the mre joyous tone d the pian't, and the n?d oaken floors h iok uuder the merry leet ef the dancers. It was twelve c'cluck before my weary limb begin to remind ine trut had trav elled ten indes that aftertio n, and that 1 wia imt as strong either as I had ben a wfek ajoj and I wasnoiunwilliiij; to olicy in uncie's peremptory order to e t bed, and sate ourseler at.n'.her frolic" $4 away, we went, htey and 1, to ur little fnom up tKe lonely" winding t.iir; and in twenty minutes alter our call from t ie pailor, Jey was fait atleep 1 my jS?-at annoyance, as bcins; nnumasiy eitt fd inye!f,'l was very wide awake, and woald have much preferred a ?iveiy chat over the events of the day. Hit Juy tcWi leep, and as tliere w no waking nrr, I proceeded silenily and deliberately ii prepare for ted. I wai just unUcin; icy Iat zaitcr, when f!e waning tight id the eatidte suddenly thekered for a moment, and then diap peared in the socket, Uavin me with only tne dim an I uncertain light id a few fading embers, tbe bright tire that Kitty had made for u, having burnt out while we were . dancing. , : I am not naturally timid, nir much in dined to superstition, hut I could not re sist a feeling of dread and loneliness, that led me to wove involuntarily toward mj sleeping friend. Mjr shoe string had be come tangled into knot, and with nervous fingers I tried to until it, while oy eicit ed imagination began to conjure up all man ner offrightf.d visions.. ,! thought ( hoard a footitep on the stairs -then, a rustling near the door, and in terror t sprang as I tii ought toward the bed, but stumbled over a human fortA, and fell with my hand upon a human fact! I called wildly ttpon Jose phene to awake, but in vain,, and while seeking to escape from this tefror by vain eflurts to reach the bed, a ne"w and m6re startling dread froze the b!onJ in my veins, and seemed for the moment, to paraltle evrry limb, as a wild, unnatural iaogh burst forth behind me) and turning my head 1 saw distinctly a tall, white tigsre advanc ing toward rite from the door which per ceived was left open, as a rush of cold air uueu the room and chilled me to the heart. With one frantic effort, .1 leaped over the prostrate form upon the fleor, and rushing through the open ddor fled, I knew, not whither; but fell at length exhausted and swoouiog, at the door jif a room .which proved tobe my uncU's. , . ( When t recovered, 1 found ravself lying upon the bed, surrounded by anxious fcce. My uncle had fortunately," not retired for the eight, bt hearing a noUe, opened the door just in time td admit ioy tainting Turn. After satisfying himself that it was only a temporary fainting fitf he left ine to the cre of my aunt,' and proceeded td our room to ascertain the cause of my fright. He foend Josephene rubbing her eyes and wondering "what wa the matter" Kitty wa in a pre found slumber on the floor at the foot ol the bed, where it aeetns she had been all the time-, but we had not discovered ber presence, and it was Arr sleeping figure over which I had at u milled. As mj uncle passed, through the long pas sage en his return, he observed that . the I nor at one end of it was opeu, and on ap projclting it, thought that he discerned in the JarVness beyond, a retreating figure, but could see nothing distinctly, as the wind blew violently, and the ram was now falling in torrents. 0.i the nest morning, however, he determined to unravel the eaytery if pible ; and upon inquiry through the neighborhood, learned Out one or twu other hoases had bven viited in the ame manner, nd the " ghost" proved to be a pour maniac girl who had made her escape from a neighboring asjlom, and who was aubecuenily captured and returned in safety. Thi was my firat and last adventure with a ghwt,;' and I cai ay with osey, that 1 never wish tu nuke the acquaintance ol another. Address of President Johnton Serenade by Saldters and Sailors. Waskinoton, April 18. At 0 o'clock tlii. evening a pruceUm soldiers and Miion ana nucii of their friends as syrnpa thi.e with then in their grmelul acknowl edgments to the Tresideut for ti it order lately isiued, ditectipg the heads of the departments to give preference in appoint itient and promotions to the subordinate oftieea to persons who have rendered hon orable service in the army and navy, was tainted and marched t- the Executive man moei, with the Marine Hand, to serenade President Johnson, who signified to tlie coitiiuitlve that he would accept the com pUmenl. A very large number rd persons of both Mixes were previouv n the ground await Jii g the demonstration. At a quarter pat o a ripe uaui jici ui mcu bctitai pa tri tic airs, v hen the ('resident made nis appearanct and was greeted with hurras by the aemU!ed thousands. He was ad dressed mi behalf of the soldiers and. sail rs by one of their number in highly com plimentary terms. 1'resident Johnson said : It is not aflec tation in me to say that language is inade quate to convey the feelings produced by your presence "here, and by the presenta tion of your sentiments as" expressed by your representative in his address, and in the resolutions which you have thought proper to adopt. I confess that, in the pe culiar posture of public affairs, your pres ence and address give encouragement and confidence to ue in my efforts to discharge 4t f I the duties ineuoibent ppon me as Chief Magistrate of the Republic. Ami in what i nave in say, I shall address yuti in the cheracter-ol citizens, soldiers and sailors. ve are to-day involved in one of the most critical and trying struggles tllatfiave occurred since this" Government Was spo ken into existence. Nations; like individ uals, have a beginning, must have a birth. In struggling into existence a nation passes through its first Jrying ordeal. i i v ; Tlie next ordeal which a nation has to pass is when it is called upon to give evi dence that it has stringth, capaeity and power to maintain it -nslf among the nations of the earth. In giving such evidence we passed throagh the war of 1813 and ihreugh me war wjm 3iexico. mis was our se fcnnd ordeal. . , Rut a nation has another test still to undergo, and that is to give evi dence to the nations of the earth and to its own citizens that it has power to resist inter naJ foes tha: it has strength enough to put down treason within its own borders. We have commenced that ordeal, and I trust ta Gd we will pass through it successful ly. Cheers. . ! , . X teei complimented by the allusion of your representative to the tact that I stood in the Senate in, 18G0 and 1851, when the nation was entering on this third ordeal. Kim raiseu my voice aim nanu againi trea son, and trai'ors at home. I stand here to-day, holdin to and maintaining the same principles which I then enunciated "Cheer. r stand here to-day onposin: traitors and treason, whether they be in the Mouth or in the Kiorth. Loud cheers. t stand here to-day, as I then stood, using all my powers, mental and physical, to pre Serve this nation in passing throagh the third phase of its existence. . - The organized forces and combined pow ers that recently .stood arrayed against u are disbanded and drawn Irom the held, but it dees not follow that there are still no enemies against our present form of Go vernment and our Iree inslitstiuns. Ap plause. I then stood in the Seuate of the United States denying the doctrine of separation and secession. 1 denied then, as I deiiy now that any State has the right of its own will to separate itself from the other States, i . .a ii ' if ta arm inerruy to ties troy me union ami ureas up the Go'vernment.'and I think I have given some evidence' that I have been sin cert and in earnest. While I ttas tlius exposed personally and publiclv, a tid in every way, some of my present Inducers auii calumniators were far removed from the war and were enjoy tng ease and comfort. Cheers and laui;h ler. Hut I care not Tot' them. I care not that slander, the foul whel; of sin, has been turned loose against me. 1 care not lor all that, and let me tell you here to day, that although prettv wrll'a ivanced in I'le, I feet that 1 shall live long enough to live down the whole pack ot tra-lucers and slanderers. Applause. They have turned the whole p.tck loose to lower me in your estimation. Voices They can't do ii. Tray. Blanch, and Seet-heart, little dogs and all, come along snapping and snarlinz at my heels, but I heed them not. Cheers. The American people, citizens, soldiers and at!ottknow, that from my advent in ta public life to the present moment, I have alw.iv stood untieldiru: and unwav etmg by the advocates and defenders of their rights and interests. Cheers. J Ws are now in the nation s third ordeal. We arc not yet through it. We said that States could'not go out of the L'nien. We denied the doctrine ol secession, and we have demonstrated that we were right. We demonstrated by the strong arm. What followed? The Confederate armies were dispersed and disbanded, and there was a willingness on the part of the people ol those States to come back, be ohedicnt to the taws, and acknowledge the supremacy of the Constitution vf our fathers. The rebellion has been put down and for what? Was it to destroy tlie Sfates? Cries, never.' For what hae all these lives been sacribced and alt this treasure expended? Was it for the purpose f de stroying the States? No! it was (or tte purpose of preserving the States in the Un-' ion of our fathers. Uiieers. It was for that I, toiled. Not to break the Government; but t9 put down the rebellion And preserve the Union of the States. ; When the rebel lion in Massachusetts was. put down, did that put .Massachusetts out. of the Union and destroy the State? And when the re bellion in Pennsylvania was put down, did that destroy the State and put it out of the Union?, j So. when. the, recent great rebel lion was put down, and the Constitution and laWs of the country restored, the States eagaged in it stood as part of the Union. The rebellion being; crushed, the laws be ing restored, the Constitution being ac knowledged, those States stand in the Un. ion, constituting a part of the glorious and orignt galaxy ot plates. Loud cheers., ; In passing through , this .ordeal what has been done? In Tennessee, under .the di rection ot my lamented predecessor, we comineuced the work of restoration. itWo bad succeeded before I came here in res tor? ing the relations which had existed.between Tennessee and the rest of the Union, with: one exception, and that was the relation of representation.. I cam to . Washington; and : under extraordinary , circumstances succeeded to the Presidential chair. I then proceeded, as I had done in my own Stated under the direction of the Government, to restore the other States, and how did we befio - . . , We find that the people had.no courts, and we said to the dodges, the District At torneys, and Marshals, "go down and hold your courts. The people need the tribur nata of justice to be opened." . ,. The courts were opened What else ?: We looked out and saw the people there had no mails.. They had been interrupted and cutoff by the operations of the rebel lion. We s&id to the Postmaster General " let the people have mail communication, and let them begin again to . understand, what we all feel and think that we are one people.'' We londek out again and saw there was a blotkade that the cuitom houses were all closed. We said ; Open the doors of th? custom houses and remove the blockade. Let trade, rominerce and the pursuits of peace be restored," and it was done. We thus traveled on step by step, opening up custom houses, appoint ing collectors establishing mail facilities and restoring all the relations that had been interrupted by. the rebellion. Has there been anything undertaken to be done here that was not authorized by the Constitu tion. What remained to be done ? One other thing remained to demonstrate to the civ ili.ed and pagan world that we had passed successfully through the third ordeal of our national existence and proved that oar Go vermnent was perpetual. A great frinci-. pie whs to be restored, which was estab linhed in our Revolution, when our fathers were contending against the power of Great Britain. What was their complaint? They complained of taxation without representa tion. Cheers One of the great princi ples laid down by our fathers and which fired their hearts, was that there should be no taxation without representation. How then does the matter stand? Wha has been usurping power? Who hits been defeating the operation of the Constitution, and what row remains to bo done to com plete the restoration of these Siates to all their f irmer relations under the Federal Government, and to finish the great ordeal through which we have been nass'nsr? It is to admit icpresentatino. Cheers. And when we say admitting representation what do we mean ? We mean representaticr. , in the constitutional and law-abiding sense, as was intended at the beginning of the Uovernment. And where does that power lie? The Constitution declares, in express terms. that each House, the Senate and (louse of Representatives, each acting f'r tiself, shall be the judse of the returns of election and qualification of its own members, it it for each House to settle that question un tier the Constitution, and under the solemn s mction of an oath, and can wc believe that tithrr House wculd admit my mt?iter in
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