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VOL-. 24.
STROUD3BUK.G, MONROE COUNTY, PA FEBRUARY 3, ISS6.
NO. 48.
TERI3-Tro dollars a year in advancc-and if no
Jiaid l),iriro the end of the ycai, to dollars and fufy
nC'SpS
Except ai the oprion ofihe Editor. ....
eAUvcrtisc'iientsofone square of (cigla lmesi or
ss onoo- Ihrec insertions $1 00. Eai'h additional
Vnrtin, 30 oents. Lonfecr ones in PP-t'c":
'' - " - - -
JOS PRINTING,
of all kinds,
Sxeeetcd in the highest style of the Aj t, and on the
must rciisorrtble terms.
CONSTITUTION WATER. '
HBBBBBBBI FBBBBH HLH
The astonishing success which has aitcn-1 iiUUIlOr S -DJ OUICG.
ded this invaluable medicine proves it to be yrrnrj
the most perfect remedy ever discovered. ' Estate of sJICHAEL HA WK, dee'd
No language can convey an adequate idea J The undersigned appointed by the Or
of the immediate and almost miraculous w Court of M c ty. Auditor
chanpc which it occasions to the debilitated : i. .i- . M . , ,J' . ,,
and shattered sj'slcm. In fact, it stands un
rivalled as a reined- for the perm ment cure
Of DIABETES, IMPOTEXCY, LOSS OF MUSCULAR
KXERRY, PHYSICAL ritOSTKATIOX, INDICES-
TIO.V, XOX UETKXTICX, Or IXCOXTI.
)xtixence or
i'rim:, ntuiTATiox, ixrr.AMATiox nr ulceu- tttXi, at 10 o clock, A. at the 1 ro
atiox of the bladder am) kidxeys, Dis-; thonotary's Ofricc, in Stroudsbunr, at
eases of the PROSTRATE glaxd, stone ix
For those Ii&rnei 5'r:i!s: v
to
These Irregulariiics arc the cause of fre
tlm iivl? nf mnri rsvo sni! ilruirrrr-
,w irlr, nn thfi rp?n!i : and as month
cilcr month paes wiihout an effort being
nuuie to nss:sl nature, the difnculty becomes
chronic, the patient gradually loses her ap-j
pctitc, the bowels are const ipa tec
, night
finally
tweaks come cn, and c07isitvijition
ends her career.
For sale by all Druggists. Price, $1.
W. II. GREGG & CO., proprietors.
. . MORGAN &. ALLEN,
General Agents, No. 4G ClilT street, N. Y.
February 1, 1SG3.-Gm.
ImiroH&pa to Event
Thr i-abferibrs would inform the public
very respectfu ly, that they are carrying on
the"
Moot & Shoe ksis2CS
.at their uiil staiKi, one ricor aLove Uie
Esprrfs Office, on Elizabeth Sl, Strouds
burg, Pa., whfro they will be happy to
wait on their old customer., and as many
nev' ones as can make it convenient tp call.
id a coad arrortment of
Qifr. Dnrrr mill I'niT .Cn t tore Xlino 1 Tn m.
the bladder, calculus, gravel, or brick- ;my claims against said funds will present
di-st deposit, and all Biases or Affi-cuon. t,,e ss!uc, or be forever debarred from
of the BJaJder and K.dnoy? anu Drop.1 n fm , .j f d
bwciimgs existmsr :n Men, Women, or Lh:l-; t, -it iintvnv- t ?
Arnn -'; J . id. MciLiLjAM'jl , Auditor.
nn-r r CI-nr3 aut:cs ol his appointment on .Monday, the j v? ciujs, or inaeoiea
1 -iiU h Oth dv of Fobriwrv. 1 SGfi. nt 1 0 o'dnnk , !a.nl firrn' are requested to call on Jacob
r ...AO. n.;un!-'nnJ ,.!,;Urrn.-,v-rnr. I:- V...r, t i. r q a i yckoff, into whose hands the books,
n L s-i.nr.,,i s,n,!icrnrmm v.-.,ih- .1 ... t? .!..: i. r o... j have been placed, who is duly authorized
nd misses. A general assortment of Lasts Jb v aaj w n tJ uIctcs- " JACOB I WYCKOFF
,nd Root-Trees shoe Thread ax Heelj,- lQ QT A win , iLVwYCKOPP
N.-n F. Pincor-. Punches. Lveletts and Eve- , , . . ., u.iiiiu n. w iuauii.
men, Crimping Board, and Screws, also, li-, "vc shares ornad.
ning ah:l binding fkins. a good article of 1 fc. iUJj.MiSfc, Jr., Auditor.
Tampico Boot Morocco, French Moroccoand; Stroudsburg, Jan. IS, 18G0.
French Calfskins, Lasting and all kinds of
Shoemaker torfp, Ink Powder and Shoe j AnditOlS Notice.
Blacking, and Frank Millers water-proof " -J- 0
oil blacking. All of which they ofier forjlu the matter of the Account of the Ad-
hale at small advance upon cost. Give us ai
call, no charges lor showing l'otws.
P. iS. Boots and Shoes made to order and
warrant- d.
CHARLES WATERS & SON
Stroutlsburg, Jan. 38, 1SGG.
If BW STOE
A
.-1.
D
CHEAP GOODS
I
The undersigned respectfully inform
the public and his old customers, that he!
has laicen tuc oiore iiuum iuiuichj uo
copied by James A. Pauli, in Strouds
burg, nearly opposite the Methodist Flpis-
copal Church.
His stock is composed oi entirely en ministratorof the Estate of John Smith,
Good?, laid in at reduced prices, and nej atc of Eldrcd Townshipj dec(1
irill se.ll them at small profits ! The unders5gRed Auditor appointed by
He has on hand a complete assortment AI tl n J
ot DRY GOODS, Clohs, Cattimcn. Orphans' Court of Monroe County,
Sa inct,, and a full line of LA DIES 0 nmko distribution of the fund in the
DRESS GOODS, Shalla De Lanes,; nds of said Administrator, to and a
, 1 n v a a,A..A..i mong those eutitled thereto, will attend
Amoors, Coatings, Calicoes, and age ri! : to tlle duties of his appointment on Fri
assortmeiit of Ladies Dress inmmiuSs; ; he Clh d fPtel 186G) :it
and lankce Notions. Q J , k thc forcnoou at the Office
A.LSO A ood assortment or Gliu- " . ... T-, . ., ly , P
rl ?i i o p.,h0 clf,r T,ir,i iof S. S. Drcher, Esq., in the Rorough of
CLRJLS,ex as Coffee ugar, Mola,- g v.,jen lQnd wherc aI, ties
6, and Syrups, Tea and Rice. , . . r rRnu:re(i t0 attend. or tuev
'mw ffive me a call, aua sec tuc
give
gooaa ana prices. nf'
Ruttcr and Eggs aud all kind. of.
i J . . , . I. n ... nrtlll(irA lilt"
i n '
vjouniry prouuee, wktu iu v-Avu-ugi,
roods.
JAMES R MORGAN.
Stroudsburg, January 4, 18G6.
Saddle and iiarness
Manufactory.
Tbe undersigned respectfully informs'
;:,e ( UlrnmUl.iir.r nnl SUITOUD-
ding country, that he has commenced the
xbo?e basinet iu Fowler's building, oa!
Elirabcth Etreet, and is fully prepared to
furnish any article iu his hue of busiuess,
at short notice. Ou baud at all times, a
large stock of j
Harness, Whys, Trwrfcs, VaUccs, Car
2et Days, Jlorzc-Dlankcts, Bells,
Skates, OU Chilis, &c. j
Carriage Trimming promptly attended ;
t0' JOHN 0. SAILOR.
fcrlroudsburg, Doc. 14, 1865. j
Assinee5s Notice.
, -
hcrcas, Jerome B. Shaw and Wife,
Hamilton Township, Monroe Co., Pa.,
have made a voluntary assignment of their
. e'
liCal and personal instate, to the SUUScri-
bcr, for the benefit of his creditors; There-
' r i 1 , , . . . , . , -,-
4 lore, an mose luacotcu io me sum jo-
rome B. Shaw, arc requested to make iin-
mediate payment to the subscriber, and
'all those having demands against the same
' will present them immediately, duly au
thenticated to the subscriber for settle-
, ment.
JEROME S. WILLIAMS,
Assignee.
! Hamilton, Jan. 23, 1S6G.
A Ti J 9. W j
to make distribution of the balance in the
hands of John S. Fisher, Administrator
a UeCCaSOO, 10 aUU aillODg the IlCirS,
" i"m lllU UUUUb UI It IS appOlOC-
went on Friday,-the 9th day of February
v. inch time ..ud place all persons having
January 1 1, I80G.
Auditor's 24 otdee.
Estate of JONAS METZGAU, dee'd.
The undersigned appointed by the Or-
1; '"" v-Olirt Ot
M on roe, Auditor to rc-
f'ort ""tribution of
thc funds in the
hands ofCharles If oifman and David Nye,
Administrators of the above named Estate,
will attend to the duties of his appoint-
nicut, on Friday, February 1G, 1SGG, at
j two o'clock P. 31., r.t the Prothonotary's
office in Stroudsburg, when aud wnere
'all persons interested and having claims
(against said fund will present the tame,
:or be forever debarred from comiuir in
for any share thereof.
THOS. M. McILIIANEY.
Jan. IS, 1SGG. Auditor
Aaditer's Noli
5S'a
In the matter of the Account of the
Administrator of the Estate of Lewis
Schrader, late of Streud Tsp., dee'd.
The undersigned Auditor appointed
by the Orphan's Court of Monroe County, j WycfcofF and Jacob L. Wyckoff. in the Bo
te make distribution of tiie funds in the I rou.'h of Stroudsburg, Pa., trading as D. li.
hands of said Administrator, to and among j
those entitled thereto, will attend to the
ministrator of Joseph Rariieb, late of
loss isp.,
uee
'd.
The undersigned Auditor appointed by
mong those entitled thereto, will attend to
j the duties of his appointment on Satur-
jd:ry the 17th day of February. 1SGG, at
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when and
I where all parties interested are required
tx i .i .:n i. .i p.
. - r ,i j- , i c
comm" in for their distributive shares of
said fund.
S. nOLMES, Jr., Auditor
roudsburg, Jan. 18, 1SGG.
Auditor's Notice.
Io the matter of the Account of the Ad
will be debarred from coming in for their
, . . V ,i
distributive shares of said fund.
HOLMES, Jr., Audi
'
itor.
Stroudsburg, Jan. 18, 18GG.
! SCRATCH! SCRATCH! SCRATCH!
! Itch ! Itch ! Itch !
Try Hollinshead's Itch Ointment. a sure
cure for that troublesome disease. War-
janted to cure, or the money refunded.
AOt 1DJUI10U3.
,"P c
W. HOLLLNSHEADS ,Drug4.
Store.
btroudsuurg, dan. inn, xouu.
Sontlieiiner & Herrmann,
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
FANCY GOODS
AND
YANKEE NOTIONS,
STROUDSBURG, PA.
August 11, 1864. tf.
tuc v,.j.a. u " . lv Court of Common Pleas of
i mass Uinuuuuii oi iiii; iuhu in uie f .l.. ci
!, , c -i i . . . i ty, lor the incorporation of 1
ihandoof s:vA .vlmmistrator, to and a- I r'l,r,l, nf .ctL.i.i.
Register's Notice.
T&JOTICE is hereby given to all persons
interested in the estates of the respec
tive decedents, that the following accounts
have been filed in the Register's office of
Monroe County, and will be presented for
confirmation to the Orphans' Court of said
county, at Stroudsbunr, on Monday, the
26th day of February, 18G6, at 10 o'
clock, A. M.
Second account of Philip Kresge, Ad
ministrator &c. of Adam Bowman, dee'd.
Accouut of Isaiah H. .Miller, Adminis
trator &c. of Samuel B. Miller, deceased.
Final account of Jefferson Frantz, sur-
v
'ivihg Administrator &c. of Samusl
?rautz, dcfe8ed-
F
Account of Mathias Steelier, Adminis
trator &c. of Abraham Cratzer, dee'd.
Fourth account of Andrew' Storm and
Robert W. Swink, Executors &c. of Pe
ter Frederick, dee'd.
Account of John Edinger, Administra
tor &c., of Jerome Metzgar, dee'd.
Final account of Jacob K. Shafer, Ad
ministrator &c. of Peter G-. Kunkel. do
ceased. Second account of Melchoir Rossard,
Administrator &c. of John Gowcr, dee'd.
Final Account of James H. Stroud.
Executor &c. of Leonard Labar, deceased
JULIAN a. lajjJJJUK, Register,
Register's Ofiice, Stroudsburc:
February 1, 1SG6.
In the Comt of Common Pleas of Mon
roe County.
L. & M. Socks,") Al. veu. Ex.
vs. I No. 13,
George Fly to. J Feb'y T. 18G5.
The undersigned appointed by the
Court of Common Pleas of Monroe Coun
ty, Auditor to make distribution of the
money ruled into Court arising from the
sale of the Real Estate of said "defendant,
v;ill attend to the duties of his appoint
ment on Saturday, February 24th, 18GG,
at 2 o'clock P. M.. at the Prothouotary's
Office, in Stroudsburg, when and where
all persons interested in said money will
present their claim or be forever debarred
from coming for any part thereof.
T. M. McILIIANEY, Auditor.
February 1, 1SGG.
Dissolution Notice.
Notice is hen.y given that the co-uartner-
i ship heretofore existing between Daniel IL
Wyckoir & Co., was dissolved by mutual
consent on the 22d day ot January, 1SG6.
10
L.
&c
to
P. S. The business will be continued at
the old stand, in Stroudsburg, by D. II. Wy
ckofF, who solicits a continuance f patron
age. D. H. WYCKOFF.
January 25, ISGfi
NOTIC
Us
In the matter of the Petition of Fred
erick Kiscr, Phillip Miller, Valentine
Kautz, Charles J). Rrodhead, Joseph
iroch. John S. Fisher and others, to the
Monroe Coun-
'The Luther-
j Andnow, Dec. 27, 18G6, the Court
! having examined the said Petition and
; being of opinion that the objects therein
' set forth, are lawful, direct that the
j same be filed in the office of the Prothou-
otary of said Court: and further direet
i. :
l Liiau uuiiut; uv gtvuu iii uiiu newspaper
printed in jlonroe County, for at least
three weeks, of the intended application
ior a charter of incorporation at next
Term.
Therefore notice is hereby given, that
application will be made at the next term
of said Court, to be held at Stroudsburg,
on the 2Gth day day of February nest,
for a decree incorporating "The Lutheran
Church of Stroudsburg" according to the
objects, articles and conditions set forth
in the said Petition.
C. BURNETT,
Atty. for Petitioners.
Jan. IS, 1866.
LIQUOR STORE.
Important notice. to Landlords and all
others iu want of
PURE LIQUOES,
at very low prices.
The undersigned having recently open
ed a LIQUOR STORE in the room for
merly occupied by Mr. Robt. R. Depuy, I
Stroudsburg, are prepared to offer Li-;
quohs, Wi.ves, c., at prices ranging
from 2o cts. to 1 00 per gallon less than
the same quality can be )urchuscd at in
thc cities. We also guarantee in every
instance, our Lirpwrs pure, and free from
all Druas and compounds, aud cordially
invite Land Lords and all others in want
of anything in our line, to favor us with
a can, or, i more convenient, ,o.r u.ut,
whicn will always be met with prompt at-
itutivu, w... l' "-a
guaranteed at a great saving oj tnoncy
We also, especially call attention to our ;
Raspberry and Strawberry Syrufs,
which for richness of flavor and taste,
cannot be surpassed.
V J. S. WILLIAMS, & Co;
Stroudsburg, July 13, 1865.
Fof The Jeffcrsonian.
Mr. WHACKHAMMER'S LECTURES.
NO. VII.
HOBBYISM.
Whatever hobby you may stride
Let Judgment hold the rein,
If reason be not chosen guide,
The chase will be in vafn.
Fowler has lone been trvimr to make!of his horse than he does of his wife?
the world believe that every person ought
i to have a hobby, and that he has every
variety of these objects and is competent,
to point out and mount a world for a !
world's success. I don't know that he
has done this same world very much of
good or of harm, but I do know that with
out this same Fowler's assistance almost
every one does find a hobby and he helps
himself on free of expense cracks his
whip and generally outruns Wisdom.
Judgment and Reason until he finds him-
self sprawling in the stagnant pool
self-conceit. These are the "one-idea"
people we so often meet. You might as
well undertake with a jack-knife to cut a
notch through thc Rocky Mountains, for
the Pacific Railroad, as to convince such
people of their error. The. very thing
they assume to know every thing about
is the very thing they know nothing about,
and the poor creatures never will. This
is the class that is dragging behind the
"spirit of the age" and who would cut
loose if the "force of circumstances"
would permit. Of this sort also was that
class of Northern men with Southern
principles who helped on the Great Re
bellion all they know how with their one
idea, aud who had, in reality, no princi
pie at all. Theiiyhobby has its legs all
knocked off now and the poor dupes are
floundering in a most horrible mud bole,
with their mouths so crammed with dirt
and their eyes so burnt with their dem
ocracy that they can't tell a negro from a
Ereckenrid're man
They have been cat-
iur dirt and
throwing dirt for thc last
twenty years and now dirt has overcome
them. They are petrified in dirt and we
will leave them there, though we expect
better things of their children. Mrs.
Whackhammer thinks the infection will
stick to the children at least sevcu years
after they rubbed against their parents,
as it requires that time for nature to re
place the particles of a human body with
au entire new set. Perhaps she is right,
she often has been. As a great many
grown-up men have horse-hobbies I
thought I might as well get my two-year-old
boy a hobby-horse and sec how it
would do to reverse the thing j and espe
cially to see if this course would prevent
him from getting hold, eventually of the
other end of the horns of the dilemma.
If this precaution prevents.him from fall
ing iu love with a horse instead of a wo
man my object will be attaiued, aud it
may stand as a precident to other, parents
who would have their sons grow up not
afflicted with the horse-mania. A fast
young man, with a fast horse, is pretty
sure to find a fast woman, and then we
sec a fast team that will very soon over
take disgrace, ruin and infamy. I nover
expect to see any good coming from a
horse-hobby, although it is said there arc
clergymen in New York city vho exhib
it this taste.
Some months ago a man sent to Europe
and got a meerschaum pipe, for which he
paid fifty dollars. He is riding that hob
by yet. When he first got it he smoked
half the time himself, and his friends the
other half, as he was anxious to improve
the color. Whilst this coloring process
was going on, pipc-ology was' the .one ab
sorbing topic of conversation, and the vol
ume is not completed. Missionary peo
ple might call this idolatory ; it did re
mind me of domestic god's. Sometimes
the hobby is of thc canine specie, and a
tan terrier is advertised as gone, with a
fifty dollar reward sent after him, and the
poor bericved owner forgets all care for,
W1,e and children whilst he talks dog,!
hunts dog, dreams dog, aud would fain
exchange sleeping apartments with dog,
if thereby he could see the unfeeling dog
coming peuitently back. The ladies seem
to have relinguished this sort of a hobby,
of late, to the masculine side of the house;
the reason I do not fully understand, but
prcsunje it is because Fashion demands a
. now-a-days that is strictly pcrso-
unJnL
transforming herself into something just!
as different from nature as possible. In
this I think she has succeeded. owe
succeeded with her improvements too. I
don't know that any very great blessiug
has followed in either case. In fact I
hardly think that was the intention.-
Philanthropy is another thing with oth
er devotees.
I like to see a person set a point to his
aim, and if that point is set at a proper
distance, he will not stop at hobbyism but
will reach out to a profession or a science.
In this manner he will be a blc3sing to
mankind. Hobbyites never bless them
selves or anybody else. Of what use to
society is that Dutchman who thinks more
0tber one-idea people frequently wear
DeUer Ihcs than this Dutchman ; they
sPout bad EuSlis and make -a loud noise
but lbeJ are just as determined to be ig-
noranc as "e- lb Is provoking to argue
with such people, and we will not when
we find them out.jfor, "there is more hope
of a fool than of a man wise in his own
conceit." The man who is open to con
viction is the man who succeeds in wis
dom, and the man who does not gain wis-
dom evciT day 1 want to keep clear of
-i.. -11 TT ... .
of!"v ,uub. rie must train m another
company and tight on another held
Now, Hobbyites, go on your way :
To men of sense have naught to say.
Let us the inexperienced free,
There is no hope for -ou, I see,
Learn them to act more thinkingly
That life be not but vanity,
16 ABO D W HACKII AM MER.
Somewhere, Feb. 5, 18GG.
A Kiss that Didn't Pay.
The Toledo Record gets off a good one
in regard to a citizen of Iowa, whose wife,
in his absence, had been kissed by a dro
ver, while given him a glass of water.
When he heard of the outrage, he star
ted at once in pursuit, found the drover
after a hard day's ride, aud accused him
of the theft.
The drover admitted'thc truth of the
soft impeachment, said he had been some
time from home, was sorely tempted and
in an unguarded moment of frenzy pur
loined the kiss but that he had not
damaged the woman in the smallest par
ticle was very sorry thought it was. no
matter to make a great ado about, and
begged to be excused.
The husband finally concluded that
this was the right view'of the matter, and
agreed to settle it upon the receipt of
five dollars for his day's ride.
lhis being satisfactory, the drover hand
ed over a ten-dollar bill, and received five
dollars in change. But when the aimev-
cd Benedict returned home and consult
ed his Detector, he found the bill a coun
terfeit. He found he had suffered the
indignity of having his wife kissed by a
"nasty drover." passed oue day in the
saddle, and lost five dollars, concluded it
did nt pay.
We know a young man who is remark
able quick in repartee. A short time
since he was listening to a "tremendous'
s,tory about fishing. The narrator stated
that he had a hook made that weiirhed
C7
three hundred pounds, attached it to a
hawser three hundred- yards in length,
and baited it with a whole beef. Takinjr
this hook iu his right hand, he threw it
out into thc lake.
"Aud what do you think I caught?"
"Cau't say. What ?" cried a number,
eagerly.
"A fish that weighed Three hundred
torts V
"Pshaw !" said our young gentleman,
you are oehmd thc age. Why, when L
ished there, I baited ?y hoohs with such
fish as you caught"
A case of negro artistocrncy came off
in the town of Staunton, Va., recently.
One of the Northern ''school-marms,
who is there employed in teaching the
"freedmen," told a sprightly negro girl
that she "must not call the woman with
whom, she lived, mistress that she was
as good as anybody."
Pretty soon the girl asked her teacher
what business she followed before coming
South to teach.
"She was a bonnet-maker," was thc re
ply. "Well !" said thc girl, gathering up
her books and making for the door,
"I'm not going to 'sociato wid you any
longer you say I is okil to my mistress,
aud she don't sociate wid bonnet-makers!''
o-
An army chaplain relates the following
story. Seeing a dirty faced butternut urchin
at the fence in front of a house, the preacher
stopped and said ; "Is your father at home 1"
"No. he's cone to church." Is lour mother
- No she.g onQ l00 "Then yon're all
by yotirsclfl" "No; brother Sam's in thar
huygin' the nigger gal. "1 hat's haul
"Yes, it is bad, but it's the best ho can do !"
A Chicago clergymen missed his stock
ings on Christmas morning, and after along
search found orie on each'- horn of a new
milch cow, which had been presented to him
by his parislioners, and ornamented in this
-f
glft"
way to muicaic mat it was a Lnristmas
"An exchange tolls ota little girl, who on
,Hvi.wt,c,rnn,inn r cim,,u ii.;irti.P nio- wnnM
faint away they smell so
There is said to be something consoling for
every ill in this life For instance, if a man is
bald-headed his wife can't pull his hair.
LETTER FROH GOV. EE0W3SL0W
The Admission of Tennessee Asked For.
His Opinion of Southern Rebels';
Nashville, Jan. 15 1866.
The Hon. Schuyler Colfax :
Dear Sir: Your Iotter of the 9tbr
inst. was received last evening, and I am
gjad to have an opportunity to set raelf
right, as it regards the admission of tbe
Tennessee delegations to thnir snnfjr.
You understand me correctly, and repres
ent me properly. I am decidedly in favor
of admitting the Tennessee delegation,'
aud have so expressed myself in all my
private and public letters, as well as in
my messages to the Legislature.
j.ennesi-ec occupies a different and bet-r
ter position thau auy of the States thafr
participated iu the Rebellion ; and her
Representatives should not be placed on
the same footing with those of Virginia,
the Carolinas, Alabama, George, Florid
Mississippi, &c. Tcnnesse amended her
Constitution, declared her slaves free
elected a loyal Governor and Legislature
under the administration of the lamented
Lincoln ; and as a tribute to his memory,
the State ought to be restored to the U
nion. The Tennessee delcfratea as
whole, are loyal; can take the required
oath, and would, if in their seats, add to"
the strength of the Union party. Ten
nessee was allowed to furnish the candi
date for the Vice-Presidency on the Re-'
publican ticket, and now furnishes the1
President. Teunessee continued to be
partially represented in both branches xt
Congress for two years after the war was
commenced, and she furnished, iu all
36,000 soldiers for the Union armies.'
The Tenuesse Representatives ought to
be.admitted as an act of Justice to the
loyal Tcnnesseeans who stood by the'
country all through the Rebellion, and as"'
a tribute to the joint labors of Messrs.'
Lincoln and Johnson iu restoring the'
State to the Union. Finally, they ought
to be admitted as a means of preventing
a rupture between Congress and the
President, which, for the sake of the
country, ought to be avoided. The Pres
ident ought to be satisfied with the ad
mission of the Tennessee delegates to'
their seats, and I have no doubt would
ne.
Standing upon a different footing al
together, it docs not follow that if the
Tenncsseeans are admitted, the Repre"
sentatives from other States lately in Re
bellion must come in also. Not a man'
south of Tennessee should be admitted1
until those States manifest less of the'
spirit of rebellion, and elect a more loy
al set of men, and men who can take the
Congressional test oath, which but few of- .
these elected can do.
If the removal of the Federal troops
from Tenneesee must necessarily follow
upon the admission of our Congressional
delegation to their seats, why, then, and
in that case, the loyal men of Tennessee
beg to be without representatives in Con
gress. But our members can be admit
ted, and a military force retained sufficient'
to govern and control the rebellion. I
tell you, and through you, all whom if
may concern, that without a law to dis
franchise Rebels, and a force to carry out'
the provisions of 'that law, this State will
pass into the hands of thc Rebels, and a'
terrible state of affairs is bound to follow.'
Union men will bo driven from the State,
forced to sacrifice what they have, and
seek homes elsewhere. And yet, Ten
nessee is in a much better condition than
auy of the other revolted States, and af
fords a stronger loyal population.
Those who suppose the South is "re
constructed," aud that her people cheer
fully rcccpt the results of the war, are'
fearfully deceived ! The whole South is
full of the spirit of rebellion, and the peo
ple arc growing more bitter and insolent
every day. Rebel newspapers are spring
ing tip al! over the South, aud speaking"'
out in terms of bitterness and reproach a
gainst the Government of the United
States. These papers lead the people,
and at thc same time reflect their senti
ments and feelings. Of the twenty-one
papers in Tennessee, fourteen are decide
dly Rebel, outspoken and undisguised;
some of them pretending to acquiesce in
the existing state of affairs. Iu all tha
vacancies occuring in our Legislature-c-ven
with our Franchise Law in force, Re-
ueis are mvariaoty returned, aud jn sOino
instances Rebel officers, 1
miDiii??
from
wounds received in battle, fightiug a-;
gainst thc United Statos forces ! And
yet, I tell you that Tennessee is in a bet
ter condition thau any other revolted
State.
Others will give you a more favorable,
account. I cannot in justice to myself
and the truth. I think I know the South
ern people. I have lived 5S years in the
South, of choice, and two at tho North,
ofuecesity. I o
I have tho honor io be,
Very truly, itc,
W. G. BROWNLOW, Governor, c?
A stray contraband fro.ra down South
was lately inspecting a horse power in
operation. When he broke out thus :
"Massa, I has seen heaps of things in my,
life, but ncber saw before anything whar
a boss could do his oVu work an driba
hissolf too."
Mrs. Patterson, daughter of President
Johnson, is reported to have- lately said
to a very prominent and lashionablo wo
man ; "We are plain people from the
mountains of Tennessee, and we shall not
put on airs because wo chance to occupy,
this pla.-e for a short time."