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A. J. GERRITSON, Publisher.'
Speech of James Stephens, 0. 0. I. R.
r
A meeting was held in Odd Fellows'
Hall on Tuesday eveniag, when Mr. Ste
phens delivered a_few parting words to
the Centers and membersof the organiza
tion in Washington city.
Mr. SteWolisecbs gieitia" with loud
a pplause, and said :
Brothers-:-=My objects in calling this
.
meeting• were., lust, to say some parting
words to you, and also because it had
been intimated to me that many brothers
had not had an opportunity of seeing me
when I was in your city a few days since.
I now afford them that opportunity, and
also speak to them 9f their duty-And the
wants okiiii.4,euntry. - 4 --
Mr. Stephens spoke of the movement
on Canada, saying that it was not looked
on in Europe as it is in this country. It.
would be condemned in Europe, even if
there had been a good deal done. He had
a name to maintain, and wanted them to
understand that his name stands high in
Europe to-day, and- : he did not. wish to
see his name= to connection 'that of
Mr. Roberts. [Applause.]
The Roberta movement had taken place
throutzb want of patriotism and govern
ment or strength, and if he were to be
spoken of in connection with it the French
and other people would stigmatize him as
a Filibuster or an adventurer. Now he
did not want his name spoken of in that
manner. [Applause.] For . these•re - asons
he deemed it his duty to speak against
the leaders of the Canadian movement ;
but he bad not one word to say against
the rank and file.*lf he were to unite with
Roberts and the Senate, be believed it
would be ruinous to the cause of Ireland.
[Applause.] A French revolutionist was
ab e to say that for the sake of liberty he
had given everything, even his honor ; ,
bathe would:not sacrifice leis honor, even'
for Ireland. [Loud applause.]
Mr. scanlou and otbtrb wanted him to
remove It., headquarters from New York
to Chicago, and evidently desired that
O'Mahoay-,sliould be-tet aside. lie 're
fused, and although Mr. Or'MahonY had
caused him infinite trouble, still, believ
ing his faults were simply caused by want
of judgment, and weakness—defects from
which few men are quite free—he upheld
him. He felt bound to do so, believing
him honoiable'and devoted to the cause.
Tke - ntrempt to bring about the diSrup- ,
tion took place as early as the .Chicago
Fair. After mature deliberation he deem
ed it necessary that Mr. O'Mahony should
have a good business man•akhis side for
the reasons that Mr. O'Mahony would
not make pressing calls for money, or
travel through the country uninvited to
event' the organization. He therefore se=
I..cted Mr. Florence McCarthy - , and had.
him appointed Deputy Head Center, and
also made other changes in the organiza
tion here.
At that time the organization number
ed but ton thousand men,' and it
.threw
him almost into despair. Soon afterwards
however he bad reason to believe that all
his objects could be gained in time. Thro'
all this time the same movers of the dis
turbing element could be traced. But
they got some allies. .
After- -teading a-"telegram from - his
friends in New York, Mr. §tepbens said
There, ain 'not two hanared Fepittus in,
Neir `,Yotkiand .lase3l 'tit* who dd
endorse him.,
[Applause;} From the-be
ginning Mr. .Stephens saw the necessity
for what iii'dalled the ." one man power,"
and explained why it is necessary, both
in an army and also is a conspiracy, that.
one mad shotild have supreme Control.—
He believedit absolutely_ essential to suc
cess. He asked 'for tbe power, and it was
granted to him by his friends in America,
who gave him supreme control over the
organizatiotii, both Whom
,and abroad.
Mr. 011ahony found that arrangement
distasteful; 'and it created some unpleas
antness on the part of Mr. 011abohy,who
thought he was of more consequence to
the organization than he [Mr. Stephens]
was. •• Mi. OPtiationy ; get the tasmple of
insubordination; 39t -her men followed : it;
and the:feelintbegan in43l3ow4tiielf Very
strongly at the Chicago Convention.
Mr. Stephens then gave a Omit history
of that Convention, ,xhere, he., enw ele•
ments of discoid Wails. • '
Mr. Stephens then spoke of the Cincin
nati Convention and of his arival in this
country, saying; -He accepted tim resig
nation of Mr. O'MahOny, and should al
wayirnOnsi.der binaself the.iMpreine officer
of the organization throtighont.thenlirld.
[Appladde. 'A ' - Hope you will
live to see,your work accomplished. "]
Mr. Stephens referred to the Philadel
phin,conveng„ Convention ,, and_ said it waslareed
on die Hetlinif 10614
of the indignities cast on the t_nanization
Irelatat-loy sending- Over Durini3 -and
Meehan. Their investigations were con
ducted in a atrium! , hothlnsulttng to Mr.
Stephens and injurious to the men in Ire
land. It Minsed"great disiatisfaCtioa,and
in many cases the men were on the point,
of rivoltkag:idtogetheriThitithernd.ito
subMit Vv.' it., and consent id-4 course 'of
conduct which was very much calculated
t° ec9Promise, the-men ialreland.
In - i - short'filiie''tli niquisitori wrote
over to America, and pronounced . the
ganization to be all that it had been pre
viously reported to be, and advised that
the funds should be sent over to Ireland
to purchase war material with. At the
council held on the hills' overlooking the
vale of Avoca it was agreed that a docu
ment should be drawn up to the effect
that an appeal was to be made to the
Irishmen in this country to purchase the
bonds of the Irish Republic. It was
hoped that good results would flow from
that council, but they were sadly disap
pointed. The two inquisitors left with a
promise to be ready to start to America
in eight days, and when fifteen days had
elapsed letters were received from them
dated from two different towns in Ireland,
and ,each of them asking Mr. Stephens
to send them down through the post office,
[sensation,] the names and addresses of
the Centres of several towns in Ireland:—
Sensation, and cries of "Hear," "Hear,"]
Theywerelo have returned immediatelyto
America, and the delay of those gentle-
men was felt to be almost ruinous to the
cause. He asked them what he thought
of such conduct ? [A voice, "Treason."]
He could see there was a manifest dispo
sition to break up the organization. It
was pretty generally believed throughout
Ireland that Mr. Meehan lost his docu
ments through calculation, and on three
different occasions be (Mr. Stephens)
saved his life. [A voice, " Pity you did
so."]
Mr. Dunne came back after some days,
and Mr. Meehan had to be written for
again. The state of affairs in Ireland was
laid fully before them, and Mr. Dunne
said he would immediately return to
America, but Mr. Meehan said be should
remain some time longer.
Mr. Stephens then spoke of the fact
that Mr. Meehan, after the arrests had
been made, wrote letters and sent them
through the postoffice, knowing that all -
letters were opened. [Sensation. A voice,
"He is a roc r' ie."] When Mr. Meehan
returned to this country he [Mr.Stephens]
and his friends in Ireland ccnsidered that
the inquisitor was on his trial, as if he
worked hard to advance the work they
might fairly conclude that the loss of
those documents was accidental, and
caused through carelessness. If be did
not then, it was fair to conclude that be
lost them purposely. He believed there
was treachery in the Senate, and the sec
tion of that body made them the laugh
ing stock of Europe.
Mr. Stephens.then referred to his es
cape from prison, saying it enabled him
to hold the organization together in Ire
land. The Senate, President and Gener
al Sweeney, could never have any official
connection with the organization, and he
held them responsible for all,the troubles
in the country. [Applause.]
About his . arrival in this country Mr.
Stephens said that Mr. Roberts had said
that as soon as he [Mr. Stephens] arrived
ho would resign. What was the fact ?
They immediately let their cards be seen,
and brought up their Canadian invasion
scheme, and several members of the Sen
ate cursed and swore when they heard he
had escaped from prison. [Great sensa
tion.] It was, elitient that they did not
intend to work with him.
The slanderous report uttered by Gen.
Sweeney was then referred to Mr. Ste
phens asking, what does Gen. Sweeney
mean by saying that I am a British agent?
If be said that in any part. of Ireland he
would be a dead man in an hour. The
men in Irelapd denounce and repudiate
the members Of the Roberts Sweeney
party and not one of them would be safa
for a single hour on Irish soil. [Sense-
Lien.]
Mr. Stephens then asked the question
whether, Roberts and Sweeney actually
meant to give an opportunity for fighting,
saying that General Sweeny admitted
that it was against his judgment that the
movement was made; while Roberts ad
mitted that the chances were nine to two
against them. If they had • really , meant
to accomplish anything, there was ample
time given them before the President's
proclamation was issued, and they could
have put thirty thousand men on the Ca
nadian soiL They did ran know how to
make combinations, or they had not any
thing to combine. In all such movements
the leaders were generally found at the
front. Were Roberts and Sweeney, or
any '
of the Senate at the front ? Every
single act of theirs would go to show that
they did not mean to share the risks of
that inVdSion. [A voice, "That's , so."]
He would have forgiven them everything
if they lad proved themselves patriots and
men who dared tozn into the gap of dan
get. Another, a stronger reason why
he could not f orgivethem was, that they
did not' ciine, 'to him frankly and say, we
have failed' in this, but 41%19 it, and we ,
-will work now to redeem the past. • If.
they had acted in that _ respect, as, ..Tohn
011ahony did, be' Nieuld hive forgiven
theta. ,
Instead of that, they were, again, before
the'sVcrld and had turned .it, into a mere,
political machine. was one of the 'prin
oleic:a of the organizatien that politics , and
relligions matters sheidd be minded,
Stephens then Concluded his speech
by saying—":l. repudiate all "connection,
direct or indirect, with the "President, the
Senate, or General Sweeney, and' de
minty:pall men who
_would endeaior to
use the IrishieepleCti
,this continent for
any ether iftirtiose than the liberation. of
1 Ireland ?"
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1866.
Sectional Ruflianiem.
The radical newspaper press of the
North derives one half, and perhaps two
thirds of the inspiration of its articles a
gainst the South from the Southern press
itself. Of course these radical abolition
newspapers are not conscientiously anx
ious that their extracts should be repre
sentative of Southern sentiment. On the
contrary, they very much desire that the
average tone of the South—which is loy
al to the Union—should not be represent
ed at the North. They therefore are care
ful not to quote anything from the South
ern press, except isolated and garbled ex
tracts. Occasionally therare not obliged
to garble, as witness the following from a
South Carolina newspaper, and which is
quoted in the Avalanche, of Memphis,
with its cordial endorsement :
" Again, it is insisted that, while we
do honor to the graves of the Confeder
ates, we should treat the graves of Fed
erals with like respect. Absurd ! Shall
we adorn with wreath and garland the
last resting place of those who pillaged
our barns,•burned our dwellings, and in
sulted our mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters? Is it to be expected that a
lady should honor the memory of a man
killed while robbing her hen roost ? If
praying for the souls of the damned would
be of any avail, they might have the ben
efit of our prayers—but honor them—
never!"
There is a ruffianly, brawling insolence
about this that reminds one of Thad Ste
vens or some Texan outlaw. It is inde
cent and cowardly to the very last dergee
bat it is as far from being representative
of average Southern sentiment as a bagn
io is of a Christian temple. Here is an
other extract from a Southern newspaper
published at Vicksburg, and edited by an
ex-confederate soldier. It has reference
to the decoration of the graves of the
Federal and Confederate dead, which was
done by the ladies of Columbus, Missis
sippi :
" We envy not the narrow-heartedness
ofjournals'that can find fault with so no
ble an action. To our mind it speaks vol
umes for the purity .of woman's charac
ter. Our ladies are not politicians—they
are Christian women. And while en
gaged in preserving and decorating the
graves of our soldiers, they thought not
of warlike strife, nor of vengeance against
the dead. They only knew, as they view
ed those solitary graves of stran
gers in a strange land, that they
were sleeping far away from home ; far
from mothers and sisters ; and as they
dropped the spring roses of our sunny
clime upon their silent resting places, it
was with the Christian hope that some
fair sister in the North, in a like charita
ble spirit, might not overlook the silent
graves of our Southern sons which are
scattered among them."
Abolition newspapers everywhere give
currency to the former ; none of them re
publish the latter. The Vicksburg ex
tract we believe to be an utterance which
we think will be endorsed by nine-tenths
of the men who fought in the rebel ranks.
The other represents the cowardly, ma
lignant, stay-at-home element whose coun
terpart exists in the North among that
faction which, from pulpit and newspaper,
clamors for vengeance against the van
quished.
The vindictive hatredi exhibited by
this faction are no more the type of Nor
thern feeling in the mass' than the fire
eating insolence of the South Carolinian
and the Memphis Avalanche is represen
tative of the general feeling in the South.
It is quite unfortunate for the country
that these Northern and Southern fac
tions have an existence. The utterances
of Stevens are disseminated by the Ava
lanches of the South as indicating the
tone of the Northern feeling. The Tri
buries 'of the North diligently hunt the
columns of the Examiners, and selecting
their reckless bravado and impotent as
well as impudent threatenings, distribute
them over the North as showing the char
acter of Southern feeling.
In.this way the honest well -disposed
mas.es of both sections are led to thor
oughly misunderstand each other. In
stead of constantly approaching a unity
consisting of 'mutual appreciation of res
spect, they drift away from each other in
to distrust and hatred. Every speech of
Thad Stevens is adding to the principal
,of the batked ?which .exists between the
North and; South ; and the same is tine
of every article of the few high-flown ruf
fians who misrepresent the tone of South
ern journalism.—Chicago Times.
-4t is said that Dan Rice will run for
Congress in the Nineteenth Congression
al I;iistrict. of Pennsylvania.) To this ar
rangement some of the Radicals object,
.onfthe ground of Dan being " a circus
showman." The same party, however,
sena': 'P. Barnum, of Woolly horse and
Joyce Beth memory, to the Connecticut
Legislature.
-The Philadelphia Daily News, (Re
publican) says , Geary cannot' be elected
upon the Harrisburg platform, and" adds :
is folly for, any one to fla tter himself
with' the belief ithat the radical element
a lo n e can cariy in4ection Peuns)lva.' ,
nis, even if 'the Conservative 'Union men .
'Should simply reframirom voting."
The Voice of the Soldiers.
No man in the army from Pennsylva
nia fought more gallantly during the re
bellion than Col. W. W.ll, Davis, of the
Doylestown (Pa.) Democrat. Scorning
to fawn and cringe to secure promotion
be stood by his principles throughout the
contest. He commanded a brigade al
most from the commencement of the war,
with his original rank of Colonel. He
has been brevetted a 'Brigadier since the
close of the war. The numerous honora
ble wounds which he bears on his body
attest to his devotion to the Union, and
prove his undaunted bravery. Such a
man has a right to speak to the soldiers.
With his left hand, his right having been
shattered by a shell, he writes for his pa
per, the Doylestown Democrat :
To one can longer be made the dupe of
false " glitter and show," nor deceived by
the hollow cry of "patriotism and loyal
ty." The soldiers who were once impos
ed upon by the sophistry of the Radicals,
find their pretensions stripped bare. They
were taught they were fighting for the
supremacy of the Union and Constitution,
and now that their object was accom
plished, is the victory to be taken from
their hands, and are they to be told that
the war was only to subserve partizan
schemes ? Ask the wife who sent, forth
her husband to maintain the nation's hon
or, if he went to force people out, or to
keep States in. Ask the fond mother
who packed the knapsack of her son, her
bright and lovely boy, and sent him to
battle with willing words, but heavy heart
from which conflict he ne'er returned--
ask her as she sits pensively in the sum
mer twilight; remembering bow she sat
there a few years ago, with her only son
by her side, and she will tell you while
tears leap from her eyes, of the impulse
which moved her child. She will tell
you that for the Union he fought and died,
the whole Union represented by the flag
with thirty six glittering stars upon it,
one for every State, and not eleven erased
from the rich emblazonry of its folds.
Will the radicals dare, even with all their
brazen effrontery, go to the country upon
the issues so plainly made up? When the
soldiers fought against treason, are they
to be told they fought for treason; when
they fought to keep States in the Union,
are they to be told they fought to drive
States out ? Before another year these
questions are to be decided. We are al
so to decide between a noble and exalted
Caucasian destiny, and the blighted and
miserable condition of African equality.
We are to decide whether the withering
and baleful influences of Radicalism are
to prevail over the broad and generous
view of Covservatism. So plainly are the
issues drawn. Where shall we each
stand ? Party lines are not drawn so
closely that once faithful adherents to a
now broken and despicable cause should
hesitate to march under our banner. We
are pledged to a restoration of these
States to their proper functions Tinder the
Constitution, and to oppose all attempts
of the men who would elevate, for party
purposes, even Satan himself to be their
equal. But the signs of the times indi
cate promising results.
"-our power is ready
Our lack is nothing bat our leave : Macbeth
Is ripe for shaking, and the powers above
Put on their instruments. Receive what cheer yon
may •
The night is long that never finds the day."
Let all join in the grand army, and we
will hurl from the high places the men
who daily disgrace them, and restore to
power, now so justly merited, the party
which for forty consecutive years ruled the
country and elevated her to such a pitch
of grandeur and renown. Then will the
American Union no longer be a byword
of reproach among other nations, but her
position will comport with the dignity
which should characterize so great a
country.
Cumions Oumrret CUSTOMS.—There
are many traits of character and custom
in which the • Arabs and Turks are our
antipodes.- They shave the head but not
the chin, and we the reverse.• With• us
the uncovering of the head in the pres
enceof another is a mark of respect; with
them a mark of disrespect. • When they
go into a place of worship they keep on
the hat and take off the shoes and slip
pers; we do the opposite. •They mount
on the right side: of horse, and we on the
left. They write from right to left and
we from left to right. We show our
good breeding by taking the outside ,
when we pass persons on the street,
they by passing nearest to the wall. They
do the honors of the table by helping
themselves first; we serve ourselves last.
If afriend inquires after yogr wife, you
regard it as a compliment; to inquire, af
ter theirs Is an insult. Their mourning
dress is white; ours black. They 'finish
their wooded' ouses from the top . doiviir
:wardoind `we from . • • the' ,foundation• up.
The men wear frocks and the women
pantaloons. We wash the hands by 'dip
ping them in water, they by having Wa
ter poured upon them.—Pausman s Si
nai and Zion.
—What commodity is always offered
at cost? , Thelaw. \
',
--What things increase the, more, you
,contract them? Debts. \ .
—Whatis higher and handsomer *ben
the head is off? A pillow.
The " Loyal" Road to Wealth.
1. Get a position as an agent in the
Freedmen's Bureau. Previous thereto, or
subsequently, assume the name or Rever
end, or get yourself dubbed that by par
tial friends. This is essential, because it
will inspire all Republican editors, strong
minded women, and Radicals generally,
with a faith in you which' can not be sha
ken, no matter what you may do.
2. Select a nice place to live in, and
rent yourself a plantation on 'easy terms.'
3. Contract with yourself for the re
quisite number of able bodied freedmen,
wages, part of the crop of rice, sugar or
cotton, when made, you to feed and
clothe them meanwhile.
4. Supply them liberally with rations
and clothes from the Government stores
and at public expense. This will add'
largely to your profits, though it helps to
swell the taxation at the North.
5. When the crop is harvested, sell the
whole of it, pocket the proceeds, and
leave without paying your laborers.
Conscience need not trouble you in this,
as you will leave them no worse off than
you found them.
6. Return to your native village and as
sume the airs and snivel of martyrdom ;
Ifyou can be " a victim of the President's
policy," it will pay well in securing you
plenty of deferiders of the highest politi
cal influence.
Having now wealth and position, you
are prepared to lecture Democrats on
their sins. These lectures, if well spiced i
with " Copperhead," disloyal," and like
epithets, with now and then a donation
to the society for the prevention of the
reconstruction of the Union, will so re
lieve your mind, that you can pass quiet
ly down the vale of life in all the odor of
hypocrisy, and finally die the death of the
pious, according to the profitable doc
trines of the Republican Church.—Albany
Argus.
Miscegenation.
Last Friday the usual quietness of our
main street was suddenly disturbed by
the arrival of two colored gentlemen from
Lake Mills with a white woman hanging
on the arm of each. One couple were
married, and , accompanied the other for
the purpose of being present at their bri
dal. Judging from the appearance of the
unmarried couple, as they marched up
through the streets, we should think on
this occasion, at least, true love really ran
smooth. They at once proceeded to the
justice's office, followed by a crowd anx
ious to see the ceremony performed, at
which the woman seemed surprised, and
inquired the reason of it, saying that when
she married her first husband there were
not so many present.
of
Ducasse
gave, them a few words of advice and de
clined the honor of tying the knot when
the woman declared she would not marry
a white man ifshe bad to travel a 'lOOO
miles, at the same time tapping the ebony
cheek of her betrothed, and he approving.
ly uncovered his ivories. After several
fruitless attempts to procure the services
of some proper individual, they left, say
ing something about this being a copper
head town.— Watertown (Wis.) Republi
can.
—A bill has been introduced in the
House of Representatives to establish a
National Bureau of Insurance. In addi
tion to the outrageous Freedmen's Bu
reau now in existence, a National Bureau.
of Education was authorized by the house
the other day, and now a National Bureau.
of Insurance. What next
—ln reply to they question, " What
class of people in the South are most loy
al to the Union ?" General Steedman,
instead of praising the negro as his ques
tioner expected, answered very
" the returned rebel soldiers."
—Those radicals who are so much fon
der of the negro than the white man, are
the people spoken of in the Scriptures,
who " love darkness rather than light,
because their deeds are evil."
* WHY ONE Snouts* NoT Sww..—An
article in the Pittsburg • Preacher gives
seven good reasons why a man should not
swear :
1. It is mean. A man of ,high mozal
standing would almost as soon steal a
sheep as swear; 2. It is vulgar—alto
gether too low•for a decent man. 3. It is
cowardly—implying a fear either of not
being believed or obeyed.. 4. It is'un
gentlemanly. A gentleman, according
to Webster, is •a genteel Man—well bred,'
refined. Such a one will no more swear
than go into the street to throw mud
with .a loafer. 5. It is indecent-r-offen
sive to delicacy; and extremely unfit for
hnman ears. 6. It is foolish. " Want of
decency is want of sense.'!,. 7. It is abu
sive—to the mind - which conceives.
Miicu Yotrn OWN INK.—Go to the
Drug store and get half an ounce of ex
tract of logwood, and ten grains ofbichro
mate of
. potash. Be sure you • get just
these articles and not some substitute for
them. Dissolve thenf in a 'quart of hot
rain water, When
,cold, pour it ins:iglus
'bottle, or some, vess e l fit for,ohemiCal uses
and leave it
,uncorkedten or twelve Oaya.
Bitposare to the air is indispensable, : The
ink"iii„then made ? costing you about .five
cents a. quart; it is at groat:llo3m . steel
blue, but becomes black and. glossy. as a
raven's wing.
i VOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 28.
In closing the debate on the constitu
tional amendment on Wednesday last,
Thadeus Stevens used the following lan-
gunge :
"I find that we shall be obliged- to lie .
content with patching up the worst, per.'
titans of the ancient edifice, and leaving it.
in many parts to be swept through by
the tempests, the frosts, and •:'the storms
of despotism."
So, after bringing on a gigantic war for
the purpose of altering the "'ancient edi
fice erected by Washington,. Jefferson,
Madison and Hamilton, the chief of the,
Radicals confesses that he is able to give
the country nothing better than a'fiatchr= -
work of the worst portions of that . '" 80=
cient edifice." He admits that after six
years occupancy by himself and his party,
and after all the numerous alterations
they have made, they find the edifice in
much worse condition than it was when
they, took possession of it—so much worse
indeed, that nothing but the " worst por
tions" of it remain, anth'even these are .
badly patched.
After this admission by the leader and
mouthpiece of the Radicals, that they are
bad tenants and have abused the national
edifice, will the people hesitate to turn
them out ? Their lease expires on the
fourth of March next. They will- apply
for a renewal of it this fall. Will it be
granted? No careful property owner
would renew the lease of a bad tenant,
and it cannot be that any reflecting man
will consent to a continuance of the Radi
cal destructives in power, in the face of
their own admission that they misused it.
The Freedman's Bureau in Virginia.
Brevet Brigadier General T. D. Sewell,
Inspector General of the Freedmen's Bu
reau for the State of Virginia, has just
completed a tour of inspection of the state
and in his report to the Bureau speaks
highly of the conduct of Colonel Brown,
formerly Assistant Commissioner of the
Bureau for the State. He recommends a•
consolidation of the sub districts and a re
duction of the agents of the Bureau to
one third of the present number. Re
states that the issue of rations is steadily
decreasing and will be less after the crops
come in. The largest issues are•made at
Richmond, Petersburg, Hampton and
Norfolk, where there are a great number
of contrabands. Re recommends that
they be sent into the back country, where
the demand for labor is much beyond the
supply.
Bad Tenants.
A Startling Exposure.
It will be remembered that at the trial
of the accomplices of Booth before-a mili
tary commission at Washington, on the
charge of complicity with the assassina
tion of President Lincoln, a certain James
B. Merrett was the principal witness for
the government. On his testimony Mrs.
Surratt was convicted and hanged, and
on his testimony it was shown that Jef
ferson Davis, C. C. Clay and George N.
Saunders were directly implicated.,in. the
assassination'. '
He has recently been before the Coni
mittee on the Judiciary, of the House of
Representatives, and his examination
there showed that his testimony in the
trial of the conspirators was totally void
of truth.
One very remarkable fact was elicited
in his examination, wherein be admittnd
that the Secretary of War, Edwin.M.
Stanton, had paid him between fiveand
six thousand dollars for his services as a
witness before the lifilitary commission
which tried the conspirators.
With Stanton to suborn the witnesses
at five thousand dollars a bead, there is
no telling, what they may not be able to
prove; .
Freedman' Berean leen.
Owing to its great length We do not
publish the report of Generals Steedman, -
and Fullerton concerning the workingeof,
the Freedmen's Bureau in tbe States, or:,
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida., ~
gives - the game statement, in sabstance,,of
the corruption of the agents and other 0f,.,
ficials, and oppression, of the' negro as : ;
characteiized their other reports. The:.
Bureau is managed and used for corruyt,„
purpoies and the officials connected w,ith„
it are harder upon the negrees than ever
their old :misters - were. These uaforj l k.,
nate c,reatnres have only exah,daged-a . yB l - 1 1 .
terns of slaiery, the one present, panaged
by the government, whieh''pre;eoe.44:9
give them liberty, being by fir thoMost,-,
tyrannical' of the two. How long wilkthe
people ofthis country . support each cor
rupt and corrupting matittitiorrat'an
-nual expenseof about eleeen - inillions 'of
dollars to the tax payers ? Are .net the
bardens of tatatiOn benv y , "'enongli; that „
several millions mast enoleyear bethro'wo
away . oon'eet 'of *Drill* fellOwa;'Wbo, ; ,
are given "pl4ces 'that
the negt4ies.? . Let.Eta' wiPe the. puremt ,
and US 'officers out of existenee, which eon
only be done by placing the
,legislitive
branell'ofthe government in ibe-handaof
a new and honest body of men.
—lnAdrian, , a lady obserriivi 'fire
company's: huilding with steeple, asked.,
her gentleman attendant What church., ,
is that ?" ;The gentleman 'after, riUding.
the sign; "Deluge, No. 3," "replied '" I „
guess it must be the Third Baptist." '