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Will pure prompUitteMti >. to, all teasel I>usi
ii,--entrusted to flieir caXe in >tio eijtiulp-s ol
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Western—anil ninth’ Ware rhttl Appling, of
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I A StML LOT w:!i iilLxik SJIiACS:.
ii,. O. IR.TOJM),
RESIDENT DENTIST
Til M ASVILLE, GA.
A \rtlM, found at the oil .. .
I t .rand occupied bv him tor -V 1
the lasi t v „ years ‘
An- 23-lgm
Dr W P- CLOWER
HAVING permanently locntt ,1 i u I'homas
ville, oll’t-i s his ! > rof>'iisMnal irri t
in ra ?! e nu! lie.
’ “, -“OF! lt'!> at the Drug Store of \Y. I’.
( ‘ lower’,* Cos.
‘Mt ESI l)K N( ‘i: —t he house t'eiv.a :Iv oe .
eupied by t>r. Rrututon. mar 11 ly j
fllitK givnte-t Purifier and Disinfectant :
3 known—DARBY’S PROPHYLACTIC f
I M ID. For sale by
W..P. CLOWER,
ting 23 Druggist?.
r. o Rockwell,
< i\il Engineer itsid Surveyor.
I.;m l* Purveyed 191I 9 1 aln drawn
in lile beat style of the Art.
Oi;i : with \ P. Wright, Tliomnsville,
i \ II in et >4i h pr-.aipt attention, • !
■ -JO . _ i_• j_ - • -
Commission Merchants.
A M. SUDAN. C. 11. ST l* II IIS. c. vv. S'! fir. tr.i-
Sloan. Stuhbs <f: Stegall;
Cotton Factors
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C iSSiS!) 7))Civi|ili)is.
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Uiiy Slrecl Suva a :tii li, Lti
Sept ti 3tn j
AUSTIN & ELLIS.
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SAVANNAH,
Thom vs 11. Austin. (trargin.
CnAKt.ES El I.IS.
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E. Weitzfelder & Cos..
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
A X I>
Col to .1 Factors,
ro Leonard Sf.. \KW YORK.
t Messrs. 1. Kubiislo k A Brother- Thom
nsviile. tin., are artiug as our agents, an.! are 1
prepare.! to make liberal advances on all eon
sigiunt |ts made to us through them, or direct, and
to us. oct 4 it
.J. IDS. DA VIS & CO..
AUCTION
COMMISSION
AND
Rlcrelihdis,
THOM AS VILLE, GA.
J IDS. Davis. U. A. Junrns.
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tISON & GORDON.
COTTON FACTORS.
mmm mi mmm
Mercliants,
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‘VM II TISON. \VM. W. OORDOS.
? fav 16 6m
Foil SAJ.I-:.
\ FINE NEW CARRIAGE-iriih Har-
LY complete at ( OftT. Apply sic.n
<o McQUEEN A: MITCHELL.
Oct 18 42-if
/''t KEEN TEA of delicate flivor. For
l J sale by W. 1\ CLOWER ,m CO.,
aug 23 Druggist?. i
11. § into.,
Y)!.'. leave to inform the citizens of Thonnsville anti surrounding country, that they
XJ Lave received and will be constant!;- receiving large lots , f
in Kims nr ii win
LADIES DRESS AND GENTLEMEN’S
FURNISHING GOODS,
Such as Silks, French an 1 English Meritios| all Wool Dclaint?, Aljatccs fr.xcn
Stnpes and Irish Poplins, Scotch I‘lai Is. Muslin Delaines, French, English
and American Prints, Flannels and Opera Flartttels, Hahn ral Skirts.
A FILL STOGX OF THE LATEST STYLES OF
Clocks and “Mantillas,
SHAWLS, S- NTAi.S. T.REAF.I’AST SHAWLS. VANDYKES, NUBIAS,
aud aU kinds of WORSTED KNIT‘GOODS.
THE LATEST STA LES OF
LADIES’ HATS.
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lIIBBOXS, TRIMMINGS, FLOWERS—AII of which are Unparalleled!
iti|j 11 domestic drn (§ oobs,
J?
Yalike 3 Notions, Cutlery, Crockery and Stationery, Rich
Perfumes and Toilet Soaps.
A SPLENDID STO; K FR- >M THE BEST MANUFACTURERS OF
! \i
Boots and SLoes,
OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS AT LOW PRICES.
Our stock of
CLOTHING, PIECE, & GENTS FURNISHING GOO DR
Are unsurpassed in ihe Country.
WATCHKS ANI) JE ViYAAI Y.
TOBACCO and SEGABS.
j . As oar st mk has been selected with great e ire. and purchased under the must fuvo.
ra’dc cir’enn stances, wc do not hoitafe to say, that we aro enabled t > sell, at least, at -
as low in ices as any oilier house in the whole country. All we ask is. that (he Ladies
and (L iuicmt not I hain isviiie und vieiniiy. will tavftr us with a call, and judge our
G oda n l Price?*- If tticy w ill do this, we feel cot ff lent th&i none of them will leave :
fun- esiab'ishnvc'ni with mi purchasing. It is needless to sav, that, they will be re
ceived cordially and treated politely, and charged nothing for examining our goods
so, pteate gitfc us a fcall before purclfasing elsewhere.
.; ‘ T. H. WOLFF & EHOTHeH. |
The atfrntlan -fit Century Merchant? is invited to our superb slock of Goods. To
•them wcMiil'-r gicat iiKlucer.ieuts in splendid bargains.-
Sept 27 39?tf. “ 11. WOLFF & BROTHER.
LAT Hli OP CO. ?
139 & 141 CONGRESS STREET, j
S J*.TTJ?k.JSriSr.£LTT, - - - - Georgia.
WHOLESALE ROOMS, UP STAIRS j
\VTE having proritred the Stores formerly ta-etinieil I>v Messrs. NEVITT. LWIIUOI* ,V
• to 15th, to exhibit a large stock nf
j£3 R Y G- O O D
Ready Made Clothing,
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, Tr) n .Afro cT-Tf ry'c< >) Ts? A Tri r \ “TT/p 7]
AT WHOLESALE Stairs,
We propose, to liianufactuie onr Clothing at Home, ;v. ic-b will enable us to offer induce-
I incuts equal to the .V orlhern Markets.
One of the firm, who lme had twenty five years experience in the business in this citv. tVill
remain in the pun-hnsing markets, and will devote his time specially to the Southern Trade.
COUNTRY MERCHANT'S tire invited to examine our stock before purchasing.
DUTCH I- LATIIROP, Late D & E. 8. LAT DROP.
John w. nevitt. •• nevitt, lathrop & Rogers,
CIIAS. W. BRUNNER, •• HENRY LATHROP & CO.
Ogt 1 31 3 m
■SAVANNAH HAT SToTe.
No. >53 CONGRESS STREET, * —•
S.VA AXNAH, - - - Georg n.
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Hals, Caps and Straw Goods.
IVhtj'.csalP I'oom. I P STAIRS.
Retail Depaitment. FIRST FLOOR.
Constantly on ; and, Meus & Roys’ Felt, Wool. Dress Silk, and Cttssifre e Hats. o{ all the
i .i- styles. Cloth, Scotch. Velvet and Glazed Caps. Socks, Gkntes. Suspenders, llntidkerehiefs,
Ncek Ties, Paper and Linen Collars, Umbrellas, fie.
Ladies and ALsses II >ts and Jockey s, ot all styles—trimmed and nntriuinied.
My facilities for purchasing these Goods are unsurpassed, aid I can sell them as low as they
can be jobbed or letailed in any of the Northern or Eastern markets.
A residence in this city from boyhood, and an active business experience of over fifteen
years, gives me. cor.tideave in appealing to mv fellow citizens in town and country for tilth’
continued patronage.
Inat IJT S M. CODDING.
Thomasvillc, Georgia,-Thursday, November 29 ? 1866.
Proceedings of Council.
( inx ii. root*. *
Thomasth.i.k. Wov. 10, 1853
j Council met this day in regular meeting.
I’resent lion. I*. McGlashan, Mayor. Alder
men Bower; Stark, Tooke, Taylor? Stegall
; and R. id.
The minutes of the last meeting were
! read and approved.- •
j The Ordinance -to Establish, Regulate
’ and Govern Limvf Hill Cemetery.’’ was
rea 1 the second find third time nnd pass
ed. As follows.
AN ORDINANCE
i To Establish, I’egul.itc and Govern Lau
rel Hill Cemetery.
Sec 1. lie it ordained by the Mayor
and Council of the Town of ThotnasviTlc,
that the lot of land purchased by the May
or and Council of Thomasville from Charles
.1. Harris, Esq. of Macon, Georgia, tin ter
deed date 1 17th September, 18C0, s tuate
i n’ lit - Irvinville road, laid out and run oil
by .Maj. J. A. Maxwell into Burl vl Lots, be
and the same is her’oy adopted and appro
priated as a burial place for tlie dead of
! the Town of Thomasville and its vicinity,
! under the name of Laurel Hi 1 Cemetery.
That all the lots, ways, passages, alleys
and avenues delineated in the plot of s.id
■ Survey shall forever bo kept whole, free
| and unobstructed for the use of those who
n w are, or may at any time hereafter be
come, owners of Lots in said Cemetery;
subject tit all times to such rules and -reg
ulations as may, from time tc time, be made
Iby Council for the government of the same.
, “Sec. 2. The prices of Burial Lots in
said Cemetery shall, for the time present,
1 be not less than twenty dollars nor more
i than forty dollars per lit, according to a
sc Go laid down on the a love mentioned
Map of th* Cemetery, but such prices may
be varied, from time to time, according to
the discretion of the Mayor and Council,
i and in compliance with their orders.
Bee. and. No person shall hold more than
I two lots in said Cemetery at tiic same time,
in his OTfi name, without a special permit
i granted by l ife'Mayor and Council, j nor
Shall any person bury, or cause to be
buried, any corpse, of any description
whatever, upon any vacant, lot in said Cent-*
cilery, without first obtaining permission
from the Mayor and Council or their reg
i ularly authorized agent, under a penalty
of not less than five nor more than fifty
dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor and
i Council, or if such trespass be made up
on a pm chased or occupied lot, then the
penalty required shall lay with the owner
of the lot, or the redress may be by an ap
peal to tho laws of the land.
Sec. -L Purchasers of said lots shall,
respectively, on payment of Ihe purchase
money n.r.d title fee, to the Clerk of Coun
cil, receive titles for the same, provided
tli purchase money and title fee be paid
within thirty days of the day cf sale or
’ time of occupation : And if the purchase
money in any case be not paid within the
. said thirty days of the time of purchase
: the lot or lots in relation 1 o which the fail
ure sh ill occur si.all revett to the corpor
ation of the Town, and one fourth of the
original price of the lot be paid by the
trcspa ser to Council as damages.
Sec. f>. Tlic titles to the above lots shall
be made in the inline of the Mayor and
Coucil, signed by t!:c Cleik, and sealed
with the seal of lie Town, for which scr
vice thcj.urchaser shall pay the clerk one
dollar over and above the price of the Bu
rial Lot. The title shall contain a condition ■
that the lot or lots conveyed shall not be
aieniated or sold, to-be used for any pur- j
pose other than I lint contain and in Ihe deed,
and it shall also contain a clause declaring
that tlie Mayor and Council of the Town of
Thomasville shall always have the right
and auihuiily to provide i tiles ftrr the in- ;
tcimil regulation of the Cemetery and the
manner ol interments on the lots.-
fifoc. (>. All monies arising front sales
of bes in said Cemetery, at imy time lieie
after, shall be kept apart from all other
monies in the’ Treasury, and shall be used ,
and expended only for the purpose of en
closing, protecting, furnishing and a toru
ing said Cemetery, under such regulations .
as Council may from time to time pre
scribe.
See 7. A portion of the Cemetery may
be set apart by the Mayor and Council to
be used for the interment of the remains
of strangers and indigent persons whose
fiicmls or relatives are unable or unwiling i
to i urclmsc lots for their interment, a por
tion, if so desired, may also be sold to nuy
religious or charitable denomination or as
sociation for the interment of their mem
bers in a section ol the Cemetery by them
selves.
Sec. 8. It shall be (he duty of the May- ’
or and Council to appoint a sexton for tiie
Cemetery, who shall have the cate of the ‘
grounds, pointing out the lots to those
wishing to purchase Superintend the dig
ging of the graves, range the streets, ave
nues and lots, and keep them ii ee from all
improper matter.
t“ce. t). If any person shall remove,
deface, or in any manner injure any mon
ument, railing, inclosure, ornament, tree
i or plant, within said Cemetery, such per- ;
son, on couviction thereof beluie the May
or, shall be subject to a fine of no! exceed
ing one kindred dollars and cost of Court. .
I. any person shall shoot any gun.- pistol,
or other tire arms within said Cemetery
(unless it beat a funeial in honor of the
; dead.) such person shall, on conviction
thereof, be subject to a fine ol ?iot exceed- j
mg five dollars and cost of Coui!. if any
person shall deposit, on any fart of said
Cemetery, or ary land adjoining it, any
dead carcase or any putrid or offensive
matter whatever, such person shall, on
conviction thereof, be subject to a tine ol
not exceeding twenty-five and liars and c st
of Court, At) persons visiting the Cime
tery shall, while within the miclosure. con
duct themselves iu an orderly and deco
rous manner, and any person behaving
oilier w l'e'sti aif, ‘oil HO v 4 > •JdHjftctf'"or"!
impiisoned at the discretion ot the Mayor.
icee. 10. it shall not be lawful to inter
any dead body in any other j lace within
the corporate limits of the Town than in
the Old or New Cemetery, or such other
place as may herealter be appointed by the
Mayor and Council; and any person who
shall so inter, or cause to he interred, any
dead body, within the corporate limits,
other than as above, shall be subject, on
conviction before the Mayor, or Mayor and
Council, to a fine ot not exceeding fifty
dollar.-, unit ss otherwise duet mined b\
cot sent of Council.
B<c. 11 The old Cemetery shall be on
closed ..tid the fences kept in good repair,
and those persons having family itlatives
.metred there alrea y may continue such
family intei ments; but no new gr aves
shall be opened in said Cemetery, from and
after the passage of this Ordinance, for any
new families, mangers cr other persons
not connected by blood or mairiuge with
the t-edier there ahes-ly interred.
Sac. .12. Nothing herein ccti ained shall
operate to prevent perrons of color from
having a Baiial Place of their own, subject
to such rules anti regulations as they may
think proper .o adopt, under the revision
. and sanction of the Mayor and Council.
I‘assbd November 19th, 1866.
P. McGLASHAN, Mayor.
Attest, U ni. CLINE, Clerk.
A'Jerman Bower presented a report in
the ense of land obtained by Council from
the Walden estate some years ago, by a
; former Conned, to improve I lie streets.
Or-1- red that the Mayor give the Exccu- ■
tor of the estate the note of Council for the
■ nigiifftl sum of one hundred and sixty’
seven dollars and five cents ($1(57,05) car
rying interest from the time the note is
! given
The contemplated Railrnad from Albany
1 to Ttlioniaaviile, was then taken up and
discussed.
Moved and carried that a Railroad meet
ing of the citizens of the county of Thomas
be called, to meet at Thomasville to-mor
row (Thursday) morning at 11 o’cloea,
when the citizens of the county generally
shall be invited to attend.-
A memorial was presented to Council by
Messi s, Seward & Wright, AttOrrtcs of T.
J. Mcß.tin, showing a mistake by the ar
bitrators in the late arbitration of the
property of TANARUS, J. Mcßitin? Laid over for
the ur. sent.
Council, then adjourned.
Win. CLINE, Clerk.
From the N. Y. Times.
Etclnriiug the
“The South has nothing worse to
fear,” is the declaration with which
the World would break the force of
Tuesday’s verdict upon the now ex
cluded St ties.
‘J lie argument offered in support of
this view lies in a nutshell. The ltc
publicans —it sets forth have already
iroiK to the length of their tMlier.”
They overcame the veto of the Presi
dent in the matters of the Civil flights
Bill and the Freedman's Bureau Bill,
“at.d can proceed no further except
by proposing amendments to the
Constitution,” and as ten excluded
States may calculate upon the uss.s>
tance of Kentucky, Maryland and
i Delaware, the World reasons that nci. .
ther the proposed amendment- nor any
other amendment which the Ilepublt
i cat s may desire can.be engrafted upon
the Constitution. ‘Therefore, it is
* contended, the worst possible conset
quence of the elections, to the South,
will be “a protracted exclusion from
Congress.*’
1 The same line of reasoning is in vogue j
at the South. “The worst that can ;
happen to us,” say influential Southern
journalists, “is continued deprivation
j of the right of representation in Cons
gross. \\ e need fear no other punish
ment. And since wo may cultivate
corn and cotton, build raihoads and
run steameis, as well without repres- j
entation as with it, let us remain as we j
are, awaiting the time when our dear ;
. friends, the Democrats, shall regain -
power, and restore us irrespective of.
conditions.” Such is the general train
of remaik with which the Southern
(f; pie are appea ed t), ufler a passive j
; resistance to the measure presented by 1
Congress lor their ratification They i
are encouraged in the bcl.cf that simp- ■
ly by biding their time they may ob
tain restoration to the Union upon
i their own terms. And on the princi- j
, pie that they have “nothing worse to
leal’ than they are already accustomed
to, they refuse either to ratify the
| Amendment, or to offer any other form
of compromise as an equivolent.
A more cruel delusion is not easy to
imagine. One might have thought
that the utter, hopeless failure of the
j Democracy would Lave taught the
isuuth tin: folly ofttusling to that party
tor ussistai.ee in the vvotk of restora
tion. Its inability to carry a single j
Northern State should convince the
must zealous Southerners that nothing
“ -
in the shape ot help ean come from i
that quarter/ \\ e should have suppu- j
1 sed, too, that the same appteci, tiuu of
events which led the \\ orld to counsel
the President sensibly as to his duty,
would hate indteed it to speak candt- |
; diy to the boutli. Ot what avail will j
be hnther jugglery and double-deal
ing ‘! W hut can follow a persistent at
i tempt to cheat the South into the
aooplion of false hopes and expecta
tions, except a heaping up of wrath
against the day of vengeance (
For instead of having “nothing
worse to tear, tna South fi rs much to \
fear if it continue indifferent to the (
j warning suggested by toe elections.—
ll it.scout the terms of the amendment -
J now tendered for its acceptance, it may
be hetcaftcr compelled to subaiit to
1 terms vastly more .obnoxious. The 1
present amendment presupposes the !
continued posession of the State sov- ■
eretgn y. But if tins be rejected, oth
er amendments may be enforced over- :
mhng Sta.fo-a^^^^- T 7 ? pv mn j
; suffrage, and investing w;th political
power un element that will be fatal to
ttie class uow controlling Southern at.
fairs. We have among us extremists
who watch eagerly for rejection of the
piesetit amendment as a pretext for
pressing more rigorous demands. They
are restrained as yet by the prevailin'’
moderation of the Republican party,
as guaranteed by the pledges upon
winch uur victories have been uchiev
td. Let this amcndiae it fat , and tie
ultra Radicals will acquire an iuipor*
tance just now deuied them ; and tfien
tuo, late, the South wilt discover the
mockery which is hidden under the
\\ oild s talk about having “’nothin-’
worse to fear.”
But these extreme measures must ‘
come iu the form or constitutional
amendments, and the ten excluded
States, with the help of Kentucky,
| Maryland and Delaware, will be able to j
prevent their ratification. . 31ust the
position necessarily remain thus? Ac
cording: to the ol i reading of constitu
tional right yes. But the old reading
may not always prevail. And then
} what may happen-?—Suppose, for in.
stance, it be contended that all that is
necessary to impart validity to a con.
stitut : onal amendment is the thrc
fourths’ vote of the States already in !
the Union. Suppose it be bold—and j
the point is not without supporters—
that the Stat.s now composing Con. I
gross are the only State having a law. j
ful .voice in the case, an J that three. 1
, fourths of these may alter the Consti- :
tution to suit their views. What will
then become of the doc t ine that there !
; is ‘‘nothing worse to fear,” or of the
j other consolatory idea that Kentucky,
Maryland and Delaware arc on the
Southern side ?
We are not conjuring up impossible
dangers.--We merely direct, attention
| to a contingency that is far from im- 1
probable, and which is actually being i
j considered in extreme quarters in con
, nection with the am ndtnenf before !
i the country. Turning to Mr. Forney’s j
I‘less, we tin 1 that zealous apostle of
Radicalism mooting Die plan we have 1
; hinted at as a plan actually available ‘
if the Souther?. States prove otherwise
: unmanageable. It ere ; re 3ir. Forney’s j
; words :
‘•There ‘s no dolu 6 more fatal
than that which jus tin s continued I
; odstinaev and virulence in the South i
v
by the assumption that this amend. 1
ment cannot he completed without
j the votes of the recently seceded
and still insubordinate States. Are
you aware that Abraham Lincoln and
Andrew Johnson were elected by the
votes of twenty-two out of twenty-five
adhering. Commonwealths, and that all |
the acts of Congress, including the !
contributions in men and money, and :
our vast and unparalleled system, of •
: finance, were considerci, passed and ‘
perfected 1 y representatives elected in i
the same manner ? \\ hat else is need
ed but the application of this theory to j
the ratification of this amendment,
without the votes of the recently rebel- ‘
lious States ? ’
We say nothing in defence of this
method of otvc'itfotiling the difficulty,
’ and should deeply deplore its adoption j
as an agency in the task of restoration. 1
Tho South, however, should study the
shade as weli as the light of the i
ture, that it tiny not he inextricably i
involved in dangers of which it seems j
not yet to dream. It may then, per- |
chance, arrive at the conclusion that !
; the Amendment,-objectionable though
it be, is not the greatest of possible
! evils. This ie not a time for shutting
; out the truth, or for hugging the dc
: lu~ion that nothing worse cr n happen.
The:e may he many worse things than
i the Amendment, -is the South may j
| s une day find out.
How the JZulicuh will he Bilked — \
A fit Besjjonsa
Tno N. Y Wot Id thus replies to the
threat of the Times, that the North
will take all matters into its own hands
and change the Constitution to suit
itself:
Our trimming contemporary admits
that this hypithet cal onsequence of 1
rejecting th • amendment would he !
j completely repugnant to the Constitu- I
tion, and yet it intimates its intention ;
to favor it if the amendment is not i
ratified by the Southern States ! ;
; The Times seems to think that the !
moderate section of tho Republican j
| party is so indissolubly wedded to the j
Radicals, that it will abet them in the !
I most palpable, glaring, acknowledged j
violations of the Constitution.. It is
: no business of ours to vindicate any I
: part of the Republican party against j
: this libel; tor libel it is,- even i! true, \
| according to the ol 1 legai maxim, ‘‘the |
: greater the truth the greater the libel.” ■
Conceding, then, for the scope of the
; argument, that the whole Republican
party will aid the Radicals to break i
I down the Constitution, how will the
, case then stand ? Will President
Johnson recognize bastard amend- i
ments ratified only by ti ree-fourths of
the represented States,- as a part of the ‘
1 Constitution ? By no means. They
would he spurned by the Supreme
Ccurt. \\ ill the Tunes be good enough
to tell us how, under these circumstan
i ces, they could he enforced.
The Times intimates that univers, 1
negro suffrage is the particular amend- j
ment iikely to he forced upon the
South by the method it describes.— 1
LB'-'.t is anybody verdant enough to sup.
pose that, againsTtTio'un'ani7iu3us , o“
position of the outnumbering Southern
whites, and against the indignant sense I
| of outrage which the attudpt would 1
rouse, the negroes could approach the
P dling-places ! It would require a
larger army to enforce such a law than
we bad in. the tie q at unv time during !
tiie war. \\ ill the p-j ipie consent to
be taxed t) support suc.i an army ?
Would, not t‘ic public credit be speed
lyengulfcl iu such a bottomless abyss ? i
Would President John ion, or either 11
our two great conservative generals
permit the army to he used for such a
purpose? If the Radicals choose to
| make this experiment, if they are will-
I ing to g) into the Presidential election
( in the midst of such an embroilment,
their presumption must be cquil ta
1 their malignity, if they expect to sue.
eed.
VOL Vl.-Xo. 48.
There is another wholesome consid-
I oration which we advise the Radicals,
and their time-serving abettors, not id
overlook. The physical strength of
the country is on the side of the Con
stitution. Even if the whole Republi
can party is mad enough to support
the Radicals in attempting to force
negro suffrage on the South, that party
is still in a minority of about a million
in the United Slates. The male cUt
zons of Virginia alone woul 1 cancel*
and overleap all the Republican majori
ties in this year's elections. If a ma
jority of one section undertakes to
circumvent an 1 break down the Con
stitution, why may not a majority of
the whole people come to its roscur ?
Adventures oe a Speaker.—
A humorous contributor to the St.
Louis Republican evidently under
stands the capabilities of the English
language. He attempt to make
Johnson speecli in a Radical meeting
with the following results:
Fortunately there was but one light
in the room, and that was a tallow
candle. The first chair hurled at me
! struck it and left us all in the dark. I
! could hear them rushing toward the
stand and I made for the door. That
was a sympathizing crowd. They
couldn’t see me, hut they all felt for
me. On they came an l on l went.
Came in violent contict with the globe
like form of Old Chopps. Just far
fun I tippe 1 hint over art] crie’d out,,
i ‘‘here, hoys, L’ve gos him !’ (if J
i being of ahodt my shan'c rfud diuien
j sions, tile mob was cdsily misled, and
they piled on to him three deep. At
I made my exit at the front door I
heard him screaming for quarter. I
am sure he never got it. There was
not a quarter in all that crowd. Ones
j outside, two or three of them reeog
i nized me by the gasslight, and O, per
jsimmons! didn’t they fieeze to me
j like a hired man ? I siid something.
; about free speecli They replied With
| something about freebooters, illustra
ting their remarks with practical de.
monstrations. I boie up under it (or
before it) until I reached a pile of
bricks, and you should have seen them
scatter. Aga ; n I was ‘m ister of this
situation, and deeming discretion t'ie
better part of valor, l broke down tho
street as hard as I coul 1 tear. ‘lt takes
a strong man to break dawn a street
but I did it nevertheless.
Furlliri* I>c*|>rr.ttr Ilp.ig nos *Me-
Iterolillinuary <1 angrrut.
The oranD m,*ss welcome to con.
guess —Bcirtg profoundly impressed
with the imporfrfnc’e df the struggle
through which the country is passing,,
arid of the necessity of preserving the
results pained by its triumphs in the
field, and more recuirl/ at the pulls,
the undersigned, a commifee anpoin.
ted by the Soldier’s an 1 Sailor’s Union,
of ‘Washington, 1). C.. do in their imho
earnestly invite their comrades the 1 >v
al veterans of the Republic, with all
other friends of the great cause ot
Union and liberty, to meet in a Na
tional mass Wide tine and council t) bo
held in this, the Fedutal Capital, on
Saturday, December ihe Ist, proximo..
We ask your presence to honor ami
assure protection to the loyal rn ijority
in the Thirty-Ninth Congres - , in whom
wo recognize faithful gua-dians of our
assailed institutions ari l able suppor-’
tors of the principles involved.
Cotuc in your might! By y mfr
presence show how sternly loyalty cans
rebuke treason. Prove thereby that
the threats and insults of a treucherr
ous Executive against the legislative,
branch of Government cannot in.,
timidate a tree people. Here’ in, thn-
Fedentl capital must our grestC -
gle culminate in wise an;! equitably
legislation.- Here, then, shod!l we
semble to encourage and strengthen’
Congress—to whose hands the Con
stitution wisely entrusts the power-*t
such just action as will make peice
permanent and liberty universal.
D. S Curtis,
11. J. Hinton,
A. J. Bennett,
W. 3 Morse,
L. E. Dudley.
Correspondence is invited, and mav
be addressed, to R. J. Hinton, Wa !t
----ingfon, D. C. — Cirouvl;
Wc are pained an 1 shocke 1 t an
nounce, from many sources of reliable
information, that the above call loikx
to the establishment here en pernio-*
nenre of an organized force, to be sub
ject to the criers of Congress. What
they may be, an! what disasterous ca
lamities impend over our beloved ciirn
try, Heaven only knows. But the
rocious counsels of Butler, Wade an i
T’orney may bo “Tnrin. 1 ow
“sworl, smoking with bloody execu
tion.’’
We arc reminded by this us the
threats once made bv partisans in Xew
York, to org.itrizi an army of ten Lhotb
sand nten t encamp upon Capitol Hill*
to overawe the administration of An
irew J aim.so. l. National’ latdligpa
rer.
Oh, I annie! —Brigham Young's
daughter, Fannie, being strongly press
| e 1 to give hers df so a wealthy friend,
she said she would consent ‘mn the
condition that she shoul i have us in idy
husband* as bar liege for l hid wives.”
They diden’o push that suit much.
The estimate of tho tooacc) crop of
Virginia and North Carolina the pros
ut Ec-ason is heads..