ganzatev gutenlipar.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 30, 1868
The Last Amnesty.
The President has at last issued his
final amnesty proclamation and has
presented, as a Christmas gift, a free
pardon to all those more prominent offi-
cers and soldiers of the Confederacy,
who were so absurdly excepted from the . -
provisions of previous proclamations; Oar Fish Laws.
so that the Jeff. DaVia farce is ended. The propagation of fish by artificial
The President has means is now claiming great attention,
pardoned him after
Chief Justice Chase had decided that both in Europe and in this country. In
he could not be held for trial since New England efforts are being made to
replenish the rivers with the finny In
the adoption of the Constitutional
habitants in which they once abound-
Amendment which provides that cer
ed. Salmon and shad are being largely
lain classes of persons who have been
hatched by artificial process, at the
engaged in the Rebellion, shall here
heads of the streams they once frequent
after be incapable of holding office
d, with the expectation that they will
under the United States, unless their
return there to spawn. To facilitate
disability shall ba removed by a two
their passage over the dams, which oc
'third vote of Congress; this being the
cur at frequpnt intervals, the most im
pun ishment declared by the people for
proved specimens of fish ladders have
their offence, they can not be subjected
to any other. been introduced. But, grave doubts
are expressed, by those who ought to
The proclamation, therefore, merely
know, whether any of the contrivances
gives these prominent rebels a pardon
which have been employed are likely
for offences for which they could not,
to prove entirely efficient.
under the law, be further punished; in
In Pennsylvania the. Susquehanna
other words it gives them nothing; still,
offers the finest natural advantages for
it is well that it was issued, as it puts an
the propagation of fish. The dams upon
end forever to any question about the
matter, and makes a public declaration it and its principal tributaries are not
to the world that the Rebellion is over, nearly 56' numerous as they are upon
and that all its offences have been con- the New England rivers, and their
tinned. But it should have been issued height not so great. If any device can
be successfully applied so as to enable
long ago; everybody has long known
that the trial of Davis would never take fish to ascend to their natural spawning
beds they can certainly be adapted to
place, and that the proceedings in'
r • the hums on the Susquehanna and the
regard to it were all for Bunkum. The
Jd
law officers of the government have u ata.
i
An attempt has already been made to
Licen postponing the case, in the
open a passage way ffir the shad which
hope that the President would save
still abound in the lowers waters of the
them from the fiasco, in which it would
Susquehanna. They once followed all
surely end, if it ever came to trial, by
its tributaries far up into the mountains
pardoning the great I s rrit ' sed ; this
and were formerly caught in abundance
the President has been afraid to take
the responsibility of doing, until now, in the creeks of Bedford and Hunting
w lien the sentiment of all classes of the don counties, which empty lOW the Ju
niata, as well as in similar localities
people has been so overly ripe for the
along the head waters Of the North
reception of his amnesty, that its tardy ,
and West Branch of the Susquehan
announcemeutsCarcely make: the mild- '
est sort of a sensation. The President 1 on, A fish ladder has been erected
at this dam below Columbia, but
lias waited until everybody, both friend
and foe, has determined that it was the ; se hailer an y shad ever ascended its steps
right thing to do, before he has made up , would be difficult to say, as there was a
his mind to do it. But this hesitation . break in the dam through which they
of ction is achronie defect in Mr. John. , could pass. That they were caught last
son's character, u se out which has 1 spring as far up the Juniata as New
neen fatal to the snccess and eclat of '. port, ill Peres county, and that in coii.
siderable numbers, is certain.
his adruinistration. He has been re-' W
markable during the past three years, e notice that a decidedly important
for persistently thinking right and suit has just becn concluded at Harris
talking right; but forjust as persistent- burg, ny which the right of the Fish
ly refusing to act upon his declared eo n_ Commissioner to enforce the act for
victim's. lf be had as nobly acted as compelling the erection of fish ladders
Ile nobly thought, during his Presiden- I at the different dams is to be tested.
ti al carter, lie would have left that high ' Wc are ill favor of the most extended
~Mice, with a reputation, not second to piscatorial privileges, and hope the mat
. that cf Jackson orally other of tin' great : ter will not be permitted to rest, until
men who have preceded him in it. As that most delicate fish, the shad of the
it is, he will probably only outrank that ' Susquehanna, is given free access to all
. poor apology, Lincoln. its triimtaries. Another thing which
inu.,: be carefully attended to is the fish
Toe future will always surely vindi-
dams, in the traps of which innumera
cate an act or a policy that is right; and .
bl e y o ungshadareannuallyslaughtere d.
he only ift - Aa great statesman who sees '
Who law must be so framed as to coca
in advaiMe of others what iL is right to '
. pel the owners it . these concerns either
do, and who has the courage to do it,
to remove them entirely, or so to re
even in opposition to the violent elainor
for iin , model them as to enable the young
of the less far-sighted masses;
peui 4 „ hu h., intrepi di ty, u „,, „ Thue i shad to pars -down without injury or
exerted in a mistaken cause; ; ,,„1 they 1 hinder:llWe.
But tin re is another step which we
deify the man who couragotusly pt.- ,
hope to see the Legislature take at its
sues a course, unawed by their ,1,1,,,:,i.!
lion, in which the future },r,,,,,,, Pitt' t ,, coming session. (Inc of the very best
h e r i g ht . Mi ...1,,h„ 50i , I , „,, t( ,„„ of th i s lidii ill this country "is theblack bass. It
kind of men ; he might have made : can 10. successfully propagated in the
some reputation by boldly pardoning Hu-queliani.a. About a dozen years
every rebel long ago, \, Len iii:illy li r
ac , a few pair were brought from the
the people y. er e elmoorou , ;)i' yens head waters of the Ohio in a locomotive
geance, inste,al of pardoning them tank on the Baltimore and Ohm Rail
in driblets, the 'smaller offenders first, road. and put into the Potomac near
in several pro[damations ; Mr th e f utu , Cumht Hand, Maryland. The result is
Would have shown that he was Fight. that they now fairly swarm in that
50 lie might have made a noble reputa- ' stream and its tributaries. We have
lion, if he had resisted the howl Wilii'll caught nil ill at the Great Fall, some
went up from the helical pr.;: , atoll' fourteen 'Mks from Washington, anti
pditieians for the murder , of Poor, ion , - away above Cumberland al the base of
' cent Mrs. Surma; instead of I,,ing, as , the Allegheny Mountains. Through
now, held responsible us the finisher of , ail that length of river they abound,
that great crime. ;-,,, i: lie had Pardoileil 1 furnishing the finest sport to the
,' Wirtz, another innocent victim of Rad. angler. They are among the gamest
ical violence. So, if he had boldly ! fish, and the pleasure of playing a five
' k „,,,,,i,..,1 i1i t i,„1,,,,,,i till ii ,,,,,, tit 0 ; ,,, R ,1 or eight pound bass at the end of prop
military commssions, of which so many. erly constructed tackle, is a sensation
ut . 16s nd _ Um'. is delightful. Let the Legislature
were held at
lire beginning
ministration, and which are now fiery'. appropriate
•a few hundred dollars, to
Th e y enalde the Fish Commissioner to pro
v; such loathing and contempt.
were " organizea to convict" by the'cure black bass to he placed in the
i ,„ te
St man, ttn a though in„„y 1 rivers of the State at proper points. The
its
pared
will he a mere trifle when corn.
of their victims still linger
I pared with the results to be obtained.
----- prison, President Johnson has not
not _ ' New York and the New England States
yet found courage to release them,
l are making vigorous e
withstanding the illegality and injustice
! rection, and Pennsylva ff n orts
ia s in this di-
hould not
of their confinement is known of all
men. Dr. Mudd, for instance, and those hug behind' There is .no more healthy
who were accused with him of compile food than fresh fish, and no more
its with the Lincoln assassination, are healthy sport than angling fin. them.
„ till held at the D r y Trtu ",
og„,,„l,igh Let us have the shad well cared for,
and tour streams thickly peopled with
there is not a man livin:4wln believes
or even suspects that any an - y4f own' ha."
had any criminal connection - with the
assassination ; told every lawyer knows l
that, even if they had, a military tribm
nal could not legally convict them of it.
Why then, are these men still impris. i
oned '.' Why, indeed' If the President
had the eourage of a m,use, he would
have freed them all long ago. But let
u, he thankful for what we receive, and ,
Lot .:;pt , too much from a Pre!- . ident ',
who allowed Mrs. Surratt to be hung.
TLe 1a..-t rebel is at last pardoned, and
the war may be considered over. Breck
enridge, and the others will return ;
ti,,ir per,..mai fri..nds will welcome 1
;. , -m ; they wi:l all again become good
~ ,tiz,:, , of the [Mon, and we may hope
t:.a: 1. , -;,- , ar.d g,od-will,will once more
:,:.;::, ainom4 illi,ll in every section of our
thing is the report of Mr. Vau Wyck,
, with reference to the whiskey frauds in
The ' nt" ' or the l ' e ' 3l Tender Act New York. This document is just sych
Pi•onouticr.i It Unre s
natutlonal.
a paper as might be expected from such
rit ~,u.,,. he v e ry con,eng to such , a source. The New York llcrahl, a
r::-,.:• n-:t1 mi;ols us tho,e which - are... 711e
wspaper which advocated the election
I i:, the conduct of the smaller .
of - Tilameral (;:ant, thus speaks of it:
IMIEMIE
t,och as the
to find that the hest tuen of
t71 . 1.' are tal;ing the I)entocratie
of ',die(' that the Legal Teuder
, Ul l eensLialtional. The N. Y.
lri
puldi-h,:s a klter from the author
Lim bill, Judg.;- . ;patildiug, or Ohio,
:. v. hick Ile I.•Xprt.-I,ly deC1111%, ,, 1.i.,
cun
-11,111 that the lay.' in in direct conflict
th, (O:l.rVFn provil.Conin of the con.
Of the i/ Led states. lie soya:
Asl a war Irma-nro ,hir,ng Wile,
luring Lin• v.,n, and as long
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il.ur the /egal tender elapse
,• '• ,ie•ruti Vs 11l °MI:
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_' • In that. nee,' all
loo , e .d..;;,‘ , 1 their 1/111•III/IISII
7. or O , J I:.L , L . would have Kerr
a 'hirr ir.e.isure. and would
•le., I think.
lor.; a the war.
~a• ,n•.,• momday of the law
lipbefme
:1, , • I:;.md f;;tat.ii at
.;I",n. If the Court fuel los, ',died
rii•ele the yueattan daring the war
-7„e, ;bey would ni,t likely have
li.ut the law was valid, !II:I•qt!” 1 ,h
li.e.Ere, bad decided that it win,
Cod proper means to med
.be rebellion ; but the law has
,on'..i.oed in form so long falter the
war without arty real neceshity
,irould not be much surprised
//Al f; etiould now declare it linens-
atii)ve extract reads rather strange•
will pixxxle /mist common men,
140 /mitt lawyers, WC imagine, to tell
the :raid law rixould Lie constitution
al at tine time, and unconstitutional at
aiictlier. Judge Spaulding still holds
1 , 9 be i./ea thus IL was proper to go be
ymid the ewietitutlon during the great
P-iii;- !ties created by the war. We can
ltul - a whe re h e duds good legal ground
fir I el) r . as But one thing is
ye! . dear , He meads then egal Ten
-4,oi*Pt, St new stands up the stat-
THE LANCASTER WEEKL C Dr 4 " ' 1 • _ A_ e , ,
ute books, •as plainly unconstitutional,
and, as the author of the bill, he raises
his voice to encourage the Judges of the
Supreme Court so to decide. He is uni•
venally regarded as one of the ablest
lawyers in the Republicanparty, and we
can imagine the horror with which the
"insignificant creatures whom God in
his inscrutable Providence permits to
edit Radical newspapers," will read his
remarkable letter.
The Radical's and Whlshey
The. Radicals in Congress have wasted
vast sums of money in investigations.
Yet they have never given to the coun
try anything else than (X p(iTiC state-
ments, excusing their party for its many
misdeeds. They Iltionstuntly availed
themselves of this method for parading 1
before the country partizan statements, 1
praising themselves and condemning
their political opponents. Thus have
the channels of public information been
made the vehicle for vituperation of
those ts:110 disagreed with them, while
money has been freely drawn from the ,
• national treasury to pay for getting up
and circulating these electioneering
.locumunts.
The lutes!, t-pechnen of tbib kind' of
The Congressional /2sininittee lit
lte-
Irenehnteot, as it is en lieu, of Which ,
Van Wye': is elnortnati, has made a most
extraordinary report relative to the whis
key frauds. In tact, it is not a report at all
on these frauds, lout a tirade of a tion,eol the
President and the ,/ther officers of the gov
ernment Wll,t endens.ored to prove the ruts.
shay til the internal revenue thieves. It
i- neither 111,,101/ollt,slban alaineattetupt
et whitewash the foinilsoftlie internal reve
tise olli/aafs, and to throw dust in the eyes
111 . the [11•0111 , 2 by abusing the President,
Ifinekley dud others. Th, Internal rove
nue service in this Salo is tilled with a little
...my Wyck family ; and this ,
nifty account tilf the eliar.teter of the report.
attire unsatisfactory—we were
about to say intionsti:—ever emanated
from it Congressional investigating ecm-
inittee, aud ii shows to wilat a pitch of de
gradation stir tiatismfi representatives have
It is in.lorions !hat w I»sky and
other frauds, to the amount of tells of mil
li./ns of dollar , . have been and are being
committed in this city aud neighborhood f
upon the internal revenue, suit that by the
/motivative of officers in that service; yet
the esnitnittpe failed to discover any of them
or to find a single delinquent official. Fur
ther comment is unnee , fssary. The report
speaks for itself.
.S 0 candid man, who reads the re- I
port, can fail to agree perfectly with the I
Iltrald in opinion . , and every attempt
of Radical newspapers to bolster up this
lying document mint necessarily fall.
1
There Is good reason to believe that Pre- 1
ident Johnson has been anxious to se
cure a complete exposure of the whiskey
(rands, and there is abundant evidence
to show that the Radicals in Congress
were always opposed to the making of
any such exhibit. It is certain that
every attempt to reluth the truth has
been thwarted by Rattiest influences.
There are some men In Congress 'from
whom honest investigation and an im
partial report might be expected, but
especial care uas been taken to prevent
the appointment of such persons. Those
who have been connected with frauds,
either in their own persons, or throtigh
their families and friends, have been
chosen instead. If the Radicals had
Mailed the country over for a man who
would be sure to whitewash the whis
key ring of New York, they could
not have found a titter tool, a
more apt and ready instrument than
this same Van Wyck, 'tp, little army
V whosefamily 7, is in the revenue ser
vice at that City. The outcry which
he makes against Andrew John n is
only the old call of the rogue,w cries
out "stop thief" to divert a ntion
from himself.
It Must be borne in mind that the
Radl4l majority of two-thirds, which
has proved so tyranical in all things,
has assumed and exercised full control
of the revenue department. The con
stitutional power of the President has
been reduced to a mere nullity. All con
trol of officials has been taken from
him. The Radicals in the Senateihave
been t e real appointing power, and
they, and R'at'An.dlew Johnson, are re
sponsible for the disorder which prevails
and the wholesale plundering which
has been systematically practiced. All
their attempts to shift the responsibility
for existing evils from their shoulders
to those -of the President •are vain.
Every intelligent man In the country
knows where the blame ought to rest,
and the partisan report of Mr. Van
VKyck cannot whitewash Congress or
1 chaps() the current of enlightened pub
lic opint3.
a ./ —......_.
A TRIP TO THE SOUTH
EDITORIAL NOTES, V
On the morning after our arrival at
"Black Walnut," having cut for ourselves
fig - stems for our Powhatan pipes, out of
Mr. Sims' garden, we sallied forth to walk
across his plantation to that of tbeßev. Mr.
Clark, the nearest neighbor in that direc
tion, although it was more than four miles
from house to house. Our railroad view of
these plantations on the Staunton, had not
given us too high au idea of their fertility.
Mr. Clark's plantation being for sale, re
ceived a thorough examination from some
of our party, who reported themselves
vastly pleased with it. It is indeed a mag
nificent place, embracing a largo body of
the productive bottom land of the river,
tine uplands and elegant timber. 4000
acres is, however, rather too much territory
for one man - to handle, but it would make
several splendid farms for persons who
would unite together to buy it. The '
price asked for it is $:2O per acre. The
owner is a man advanced in years, whose
family has mostly married and set
tied away from him, and he desires to free
himself front the responsibility of the man
agement of so large an estate, and devote
the remaining years of his life exclusively
to the ministry. lie is a very fine old gen
tleman, and we had an exceedingly inter
e,ting conversation with him, after partak
ing of a substantial dinner which Mrs.
Clark hospitably set out for us. He has
been experimenting with negroes and has
made a dead !adore of it. Ilis plantatioh
is now farmed on the shares in small tracts
by our " colored brethren," and wretched
ly farmed it is. Before the war Mr. Clark
was tusking preparations to emancipate
his negrnes, much to the disgust of his
neighbors, and we believe, made several
journeys to the North, for the purpose of
arranging to ship them to Liberia, that free
negrools harbor of refuge, of which we
used to hoar so much, but which seems
now to have (Bud out of public recollection.
Their present place of shipment seems to
be to the Negro Heaven, to which they are
being transported far more rapidly than
they ever were to the great African Repub
lic; and the freight is cheaper.
The wO.r, however, put all end to Mr.
Clark's y)enovnlent scheme ; but since its
close, he has been making great efforts to
alleviate , the negro's condition and elevate
his moral character, but has found it a hope.
less :ask. Ile built at his own expense a nice
church lig them on his plantation and dis
petised the gospel to them without charge.
For a while they attended his ministrations
in goodly numbers, but several months ago,
they suddenly all quit him to a num, and
told him secretly that they did not dare to
attend his church any longer. They are
very utuell afraid of each other, and some
th,ianing White 111311 or " boss" negro hav
ing caused it to be promulgated among
them that they must keep aloof from the
white planters they were afraid to disobey.
They titer even to be publicly seen
speaking with Mr. Clark, but when they
can met t him privately, many of them will
talk freely to hint, and explain their doings
and the tyranny they are enduring' at the
hands of their fellows, but they always
require from hint in strict pledge of secrecy;
which pledge prevented Mtn front disclos
ing to us the hurtle❑ of their tales. After
they left his church, all the dark iee of the
neighborhood used to assemble frequently
on some !tart of his plantation, in
"woods meeting. - This he permit
ted until the want of efficacy of
their religious exercises began to be
430 strongly manifested by the rapid
and mysterious disappearance of hogs and
poultry. These articles of diet would be
appropriated in broad daylight, under the
very eye of the tt.ttvant who might be iu
charge of them: and he, when questioned,
would refuse to tell who took them. "I
lars'nt tell, Massa," he would say, "they'd
kill me if I told:' To such an ext ent do
the negroes, not only in Virginia but in the
other Southern States, which we have
traversed, steal all the pigs that they can
lay their bands on, that the planters have.
very generally been compelled to give up
the raising of hogs altogether: yet they do
not steal much else, except poultry. It
is a comm .n practice in Southern coun
try houses for the back doer of the house to
be left open for the nigrctss of the servants
in the month)); to make up the fires, to.,
and vet there is seldom anything stolen
out or the house.
The servants on Southern plantations do
not sleep in the dwellings. The house ser
vants occupy a number of huts located near
the mansion, while the farm servants live
at a distance from it. Another peculiarity
of Southern life which Would not suit a
Northern housekeeper, Is the fact that the
kitchen is always at some distance from
the dwelling, in a separate building, for the
sake of avoiding the smell of cooking in
the mansion. This arrangement suited the
planters well enough tinder tho old state of
affairs, When it MUSt have been quite an
oljeel W find comet hi ng for the female
slaves and juvenile darkies, to do; but we
do not (Matt that its obvious disadvant
ages under tine present system of labor
will, ere lone, casino the distance between
the cook-stove and the doting-table, to be
greatly diminish , O.
The old plantation of JOllll Randolph, of
Rt smoke, lit, across the river from Mr.
Clark's. and we saw the white walls of the
mansion looking out from the forest sev
t rat miles away. Being cn rim!, we did not
cave time to gratify our anxiety to visit it.
Mr. Randolph, we believe, died in Phila
delphia, attended only by his favorite body
serving, to whom he gave directions for
Its burial 00 it particular spot immediately
in front 01 his residence, desiring that a
large boulder of rock which he was Wifilt to
use as a washstand, should be placed upon
his grave as his only monument. lli.s di
rections Writ , obeyed, anti he now lies bur
ied in the lawn iu front of the house, with
only that rude rock over hint, inscribed
with neither Milne, nor date, nor eulogy.—
He never was married, although engaged
a: one time to a Miss Epps, but the match
for good reason was broken off by her
friends. Many stories linger in that neigh
borhood of Its eccentricities and his witty
and sat casticsayings ; nor is the great state
in which he used to drive to Congress in
coach and four, forgotten. His plantation
is now owned by a prominent lawyer of
Richmond.
After our gallant friend, the Major, had re
ceived from the lipiof Mrs. Clark some
solemn words of warning as to his fleeting
years, and an urgent invocation to make an
early demand for the ministrations of her
husband at the marriage altar, advice
which sank deeply into his susceptible soul,
anti our, we bade farewell to our kind en
tertainers and sauntered slowly hack, in the
beautiful afternoon, to the residence of Mr.
Ssm, where we again passed the evening,
and full as pleasantly as before. On retiring
to our rooms, we sat down before the blaz
ing wood lire to talk a while and smoke a
midnight pipe before seeking our beds. It
is a universal and very pleasant custom in
Southern houses to have a tire lighted at
night In the chambers, by which to retire ;
and beforis you arise in the morning, a ear
yant enters yofl.r room and kindles it again
for your comfort while dressing. Stoves are
unknown in the South, and coal. The fires
are always of wood, and built In the large
open fire-places, which we in our coldpr cli
mate, do not know. They ere exceedingly
cbeerfuland pleasant to look upon ; ,and are
amply sufficent to dissipate a moderate de
gree of cold. But iney :would never do for
our Northern winters, as the great draft
would take the heated air too rapidly tiP
the big throats of thp chipper, to al-
low our rooms to be made comfortable. I tion of our government ! Negro Suffrage
They entail too, a good deal of trouble upon I South fortunately is so great a farce, that it
a housekeeper, as the rapid consumption of will not long continue to he a reality. It
the wood requires constant watching of the may exist in name fora few years, but even
fire and a steady replenishment of fuel. then the negro vote will be but the echo of
Wood mats but littlemore than the cutting that of the white man. The freedman al
here ; yet the cutting itself is expensive, the ways agrees to what a white man says; in
amount consumed in every household , all our conversation with him, we were
being so great. ! never able to meet anything bat the
. most
Southern women have not. us yet, become ready assent to every proposition which we
enthusiastically fond of the Union; the 3, advanced, no matter of how contradictory
were the most rebellious of rebels during : or absurd a character.
the war, the termination of which they , Our route through North Carolina passed
viewed with the most poignant regret ; had through the western portion of the State.
they controlled its destinies, we feel quite 1 The railway from Danville to Greensboro
sore it would be waging still. They made I had been built by the Confederate (iota
great!persanal sacrifices for it while Blasted, went for the purpose of obtaining a ect
and were ready and anxious to offer up all ! road to the south, the iron with which it
they possessed upon the altar of their cause. , was laid being obtained by taking up the
They would have wished the fight to con- rails on the road from Charlotte, N. C., to
tinue behind every bush eili I would have 1 Staatsville, N. C.; and this road has not yet
contested every inch of Southern soil. As I been rebid.
it is they have suffered much, but they bear Our first stop in North Carolina was
their misfortunes nobly. We know of two made at Greensboro, a flourishing and
ladies, daughters of an ex-U. S. Senator , pretty town of 2or 3,000 inhabitants. Its
from Virginia and a former Ambassador at ! people seem enterprising, and show evi
one of the first European Courts, who were deuce of life and energy. In the adjoining
the bedes•of the gay Capital to which their county on the west Is situated the Moravian
father was accredited, yet who to day are town bf Salem, which is about completing
uncomplainingly' earning their livelihood ' arrangements to build a railway connection
in Richmond as mantua-makers. We know with Greensboro. This part of North Caro
of another lady, a daughter of one of the tins is a floe fruit region ; choice apples
most ancient and wealthy families of the were selling at Salem, we were told, at 75
State who is teaching school in Richmond ; cents per bushel ; when their railway is
and her daughter is cheerfully filling the made, they will be able to do a fine busi
position of governess. We might cite many ness, in the exportation of green and dried
cases of this kind. Yet they do not repine, at fruits. This is likewise ono of the very
their misfortunes nor regret the struggle best agricultural portions of North Carolina.
which has thus reduced them. One lady told and we win also recommend it to the sports
ni..f3that she thought their four years of lode- man. Partridges are abundant and wild
pendence of Yarillee rule was an ample turkeys by no means scarce ; we saw some
compensation for all their sufferings; which splendid gobblers in Greensboro, that had
we thought, however was stating the case rewarded a hunter's skill. ,
quite as strongly as the truth would war- A very clever and pleasant gentleman of
.rant, and we received it " cunt grano salis." ' our party, a native of Germany and one of
They hold very dear the memory of the Sheridan's raiders, was so overcome by the
,leaders of their "lost cause," and after numerous attractions Presented to him here,
their Heavenly Father, they regard with that he sought no further, but purchased a
the deepest reverence and love, Jefferson farm near the town. His case illustrated
Davis, and Jackson and Lee; and it may the manner ILL which our armies used to be
be just as well for you not to attack the recruited. He says he arrived in New York
reputation of either, if you do not wish to after dark ono evening and at eight o'clock
meet a flashing eye and an indignant frown. next morning found himself, to his great
It may be imagined that they are not surprise; a soldier in the United States
greatly predisposed to indulge in any very Army.
violent admiration of Yankees, whom they At Greensboro we strike the North
may be rather inclined to liken in brain- Carolina Central Railway, which runs
lessness to the geese that float upon their from Raleigh northwest to Greensboro
waters and fly V-shaped above their rivers. and then southwest to Charlotte. It has
Yet, through all our Southern travel, we 20,000 shares of stock the par value of
found them perfectly polite and ladylike, which is $5O per share, but, they are selling
and as we heartily admired the devotion at about $lO. The State of North Carolina
with which they clung to their great men owns largo interests in all its Railways, of
and their country, their earnestness only which, howeverthere is a strong probability
lent additional interest and piquancy to our of its being soon dispossessed. A corrupt
conversation with them. ring has been formed at the State Capital,
On Sunday morning we attended the engineered by one Swepson, which seems
Episcopal Church, some six miles dis- to own Gov. Holden and the Legislature of
tint, of .which Mr. Clark is pastor, and carpet-baggers and negroes. A capital of
in the afternoon our party went up the $20,000 only, it is sidd,is Deeded to secure any
railway ; souse stopping on the Bannister to desired act of legislation. No stealing project
look at a line farm of 400 acres, with an seems to be too gigantic for the Ring to put
elegant dwelling, offered at aboßt. $27) per through. While we were in the State, it had
acre, and others getting off at BOSIOTI Stir- secured an appropriation of $7,000,000 fur the
‘,e l
- tion to examine • model tar in, owned by completion of the Western North Carolina
Mr. Gertz, wt? was in elegant order, Railroad, in addition to a $3,000,000 appro
and ikrell'enou Li fenced and kept to have priation previously made; and this out of
done credit CO a Lancaster county farmer ; the Treasury of a State which does not pay
$4O 'per , Nticre was the price asked for it. the interest on its bonds. As the State
On Monday, Nov. 30th, we again took bonds for the $7,0e0,000 were deliverable im
the cars, and passed up the beautiful valley immediately, and as it will take the Western
of the Dan ; taking on board some of our North Carolina Company some years to use
party at Danville, a thriving town of soy- up that sum in the construction of their
eral thousand inhabitants, we were soon , road, it can be readily seen that the parties
across the border of Virginia, and in the i..wo eahile handle the State Bonds,
Old North State. I w h ill
be enabled whit
to line their purses very
' handsomely. The enterprising Swepson
and his friends have likewise on foot a
charming project to buy the entire interest
of the State in all its railroads at a very
mild price. They have got an act through
the Legislature, authorizing the Governor
to either sell or lease, or lease with the
privilege of purchasing, the inter
ests of the State in the railways
thereof ; and the Governor, thus amply
empowered, will be enabled to choke
off all competitors in favor of his particu
lar friends. Generous men live in Raleigh,
and the diamond trade there is said to be
brisk. As a moral capital it even
takes the palm away from Harrisburg.
On Tuesday morning, at the early
hour ofVix o'clock, bidding farewell
to our o . encl Zimmer lint] other ac
quaintances at Greensboro, we took the
train on the North Carolina Central R. It.
for Salisbury. Travelling in the South one
gets used to early rising, for we scarcely
recnliiiit an instance In which we were not
" li .
conape, ed
to take the cars at from live to
sixiydlock A. M. This time we rode on a
freight train, to which a passenger car was
attirched. This being an enterprising road
and adtick on the main line of railway South,
it ran two trains a day, one passenger train,
anti another the aforesaid freight. You are
very fortunate in the South if you can get
two chances per day to ,cave the place you
are in, on the railway ; and it is very sel
dom that you can do it, for the main lines
generally run but one train a day, and the
branch lines content themselves and get
through with their business, with'ii train
once in two or throe days. So that travel
ing in that sunny region is: a little slow, if
you wish to see anything, for every stop
page will cost you on an average 24 hours
of time.
We were borne along very nicely behind
our freight train aud had ample time to see
the country ; as we were running along a
ridge, it was for some time not very pre
possessing. We presently came to the town
of Lexington, and as our conductor told us
he would stop for twenty minutes a number
of us went up into the town to explore its
beauties. A hasty glance showed it to be a
very pretty little town, and a view from the
top of the handsome Court house, which
was just being rebuilt alter a recent confla
gration, showed us some very handsome
country surrounding it. Before our twenty
minutes bad expired we made haste to our
train, but what was our dismay , when we
got within 300 yards of it to see it delib
erately moving off. Our friends on board,
however, dispatched a train hand to the
engineer over the roofs of the freight cars
and brought the train back to us. As we
approached the Yadkin River, we got into
a fine agricultural region and saw one or
two very elegant farms; the locality, from
a point ten miles North of the Yadkin, is
called " the Jersey Settlement " and seems
to be considered the crack agricultural
regionof thissection. We reached Salisbury
early in the afternoon, passing at the edge
of the town the ruins of the fine brick build•
ings and spacious shops of the Railroad
which had been burned by Gen'l Stoneman
in his raid, after the surrender of Lee, but
before news of that event had reached this
part of the world. W e stopped at the spa
cious Boyden House and tinder theguirlance
of our editorial friends of the Old North
State drove out to survey the adjacent
country and look at the notable things in
the town.
EDITORIAL NOTES, VI
Virginia has suffered by the war, wo
think more than any other of the Southern
States and is recovering therefore less
rapidly from its effects. More property
seemed to be pressed for sale here than iu
the other States; which however was doubt
less owing to the fact, that it was feared
that the military order staying executions
until January 1, IStl9, would not be renew
ed after that date; but we seo that General I
Stoneman has lately extended it until mid
summer. What a singular state of affairs
to exist in the grand old State of Virginia;
• .
the property of Lks people under the sole
control of one man, and he a military ofli
ear ! Creditors have u hard time or it in
Virginia; no one can collect the, debts doe
him, and consequently no one is able to
pay the debts be owes. It is not hard to
see, that in this condition of affairs, the
State can but slowly regain prosperity.—
The Bankrupt Law alone can relieve its
people from these entanglements, if indeed
the military power would allow its pro
visions to be carried into.etlect.
The people of Richmond rebuilt very
handsomely the business part of their town.
destroyed by fire at the evacuation, but we
doubt whether their merchants are earn
big their salt, owing to the difficulty of col
lecting money. Currency is scarce and
rates of interest very high.
The planters are making money and the
State will regain its capital lost in the war,
out of its agriculiural and mineral pro
ducts. Bat the amount to be made up is
great; $2,r.00,000 being the amount of capi
tal annihilated in slaves alone. As a rule,
to which there are of course exceptions,
the Virginia planters are very poor farm•
ers. They are, however, earnestly at work
to repair their fallen fortunes, and with the
limited capital at their command are striv
ing like mon to regain their ancient footing.
They ask only to be let alone. They talk
little and care less for politics, their whole
attention being absorbed by the tilling of
their lauds and the management of their
estates. If they are permitted to do this
in peaae and quietness they will have at
wined their only ambition. They accept
the result of the war cheerfully as a finali
ty; they essayed the wager of battle, to de
fend what they sincerely believed to be
their rights, and frankly confess themselves
to have been beaten ; the issue has been
decided against them, and they without
reservation, accept the result, as a final de
cision against them in the questions at
stake, whether they were abstractly right
or wrong in the positions, to delend which
they took up arms. They are sincerely for
the Union now, and if it is ever disrupted,
the initial movement for its destruction
will never hereafter be made by the South.
Indeed, if we are not greatly mistaken, the
abolition of slavery will, in the early future,
make the South the most prosperous por
tion of our country, and bind it to the
Union by the strong tie of self-interest.
The uegroes in Virginia seem to be more
discontented than those of the other States
that we have been in ; at least we saw more
of them idle, and more complaining of rates
of wages and want of work. This may
have been owing to the season of the yealr
during which our visit was made. The
rate of wages ranges front $0 to $lO per
month in all the Southern States. To this
is added a ration of 3! its of bacon and a
peck of meal per week, a but to live in being
also furnished them ; and very little work
do they do for the money. We presume,
Northern farmers, who would go into the
fields themselves and say to the negroes
" come," might get more work out of them ;
but they are constitutionally opposed to
labor, and require constant driving. We
were greatly astonished at the immense
profundity of their ignorance; they don't
really seem to have an idea above an
oyster, and are, [natty of them, in intellec
tual calibre but little above the beasts of
the field. They are utterly improvident
and unable to take care of themselves. The
rags in which they are clothed would as
tonish the most accomplished beggar in
Italy. They are expecting the Government
to do great things for them, and have got
an idea into their beads that from this
source they are to each get 40 acres of laud,
a mule and farming implements, and pro
visions enough to last them until they can
make a crop off of their land. They con
ceive that the government owes them this.
If they get that mule, it would not live
three months, but would die of starvation ;
half of the negroes would be even too care
less to lead their animals to water. The
planters can trust very few ot „them with
their stock, and they requirg constant
watching. It seems incredible that any
human being would let his dumb beast die
for want of water, yet we are assured that
It is often done by negroes who attain the
ownership of a horse.
John Randolph, of Roanoke, tried this
experiment of fitting out freedmen with
farms; by his will he freed his slaves, and
directed that they should be settled in a
colony in Ohio ; each to be provided with a
house and. lot of ground and farming- im
plements. They were, moreover, to be under
the care of a superintending white man
until they got fairly etartecliin their new
career. It was all done as directed, - and to
day, after the lapse of 20 or 30 years,not one
rilihose freedmen owns the lot fhtit 4 was
gFien to him. •
What a mockery it is, to give thesecrea
tures, withtheir present degree of education
anlintelligence, a voice in the adMlnistra
-
l'orrempondence of the Intelllgeneer
PIIILADELPIIIA, Dee. 2:3, 1868.
Messrs. Editors:—Merry Christmas is
again here and accompanying, is the usual
joy and happiness manifested throughout
the land. Although almost nineteen cen
turies have elapsed since the first Christmas
dawn, each succeeding one presents appar
ently augmented pleasure and joy.
"Notwithstanding the intensity of the cold
we ventured forth last eve in witness the
sights on Eighth and Chestnut streets, but
there was not the usual number of maskers
and mummers out, although the streets
presented a lively appearance with gro
tesque costumes, Indian Chiefs, &c., and
more conspicuous were "The Grecian Ben
ders on a bend" and "Escaped Lunatics'
accompanied by an incredible number o
horns, bugles, fifes and drums, it furnished
frfor one and all.
To convey an adequate description is al
most impossible; suffice it to say that
Whitsuntide, the great gala-day in old
Lancaster, falls far short in comparison to
a Christmas Eve in Philadelphia. It must
be seen to be appreciated.
The President's Amnesty Proclamation
of to-day is commented favorably upon in
all circles, as it concludes at once the farce
of the trial of Jefferson Davis by the Radi
cals.
Considerable interest is manifested in the
trial of Geo. S. Twitchell, indicted for the
murder of Mrs. Mary Hill. It is progressing
slowly; the defense opened yesterday.
In the differer t branches of business there
is a general stagnation, and as it Is influ
enced by a tight money market, little relief
can be expected for some time.
The extent of the Alaska purchaSe is es
timated at 869,529,600 acres. The price paid
was $7200,000, or a slight fraotlop less than
two cents per acre. This recalls the old;
fashioned consideration of a pepper corn.
Gabriel Martin and his two sisters, living
in Colombia county, Ga., were' robbed and
murdered on • Triursday ' night.' Their
house was then burned and the bodies
consumed. Some negroes are suspected of
the crime.
General Amnesty—The President Pm
dons Everybody that Engaged in the
Rebellion.
By the President of U. United States of America.
Whereas, The President of the United
States has heretofore set forth several pro
clamations, offered amnesty and pardon to
persona whoi had been or were concerned
in the late Rebellion against the lawful au
thority of the Governmentvf the United
Slates, which proclamations were severally
is- , ued on the Bth day of December, 1863, on
the 26th day of March, 1864, on the tit day
of May, 1865, on the 7th day of September,
1667, and on the 4th day of July, in the pre
sent year:
Whereas, The authority of the Federal
Government having been re established in
all the States and Territories within the ju
risdiction of the United States, it is believ
ed that such prudential reservations and
exceptions as, at the dates of said several
proclamations were deemed necessary and
proper, may now be wisely and justly re
linquished, and that an universal amnesty
and pardon for participation in said Rebel
lion, extended to all who have borne any
part therein, will tend to secure permanent
peace, order, and prosperity throughout
the land, and to renew and fully 'restore
ehnfidenEe and fraternal feeling among the
whole people, and their respect for, and at
taChnient to the National Government, de
signed by:his patriotic founders for the gen•
eral good.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, An
drew Johnson, President of the United
States, by virtue of the power and authoris
ty in me vested by the Constitution, and in
the name of the sovereign people of the
United States, do hereby proclaim and de
clare, unconditionally and without reserva
tion, to all and to every person who direct
ly or indirectly participated in the late in
surrection or rebellion a full pardon and
amnesty for the offense of treason against
the United States or of adhering to their
enemies during the late civil war, with re
storation of all dents. privileges, and im
munities, under the Constitution and the
laws which have been made in pursuance
thereof.
In testimony whereof I have signed these
presents with my hand and have caused
the seal of the United States to be hereunto
affixed.
Done at the city of Washington, the
twenty-fifth day of December, in the year
of our Lord one'thousrud eight hundred
and sixty-eight, and of the independence
of the United States of America the ninety
third. ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President.
F. W. Si•AVARD, Acting See'y of State
Christmas Day
Christmas Day, so called from Christi
Massa, the mass of Christ, was not cele
brated on the same day by all the primitive
churches. For two or three centuries the
the Eastern Church kept the feast on the I
6th of January, while the Latin Church ob
served it on the 25th of December. Pope
Julius I, who died A. D. 351, has usually
the credit of transferring the feast from
January 6th to December 25th. Some au
thorities, however, give the credit to Pope
Telephorus, who died A. D. 138.
About A. D. 527, it is known that Diony
sius Exigus, a Scythian monk, fixed upon
the 25th day of December, in the year of
Home 733, when .Lentius and Pisu were
Consuls, as the date of the birth of our
Lord. and that is both the day and the year
which has been followed as the date of the
birth of our Lord, and that is both the day
and the year which has been followed as the
date of the Christian era up to the present
time. In the middle ages the day was cel
ebrated by the gay, fantastic dramatic
spectacles of that period, the scenery repre
senting an intent attended by the Virgin
Mary, St. Joseph, the wine men, and sur
rounded by cherubs, balls' heads, and other
grotesque decorations, and the custom of
decking houses and churches with ever
greens is derived from the practices of the
ancient Druids. ivy, misletoe, holly, rose
mary, bays and laurel are thefavorite trim
mings.
The custom of Christmas gifts has its orig
in in the Roman Paganalia, which was in
stituted by Servius Tullius B. C. 5.50. On
these festivals, celebrated at the beginning
of the year, au alter was erected in every
village, and to the box placed upon it every
man, woman and child was expected to
contribute a coin.
St. Nicholas is one of the most popular
Saints of Europe, being envokefl as the pa
tron of sailors, travelers, captives, and as
the special guardian of unmarried girlsand
children. The Hollanders call him Santa
Claus. Our juvenile friends are all ac
quainted with his appearance, and the stock
of toys ho invariably carries with him.
In New England the Puritans gave no
quarter to any Church festivals, and it is
only within a few years past that there has
been any general celebration of Christmas
among their decendants. In the Southern
States all the hale and hearty old English
customs were duly observed from the first
settlement of the country. Christmas in
this State, as well as in all places south of
us, is a time of rejoicing and universal
mirth and festivity.
A Kentucky }french or Promise Case get
tied for Cam h.
[From the Louisville Democrat, Dec. 15,
A breach of promise case which bid fair
to furnish a rare sensational dials for the
columns of " enterprising" newspapers was
amicably adjusted on Saturday. One of
our wealthiest and most highly respected
citizens, far advanced beyond the heyday
of life, courted a young and beautiful girl
whose circumstances are extremely mode,
rate. He offered her his heart and hand in
marriage and the thoughtful young lady ac
cepted. The wedding ring was furnish
ed, and all the preliminary arrangements
for such occasions were progressing
finely, when the faintly, consisting of
several grdwn children, of the old gentle
man got Wind of the affair. They at once
resolved oh squelching the nuptials, and by,
their united efforts persuaded their
_aged
parent to desist in his rash purpose. The
kind-hearted and amiable parent desisted.
But the young lady whose heart had been
pierced by Cupid's arrow would not desist
worth a "cuss." She was importuned by
friends, and every argument, as to the dis
parity between their ages and the fickle
disposition of old age, brought to bear, but
the maiden still persisted. When all per
suasive arguments had failed the offer of
ready cash was made to heat her bleeding
heart. With great reluctance she loaned
an ear to the golden propositions, and fi
natty knocked herself down at the last bid
of $5,000. The money was paid to her last
Saturday, and with an aching heart and a
full pocket the injured young lady calmly
submitted to her cruel fate.
t Nen . York Urlculayer and Ills Family
Living In a Cave.
[From the Nllddlotown (Ct.) :it:nth:Lel.)
A singular discovery was recently made
in Cromwell. It wan that a man, his wife,
and two boys had taken lodgings in a cave
which they had dug in the bank near what
is called " Blow Hole." Quite a number
have visited the place and rind him a man
from thirty to thirty-live years of age, light
complexion mid light hair. He says he
Caine here in a boat which lies near,
about
the first of December, This boat is built of
white oak and cedar, and is about twelve
feet long, yawl built, with sail. Ha Is a man
of good education, and tells the following
story of himself: " I was born in England,
and my father was a lord; I went through
college and graduated, after which I en
listed in the English army and served one
year, when I deserted and came into the
State of Maine; from there I went to New
York and worked as a bricklayer. Last
fall, while at work on a staging with two
ethers, it gave way and precipitated all
three to the ground, killing one and injur
ing another badly, and laying me up for
some weeks. When well enough to walk,
I bad lost my job I took my family and
started in this boat, got as tar as the fish
house oa the east side of the river(opposite
where they now are), when my wile was
taken sick, and went there expecting to
stay till spring, but the owners drove ate
out, and T crossed over and built the pres
ent cave." He has asked for and. obtains
a jot) at chopping wood. His wife is Irish,
or of Irish decent. The children are said
to be very bright. People living in that
neighborhood have furnished them with
many needed articles of comfort. It is a
singular case that a man with the education
he appears to have should be under the
necessity of burrowing in the ground to
find a place to shelter himself and family
during the coming winter. He gives his
name • as Trent.
'1 he Validity of Gold Contracts—lmport-
ant Judicial Decision
The Maryland Court of Appeals has ren
dered an opinion in the celebrated "gold
case," known as A. S. Abell ~t. Co., agt.,
Chesapeake Bank (John S. Gittings, Presi
dentl, involving the liability of apeciel con
tracts in coin. It appears 'that the plain
tiffs made a special deposit in the bank
during December, 1861, of $3,007 in gold,
contracting at the same time that they were
to receive coin in repayment. On the 2Sth
of May, 1864, when gold was at 83 premium,
the plaintiffs demanded their $3,000 in coin ;
but it was refused them, and they were ten
dered in its stead $3,000 in treasury notes, ,
on the ground that the paper had been made
legal tender. The case is referred back to
the court below for a new trial, on grounds
set forth in the following extract tom the
opinion touching the instructions of Mat
court to the jury.
"By It the jury were instructed that if
they found the existence of the special con
tract declared on, and that demand had
been made, and a refusal to pay in specie,
' that then the plaintiffs are entitled to re
cover a sum equal to the value of $3,000 in
gold on the 28th of May, 1864, with interest
thereon.' The proof was that on the 28th of
May, 1864, gold was at 85 and 861 premium,
and under this instruction a verdict was
found for $6,159 39, upon which judgement
was rendered. This is justified, we think,
by no principle of law or reason."
The litigation has, however, settled the
I two points at issue between the plaintiffs
and the defendants. A jury has found that
the plaintiffs were correct In their statement
that the defendant received from them a de
posit to the arannt of $3,000 in gold coin,
upon the express agreement that it would
return thispunii on demand, in coin ; and
thhighest court in Maryland has now
\ xi
dem ed that the Chesapeake Bank commit
ted a . hof this contract, when it refused
to repa is sum in coin on the demand of
the plaint*, and that the tender of $3,000
in legal-teNer notes, was not a compliance
with the legitLaugaggment of the Chesa
peake Bank.
.. .
BUCHANANt
The New Qrleans Times gets off the 191-
lowing good tit ; balloto is. the
universal specific to aure-a4l social Mei , to
redress the wrongs of woman ; to afford fie
curity to the negro, suppose they try It on
the Plains to secure peace with the Indians.
No one will deny that the Indian is more
than the equal of the negro.
LOVE AND ELOPEMENT IR MICHIGAN
Marriage of a Youth of Seventeen and a
maiden of Fourteen—Sage of the Pa
rents—The Mainext Bride Sent toe Con
vent.
From the St. Clair (Mich.) Republican, Dec. gt.
On Sunday week an elopement and mar
riage took place at Marine City, the parties
being a young man, aged seventeen, and a
young lady, aged fourteen, both belonging
to families moving in the first circles of so
ciety in that place. The affair has created
considerable excitement and talk at Ma
rine City and also at this place, as it con
tains all the elements of a domestic
romance, without, however, the auspicious
termination which usually accompanies
these fictitious episodes of love's vicissi
tudes. The young man is named Albert
Graves, and is a cousin of Hon. N. S. Boyn
ton, our representative elect to the State
Legislature. Albert has been paying his
addresses to Miss Susie Wescott, the youth
ful and charming daughter of Mr. D. H.
Wescott, for over a year past, and it is hard
ly necessary to state they became deeply
enamored of each other. The attention of
the parents of both parties was directed to
their wooing, and efforts were made to pre
vent their meeting. In fact, a strong and
determined opposition was raised, and the
youthful lovers were given to understand.
that they must nevermore join hearts or
hands at love's trysting place, or breathe
the "old, old story" into each other's will
ing ear. This stern mandate was attended
with its natural consequences—only mak
ing them more devotedly attached and
more determined and successful in finding
ways and means of meeting each other.
Feeling that they were cruelly treated
they determined to make one bold stroke
for freedom and happiness. On the after
noon of Sunday, the 13th inst., without
consulting their relatives, and accompanied
by a male friend, they jumped into a cutter
and drove over to D. Hart, whose resi
dence is about two miles west of Marine
City, and were there lied then united, by
that gentleman, in the holy bonds of wed
lock. The parents of the young lady missed
her, and utter a little search got an inkling
of what was going 'on. A brother of the
young lady, - with a friend, D. Lester, got
Into a cutter and made chase, but arrived
too lute. Considering that discretion was
the bettej„ course, they thought it was best
to look over the affair and invite the young
married couple home. Accordingly they
started on ahead to see the old folks, and
instructed the young couple to follow at a
safe distance. They imagined that the old
folks could be quited and reconciled, but in
this they reckoned without their host. The
father of the virgin bride had taken a posi
tion where he could see the young folks
come into the village, and the brother and
friend did not happen to see him. When
the cutter came driving up the old gentle
man halted it, and after a short tussle with
the briclegeoom, in which his superior size
and strength gave him a decided advantage,
took his daughter out of the cutter ana
forced her to go home, at the same time
telling the young man he might "travel."
The girl, reluctant and eobbing as if her
heart would break, followed her father
home, while the young man,down-hearted,
took for the time being another course.
The parents of each were exasperated, and
they jointly determined to break up the
marriage. ney ascertained through legal
advice that the laws of the State did not
sanction marriages where the male con
tracting party was under eighteen and the
female under sixteen, and that under the
circumstances of the present case the tie
could be severed with but little difficulty.
This they determined to do. Close wane]
was' kept over the young lady, but she
managed to escape, and made her way to a
neighbor's house, where Albert, being sent
for, no sooner appeared than she was again
forced to return to her home.
Negotiations were kept up all through
Monday to bring a reconciliation of the old
folks, but all to no effect. On; Tuesday
morning early the young bride, under
charge of her father and brother, was
taken to-Detroit to be placed in a convent,
there to remain until she arrived at mature
age or gave up the object of her affections.
The entreaties of the girl to remain with
her young husband and the course pursued
towards her by her relatives have created
quite a sensation throughout the village
and neighborhood; and while some ap
prove the wisdom of the parents in thus
separating persons of immature age, who
cannot form any idea of the responsibilities
of married life, by far thegreatest majority
severely censure the old folks and warmly
sympathies with the young lovers.
The 9311111-Twltenell Murder ("Hee
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At the clost>af s the proceedings on Wed
nesday evening in the trial of Twitcheil for
the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Hill,
his counsel asled permission to examine
prisoner's clothes. On the opening of tha
Court this morning, Judge Brewster said
that the defendant should have the fullest
right of examination accorded to him con
sistent with the preservation of the articles
from accidental or intentional destruction.
If the purpose is to secure a chemical analy
sis, he is entitled, as a matter of right, to
have such an examination made by any
expert that he may select; but to guard
against the possible destruction of impor
tant evidence, the tests should be applied
in the presence of the Court. The counsel
for the defense did not accept the offer, and
the case of the Commonwealth proceeded.
Samuel F. Davison, an Officer of the First
National Bunk of Camden, testified that
the defendant kept a bank account there;
that on the 20th of November his balances
were $2 04; at one time his account was
overdrawn $411.90. A. B. Warden, Deputy
Coroner Fletcher, Dr. Sharpley, Coroner's
physician, and other witnesses were called,
and the Commonwealth closed il.s case, Mr.
J. T.,,Piatt delivered the opening argil
mept for the defense. He spoke of the'
good character that had always been main
ained by the defendant, and of the danger
of convicting on circumstantial evidence.
He undertook to show how the murder
might have been. committed without the
knowledge of either Mr. or Mrs. Twitchell,
the dining-room door having been closed.
The defense produced in the court-room a
complete model of the house in which the
murder was committed. Without conclud
ing his argument Major Pratt acceded to
the request of the Court and counsel, and
the trial was adjourned over Christmas un
til Saturday morning. Twitchell remains
perfectly impassive, notwithstanding the
chain of circumstantial evidence which the
Commonwealth is welding day after day to
connect 'him with the murder. He sits
quietly in the dock conversing with his
friend's and making suggestions to his
counsel when engaged in the cross-exami
nation of witnesses.
Before this Mr. Pratt for the defence,
closed his remarks, setting forth what was
proposed to be proved : That the wounds on
Mrs. Hill's head could be inflicted by other
instruments than a poker; that not a dollar
of the missing money had been traced to
the defendant; that Mrs. Hill frequently
stated that the house Tenth and P i ine was I
for her daughter; that the furnitute in the
house was purchased in the name of Mrs.
Twitched; that the prisoner's credit was
' good ; that Joseph Gilbert was not to be be
lieved; and that other persons were In the
house.
Mr. McNee, among other measurments,
stated that the fence was 5 feet 9 inches to
the top of the board, and the ornamental
railing adds 20 inches. • There is a tree in
the yard close to the fence, and also two ash
barrels.
Fran kl in Divine, Chas. Maloney, Richard
Skinner, of Gloucester, Joshua Abbott, Jo
seph Daniels and Andrew Gladiug testified
to the good character of the prisoner.
R. J. Dobbins, builder, testified that con
siderab•e noise could be made in the dining
room without being heard in the second
story bedroom; witness was in the back
bedroom and could not be heard hallooing
or pounding in the dining-room.
The defence called a large number of
witnesses, who testified that the prisoner's
character for peace, good order and human-
I ity was good. These witnesses had known
the prisoner for periods ranging from tour
t ) twenty years, and included the time he
lived in New Jersey, at Carpenter's Land
ing, and while he (four years ago) did busi
ness in the Dock street market.
An effort was made to show, by Mr.
Simes, the relation existing between Mr.
Twitched and Mrs. Hill, but it was excluded
as the time was nine months before the
murder.
The objection to the offer of the attornies
for defence to give in evidence the declare
, tions of Mrs. .Rill was not sustained; the
Court being divided in opinion respecting
its admissibility. Quite a large number of
witnesses were consequently examined
under this ruling of the Court. Their ex
amination occupied the remainder of yes•
terday's session.
Au Altair of llooDour—el. Forney Fight". a
It is so long since Washinz ton enjoyed
the sensation of fc duel, that the recent oc
currence of one here has been the theme of
general conversation. , The chivalrous dev
otees of the code of honor last evening were
two officers of the regular army. One of
them was Captain Philip Forney, on of
Colonel John W. Forney, and the other an 1 ,
officer of the Twelfth Infantry. It appears I
that the difficulty commenced in front of
Willard's Hotel, and after some angry
words the parties, at the suggestion of their
friends, adjourned to near Lincoln Bar
racks for the purpose of settling the matter
in the usual way recognized by high toned
gentlemen. The weapons used were pistols,
and under the circumstances the thing was
necessarily impromptu. Seconds, however,
were chosenrand although no surgeon was
present, it was known that one could be
found at the barracks in the event of any
unpleasant results. A few shots were ex.
changed without injury to either party,
after which it was agreed that the wounded
honor of each of the parties was sufficiently
vindicated. Captain Forney was appointed
in the regular army by President Lincoln,
at the instance of Colonel J. W. Forney.
Owing to some difficulty he left the army
some time ago, and is at present a clerk in
the Agricultural Department.
It is said the officer who had the shooting
match with Forney, jr., and whose name is
concealed, was slightly wounded. The
cause of the quarrel is rather difficult to get
at. Young Forney was seen about Wash
ington shortly after the affair, but has been
non est since.
' The Lake Shore Railroad Company have
tecently introduced a new apparatus, for
heating their cars. It Consists of a Series Or
bipes, passing along the sides and beneath
the seats of' the cars, connected with a
Cylindrical tank inclosing,,,a harning
bfatar and partlffilled With water, Which
is gradually oonvetted into heated power,
Which readily passes through the pipes,
circulating through them and returning to
the tank, imparting heat to all parts of the
car in proportion to the temperature to,
which the vapee-le raised.
State Items
Blair county pays about poo a year for
fox scalps.
Pittsburg is considering the question of
erecting new water works.
Judge Middieswarth, of Snyder county,
recently killed a 12d pound deer.
A Mr. Crouse is erecting a Methodist
Church in Reading at his own expense.
The Cambria Iron Company have open
ed a night school for their employees, in
Cambria borough
A mad dog was killed near Doylestown,
and two mad dogs were killed near West
Chester last week.
A straugeand fatal disease has broken out
among the cattle in Wyalusing, Bradford
county.
',malevolent newspaper at Hub accuses
Pennsylvania of having nearly five liquor
shops to every school teacher.
Pittsburg is considering the advisability
of vacating certain streets to enable the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company to erect
depots.
By the blowing out of a mud valve at the
Superior Iron Works, Pittsburg, three men
were badly scalded.
A meeting of the physicians of Franklin
county, for the purpose of forming a medi
cal society, will be held at Chambersburg,
on Tuesday, the 19th day of January next.
Deer are plenty in the mountains of
Westmoreland; eleven were killed during
the late snow in Ligonier township, includ
ing a buck which weighed two hundred
and forty-seven pounds.
The people of Al orrison's Cove are again
agitating the railroad question. It is pro
posed to intersect the Prnnsyivaniarailroad
at Petersburg and the Broad Top road at
Piper's Run.
On Thursday morning last a man named
Robb was brained, disemboweled, and saw
ed in twain by falling on a circular saw in
a planing mill in Birmingham, near Pitts
burg.
Eli Lambert, of West Beaver, Snyder
county, was shot and instantly honied, ro
cently, by the accidental discharge of a gun
in the bands of his eon William, while pre•
paring to shoot a hog.
Mrs. Mary N. Yarnell, the wife of one of
the most respectable citizens of Chester
county, was burned to death' on Sunday
night, at her home Willistown. She was
going to bed and bud a lighted lamp in her
hand, when she tripped and fell, breaking
the lamp and burning herself fatally.
Several prominent iron mills. in Pitts
burg have introduced a process 01 making
iron without puddling. A large amount of
iron is yielded front a given quantity of
metal, and by dispensing with puddlers al
together the cost of production is material
ly reduced.
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Some benevolent persons in Philadelphia
are trying to establish a Young Men's
Home, where young men coining troll the
country for employment in the city can be
provided with cheap board and lodging,
baths, books and amusement, and be thus
guarded from many of the temptations
with which they 'night otherwise be
assailed.
Two gentlemen of Schuylkill county
have invented a snow melting machine. or
removing the snow from railroad tracks.
The machine is simply an engine boiler
placed in a car, down to within a taw inch
es of the road bed, and extends from rail to
rail, where they are perforated with small
holes to permit the jets of steam to act on
the snow while the machine is being push
ed by a locomotive, or city railway our
drawn by horses. If successful, this inven
tion will prove highly valuable.
The Reading Eagle says that a confi
dence man, giving his name as J. W. Mc-
Knight, of Columbus Lodge, I. 0, 0. F.,
of Columbus, Ohio, is traveling through the
State, imposing upon the brethren of the
Order by obtaining donations, loans, etc.—
rn Easton he obtained considerable money
by representing that he had been robbed.
A communication has been received from I
Columbus Lodge, stating that McKnight
was expelled in August last, and that he
is traveling through the country swindling
the fraternity.
Win. C. Derr, of Lewisburg, met with a
terrible death, on the morning of the 113th
Instant, at the lumber establishment of
Messrs. Billinyer, Nogel Co. In adjust
ing a belt at the end of a line shaft, for the
purpose of giving motion to a grindstone,
his clothing became entangled around the
shaft, which drew hint up to it in such a
manner as to preclude all posibility of re
leasing himself. Grasping the shaft with
pis arms, he preserved his head ; but his
feet struck the ground so violently at each
revolution that they were literally torn off.
His side wan also crushed, a rib being fom
ed through his lungs. He lived some six
or eight hours after the occurrence, In great
agony. He leaves a young wife and an in
terresting child to mourn their great loss,
As the down train on the Lackawanna
and Bloomsburg railroad was passing from
the river bridge over Pittston to West Pitts
ton, in Luzerue county, on Monday, it ran
over a young Welsh girl of eighteen years,
named Jones, who was walking ou the
track. She attempted to pass a cattle
guard, and her foot slipped between the
two rails of the wide and narrow gauges,
and got fast between -timbers. She threw
herself outside the track and fell in the cat
tle yard, but could not release herlbot, and
the locomotive passed over her ankle,
crushing the bones. Conductor Adams
and one or two assistants carried her to her
home near by. The fall saved her life,
perhaps, but must have broken her ankle
before the train struck her.
The Joint Committee of arrangments for
the Semi-Centennial Anniversary Celebra
tion of the Introduction of Odd-Fellowship
in the United States, met on Saturday
evening, ut the hall in Philadelphia. P. 0,
Master John W. Stokes, presiding Creden
tials for the delegates elected and appointed
by the Lodges and Nncatripments tnrough
out the State, were read and the represen
tatives acknowledged. The Committee on
Organization made a lengthy report, which
was accepted, the same providing for the
appointment of nineteen Principal Com
mittees, with a view of dividing the labors
consequent upon the occasion of a celebra
tion ct the magnitude which this promises
to be on the 2Uth day of April next. Over
three hundred delegates were present at the
session, representing very near all the
counties in this vast jurisdiction, and the
largest harmony and enthusiasm pervaded
the large assembly.
The session adjourned to meet again on
Saturday, January 9. In the meantime an
opportunity will be afforded the presiding
officer to appoint the various committees
contemplated in the action of the Commit
tee on Organization, and such appointments
will be announced at the next meeting. B.
G• Sire, John A. Kennedy, the Chairman of
the Committee from the Grand Lodge of the
United States, was present, and addressed
them on the subject for which they were as
sembled. The most cheering reports have
already been received from various parts of
the United States, of entire Lodges, En
campments and delegations having ex
pressed a desire to come on and participate
in the grand festivities which are to take
place in commemoration of the important
event.
A Bequest for the 'South
Thomas C. Moore of Brooklyn, New
York, lately deceased left a large Estate.
He provides as follows In a codicil to his
will desiring to set apart a moderate fund
for the relief of suffering and destitute wid
ows and children of Southern soldiers, who
died or were killed in tba late war, in the
eastern parts of South Carolina, North Car
olina and Georgia, he therefore bequeaths
to dunes flail and Francis I. Porcher,
Louis D. De Sausser and E. Henry Frost.
L Charleston, S. C., and the Rev. John
Burnley, bonds in trust for that purpos-,
amounting to $21,600. The portion to be
distributed in South Carolina to be more
than one- fifth of the whole. The amount,
with interest, to be distributed in the course
of seven years.
AlLthe residue of the bonds and mortga
gea‘With few exceptions, he sets aside for
the rebuilding or repairing of churches,
without regard to sect or denominatiqp,
injured by the late war, within the districts
of the Southern States aforesaid.
Stay of Exec:2(.lonm In Virginity con
General Stortetnan's order to extend the
laws staying executions -until the Ist of
July, provides that if, on or before the day
mentioned, the debtor shall pay an accrued
interest, the execution shall be stayed be
yond that time until further orders, If the
debtor, meanwhile, shall dispose or attempt
to dispose of any property to the prejudice
of the creditor, the latter may apply to any
circuit court or judge thereof, after ample
notice to the debtor, and after a hearing of
the facts, the judge may, in his discretion,
dismiss the application or order the issue
of the execution. For six months debtors
aro protected front execution upon the
payment of the accrued interest, and upon
abstaining from all attempts to place their
property beyond the reach of their creditors,
or in other words, by preserving clean
hands. They will, in addition, receive
further grace from Gen. Stoneman, should
the jurisdiction of a State legislature not,
meanwhile, attach, and should he continuo
to be our district commander,
Grand Lodge 3'l eetang
The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania I. 0.
of 0. F., met In special session yesterday
to take action in relation to the decease of
the Grand Secretary. Wm. Curtis. The
Grand Master, Peter B. Long, presided. A
committee,consisting of Past Grand Masters
Stokes, Nicholson, Lamberton, Fritz and
Simpson, was appointed, which reported
appropriate resolutions.
'I he resolutions were adopted, and It was
ordered that they be engrossed, fortvarded
to the relatives of the deceased, and pub
lished in the newspapers.
A committee was appointed to make the
necessary arrangements for the funeral,
which is to take place on Friday next at 1,
o'clock. to proceed to Mount Peace. The
Grand Lodge will attend In a body, the sub—
ordinate lodges- being Invited to participle.
The Grand EneaMPrnent also held a ses
sion last evening, thirQ. Patriarch Maurice
Finn presiding. A committee offered suit
able resolutions in reference to the death of
their Grand Scribe, Brother Wm. Curtis,.
which were unanimodely adopted: After'
'the appointment of a committee to arringe
for the funeral, and addresses by I. p,
littekle andlirtind Rep. Stokes, the body
adjinirnerl. Sti bord i rade Encampments are
tnvltbd to join the' Grand Encampment in
paying funeral honors to the deceased.
Queen Isabella is iioW begging General
ir
Prim, whom once she exiled
_to labor f
her restoration.
n ews Items
Tim Cincinnati police forco have a system
of rocket signals. ,
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A tree near Savannah Las produced 1020
oranges this season.
Some ono has erected a monument over
the remains of Aaron Burr.
The Lord Mayor of York, England, is
editor of a local paper.
TeleFraplnc reborn for the Western As
sociateß:Press last year cost $150,000.
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Virginia has 1,49-1 miles of completei
railroads, costing $49,305,194.
Thad Stevens has no illegitimate son in
the custom-house In New York, as reported.
Rothschild left 2,500 francs annuity to
every clerk who had been ten years in his
service.
The pews In Dr. Hall's church. Filth
avenue, New York, hold for from $l,OOO to
$4,000 each.
A pumpkin pte, nine 'feet in diameter,
was exhibited atareceut. fair In Portsmouth,
New Hampshire.
A house In Barton, Vt., is occupied by
four widows; the youngest Is over sixty
and three are sisters.
The Atlanta, Ga., New Era, a Republican
paper, opposes further congressional inter
ference in the Reconstruction of Georgia.
A youug man named Charles Earns bied
to death at New Philadelphia, Ohio, last
week, from having several teeth drawn.
At a public sale in Boyle county, Ken
tucky, last week, grade Alderney cows
sold as high as $l3B.
A one thousand dollar cipher dispatch
was sent uy the British NI Mister the other
day to his government.
A petition to Parliament to legalize mar
riage vetth a deceased wife's sister Is being
numerously signed in England.
Ludy Thorns and lleorge Wilkes are
matched to trot In June next for the largest
stake ever contested for in this country- -
slo,otlo.
At Rock Mills, in Itappahannoek county
Va., on the Ist inst., Mrs. James Settle
gave birth to three hearty boys at One in -
condiment
The first sewinz unwhino was math, by a
German named Mnilersherger, of Vienna,
in the yearlSls.
St Louis manufactures 2:27 000 barrels of
beer per nuptial, tains II ming 500,0 , 0 bushels
of barley worth $1 000,000.
The weather was cold enolmh at Charles
ton, S. C.. on Christmas day, to freer the
salt wmer ponds near the city.
Sixteen thousand acres of mineral land in
Crawford eimuty, Missouri, were ling week
knocked oil at ill cents per acre. .
A New York surgeon has revived thm
chirurgical idea of amputating the little toe
of children to prevent corns in alter life.
A member of the Florida legislature has
sold his orange crop, numbering :00,iinif for
four thousand dollars
There is pu.sitively no truth in the repot t
that Elizabeth Cady Stanton wants a posi
tion on Gen: Grant's stair. Whoever stain
ed it does tier injustice.
Ethan Allen. of Quincy, Illinois, has been
sent to the penitentiary for live years, for
shooting through the ,vindow of his lions
at his family, who were Inside.
In a new theatre in Florence, between
every two boxes in the first tier (lore rises
from a boquet of fresh Movers a small
sparkling tountain.
The deaths in Philadelphia, last week,
numbered 178, a decrease of 27 as ouulpiryd
with the week previous, and 71 less than
during the corresponding week of lust
year.
General Itosccrans was received by Pres
ident Juarez, on Deeember 10th, and the
proposed treaties with the Dotted States
welt) reported In the Memo t n Congress on,
the same day.
A squad of eleven negroes were brought
Into Brownsville, Tennessee, clot mod with
forming a ennepirucy to rob and murder
General White, near the neighborhood in
which they
Speaker Colfax and wife were the guests
of Mr. Bowles, of the Republican newspa
per, at Springfield, Mass., on Christmas
day. Mr. Colfax was serenaded in the
evening, and acknowledged the compli
ment in a brief speech.
General Ayres, of General itossean's.
Stall', has gone to Arkansas, to inquire bda
affairs there. It is now stated that Gen..
als Babcock and Porter, of General Grum',
stall, were not authorized to multi, in in
vestigation In Arkansas. They hare re-.
turned from Little Rock.
The new aducationid system to :Ungar),
will be "compulsory." Parents and guar
dians not sending their children to heill)(4
will be punished by law. The schools an,.
to be established and conducted by the PH -
rioue religious sects to suit themselves, but
are all to be under State inspeetion.
The'Chicago Timex remarks : A man and
a brother by the Caine of Mena•d Is nt
'Washington, with duly authenticated cre
dentials as a member of Congress elect from
Louisiana. He Is not admitted. Ile eats
and sleeps in a nigger shanty, in a negro
quarter of the town. Sumner does nut In
vite him to share thellespitalities of his bed
and hoard. He is not mim-fed by Chand
ler to take ad rink. He isnot even in vite'A
by Logan to a gam, of draw poker. IV
does not take him to his arms. Butler
dLar
not invite his confidence or compel - Orr...hip.
It is a shame—n disgrace.. Were obi Thad.
Stevens alive this indignity w , ..4.1i1. not,
occur.
Won' erfol Dine° very of it Supposeal.
Antediluvian Human hlioleton.
Day before yesterday, while the quarry
men employed by the Sauk Rapids Wide!.
Power Company, wore engaged in quarry
ing rock for the dam which Is being erected'.
across the Mississippi at this place, found,
imbedded In the solid granite rock, the re
mains of a human being orgigantictitaturo.
About seven feet below the surface of the
ground and about three feet and a half ho
net' h the upper stratum of the rock, the
remains were found imbedded in the
which bad evidently been placed iu the.
quadrangular grave which had been deg,
out of the solid rock to receive the last, re
mains of this antideluvian giant. Thu.
grave was twelve feet in length, four feet
wide, and about three feet In deptli, and is
to-day at least two feet below the present:
level of the river. The remelt:la are com
pletely petrified, and are of gigantic. di
mensions. The head is tnhsaive, measures
thirty. one and ono half inches In circum
ference, but low in the osfrontia, and very
flat on top. The femur measures twenty
six and a guider inches, and the fibula
twenty. five and a half, while the body is
equally long In proportion. Prom the,
crown of the head to the• sole of the foot,
the length is ten feet nine and a half inches,
The measure around the chest is liftymiosd.
and a half inches. This giant must hex's.
weighed at least nine hundred pouuda
when cs)yered with it reasonable ume,unt of,
flesh. The petrified remains, and there is
nothing left but the naked bones, now
weighs three hundred and four and u quartet
pounds. The thumb and lingers Oh the
left hand, and the left foot frot❑ the ankle
to the toes are gone ; but all the tithes partty
are perfect. pear the' sepulcher of the dead
•es placed a large Wit limestone rock that
remained perfectly separated from the
surrounding granite rock. These wonder
ful remains of an antldeluviam gigantic
race are in the possession of a gentleman
who has started with it to :his resldenee
East. This gentleman, it is said, will Neat
all that can be said on the subject by tie,
learned men, among WhOM is General
Thomas, that many more skeletons will be
found during the process of excavating the
•granite rocks In this place. Some seem to
think that these remains were deposited in
this sarcophagus prior to the formation of
the present strata of rocka that now abound
here; but this ie mere conjecture.—•S'uak
Rapids .S'entincd,
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:NEW 'YORK, Dec. 29.—1 t iv anted there fa
not a shadow of truth in the reported basis
of agreement between America and Eni.;
land on the Alabama claims. A messenger
from Reverdy Johnson, with the treaty as
far as agreed upon, will arrive in Waahing
ington to a few days.
An American gentleman who recently
had a conversation with Count Bismark
gives the following as Bismarkiii relations
vrith the Continental powers: As regards
Romania, he said he had written to Princo
Charles, telling him to take the late King
Leopold of Belgeum for his model, to give up
hope of an extension of his territory ,imi ail
administer his government with strict re
gard to existing European treaties, that it ,
he was not inclined to do this, nothing was
left for him but to go home to his lather.
This letter was the cause of the change
just made in the policy of that Prints
Count Biamarek's representations accord
ingly to the A ustrian Minister here, of this
proceeding and of his position toward Hun
gary, had the effect of causing the latter to
express his satisfaction with the peaceful
intentions of this government. Count... Bi
smarck. said that the alliance with Russia
was one looking to a continuance of peace,
and had no reference to the state of the war
as to the South German States. He said it
was his intention to leave to them entirely
the question of their admission to the con
federation that It would not be long.
From Raltlmore
BALTIMORE, Dec 28.—The jury hi the case
of Daniel Deckert, editor and proprietor of
the Hagerstown Mail, gave him a verdict
against the Hagerstown corporation for
$7,500 damages,for allowing his office, tynes,
etc., to be destroyed by a mob in ISP.,: Anti
driving him out of town as a seeessionhit.
Other cases of a similar character are pend
ing. This case Is likely to be taken as a
precedent for numberleas suits throughout
Maryland.
Willis M. White a well known citizen,
was drowned on Saturday whilst skating
on the the Spring Gardens. He leaves a
wife and family.
William Mitred° a celebrated circus rider
died here on Saturday of heart disease.
Two Irishmen named Patrick McGuire
and Patrick Lasso have bean arrested,
charged with the assassrnation of Douglas
Love, recently at Lultacomlng Allegheoir
coal mines.
To - EtclmcK4.
Here aro tsyo 6mors sent to tee N. Y,
Tr:.buTic from Washington :
Ist. Gen. Ortint expresses himself as list
ly opposed to the extension of the Freed-'
men's Bureau, and declares that K i the Re
construction acts are literally carried out,
all due protection will be secured te ne
groes In the South.
2d, The movement for the pardoning . of,
Jeft Davis meets with general' favor here'
and not only'Democrattc, but Republicat
Congressmen urge it as' a stirermeelis dr
procuring Li permanent - pea t-