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CARLISLE, PA.,
thnnd>7 Btornlnsr. December 5, 1807.
FAITH TO BE BEBEMDEUKD.
We desire that the people keep this
one fact constantly in their recollec
tion—that immediately after the sur
render of Lee’s army, (a few hundred
naked half-starved men,) a good feeling
prevailed in the South. Ninety-nine
out.of every hundred of the people of
the South rejoiced to see the enft of the
rebellion, and they were willing, aye,
anxious, to abolish slavery, recognize
the national debt, repudiate, the Rebel
debt, take the oath of allegiance, and at
onco recognize the authority of the gov
ernment. There was no antagonistic
feeling then between the white.s and the
blacks—both races had assisted in the
rebellion, and their-'interests under the
new; order of affairs wore Identical.—
The negroes, then free, were at once
employed by their old masters, and it
\yas understood that they were to be
cared for, schooled aial christianized as
rapidly as possible. Kvcrything looked
auspicious. Gen. Grant in his testimo
ny before the star-chamber committee
of impeachment, says: .
*• Immediately after tU** close of tho rebellion,
t n*ro wo» «\ very lino feeling manifested In the
S mth. mid I thought wo ought Ip take mlvah
titfoufit; Imt since that (here hat Veen on mVMif
••Vtuigr there."
Now, why this “-evident change
there?” All was tjuiet. all was “fine
feeling” immediately after the dose of
the rebellion. Wlmt disturbed this
feeling? The Rump Congress. This
“ line feeling” was just what the Radi
cal eonspiratons did not want. They
have retained power so long by pander
ing to the base passions of men, and by
encouraging hatred and- ill-will, Hint
they feared a “ fine feeling” as they did
a pestilence. The news from the South
astonished and alarmed them. They
therefore determined to arrest this
“fine feeling,” and the devil himself
could not have dictated a better mode
of- rooting it out than was do% - iscd by
Stevens, Suipner, Wade, Chandler, and
other infamous men, when they cut up
the South into five military Districts,
aji.d appointed five petty tyrants to lord
it over the white men of ten States.—
These military satraps, seconded as they
are by vagabonds of the Freedmen’s
Bureau, have made the South what
drunken Dick Chandler said ho wanted
—“a hell upon earth.” They have ar- j
rayed the blacks against the whites;
have encouraged the freedmen in idle
ness, impudence and crime; have urged
them on to acts of violence; have made
them believe that their old masters are
their enemies, and that sniffling New
England Yankees alone are their
friends; have elected and appointed
them—the ignorant negroes—to olllces
of trust and profit, to the detriment of
good order and the public interests. In
tine, they have transferred ten sovereign
States to the keeping of negroes, with
the information that they are hereafter
to rule and control thorn, and through
them to shape the destinies of tire whole
country. Tire negroes, ignorant, brutal
and lazy, feeling themselves masters of
the situation, refuse longer to work, but
put in their time in stealing and attend
ing meetings and Conventions, to listen
lo incendiary speeches of Himnreutt and
other scoundrels. They have become
demoralized to such atr extent, that not
one itt a hundred is willing to work air
hour. Tire feeling against the whites
1- intense, and well-grounded fears are
e rnstantly entertained that a general
massacre is contemplated, for Ilntrni
crrtt, it is evident to ali, is urging on tiro
negroes to tiro perpeiration of erinre in
.-very shape. Truly, “ there has been an
t rident change there,"
We repent, then, Unit the people
should not forget that this change of
feeling—this change of sentiment in the
South—is entirely owing to the persist
ent efforts of Radical leaders to encour
age ill-will, hatred and jealousy ho
tween tile races. The whole country
suiters because of tills feeling; t lie .South,
with all its advantages, is paralyzed;
it remains impoverished; it pays no
taxes, because it lias nothing taxable;
like a sick giant, it groans and fumes,
hut is powerless; its people are fretful
and anxious, and many of them almost
frantic.
Is it our policy to continue this state
of affairs? Must ten great, rich .Stales
be reduced to the position of non-pro
ducers, merely that a corrupt Radical
parly may live? Our National Debt,
we see it authoritatively stated, is in
creasing instead of diminishing! It is
greater now, by many millions than it
was one year ago! Cun we afford to he
governed by Radical rule longer?—
Have we not had enough and more than
enough of the negro supremacy experi
ment? Let us then’, like wise men
like men who have the welfare of the,
people and tlie country at heart—go to
work with a will against the political
gamblers who have sowed, the seeds of
discord in the Mouth. If our National
Debt is ever to ho paid off, the Mouth
must help to do it. Let the military
satraps and the Freeilmen’s Bureau be
removed, and throw the people of (lie
South upon their own resources, and in
less than ninety days we will sen a
change for the better.
THE STRIFE OP HACKS.
The Convention to make n Constitu
tion for Louisiana clccte I a negro tor its
temporary Chairman, and a like Con
vention in Alabama, by the vote of a
majority, composed chiefly of negrqes,
disfranchised from forty to fifty thou
sand white citizens of that State. These
are facts well fitted to arrest the earnest
attention of the entire white people of
the country. They show to what length
the unscrupulous and desperate Radical
Republh an party will go in degrading
the whites and elevating the blacks, in
order to keep perpetual hold of political
power in the land. But that is nor nil
they show. They indicate something
far more important. And what? Tins;
A purpose to put into the hands of the
negroes of the country—certainly at the
South—that balance of power, that cast
ing vote in our Presidential and Con
gressional elections, which will enable
the black nwe to be the actual dominant
and ruling element in our national poli
tics, and, of course, thegoverning power
in the Federal Government! In other
words, thirty-odd millions of white
people in the United States, are, by a'
trick of Congress, to be deprived of all
practical control in the National Gov
ernment, and three millions of ignorant
Africans are to be made, on the princi
ple that the smallest and most worth
less pebble will turn an ovenly balanced i
scale, the preponderant and directive
power In our political system 11! This
fact is coming out clearer and clearer
every hour from the dim ami ferment
ing and slowly crystalizing chaos of onr
affairs, and if (ho while people do not
rise in defence of their own sovereignty
they will see it snatched away by a mis
erable minority of.seini-civilizod Ethio
pians! !
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
A Washington correspondent of tire
Philadelphia Inrjuircr, in a late letter to
that paper, says:
‘•The public d»*l>t statement will bo Issued
about tin* oih r»f December, when, .to the surprise
nf mnny. 11 will bo found that Instead nfn reduc
tion, there will be found n considerable lucrea.se
of the public debt.”
The correspondent is right when he
says that this statement will surprise
many. “Instead of a reduction, there
will he found a considerable increase oi
the public debt!" The people may well
feel anxious, well feel alarmed at the
dismal prospect before them. Taxed as
no other people under the canopy o(
heaven .ire taxed, they see the public
debt,on the increase, with the certain
•prospect of additional taxation to fol
low. . Aye, some people will be “sur
prised.” We are not of that number.—
When wo see hundreds of millions ol
dollars swallowed up by a Freedmen’s
Bureau ; when we see five military sa
traps stationed in the Southern States,
backed by a standing army forty thou
sand strong; when we see a million ol
negroes feeding on Government rations,
and churches, academies, school-houscr
and dwellings built for them at the ex
pense of the U. S. Treasury; when w«*
see corruption recognized and defended
Iby Radical officials; when we see de
| moralization throughout the land, and
i thousands of men making money by »
their wits instead of hy labor; when we j
-see our State legislators corrupted and j
bought up by grasping monopolies and !
dishonest demagogues; when we see 1
three or four hundred thousand dollars !
spent by the Hump Congress in a pre- |
tended attempt to impeach the Presi- '
dent; when we notice all these things, ■
we say, we arc not of those who ex- I
peeled to see the National Debt dimin- \
ished. It never will be diminished so |
long as Radical plunderers have control
of the affairs of government. On the
contiary, it will be increased from year
to year, until at last the patient people,
tired and harassed with the unbeara
ble burden, will throw it from them,
and defy the tax-gatherers.
Radical spoutera are constantly warn
ing the people against a sentiment that
squints at repudiation. This, is proper
enough, but wo tell these gentlemen
that when the people sec their taxes
squandered upon lazy negroes, and
stolen by Massachusetts Yankees; when
they see the debt of the nation, in a
time of profound, peace, increasing, they
are in no humor to give ear to the ap
peals, that are made to them about our
national glory and our plighted faith. !
They will not bo taxed to death, merely j
to feed Radical officials and Southern :
negroesand if this extravagance, cor- |
ruplion, and unlawful giving away of !
the public money are to go on, no one
cr.n predict the end.
Our National Debt on the increase!—
A frightful fact. Our government at
peace, and with a revenue of over a
million of dollars a day—all from the ! ;
pockets of its own people—is running in j
I debt! ,'What a commentary upon Rad- 1
I ical rule. Lot the people, then, as they j
j love their country, and desire to see it 1
; meet all its obligations, rho in their \
] might and majc.Viy, and throw off the I
| incubus that is pressing them to the
• earth. “Give us a change!” should i
jbo their watch-words henceforth. Let i
I this sentiment—these words—be their'
: cloud hy day, and their pillar of fire by
j night, and let them speak out with a
boldness’and determination that v. ill
cause Radical plunderers and pegro
worshlppers to tremblc-ifi their shoes.—
It is time they should look to their in
terests ; tiipe'they should throttle the
men who,aresqimnderingtheir money;
time that- they take the affairs of the na
tion into their own keeping. Lot them,
we say again,, he up and doing, and res
cue our disgraced and tottering country
from the fate that threatens it.
(0.M.i111, taitvCK I’OI.ITK'S.
A number of (ictie.o. omul's (longreKslnnal
friotubs ui;u wwlim him lo publu-lv announce, aL
Ihe curliest con veil cut o|i)n>rlunUy, htu ay mm*
thy wit h the Itcpuhllcim put iy. and his prlvalolv
fNprcw.ti/1 hcllcl that t<» them, ami to them on It,
should be oondded the I'lmmr ileslmv of tlie
country. Theysu.x that, there is a growing dls-
Mit i.i/uctlon with his continued silence that will
nm he cany lo assume* unless U ihsooii oorro. ted.
All agree that his te.Mhmmy before the Judiciary
Committee has not tended to strengthen him
with the itepnhlicnn party.— H'usMn&nn (,b rrc»-
pomtnnf n/ Jniiltflcljihiu Inquirer,
What a hS'gruilating confession! It
seems that Gen, Grant is fairly besieged
by members 'pf the black and tan fac
tion, who are urging him to express the
belief that “ to 'them, and to them only,
should be contkWd the future destiny of
the country.” Whatsuperlative impu
dence. Why, Gbn. Grant has said that
these very men are the most dangerous
enemies the country lias. There is “ a
growing, dissatisfaction with his contin
ued silence.” Oh, dear! Who cares?
Gen. Grant knows that the people have
condemned the Radical conspirators,
and lie Is not going to h*nd his name to
assist them out of the “ slough of des
pond,” in which they are now flounder
ing. II is testimony before the impeach
ment conspiracy committee is proof that
he is firmly and decidedly with the
President in his views, and it is not
much wonder that his testimony “has
not tended to strengthen him with the
Republican party.” No one but a fool
ever supposed that Grant could fora
moment, endorse the treason, corrup
tion and villainy of the black and tan
party. No man worthy the name of a
soldier eve** has or ever will endorse the
treasonable doings of the men who do
their work “ outside the Constitution.”
Grant is rot with the Radicals; that is
certain, lie is opposed “to the traitors
at the other end of the.line,” and lias
no love for thieves. Let them whine,
and fume and fret—they cannot get
Grant to endorse them. Poordcvils.
A New Daily.— The “ Dally Slate
Guard,” la the title of a new Republican
paper, started in Harrisburg, on Monday
lust, urder the joint proprietorship of J.
Robloy Dunglison, Wein Korney, and
Levi Kauffman, Esqis. Its typographi
cal appearance is fresh and neat, its edi
torials evince ability and sprightliness,
and its tone is the bitterest radical. We
trust it will bo an Improvement on the
Telegraph us to dignity and decency,—
With a commendable enterprise in get*
ting the latest telegraphic news, such as
is found in the New York and Philadel
phia papers of the same day'.it ought to
meet with considerable pecuniary suc
cess.
1 Oil ANT AND HIE RADICAL
j CONSPIRATORS.
Thej testimony, of Gen. Grant before
the Impeachment star-chamber com
mittee, has knocked the noise out of the
Radical conspirators, for it goes to show
that Grant stood firmly by Lincoln and
Johnson, and endorsed their views on
the .subject of reconstruction. General
Grant’s testimony is plain and explicit,
and he declares that President John
son’s plan of reconstruction 44 was the
same plan which had been inaugurated
by Lincoln.” Mr. Johnson was
anxious to carry Mr. Lincoln’s plan
‘right through,” and so was General
Grant. And yet for doing this the
Rump Congress, at an expense of more
chan a half million of dollars, has at
tempted to impeach the President!—
The testimony of Gen. Grant is a most
triumphant answer to the President’s
assailants, and wo ask our readers to pe
ruse it carefully and to say whether the
men who have been talking about im
peachment are not eonsjurators and
traitors. ButioGeu..Grant , Btestimony.
Here it is. Let it .he reacl and.*re*rcad
by an indignant and‘outraged,people:
Gen. Grant, being’duly swdrn, said in*
uiswer to questions:
I have seen the Presidco t-yery frequent
ly in reference to the condition’of affairs
.ti the Rebel States. ‘ When I was asked
. o be at a Cabinet meeting, it was because
*ome question was up in. which, as Gen
eral ol the Army, t was interested. lam
ml aware of any, interview with the
President on amnesty. I have occasion
tiiy recommended, n person for amnesty,
t thought myself lit that time that there
was no reason why, because a person had
risen to the rank of a General he should
ue excluded from amnesty any more than
•me who had failed to reach that rank.—
i spoke on that point. I did not see much
reason for the $211,1100 clause. These are
the only two points that I remember to
nave spoken of at the lime. I afterward,
towever, told.him thutl thought he was
much nearer right cm the $20,001) clause
than I was. 1 was present when the
proclamation was react in Cabinet, but
my views were not asked. I never gave
my opinion to the President that it would
he belter at that time to issue a proclama
tion of amnesty.
URGES LKNIKNOV TO CONFEDERATE
GENERALS.
Q. Did you ever give your opiuion to
the President that hsjjrochmmtion in
terfered with the stipulations between
yourselfand Gen. Lee? A. No, Sir. I
frequently hud to intercede for Gen. Leo
and other paroled officers, on the ground
ihut their parole, so long as they obeyed
die laws of the United States, protected
them from arrest and trial. The Presi
dent contended that they should be pun
ished. I told him not so long us they
obeyed the laws and compiled with the
stipulation. This was the ground I took.
Q. Did you not also insist that that
applied as well to the common soldier?—
A. Of course; it applied to every one
who took the parole, but that matter was
not canvassed except in case of some of
the leaders ; I claimed that in surrender
ing their armies and their arms, they hud
done what they could not all of them
have been compelled to do, asa.porliou
of them could have escaped; but they
surrendered In consideration of the fact
f hat they ware to.be exempt from trial so
‘ong as they conformed to the obligations
•hey had taken ; and they were entitled
to that.
Q. You looked on that in the nature
of a parole, and held that they could only
he tried when they violated the parole?
A. Yes; that was the view I-took of the
question.',
Q. ! That is your-view still. A. Yew,
sir; unquestionably.
X Q,. Did you understand that to apply
to'Gen, Lee? A. Certainly.
Q. ' That was. your understanding of
the arrangement which you made with
Gen." Lee? A, That was my under
standing nfjhe stry&ngement which I gave
voluntarily.
i'mi considered that the like terms
were glveu. fc-y Gen. Sherman to the ar
mies which Vurmulered to him? A. —
Yes sir; and to all the armies ihalsur
remlerwVafter that.
Q. :Amd you held that so long ns they
kept their parole of honor, and obeyed
ibe laws, they were notsnhjeel to be tried
by courts? A. That is my opinion.
I will .state here that I am not quite
certain whether I am being tried or who
is being tried bylhe questions asked.
Mr. Kldridge. i am not trying any
body. lam inquiring vs to the President’s
proclamation, and to the views ho enter
rained. Did you give these views to the
President?
General Grant. X have stated those
views to tlie President frequently, and,
a* I have said, he disagreed with me in
those views. He insisted on it that the
leaders must be punished, ami wanted to
know when tlie time would eome that
those persons could lie tried., I told him
when they violated their parole.
Q. Did you consider that that applkal
to Jeff. Davis? A, No, sir, he did not
lake any parole.
Q. lie did not surrender? A. No,
sir. It applied to no person who was cap
tured, only to those who were paroled.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND OENRRAD I.EE
Q. Did the President insist that Gen.
Lee should be tried for treason ? A. He
contended for it.
Q. And you contended that the
parole which Gen. Lee had given would
be violated in such a trial? A. I did.—<
I insisted ou It that Gen. Lee. would not
have surrendered his army and given up
all their arms if lie supposed that after
aurrenderiiig'he was going to bo tried for
treason and hanged. I thought wo got a
very good equivalent for the lives of a few
leaders in getting all their arms and get
ting thcmaelceH linder bound by
their oaths to obey the laws. That was
the consideration which I insisted upon
wo had received.
CL Did tlie President argue that ques
tion with you ? A. There was not much
argument about it. It was merely asser
tion.
Q,. After you had expressed your opin
ion about it did he coincide with you?—
'A. No, sir, not then. He afterward got
to agreeing with me on that subject.
Q,. Do you recollect at what time you
hud these conversations? Can you state
any particular time, or up to any particu
lar lime when they were finished ? A.—
The conversations were frequentafter the
inauguration of Mr. Johnson. I cannot
give the lime, He seemed to bo anxious
to get at the leaders to punish them. He
would say that tlie leaders of the rebel
lion must be punished, and that treason
must be made odious. He cared nothing
for tlie men in tlie ranks, the common
men ; lie would let them go for they were
led into it by the leaders.
Q. Was that prior or subsequent to his
proclamation f A. It was subsequent I
think.
AMNESTY PROCLAMATION.
Q. Do you recollect at any time urg
ing the President to go further in grant
ing amnesty thun lie had gone in his
proclamation? A. Just as I eald before,
I could not see any reason why the fact
of u volunteer rising to the rank of a
General should exclude him any more
than any other grades. With reference
to the $2'J,OOO clause I thought that a
man’s success in the world was no reason
for his being excluded from amnesty, hut
I recollect afterward saying to the Presi
dent that 1 thought he was right in that
particular and X was wrong.
Q. Was that said to yon in conversa
tion ? A. I have heard him say It a
number of times; he said it to me. and
he said it in my presence at the time that
delegations were coming up to him from
the South.
Q. What persons do you recollect as
being present at these conversations—l
mean, what Southern men? A. I did
not know them at all ; I recollect that on
one occasion he talked ton delegation
from Richmond in that way ; [do not
know of any other; I never changed my
vews; if he was going to -give amnesty
to a soldier at all, I did not sec why the
fact of a (nun’s having risen to the rank
of a General should be a reason for ex
cluding him.
Q. Did you not advise the President
that, it was proper and right ho should
grant amnesty ? A. 1 know that I was
in favor of some proclamation, and per
haps I may have said so; it was neces
sary to do something h>establish govern
ments and civil law there; I wanted to
see that done, but do not think X over
pretended to dictate what ought to be
done, ' 1
Q. Did you not advise? A. I have
given my opinion, perhaps, os to what
bus been done, but I do not think I ad
vised any course myself, any mure than
Hint I was Very anxious to see something
done to restore civil governments in
those Slates.
Q. Did you ever give your opinion at
nil to the President as to what should he
done? A. Ido not think I did ; after
mutters were (lone I was willing to ex
press uu opinion for or against particular
clauses.
Q. I suppose the President called on
you for advice on those questions? A. •
I say I was in favor, ami so expressed
myself, of something being done to re
store civil rule there immediately, ns near
as it could be done under the circumstan
ces.
By Mr, Woodbridgc.—Q. I understand
your position to be this: Tuut you did
not assume to originate or inaugurate any
policy, but that when any question came
up, and your opinion was asked as to
wlmt the President was going to do or
had done, you gave an opinion? A
That is it exactly, and 1 presumed the
whole Committee so understood me;/
simply expressed an anxiety that some
thing should be done to gUe some sort of
control down (here ; there were ho govern ••
inc7its (here when the war was over , and L
wanted tosce some government established
and wauled to see it done quickly ; I did
7w( pretend to say how it should be done,
or in whatform.
By Mr. Eldridge.— Q, In expressing
the opinion that something should be
done and done quickly, did you make u
suggestion of wlmtoughtto he done? A.
No, sir; I will stale here that before Mr.
Lincoln's assassination (he question about
issuing a proclamation of some sort and
establishing some sort of civil government
there was up , and what was done (hen was
coiiiinucd o/ta' Mr: Johnson came into
office. ' ■ ~ .
Q, Did you give your opinion on that
after it was done? A. I was present, I
think, twice during Mr. Lincoln’s ad
ministration when a proclamation Chut
hud been prepared was rend; after Ids
assassination it continued right along,
and X was there with Mr. Johnson.
Q- Did you give President Johnson
your opinion on the subject of the proc
lamation which you say was up before
Mr. Lincoln’s death and was continued
afterward? A. I say I have given my
opinion on particular, passages of it.
Q. Toll ns what conversation you had
with the President on the subject, as far
as you recollect? A. I have said once
or twice, as far as I recollect, I disagreed
with two clauses of the proclamation ; as
to the plan of establishing Provisional
governors there, that was a question
which I knew nothing about, and which
I do not recollect having expressed an
opinion about; the only opinion 1 recol
lect having expressed on that subject at
all was to the Secretary of War; I
thought there would be some difficulty in
getting people down there to accept offi
ces, but I found afterward they were
ready enough to take thorn.
RECOMMENDS CERTAIN GENERALS FOR
PARDON.
Q,. Did you recommend,certain Gen
erals of the Confederate army to the Pre
sident for pardon, who fell within exemp
tions?
A. Ycb, sir; I recommended General
Longstreet. I think, a year and a half
ago and, although I cannot-recollect
the name of anybody else* I think I re
commended several others.
Q. Do you recollect recommending J.
G. French, a graduate of West Point?—
A. Yes, sir.
Q. What part did he take in the Re
bellion? A. He was u Brigadier-Gener
al.
Q. Was he a graduate of West Point ?
A. Ho was, and u classmate of mine.
,Q. Do you recollect recommending
the pardon of Geo. H. Stuart? A. Yes,
sir. /
Q. What part did did he take in the
confederate service? A. He was a Gen
eral ; he took no very conspucions part.
Q, Do you recollect Lloyd J. Dean
“Deal?” A. Yes. air.
Q. Did you sign an application or
make a recommendation fo> liin pardon ?
A. Ido not think the records will allow
that I recommended his pardon, but I
am not sure; 1 know that ho sent Ills
application through me with request that
I should send it to the President with
some endorsement j my recollection is
that I made some endorsement us to his
general character, which, was high, up to
the breaking out of the war, as any man's
could be.
Q. Were you acquainted- with him
previous to the breaking out of the war ?
A. Oli yes, sir, for many years ; I don’t
think 1 recommended him, but X may
have done so.
Q. Do you recollect P. D. Roddy, said
to be a Rebel Brigallier-Geiieral ? A. Yes,
sir. Ido not recollect what my endorse
ment was in Roddy’s case, but I know
that if I had to do it over again I would
recommend his pardon very quickly, and
I presume I did so. If he is not pardon
ed yet I would be very glad to sign a re
commendation for him now.
Q. Do you recollect any other officers
of tiie Hebei army who were recommen
ced for pardon by you ? A. No. sir, I
cannot mention any. You have already
gone over a bigger list than I thought !
had recommended.
GENERALS LEE AND JOHNSON.
Cl. Did you ever advise the pardon of
Oen. Dee? A. Yes, sir; Genera] Dee
forwarded his application for amnesty
through me, and I forwarded it to tile
President, approved ; I do not recollect
having had any conversation with the
President on that subject;' I think ilpro
bnblo Hint I recommended the pardon of
General Johnson immediately after the
surrender of his army, on account of the
address he delivered to it, which 1 con
sidered in good tone and spirit; 1 recol
lect speaking, of that; and saying that I
should be glad if Qcn. Johnson received
his pardon on acconnt'of the manhj man
ner in which he addressed his troops. I
supposed his pardon would have a good
olivet; do not remember that I spoke to
the Secretary ol War on the subject.
UNIVERSAL AMNESTY
By Mr, Williams— l do not recollect
having had any conversation on the sub
ject of universal amnesty. I could not
have recommended such a thing, because
I never was in favor of it until the time
shall come when it is safe.
Q. You state that you differed with
tiie President as to two points in the pro
clamation, but that his views afterward
changed, citato when the President’s
mind changed and underwent a change.
A. It would be very hard, I reckon, to
lix it, but it was along in the summer of
1805, not more titan two or three months
after tile North Carolina proclamation of
May 20. When I said that the Presi
dent’s views underwent a change, I
meant that while' I was contending for the
rights which those rebel paroled soldiers
had he was insisting on it that they should
be punished. I recollect the'North Caro
lina proclamation, which was the first
one giving a State, government; was
present when it was read, and it was in'
the direction T wanted; I was anxious to
see a temporary government there, and I :
did not want to see anarchy.
Q,. Did you give any opinion in favor
of that proposition? A. I did notglve
any opinion against, it; X did not want
all chaos left there and no form of civil,
government whatever; I was not in.fa
vor of anything or opposed to anything
particularly; I was simply in favor of
having government there; I did not pre
tend to give my judgment ns to what It
should he: I was perfectly willing to
leave it to tiie civil department.
lU3 VIEWS OP THE RIGHTS OF REBEL
SOLDIERS UNDER THE PAROLE.
-B.V Mr. T/iomas.—Q,. You have stated
your opinions us to the rights and prlvir
leges of General Lee and his soldiers;
did you mean that to include any political
right# ? A. I have explained that I did
not. There was no difference of opinion
on thus jioini between President Johnson
and me, but there was as to whether the
parole gave them any privileges or rights.
By Mr. Bldridgc—Q, Ho claiming
Chat it did not, and you that it did? A.
He claiming I hat the time must come when
they could be tried and punished, and I
claiming that the time would not come, ex
cept by vfotaiiqn of their parole. I claimed
that X gave them no political privilege*,
but that 1 had a right as military com
mander to arrange terms of surrender,
which toould protect the lives of those pris
oner#. I believe that it Is conceded by
everybody th»t J hwl that right, I know
that Mr, Lincoln conceded it at the time.
ADMISSION OP MEMHEHB OP CONGRESS.
Q. Have you at any time- heard the
President makeauy remark in reference
to the admission of members of Congress
from the Rebel States into either House?
A. I cannot say positively wlmt I have
heard him say on that subject. X have
heard him say as much', perhaps, in his
published speeches lust summer as I ever
heard him say at all upon that subject. X
have heard Idm say, and I think X have
heard him say twice in ins speeches, that
If the North carried the elections by mem
bers enough to give thetn , with the South
ern metnbers, a majority, why ivould they
7\otbc the Congress of the United States f I
have heard Aim say that several times.
By Mr. Williams— Q,. When you’say
“ the North,” you nuan the Democratic
party of the North ; - or, in other words,
the party favoring Ids- policy? A. I
mean if the North cameu.ehough mem
bers in favor of the-admission of the
South. I did not hear him say that he
would recognize them ,08’h Congress. I
merely heard him ask the question,
“ Why would they notbetho Congress?”
I heard him say that in one or. : two
speeches; do not recollect wherb.
By Mr. BoulweU.—Q,. Have ymi heard
him mhke a remark Ulndreddb'that else
where? A. Yes. I have heard him say
that aside from Ids speeches—in conver
sation. Cannot sayjust when. It was
probably about iiiaftime. ,
Q. Have you’heard him at any time
make any remark or suggestion', concern
ing the legality of Congress, with the
Southern members excluded? A. He
alluded to thftt subject frequently on hjs
tour to Chicago ami back last Slimmer.
His .'speeches were generally reported
with considerable accuracy: cannot re
collect what he said except in general
terms,hut I read his speeches at the time,
and they were reported with considerable
accuracy. Ido not recollect having heard
him say anything private on that subject
especially; I never heard him allude to
thd Executive Department of the Gov
ernment. / never heard hint make ««,?/
remark looking to the controversy between
the Executive and Congress.
JOHNSON’S RECONSTRUCTION PLAN IDEN
TICAL WITH LINCOLN’S.
By Mr, Marshall —Q,. I understand you
to say that you wore very anxious at the
close of the war that.civil governments
should be established in some form, ami
you so advised the President? A. Iso
stated frequently in his presence, hut I
advised no particular form of proceeding.
Q.' Were you presen t when this North
Carolina proclamation was read In Cabi
net? A. I would not be certain, but am
of the opinion that the first time I beard
it read was in presence of the President
and the Secretary of War only.
Q,. Did you assent to that plan ? A. I
did not dissent from it; it was a civil
matter, and although I was anxious to
have something done, I did not Intend
to dictate a plan ; I do not think I ex
pressed any opinion about it at ttie time ;
Ido not think I was asked my views; I
know that if I had been asked tho ques
tion, I would have assented to that or al
most anything else that would have giv
en stable government there’; in reference
to the opinion I gave the President on
tho Amnesty Proclamation, I think 1
have testified pretty fully; I told (he Pro
vident I disagreed with him in the clauses
excluding Volunteer Generals and as to
the $20,000 clause ; I do not say anything
as to the rest of it, whether it was too le
nientortoo stringent; can state what I
thought about it, but not what I said
about it; I know that immediately after
the close of tho rebellion there was a very
fine feeling manifested In the South, and
I’thought we ought to take advantage of
it as soon as possible, but since that there
has been an evident change there. I may
have expressed my views to tho Presi
dent; I do not recollect particularly. I.
do not suppose that .there were any per
sons engaged in that consultation who
thoiight.of what was being done at that
time as lasting any longer than un-,
til Congress would meet and cither ratify l
that or establish some other form of gov-'
eminent. I know it never crossed my
mind that what was being done was any
thing more than temporary. I understood
this to be the view of the* President and
of every body else. I did not.* know of
any difference of opinion on the subject.
He was very anxious td have Congress
ratify bis views. Mr. Lincoln, prior to his
assassination, had inaugurated a policy
intended to restore those governments. I
was present once before bis - murder when
a plan was read. Tho plan adopted by
Mr. Johnson was substantially the plan
which had been inaugurated by Mr. Lin
coln as the basis for future action. Ido
not know that it was verbatim the same.
I think the very paper which I heard
read twice while Mr. Lincoln was Presi
dent was the one which was curried right
through.
Q. What paper was that? A. The
North Carolina proclamation.
Q,. You stated that the North Carolina
proclamation was a continuation of the
project submitted by Mr. Lincoln ; I
wish to inquire of you whether you ever
compared them, to ascertain whether
they were the same or not? A. No, sir,
I never compared them ; I took them to
be the very, very same paper; they were
substantially the same, if not the very
same.
WESTON TIIE PEDESTRIAN,
Edward Payson Weston, the young
American pedestrian, began hia walk
of 1,2273 miles, from Ponland Me., to
Chicago, 111., on the 29th of October, at
12 o’clock, noon. The feat was attemp
ted on a wager of $lO,OOO that Weston
could not perform tiie distance in 30
days, resting four Sundays on tiie trip.
It was stipulated that lie should, on
some one day of tiie 26, walk 100 miles
in 24 hours; and that failing in tiie five
different trials allowed him, he should
forfeit $6,0:10 or six-tenths of his stake.
In every one of these trials he failed.—
The tim'd attempt was a failure of such
J; 03 to excite strong suspicions
that Weston did not intend to accom
plish tiie feat proposed. When lie
reached Cincinnati, Ohio, 91 miles from
Silver Creek, ins starting-point in the
100-mile tramp, he had but nine miles
to make, and three hours and 7 min
utes to make it in—an average of less
than 3 miles an hour. He had fre
quently averaged 4}, 43, and even more
than 5 miles an hour for hours together,
and when he readied Conueaut, was in
first-rate condition and fine spirits. His
failure toywntinuo the trial from Con
neaut cannot be accounted for, except
on the ground that he was not his own
master, but was entirely under tiie
guidance and control of his attendants,
for the prevailing opinion is that Wes
ton is an honest man. He remained at
Conneaut over Sunday, Nov. 17, and
on Monday, 18, at dawn, started for
Painesville, 42 miles away. This point
he reached at 1 o’clock, p. m. Here ho
dined, and then resumed his tramp.
Ho entered the Forest-City at midnight
29 miles further on, and took his de
parture again at 2:39 o'clock onthe af
ternoon of the 19th. ' He had it very
enthusiastic, reception In Cleveland.—
At Fremont, on the 21st, the crowd
pressedjipon him so closely that it was
feared Jje would sustain serious Injury,
but the police succeeded, ip keeping
them off.' Whether they intended per
sonal injury, ortho rush was merely the
result of tiie excitement which prevail
ed, is a mooted question. Weston
reached Toledo at 2 a. m, oh' the 22d
and after a rest of 12 hours started again’
to attempt, the fourth tithe, the feat of
walking 100 miles in 24 hours, between
that point and Bryan; Ohio He made
Stryker, Ohio, 60 mile- from Toledo at
2.20 o’clock, a. m. on the 23d, again
abandoning the 100-rnile feat. He left
again at noon, arriving at Edgorton
about 5.30 o’clock, stopping there for
supper, ieaving again at 6.85, and rench
mg Waterloo at 11.30, where he stopped
until the-25th. He stinted again on
Monday, -olh, on his fifth and last ai
t.e‘nl>“,t(? kccompllsh the 100-mile feat.
At D o clock that night he was at South
Bend, Jndiana, having made 80 miles
in 21 hours, and having but 14 miles to
8 ‘' ourB -. H«re he stopped,and
his fifth attempt, like all the others,
was a failure. His excuse for the lns{
failure is that Indiana miles are longer
than those marked off in other States
and complains very bitterly of the met
thaton tiie 25th of November ho walked
at least 10 miles more than ho is cred
ited with. On Tuesday the ?pt)i, he
started to finish Jus wall; 1,2373 miles,
Of which he had then only 62} to
make. At 5 a, m. of the 27th ho
left Laporto, Indiana, 22 miles dis
tant, and reached Chicago this morning
at 10 o’clock, and won Ids wager.—
The excitement ou his arrival was in
tense. For miles out from the city the
roads were thronged all the morning
with people (unions to greet the young
pedestrian, and the streets through
which he passed to reach the Sherman
House, where he now is, were packed
with people. The police had some dif
ficulty in making a way for him, the
crowd w;cro so iin atient to give him a
welcome; but ho was finally escorted to
his room at the Sherman House in safe
ty. He says that the attempt to walk
100 miles, starting from Silver Creek, N
failed because Ids feet were badly swol-,
len., He reached Conneaut,9l miles, in'
good condition otherwise, and asserts
positively, that he could have made the
remaining 0 miles in the 2 hours, 87
minutes loft, but that his attendants
woutd not allgw him to start. They ar
gued thata cwUimmtion of the tramp
on badly blistered feet would Jeopardize
the final result; and he thinks they
were right. On the second attempt,
slartingfroin Toledo, he walked 85 inwj|a
in 11 hours 10 minutes. This broitgprT
him to Stryker, Ohio, which lie hud been
informed was only 12 miles from Toledo.
On.ipaking inquiries ho became’satis
fied'that still greater discrepancies ex
isted between the figures on Ids carefully
prepared time-table »nd those-lurnishcd
him by intelligent residents of the
places through which he passed. Ho
will publish a full statement in a few
days. In regard to the last trial, from
Waterloo to South Bend, Xml., 86 miles,
lie says that the whole Journey, from
beginning to end, was made in rain and
fog, and, over the worst roads lie has
ever traveled. When he started from
Waterloo (at midnight), the rain was
falling in torrents, and it was so dark
that it was necessary to employ a guide
to lead with a lantern, and two men to
light the pedestrian. A‘Jl night long,
through KcndallvdlOf Brimficld, and
Wawaska, to Ligonier, a distance of
more than 40 miles (the time-table says
35), his route was over' muddy roads
and under a drenching rain. Along the
roads, he says, the people from the farms
and villages had collected to see him,
and nearly every wayside church and
school was occupied by men and wom
en driven from the roads by the storm.
These buildings were all lighted and
heated, and until hebecamcaccuslomed
to the novel sight he thought the pious
residents of the country were holding
religious meetings, and their children
attending night-school. He made Lig
onier in nine hours At Goshen they
sent out a brass band to play for him
almg the road to. Elkhart, 12 miles.—
At Goshen the wagon-horses tired out
for the third time since the start from
Utica, were shipped by rail to Laporte.
At South Bend he was received with
the greatest enthusiasm. Outside of the
town he was met by a squad of 50 | o
licemon, who had been detailed to pro
tect him and lead him in safety to the
town. Here he felt great larigue, and
flatly refused to move an inch further,
although he had 3 hours and 7 minutes
in which to make but 14 miles. u After
the terrible journey I had made,” said
he, “I felt that the remaining 14 miles
would be the longest walk I had ever
undertaken.”
MISSISSIPPI.
A ftfnrdlnor Ercnt-Armcil Ncgrora Itlnrcla In
to u 311*MlMRtii|»I Town unci Demand lircntl.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 23.—For some
time a great deal of dissatisfaction has ex
isted among the freedrnen in tho neigh
borho.od-qf.Columbus. Mississippi. They
ha.d quit .work*, and left.the Helds white
•with eoupn, and would not pluck a ball,.
..thg reason’given for-such action being
: >that their share of the crop >vouid not pay
t th,eir expenses for the year, owingjo the
tax ;on the staple and the low price to
which it had (alien. As soon as
fused to work, as a mutter of course they ,
had to leave the plantation and give up
their houses to other laborers who would
work. They then took to the woods, and
commenced a system of indiscriminate
pilfering and stock-killing. About two
hundred of them have been assembled in
tlie neighborhood of Columbus Mississ
ippi. since the beginning of the election,
and.have become a perfect nuisance and
terror to the neighborhood.
At the request of the citizens a company
of United States troops have been station
ed at Coluiu, bus, for the protection of the
lives and property of the people. When
this bund of vuguboiiizecl negroes had ex
hausted the country of everything which
was steulabic. they determined to make
a raid upon the town of Columbus in full
force. They were all armed, and, pro
curing a life ami drum, they marched in
to the town demanding bread. Not one
of them asked for work ; . they did not
want that. Bread was.all their cry, and
they were about commencing an indis
criminate robbery .when the United fcj tales
troops appeared on the ground and dis
armed them first, and then dispersed
them. The ringleaders were taken into
custody. Whataecene of bloodshed and
robbery we would have to relate had it
not been for the fortunate presenccof the
troops, we shudder to think of.
This is the first attempt at a bread riot
which has ever occurred in the {South,
but how long it will be until they become
common it takes no far-seeing prophet to
fortcll. The. negroes all through the
country are becoming most thoroughly
demoralized under the teachings of the
.Radical hyenas, who counsel and incite
them at every fence corner, to their own
destruction. They now positively, in
many localities, refuse to work; will
make no contracts with the planters ful
ly expecting the division of land so lon**
promised them by their Radicals leaders.
Bunds of from three to fifty are roaming
through Mississippi in every direction a
terror and a nuisance, not only to the
planter but to the industrious of their
own color. How long this state of affairs
can continue without scenes of riot and
bloodshed depends upon the forbearance
of the white man. A spark may ignite
the train which will redden the horizon
with the blaze of burning houses, and in
itiate a conflict between the races bloody
and remorseless.
Disloyal Radicals. -Stokes, tire Rad
ical member of the Rump from Tennes
see, it has been shown upon the floor of
that institution, by authenticated docu
ments, was very “disloyal’' during the
early period of the war, and his Radical
colleagues.hud not a show of “loyal”
character during the whole period. Bo
sides this they were all “ elected” under
the Browuloyv usurpation and by negro
“ votes,!’ hence they are doubly deserving
of rejeet’on, yet the Radical Rumpers
have taken them gladly into full fellow
ship and membership, because of their
nogrolsm Without a dissenting voice or
murmur. This same Stokes, It turns out,
is the author of the term “ liincoln’s hire
lings.” In 18H1, «f which time he was a
veritable fire-eater, he wrote the “Dun
cun letter,” In which he made terrible
til reals against “ Dlacfihi's hirelings” In
case they dared to invade the sovereign
State of Tennessee, Buch are tiie sort of
fellows'who occupy seats in Congress
now, making no tiie Hadiciil majority
and “ reconstructing” the .Southern'
Stales into negro governments. What
Infamy!
At tiie last session of the Rump the
Eads who have received tills .Stokes ami
his fellows with open arms, excluded the
whole Kentucky delegation, and appoint
ed a smelling committee” to find out
something “ disloyal” agaimittfieiii so as
to permanently exclude them. During
thesuimner vacation thatcoiqmlttee tried
its utmost to discover or invent some
thing uppn which tiie Bump could con
tinue tiie exclusion, but they have at last
been compelled to report that they could
discover nothing against them in the way
of disloyalty except, perhaps, a sympa
thelio feeling for persons engaged anon
the side of the Tel>ell ion. No actlon mus
yet been taken in the matter, but Jt is
quite certain that their continued cXeliia
ion wil! be continued upon t&repon
trivial as it in.—Patriot and Union. * '
A Drst;ucfi3iNu 06uqh, causes the
friends oj'. the, suflerer almost’ is much
palu as himself, and should
rec’olve immediate attention. Dr. Winter's
Cherry speedily cures
ittfluonsja, (sure throat, Ac.
\vUUWays rpUeve coiiaomptiqu,
IP w 9'l atleatyd eases it has effected
q petfeut cute, u
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
The Impeachment Eleph»nf-«Whnt W*l* U>®
XtadleaU do With It-iA Woßfc-Unred »wl-
Them Dare to Fmy nnd
Uat»>Tbe Financial Isaac— «r*ot ana
' Johnson.
Correspondence American Volunteer.
Washington, d. C., Doc. 2,1867.
The Radicals, with the Impeachment muddle
on their hands, are In tho same flx ns tho Indi
vidual who drew tho elephant at a lottery. They
don’t know what tho do'll to do with It. If they
lot It go by the board, they lose all their stock In
trade, and are about ready to go Into political
bankruptcy. If they keep It on hands over win
ter, It will eat off Its own head .and theirs too.—
Kvidenily they have already "seen tho ele
phant" to their entire satisfaction. Since tho
liiajorlty and minority reports ol tho Judiciary
TCoininilloe were submined to tho House,, tho
/friends and the opposers of Impeachment have
been actively at work In drumming up their for
ces ; but It Is confidently asserted that tho heav
iest vote that can bo polled lot* Impeachment Is
flfty-soven; and notwithstanding all Uio Intense
bitterness of tho impeachers. no appliance of
party pressure can change the count. When tho
question comes up on Wednesday .there will
doubtless be some heavy speech-making, ami a
considerable display ol Congressional pyrotech
nics, but after all, it Is generally believed tho
matter will bo laid on tho table, and a vote of
censure on tho President, and of want of confi
dence In tho Cabinet, will be passed by a strict
party vole, and there tho impeachment prqjcct
will rest forever,’, .
This impeachment scheme originated as a pur-'
(y measure; was pursued as such, and now, af-.
ter ail the time that has been expended, and mo
ney wasted, In investigating It, has literally
nothing to support It, but charges of » political
nature, which mlghtluivobccn preferred against
any President since the days of Jolm Qulnoy
Adams with quite as much force as they are
brought against Mr. Johnson. Tho testimony ta
ken before the Committee, which makes a vol
ume as thick as "Webster Unabridged,"
veriest nm»s of trash that was .ever put Into
print, ami little. If any of It, would bp received as
evidence by any Court of Justice. This Is tho
opinion of Mr. Wilson, tho Republican Chair
man of tho Committee—oncof thoublcstlawycrs
In the House, who bases his adverse Report on
tiie Impregnable legal ground, that "an Impeach-,
ment cannot bo supported by nnyttet which fulls
short of an indictable crime or misdemeanor.".-4
Tho testimony falls to disclose any-such offen
ces in iho personal or official conduct of ! t ho
President, and therefore the ease dwarfs iiilojta
original proportions os a mere party contest be
tween him and the Radicals, whoso destructive
measures ho has had tho Independence to en
deavor to thwart, by the inlerposltlonofblscon
stitutional powers as Executive.
Thi're 1h one strange circumstanco connected
with tlie report of the Judiciary Committee.—
When the Committee- adjourned In July last It
decided, by a vote ofllve to four, that there Wns
not sufficient evidence on which to found an Im
peachment; and yet on the very day Congress
renstemhlcd, the complexion’ of the Committee
was changed by the defection of Churchill, a
weak-kneed member from New York. What
potent Inlluences worobroughtlo bear upon hint
of course will never bo 'definitely known, but
like tin!" late lamented” he was nimble
stand” tho pressure.”
If they .should, contrary to general expecta
tion, decide'to go on with their iniquities, they
will And that they have stirred up a feeling of
popular alarm and indignation which .will not
"down nr. their bidding,” Tho people of lids
country will not tamely-submit to have tho con
stitutional President of tho country deposed by a
fanatical cabal out of more partisan malice.—
The result of tho late elections was but tho faint
est breath of tho whirlwind which la slumbering
In tho bosoms pf tho people—tho only sovereigns
of tho country. Let tho storm bo called forth in
1U fury, and It will sweep all before It, There
are times when public opinion scorns to bo slum
bering, unconscious of tho wrongs that are being
done in its name, but when tho crisis arrives,
and tho scales of human dcstiny.aro hung out la
tho heavens, tho giant comes forth from his lair,
shaking off tho dust of years, and like Banlel of
old, breaking Into n thousand pieces tho dumb
gods ol wood and stone which false prophets
have sot up befoi o men, and holding them up be
fore the people, with the same.dreadful Irony- of
him of old, cries, ” Lo I those bo the gods ye bnvo
worshipped!” i.*. • , ! ’
A big breeze was stirred up *h tlio House on
Monday by the resolution’of Mr. Ross, bf Illin
ois,-Instructing tho Committee oh Banks and
Currency to reporta bill pfovldlhg for withdraw
ing from circulation NoWqtfar Bank Currency
and substituting greenbacks therefor;’ A '.mo
tion was made to lay the resolution on tho ta--
blo, but it was lost by a, vote of G 2 to Wl, and the
resolution wns referred to tlie Committee. The
Western members voted solid in favor of4.be res
olution, and the refusal of the House to lay it on
the table may bo taken as an Index to the finan
cial policy of tho coming session. Tho friends of
the National Banks manifest considerable unea
siness lest the Banking and Cur.ouoy Committee
should report favorably on the resolution of Mr.
Boss. It'is conceded that the House would Im
mediately adopt such a recommendation from
the Committee, and that eve tho close of the ses
sion It might possibly bo pushed through the
Senate. 1 should not'bo surprised If tho Nation
al Banks were handled rather roughly before the
session closes. Subsequently Bluluo and Butler
had a discussion.on tho policy, of .paying off the
government bonds with greenbacks, and tne
feeling of the llousu seemed most decidedly to be
with tho latter.
The leading Radicals In both Houses arc In
tensely disgusted with Grant’s testimony before
the Judiciary Committee. It Is too tamo and
conservative for, them. They threaten to annihi
late him before their Convention meets. The
idea of Grant endorsing the policy of tho “trai
tor Johnson” Is too strong n dose for any of them
to swallow. Tho Chase men are In High glee and
threaten to blow Grunt up higher than a kite.—
Ben Wade swears ho won’t support any man
who prove* ted tho President from hanging the
leading rebels.
SIISCEI,LAi\£OVS,
—The last Revolutionary pensioner has died;
—At this dnles29f),2lU,o7i»ln national banknotes
are In circulation.
—Cchlcngo has orreted nine million dollars
worth of buildings during tho past year.
The Now York Herald claims that Its dally
receipts average six thousand dollars. - ;' .;
—A Roman Catholic Cathedral to cost $75,000 la
about to be erected In Bldomlngioh 111. *
A lady in Braltleborough, Vermont, baa Just
lost a daughter whoso ago was olghfy.
—Two of tho negro delegates elected to the Vir
ginia destruction Convention are nowln Jail, -
-The police have put a stop to the sale
tographs lnl»arl8 representing tho execution of
of Maximilian. *
-Tho thre'e banks of Central 1 City, Colorado
hove bought and shipped *1,200,000 worth of gold
during the year ending "November 1, 1867.
~-Nova Scotia has a leaning towards United
BtatcjHiabUs. ‘lt keeps thanksgiving the same
as Its .Yankee neighbors.
—Thobody of a woman In Georgia, burled ucv
entcon years, waa lately dug up petrified like
marble.'-
Tho St. Paul (Minn.) Pioneer of the 21st says
the weather there Is " as sultry as April.”
Forty-seven of tho wealthiest capitalists of
the country propose to build the Southwest OPa
eifle Railroad. ' i.
—Now Jersey marshes which were almost
worthless a fmV'ycars ago", now'soil for 1,000 an
aero for cranberry purposes.
—A Now Xorlc.'correspondont of the" Chicago
Tribune statue, that the New York Herald has
81,000 dally circulation,- the Times, 35,000 : the Trl
hue, 35,000 dally,, and ■ 130,000' weekly ."and the
World. 20,000.-.1 • , ... . .7T '“ e
-A woman of reipbotdblo standing In New
London, Count,'c'nwhlded her son In the public
streets of that city, the dtliol- day. because ho re
fused to nuiry to suit her wishes.
-Sumner's bill forme District of Columbia Is
ta bo pressed to an early passage, In order to eet'a
neuro Jury to try.Jolm H. Surratt. Beautiful bu
slnesa for/* statesmen," truly. ~
editor whu nuWjkd allst of '■ old
maldl. ’la u lull for libel, and-a troupe, of the
fair calupjlnnted parades everyday before the
Window of bis coll wlth.smllesi'nlid sneers upon
tholr facet. '.;i * M
-George DloUlnson, J. Stovonsou, and A. J.
Cortney have signed nn ngreoiifUut to walk from
Hartford to Bow Haven and hack, for a inirse of
81,000. They will leave Hartford at three o'clock
P. 31,, Thursday,mopping at Now Haven only
half an hour. The man wno arrives In Hartford
drat on the return Is tb.wlnltbeptlrael • I
—The Methodist Episcopal Church has mine
V B TW ° of t|,cao ' Baker “"<1 Morris are
disabled, ono.Uy Illness and this other by ago It
J? to blent three additional hlshom at
the jioxt General conference. . 1
-rGen. Gram, In his report, asks for an appro
priation of 877,000,000 to pay the, standing army
for the coming year-more than the whula ex.
ponses of the Government in foemof times
On Friday last, a young mnh by the name of
Augustus Vouat, residing near Scotland. Prank-
Un-Co., was kicked by a horse wh)lo passing be
hlmUhe onlmallh the stable. During Saturday
Hocal items.
The Hcuorc Dead.—Thoro Is not a
township of Cumberland county i n t 0
which tho late war did not bring its Sor
rdw and suffering. There was scarcely
a school-district which did not have Us
house of mourning. There is scarcely a
community which docs not now point
with pride to its bravo boys who fell
■defense of their country. It is true that
over their honored graves has sprung “ a
sweeter sod than fancy’s feet have ever
trod ;”j but wliat hove we done to honor
their memories 7 Can it bo true that
.their companions In arms are willing in
let their fallen comrades be forgotten by
those who shall come after us? I 9 p
possible that the base ingratltudoof those
who remained at homo will denyasultn
hie memorial to the services of those who
died that the country might live? We
are not willing to believe that the people
of Cumberland county are leas patriotic
and iiberal-miuded than their neighbors •
and yet the progress of the Soldiers'
Monument Association would seem to
indicate as much. Friends, wo have all
been too-niggardly in our contributions
to this noble enterprise; and it .now re
mains for us to say whether tho project
shall be a successor a failure. ‘ The Mon
ument Association proposes to hold a
Fair, In this place,.during tho holidays
and as It is a project in which our people | n
every township and community ought to
feel the deepest interest,'it is surely not
tod much to ask that all sha|l lend a help
ing baud. Lotus resolve to make the
Fair n success uud tho Monument'n cer
tainty.
. Attempted Horse Stealing.— On
Sunday..night, between .eight and'‘.nine
.o’clock, Mr. J. R.' Hutchison, residing
near tho * Burnt .House, on the Walnut
Bottom Rond, In Dickinson township,
saw two mdn enteri lirifl harh.. Lighting
a lantern, and summoning*.young man
at the time visiting there to his assistance
they proceeded to the burn, the former
with the lantern and'the latter with a
gun. Mr. Hutchison went to the horse
stable, and his friend to the rear of tiu*
barn. As soon as the thieves saw the
fight, they rah up to the barn floor anid Mr.
Hutchison called to his friend to shoot
them if they attempted to escape that
way. This drove them to the door lead
ing from the barn floor to the straw-stack.
Mr. Hutchison, standing below with the
light, was a good mark for his asalulants,
and was suddenly felled to the earth by a
blow from a stone, on the head. Beforo
lie recovered his senses, one or both of
the villains escaped by jumping from the
overshoot-door. The farm bell was rung
and the neighbors turned out in mass, but
all efforts to trace or capture the scoun
drels were unsuccessful. The arrival of
'Mr. Hutchison and his friend at the sta
ble was very opportune, ns his best horao
and that of his friend had been loosed
irom the rack, and in a minute more
would have been in possession of the
thieveSi Our country friends had better
be on tbejr guard, ns these prowling mis
creants are doubtless somewhofo in the
community yet.
Winter.— On-Saturday morning last
we were treated to a specimen of regular,
genuine winter. Old Boreas whistled
around the corners, and down tho chim
neys, and in at the keyholes; and the
snow fell—not dancing deftly down, as is
usual id the first snow-squalls of winter
—but driving in a pitiless storm, almost
blinding pedestrians, and whirling in at
every'opening of the door, as if it wanted
to get in out of the opld. Yes, grim old
winter asserts his might and his sover
eignty. Storm-borne from the Pole, he
covers tho woods with hoar-frost, aud
locks up tiie streams with his icy fetters.
The axeltrecs creak heavily under their
loads of coal and firewood—the footsteps
of the wayfarer ring along the frozen
ground.' Men burry along through the
allow on errands of business or pleasure.
80611 ‘‘ the merry sledges with the bells
—silver bells” will glide along the roads,
and the cheerful hearth-fires of the coun
try inns will greet their crowds of half
frozen travellers who crowd around the
chimney-places. While winter’s drift
ing whirlwinds eddy around the gables,
and our frost covered friends hurry in out
of the rude blasts, let us heap high tho
coal, under the protecting roof, and de
spite the wild whistle of the winds with
out, let us make for ourselves a summer
within.
Caucasian,
’ Stolen Property Returned.— On
the night of the 7th of November, some
person or persons forcibly entered tho
srnithshop of Mr. Oslot, in.Hntnpdon
township, odd stole two sorew-plate# and
one bundled- and forty-six new horse
shoes. Nothing was heard of this pro
perty until the morning of the 28th of
November.' Oh the night previous all
tlie- property waa -returned excepting
with the following note
aecompanying the property—“ Mr. Blaek
sraiU^: I thought you were a mau Jn good
circiJjnstances when I took these things
from you, but I have since found out
that you are a poor mau. Therefore, I
thought I would return them as I am
coming’up your way to-hight. I will
bring tlie.m along. Hang them up In your
shop and I wIU not trouble you any more*
I did not need them till spring. I will
keep eight shoes for my horse this win
ter. (Signed) Yours truly.”
Almost a Fire. —On Saturday eve
uing last, just at dark, a young lad in tho
employ of .6: B, Hoffman, grocer, in
East Bomfret Street, went to [ the cellar,
wlthadandtej to draw soineooal oilj wjien
the oil on the outside of the,barrel caught
:flre; The alarm of fire was given at ouce,
and the firemen were promptly on the
grounds. The burning oil was with dif
ficulty extinguished, and a nuraber .of
brooms and boxes in the cellar were de
stroyed ; but fortunately no greater harm
was done,'farther than a good smoking
to the.house and store of Mr.-Hoffman
and the adjoining house.
-Elocutionary : Entertainment.
Prof, Cryslergavo one of ,hla r(stUUog*i
Rheem’s Hull,-on Friday night. Not
withstanding. the inclemency of tbe
weather, the'hull was' comfortably filled
-with an intelligent and appreciative au
dience. The Professor recited a number
of pieces in prose and verse, some of them
with considerable effect. *• Will tbe new
Yearcometb-uightmama?” and "Twen
ty years ago" were well read, and seemed
to bo peculiarly adapted to the voice of
the speaker.
. Reward Paid.—On Tuesday last, the
special agent of tbe Home Insurance
Company of New Haven, paid ta Bur
gess Campbell and Officer First, two
hundred and fifty dollar*, the reward of
fered for tbe nrre&t and conviction of the
party who fired the stable of David K-
Larew, in thlaplace.
Railway Detention.— By the break
ing of a rail, above town, on Monday
morning last, considerable detention was
caused to the earfy freight anti passenger
trains on the Cumberland. Valley road,,
but wo believe no injury was Bustamed*
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