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He B.iaul ot Trustees of the Univer
the South met in Montgomery
morning.
T. Stewart has purchased Rosa
“Horse Fair 1 ’ for $30,000.
Hie artist originally received $7,000 for
it. _
The income of the city of Augusta
January 1, was $306,-
I'ork
The aggregate regular collections in
four years amount to nearly $100,000,-
000.
To stop the breed of fools and idiots,
the Kentucky Legislature is about to
enact a law to prevent the intermar
riage of cousins in the first and second
degree.
Sixteen hundred acres of land were
sold at sheriff’s sale in Jones county, on
the first Tuesday in last month, at fifty
cents per acre. A portion lying on
Cedar creek is said to be very good.
The Maine Legislature has passed a
hill making it legal foi white and blacks
to marry. We look forward hopefully
to an exodus of negro wenches Maine
ward, so soon as the ice breaks up in
the North.
Henry M. Turner, a colored preacher
in Macon, publishes an article in the
“Telegraph” advising his brethren not
to go to the West.
The advice is good, hut comes too |
late. All have gone that were so in- j
dined.
Mack, tlie correspondent at Washing
ton of the Cincinnati Commercial, a
Radical paper, says that a few days ago
Thad. Stevens said to a friend : “The
constitutional amendment was a good
thing to electioneer on, but it isn't
worth a d—n to reconstruct with.”
A difficulty occurcd at a horse-race,
at Blacklack Grove, Hopkins county,
Texas, recently, in which three men
were killed in 15 minutes. One New
som killed Brumley; Brumley’s brother
killed Newsom ; one Fry was killed by
the Newsom party'. The difficulty grew
out of a misunderstanding ’concerning
a horde-lace.
Gcethe said he married to obtain re
spectability. Wilkes wedded to please
hi? friends Wycherly, in his old age,
took his servant girl to spite his rela-!
tions, aid there is a story afloat of a
widow who was so inconsolable for the
loss of a husband that she took another
to keep from fretting herself to death!
The Savannah News learns that John I
Sheppard, the great pedestrian, was at- (
tacked with congestive chills on Sun- !
day last, which rendered him unable to !
proceed with the herculean task which
he lmd undertaken upon a wager of one j
thousand dollars, viz: that of walking '
one thousand miles in one thousand |
consecutive hours—one mile in each '
hour.
A Washington letter says : Mr. Col
fax so far has no opposition worth men
tioning for the Speakership of tlie For
tieth Congress, anil it is likely that an
organization of the House will be effect
ed immediately. Hon. James Brooks,
of New York, who was ousted from his
seat in the present Congress, by 5,000
majority, will probably again receive
the compliment of a nomination from
the Democratic side of the House.
A tract upon “Hell,” bj' Rev. J.
Furniss, a Catholic priest of London,
gives more definite information than
has hitherto been obtained on the sub
ject. Mr. Furniss states, among other
items, that hell is 4,000 miles from the
surface of the earth ; it is a boundless
plain of red hot iron, with an atmos
phere of fire and rivers of seething filth
and sulphur.
A New York City dispatch of the 3d
says: “A rumor on Wall street has it
that a crisis of a threatening nature
hangs over many of the insurance cor
porations of the city', owing to unpre
cedented losses by fires and marine dis
asters during the past year. Yearly
statements were published by some of
the most prominent companies a few
days since, by which it appears that
many of them- cancel all capital repre
sented by scrip.”
The Rome Courier complains of a
scarcity of lumber at that place, and
says: The demand is considerably be
yond the supply at this place, and this
will probably be the case until more
fryf, vpjjls are established. Some six-
freedmeu.
have left that place lately.
In some cases white laborers have been
Tlie Banner thinks many
families who have emigrated to Texas
Lrd other Western States will repent
Ke move. It would have been better
E- them to have remained in Georgia,
■e old Commonwealth is still, and
continue to be, the Empire State of
■South. There is an abundance of
for those willing to
■PP^^hiiiy
—Ex-Governor Brown and
Judge Dawson A. Walker, were id
Washington a few days since. Dan
Rice and party were in Mobile.
Senator from Louisiana. The
Senatorial contest in Louisiana is said
to be confined to the non. Duncan F.
Kenner and the Hon. Charles Gayarre,
the historian.
Negro Schools.— General Howard,
who took occasion to inquire into the
matter during a recent tour South, re-
men’s schools” every'
condition.
K preacher in Berks
Hckoui Daniel in the
fflP.d there he s>;t all
■HPPfthe show lor noth
ing, and it didn’t cost him a cent. ”
City Airs.—A western village has
been putting on city airs. Its leading
newspaper says : “We recently had a
fire, and then a buglary, and the thiev
ing and peculations in high places, and
now we have a skating park.”
Bishop of Georgia. —The Washing
ton correspondent of the New Toil:
Times says, “It is rumered that Dr.
Hall, of the Epiphany Church, Episco
pal, of this city r , will soon accept the
Bishopric of the State of Georgia.”
A New Enterprise. —A vessel is be
ing fitted up in Cincinnati by several of
the most prominent business houses as
a drummer along the Ohio river and its
tributaries. She will he fitted out in
style, with business office, sample
rooms, etc., etc.
Gentle Anna Troubled. Anna
Dickinson wants something to do and
wants it so badly, that she is lecturing
people at half a dollar a head on the
subject at the North. We would sug
gest that she hold her tongue, aud be
have herself, if possible, like a decent
woman.
Montgomery and Etjfaula Rail
Road. —The City Council of Montgom
ery has instructed the Finance Commit
tee to turn over to the Mayor for sig
nature $30,000 in city' notes, and the
Treasurer to pay over to the Montgom
ery and Eufaula Rail Road Company,
when signed $30,000 in city notes.
A Slight Increase.— Before the Re
publican party came into power, the
Treasury Department of the United
States had 41 6 clerks. Now it has 2300.
The difference is suggestive, in simple
arithmetical proportion ; as 2300 are to
he 416, so has been the expense of the
Government under Republican rule.
Capsizing of a Small Boat.—A
small boat, which left Savannah oil
Saturday night for Huger’s plantation,
containing five negroes, was capsized
iujjack river and four of the.,negroes
drowned.' WherUthe boat ww picked*
up, the only remaining one of the party
was found frozen to death. —Savannah
New* and Herald.
Aid Declined.— The City Council
of Montgomery' has declined by a vote
of seven to five to raise $1,000,000 by
taxation to aid in building the road be
tween Montgomery' and Limekiln, be
cause the citizens decided in favor of
aid by a hare majority of eight votes.
They deem it inexpedient to grant the
aid in opposition to the wishes of such
a large and respectable minority.
Snip Ashore. —The ship Mary Ray
mond, from Bermuda, in ballast to Mr.
E. A. Soullard, ran ashore on the Pel
liean banks during the blow of Friday,
and is thumping heavily. We under
stand there is already' some nine feet of
water in her hold, and that she is in a
very precarious condition. The steam
tug E. 11. Webster will go down this
morning with steam pumps to try' and
free the vessel should the weather he
favorable.— Sav. News.
The Wheat. —The wheat in this sec
tion, from which the snow has disap
peared sufficiently to allow it to be seen,
bears a very'healthy and flourishing ap
pearance. The blades are broad and
thick, with that dark green color which
at this season is regarded as a sure indi
cation of vigorous growth iu the future.
From ail parts of the State come the
same cheering news, and we may'con
fidently anticipate a very large and fine
crop.— Richmond Times.
Kentucky. —Dates from Frankfort
disclose a fearful state of things in and
about Lawrencehurg and Stanford. At
the former place on Thursday a negro
was shot and killed by a desperado
named Bond, who had been identified
as a robber ; and in the latter town on
Tliui-sday night one Wm. Goode, charg
ed with horse stealing was caught and
hung. The telegram also states that a
gang of marauders and cut-throats are
committing the worst outrages upon the
of Lawrence-
MuT- ,
•eric::'; h-.ve re;•••.
Amendment, tlje las
: ■pPnmou3 vote other Legisla-
Massachusetts is likely' to follow in
the same direction, as may he seen by
the following extract, from the editorial
columns of the New York Tribune.
That paper says : “Massachusetts will
probably reject the Constitutional
Amendment; which shows clearly
enough the dissatisfaction of the true
North with any disposition of Recon
struction matters so incomplete and de
lusive as would be a settlement on the
basis of the Amendment.”
Wisconsin says an inef-
to attract Risto-
Mon sie u
it i « *
fpWo Il k . 1 •. j !, : •
that the Hull O ei
of the Alabama Legi.-.-
passed, without material
BHendment, the Interual Improvement
| Bill, whose passage through the Senate
: it was our pleasure to chronicle a few
days since. Having received more than
the requisite two-thirds vote, we are
l warranted by private advice in saying
i that it will receive the sanction ot the
i Governor.
By this timely and liberal legislation
upon the part of the Legislature of Ala
; bama the endorsement of the State to
| the amount of two million and a half
1 dollars, is pledged to the building of the
; Savannah and Memphis Rail Road. It
is a matter of congratulation to our city ■
which is largely interested in the com- j
pletion of this great enterprise, that it i
has received such aid and encourage
ment as renders its final success only a
| question of the time tnat will he re
quired to do the work, and we now
j look back with pride and pleasure to the
earnest and unwavering support that
journal lias accorded to the enter
prise since its first And in
this connection we feel that we do not
overstep the hounds of modesty, and
propriety', by referring to the efforts of
Mr. DeWolf, the senior editor of this
paper, and Mr. Harkie, the engineer in
chief of the road, v, r ho, for the past
three weeks, have patiently and zeal
ously labored at the capitol of Ala
bama to bring about this auspicious re
sult. According to Hie provisions of
the hill as passed, it is required that
twenty miles of the road shall be com
pleted and in working order before any
aid shall be advanced by the State.
When it i9 remembered that fifteen
miles of the proposed road is already
graded, and that much iulerest in the
undertaking lias been already excited
along the proposed route, it will !
be easily understood that the stipu
lation can readily be complied
with by the Memphis and Savannah
Road. We shall confidently' anticipate
aid to the enterprise from Memphis,
Louisville, and other western cities,
whose trade will be greatly enhanced by
the establishment of this short and expe- ,
ditious route from the Mississippi river I
to the Atlantic seaboard, and may in
dulge the hope that Macon, aud Savan
nah, may realize the importance of lend
ing substantial encouragement to a line
which, once in operation, will confer
substantial and-lasting benefits upon
them.
In the meantime we would’ t invite the
attention of our authorities and citi- |
zonsto the importance of making good
the pledges already given to the road,
and if possible, of increasing the aid
necessary on their part, to open a \
route to the producing regions of the
West, which will speedily invigorate j
the business energies and enterprise of
our people.
THE SITc'ATTI»?L-
If the present political situation does
not hold out hope of a speedy recon
, struction of the Government, it at least
unmistakably indicates that the extreme ,
Radicals -will fail to pass their pro
gramme Of* destruction. 'rfusrfee !
which we sometimes since predicted
would occur in political affairs at the
Capitol, is rapidly developing itself,
and the new phase brings no additional
terrors to us. The Southern plan of
compromise has hastened the crisis,
and if it should fail to accomplish any
further good, has forced the extremists
into that hot haste, and hotter termper,
which in themselves are formidable bars l
to the enactment of laws remanding us
to military rule. Thad Stevens’ mili
tary bill, which was intended to stran
gle the new plan of reconstruction be- ;
fore its voice should reach the ear of the
country, has elicited from the Northern
press of every political creed an omin
ous and decided dissent.
The New* York World, in the course !
of a leader, discussing this subject, uses
the following language:
“The reason Why the Southern move
ment carries consternation into the Re
publican camp is, that it bids fair to i
frustrate their purpose of postponing ,
restoration until after the Presidential
election. It will lie carried into the
elections of this year as a test question.
If the Republican party oppose it, they'
will be defeated, the way he open
ed for their easy' overthrow in the Presi
dential contest. They are estopped
from opposing it with any effect before
the people. They ;must promptly cir
cumvent it by r a eou.j i de mam , or fall be
fore it. The Southern plan runs so
closely parallel to the constitutional
amendment which tue Republican party'
have in so many forms indorsed, that
the honest meu of tlvcir party cannot le
brought to oppose it. It differs from
the Republicanamunsli'aent by omission,
only' in failing to disfranchise Hie South
ern leaders—a point having no effect on
any permanent policy, and which is
treated as transient and subordinate iti
the ameadiMicnt itself, the disability'
being made removable at any time by
a two-thirds vote of Congress. As an off
set and compensation, the Southern plan
proposes to bestow' impartial v aiffip.fjft-J
irrespective of color, the same
ty or educational qualification being re- i
quired alike of nil. With what face
can the Republicans oppose this offer? j
Their leaders have a fare to do (instiling,
but they cannot carry' with them tlie
honest masses whom they have taught
to approve of the constitutional amend
ment. On every' stujnp and in every
political conversation, the Republican
leaders will be challenf ed to state why
they reject what is substantially their
ow*n plan. They will lie required to
explain why ihey denounce this year
what they' l*uded to the skies last. It
will be perpetually thrust into their
faces that they are willing to keep the
Union dissolved for what they them
selves confessed was a temporary and
minor consideration, apd this, too,
when that slight change ia compensated
by the great concession of impartial
suffrage. If there is any honesty or
fairness remaining among men, the Re
publican leaders cannot carry' the peo
iplc with them, in rejecting the very'
of restoration which they* them-
’ ’
BfcUlew York Times thus open
■fcriard ol revolt :
II aito push
* iSlifc 3 delicate and
« To ■ t
,
WEEKLY SUN.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1867.
into obedience to his orders. The pro
ceedings of Thursday and yesterday
prove more. They show' the strength
of the disposition to avoid the haste in
the settlement of the grave questions
which challenge attention, and to do
nothing in the matter of reconstruction
without ample examination of the
means to be employed and the ends to
be attained. Thorough work is wanted,
and thorough w r ork needs thought and
time.”
The New Plan of Reconstruction.
A late number of the National Intel
ligencer throws some additional light
upon the new' plan of reconstruction
which has just been submitted to the
country. It now seems that the plan
itself is the work of Southern men, and
that it has been matured and offered in
response to an invitation put forth by
Chief Justice Chase in a speech at Phil- j
adelphia, in the following language :
The Congress of the United States
has offered its terms, and I will take the
liberty here to say that I think a more
generous, a more magnanimous propo
sition was never submitted to a people
who have been in rebellion than the
amendment which has been proposed
by Congress. [Applause.] Ts those
ermmv. hu sc been in, ishdlion
have ay; wppte ‘pi'TftMfi)
there is abetter mode , a more generous
mode , a mode better calculated to secure
the peace and harmony and prosperity
of this great land , let them come forward
and propose it, and the people will listen
and judge.
It would seem from the above quoted
paragraph, and the Intelligencer is
clearly of that opinion, that Judge
Chase, looking to the probabilities of
the failure of the Constitutional Amend
ment, for the lack of Southern support,
desired to publish to the country that
he and his friends were prepared to
consider terms of compromise. Acting
upon the suggestion, several Governors
and ex-Provisional Governors of South
ern States, together with prominent
public men of the South, have laid
dowm the terms upon which they think
present difficulties and differences may
be adjusted.
The Intelligencer says of these terms :
The plan which has now gone to the
country originated with the most judi
cious men of the Carolinas, has been
considered by' men of ihe South having
tlie confidence of that section, by T dis
tinguished statesmen and military chiefs
here, and has been endorsed largely' in
circles of conservative Republicans of
tlie North It has been submitted to
legislators at Richmond, and has been
received iu good spirit, though not with
unqualified approval. The Legislature
of North Carolina will probably have j
the honor of first acting upon a measure
that, like the Mecklenburg Declaration ;
of Independence, may be the initiation I
of w hat shall lead to great and glorious
results. Much will depend, however,
upon the spirit in which it will be re
ceived at tlie North. If patriotism
shall dictate that party sbali stand still,
while a measure for a reunion of “States
and lands, aud hearts and hands,” shall 1
be the dominant question for considera
tion until settled in the interest of all
the people of the country, then our j
dark day and perilous period is past, i
It is in the spirit with which the new ;
plan is received, not its details—not in •
the prospect of its adoption as a whole j
—that we have hope. If it is generally' j
received in a good spirit, and with kind j
feelings, all the rest will follow as the •
light tiie day.
Agreeing fully with the view of the j
Intelligencer, vdll depend ,
upon the spirit in which i: vvill lie re- |
ccived a: Hie North,” we must confess j
that we have so far gathered nothing !
front the expressions of the Northern
Press which, w'oukl indicate a favorable
reception of tiie plan in that quarter, j
Up to the time of the writing of these
observations, we have heard nothing
from the North Carolina Legislature,
or from that ofQUr sister State Alabama. j
It is perhaps safe to say' that the South
would accept and ratify this plan, upon 1
security being given that tlie settlement
should be full and final. It may be
that as a matter of policy, it would be i
well for the several Legislatures of the j
excluded States to endorse and ratify
the proposition, in order to frustrate
the designs of the radical faction, aud I
to complete the disintegration of the !
Republican parly, which seems to have
set in with some force. These, how- j
ever, are considerations that belong to ’
the future rather than the present.
In view of the fact that, the doors of
compromise have been thrown open by i
so influential and distinguished a mem
ber of the Republican party as Chief
Justice Chase, and that Bingham, Ray
mond and others of the party in Con
gress, have thrown themselves indirect
opposition to the revolutionary' meas
ures of that wing of the party, led by j
Thad. Stevens, wisdom and prudence
would dictate that we abstain from the
work of reconstruction until such time
as we may approach it with some pros
pect of success. It is hardly' probable |
that with the few remaining days let'
to the present Congress, that any of
the iniquitous schemes for our utter po
litical destruction can take the shape of
laws. Indications are unmistakable
that even the North has become wear
ied of the “blood and thunder” busi
ness. The Constitutional Amendment,
the cieature of tlie present Congress,
has signally failed as a measure of re
construction, and the new Congress
which assembles cn the fifth of March,
must either restore the Union or drag
people of tlie North in respect to
"law "and personal rigrna now n io me
unhappy level now occupied by us.
Oar Foreign Represematii’es.
Tlie letter of George W. McCracken,
of New'York, to the Fresident which
we publish in another column, presents
a true and humiliating picture of the
men who are now representing the Uni
ted States Government at Foreign
Courts. New England has succeeded
in sending to the various European
Governments a set of vulgar and fanati
cal demagogues, who are a disgrace to
the positions they' occupy. Asa con
siderable period must elapse before Mr.
Jerome’s six thousand dollar donation
to Princeton College shall produce a
crop of gentlemen at the North, it seems
to us that the South should be re-ad
mitted to the Union, if for no other, for
the reason that she may afford the coun
try as of yore, educated, dignified, and
honorable foreign ministers.
I. T. Martin, of Cynthiana, Grand
Master of the Masonic Brotherhood in
, Kentucky, will start South next week
[ for the purpose of distributing several
i thousand dollars, contributed by the
Masonic lodge in that and ‘other States
1 for the relief of destitute orphans and
widows of Masons in the Southern
| States. The lodges in Paris, Frankfort
: and Cynthiana have contributed SIOO
j each. The Masons of York, Pennsyl
! yania, have also sent to Mr. Martin a
j contribution of SSO,
telegraphic
ASSOOIATKD PBBBB DlSFA«.'a*e
Special to the Sun an 1 Time?.
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT
RILL PA§SEDV
AID TO THE SAVANNA *1 ASO MEM
PHIS RAII. ROAD.
Montgomery, Ala., Feh. 11—The
State Aid Bill passed tlie House with
out any material alterations, by a vote
of 75 to 12. The Senate will concur.
The Bill secures over tw r o and a half
million dollars to the Savannah and
Memphis Road. This makes its suc
cess a fixed fact. DeW.
Washington, Feb. 10.— Report.—
Elliott Shellaberger, appointed on the
10th of December, commenced the
following day', examining dozens of
Louisiana here, commenced examina
tion in New Orleans on The 22d of De
cember, and closed the 3d of January,
resumed here on the 15th, end dosed
examination on the 2d of February,
examined 179 witnesses, 47 of whom
w'ere examined at the rogues; of New
Orleans.
Our rr TnulrTt ~~ •
dt a justifiable cause, rivalling in a
massacre so inhuman and fiendlike.
The direct cause of iLe J ’*2jk' va ® the re
assembling of the Convent Em, pursuant
to a call by Hon. R. H. unwell, acting
President. The Committee grees ihe
history of the CotirvsttUsw* and riot.
Some of the policemen acted to save
and not destroy' life. Several members,
including Fish, were save! by being
arrested. Gov. Hahn was protected iu
passiug from the hail to the prison,
though he received many blows from
other policemen befofiiidiing into the
hands that saved him. There were
some other instaacefchf kintfaesg by the
police, hut these were exceptionalities.
The police ancPmoh in Idoodv emulation
continued the butchery until nearly tw T o
hundred were killed and wounded. Ten
policemen were wounded, none severe
ly, and none killed. If the Convention
bad been armed, or tiie colored people
called on in advance to protect tiie Con
vention, this could not have been the
case. The riot vaj nortru accident, for
it was the determined purpose of the.
Mayor to disperse the Convention.
Tiie Committee proceeds to discuss tiie
question, quotiag-Hie telegram from tlie
President id Ti-ut -GoV. Voorhies,.
which, they say, assured Yoorhics of
Presidential support in his proposed ac
tion. Tiie President is censored for
overlooking the Governor, whom he
knew to he loyal. In Addressing the
Lieut.. Governor and the Attorney-
General, known not tr.J'ej in sympathy'
with the Governor, arid giving directions
which, carried out aslhc'Lieut -Govern
or and the Attorney-General understood
them, would have placed the military
with the Mayor in arresting members o
tiie Convention. The President knew
the condition of affairs in July lie
knew that the rebels, iL.igs and disloyal
men controlled Monroe and the election.
He knew' that such men chiefly' com
posed the police. He knew 1 1. 1 .1 Mayor
Monroe,'-an uapardom»’Lrebel, was sf>s
pended by the military, and that im had
subsequently pard. iiim. He must
4avg;»-Vus|a a.ia
From rebel antecedents fie knew that riot
and bloodshed was apprehended, and
knew that military orders were in force,
yet without the knowledge of the Becre
tan' of War. or the General of the
army, gave orders by telegraph intend
ed to compel soldiers to aid the rebels
against men loyal during the war.
The Committee discusses at length
the right of Congress to legislate to
place Louisiana within the control of
loyal men. Tlie military must control
uniil the people of Louisiana adopt a
Constitution assuring the safety of the
Republic, and receiving the sanction of
Congress. These results follow success
ful war. These results would not fol
low' had it been insurrection instead of
civil war. Until a loyal State of Lou
isiana exists in full accord with the
United States, and a republican form of
government guaranteed, tiie objects of
war are unattained. The accomplish
ment of this requires a temporarily
Provisional Governor. Tlie loyal peo
ple of Louisiana must form such a Con
stitution. In the meStstime their safety
requires a Provisional Government.
In the discharge of duty, the Com
mittee submits the following bill:
Be it enacted, Ac., That the President
nominate, and the Senate confirm, a
Governor of Louisiana, who holds the
office a year, unless sooner removed by
the President, with the consent of the
Senate, unless sooner relieved bv his
successor, elected under the provisions
of this Act. Tiie Governor must he a
citizen of Louisiana, must at all times
have borne true faith and allegiance to
tlie United States, shall take the oath of
July 2d, 1832, in addition that lie has
done uo act which would work disquali
fication under tlie pre-visions off this
Act. „
2d. The President shall nominate, the
Senate confirm, a Provisional Council
of nine persons, qualified like the Gov
ernor, and irking the same oath, who
shall continue in office, unless sooner
removed by the President, the Senate
consenting, iffifilT Bf!*. I Mature be aufy
elected under the provisions of this
bill. The Council, with the Governor,
are invested with legislative power. In
no case shrdl such Governor or Coun
sellor enter office until confirmed by the
Senate. The Council remains in per
petual session with the power to ad
journ not longer than thirty days. The
majority constitutes a quorum.
3d. It is the duty of the Governor to
see to the execution of Federal and
State laws, shall nominate and, with the
consent of the Council, commission offi
cers, now existing or hereafter created,
to hold, unless relieved by the Goveru
; or, the Council consenting, until suc
-1 cessors are elected and qualified as here
in provided. All such officers and mem
, hers of the Convention herein provided
must be able to take the oath prescribed.
4th. Electors qualified by this act,
unless Congress orders otherwise, on
the first Tuesday in Jane shall elect a
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, a Sen
ate, House of Representatives and oth
er officers as herein provided. Senators
and Representatives the same number
and from the same districts as now. All
offices to be held one year, or until suc
cessors are duly qualified, unless sooner
relieved, as herein prqvided. The pow
j ers, duties, fees and compensations as
now, unless inconsistent with this act.
sth. The following, and none others,
j shall vote : male citizens of the United
States, 25 years old, Tegardless of race
j or color, one year in the State, who
never boro arms against the country
since a citizen, can truly take the oath of
July 2d, 1862. Provided, that any oth
er person otherwise qualified as an
elector who never voluntarily gave aid
and comfort to the rebellion, nor the
government inimical to the United
States iu any other manner, capacity or
rank Ilian as a private soldier in open
civilized warfare, may be admitted to
the rights of elector, by order of the
Federal Court of Record, by establish
ing facts on testimony of persons who
have always been loyal, and establish
ing. as aforesaid, that after the 4th of
day of March, 1864, they never gave
voluntary aid and comfort to the re
bellion or government inimical to the
United States. Upon establishing the
above facts and subscribing by oath that
these things are true which bring him
within the proviso, and that he will bear
true allegiance to the go vernment of the
United States and perpetuate the union
of the States thereunder, he shall re
ceive a certificate entitling him to elec
toral rights.
6th. The Secretary of War i3 author
ized to make and publish rules for the
just and tine registration of the electors
prior to any election herein ordered.
" PVt not or-j
derecTin this manner
of conducting electionsand tlie appoint
ment and compensation officers of elec
tion, and every other tiling necessary to
holding free elections ; but all person*
so appointed shall he electors under the
provisions of this act, and shall take
the oath os July 2d, 1862, and to faith
fully discharge the duties.
7th. On the 3d Tuesday in October,
unless otherwise ordered by Congress,
persons qualified shall vote for members
of a convention to adopt the constitu
tion and framing a government for the
State of Louisiana. Qualification —25
j-ears old, and all others required in the
case of Governor.
Under this act the number of dele
gates and districts the same as now' for
the House. None entitled to seats un
less they take the oath of July 2d, 1862.
The constitution shall not permit dis
tinction on account of color or race ;
shall recognize the power and duty of
the government to enforce the perpet
ual unity of the States ; shall provide
that no debt contracted in support of
the rebellion be assumed or paid ; uo
pension, compensation, or gift bestowed
or paid by tiie Stale to any person by
reason of anything done or suffered in
support of the rebellion. The constitu
tion to be submitted to electors qualified
by this act.
Elections held under the rules pre
scribed by the Secretary of War, if ap
proved by a majority, will be submitted
•to Congress.
.Stli. It shall be the duty of the Presi
dent to designate forthwith an officer
of the army not under brigadier, to be
stationed in Louisiana, as military com
mander within the State; it is the fur
ther dutj- of the President to place there
under command of such General the
requisite force to execute the duties pre
scribed, whenever the civil authorities
refuse, neglect or omit the speedy en
forcement of the laws for the punish
ment and prevention of crime against
the rights of any person whatsoever.
Said General shall arrest and hold such
calender uniiMlie civil audcOTities pros
ecute, Said General shall assisi the
civil authorities in enforcing the law’s,
regulating elections, and ensure the en
forcement of law without regard to
race or color.
9th. The laws of the Council or Pro
visional Legislature shall be certified to
by the Secretary of the Senate for
Congressional approval. Should Con
gress disapprove, tiia fact shall he cer
tified to the Chief Justice of Louisiana,
and such disapproved laws shall be void
after tlie elate- ot their receipt by the
Chief Justice.
10th. Until admitted to representa
tion as a loyal State, Louisiana shall be
allowed one delegate in Congress, to be
chosen at tlie first election ordered here
in; must have the same qualifications
as the Governor; shall have the rights
and powers of territorial representa
tives now in the House.
11th. All laws now in force in Lou
isiana, consistent with this act and law's
of the United Slates, will remain in
force until repealed or modified, provi
ded no person shall be competent to
act ou any jury who is not au elector.
Under this act all expenses incident to
administering the Provisional Govern
ment herein provided, be collected and
paid as now’ done for the support ot the
present Government.
Washington, Feb. 11. —Boyer's mi
nority report is long, and is supported
by evidence, arguments, and reasons,
not published at the time, but since re
ported by New Orleans and Southern
Press, concluding with the opinion that
the riot was local, originating in local
circumstances, showing no hostility
upon the part of the community towards
the Federal Government. It is mon
strous to hold a whole people responsi
ble for a riot provoked by iuceudiary
speeches. The same causes would have
led to a riot in any city. The Union
Conventionists, in inciting negroes,
courted first military, and then Con
gressional support. It
Howell a9 the
then auanaoning his fellow conspira
tors.
Senate proceedings was generally ttn
importent.
The Presidents power appointing
Provisional Governors was discussed
at length.
Dixon moved to amend by asking
whether President Lincoln had the
power.
Fessenden deprecated present consid
eration—finally tfie whole matter was
tabled.
The Invalid Pension bill was passed.
The Post Office Appropiation bill
was passed.
The bill forbidding the reception of
the President and the Vice-President
was discussed to recess.
The Senate is in session to night.
House. —Among the bills introduced
was one to promote commerce, ship
building, and establish mail route in
West Virginia.
The Committee of Ways and Means
report the amending Internal Revenue
was made the special order for Wed
nesday.
The Clerk was directed to pay the
Judiciary a sum not over SIO,OOO, to
prosecute the investigation of Elliot’s
report of the New Orleans rjtot.
The report of Boyers was reported
as a minority report.
Elliott reported a bill re-establishing
the State of Lousiana.
Elliott moyod the previous question
on the bill.
The House seconded a previous ques
tionbyavoteof 79 to 70. Yeas and
nays ordered.
Fillibusteriug motions followed aud
several attempts made to adjourn. The
• yeas and nays were ordered and the
! House refused to adjourn by a vote of
j 126 to 32. Elliott expressed a desire to
| postpone the vote so that members
| could read the bill, but was uuwilling
jto put it out of his bauds. The House
j however ordered the main question by
! a vote of 85 to 59, but Elliott moved an
1 adjournment, which was carried.
The excitement in the House to-day
| was intense. Stevens, who, it is said,
i had a three column gpeeeh on his bill in
type, resisted the previous question on
the Riot Committee’s bill angrily, but
ineffectually.
Elliott was anxious to have his bill
discussed, but evidently mystified by
the rapid proceedings after every filli
bustering motion, wanted to know be
fore the vote where the proposed action
would place his bills. His repeated
questions produced laughter. It is
j feared by the friends of the bill, that
| the House will get in the habit of laugh
! ingat him and destroy the effect of the
j closing speech, to whieli Elliott was en
-1 Chairman of me committee
'f’jje'motiftj of adjournment prevailed
! r ending the vote an the main question,
: forced by a Congressman demanding a
J reading of the bill, which would occu
py an hour.
The minority are most resolute, and
1 on the Republican side there seems to
he much dissatisfaction.
Washington, Feb. 10.—The Dis
j trict has decided in the Magruder case,
who alter disavowing allegiance to
j Great Britaiu, affirming his belief in
: the Christian religion, swearing alle
| giauce to the United States, wasadnrit
! ted to practice; subsequently he be-
I came a Confederate officer. The Com
-1 mittee say aud insist that the example
thereby exhibited is a dangerous one,
| and the precedent if it shall go uu
| checked and unreprimauded will de
! moralize, it not debauch the whole pub
lic service of the country.
Washington, Feb. 13.—Counterfeit
■ $lO bills National Bank Notes have ap
peared. Their general appearance is
! very good; back not well executed, but
i the imprint of blue is excellent. The
engraving of Desoto’6 discovery of
Mississippi is rather inferior.
Tim District Register has decided
j that the Presidential pardon does not
restore Confederates to franchise.
Washington, Feb. 13.—T0 facilitate
1 the conversion of Seven-thirties, due in
! August, the Treasury Department pro
poses paying Express charges, until Ist
April, to Washington, on bonds re-
turned.
Tiie steamer Cuyler, recently seized
at Necv York, will be permitted to sail
ou her owners givingjbbnd to twice
the value of the vessel. She is claimed
by Columbia as a w T ar vessel and is
manned by Confederates. The Minister
of Columbia is endeavoring to get bet
ter terms.
The negro appointed to a first-class
clerkship in the Treasury Department,
entered upon the duties assigned him
to-day.
Stevens’ bill reads so-called Confed
erate States instead of so-called States.
Senate aad House proceedings gen
erally unimportant.
Stevens introduced an amendment,
which, on objection, was withdrawn.
Boutwell decided that Supreme Court
might decide seats were still States and
entitled to representation, which v'ould
cause a hazardous conflict, but if bill
passed, the Supreme Court would have
no government to recognize. Congress
would keep in its own bounds political
reorganization by passing the bill.
At ten o'clock, Stevens again moved
previous question. Negative.
Bingbam spoke in opposition, and
took occasion to highly eulogize Elli
ott’s bill.
Blair moved previous question—to
refer bill to Judiciary Committee.
Seconded.
Stevens spoke half an hour, defend
ed the Reconstruction Committee,
abused Bingham, who opposed the bill
because it mentioned something to be
done which looked like a finality tend
ing to admission. This portion was
greeted with “no, no!”
Shellaberger explained that there was
a special provision in Elliott’s bill re
quiring the assent of Congress to the
proposed admission. Stevens seemed
regarding his lost power, and
moved the question taken on Blair’s
motion which was to refer to Judi
ciary. The Democrats generally voted
with Biair. Two majority against
Blair. Steven’s bill was then passed
by a vote of 109 to 55.
Stevens, exulting over the final suc
cess of his bill, asked the Speaker if it
was in order for him lo endorse the de
claration of the good old lazarets that
he even yet relied that there were gods
above. Adjourned.
From New York.
New Yohk, Feb. 12.—J. S. Chitten
den & Cos , corner Broadway and Leon
ard st., were burned out to-day. Loss
a million dollars. The building was
also occupied by a Society called the
“Liberals.”
New York, Feb. 12.—The brig F.
VV . Roland, from i?avannan, was ■curnt.
at sea. The crew were saved.
From California.
San Francisco, Feb. 9.—The steam
er Golden Age sailed to-day with $900,-
000 in treasure and 5,000 barrulls Hour.
Panama. Feb. 1. The American
consul Little died hero of yellow fever.
The fever is raging on the steamer
Jamestown. City is full of pestilence.
Fever is epidemic on Isthmus. The
Cholera has appeared at Granada, but
is abating elsewhere.
Lima, Jau. 29.—The American steam
er Joseph Clark is here with yellow fe
ver. ~
From West Indies.
Havana, Feb. G.—The cholera, small
pox and yellow lever still prevail at St.
Thomas. Seven hundred cholera
deaths have occurred in five weeks
The small pox is abating at Matanzas.
The whites suffer most.
By Telegraph from Europe.
London, Feb. 9.— lt is officially an
nounced that after the first of March
the cable tolls will be reduced onc-half.
Five-Twenties 72f; Consols 91*.
Frankfort, Feb. 9.— Five-Twenties
76*.
Berlin, Feb. 9. —The King of Prus
sia closed the Diet, thanks their confi
dence, and hoped that German unity
would result in permanent peace at
home and abroad. The King, amid the
speech, was enthusiastically received by
the people.
NO. 51.
j BSklin, Feb. 13.—The Conference of
the North German States have adopted
i the new army system,
j Florence, Feb. 13. —The Cabinet
Minister of Italy has resigned.
Constantinople, Feb. 13.— A new j
Turkey Cabinet is about to be created)
with Alvizcr as Foreign Minister.
London, Feb. 12.—Noon.—Consols \
91; s:2o’s, bonds, 73J ; Illinois Cen- !
: tral 84; Eries 39J.
Frankfort, Feb. 12 —Five Tweu- j
' lies 76§. i
The great reform demonstration yes-j
terday and last evening at Southamp- i
ton, passed off enthusiastically but j
quietly.
From representations made to the j
Government, serious Fenian tiots were
1 feared at Cheater, but the authorities
j were watchful and the outbreak did not
occur.
London, Feb. 12.—The apprehended
| riots at Chester has failed—city quiet, j
Paris, Feb. 12. The American
squadron will visit Cherbourg during
the Exposition.
Madrid, Feb. 12.—The Queen will
' open Cortes on the SOtli of March.
Rumor of a forced loan is an imposi
tion.
j London, Feb. 12—Evening—Consols ,
Parish;
Liverpool, Feb.
i Cotton flat; sales 7,000 bales; Middling
Uplands 14j. Manchester advices un- j
; favorable; marketdosing flat. Bread
| stuffs steady. Corn 395. Lard 50s.
Destructive Fire in Mobile.
On Saturday evening a fire broke
| out in the wine and liquor store of J.
! Jonas, on Commerce street, next to the ;
! South west, corner of Commerce and St.
j Louis. This store and the adjacent
! buildings occupied by Landis, Young & ,
i Ellis, R. D. Ogletree A Cos., were burn- j
j ed. The store of Fry, Bliss &Cow as
j only partially consumed. The hooka
i and most of the merchandise were sav
f ed.
I At. halt past eleven the same night !
| (ire broke out iu the wholesale and feed
; store of Jackson & Goode, on the w est
i side <>f Commerce street. At two
j o’clock, the whole square, bounded by
| Commerce, Dauphin, Water and St.
! Francis streets, w x ere in flame. It in
; eluded some of the most valuable prop
-1 erty and most extensive stocks of goods
]in the cay. At the time the Register’s
reporter wrote his account (4 p. m.)
' all hopes ot saving the block were
] abandoned. We will publish a full uc
i count in our next.
Greeley in Bali. Costume.— ‘Mack,’
i the Washington correspondent of the
; Cincinnati Commercial, thus describes
Greeiej r among the “light fantastics
The philosopher of the Tribune arrived
| in Washington a few evenings since,
| and happening to have a few hours lei
sure an Thursday night, he concluded
i to attend the reception of Speaker Col
fax. He, arrayed himself in his usual
■ neat and fashionable costume hoots
like young gunboats ; pantaloons rather
; the worse for the wear, of Chatham
j street 3tock, and a couple of inches too
! short at that; vest cheap and old-fash
| ioned; black silk handkerchief, tied
around his neck as you’d tie a wisp of
: straw around a bundle ot cornstalks;
overcoat long, thread-bare, and dirty
i withal—the whole surmounted by a hat
J of the fashion of some twenty years ago,
hung on the hack of his head, and in
! at an angle of forty-five de-
House of Representatives, 1
February 9, 1867, )
Ediiota Mail: —For the satisfaction of
the curious, I beg leave to state that the
Hon J. C. Hand, member from Shelby
county, is a minister of the Missionary
Baptist Church, and in good standing,
and not a “Hard Shell,” as reported in
your paper of a few davs ago ; and to
relieve him of the odium of the name of
Primitive Baptist, I write this article.
I would further say to those who are so
anxious to see a Primitive Raptist, that
they chu see a living specimen of that
time honored denomination in the per
son of
Your ob’t servt.,
H. R. McCoy.
The Court House at Alpharetta
Destroyed. —Through the kindnes of
a friend, we are informed that on Sat
urday night last, between the hours of
13 and 2 o’clock, the court house in the
village of Alpharetta, Milton county,
was entireiy consumed by fire. The
cause of tire fire is not known, though
the Masonic Lodge having beeen in ses
sion in the building in the early part of
the evening, it is barely possible that it
originated in that way. We regret to
learn that the Masons lost their entire
paraphernalia and lodge furniture. Our
informant states that no blame is attach
ed to any one, and gives it as his opin
ion that the fire w*a3 not caused by care
lessness on the part of the fraternity.—
Atlanta Intelligencer 13.
Shortly previously to the surrender
of the Confderate armies, 30,000 hales
of cotton at Marion, Ala., were placed
at the disposal of Dick Taylor, to pay
his troops, and gold was furnished one
A. R. Sheppard, Rebel Quartermaster
from Alabama, by parties iu Memphis,
then in possession of the Federal forces,
to exchange for cotton. After the sur
render this cotton was seized and sent
to New York, and sold on government
account. Recently Lewis E Parsons,
lale Provisional Governor of Alabama,
as agent of Shepherd, has obtained
Treasury warrants in payment for 8,000
bales of this cotton, at SBO per bale,
amounting to $1,440,000. Senator Wil
son introduced a resolution, on the sth
inst. inquiring into this case, and other
cotton transactions of a similar charac
ter. — Northern Exchange.
,Tn* Memorial of M
ffiie \\ asmngtou
New York Sun says : The raeHSn’Japvu
Mr. DePalma, vice-consul of Portugal
at Savaunali during the rebellion,
claiming remuneration for property
taken by Shermau’s army, lately pre
sented to the Senate, states that in the
winter of 1864-’65 he had removed his
family to Winnsboro’, 9. C , where, as
he alleges, they were plundered of
$6,000 in gold, diamonds, jewelry and
wearing apparel to the total value of
of $32,474 He complains that his ap
plication for redress failed to receive
proper consideration at the State De
partment.
Tuf. Nacuhty Man.—A Chicago re
porter, describing a masked ball, re
murks : “If there are prettier women
than blondes, they ate brunettes. Cleo
patra was a brunette. Berenice was a
brunette, and so is Miss L. If one
wants a tlirt. take a brunette ; if one
wants a cook, take a blonde. Shelias
no inspirations, but she is reliable. If
one wants a w ife take neither. ”
“Does the court understand you to
say, Mr. Jones, that you saw the editor
of the Argus of Freedom intoxicated ?”
“Not at all, sir ; I merely said that I
had seen him frequently so flurried in
his mind that he would undertake to
cut out copy with the snuifers, that’s
ail. __
The sweetest thing in the botanical
life is the following definition of flow
ers: “Floral apostles, that in dewy
splendor weep without woe and blush
without a tingle of shame.”
Major Gen. Dan Sickles’ wile, about
whom Phil. Barton Key was killed in
Washington, several years ago, died in
Ntw York city on Wednesday last.
John wmmgKserso jo**.
•An Earnest Aty and Pidycrthat lit mat ml b*
Corrupted by lttTAssocidtrs in Congress.
Br MILS* O'BKir.l.v.
John Morrissey, u»y Jo John,
When first I kiuned ye weel,
Ye’r airing were like t»va iron halts,
Your hands like slugs o’ steel ;
But now ye’vo gathered pelf, John,
An’ to Congress ye m*nn go,
Whore they fight less fairly than yourself,
John Morrissey, my Jo!
John Morrissey, my Jo John,
Wl’ braid and monly breast,
Ye hae faced fu’ many a mon, John,
To try what mon was best ;
There were rough knocks fairly dealt, John.
But to Congress now ye go,
Where they gouge and strike below the belt,
John Morrissey, my Jo!
John Mprrlssey, my Jo John,
We hadphiyert an’ drank theglther,
An’ fu’money a “tiger” fight, John,
We hae had \vi’ a tic Mather ,
Oh. at cheatin’ still ye mocked, John,
But to Congress now ye go,
Where tho dtee are cogged and the eard3 are
stocked,
John Morrissey, my Jo !'
John Morrissey, my Jo John,
Wi’ grief our hearts are stirred*,
For still to friend an’ foe, John,
Ye’r bond was aye your word ;
But I soar ye’ll learn to lie, John,
When to Congress now ye go—
For twad tak a saint to re Ist the taint,
John Morrissey, my Jo !
John Morrissey, ihy Jo John,
On ye’r good pluck y* relied,
An’ against no pitted toe, John,
The “hoenssing game” yo trie,.! ;
But ye’ll find It “hocus” all, John,
When to Congress now ye go,
An’ weiearfrae ye’rhigh stand ye ll tail,
John Morrissey, my Jo f
John Morrissey, my Jo John.
These politicians deal
From a faro box htlso bottomed
W r i’ springs of patent “steal,”
Will ye’r scruple never melt, John.
When to Congress now yo go ?
Can ye deal the satno square game vo dealt,
John Morrissey, iny Jo 1
John Morrissey, my Jo John,
It ne’er was kenned ye’r plan
To kick a fallen foe, John,
Or spurn a helpless man ;
But ye’ll find a'different rule John,
When to Congress now ya go—
For they kick the South, having gagged Its
mouth.
John Morrissey, my Jo !
nn’ gambled fair.
But to'Congress now ye go.
An’ I fear they inay corrupt ye there,
John Morrissey, my .To !
Spank Him for Bis ILitiier.
Let me spank him fur his mother.
He is such a nauvhty boy ;
He baby tried to smother,
And he’s broken Emma’s toy.
Os the doll I gave to Ellen,
He has melted off the nose.
And there really i:i no telling
To what length his mischief goes.
Last night he put a cracter
•'Neath his Aunt Jemima’s chair,
And he told me such a whacker
When I asked how it came there !
Then, when poor old Mrs. Toodles
Was starting off by rail,
He tied her two fat poodles
Fast together by the fall.
It really is quite shocking,
How one’s nerves he daily jars;
iieputa plus in one’s stockings,
And Cayenne In one’s cigars’
You may guess that many another,
boyish trick lie’s daily at ;
St>, I’ll spank him for his mother
Asa tiresome little brat!
Lkahmm; Trades.— l’Ue word
’trade,” as a noon, is from the Span
ish tiato, ami the Latin traeto, to han
dle, tuke in hand, manage, wield, in
this sense, to exercise a trade is, to con
fer a value upon articles l>v operating
upon Them with the hand or turning
them ‘filth some desirable or useful
shftpfe; ’”1 ot l ade,’’ as a verb, means
genet ally to handle in the way of ex
changing, buying and • citing, without
perhaps conferring any nen value on
them, except thtft <_.t conveying them
to a market or selling, them in differ
ent quantities from those in whit U they
were bought. The foundation of all
exchangeable value in anything i5 tho
tpbor ortervkt of bieu which n takes to
prorure or replace it. The farmer la
bors with Ins u,/>v and hands as well aa
with his mind, and the professional
man, With his brain chiefly; but he who
; learns « ?-•*& by the skill of his hand —
I that wonderful instrument of tho mind
j by which, as Sir Charles Bell has
! shown, he is most markedly raised
j above the brutes. The hand is tho
i weapon of m,nd, the instrument
j through which the mind of man shapes
j and subsidizes matter. Now the hand
| is every year increasingly occupied in
making the machines to do a large por
i tion of the work that used to be per
- formed by the various trades and thus
I trade becomes every year more largely
I Jie work of exchanging, hiring and
..selling manufactured goods. But the
fact that we still call them w ~nfactur|-
| ed, (that is, m.de Lu load.) although
j really made by machinery, shews the
gradual change that has taken placo
most clearly.
It takes, however, every year, a great
er number of hands, and t hose of great
er skill and distinct trades, even to
make and keep in order the machinery
now in use, so that the demand for
men, especially men of skill in all
trades, instead of diminishing, is every
year increasing, while they command
higher wages and more power, Tha
tradesmen of England are now exercis
ing a f.wce and power in affecting the
government of that country never be
fore experienced. Every year skillful
mechanics, men who have trades, be
come more and more sought after, bet
ter paid, more comfortab.e, more edu
cated, and rise easily and naturally
according to the good they are able to
do to society. Indeed, every nation
grows rich and powerful in proportion
as those rise whose hands unite mind
and matter. Dr. Wayland therefore
well says in his Political Economy:—
“The product of operative labor Icing uni
ted with matter, and being limited in
quantity and fixed in cost, may he ex
ported to another country, and will
command a correspondent amount of
material products. This is not the case
with immaterial produc ts The small
est amount ot knowledge is capable of
indefinale multiplication. Ilence a
society composed wholly ot philoso
phers, or in venters, or professional
men, would never grow rich, but must,
if it performed no labor, of necessity
starve.” “The Creator has fixed pen
alties which those who disobey this law
of their being can never expect tQ
escape. He who refuses to labor with
liis mind suffers the penalty of ignor
ance. The poor, who refuses to labor
with their hands, suffer, besides the
pains of disease, all i lie evils ol poverty,
cold, hunger and haltednes punish
ments for (his neglect."
Thoie ia at the pre r-nt day a gener
al disposition oil the part ot large dass
es ot young men to avoid learning n
trade. there are plenty of youths
seeking situations as cleiks to one seek
ing to learn a trade. The most re
spectable Jews used, it is said, always to
need never want. :-t, Paul found the
convenience of this, working as a tent
maker while preaching. Yet how few
ure learning to be good carpenters,
masons, machinists, blacksmiths, tail
ors, shoemakers, or, in fact, thorough
workers in any trade!
Tliis is an evil that is greatly felt.—
It grows partly out of the division of
labor in large manufacturing establish
ments, which prevent:! boys from learn
ing the whole of a trade, as it used to be
taught. But there are souie that this
change in manufacturing does not ap
ply to. We must, therefore, seek for
the causes of the decline in the appren
ticeship system in supplying the de
mand for mechanic:, in other quarters.
To a large extent it is due to the notion
that is held by boys, and encouraged
by too many parents and guardians,
that it is more genteel to be an office
boy, or messenger, nr a clerk, or sales
man in a store, or to have a profession,
than to learn an old fashioned and.
honorable tn*le. “This is a woeful deiu
! sion, as many are finding out in these
j days, when skilled mechanics are in
i demand everywhere, while clerks,
1 book-keepers, salemen, and Ynflny pro
; fessional men find it difficult to get suf
ficient employment to afford a living.
The Richmond Times advocates the
election of Gen. Robert E. Leo to the
Governorship of Virginia at the ensuing
election. It says:
“ Until he (Gen. Lee) speaks, we
trust that no inferior man will dare to
outrage pnblic opinion in Virginia by
venturing to solicit an office which Let
may notfstl mthorvted to toe line,"