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About Freemen's standard. (Savannah, Ga.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1868)
VOL 1. Freemen's Standard. I‘U!H.ISIIKI> EVERY SATURDAY. BEY, JAMES M. SIMMS, Editor ay e:r,:m:s : One copy for 1 year, - - - 82 00 - ' " Six Months, - 125 One Copy to Panada and the Brit ish LYovi uoos, per year, - - 250 Single Copy ill office,- - - -5 cents TO CLUBS Fite Copies one Year, - - - 10 00 Ten “ “ - • - - 20 CO Wi-.li an extra copy to the one that sends in the ten names. EWVMENTS IN YA HLVISLY IN* Al)\ VXCE. Money may !>e £ ent, by Post Office Order, to I'. O. luu 801, Savannah, Ga. RATES Ob' \D VERT USING. First, insertion. 15 cents per line, lit cents per line lor all subsequent in set lions. 1 or 10 lines I insertion, 81 00 1 “ “ 1 Month, - 400 1 “ “ 2 Months. - 8 00 1 “ “ 3 12 00 1 “ 4 “ 14 00 1 “ “ 5 “ - 16 00 “ “ 0 “ 25 00 1 “ “ 12 “ -40 00 SPEC! A L NOTICES. Twenty cent.- per line. Notices of Marriages am! Deaths, not exceeding 1 Mines, 25 cents. All Communications and Exchanges tor this paper must be addressed to ‘•The Standard,' 1 F. (j. hex 801, Sava mail, Ga. JOB PRINTING Os every description .executed at the olllre or -- The ITikkmenV S 1 \NDAKD,” lii th@ best style and at reasonable rates. SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1868. Savannah, June 8. 1868. Alary Howard is requested to call at office of Bureau A. F. & A. L. in this city, with her children, Maria, ltacliael, Ac.. Ac., and learn something much to her interest concerning her husband, Alfred A. Howard, of Washington, I). C. J. Murray 110 aa, Bt Capt. U. S. A. &G. A. C. Tiie doors of the National Demo cratic Convention, to be held in New York, trill be opened wide to receive the Southern delegates, us were those of the National Convention at Chicago. Oil Lordy!—A woman diedsuddenly in a town in Now Hampshire, and an accomplished editor thus gives the cause: “The autopsy revealed exten sive coniine disease, hypertrophy com plicated with aneurism of the aorta just below its bifurcation.” She died of heart disease. The remains of upwards of two hundred and fifty-live Union soldiers exhumed in the South have arrived in Brooklyn. A Russian Ukase in Poland orders the populace to salute the police, and remain uncovered whileaddressing one of that body, under a penalty of a fine and imprisonment. Why not in Sa vannah. The Fortieth Anniversary of the Nightingale Sock ty will be celebrated by an excursion to Beaufort on Mon day, loth. Over twelve hundred million tons of ice are stored in New York. The Baltimore Common Council has expelled three members for bribery. Wm. M. Evakts, one of the Presi dent’s counsel. is a grand son of Roger Sherman of Prgv.cludoti'arv ■tame-. WASHIimi. Disturbances in the City Over Hie Result of the Election. [SPECIAL mSPATCIIES TO THE S. V. TIMES.] Washington, June 3. THE ELECTION DISTURBANCES. The partisan papers both here and elsewhere have attempted to make po litical capital lor and against the Rad icals by exaggerated representations of tue numerous fracases which have oceuired iti this city within tile past lew days. Incident to the election ex citement, on tlie one hand, it is repre sented that a war of races has been inaugurated, while, per contra, it is stated that the election passed off quietly. The truth-is, that on Monday night, when the Conservatives sup posed they had succeeded in electing Mr. Given, their candidate lor Mayor, the public thoroughrares and even the stivet ears were g.ven up to their pos session, and but lew colored Radicals were teen out of doors after dark. Dur ing the day the leehng of tlie over whelming majority of the blacks against tue few oi their color who vo ted toe Conservative ticket was demon strated in attempts at violence, which were cheeked by the police, and con sequently no Uisiurbauces of conse quence occurred. At night even the Conaervati ve colored voters were afraid to venture out, and the city was illu minated with bontires and fireworks. Many of the returned rebel soldiers who liad been allowed to vote for the firs time, joined in the■ processions, and a few of them cheered lustily tor •Jell'. Davis, while other: - cheered for President Johnson and Given. About midnight, after Given had made his speech, tnanking the crowd for their supposed successful efforts in his behal. and foreshadowing his poli cy, the news got out ihat Bowen, the Radical candidate, was elected by a small majority. The natural chagrin on the part of the Conservatives which followed this information developed itself n various ways, but did not cul minate until last night, when the Radi cals commenced their jubilations. It is true that the latter were unusually enthusiastic and greatly excited in consequence of the unexpected turn of a flails. Their joy over the election of their fiist candidate for the Mayoralty was greatly enhanced by the circum stances, and they exhibited it in rush ing to extremes. A few negioeswho had been dosed with croton oil in lemonade, which they bought from restaurants on election day, revenged themselves by gulling the establish ments. (Several others got into alter cations with white men, but it is as certained that no serious difficulty oc curred until about midnight, when several parties of drunken rowdies ap peared on the streets and the lighting commenced in earnest. One man arm ed with a billy attacked an unknown negro on Pennsylvania Avenue and received a wound on his right forearm from a razor cut, from which lie bled to death. Another was severely cut with a similar weapon, and it is sup posed that he will die; and another was beaten seriously, but is slowly re covering. It is certain that the piovo cation for these attacks oi the negroes on white men was either a blow or ex ceedingly imen perate language. The fact that the police have arrested only one negro on any serious charge is ac cepted as proof that they were not, as a general rule, the aggressors. Tiie Harmony Company of Colors made 3,620,000 yards of cloth last month. John F. Cook was nominated for, and elected Alderman in the First Ward of Washington city. The Pontiac Sentinel thinks the Con vention, though they did not deliber ate upon mining interests in connec tion with the “1 latform,” had a deci ded interest in coal—facts. The wheieabouts of “Wash” have nM been ascertained. SAVANNAH, GA., SATURDAY, JUNE 13 , 1868. HINTS FOE THE TIMES. dVf.lling. The tombstone of every victim of the “cqJc of honor” should bear the inscription, lib DIED AS TIIE FOOL diet:. Duelling is a . tniumt of barbarism. It is considered vv some as the test of courage. To evfry right mimlcd man it is in every case proof positive of weakness and cowardice. Men are prompted to it by the desire for the blood of an opponent —a murderous spirit —or by fear of the opinion of others, which, when it leads to acts injurious to otlu sand to society, is absolute cowardice. If a. man has done wrong and inflicted an injury up on another, it is Ids duty to make am ple amends, which would avoid the excuse for a dud, If he has not done wrong, and his conscience justifies his course, let him tnaufffiiy breast the obloquy, and steadily ride out tlie storm. By - sacrificing his sense of right to propitiate a depraved public opinion, he unmans himself, an i cow ardly flinches when duty calls upon him to STAND FIRM. We Hold oui lives as a trust from the Creator. Our duty is m all proper ways to prolong; our lives, and we are at liberty to surrender it only at the call of Him who gave it, in the per formance of some high duty, or when the hpur of tm •■"•wA-athlins arrived. Our honor never can rightly require a duel, for d.ueliiug never relieves ho tor of any stain. It cannot do it. If a man is charged with being a liar, a thief, or guilty of any other infamous crime, the shed blood of his victim, or his own cannot prove it otherwise, for notwithstanding the duel, the charge might still be true. Tiie duel convinces nobody. We say let the infamy thud clings to the murderer be the heritage of every duellist. Colored men! Set to your more en lightened and better trained fellow citizens an example which will make them ashamed oi duelling Let every one of your race uiidcistand that the duellist will receive no countenance from you; that thc'man whose hands are stained with a fellow-creature’s [flood shall be regarded by you as a dangerous member of society, ever to be shunned and avoided. STEMS. A colored man near Baton Rouge, who was bitten by a mad dog three months ago, has been attackod with hydrophobia. The Sultan of Turkey has just or dered to be manufaded in Paris a sil ver table, the price of which will not be less than three millions of francs. The Milledgeville Recorder says fourteen convicts were received at tlie Penitentiary last week. Lt says there are at present 209 in it, exciusi”e of the 100 hired out. Sir George Cartier, the first baronet of Canada, is a deseendent of Cartier, ilie first explorer of the St. Lawrenc. There is a ‘•Fanny Kemble cuff” oui; though Mr. Butler gives no testi mony that Fanny Kemble is addicted to cuffing. Wendell Phillips is working for the Republican cause by denouncing Grant, Colfax and the whole party. A number of persons in White county, Arkansas, have been poisoned by eatiug mulberries in which locusts had deposited eggs; everal died. The Mayor of Petersburg, Va., re cently entered a complaint against himself lor breach of the peace, was tried, convicted, and sentenced to pay a tine of 810 and costs, and bound over in the sum o" 8500 to be a law-abiding citizen for six months. Ila was the only witness in' the case. j C.TKEEL.AiS. TXT. CONSOLi!>ATED AMERICAN BAITISt MISSIONAREV CON V . rICN To THE cm. koh :•:•>. Rooms or •.un Coe. Sue., Ukooki.yx, N. Y. Dear Brethren ; —Many of you un aware that we lacked eighteen hun dred (81,800) dollars id' being aid ■ 1c pay off the missionary debts of the Convention the pa-ay,.ar. Although our faithful missionaries did not receive the pay promised them. Uiey staid on their fields of labor suffering in some instances, and ma king great sacrifices in others. 11 aving confidence in your devotion to the cause of our Lord Jc us Christ, thior.gh whose atonement -wo have been re deemed, we have sent these mission aries back to their fields, promising them that they should have every cent of the small salaries promised them, and founding our promise on our faith in your ability and willingness to give the necessary means We beseech yon, therefore, in the name of our God. to give us at least one dollar (SI) each, that we may be enabled to pay our last year's in .ebtedness u> these rffi - sionaries. If you will give us your mile, we can immediately pay every dollar and thus gladder the hears i.iuu have been so much saddened by abso lute want, I make this appeal and request by order oi' the Executive Board at'a regular meeting. They believe that every brother and sister will respond, and then unite with us in rejoicing over the blessed fruits that will be reaped tiie present year; for the encouragement of your gifts will | double the efforts of ihe missionaries, and produce a corresponding result. If you cannot spare a dollar at one time.give twenty-five cents every week till the dollar is paid. That can be done by every one. Let no one say ••I can’t. 5 ’ God sees and knows and remembers, and will repay. Money maybe paid to an} - of the following persons : Edk-r W I’ Brooks, Treasurer, 800 N Seventh street, St Louis, Mo; Elder R Deßaptist, President, 224 Fourth Avenue, Chicago. Ill: Elder N G Mer ry, Tice President, Nashville, Tenn; Elder H I: Simpson, Recording Secre tary, 164 Richmond street, Cincinnati, Ohio; Elder L A Grimes, Boston, Mass, Elder G W Dupee, Paducah, Kentucky; Elder D W Andersouj Washington, D C, or to the Corres ponding Secretary, Rev. Rufus L. Perry, Box 602 Brooklyn, N Y. Pastors are respectfully requested to bring this subject beibie their respect ive churches, and act as agents in the collections. When these brethren receive funds they will remit to the Treasurer through the Corresponding Secretary, so that eveiy person may receive an official acknowledgment of the amount given. Rufus L. Perry. Corresponding Secretary C. A. B, M. C. THE CASH "SYSTEM. The experience ol - newspapers, all the world over, has proved tlie necessity of adopting and adhering to the “cash system.” We have teen compelled to resort to it, in this office, as the oui v means of seif protection. Tiie expenses of a newspaper are all cash ex penses. Printers must be pain every week. Tlie telegraph associations give no credit. Paper is a “cash article.” So with all the principal items of the expense incurred in "running a newspaper.” The credit system in this matter works all one way; there is bio reciprocity about it. Tlie only way to carry out such a system is never to deviate irom it. There can then be no olfenco given, to any oue; nor any exception taken bv any reasonable man. In this office, ac cordingly, orders have been issued, and an nouncement has been made, tlint no subscription v, ill be received, and no advertisement inserted, unless paid for in advance. The only exception is hi tiie case of regular ad vertisers having m .nitty bills. As regards these, it would be inconvenient and almost impractica ble to require payment of every advertisement as handed iu. Witii regard to occasional adverti sers, however, there is no exception made. It would be invidious to make any, while, by ad hering to a uniform system, we avoid giving any occasion for complaint. If an advertisement or ■ subscription is refused, it is not from any doubt ofits payment by the o'ierer, but from the neces s;tv ofuialcingthe rule absolutely uniform. [Mobile tiegister. We feel just as the editor of the j Register does about this matter. We are urged to an observance of this system of doing business, from the iact that we ate always asked lor the cash when we purchase our stock. We agree with him that credit is al most equivalent to no pay, and re spectfully eail the attention of the . the readers of the Standard to .he ! fact. [INI. MY 38, . A...M AT ILL. : 3Lu9BiUSAjf> * DSL';;. 1 Slay 1C- IULH, '.'if .. U. .A. tJXLi - in : . >KN - vtn i.NA l - CR 1 S ! • I.NDEX. ENA. A: .H.. 'L . . r LENDER m: . y.5H;;i V.. 1 : Y.'i Ni.. 1 IK.NATO ■ \. - . i Oil t. ■ .b, - ty -»t l.'ie v if.'... "fc;. .... 1 ’iiiiv u c : <i s .• a- \L :■ i',;n.;.i n •* departed g: . , ; In pain and kidi.-m'itioa the nation ; mourn >. It mt » htic.#i impost a Icy and death of ;h ■ -a-: had v fieri.- fl ed mid elt”, u ie-I to It niou: ■;.■ in righteous indignation tbrtt :L• .. she had so imp’ieifh u-i> .fid - kn\e l-.-' trayod lu-r. When Benedict Art. fl!8 J.i;h r* j and jeaion: y tunp-.eu i.im to eir;., j his country, the nation mourned lii.n. one so beloved and elevated siiould isl I !so low. V,Tien tlie lanity and Mntq tiou of Aaron Burr prompted him 1 treason, the nation again mown -d 8< ; parted greatne;... An m, and■: • 1 I'Teu:, : go 1-lfke I.si ■ 1 WeJ sier to —-iimndeii and Ln -cfl upon tiie r«•< - that i . aiiy, and o 1 again the (bn: a", <i:. ff o’er.--: :va j the L;ud, a.nd tli-i i. r. hutvens v.v . Tears of auguisii. ..lice passes: ! hopes and eontiJeni-v. of ;.ie ; eu: J centered in Wm. 11. -wvard. Nev. i i was man more Le’evm . v u e> mid;., i people; never more To--, ‘ betrayed. AmUd o,:, fa/oes, ion.” i....-' : ferret], was too mi.;-h ibr tin- gr v oi statesman. c.iA the cat.-tcoinb < : : i to receive another vie;.mol luftfliifl. : I and ape-.:; ..e n. p: i.a.',fle. Need j speak of And rev Jokr.sou. Ltl i. w ! dark doi fl tfl oblßica envT - , ..n m it? ibkk>, :ui4 let L:m j down into cvcrlaT ; Ur : . ! ... ; unhonoren and imrci. - . j And now, once again is Liu.- ' J j heart of a great nation torn v\ iih ... ! Look at the array of names of . noble men. at t.ho-berinnig of thi i • tide. Ilc.v the peopk: have loved :■ a i trusted and hon ored than. The h - of a bleeditg dismantled cKumtry .- tered in them. The prayers and ’ ;. « of the loyal men and women of tflw Bcuth have been poured out, that the- -, men might prove faithful to ’hffir trust, and save them from imp< ruin. But, O. how have the nngh-.y fallen. Their love of power and r< 1- iion has oL:0 been their ruin. .‘Ln/ and Webster, Sewr.-rd ;md Join, .-a lost all iu grasping tor'dm I’reai cy. Trumbull and ins compters i.- ... stranded on the roc!; of unbridled bition, and they, 100, must In-hi m the dark lecord of those of v. h-m • . written, “pride pc'r.l f g;. .• a fail. Toll the beli, Y, ji'ehrm..'.! [Pc-n'mc S-rntiir... Per souni. Admiral Farragut ana the Uif - States squadron have- left Lisbon \i Antwerp. General Grant expects to spent, ti. ; summer upon his farm, near St n0... Mo. Carle!ta is still crazy. She via to go to Miramar. Randall wants to go to Florid.- *a .1 he elected 10 the Senate. The Boston Journal calls Bur game Bur-Lin-Game,« h Cltim.: . . Gilmore Simms addressed agLflr school at Charlotte, N. C . last wv Augustus Waters, of New York flt getting up a Republican Ciunp - Songster. Hills and Valleys: Thomas ILL. Boston artist, is doing the Yo 8 A.. Valley. Morocco’s complaint of its fl'm. ,r is the sau e as A. Johnson's of - Dickens has received a legacy m .22,000 from the late Rev. Cha Hare Tov.nshend. Henry C. Carey declines to run :m Congress in the Second Disttfl - Pennsylvania. A string of small jingling bells style of necklace worn by Miss A Boyd, the adventuress. “Lazy” Stanbery (according ti - has concluded to accept the toruey Generalship'from that - gontletnan,
