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I" I III II . , . I I II ! I M III I I I I I I llpjj II 1 1 I W II 1,11 f II II I I !. 1 t ! V r,. III ... . "."; !' vr- - .-..-i- v . fi:- ym y . ! .! V M .V.;.! ;. piy,y: J ' vv.r.,; ; ' . :-;:::illv-"Vi-!-' 'v ' ' . 1 4 ' ' ft-:TV;- -r-L - rr l..t..n..-;?-n,,i ;,. .-.mi, itu. . . m VJ-M-" ' yi - i i - l i" J ' ' i j i !;'!' i " i :- '-n-k i-, ' ' i " ,h --it- ' rrt ' v :"-' . i ' '-y '''i 't . i ! - ', -, i . 1 " : i 1 ' .: i I'll " ir"i '("; LAi .ii ,.. iiji'Tiii.'.'-i Wi ''j" ; JNO. 1 3 A. THE PIONEER, H. JONES, Publisher. I , TZEM3. Oueoopjr It mothertTBOTONTm,).. ...... I j (i) ; i..-. " . --- 4 oambcr.) .!.... 1 () iin?w cnpi, ; I 10 EATES OF ADVZETISnrO, &a A4tiaesiits wIU b tawrled for ac d.Mar per 1" ueem, moa ny eat lor racn aatiwaenl ln rrar AoaoanHns cMKiidatcfuracooatr aCIoe, r or an oodDd ddidat for S ute office. .. . f ork done with ntocs aa4 dispatch at hon notice, at prWcofTMpoBdliisr with the time. TW eak atoat-rnariabir aocompaar all orrferaj either for ipiiwwiainnn: Qiwrt t be paid Ir ni drllTt-r a-" AI'perMMM0rderiui;:KivcrlisL-u-nu are held npoai i square of on. fS 00 3 UU RECONSTRUCTION MEASURES. SURES grea consis . uc reconsmicuon measures oi Uodct consist of t. The proposed Constitutional amendqtent; ?d, BUI tot Roonatruction ; 3rd, Supplemental Iiuoon tmction fill ; 4 These measure fromThe basis Irrr.j .7 - Weir Tl.cy lofw t&J widely clrt uattil nor too weJl under ran no tootH : ' T1K PROroSKD COXSTtTCTlOXAL AMEJfDMKXT. The following if a correct copy f the amendment pninowd m Article XIV of the Constitution of the Tni ted States. - ' The amendment has been ratified by thd log States Connecticut, IIKnoia, Indiaoa,Kansas, Maine, Mjchian Minnesota, Missouri, llnssachu ett. Xevftda, Xew Hampshire, ISTew Jersey, New Vork, Ohio. Oregn, Pennsylvania, lthodj; Island, Tenneisce,Vcrniont, West Virginia, Wisbonsiii 21 jnalL. ' I I The amendment has leen n-jected by the""I-gw-latures of Dclrwrre, Lnryjand and Kcntui-ky, and '1 un miii:"iicii uvhi I'Mirra & v w . any of said rebel State,Tror shall "any utbv person vote for members Of Said conrention. , i ' .j i i , f- " Skc. d.- it further enacUd, That ttntil the poople of said rebel SfcUes shall be by law admitted to representation In the Congress of the United States any ciril goremmchts which may exist there' in shall be deemed provisional only, andia all re spect subject to thfi paramount authority of the Lnhed States at any time, to abolish, modif f. con trol, or supercede tle same: and in all elections, to any office under such prorisional governments all persons snail De entitled to vote, and noneothef, who are entitled to rote, under the provisions of the fifth section of this act ; and. no person shall be eligible to any office under any such provisional governments who would be disqualified from holding office under the provisions of the third article of said constitu tional ameudment:, i ;,; ; x t j I . SCrPLEJUSSTAKT RECONSTKCCTlbs B1UU. j The following is ajcopy of the bill a3 it5 finally passed both houses; . . M : ' ? I i ' I ' . - I . ' I ':'! ! j :. " - f Aa Act $ujtpUmentary to act entitled vM act to provide fer Uu more efficient goterHmeiU of the rebel i&ttee," pasted Mrth 2, 1867, and to facilitate ret- . toration. , - 1" I i . . . . . i . . i . - j . , . lie it enacted by the. Senate and Ilmue of Rebreent- aticts of the United State ofAmeriad in. Con&rets a eembUd, That before the It day of September, 1867, the commanding general in each district defined by an act entitled An act to provide for the1 more effi cient OTernment of the 'tetJra States, -pproved March 2, VXX: shall caoso a reirWration to be made of the male citiznd of the United ; States, tWenty, one years of age and upwards, resident in each coun ty or parish in the btate or States included, in his district, which registration shiJl include only those persons who are qualified to vote for delegates by the act aforesaid, and .who shall hare taken and sub scribed the following oath or affirmation: 'I,f do solemnly swear,' (or affiimi,) in j the presence of Almighty God, that I am a citiren of the State of that 1 have-resided in said State for ia. North Carolina, South Carolina , Georgia, Missis sippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, Texas and Ar kansas, were not legal State "governments; and that thereafter said governments, if continued, were to be continued subject hi all respects to the- militarr commanders of the respective, districts, and, to , the paramount auuionty ot congress. ,.f j, r Sec. 2. And be it further enacted" That the com mander of any district named In said act shall have power, subject to the disapproval of the General of the army of the United States, and to have effect till disapproved, whenever in the opinion of 'such commander the proper administration of said act shall require it,1 to suspend or remove from office; or irom uic perrormance ot oracial dunes and the ex ercise of official powers, any officer or person hold ing or exercising, or professing to hold or exercise, any civil or military office or duty in j such district; under any power, election, appointment, or authori ty derived from, or granted byr or claimed i under, any so-called State or the government tUeroof, or any municipal or ohter division thereof, and upon such suspension or removal, such commander, sub ject to the disapproval of the General as aforesaid, shall have power to provide from time to time i for the performance of the said duties of such officer or person so suspended' or removed, by i the . detail , oi some competent officer or soldier of the army, or by the .appointment of some other person, to perform" the same, and to fill vacancies occasioned by. death ! ' ! il nths next preceg-Xhi day, and now reside in 3 Xtv ot county of , or the parish Of in said j J: 2 a te, (as the case rniy be) that ilam twenty?ne1 mande?1to nue frV? ,ffice 18 afores lama, Arkanaaa,- tieofgia. FWid Louisiaa Miss- : ''"ipiwrt the Urn-tit uLion of the U 1!ppi, North CatuliniZ S.uth Cnnw.Una, Txns and af',wt,f?1 "'1, " i,liiU.rrec . . I i J5Mnt the I mted Stiites,fr given . 1 irginia 13 In all , . j t the enemies theretff;. that I will 1 lie it retired by the Senate and ltte oftin f the Vuiietl iMt "nfAmeri'a, ' f.'ongr .isvrmUeif, (two-thirds of both That the following article be proposed U the Ixe jKbttures of the several Stat-! as an amendiiM-nt to th Constitution of the United States, whit: It, u hen rtified, by three-fourths of said. Legislutuiiis, sliull lit valid as part of the Constitution, namely t ! i i Abticlk iiw L I Src. I.; All persons born or naturalized in the Uni months the State, years old that I have not, been disfranchised for rt rtxet f-ki tmn in anw mKa! !!nn n,a a n 1 .. ; a it. L K :Z 1 JfA:'iZ1.'r V?:lmanner to hinder, delay, prevent, ori obstruct . f v. 4i."Ts. V..:?;j.. t i aue ana proper aa k.-ii it Limicu otuies, ; LllUl. X have never tikeu an oath as "a member of Congress of the United Stnttn: Or as an officer of the United "States; or as a mcuiUrof any State: Legislature, for an an executive or jihiu iaj otucer ot any State,; to nited States, and urrection or rebellion ven aid or comfort to faithfully support the laws of t&e United urenehfi , the Constitution and oltiv Utctt, and M ill, to the best of ray abihtv. (Uucouraf?e I loux-s concurring.) (others si to do. so help nu; God;' which ojitlior af-J rirmation ma y Uc adiiunistered by any registering of - hcen . h - .....) :i ; SEa 2. Aimf Ire if further, enacted, I That after the" completion of the regfertravoi). hereby provided for in ay State, at such time and places therein as the commanding general shall appoirit and direct,? of which at least thirtv d.iv.V nublic nntJeehnll hn iriw Stalei. andsuliinct in thi inrilititn hiii-ntf i en, an election eh;il b? held of delegates to a con- arw citizens of the United States and the SUtc where- vention for tlie purpose of establishing a coristjtu,- Infhey reside. ..No State shall make or en force any I""? a,KJ eiii,gveriinn.-:u rorsucn otate loyal to the law which shall abridge the privileges or irnmuni- renrioir in csich State.f except Vir- tietof citizens of tlM Unitl Stau-sr nor Khali an I pii" consist of tlmwime number of members as rotate tlcprive anv fjerson of life, liberty, or property; I lhe most numerous branch of the State Legislature without due pnKxaa of law, nor deny to mrf person i of fte 1W, to Ikj apportioned among thef within ira jurwdiction the ciual prutcctioiJ of the I feverul districts, counties, or parishes of such State few 1 . 1 by the coiniwindinjr general, giving to each rt pre- Hmc 3. nrpr5cnratlves ahull be apportioned among ' intation in Uic ratio t.f voters registered as afore tbwvcral States according to.their rcsnectivb nuiu-; s:1-? as 'irly as rn.iv U, The convention inVir-' rr, eounjin the wliole nurattcr of persons Sn each ! gmialiall cousist of the same number of members Male, exclud.ng Indians inn taxed. But when the representee me icminry now consututing! Vir right 16 vote at any election for the choice of electors for President and Vice President of the United States llcpresentatives in tlonjrc-d. the executive and judi cial officer of a Statu, or the members of the Legis lature thereof, is denied to any of the male inhabi tants of sach State, being twenty-one years of age; and citizens of the United States, or. in any way abridged, except foriarticipution in r.Wdoii orotli rr crime.-the Ntsis Of rrre8enkttion tlterein shall be rcilu-ed In the' propirtion'whi h the number of uch litale cilisens shall bear to the wh )Io numlvr of male citiiena twenty -one years of age In such State. I "in i:t. ill tin most nmiwmiia 'rirn tf tha Txricl.i! ture of said State in the year 18G0, to be apportioned n4 nfnrov1 Sec. 3. Anl b.c it further enacted, jTJiat at s.-d el ection the registered voters of each State shall vote for or against a convention to form a constitution therefor under this net Those voting in . favor of! fuj;1i a conveutioii bhaij have written or printed on me iiuiiots oy wmrn mcy voie ior aeiegaie asatore said, the wird 44 For a Convention,r and thosie Vo ting against sui h a convention shall have Written or printed ou such ballots the words "Against a Con- Sec. 3 No person shall bea Senator or Kepresont-: venuon. 1 be persons appointed to superintend ative In Gmiress. or elector of President mid Vice MW electron, ant m .ke return of the votes riven thereat, as herein provided, shall count and makcre- k. . r l . t lim nf tka Vlkf i WO n CtW arvnima a MnmllMi and the commanding antral to whom the same shall l'rraidcnt,or hold any office, civilor military, under . (he United States or under any Stato,'who having 'nivvmrafv t-itpn :n oath ;u rrwmhr nf fVinin-ji rtr as an officer of the United States, or as a member of have been returned shajl ascertain and declare the aayStat Lesiskilnrr. or as an executive oriudicial ' total vote m eacli Stanfprandgainst a convention. fJbtrr of any State, to. support the Constitution of. ,f .majority of t he. votes given on that question the United States, shall have engaged In insurrec-: hall 1hi 'convent iwiv then such convention shall tion or ifMlion arainst he same, or zirenaid :tnd4 1h ,,eld R3 h-r'inaf; r.provided ; but if a majority of comfort bi the cneiiiM th-rvf. liut Consnt-s may, i Si4'' voti sliall W againt a convention, then no such by m vote of two-thirds'of each House n-ni-rte such : convention shall lc held under this act: l'rotided, ltihifitv.' . ." t, That sutli otivfiiiiorrthall not beheld unless a ma- "Hkc. 4. The validitvof lliT- public di bt of the U'ni-i't jrlty of all -itch registered voters shall have voted ted Stab, authorized bv law including debts in , 'he quest it h of holding such convention. s cmrml for the pivmcnt'of pensions and iN.initi f r 1- be i'fur'her enacted That ,the com- wrviccs Jn "suppressing insurrection ir rebellion. , nianJing general of e u-h district shall appoint, such hall not W questioned. Hut neither the. United hoards of rrtntH.n as may be necessary, '; eon states ruff anv State 1UI1 assuine-'or wy any debt or listing of ihtve.kiyal i:i::ers or persons, to make and blifnt intiirrwl in aidof Ihsurrw tioo or relM Hkoi 1 complete the rcgLtr.iMon, superintt hd the election, ; again.t tfee Unitol SiaUn. or anv claim for the iota and make return tp him of the votes, lists of voters, r emancSpritioii of anv sbitTp; but all such debts, ob-1 an'1 of fhc p-xsons el.t-tefl as delegates bv a plurali- j ligation, aiwl claim shall l hckl illegal ami void. . ,v of thc y,,tv 0:151 at flection and upon re-1 -Sec. 5. ThelV.ngnshttlihave niwcr to enforce, I cclving sl returns he shall open. the same, ascer-bv-apprpriatckgwlatioii, tbtfpnviitn of this ar- tain the perun elctttd as delegates. . according! toj Ucle. . I . nc returns ot ie ohm-its who conuueteu saia eiec i Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, . Tuat tie Gen- eral of the army, of .tjii United States shall be inves tedwiJK all the powers of suspension removal, kp pointment, and detail granted in the preceding Sec tion to district commanders. 1 i ( .tj . : Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the acts of the officers of the army already , done) in removing in said district persons exercising the! functions of civil officers,1 and appointing others in their stead, are hereby confirmed : lrovidea That any person heretofore or hereafter appointed byj any district commander to exercise the functions pf any civil of fice; may be removed either by the military . officer in command of the district, on by the General' of such com- oresaid all per sons who are disloyal to the government of the Uni ted States, or who use their official influence in any manner to hinder, delay, prevent, ot) obstruct the due and proper administration of this act and the acts to which it is supplementary. . - Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That the boards jof registration provided for in the. act entitled ?An act supplementary to an act entitled An act to pro vide for the more efficient government Of the rebel States,' passed March twenty-three, j eighteen hun dred and sixty-seven,; shall have power and it shall be their duty before allowing the registration of any person, to ascertain, upon suck facts Or information as they can obtain, whether such person is entitled to be registered under said act, and! the oath re quired by said act shall not be conclusive on such question, and no person shall be registered S unless such board shall decide that lie is entitled thereto; and such board shall also have : powr to ' examine under oath, (to be administered by aby memberf of such board) any one touching the qjualificationi of any person claiming registration; but in every case i ... vi i . . ! ! .1 " iwuooi ujr i nc uuaru uj register ail appiican i, uu in every case of striking bis name f rdm the list as hereinafter provided, the board shalljmake a note or memorandum, which shall be returned with the reg istration list to the commanding general of the dis trict, setting forth the grounds of such refusal or such striking from the list: Irtidedl That no per son 6hall be disqualified as member of any board of registration by reason of race or coloj-: ! j ; Sec. 6. -And be it further enacted, (That the true Intent and meaning of the oath- prescribed in said supplementary act is, (among other things,) that; no person ;who has been" j a j metnber of ;the Legislature of any State,' or who j has held iny executive or judicial office in any Stajte, whether he has taken an oath to support the Constitution: of the tJnited Staates or not, and whether He was holding such office at the commencement of the rebellion, or hall held it before, and afterwards engaged in insur rection or rebellion against.the United States, or giv en aid or comfort to the enemies thereof, is enticed to be registered or to vote; and the brords ".execu tive or judicial office in any State" i4 said oath men tioned, shall be construed to includd all civil; offices created by law for the administration of any general law of a State, or for the administration -of justice, i Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, J That the time for completing the original registration provided for In said act, may, in the discretion of the command er of any district, be extended to th first of Octo ber, eighteen hundred and sixty-spven; and .the boards of registration shall have poer, and it shall be their duty, commencing fourteen days prior to any election under said; act. and upon reasonable public notice of the time and place thereof, to revise, for a period of five days, the registrition lists, and upon being satisfied that any person not entitled thereto has been registered, to strik0 ; the ? name of such person f ron the list, and such person shall not be allowed to vote.' And sich lioarq shall, also, du ring the same period, add such registry the names of all persons who at that tjme possesses the qualifi cations required oy said act who have not been . ai uon theses directly State Uoniimtleea Both white and now employed", in controlled by thVcomiiit and Union Lairde 0Wi iaries," have been: aJdfld. 'i U3er tlru gtimuhiaC ift many localities, fs&k if tijbeeji .ijaisod . tojj defray theeirenseM iotal agentsEjd. .niuolj worit accoinpiisaeo. , f . 1 -,,sH .. - The Committee Hty the names brao.OOO lay. at persona at the fodatn V) wnom documente are regularly 8ent.,raioo : one-fourth of thai numoer large pac sages are rorwaraexi, . so tnat it ia in the way of .immediate jiiBtriation of 100,000 or niore cWea ofany docarnentiti, de sires to cireulatel- aWs Ifctjj beinB' daily ausf- m en ted. The Cormaitteefg corresrwrtdence is verv extensive lmndcla inf lottpr.lioino' va! ceiyed weekly from afl partslof the j. South. J r rom tneir contents a fmiwe- knoMrledge of me necessities oi almost evetY vonffressional district is readily attained, juf agents now 1x4 the field, some are at 'work in very State; I -A RepuUcaa prgauizobiLexiali in veqhi State, the reipresentatiyes M , which jare in joonstant correspondence wjh eC5Timittee. Union agcuta. an eowete)Mticie?. to aid the organization, as theCib-and President's office is located in this city, we are enabled - to onng auouii uannony ox pyrpose uiki eiiorx. Were ample means at the V3ommitteeV dkpo-l sal, there would be nd difficulty in widely ex-i tending its operations! ' T?i5"dcmand8 ' made far exceed its means, present and prospective.' large numoer oi mieuigeni. men, w nite ana colored, are jeaiiy to enter the' field, most pf whom coVtldj be advaiitasjeously employed.Ui Our funds hare been altogether - demoted to circulating suitable re: tdi jig matter,! and lem pldjihg speakers, and oraamzers; . They will continue to be ised. rhls Committee cannot undertake the establis' nnent or support of Iter publican newspapers, altlongh that important agency demands attention. When the milita ry bils became law, therdwerein the South but niteen liepubhean jou mils,' two only f which are dailies. .Tliere arc newninety, twenty of which arb dailies.! ' TJj e Jgpeediest "method of establishing A Vigorous i Itepublican press, with out which no rerrnanei it sueoess can Kft obtain ed, is to givej the Republicah party control of 9m Pb ? hoU tiieit tpecUv e&st, or tw the State organization. This object can be. permanently) secured, prpYied its importance is appreciated and corresponding 'efforts are made. The present curipaigrt is but a contin uation of the war.! It has,1 however, I assumed another shape.! It is no longer the shiplck of ar mies, but the conflict cf-i4eas. TheJ jthunder of guns no longer rend 5 the sky or makes the earth tremble; but the results for which our best lives were given a re still trembling in the balance. We conteml for the1 principfe ifor wmcn we iougnt. we scck .power,' joecause we believe in' ourprincyTilles. . The cannot control unless money, tae smews or any strug gle, is used to'aid those wh4 work fo that sac cess. ' Shall we lose an empire from. want of tins material aia r ouai we. yicioriuus in me field, be defeated at thi pallot box? It is hot possiblel ;. -The needs (the hour with those who desire tb see the atireiSouthlateIy curs ed with slavery andrbasted by revolution, marching to the musicof the liniohf in the solid column of JlepubKsm States, are active work, ample! means, ail ujofaltering; if aith.-f-j And that, in th fiaet. tion of President and oe-President of tha United States,-chds6h everV tfbM'ears7 the cmjwtts, as ureyjtre now m every omer estate !w ttn. .TT.!r-4 1 II L- l. .1 .1 L.'t' ujuwj'wiuuu, iiuiu ue eausen or uie peapieoi rectlyandnot by thp members oi thegiAh ' 8. That the Door and destitnte.'' those' acred and infirm polerhoRseless and homdeSK,; ana past iaooT wno nave none to care lor wem, should be provided foat the expense 6f the otatei and thafla the reconstruction of mt GroverhmentWe will see to it that they axe not neglected and igotteriA' fi-p L. 0. Tltat the unhappy polior pursued by A- drew Johnson is,-in its-effects upon the flyal peopie oi uie ioui,n. uuiuhi. -o ppressivo. mna intolerable : nd a3eordmglyf iowever ardent ly wedesiireloiatiriSta restor ed to its proper i position in tthe . Union, - we woma aepiore restoration on any .outer conqi tion's than, those tirescribed bV the ' i 'F'ortieth Corrgress, to which we give'oTtr ' cordial and entire ganetion. believing the t prtncipltea ; enu-' merafaed by thJBptWicai ,Partyi,, through tuat aongress, Jf we just anu. isev l ii.r f ! 10; That the-adverse discrimination toward the i agricultural labors of the Southern1 States ai manifested bV the enormous tax on eottonl is uriiust and oppressive, and should be abro gated at the earliest possible moment. ; ; 1 1. .That we sincerely exult in the fact that as a nation..we' are now absolutely a nation of freemen, and. that, from j the St.1 Xawrence to the Rio Grande, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, the s tin no longer ; shines upon the brow of a slave. ; V.; ( -1 . ', : j f '.:.M-!' j. 1 2. That ai wise care for the; public, safety sometimes Venders it necessary that thbse! wha have sought resolutely to overthrow, the I gov ernment should not hastily be restored to the privileges of which, they have deprived them selves by their, crime of treason certainly not until they show. evidence of j sincerej 'repen tance, and a jiisppsitioi so 'raergetieally to support as they have in times past sought to- destroy the Union ; and that we consider wil lingness on the part of thesetnen to elejvate to power the men who preserved jonswerving : ad herence to' the Government during the' war, as the best test of sincerity! in professions for the -:KHs- : i-i ..; ii ."i.- ' !'- . I ' . 1 3. That we will not sunnort anv candidate 'or office whoi will not openly endorse jthe prin ciples adopted bv the Union Republican -Par- ty ; and that we. Pledge ourselves to ; stand by the regular nomination 6f the j party without any reservauonnarever. : - ; f i . ; TJ'-:;'- i A: If : - '1 ! U :"iiV-'.- TM.. " .'II Aexas- ' : ' ;Ti'.- AU this to The nation with bbund- Otct thirty year bAVe rf churned ' f Uwrmbud men ot the nation in dlscrsfcuttg, as paraniQunt to alloU;qoe1ipns, oertain ab- i ' Di.i 'I All . t Btacf queuuuq oi puuv ngnia. conserve the slave labor' system, all this while! ypung and athlete, leas acrea and steady streams of immigration, wjenttm.wiin buoyant . tread prospering in spita of the fact that all business interests had been ignored except the bondage question, j . . At ttye nd.pf ,a. terrible j war we -find that oneition "With all rtiTeivening. its raystle and snbtle : thebrk vipldUtd a. dead letter, thrag mraply t wi art--uselesa ;npw. j.j;; The reconstruetioji . measures, so Ions? the subject' !of painful anxiety and earnest debate. are now uie law. i They are not questions ox what shall we do? what had better be done t bat the nation is calmly looking ; at its . work, pausing for its will tojtt carried: out as inten ded and . expressed, ,.Ther nation ,is simply standing still for the ' nnrecdnJructed ; States to- swing around into tare as -directed by law. That done we are ready to move off. f : H - ' ISovwhathalV be done?? W bat is- the next Question to be solved in the line of Iptog The national debt must Be paid. ? , j What meslsures will favor that? . ' I There are' (three great interests to be consul ted in this question the shipping, manufac turing and agricultural interests, yes, and one more that of the internal "commerce of this 1 ? M '.II ,:ct liVledWdj tin), B,292majrHt Congress fspni' Messrs. Ryder; 1. ... i Jtod llaj.gn for the Legislature fUno.UcUl returns frocilfadison County glvs Etheridgs 00 inajoii; Ilay. wood giveaBrownyw 500 t$ 7004 .. .lard man and Fayette gi ve a Conserv'ir mtajoti- ty. : uv. it - r - ' j" k .. 1 j ) CLiKKSvnia, Term. Aug. lTljo e .tioa passed off without disturbance of any V-l. I Browrilow's majority In this Precinct is f 18.- The county will go 1,000 majority fpt Brovsr. low.: .,.;.J , .1. 7; NAsimixjE, TenxL, Avg. 1 Tb efectioa ; to-day was the auietest ever known j hcra. : The whites and blacks voted witheut InUrmp-: ' tion, and not a hurrah f or either lr1y was given.' At thUs a few persons were attes-; ted for attempting to 0te twice andjothsrs fof : carrying soiMieaiea.sreapoar -ri'r i . ' 1 Retrxrns from, slUha, wards . but Ion giro i BrownlowJ,16VLw-eridge 704.-v four , dis tricts in the County )rjve Brownlow'itT, said ' Etheridge 159. ( Tha RepubUcah ticket ia all elected. . Mason, Independent, got but a few ; : IMurfreesborOi gives BroWnlow a majonty o. 649. Lavercrne 310. and Jefferson 77J Colum bia gives iirownlow 1,449 votes, ldge I48i rtnifln j and lour pi AViUiamson vounty, give 390 ; maj Ether :inctsi in rity for: nation; - j . u Your Committee have ficientlyv Means onl each one of thjfA. electa oos proV quate funds are so organized as toinsu ready registered; and no person shall, -at any. time, be entitled to be registered or to vot jby reason, of nv executive pardon or amnestv for any -act or thing which, without such pardon or amnesty would disqualify-him I rum registration or voting. , i i Sec. And be it further enaetedl.Th&i flection four of said last-named act shall be donstrtied to au- thorize the commanding general Earned therein, ! : . ' : iii 1.1. ron KEcxsTnrtTiox. , The following I Semitor Sherman's substitute for Stevens bill, with Wil.-on's and Shellabarger'a amendmCnU in the House, as it was finally passed. Wilton's amendment is the latter portion of vection five,1 commencing at Jthe word "provided. The nixth section is Shellcbargcr's amendment: j tiori, and mnke prut !-ii:d ion thereof; and if a nia-! whenever he shall deem it neertful, to remove any all be f within i: board. jority of the rotca gi cn on that question shall be4 member of a board of registration, tor a convention the cofnmamling general, within j nnomer m uis oieau, auu 10 1111 auj sixty daysTIrom the date of election, shall notify the .1 . .i ...-.. . . . it. . : . ..4 .1. i : i uuirgawa uj arM-uiuie.iu diureiiiiou, ni tuc iiuiu uuu place to be mentioned in the notification, and; said convention, whu orgnutzed, shall proceed to frame a cbustitutionl and civil government according (o the provisions of this ct and the act to which it is sup pkMiu utary and when tlie same shall have been so. framed, sjiuI constitution sholl be submitted bv the A JHl to provide fr the more efficient gorermncnt ; the rebel State. "" j .convention for r.:tific:ition to the oersons resristered i. Whcrs no legal government or adequate fro- nndtr the provisions of this act at an i election )con- j tectHtn for life or property now c.Xist.- in t he rebel ductel by the officcrs-or persons apjiointed or to be Mate on v irginia, onn (.arouna, sou in t uroiuia. appointed bv Uie ctmmandinr general, as herein be Cieorgia, AUbama. Louisiana, Florida, Texas, and j fore provided, and t be rw-ld. after tlie expiration of runa; aim wnereaa 11. u uctisrj uuu pmice thirty aays trom tue aateMfxnotice' thereof, to i be and jpoom order should be enforced in aaid States ! given by "id ci invention and the renirn thereof until kyl and reiHibluain SUU; goverumedtji c:ui , hall be made to tLc coimnanding general of thedis . Iw kgallj established : Therefore, .. i tricLt . S i 1 lie it eAacted, &e. That said rebel Slates shall be SKrjL-JbHthe it.furthtr enacted. That if, 'accord-! iiiTium iuhj unmarjr uimucis. uuu iu.-uu.uiijeeif 10 ingios.-iij returns.,tne constitution hall heratined .themilitiry authority or theLuiteo: sutes. a.- here-, bv a majoritv of the votes of the registered eIccUrs jnafter prescribed" and for that purjiose Virginia qiialiiitxl as herein specified, cast at said election, (at it .... .1 .j:. - .x .i j 1 . - ' . . ' aiuuj constitute "e im uiMnvi; .ortu i aroiuia ana j ,Kisune-b allot all the nmstered voters votino tipon ruth Carolina the 2nd district; Oeorgia. Alabama the question of such rafitieation,) the president of aiwx ionia, uie omi;iri:i; .ui!i!iaippi ;mu .vrs.iin-j the nventiiHi shrill transmit a copv of the Samew imuic vuuisuiti, sjai ujuuuiiui uu icxiis tue ouiy.certitictl, to the fresirtnt of the United States, 5th district . " - who shall forthwith transmit the same to Congress; nsunaiwi.1 it- i iie aniy or tue l rcsiucnt it then m scidion. then immediately upon its next u in ui- ivuiiiwnii vi latino kihi uisinnaiMi asscmnimir. ami lr tt snail moreo-vx-r' appctr to Coh- t ncer of the army not below the rank of brigadier gresa that the election was one at which U the reg KencraL and to detail a sufficient military force to istered and qualified electors in the State had an op rnable snch officer to perform his duties and enforce ! portunitv to vote freelv and without restraint, fear. his authority within the district to which he i as- or the inilnenrc of fraud, and if the Congress.shall ipned. ' . ! be satisfied tltit 'such constitution meets the approv- ... EC. 3.jThal il shall be the duty of each oinccr I nl of a majority of al the qualified electors in the Assigned as atoresaid to protect all persons in their SUta, and if the said constitution shall be declared rigliU of person and property, to suppress insurrec- j bv Congress to lie in conformity with the provisions . . . X U & a ? . a . -m oi me act it i men mis is supplementary, ana the tilth J and can work ef- are lacking to carry ritciect State at 'the aTaaa.slf ad the party, an be e'tle electoral vote of each regenerated StatJe fori the: Presidential standard-bearer of oar great party. , The loyal people of thej South- ai e very poor ; they are with us in every "-dcsW fir j success,- but they need assistance; both o : niney for political or ganization, and of .knowledge for .the .best means of effecting it. ' Slavery crushed the white friends of the m tioat as well asfoppres ed'its colored allies. Thef rebellion iinpoYer- ished them as-well as t ioisa who rebelled. Shall we let them kgain be saca ificed for l jwant of means lo senu men u iunn ur to euauie tiiem help themselves ? In tnq spirit, of the fore- t ri ' , i I ! .1? going resolution,-we as k earnest ,ana ! immedi ate work in obtaining fuads. y. iPressihg calls are constantly being rfl aoi to manyx of which and ia nnnoint we are Wholly imable to ssspond, In. view of any Vacancy ia such the great bjects for whioh' jwe:. strive, we; as- Sec. 9: And be it further enacted. That f all mem bers of said boards of registration and all persons hereafter elected or appointed to office in jsaid mili tary districts, under anv so-called State or municip al authority, or by detail or appointment ofj the dis trict commanders, shall be required ito take and sub- f scribe the oath of office prescribed jby j law for olfi- cere or me unueu Diaies. . ;i j i i Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That no com- tion, disrrder. and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished,' all disturbers of thepubfic peace and criminals, and ! this end he may allow local civil riliunals to take jnrisdiction of and try tfTV-rHier, or alien in his judgment it may be necessary for the trial of offenders, be ahall have power .to organize . military- commissions or tribunals for that purpose; rail interference under color ot Mate authority with ihe exercise of .military authority under. this act akall be null and void. Sac, 4. That all persons put under military arrest ly virtue of this act, shall be tried without unneces aarv tiekiy, and no cnielor unusual punislunent shall he Inflicted; and no sentence of anv military corn- other pmvisions of said oct shall have been complied with,' and the said constitution shall be approved by Con-TTsj", the Stte shall be declared entuh-d to rep resentation, and Senators and Representatives shall be admitted therefrom as therein provided.- ' Sec. . And be if further enacted, That all elec tions in the States mentioned in the said VActl to provkle for the more efficient government of the rebel States" shall, during the operation of aid act, be by ballot; and all officers making1 the said regis tration of voters and conducting said election shall, before entering Uion tlie discharge of their duties, take and suusenbe the oath prescribed by the act mission or tnbnnal hereby authorized, affecting the approved Julv 2, 18C2, entitled "An act to prescribe life or liberty of any person, shall be executed until an oath of otlice." ' u j it is approved by the officer in command of the dis- Sec. 7.' 'And be UfurOu r enacted, That all cxpen tr let; and the laws and regulati.ns for the govern- ses incurred by the several commanding generals,' or went of tha army shall not be affected by the act, ex- j by-virtue of any orders issued or appointments made cept in so' far as they may conflict with iu provia-.j by them,' under or by virtue of this act. shall be iid Ion. .. " out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise SEC. a. Tliatwnen the people ! any one of said appropriated i -mander or member of the board ofj registration,' or any .of the officers or appointees acting under'them, shall tie bound in ins action. Dy any opinion ot any civil officer of the United States. I (! J ' Sec IL And be it further enacted, !That all the provisions of this act and.of the act? to wliich,this fs supplementary shall lie construed Tjilterally, toj the end that all the intents thereof may be 'fully and perfectly carried out. ' ;'H : - 5 : SCHUYLER COLFAX,! , " ; i Speaker of the House of Representatives. - -H , J. : T Ii. F. WADE,! - !.' ! President of the Senate pro tempore. Circular of the Union H epublican Con ' gTessional Executive Committee- The following circular has been i issued by the Union Republican Congressional Commit tee M : -r ' f :;i ! ' ". ! -, I Washixgtox, D. C, July 20, 1867. rw, ''tt- '! . y , ! ' . ! 'Iim- H ' t rebel States shall have fonmii a constitution of sov rrament in conformity with Jhe Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed h V a conven tion of dcleirates electoii by the male citizens of said Elate twenty -one years old and upward, of whatever j race, coior, or previous condition, who nave nccn Sec. 8. And be tt further enacted, (That the con vention for each State shall prescribe the fees,! sala ry, and compensation to be paid to all delegates and other officers and agents herein authorized, or nec essary to carry into effect the purposes of this act not Iterein oiheriviM! nroviiled for ani thull nivivi.l.. resident in said State forone year previous to the day for the lew and collection of such ta-reii on thv Of such election; except such a may be disfranchitl 1 property in such States as may be necessary to pay for participation in the rebellion or for felony at "t the same, i m t Sec. 9. And be it further enacted. That the word common law; and when such constitution shall pro, vide that the elective franchi.c shall be enjoyed bv . all inch per ins as h.ire ttie qnilincatinn herein ata . ted for election of delegates; and when snch consti tution shall be ratified or a majority of the persons voting on tha question of ratification who are quali ' fled aa electors for delegntea, and when auch ron imi tation shall hare been aubmltted to Uongrras for ex ami nation and appyovaL and Conyw -tull have approved tbe name; and when wlL Aa, bv a vole f iu Jxglatnr elected nnder aU mnatitution, shall have adopted the amendment toll Coulitution of Ute United Sutea proposed by the Thirty-Ninth V Congress, and known as article fourteen ; and when 'said article shall have become a part of the Con&tltu- tion of the United Stale, said Siuta tjtall be dcckirvd ' entitle! to rcnrencntatioo ia Cong, and Senators and Represenutiv'ea hall be admittetl therefrom on their taking the oath proscribed by law. and then and thereat u-r the preceding sections of this act aha 11 be inoperative in aaldUate: iMU That no per son excluded from the privilege of holding office by icdd pinrracd amendment to Ihe Constitution of tlie United States shall he eligible to eWtion a a mem her of the .Convention t'j fram; : Con-tilutien for article in the aixlh section of the act to which this is uppkiuentary shall be construed to mean section. ADDITIONAL SUTPL7i5nENTART RECOX- BTitutrrJo hill. i r - ... 1 ' passed JCLT 19, 18G7 1 A Act supplementary to an act entitled "An act to proride for the more-efficient government of; the . rebel Sutea.' passed on the second day of March, eighteen hundred and. sixty-seven, and the act supplementary thereto, passed on the twenty-third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven. Be it enacted bu the Senate and Hme of Jlepre aooo&ta of the V iti Statet of Axteriea, in Con ore MAtetnbUd That it is Jiereby declared to have been the true intent and meaning of the act of, the second of March. one thousand, eight hundred 'add alxty-sevcn, entitled "An act to provide for the inore efficient government of the rebel States," and of the act supplementary thereto, passed on the twenty-third dav of March, in the vear one thons- and right hundred and sixty-seven. ; tliat Ihe rrov Sir: The Union Republican Senators and members of the Fortieth Congress assembled On the evening of July 15, in the Hall pf, Re presentatives, to hear the report of the . Union Republican Congressional Kxecutive Commit tee with reference to th Southern Reconstruc tion campaign. i - ' f . ur . .... , The following resolution Was adopted : -1 f'Toved'yThat we, the Republican Senators and Representatives of the Fortieth Congress. having listened, with great interests to the statements of the chairman pf the Executive Committee, and others. of Isaid!' Committee. therefore pledge our best personal efforts Tin our respective districts to thje work of raising money tor tne use ot the said committee' lm mediately upon pur return toiour constituents." ;? The Committee, therefore in urging the im portance of immediate and vigorous labor, de sires to briefly recapitulate what has been done ; the agencies and opportunities how .at its command, and the necessities which require assistance. During the few months that have elapsed since the Reconstruction acts wore pas sed, this committee has been earnestly v t work, For the first time opportunity offered for dis- ; ? . c .i . qussion m ine poutn oi tne. prmcipujs purpo fles, and history of the Republican organization 4-the party of National progress political ju- Hcc, ana territorial miegnty. it was aeter- and sure our friends that $101 now will accomplish far! more than $10.001' liviil twelve! months later. , ... ..". ,;'. ii J. !: , . f'H-, ' AU communications siipuld be addressed to Hon. Thomas L.JT0L Secretary of the Committee, Washiogb ij- Df C. j i ; I i '.- Robert C. Jhjiikxck. Chairman. John CoSrss,l, ,. i - ".- ": Zachakiah UH4NDIJ2R, j. . ; VV ILLIAM ll.IVELLEV, " John A. Ljok, ; I.John 31. BiyOMALi, ' Oakes AMtesj 1 1 -j 1 ! i- 'iSJputive Committee, . Thomas: LI Tuixocijjec; 'etary, South Carolina Bepiblican Flktform . The following most etpeljent platf Orm was adopted by the RepublirftnConvention which met at Columbia a few tiys.ago': N -N f i 1. That in order to. rtitke the . labor of 1 all our lnval fpllnwiit.Twni nkbre effectual: for car rying out the provisions fcf Congress jforthe restoration ot law and rfterjin j pur Wtate I as jveli as for the peace ar cyrOsperity of our en4 tire country, we, the p cf le pf South Carolina do form'ourselvesinto 1 political organization to be known as the Uni c Republican Party of bouth Uaroiina. : 2." That republican institutions , cannot be. iii 1 1 111 1 1 in Jlittjiiiri 1 1 1 generally dif- fnsed amOnor all elassesL We wUl favor . a Uni form system pf free schools and colleges which shall be open to all. A 3. That we will favora liberal system, of publio -j improvements, fuch asN railroads, ca nals and other works, aid also such a system THE REIGN lQT TETtKOB j-TlTK MASSACRE OF THE FEEEDMEXj THE CIVIL AUTHOTTriEjS REFCSE T of awarding contracts givre all Pur f ellow-citizl 1 . , 1 : t i 1 cnanee 10 snare in meu . . a . rrn . i i J C xnat an targe ian to make the rich richei and are ruinous to the cial and social interest islature should offer e ment for the division the: as will fair 8ame 9 an eoual and monopolies tend only nd the poor; poorer, .grieultural, oommer f the State, the Lesr- ry practicable! induce- a sale 01 unoccupied lands among jthe pportf classes, and as an en- ;in our t: mined to inaugurate a vigorous and compre hensive agitation of questions connected J with these subjects, i 1 nis purpose has been as ful ly carried out as. the means at the .disposal of theioommittee would permit,;' The committee has received, but $1 8,250, mainly derived frpm the twO houses of Congress. 1 1 Tnre is now ex pected from various sources sums amounting in all to $4,500, which will about Cancel obliga tions already . mcurred1 -'Witti ; this small amount, the committee has sent " several hun dred thousand suitable documents through the South. , It has "employed over seventy active and intelligent speakers and organizers", who hate' been at work in the! I unreconstructed criuncni then existing in the rebej tatcs of Virgin-'j StjtcS and to a limit,gd eitCnt in Tennessee. r1 couracrement to imisrrttits : to settle State, i - i- v , ... . if,! 5. That the interest! pf the State demand revision of the entire mxc of laws and the organization of the;Cirts J -:i" f I 6. That 1 it is lust wnu ptoper that taxes should be ad valorem fwd proportioned to the property ox me cmaei ..v.. j.nat tne oauoc guard of the rights of and legislative officer elected by the people TO PUNISH 'CRIMINALS. . j Galveston, Texas July 10. Colonel Sin clair, the officer appointed to superintena reg istration in the Northeastern counties ' of the State, reports from Clarks ville,' Ka : illy er - 11 : .. i :i Arv..?:!' county, aepicjtmg a miijerauie uuiai y""""u of anarchy and crime. Rumaiiism'' domineers over societv. and controls the: law. Recon struction andi everything tending toward civil ization and order is fiercely and brutally oppo sed. Colored registers aare not 1 accept, umir appointments, and the Boards of j Registration are threatened with death. ' ' A ? 1 judge Latimer, Agent f the Frfednen' Bureau, has cesigned. Being without troops, he was in constant peril, and was also natural ly unwillinor to make of his position ainockery hv witnessinsr and recorains wrongs mat lie J " . CD : : j j I ' had no nower to redress. I,. 1 j !; The Unionists are strong in numbers, .but completely terrorized. If they dared, they would petition that the county be placed un der martial law jjl but they are disheartened, passive and dumb, 'lney tear 10 organize, hold meetings, or to openly express sentiments of Wvaltv to thei national government : I Iii a word,jthe flames j of rebellion are not quenched, but smothered only, and. ready to Kralr f irt.h on thelea8t occasion. ' V Civil law is dead, and its officers so many nulhties.-Tr TTna nnlv nfKoi !ll whl) fillOWS ft dlSDOsition " tO UV Vaa f vaaaa.H j - A 1 I r do his duty is the sheriff of the county, and 1 ' 1 - J : V r IF.olnnii'O ne is powerless ueu mouc. unrawo, aaainst whom the sheriffs holds indictments foTthe worst of crimes, ride freely into town. The shenfts eails upon tne people to neip nun make arrestsandi they ; refuse..! He reports them to Judge Mabry, who .fines them $100 for rpfnsino-'and remits the fine. The crim inal rides off in triumph, and is the hero i of the occasion;; )!- ' -I "f$r. ! 1' '1 , In this atrnosphere of outrage; and murder the freed people j are, of course tlie deepest sufferers. They have generally received ino pay for last year's labor, and arO now held by their employers in a condition j of servitude that has all the bitterness off slavery, without any oi the alleviations that the sense of own ership and of property threw round the old system. Tlie colored people! are beaten daily, and shot at will by gangs, off cut-throats that infpst the country. In some localities the freed people will not go to the woods alone, because of the daily wanton murders. ; - Jne of these villians, named Guest, stands preeminent in itifamy. He has been known to kill threes colored men in a singieaayj A he ride aloner the road wnoiev neids oi hands drop their tools and run for! thewoods. x One planter informed the officer that his la- porers uvea in suca terror oi . uuq uiau, : tui, when he sent them to the woods to cuttfuel, hei had tO accompany., them arma. He ndes freely in and eut of town, has troops of admir ers and friends, and no one dares Ito arrest . . ' -r-r f . 1 3-3 - i. mm. . lie was once aurrounuou. wi uuku nrairie bv four men whot at the risk of . their lives, captured and brought. him to' town. lut tne civil aumonues luugeu iiioi iu ,a jau secured bv a common vadlock,' and did not even station a euard! He escaped, of 'joourso. There are dozens! of such men lhJthls tier of counties, who rank as , heroes in the eyes of their abettors, who never weary of harboring, aexenamg ana soxrruimg fcueir praujco. p 1 The Freedmen are held down j by the . shot run and the six-shooter. They are afraid even lO maae oompiainiiS . agaiuab mip, urr,ppy" All these interests' are : worthy : of the best thought of the people." ' I i , i It is true We are more directly , interested i tne three latter classes ot business tnan in shipping, but we can foster that by the growth of the three latter interests. As these grow,. th shipping interest can grow . legitimately j but we cannot see that . interest override all other considerations. We must have tariffs, not only for the fostering our local industry, but we all know that as long as a nation1 is un able to compete with; another nation in the products of any particular class of labor, that she must lay tariffs with reference to such branch or branches of industry or productions, until she can so compete and vie in price and excellence with such foreign nation. j p Our southern btates stand on the vantage ground in bidding for the employment of cap ital in manufacturing business. Any branch oi manufactures that a :jsew England man can make money pu ithe Southern man can vie with him iu profits by opening manuiac- jures at home. : ' i j. . ' i' ,We must raise up these 4mterests mtoi m heaithy growtn. I liut xne enreat tnintr that, l to breathe new lite into tne, business veans 'o this nation is its internal commerce, say wha you wiifO! I f - ' t. ' '' ' V .1 i it agriculture is tne base or everytning, then internal commerce . is the, next stone above, and interwoven witn these are tne manniac- tunng interestsand as a necessary out growth low 10. 1 idgi; (Joan--Galla.; Brownlow. i.TttllahomaJ Majority for J Bro Humboldt, in Carroll CountyU-Ethe Brownlow, 24. Brownsville,1 Hayw ty-r-Brownlow, 704 ; KtheriJge, 13: tin Brownloiwi309i Ethefidge, 122 :: -:i'.i;i T : ...! : j ! . NABimtiEj AuL 3t 3L ' The election returns', so far; footur a major- a. m t n ity ot 1 7,000 for urowniow. 4 . . ! j. Trimble, Stokes, ' ArnelV Jliynard, Haw kins, Mullens, Nunn, and Butler, all jlUdicats,, are elected to. Congress. ITheymaks a cleaa sweep of both branches of the Legislature. " ! r-f- 1 m m ' ILii. w.. ,-iJ' w i A HK A KNNK8&KE XVUCCTION. Y nnOUnO with much gratification the splcfidid and over whelming repaplican victory l.Tennessea. I i i vxov. xrowmow una oeen iro-eteoira vj vt 000:majorityi. j: "J ' ' "' ..;, 1 The entire Republican delegation to Con, gress has been elected. 1 . , , y ) The Legislature is : Republican by a larra - majority thus insuring a Republican U. Sw oenator ana xepuDiican Dtate ouioera. . . -This electionj is one of the great events e the day. The result has added greatly to' the prospects (of 'reconstruction Under th . prcaent actsi of Congreaa.' jAU honor to thw indomitable,! fearless and unpurchasable Ila publicans ot tne Jlickofy state JJ Speaker of all is our interest. they endure ; granted them they know that Suffrage: they are $mg the surest . safe- e citizen, all executive of the State should be iereforevi f" l. ;' Resolved. That, in pur opinion, a purely Re publican Governmeniis maintained - pvly l by making our rulers rcfxjnsible directly jto the people by frequent ei 'ctions4 pot by the Leg islature, but by the r ople themselves: there fore, iy-vj ti fVfe;.:! Jiesolved, That th i debates we shall send to the Constitutidna' Convention about to be Sding t General J be in our new I Constitution, povacilf xseuatorr and otatel Jjeffislattier and called by the 'Com: stfucted to so frainc that the Governor; Representatives of all subordinate offic Judiciary Dcpartm IT SJ anu tie frs. except" those of the be chofen by the peof 4 ongresa nas iirnorant of their rights ai citizens, and they Will be allow ed neither to register, nor to vbte unless a sfrniif naval lv force with energetic officers be sent to rule with J strong hand and. summary powers th is pandemonium. . .' ; V' , 1 General Griffin promptly on receipt of this report, ordered a! cavalry1 company " to Hunts- ville.' ana win ao. an m nis powers i wiia uhui- ficieht means, to enforce order, arrest, "murder commerce: and shipping In eiffht or ten Of our States;theaffricuiltural business has sustainedSa sudden and tempora ry shock from the !, terrible drainage of; wa, and the change irom tne large popuiauon to tbe 6mall farpi system with tree i labor, j j Values have been affected. Hmmi oration is nouriner into this coimtry at thVrate of half a million a vear. or thereabouts. Population is incrasinpf by th natural sources more fapid lv than in anv other country, and theMemand for homes is unprecedented in every! .section. With this: 1 immigration I and change dence eroin? on amontr our own citi throughout the brebdth of this, our lan increase ot internal commerce is last gr beyond the ordinary means of supply. i Reforms! in railw'avs with the) view creasing the facilities of ! cheapening fi ia : baa been londlv demanded from source; j Large as the accommodations ire, that are furnished to the public, j they fall .far short of meeting the actual wants of thej com munity, r ., This nation must how proceed to lay down her policy t coiicerniug internal com merce. It is plain that agriculture will be the first, to movo nndpr Hom bftnicTl nolicv of the Grovernment, and With the enhancement pf values, in property, taxation will1- be more ea--8ily and Oheertully borne. ; - i ; ! . i! j ; ," vTo .makej a long story short, : internal com merce and agriculture are saying plainly to manufactures, to-day we' will unite Iwjth jyou on any reasonable tariff if you will join us in making it an easy job in getting our stuffs to market through j railway , transportation at KWan mtfiki? -These three interests must co alesce, ant then what with the growth 0f the country, and jthe business they will develop, may safely! whisper in the shipper's ear the firm assurance that he shall be prospered from home sources, and by thd most powerful O: home interests in a union and cause that must be perpetual J I ' J ' i" i The day has gone by with our intelligent communities for rival interests in our land to crain bv distracting the country. !The blend ing of prosperities is the j rrreat secret of na- tm M. ; A . a ' . i tional success. . We have now near 40,000, 000 of intellects, some weak and some strong, having common interests,' who will now throw their whole effective weight and force in aid ing the creation of values jby building up in ternal commerce and aiding productive , labor in getting its stuffs and wares to market at cheap rate. M; ., l.i I.' ' .. . i .' ' . I A laro-e amount of the surplus wealth of this nation is in United States bonds, and which it may be well to state can be enhanced hi , val ues or brought to par j ny creating, values through railways. L I- ''; ! ' I r Win the j Congress open up the door, by which capitalists may . thus' safely engage in enterprises of thrift to themselves and profit to the; nataon.--owKn ylegraph. ' - 'I' Presl wan The Tennessee Election THIRTY THOUSAHD MAJFRITY FOB BKOWIf LOW. hr'K't 'ii '.f... T.!rn THE RADICALS SWEEP THB STATE' JOHX W. XEFTWICH i PI ' ' ! 1 '- 4- EKIBGEGIA rjeATED--THE HOME OF ETII ers, develop loal sentiment and m-4 -' . . -. - .1 i ... piacK anfi wnite in tneir ngnts Y. Tribute. l protect both of icitizenship. ', Wjiat, A3 o How to DnntB:. Tlie best Sum- iL .- . j. ... j-' . it a i . : r' a : a re mer oeverage is coia waier, ice cota water, i-i yon" please, but by all means graip the glass by the hand, take! a swallow at a tirrie, remove the glass from the lips for a few seconds, then take another swallow: in this way it will be found that the thirst wilt be' thOroughlir satisfied be fore half the water, has 'been taken, whereas it it had been swallowed cxintirraously, the whole contents would not have satisfied the thirst. Theodore Parker used to sar: f!Jfhre is no peace for the wicked, Wcause! thrf no peace, m vKtay BROWNLOW 2291 aiAjfOErrr. j' ., .1 ' ... , . i . . JJashville, iTeitx.; Aug. rl .The election passed off wfrjh perfect- quiet. . A military force and 300 special police were" on hand,' but nrt'dJstnrbance of anv. kind ' occurred, i ' The following is the vote in this city. - Brownlow, 4,054 ; Etheridge, 745. Thq county will I. give over 400 majority for Brownlow. j i . j j' i , ! The returns lrota; otheii counties icome in sTowljr. So far as j heard j from, . Brownkxw's j majorities are; In. Danry County, 1,300; , Montgomery, 700;! Bradley, 800; Haywood, 600; Rutherford; l?O0. . j f W? ., ' iThe majority for BrOwnlow'in1 Ithe1;-State, from indications received will exceed 1 30,000. Every Radical candidate for Congress will be to 9,000 Ctolfax. Accepts tl dent's ChaJJenge. ' Tn fiia an ii.uli r m nrniTrJi im Tn ttttm Qhm1 - night, Spealter t-olfax. thps noticed Jthe Jtp ldent s appeal y tuv wuiuirwv , ", 1 , . t; The President appeals to the ;ballot-bor, so do we, and bvf ' its decision we' are prilling to , stand or fall.fi In 1862, in th darkest hour, of ' the war, amid disaster and reverse, ihe ballot box sustained us add returned a republican ma jority to Congress. .'- In lff64 we were com- ; nelled to accept all the odium of consoriDtioq. . f. . . t i x- - tne neavy Duraens oi laxauon rreoeaaary in ww national credit and' to keep our flag flying ia Uie field, the charges of pqr enemies that men were being drafted front their homes to free negroes, and! the denunciations against . the as a failure but with the simple motto of country.! under the lead of-Jour noble resident would to God he were living, toi day we won a magnificent triumph. Ap plause. Ink 866, when President! Johnson turaedjjhia back on the " party wbien elected aVersedthe country making speeches to he read bv millions, denouncing us f : with his - whole cabinet againstus, with bnt , in honored exception (ajjdanse and crie of ' Stanton) with thej whole power and patror ago of the government thrown in the scale of o ir enemies,) We appealed kgain to the ballot-bo r, winning the most! magnificent 'victory ever known in , our political history; :Applausc - But this- will be eclipsed by the comint victory of 1868, when we shall place in the omoe ot tne gorern ment one who will be faithful to liberty, j ustice and lovaltv. I We ask no more and will accept no less, and thisi victory will e. swelled by tha votes of the reconstructed Sooth. Then they return, ak thev iwill- in accordance with the terms prescribed in our legislation , they will return with magnificent1 majorities fof Ihe .right. j Applause. They will cone back led , as they must be by those wh6 have been faith ful to the Union J in its darkest ho irs. They will join with ns of the North und r the Influ ence of free labor and free men in the march of prosperity! and power, and will join us in so legislating tjiatl hereafter id this jnoblo land there shall b no man so roor, so hitmWo, so ob scure that he cannot look up to ihtt American flag as his unfailing protection, and, with tha. ballot which' shall vindicate his rights jnhis iVtJLi r i.. 1 ii u i: .1 own ngntnam i appiauftuj aiKi mc n'j people shall iay Amen and Amen. i, people plause. 11 -Vi l Gex. Sheridan s Loud ap- i i removal .will not satisfy the disloyal men! of the South ; they clamor for that of Pope and the other day a .deputa tion of Alabama Rebels appeared before tha President and demanded Iti Mr. Johnson dis missed therm with assurance "thai Alabama - would be vindicated, which means, we sup pose, that Pope will be ; turned out wherl it is safe to do so. ! But why should the Presl . dent stop here? Why not dismiss all five of tha District Commanders; put CustcrJ inplaos of . Schofield, FuJJerton in stead of OrdL Uouaaeaa in stead of Pope. Let Stcedrnan supoeet Sick lea, and Quantrel Sheridan. jWo pfl Sssura Sir. Johnson that these f appoirttnynts- Would make nnnesessarr anv further opmiotis from. Mr. Stanbery, and would end. at once all those annoying complhuhts of the niggers mA the Union men. Those embarrassirMf rrttestiovta , about colored men on juries, labor laws, reg istration,,: oaths of loyalty, Ac, wookJW set;. tied: OnantrelL for instance, has shcWtf extra ordinary resolution in putting do Wfj saucy darkies in Tejtas, land crushmg the of Sothern Union! men who were the i Confederacy during the war. never imitate i ShsridanJi insubordination ta contradicting the! President's assertion that Congress instigated the NewOrleatis nuaa-' ere, and Diaming tne innocmi Mvrrua.un lamb-like Monroe, and the tenaeTeariea ana . : a , Fi t . - I i J impartial Abeu. ux.-J. A raoune, d a insoienco tf tors ttr lie would ection passed off a single f distur- elected by majorities of from 3,000 each.... iiiJ,;:-,.,,' 'J: ' Memphis, Ang.,L The e quietly' in this city, and hoi bance occurred. ; The saloons were all closed and the best of order ' prevailed. :; The ' 23th Infantry were stationed at! Court-square ; du ring the day, but they, were not called; onL By the first arrangement the "whites and ne groes were to have separate voting places'; but ter trrthe :dayf!tiaing that they could not all vote there; they sotight other polls in 1 crowds, and then were unable to all vote, owing to the short thno allow cd. The city gives Brow blow Jk A Warxixo. It is related that as Jeft. la Kvislwas about to enter his carriage ion leaving the theatre at Montreal last Friday f night, an 'unknown person, observed, only by af frw step pod np and handed Mr. Davis a note, which he carried to his house. Ccintetf to the light it was opened and found to contilq a. single wrmL narritteri in a bold hand ? ArrKiOJvTLL I jThisvlt is sridrwent fiktra dagger i his heart, land he nearly fainted iroV Wmku . t f Whatdoyon call tbislfsMd Mr. Jones Smith', gently Upplng his breakfast with ;hf fork "Call it r snarled the landlady, what niel dl It f WelL reanvJ!,said SnjXK. H I don't know. There is hardly eabttan. Mir i. . '. . .... if. .-... Kill I. an it. tor mortar, nut mere is rninvi.T m mhm if it i intended for.hash.T J r i -i. i A
Weekly Pioneer (Asheville, N.C.)
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