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’Oitet lorg hfilre shady nooks,
* treadtlSJaths I have trod before,
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Once I took a picture fair
To my heart and kept it there,
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Who that lovely picture wrought.
Even as I saw it then
Now it conies to me again.
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Coder drooping willow trees !
Pleased and shy they bend to look
In the mirror of the brook,
Not a flower upon the brink,
Rinding gracefully to drink.
Not a bird that skims the lake,
Softer shadowing could make,
Nor behold, reflected thoie.
Form more innocent and fair.
What, beside these faces three,
In that mirror do tl.ey see ?
All ihe blue depths ot the sky
In the watersthey descry ;
And. not there alone, but near
Other facts three appear—
Angel fares, dimly seen,
Serious, tender, and serene;
Bending meekly, bearing bare
Of the Heavenly Father’s face.
This is why the children look
l*!eased, y. t thoughtful, in the brook.
Unto little children here
Seraph forms are always near.
Messages of heavenly things
Angel child to eaith-child brings :
So 1 blessed the hand that wrought
Into torui the shadowy thought.
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CIVIC, I.AW IN THE SOUTH,
rttor Freni G< u. HnucocU to Gov. Pen.e
of Texan—Defense of General Order No.
IO.
Hf.adqk’s 5th Military Dis’t. )
-iw Orleans, La., March 9, 1S6S. >
To II>s Excellency E. AT. Pease, Gov-
no r of Texas:
Sir: Your communication of the
th January, last was received in due
ourse of mail, (the 27th January,)
ut not until it had been widely cir-
latctkiiv the newspaper Press. To
•h a tetter—written and published
manifest purposes—it has been
intention to reply as soon as leisure
« more important business would
nft.
>ur statement that the act ofCon-
i *‘to provide for the more efficient
■rnmeut of the rebel States,” de-
?s that whatever Government
ted in Texas was provisional; that
;ce and order should be enforced;
t Texas should be part of the Fifth
tary District, and subject to mili-
y power; that the President should
•joint an officer to command in said
i is-iict, and detail a force to protect
ihe rights of person and property,
suppress insurrection and violence,
id punish offenders, either by milita-
coinmission or through the action
veal civil tribunals, as in his own
geinent might seem best, will not
lisputed. One need only read the
to perceive it contains such pro-
ous. But how all this is supposed
i&ve made it my duty to order the
tary commissions requested, you
e entirely failed to show. The pow-
to do a thing if shown, and the pro-
ety ofdoing it, are often very dif-
ent matters. Y’ou obsevre you are
i loss to understand how a Govern-
ent, without representation in Con-
ess, under a military force, and sub-
‘t to military power, can be said to
in the full exercise of all its proper
vers. You do not reflect that this
vernment, created or permitted by
tgress; has all the powers which
act intends, and may fully exercise
m accordingly, if you think it
-ht to have more powers; should be
owed to send members to Congress,
eld a militia force, and possess
other powers, your complaint is
to be preferred against me, but
inst Congress, who made it what
4.
As respects the issue between us,
r question as to what Congress
ght to have done has no pertinence
ju admit the act of Congress author-
es me to try an offender by military
ommission, or allow the local civil
ibunals to try, as I shall deem best;
•1 you cannot deny the act expressly
■ognizessuch local civil tribunals as
if authorities for the purpose speci-
j. When you contend there are no
:al local tribunals for any purpose
Texas, you must either deny the
tin reading of the act of Congress
the power of Congress to pass the
ct.
You next remark that you dissent
rotn my declaration “that the country
I (Texas) is in a state of profouud peace"
t-nd proceed to state the “grounds of
ir dissent.” They appear to me
t a little extraordinary. I quote
r words: “It is true there no
rer exists here (Texas) any au-
rized resistance to the authori-
of the United States. But a
ge majority of the white population,
no participated in the late rebellion,
e embittered against the Govern-
lent, and yield to it an unwilling obe-
tence.” Nevertheless, you concede
ley do yield it obedience.—You" pro
ceed: “None of this tjlass have a °y
fection for the Government, and very
few any respect for it. They regard
the legislation of Congress on the sub
ject of reconstruction as unconstitu
tional, and hostile to their interests,
and consider the Government now ex
isting here under the authority of the
United States as a usurpation on their
rights. They look on the emancipa
tion of their late slaves and the dis-
frunchisemeot of a portion of their
own class as an act of insult and op
pression.
And this is all you have to present
for proof that war and not peace pre
vails in Texas, and hence it becomes
my duty [so you suppose] to set aside
the local civil tribunals, and enforce
the penal code against citizens, by
means of military commission.
My dear sir, I am not a lawyer, nor
has it been my business, as it may
have been yours, to study the philoso
phy of statecraft and politics; but J
may lay claim, after an experience of
more than half a life time, to some
poor knowledge of men, and some ap
preciation of what is necessary to so
cial order and happiness. And for the
fut ure of our common country, I could
devotedly wish that no great number
of our people have yet fallen in with
the views you appear to entertain. Woe
be to us whenever it shall come to
pass that the power of the magistrate,
civil or military is permitted to deal
with the mere opinions or feeling of
the people.
I have been accustomed to believe
that sentiments of respect or disres
pect, and feelings of affection, love or
or hatred, so long as not developed in
to acts in violation of law, were matters
wholly beyond the punitory power of
human tribunals.
I will maintain that the entire free
dom of thought and speech, however
acrimoniously indulged, is inconsistent
with the noblest aspirations of man,
and the happiest condition of his
race.
When a boy, I remember to have
read a speech of Lord Chatham, deliv
ered in Parliament. It was during our
revolutionary war, and related to the
policy of employing the savages on the
side of Britain. You may be more fa
miliar with the speech that I am. If I
am not greatly mistaken, his Lordship
denounced the British Government
bis Government-—in terms of unmeas
ured bitterness. He characterized its
policy as revolting to every sentiment
of humanity and religion; proclaimed
it covered with disgrace, and vented
his eternal abhorrence of it and its
measures. It may, I thiuk, be safely as
serted that a majority of the British
nation concurred in the views of Lord
Chatham. But whoever supposed
that profound peace was not existing
in that kingdom, or that government
had any authority to question the ab
solute right of the opposition to ex
press their objections to the propriety
ofthe King’s measures in any words,
or to any extent they pleased'? It
would be difficult to show that the op
ponents of Government in the days of
the elder Adams, or Jefferson, or Jack-
son, exhibited for it either “affection”
or “respect-” You are conversant with
the history of our past parties and po
litical struggles touching legislation
on allienage. sedition, the embargo na
tional banks, our wars with England
and Mexico, and cannot be ignorant of
the fact, that for one party to assert
that law or system of legislation is un
constitutional, oppressive and usurpa-
tive, is not a new thing in the United
States That the people of Texas con
sider acts of Congress unconstitutional,
oppressive or insulting to them, is of no
consequence to the matter in hand.
The President ofthe United States has
announced his opinion, that these acts
of Congress are unconstitutional. The
Supreme Court, as you are aware, long
ago decided unanimously that a certain
military commission was unconstitu
tional.—Our people everywhere, in
every State, without reference to the
side they took during the rebellion,
differ as to the constitutionality of
these acts of Congress. How the mat
ter really is, neither you nor I can
dogmatically affirm.
if you deem them constitutional
laws, and beneficial to the country,
you not only have the right to publish
your opinions, but it might be your
bounden duty as a citizen to do so.
No less is it the privilege and duty ot
any and every citizen, wherever resid
ing, to publish his opinion freely and
fearlessly on this and every question
which he thinks concerns his interest.
This is merely iu accordance with the
principles of our free Government; and
neither you nor I would wish to live
under any other. It is time now, at
the end of almost two years from the
close of the war, we should begin to
recollect what manner of people we
are; to tolerate again free, popular dis
cussion, and extend some forbearance
and consideratiou to opposing views.
The maxims that in all intellectual
contests, truth is mighty, and must
prevail; and that error is harmless
when reason is left free to combat it,
are not only sound but salutary. It is
a poor compliment to the merits of
such a cause, that its advocates would
silence opposition by force; and gener
ally those only who are in the wrong
will resort to this ungenerous means.
I am confident you will not commit
your serious judgment to the proposi
tion that any amount of discussion, or
any sort of opinion*, however unwise
iu your judgment; or any assertion
feeling, however resentful or bit ,
not resulting iu the breach of law, an
furnish jurisdiction for your denial ^hat f
profound peace exists in Texas. You
might as well 'deny that profoum
peace exists in New- York, Pennsy
vania, Maryland, California, Ohio at
Kentucky, when a majority of t’
people differ with the minority
'these question; or that profound pe
exists in the House of Represei.
tives, or the Senate at "Washingt
on in the Supreme Court, where
these questions have been repeate
discussed, and parties respectfully;
patiently heard. You next comp
thatin parts of the State (Texas)
difficult to enforce the criminal 1
that SjATiffs fail to arrest; that g
jurors will not always indict; that
somecases the military, acting in
of the civil authorities, have not b
able to execute the process of 1
courts; that petit jurors have acquitted
persons adjudged guilty b y 7°"’ iffeem it impossible the first of th,
t h) i> r nt Iigt riGBCAno />rj o rnr/j/i tmfn ■>r * __
that other persons charged with
fences have broke jail and fled fi
prosecution. I know not bow th
things are; but admitting your rep
sentations literally true,if for such
sons I should set aside the local .
tribunals and order a military com
sion, there is no place in the U 1
States where it might not be
with equal propriety. There is r
State in t|je Union, North or Si
where theHfce^ facts are not couth
ly happening. Perfection is not
predicted of man or his works,
one can reasonably expect certain
absolute justice in human transact
and if military power is to be st
motion, on the principles for whi
you would seem to contend, I lear tl
a civil Government regulated by la
could have no hiding place beneath t
circuit of the sun. It is rather m
than hinted in your letter that there
no local State Government in Te'
and no local Jaws outside of the ac
Congress, which I ought to rer
and that I should undertake to )
the rights of persons and prope
my own way and in an arbitral -
ner. If such be your meaning,
compelled to differ with you.
the abolition of slavery, (an ev-
which I hope no one now regrets,)
laws of Louisiana and Texas, e>isf
prior to the rebellion, and not in c
ild fall to my lot tr> supply
es with somethii g of my ov
.iot see how I could do better
iow the law's in force here pri
rebellion, excepting what
. ein shall relate to Slavery. P
destroy the forms, but not
iciplesof justice; these wiil 1
e even of the sword. History f
tiiat the Roman pandects were ’
a long period among the rubl
it war and revolution had hea
cn them, but at length were <
t of the ruins, again to be regarc
a priceless treasure.
You are pleased to state that “si -
; publication of (my) General
s, No. 49, there has been a perr
e increase of crimes and manifer
of hostile feeling toward the (
ment and it$r supporters, and
it is “an i^plcasant duty to g
h a recital <rf the condition of
itry.”
ou will permit me to say tha
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ary power prior to my coming i: sidewalk was covered with his blood.
statements can be true, and that I d
very greatly doubt the correctness ofi listorv
the second. General Orders No. 40
as issued at New Orleans Nov. 29,
67, and your letter was dated Jan
1S6S. Allowing time for Ov
40 to reach Texas and bee
’rally known, some additional ti
ist have elapsed before its efi
ttild be manifested, and a yet furt
e must transpire before you wo
able to collect the evidence of w
i term the condition of the coup
■ yet, after all this, you would »
nake the necessary investigat
ascertain if Order No. 40. or so
t in? else, was the cause. The ti
refore, remaining to euahle you
e the 17th of January, 1S6S
acha satisfactory conclusion on
licate and nice a question, roust ht
en very short. Ilow you procet
whether you investigated you
through third persons, and, if
o they were, what their compel
and fairness, on what evidence yo
ted your conclusion—or whether
* ascertained any facts at all, ar<
nts upon which your letter so dis
etJy omits all mention, that
ay well be excused for not re
lying implicitly upon it; nor is n
hfficulty diminished by the fact tl
t another part of your letter y
fate that ever since the close of t
ar a very la< ge portion of the peo*
jment, but bitterness of feeling or.
Had the duty’of publishing and eirc
ig through the country, long be
eached me, your statement that
rt of the District Commander '•
easing crime and hostile feel
nst the Government been less p,
to your sensibilities, it might j
r have occurred to you to furt,
ething on the subject in addit
our bare assertion,
tt what wasOrder No. 40, and h
1 it have the effect you attribi-
it? It sets forth that “ the gr-
iciples of American liberty ares
inheritance of this people, and e'
Id be. ” “ That the right of ti
jU y, the habeas corpus, the libe
he Press, the freedom of spec-
. the natural rights of persou r
:rty, must be preserved. ” W
question the truth of these decl
flict with the acts of Congress, cc
prised a vast system of jurisprudence, | :]mve ' ha ~d uoaffe cti 0 n for the gove;
both civil and criminal. It required
not volumns only, but libraries toi o'
tain them. They laid down princ : p’
and precedents for ascertaining >
rights and adjusting the controveri
of men in every conceivable case. T
were the creations of great and g
and learned men, who had labored
their day for their kind, and gone do\
to the grave Iowa: before our recer
troubles, leaving their works an ines
timable legacy to the human race.
These laws, as I am informed, connec
ted the civilizations of past and present
ages, and testified of the justice, wis
dom, humanity and patriotism of more
than one nation, through whose re
cord they descended to the present
people of these States. Iamsatisfie
from representations of persons comp'
teut to judge, they are as perfect
system of laws as can be found els
where, and better suited than a 1
other to the condition of this peop
for by them they have long been g<
erned. "Why should it be suppo
Congress lias abolished these I:
Why should any one wish to ab
them? They have committed no t
son, nor are hostile to the Un
States, nor countenance crime,
favor injustice. On thpni, as or-
foundation of a rock, reposes almo.
the entire superstructure of social o.
der in these two States. Annul thi
code of local laws, and there would b
no longer any rights, either of perso
or property, here. Abolish the loer
civil tribunals made to execute thei
and you would virtually aunul 1
laws, except in reference to the v<
few cases cognizable in the Fedei
courts. Let us, for a moment, suppe
the whole local civil code anuull
and that I am left, as commandei
the Fifth Military District, the
fountain of law and justice. Thi
the position in which you would pi
me.
I am now to protect all rights, a
redress all wrongs. How isitpossib
for me to do it? Innumerable quet
tions arise, of which I atn not only ig
norant, hut to the solution of which
military court is entirely unfitted. O
would establish a will, another a de<
or the question is one of succession
partnership or descent or trust; a s
of ejectment or claim to chattels; i
the application may relate to robber)
theft, arson or murder. How am I i
take the first step in any such matt*
If I turn to the acts of Congress
find nothing on the subject. I durf
open the authors on the local cod
it has ceased to exist.
And you tell me in this perplexi
condition I ain to furnish by dint .
my own hasty and crude judgment the
legislation demanded by the vast and
manifold interests of the people!
repeat, sir, that you, and not Congres.
are responsible for the monstrous sug
gestiou that there are no local laws
institutions here to be respected
me, outside the act of Congress. 1
unhesitatingly, if it were possible »
Congress should pass an act abolish
the local codes of Louisiana and Te
—which I do not believe—and
■re, and so composed of your person-
and political friends, that you have
referred the most'grievous complaint,
t is of them that you have asserted
hey will not do their duty ; they will
;ot maintain justice ; will not arrest
Senders ; will not punish crimes; and
hat out of 100 homicides committed in
he last twelve months not over ten
rrests have been made ; and by means
■f such gross disregard of duty you
.eclare that neither property uor life
i safe in Texas.
Certainly you could have said noth-
:g more to the discredit of theoffi-
:ia 1 s who are now in office. If the
acts be as you allege, a mystery is
presented for which 1 can imagine no
xplanation. Why is it that your
olitical friends, backed up and sus-
ined by the whole military power of
.e United tHatesin this district, should
e unwilling to enforce the laws
-gainst that portion ot the population
ately in rebellion, and whom you rep
resent as the offenders? In all the
of these troubles I have never
seeu or heard before of such a fact. I
repeat, if the fact be so, it is a pro
found mystery, utterly surpassing rny
'■•omprehension. I am constrained to
Vclare that I believe you are in very
it error as to facts. On careful
miuation at the proper source, I
l that at the date of your letter foui-
es only of homicides had been re-
rted to these headquarters as having
i-urred since Nov. 29, 1SG7, the date
Order No. 40; and these cases were
.•dered to be tried or investigated as
ooit as (he reports were received.
' -reover, the fact of the one hundred
ticides may still be correct, as sta-
. by you. The Freedmen’s Bureau
Texas reported one hundred and
\ty ; how many of these were by In
nans and Mexicans, and how the re-
nainder were classified, is not known ;
nor is it known whether these data are
accurate.
The report of the commanding offi
cer of the district of Texas shows that
nee I assumed command no appli-
"tions have been made to you him by
<• arrest of criminals in the State of
. axas.
To this date eighteen cases of hom-
des have beeu reported to me as
iving occurred since Nov. 29, 1867,
-Ithough special instruction had been
: ven to report sucli cases as they oc-
Of these, five were committed
Indians, one by a Mexican, one by
insane man, three by colored men,
o women by their husbands, and of
* remainder, some by parties un-
nvn—all of which could be scarcely
ributable to Order No. 40. If the
ports received since the issuing of
rder No. 40, are correct they exhibit
.to increse of homicides in my time, if
you are correct that J 00 had occurred
n the oast twelve months.
hat there has not been a perfect
dmiuistration of justice in Texas I am
ot prepared to deny.
That there lias not been such wanton
-regard of duty ou the part of officials
you allege, I am well satisfied. A
ry little while ago you regarded the
esent officials in Texas the only ones
ho could be safely trusted with pow-
r. Now you pronounce them worth-
css, and would cast them aside.
I have found little else in your letter
s ? Which one of these great pr
s of liberty are vou ready todeu hut indications ol temper, lashed into
repudiate ? Whoever docs so. citemeut by causes which I deem
repudiate
rs himself the enemy of human i
„y and the advocate of despoti-rn.
there any intimation in Gent rad,
ers No. 40 that any crimes or
aches ot law would be countenanc-
? You know that there was noi.
i the contrary, you know perfectly
.veil that while “ the consideration el
and offences committed in the
.i Military District was referred tC
judgment of the regular civil tr’
tals,” a pledge was given in
40, which all understood, that
would be supported in
ii jurisdiction, and that “fori
itance to law would be insta
iressed by arms.” You wil
*m that this pledge has ever
.eited. There has not been a
ut since I have been in eommai
Fifth District when the w
tary farce in my hands has n
ready to sunnort the. civil autlu
e, snoiiiu
iitate before indulging in wholesale
-st imaginary ; a great confidence in
■ i.ccuracy of your own opinions,
an intolerance of the opinions of
a desire to punish the thoughts
eelingsof those who differ with
, and an impatience which mag-
ies the shortcomings of officials who
» perhaps as earnest and conscien-
is in the discharge of their duties as
trself; and a most unsound conclu-
i, that while any persons are to be
nd wanting in affection or respect
Government, or yielding its obedi-
e from motives which you do not
.rove, war and not peace is the sta-
, and all such persons are the pro-
• subjects for military penal jurisdic-
n
If I have written anything to disa-
ise your mind of so grave an error,
shall be gratified.
I am, Sir, very respectfully, your
bedient servant.
W. S. Hancock,
Maj. Gen’l. Commanding.
ASSASSINATION OF THOMAS
ITI'-GEK. OF CANADA—IN.
EXCITEMENT IN OTTAWA
.©OS OF FENIAN t’OM FUIC-
1TV.
Ottawa, Ontario, April 7, 18C8.—
This fact, in connection with that of
the ball lodging in the door post, seem*
to indicate that the weapon was held
close to his head when fired. There
have been as yet no trace whatever
of the assassin’s diseovery.
The murder excites universal horror
here and throughout the country.
The authorities have taken every
means in their power to secure the
murderer, and a number of arrests have
been made, but as yet no definite clue
has been obtained.
An inquest wasopened at ten o’clock
this morning, but adjourned, without
taking evidence, until seven o’clock
this evening. The jurymen, in the
meantime, attended the House of Com
mons in a body to hear the eulogies ou
the deceased.
The government of Canada offers
S-5,000, the government of Ontario and
Quebec S5,000 and the Mayor of Otta
wa $4,060 reward for the apprehen
sion ofthe guilty party. The author
ities at all points have been directed
to use their best diligence in hunting,
up the murderer, and to arrest all sus
picious persons. Business is almost
entirely suspended, and flags are flying
at half-mast. Preparations are being
made for the removal of the body to
Montreal to-morrow.
All the members of the Cabinet are
taking a deep interest in the matter.
Great crow la are in the streets, and
expression of sympathy with the de
ceased are loud and frequent-
lit the House last night, a couple of
hours before the assassination, Mr.
McGee delivered an able speech on the
position of Nova Scotia. It is said to
have been one of the most eloquent
efforts of his whole life.
The House of Commons met at five
o’clock to-day. On the opening of
the doors Sir John A Macdonald rose,
and on moving the adjournment for
the Easter recess alluded to the recent
dreadful assassination by which a mem
ber of that House had been cut dowa
iu the zenith of his reputation. Sir
John A. Macdonald’s voice was scarce
ly audible, from emotion, as he warm
ly eulogized the deceased and spoke of
the legacy left by him to his country
in his widow and family.
Mr. Mackenzie followed in a very
eloquent and affecting address, in
which lie paid a high tribute to the
deceased. Hon, Mr. Cartier, also paid
a hearty and eloquent tribute to the
deceased statesman. A number of
other members addressed the House
in the same strain* The adjournment
then took place at four o’clock until
Thursday next. The galleries were
densely thronged, and the members
and spectators alike were frequently
affected to tears.
A dispatch from Ottawa to the
Evening, Telegram reports that the ex
citement there is still on the increase.
A private meeting of the ministers has
been field in connection with leading
members of the two houses. It is
intimated that facts have been present
ed them showing the existence of a se
cret society of desperadoes sworn to
summarily put out of the way all mem
bers of the Parliament who are broad
ly anti-Fenian in their sentiments. In
formation is 8Iso in the possession of
the members to the effect that a grand
Fenian outbreak throughout the Do
minion is imminent. Iu this, it is
stated, in addition to the Fenians, there
will be engaged the forces of the many
Canadians who are dissatisfied with
government on general grounds. It
has been ascertained by the authori
ties that the mutderer of Mr. McGee
is a No*V York Fenian, who is said to
have been detailed by the secret socie
ty for the purpose, the duty having
been decided by drawing lots. It is
rumored that a French revo'utionary
society in the Lower Province is act
ing in concert with the Fenians.
Threats of'retaliation upon all known
Fenians are openly made by the mem
bers of tiie British party and it is fear
ed that other assassinations will follow
this evil beginning.
A dispatch from Montreal to the
same paper also reports that a tele
gram from Ottawa at eleven o’clock
this morning says that two arrests
have been made on suspicion, Buck-
ley, the Messenger of the House, and
Eggleston Taylor, who was last seen
in the company of the murdered man.
The inquest is now being held. The
assussiu has probably made good hi*
escape, and is beyond the reach of his
enemies; for the spot where McGee
ires against the civil auth/riti/s of; At half-past two o'clock this morning 5^ killed is near the openfields,af.
■xas—You are yourself the cbfef of! the Hon D’Arcy McGee was shot H'"* a t £°°* °rP°rtumty for
■ e authorities; not elected by the dead by at, unknown assassin, as he fl, * h 5 fron, . r the Cerise excite-
ape, but created by the military*! was entering the house of Mrs. Trot-1 ^"tprevails everywhere through the
long after you had thus come in- ter, where he lodged on Spark’s street. | DomUnon ’ where news has been
office, all the Judges of tbe Supreme
art of "Texas—five in number—
re removed from office, and new ap-
tments made; twelve of the sev
en Judges were removed, and oth-
appointed. County officers, more
°ss, in seventj-five out of one
•red and twenty-eight counties,
t removed, arid others appointed
The ball passed through his head and completely spread, and tbe
lodged io the door which Mr. McGeer^ 1 * ‘°T 8t the . F<l .°' a °«’ , wh< !
was in the act of opening,
Mrs. Trotter, who is oi»« of the Par
A son 0 tj » u »pected of this deed, are loud and
1 bitter.
liament pages, was returning home,
and was some distance from the house,
when he heard the shot. On reaching
his mother’s door he found Mr. McGee
dead on the pavement. He saw’ no
ir places. It is fair to conclude | person in the neighborhood and heard
the executive and judicial civil
binaries in Texas are the persons
n you desired to fill the offices,
proper to mention, also, that none
registered citizens, and only those
could take the test-oath, have
allowed to serve asjurors during
administration. Now, it is against
'ocal goxerument, created by ir.il-
no footstep. The night was bright and
clear, and the assassin must have been
either concealed behind the fence of a
vacant Iot opposite, or made a very
hasty retreat immediately on firing the
shot. Mr, McGee had just left the
Parliament House and had a cigar in a ^ns at borne do they try to force'tbe
his mouth when he was killed. His (Southern people to submit to negro
brains exuded from the wound, and the j domination f—New'York Irish Cifren
Radical Faith to the Negro.—The Tri
bune says :
^ The Democrats of Londonderry,
New Hampshire supported a colored
man for one oftheir town officers at the
late election.~The Republican* did
not vote for him, and so he was defeat
ed.
And why did they not vote for him?
And why, if they proscribe colred per-