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VOL. 1. ' . 1 ' HENDERSON VIIiLE, N- C, MAY 1, 1867- ! j NO. 49:
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Mcssrs. Editors: The .Sherman rccontrnc
tiori- hilt czclndes quite a number of original
Uniou mcn from voting or holding office
8orae of them complain, aud are disposed to
believe it is intended! to punish them and not
punish' rebels, Ther should not entertain
finch feelings towards the Government. The
am one
Confiscation.
We leart that there is some Alarm
the people in relation to confiscation of lands
br the ceneral srjvennent. Ye are not pre
sumed to know pore than others on this, sub
ject, but we we fill atate brie fiV our opinion
as to what may te expected, j .
We feel sure that the lands of the great
body of the Southern people are, in no danger
yet f con6scatioa. Thev wonl4 have been in
no danger in an j event,; if the" jStatcs had ac
cepted promptly the Howard auicndnict and
returned to the t'nionf Cat the. lands of the
instigators and leaders of the rebellion have
been in danger from the first. Hecent events
have not diminish! that danger.) We can noti
predict what will be done with the property
of these leaders. 'They rday sav0 it yet, if they
will; but we conftss, from onr .knowletlge ol
their proud, stubborn and defiant disposition,
that we can havebut little hope that they will.
We apprehend tley will continue in a conrse
which will complete their own ruin, as they
ruined their country. Uutwre lhing iacextaia,
the property (the loyal t in vo Hanger.. Trea
son must besh own both iu intent and act before
the title will. vest in the (national; goverment;
and even if it should have vested j by a tech
nicality in law, those who are s unmistakably
loyal will not, in the end! lose it.i (The gover.
mcnt will not punish its own sincere 'friends
and supporters. It will rather protect them
and build them up at th expense of wicked,
unrepentant, "conscious traiHoas.7 If it be true
government, lhe that the pardons irranted by the President
course thc-govcrnmeut has seeu proper to pur- will not save, in the last resort, the property
pursue, is not intended, to treat these men Lf the person pardoned, It is char that the
I -11.. '...M f. t . 1 I - . . . . J I . ....
. "For tha Pionctr.
JefX Davis tho Southern Confede
racy and tho Devil.
' 5
Composed by J. N. Keener t f Ma eon. county
JVL" C.t en'l respectfully dc&icaieil to Jrff.
DarU and l7i Secession party.
narsiuy, nor wun lnjuswce, out simply is in-, prtperty ot those who ard unpardoned will be
tended to Julfill its T obligations to the letter of confiscated, for Congress has forbidden the
; its own laws and constitution-. Now if Con- President to grant any more pardons.
grcss had so enacted that every man who swore Mr. Stevens has solemhlv declared that he
allegiance to the constitution of the "so-called I will devote his remaining strenth! to the work
, vouiweraie oiaiev isnouiu ue uisapieu irom 0t conhscation. Ills influence in ! Uor.gress is
voting andJiolding office, then it would plain-Uvell known. The great body of the Northern
' V appcar that instead of punishing men for people, and many of our own pecVple feel, that
. - violating their fidelity to the constitution and it would be an act ofirross and crvins ininV
y Jaws of the United States, they were seeking tiCe to free the slaves and give tlUin no lands:
; - only to punish men tpr violating their obliga- ahd that, to say the least, it would be better
A tions to the constitution and laws of the "no- that the large bodies of land heldjby Southern
.. - called confederate government.' Our Union rebels be cut up into small farms for the ioor
friends should remember the federal govenv whites and the colored people. 1 lie volutions
ment never aeknowlcd
. i eminent, .but if
t Trf course;just pointed
t Itavc recognized it, ahd its constitution and person! about to purchases land should be care
laws as the greater of the two, and that their fuj ab0ut the titles. But we repeai, the prop-
(. parara.ouut interest was to maintain, inviolate, ftrty ofour loyal people is; in no da'nger. Tieg
inc autnoniv oi max, government against mat
tiemjber the tederal govenv whites and the colored people. .Revolutions
wlcdgedthc confederate gov- nevCr go backwards, aud; this rcyblutioa has
.Congress 'had adopted the not yet run its cou sc. j
d oift, it would in such act . It is natural, under thel circumstances, that
of the federal government. This is the rca
TBonabhi conclusion of the matter, and I hope
...Union men, thus excluded, will so view it
If the government hail held every . man in reb-
; 4 cldom guilty of treasdn, atuVhad executed the
-laV accordingly, theu all would have suffered
v alike, waiving the pardoning power, death,
confiscation, or banishment would have been
ihe result. But instead of pursuing such a
-course, mercy has been extended by the govi
''eminent, and the pefialtv of treason is sought
to lta inflicted in a difforcut way. . Union. men
. tthus excluded, ahould'not become, on that ac
.VbuMt, enemies to thejgoverr.mcut, norjiudeed
will they, if thev comprehend the objects of
the rccbuit ruction measdres. - They are dc-
prived of. what they conceive is their iualiena-
Lie rights for"-a short lime.
can aiake good titles, as there is.no reason to
fear that in any event confiscation
them. Standard.
will fall on I
TJ. L !A.
Thepngrcss which the Uiiion' League or
nization is now making in the outh is not
dissimilar to its sweepingj conquests in the loy-
al&tates in. AbO-J and leui. Wherever it
went in the Noith in those years,' the predoni
inance of loyalty was made Kccure.l 1 To ths ex
ttftit that it ,has alvancetl iu i the South, Re
publican progress lias" been made manifest, be
yond that the Ilcpubhcan
ganizpd. ; - j i
The long suppressed loyalty of j the
sff(ls And must liavo tr vitrnriins and c wt pin
rtnf if tlin will I - i e . t l ;
. ... ..1 k - , i i.v.a v v. ii. iu.. vvn UUVll .11
.lujiutau, ' r aiv the unequal contest it is now waginrr against
laboring to restore our federal relations justly, the 6Qried coiumn3 of ihe Irebel autocracy and
ihui u.atl.y ... ,u. uu uiu iu h'cu..- its misguided followers, fl'he League by its
Let them be patient, and aftcr the state gov- teachings stimulates loyalty toS Republican
crnmcnt is organized upon a loyal republican process and principles: i produces organized
: baS:s; tiiemc can uo someunng ior taem. ine and concerted action; it beget
element is yet unor-
Sputh
lilhthed ly special request.)
" Jeff. Davis, Yaucy and the devil
Held .a consultation, j
And soon, tbey fell upon a plan
-.. To ruin our great nation,
By going for accession.
. . . i
- Yancey wa to taks the lead,
Get South Carolina to' Recede;
Then other feouthern Stait. unite,
And put old Abraham to flight,
And' carry-out secession.
Cotton was to be their king;
"- He was to brir Great Britain in;
-Ai-Fr&aij;,t.hejU.tsitUouLa doubt,
Would help to put the Yanks to rout,
And carry out secession.
The Devil was the chief dictator,
Yancey the great precipitator;
. And if half the South to Jiell was sent.
Old Jeff, was to be thejPrcsident,
Of all this Southern iiaii-n.
The Democrats, except a fcw,
Belonged to this nnholy crew;
And some of the Whigs, I blush to tell,
Joined in, and wished this party well,!
, In carrying out secession.
This caused the Democrajs to grin, '
To see some Whigs a coming in, j j.
To join them in their hellish plan
To destroy the precious rights of man,
liy going for secession.
Said they the old Union rnow is done,
We'll have a kingdom of our own,
Old Abraham we'll throw aside,
He never shall be our gride
We're goiug for secession.
But the Whigs were not so fond ot treason
And with tho Democrats would reason,
We told them they d belter i-tpand think
Before they plungedo'er ruin's brink;
By, going for scccssiou. j
At this the Devil seemed amused;
They d got tho people so 'confused;
He suggested to Davis now and then,
AVhat to do with Union n.j :,
Who spoke against. secession.
Those bigs, said Jeff, must now knock
nnder,
. Or we'll send them all to Castle Thunder,
iv kind ot uemocratic hell;
Where Union men don't fare so'well,
Who speak against secession.
When Congress meets we'll pass our laws,
And have it written in one clause,
That Union men throughout the South,
' Shan't L allowed to npc their nr&Otb,
To speak against secession.
Their Congress at Montgomery met
Old Jeff., you know, had many a pet;
Those nobles flocked in to see and hear,
, Aud each of office get his share,
Who favored their secession.
Congress soon began to see
"loro Woods than Potatoes.
ite three neighbors whose farm join
min The land cf each, u about alike for
proO jiirencss. Neighbor A, planted on a
piec f ground that bad teen highly manur
ed r 1 ; -d for a pickle-natch the Year before.
Virlct y i r potatoes called iink ere rnstr coat.
tvhol , ia hills, three feet apart each Tray:
they wcie ibned out four timea and left in
good conJ.ii n. By the 15th of July the
weedi leran ti show above the vines. The
15th cf Aurru ,t no vines could ba seen: the
weedi had takeu possession of the field. At
digging time tie weed had to be mowed off
to find the hills of potatoes. The yield from
this field was abont ninctv bnhcl of medium
sired potatoes to the aero. Neighbor B plan
ted fife acres or the stme variety of potatoes;
i -ii . t i rf ' .
nicy came up wcu ana looKea very promising
after they bad been plowed out four times.
This field was planted in drills with whole po
tatoes, fifteen inches apart in the tow. on
grounj highly manured f r com the vear be-
of bone. 'About tLa kLJJld ct July, .t v,"f: H;
looked promising, and a month later tncy had
possession t f .the field. He was obliged to
mow them to dig the "potatoes, which yielded
not over 150 bushels to the acre. . .
Extract from llr. Pool's Address.
"To overawe the struggling Unitn senti
ment, ofour people, the prison pea atSaluba
ry was set up and made; the scenes of horrors
Lcarnini: a Trade
It was a wise lav cf the ancient Jew's that .
the sons of eTen their wealthiest raea should
be obliged to wrre an apprenliccLip to so;ue"
at tbo recollection of which th blool itUi tupfcl nmiu M tli.i ;n ,1 rM. rJ
tuns cold. Hundred o! onr priraU ciuiens! fortune, they might hare sowcthisg tn -fall
cjrvinpv I rmri conscnpnon, , were liirre eni ai tack ujcm. Tij sj
Cwtle Thunder, ia Richmond, incarcerated ur- mien every roan,
on mere suspicion of Unionism, and met theirimnst iMm tr!
death by sUrvtUcn and other indescribable le now, ha 1 it been a law in this coutL-y.
r
Tli same still exists in
even the Fahaa
How fortunate
Turkey
himself,'
ouU it
cruelties.
But the failing resources cf th Confedcra
cy would, not allow the
prison accommodation for many victims
would to fJoJ I had a trader is tht cry
thousand of returned iiolJur North nl 5onth.
expense cf sufHcicT.t wbo find thcmelrea minel io pocket, witbnd
at many victims as ;mmt,:.e rrwnct cf ciirinT llrpllKnl I
'J n wc me i ureggung in- u il0oU teach tarent.that whatever clc they
iuuinu vi'.iuuu varuuua. - iuc rest was ieii;maT rite their
to the neighboring scouts and authorised baads
of guerrilla robber, not only unrestrained, let
encouraged in lawless violence and outrage to
suspected Unionists, their wives uind chil jrcn.
In remote place, upon the public highway,
in the humble dwelling of the poor and around
the family hearth, fiom which husband and
father haJ teen dragged in chains. to tie army
..-cr Jilica to r?u n tm
aailurw, WcrCXLAUd. tbatcanccr.
cr be described, and if told, would not be
7 S
trade.
sq. they should rnre them a
One ofour contemporaries most truth
fully rrtnatka that a poj-ulir idea inor ctif
people is, that all of thrirsons should adopt
clcrkLi, and. the adoption vf the tutinews of
bookkeeping as a means of obtaining their live
lihood, and every eToTt is made toitt thetrf
an cdacatioo to 'hat end.
So for as tho education cf their' children ia
ccrned, the idea up It .trrv
j CLXA5 CCLTIVATIOS.
Iscighbor 0 planted about three acres of the
samp variety ol potatoes, oa ground where
. Jill .1 1P '!
cori uaa Keen grown tne year uc.orc. i ne
seel was cut to two eyes, and planted in drills
two and a half feet wide and fifteen inches a
part in the drills. The potatoes came up well
anl were well tilled. About the fiutof July
tli weeds were pulled out, acd again oa the
last of the month. This piece was the admi
ration of the neighborhood, nothing but po
tato vines could be seen. 1 here were no
rask weeds to he seen that would have rob
bed the vines of what they needed to develop
tkc tubers. The yield from this piece was
estimated at not less than li'30 bushels to the
acre, the most of them marketable otatocs.
To raise a good crop of potatoes, several things
are necessary to be observed.
i ROTATION Or CROPS.
1 Never plant twice successively on the same
ground. Chance your seeds every vear, and
I possiuic get tiiciu irorn auotuer section oi
he country, put the, gronnit in good condi
tion, plant iu drills two and a half feet apart,
and from twelve to fifteen inches in -the row.
Cut the potatoes to two even. After the first
'lowing, give them a top dressing of plaster
and ashes. Cultivate well until they arc in
blossom, then keep all weeds pulled out, aud
a satisfactory crop will bo the result. Work
on the farm when, rightly directed, is full, cf
interest, and produces satisfactory results.
The farmer is riot only a consumer, but he is!
also a producer, and therefore a benefactor of
the human race. Tne prosperity of this coun-
ry greatly depend upon tho development of j
loricu'.turc. Paralyze this arm end what may
e tho result? The wheels of the manufac
turer would stop, the merchant's door would
clot c, the sail that whiten every aauo ol
commerce would be furled, and prosperity
would be at an end, not to be revived until
tke revival ot that power which creates the
wealth of the world, viz., agriculture.
credited as possible in a Christian ar4 For
the crime of not betraying j husband and sons
to death, the virtues 'and claims of woman
hood were set at cauiiht,-' Mothers -were tv
kca from helpless infants snd kept for weeks
in outhouses and pens in the wool, at the
mercy and di?p)?al of depraved and brutal
men, until, in rouic instances, their breasts
burst with the accumulation of milk which
the merciful God of nature had provided for
their starving infants at home. In Iland-Jph
county th thumbs of a oor woman were put
under the rails of a fence, and two soldiers sea
ted themselves upon it, until screaming with
pain, she disclosed the tlaco of her .husband'
concealment, which consigned him to death.
And this was done in the presence of her two
little children. The (tatcmcnt of particular
instances is made upon the authority of pub-
no representations in the ne w? ropers at the
time, and since, and npon the authority of pri
vate gentlemen in whose locality they occur
red. And there has been no contradiction or
man bould Lave a
suf..c-
a to
manage his own books should L ever nul ark
in businc, but to make botk -keeping and
clerks of all our buys is a grand inutaVe. Bet
ter place them ia a workshop, mill or foundry;
where they can learn independent txades,
which, at all times, i!l secure lor them era
ji?oynents and the pecuniary compensation
fjr which will be at lcat as much, it not more,
than the buinein of account. We earnctly
advue all parents to teach their sons trades, no
matter what, so that it is an industrious pur
suit; and let us in future Iks spared the rain of
seeincr so many stout, able-bodied young wen
out ofemploymcnt, and seeking situatici) wkcra
the pen only can be ucd. -
iniportrut, and .requires the lnuuence ot every
good. -loyal man, whether entitled to partici
pate as a voter or ofhee holder, or not
.;. But aside from this, let us remember our
state constitution does not contain now a sin
gle clause of purely republican principles.
llence it is expedientfor it to be made new
entirely. First, every office should be made
elective by tho people the county court sys
tem abolished, and district courts, on the plan
'of those in Switzerland, Denmark aud Ham
burg instituted. . I
The old Colonial t feudal, or monarchical
qualifications of doukcys, 59? 100 or 300 acres
of land, etc.. should bo stricken out. .Let all
these old walls of exclusiveness be pulled down.
'. Let 'education bo diffused over the whole land;
; let the. government be established and main
l taincd by intelligence and judustry, instead
of' Mammon aud ignorance
. ; Let us usher in, as early as possible,, the
time when, the poor boys of this country, as
tlrcy are called, whatever their condition may
have been, may haveau equal showing be
fore an enlightened public for tho, places of
; jionor and trust. f .
Let caste and artificial distinctions in soci
cty be rooted out. JUcl merit and worth suc
ceed to place and position, and the whole
country will prosper. The time will be draw
rhs near, when, instecd of legislation beuefit-
insr a few only, it will benefit the masses ol
i , our people; when a check will, be put to . giv
u ing one man the privilege of owning a hun
I dred, houses, whilst uinety-nine men; who re
ceive no partial legislative favors, own no
house at all. Let honest, intelligent, labor
'v. ng men occupy, their, righttui .iosition on
"social and political sense, aud then we shal
ets security to its
mcmoers uuu caaer ana oueaiencf in the com
munity; it advocates the devclojanent of ma
terial resources, and asserts the duty and dig
nity of labor; it educates both: in the books and
in the duties and responsibilities of citizenship.
its purposes ana oojects are open to unre
stricted criticism and! discussion.
crct consists in the fact that Its opponents arc
excluded from the deliberations
cils. j
This is briefly the Union
Its only 60-
of its .coun-
ca, whose work is
to organize
and
a
see progress progresswi
HIGII POINT.
League of Ameri
the masses of
tho feouthern people, and by the power of
truth and justice, and in the . interest of hu
inanity, to combine their efforts fpr their own
advantage and that of theUountry. Its prog
ress cannot be stayed, lhe! celerity of the
moveiueut and the time when its reforms hall
boeome accomplished facts, must depend upon
: 1 i, - r. I. . t! " - ,
iij u.u u lacnuaaium uie loyaij men iu tuc
oyal States. Such aid is! now neoded more
than ever before, and every member of the
Order,; and every friend of republican progress,
ot material development, and bf moral and in
1 A. .11 L .1
icm-Liuui Biniuuiatv, suouKi prouipuy come
to the assistance of this iirrcat movement.
Without such aid progress will bo slow, with
u an eany ana complete triumpn may be con-
udently anticipated. 1
The work in hand is no less than the thor
ongh moral and political regeneration of the
whole southern portion of ;thei Republic that
us peopie ana us pnnuc men ana policy may
harmonize with those of cither sections of the
Union. '
It is useless for statesmen Or people to shut
their eyes to the fact that society, indnstrv.
and States are to be organized upon a new ba
sis. However distasteful io the few this fart
may be, it is to the advantage of niuety-nine
in every one hundred! of the! people, and its
' l . i? !'-,
accuuiiMihunicnt cannot, oe - prevented: tncre-
e , '
lore me sooner it is aonc! the better lor all. -
Great 7frjiJic. -j
extenuation except that the victims were "un
true to the Ucntedcracy. '1 he Polk county
uiurdcrs, the "Laurel ma&sacre," the horrible
murder, by guerrillas, of Ihaddcus Cox and
his wife and children in Paviuotank. and the
shocking atrocities in Uuncombe, Haywood
-t - irn l it- i - i
i5iic, n iiac ana -uegnany, are but isola
ted instances of what wasdouc in almost ev
cry county. They can be 1 truthfully ranlti
plied by hundreds. These things were done
bv authorL'ed" parlies in uniform and under
And feel. tlic need ofaennency;
But "soon they fell upon a plan,
And struck money enough for every man
.throughout this "southern nation.
They built them up a great big bank
They filled it full of money,
But it took some fifty dollars,
To buy a pint of honey.
While the South was growing rich indeed,
And in many matters they took the leai
Oh, when I thick it makes mc frown,
The Feds comes in and puts us down.
And destroyt our Southern nation.
t
They killed our money all so dead,
It will pay for neither meat or bread.
Though thousands of children in the South,
Hav'nt bread enough to fill their mouth,
Caused by this grand secession.
Many a widow's tears s been shed; .
Hundreds of orphans cried for bread;
(We long have felt, but now we see
The fruits of old Democrccy,
In going for secession.)
The South' lost many a noble son,
Since this unholy war begun;
But this to Jeff, was no defeat,.
If the South could save her nigger meat,
By going for secession.
All our Southern legislation,
Seemed to favor speculation;
At least I see nothing much they've done
But to take care of number one,
; Who favored their secession.. . ( .
To Democrats I now appeal,
In candor I ak you how you feel
When yon think of tho nobl; dead;
j Melons and Turnips.
HOW TO UKOW A JUROP OF L.ACII OS TflE
Same G roc. np About the full moon in May,
1 S59, I selected a lot of good ground, contain
ing about one acre, and put it iu good order,
by plowing it well, and narrowing until the
ground became quite mellow the land being
fresh on which I planted water-melons, musk
melons, cucumbers and tomatoes. I cultiva
ted the lot well, with the double shovel and
hoe, as long a3 the vines would admit the plow.
I then used the hoe alone, until about the firtt
oC August; X sowed turnip seed and hoed . the
entire patch well for tho last, time 'for that
crop, so as to cover the turnip seed well, and
the result was, 1 nad an excellent crop of wa
termelons, muskmclons, cuenmbers, tomatoes
and turnips. The vines did not at all interfere
with the turnips, nor the turnips with the
vines, the latter being out of the Aay before
the turnips had grown much. I have gener
ally since had a patch each year grown ia the
same way.
parlies m
oQicers. Add to all this the want and mourn
ing that sat iu every humble household, and
even then but au inadequate conception can
be fcrxscd cf the terrible condition to which
wo- trere reduced. !
Rcircustrances were sen Ch State and
Confederate authorities, and representations of
many of the. c facts ought to be, and proba
bly are on file iu the I.xccutivc o.hco at Hal
tfigh. Wc have sot heard that any of the
perpetrator.! have been brought to trial or
punishment. But oa the contrary, tho pre
sent Legislature of the State has been fcwift
to pass an act of general amnesty and pardon
in order to screen them from all future inves
tigation. It would have Wen fsr more prop
er and more conducive to the future peace and
welfare of the country, had the Legislature in-
htitutrd in each county a commission to take
affidavits respecting the occurrences of it, to
bo published in a volume and preserved a
raong the public archives, as a pcrtictual warn
ing to posterity. Such a record would cer
tainly serve as a guide to future Legislatures
in making just discriminations in such acts of
amnesty as good policy msy from tune to time
require. The untimely haste of legislators to
draw a curtain over it all, leaves room for sus
picion that the purpose was not ordy to secure
the guilty from punishment, but more espe
cially to save the instigators 'and leaders of
the rebellion from the disgrace to which the
truth might expose them before the tribunal of
mankind.
To-day in the Criminal Court, Judge Fish
er, presiding, Mr. H. T. Merrick mo fed the
Court to fix a day for the trial of John II.
Surratt, and suggested the 5th day f May.
Mr. Mcmck rccitevl the circumstances ct but-
rstt s arrest in Alexandria, r.cypt. hi trans
portation to this country, the time which had
elapsed since the indictment, and urged a f pie
dy trial, in order that the prisoner might be
discharged, or if guilty, tuff r the penalty or
the law.
The Di.-trict Attorney stated that the pris
oner had been treated with all the kindness
consistent with the duty of a generous Gov
ernment, anxious onlr to vindicate the majes
ty of the law. He did not think he wouil
be ready for trial in two week, and suggested
the second day of the June term; that is the
17th day ol June next. '
Senator Johnson's resolutions that the U;
States should offer to mediate bettrcca the bel
ligerents ia Mexico, was debited in the Sen
ate yesterday f its object being interference. in
behalf ol Maximilian. It was oppred by 8nav
for Morton, on the ground that the 'Mexican
Kepcblic being the legal Govern meet, inter
ference would be ontrary to car policy, and
iU defeat being assured, was withdrawn.
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prize
Tho Bepublican Party in tho South.
There is much meaning in the enthusiastic
manner in which the Republican party is in
dorsed by tho loyal element in the South.
They are not disposed to hare any half-way
work in the matter cf reconstruction. 'J'rue
A stringent law against priie fighting
pa&cd the Pcnnlvenia Legislature.
makes tac penalty lor cnacmir in a
fight, cr taking part as seeded cr bottle-holder.
a fine of not more than $1,000 aud solitary
imprisonment not excecdirg two year. " Kv
ery person being present at t cch .a fight, and
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encouraging me same, ormjng any bet or
wager cri the result thereof, whether present
or not, ahall be consideteJa participant there
in, and may, at the discretion cf the court, b
punched in like manner -
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Columbis, S C, April 18. The Governor .
estimates lhal 100,000 people in South Caro
lina have not tasted meat in CO Jays. Tha
Icstitution is great, and several cases of star
vatiov are reported. The registration ct vo
ters will be commenced as soon "as a sufficient
number ol rsoni rejort themselves who are
qualified to act as Ilegistcrs, few hating clone
so yet, oithern advice received here indi
cate a considerable emigration cf farmers from
New KnglanJ New Ynk, and 'Ptnns)Irania
The statement that TJu Sjvtk Car ohm a Lai
been ld to Beverly Naeh, as a nero organ
is file. It is still edited and owned by F. G
Do Fontaine. i
Settlements is tub Sooth. Returns re
ceived from the local land office at Jackson
-' Miss., show that during Uie month of March
- eightv-scven farms, comprising in the agg
gate 915 acrcswcrcr added to the "productive
force ot that fctate under the act ot June 21
18G6j providing for." the disposal of the public
; lands for homestead settlements in tho States
. -oi viiiuama, iuissi&sippi, Louisiana, .fiTKansa
and Honda. , ! ii
ir r;.i'-i- r ?v,.i tt - n - the source of investigation From the records
, norktngmcTi's JfuUtical Union Orsanncd r v rei " f s., it
' nil cr ? - -r r i . ii i . of thCrLontccerate goverment aud from otacr
The .Sun i for False Ittinri&onmcnt. Baltimore. ' . h , i v.
! io--'Tt e.f .:." sources, the treasure ls proved bevond doubt
- . J -. VT W
night .organized a Workingrneifc's Political
; Union on the platform of the National Labor
Congress, which was held here in August last.
. !: The suit against Major-Gcueral Wool for
false arrest is still progressing in the United
The Confederate Gold.
ITM. - I ' iJf ! ! ...
j-ue large amount oi-com and; bullion cap
tured by our forces duriug t!ie fight of the re
bel troops, near Augusta, pa.1, in 18G5,sand
winch has occasioned mucji discuisiou ai
bitration. being claimed bv- several paiti
Richmond and New Orleans, has! again been
States Circuit Court, ;and attracts much pnb
lie interest as other cases are depending on
the result. '.!.
wv j MViu. -j ji y vs asc y vuu uvulv
to have belonged to the ribcj goyenuent, acd
not to llichmoud or New ! Orleans banks, as
has beea supposed. ' From entries in the jour
nal of tho rebel treasurer,; and from identity o
uiiy or biiiy cars oi silver uuiiiou oi pecuua
shape, which were recognized asjeoming from
the New OrJcaus mint, arid froiubther evidea
ces, the ownership of tha earptuTed trcasur
seems now finally established
Tlic vote cast at the Conncticut election
y. In tho three counties of Windham, Hart- JTtJ " 4nJ doc? n.ot Tfr.to caU
ford, and New-IIaven, which together poll a- V" . ' , . . T " " W,J
avia vuwuuii uw m.Hm vf- wv va v i v- t . - 1 . m
Sute, there was an increase of 2, 043 voters.! tepuuiican will oucnu some sensitive southern
A . m r nro n 1 ntM rnnn( M--.n H ius iuihuukm muu are moving in
have swelled the aggregate rote to 00.000. It lue Krc" rcconjimciion now gymg
a me liAirai'flP t i hofA Wsi h gj r in
..7.r.i .-,1 tt.. boldly and gallantly thrown the banner of the
11 i IO W fcUU Vlllll WUIIIIWi BIIV. u a w ,uo umii - T -v ., - ,
vote will not mnch exceed 83.000. The in- E" "epuoucan parry io tne breeze, na arc
,n i,a ni,Kr, r,t. ;n t,r uooiy rauymg arouna iisstanaara.
Mti;M f ir.tr.,r,1 V.ir.n K.r. Ithis great political organization, in ataodmt
y me uenerai uuvcnimruv wua an inuexi-
nralized citizens, and thus their increase cx- mcar" " mnip io a sqcccssiui is-
Whose blood, perhaps, falls oa your head, bv more than one thousand that of the ne ta ino Pwc"0 y
flcpublicans. Our latest advices state that we
have both branches of the legislature. In the
Senate the Bepublican majority is one, and in
the House thirty-fire. Last year the Repubu
can raajofiiy in uie raenate was nve ana in tac
House forty-six. A- 1. Tribune.
By going for secession
Thousands of soldiers onco so brave,
Now lies moldcring in the grave;
Your hellish secession's done the deed
That caused mankind so much to bleed,
By going for secession.
But since Ihis wretched war is o'er,
The Democrats should rule no more;
They have ruled so long, tlut all can see
That they have set tne niggers free,
By going for Secession.
Nullification of thirty-two,
Old Jackson swore it would not do;
But in the year cf fifty-ni .c'
This party pronounced it superfine,
' And named the child Secession.
The Democrats are dead as thunder
Their party's dwindling. ..: .vn;
The Whigs intcud to keep them under,
' And ever on their conduct frown,
For going for secession.
One or two more such victories
Will land us safe on thor?,
Where we'll be done wilh L . oiocrats,
And live in peace forevcrmore,
WWro there'll bo no secesMoa
it in fi
aally overthrowing and prostrating the most
gigantic rebellion of ancient or mod ern times,
should command the respect and challenge the
admiration of every candid man.
Thus spake the convention recently held at
Raleigh, North Carolina: and the aamo senti
mcnt ha prevailed wherever the loyal people
in those btates have assembled to express thc:r
A cultivator was espied by a party of Nash-1 views.
villc negroes, when one said; j This is wisq there is but one great loyal
'A man can jist s:t on dat ting and ride party in the country, and that ja the party rep-
whilehe s plowing.; relented by -the dominant majority in Con
Golly," said another, "de rascals was toolgrefa. It is to the Republican tarty alone
sharp. to tmk o dit foro de nigger was sot! that the boutii can look far aid to restore their
free. forfeited relations ia tho union. The came
is an honorable one: the party is a loyal one
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I pressed her gentle-form to rnc, and whis-lits pnnctples are knowa and establuhed; th
pcrcd m her car, if, whea I was ur awsy, people oi tne ;ortn ana oruiwest Lave ap-
khed-drop for mc a tear? I paused for. some
cheering words my throbbing heart to cool and
wi'-b her rosy lips sue said, 4Ob, Ike, yoa re
sici a tarnation fooir !
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A paragraph has been going the' rounds of
I ' til i i .
iaa oia iaay wno Las a mousucue on ncr up.
l as not uncommon for young Uaies m this ti
cs ity to have moustaches oa their bps, but
I lite that they ever grow there.
a - ti . t
provca it. c wua ue worn ol orzanzinz
the Republican Irty in the South God apcedJ
Great Ilepullie.
What mac dim so swrrr. MChxrley, what
is it that makes yon so sweet?" sail a lovin"
mother one day to her little boy as she j res
scdliimtoLer bosom. 'I dess when Dod
taid Charley, j , .
Printing Offlco Education.
Tbelate witty Mr. Brown (Art em as Ward)
has left among other directions in his will that '
a youth whow he had adopted should be tent
to col ledge; but that before being cct there-
he should be put as apprentice for two years ia"
a printing lace, 'that he might ascertain Low
trie be knew, and how important it was to
earn. -
This was a most sensible prevision for the
ad: for we caa conceive of no place better cal
culated than a printing office to teach a boy the"
pracuesi yvaru vi aa euueauon.
Mr. Crown knaw well Www tittle ii oflea "
eirned at school of even the plainest subjecU
which all ooht to know thoroughly. A treat
many coys ci saxieea cannoi write a page cl
note-paper without several glaria mistakes ia
grammar and spelling, and as to punctuition,
that is a thing that not only youth, . but of lea
old people, koow very little about.
A iaa pur. to seuinz type mates but a bs4
out of it at first. With the ere a test care he
makes many mutakes, and it takes sots tima
to get hinr to set type, rapidly and correctly.
In the process of learning to "corpse, as
setting type is Ucbnically termed, ths youths
intensibfy acquires tha habit, of spelliaz and
panctuating correctly, and Improves Li praia-
mar bv constant repetition pi eximr.lcs of well-
contructed l'r.g'La.
We" have often seen practical printers who
hal received no regular education, who never
theless coal 1 put to the bltuh many who Lad
thousands spent upon their instructicn, and
who, though ia coUeJge they had learned all
the "dijus could nct construct a decent Ka
glish sentence, . ! .
Ia additioo to this .thorough instruction ia
what may be called the elements of education,
the printer, if observant of what Le is " com no-
sng, caa toucct in a lew years a wit body cf
information an ahuct any subject; for it is as
toaishlog to consider what aa amount cf
knowledge of all sorts Is contained ia the col
umns of a ncwrpapcr.
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