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VOL. 65.
'I'IIE CAMPAIGN. ,
Meeting of the Union Sta tc Conrenti,,n at
Ilriishag..Vajor Uonrrar..lolin uca
Rece t/, n r Cl orer no) ua
the First Ballot.—Address of the Success
ful Candidate—.`perches by distinguished
Person,— 111? at Major General Hooker
thinks of his former Companion in arms.—
The Boys (LT the White Star Division
Ready to tal,c•lhr Field for their 1)1,1 Com
mander.
The delegates to the ['Mon State Conven
tion USSOlnbied in the Ifall of the Ilouse of
Representatives at twelVe 1 . 6 oek to day,
and were called to order by the lion, John
Cessna. Chairman of the State Central Com
mittee.
)Ir. Lawrenco, of WaAington comity
,v&d that \Vol. of Philadelphia
act a, temporary- chairman.
Al r.:O. J. - Dickey, of Lancaster, muvod to
amond l y sul)stitut,ing Lmvii W. Hall, of
tintingdwl
Tho sulistitutiun wa agrecd to—yea, So
Han WAS then declared eelec•ted tem
porary chairman, and up u being conducted
to the chair thanked tho eon von tiun for the
)nor a forrrd uhnu hitn.
E. IL 11. 13. S 1 ,J. I'. M'Clol-
II and INT. J. P. White wvro appoillb),l
temporary ~ceretarie,
General Todd, of Cumberland, moved that
a committee of five on Clreditlaials be ap
pointed, which was agreed to.
The lion. Edward McPherson, and other
reprentatives from the Loyal Union League
of Washington, D. C., were, on motion,
accorded the cou rtesy of seats in the con ven-
A committee equal in number to the
representation was appointed on per
naLent organization. ~.
A committee equal in number to the sena-
torial representation was also appointed on
resolutions.
A motion having prevailed that all reso-
lutions be referred to the above committee,
Mr. Cessna moved that the function of said
committe be continued during the entire
session of the convention, which, after con
siderable debate, was agreed to, and the
convention adjourned till live o'clock P. M.
The convention reassembled at five o'clock.
It being announced that General flartranft
was present, he was invited to a seat on the
floor of the convention.
Hon. Lemuel Todd, chairman of the corn , .
mittee our, ?Masted seats, submitted a report
in favor of Messrs. Purviance, Jenkins,
Wallace and.: , M , ilyer, of the Butler district;
and Messrs. Otivig, Jns. G. Montgomery
and B. G. Hazel), of the Lycoming district;
The Report was adopted.
11. Jones Brooke, from the committee on
permanent organization, reported that Hon.
John Covode was selected as the permanent
chairman of the convention.
The following are the officers of the con
vention ;
Presiticitt—lion. John Covode, of West
moreland county.
Vice Presidents—Philip S. Schultz, D. C.
Roberts, Robert P. King and Charles
Thompson Jones, of Philadelphia ; Dr. S.
D. Meredith, Chester ; 'Wm. Mintzer,
Montgomery; A. S. Cadwallader, Berke;
John M. Fuller, Lehigh; Henry S. Cake,
Schuylkill; J. H. Jacobs, Bucks ; L. A.
Dimmock, Wayne; H. J. Madell, Bradford;
Thos. Dixon, LuzOrne ; Warren Coles, Mc-
Kaon A. C. Simpson, Snyder ;®Thomas J.
Higham, Northumberland ; A. J. Jones,
Dauphin ;. M. S. Fry and John Mehaffy,
Lancaster ; Gen. L. Todd, Cumberland ; E.
G. Fahnestock& Adams ; S. B. Duffield,
Fulton ; D. S. Baker, Huntingdon ; John
Irwin, Centre; Thos. McCullough; Clarion;
Wm. M. Stuart, Indiana ; E. K. Ewing,
Fayette ; S. H. Hare and John F. Draw,
Allegheny; George-V._ Lawrence, Wash
ington ; Audley Brown, Lawrence;
Thos. Hoyt, Venango ; S. G. Feick, Craw
ford.
LEIDICLI & mxhum
Secretgries.,John U. Stuart, Allegheny;
James Allison, kitiladolphia ; Joseph
Brio ; A, ‘B.. Andereon,.Porry,•, .D.
Chopter ;Lewis, Pugh, Luzern; F.
noaliling, Armstrong; H. B. Sw9io, Clear
field ; John Hall, Washing&on ;, Henry De
laney, Philadelphia; J.,if...Moore, Lehigh ;
and•Barnuel Patterson, Lancaster.
Mr. Hall said that ho would now intro
duce Mr. Covodo, and" resign the duty of
cltiFtean into, more ahle hands.
On Inking the chair, Mr. Oovodo returned
thanks - for thehonor conferred •upon'hlm,
and asked the indulgence' of the body, ins
much as ho was - not familiar with parlia-,
Mentary,rulings. In the course of kis re-)
narka:thoveakor stated that allthe proodtt.
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A. R. RHEEM, Publisher
~~~~l°s~~~ll,
MY VIS-A-VIS.
FROM EVERY SATURDAY
That allies lady !—Call it 110
well, how ciensoch blip away !
Da let mo hand her cup of ten,
That T i rrtay'gehtly to her say,-
"Doar succinct, thirty ye.crs ago,
When bath our hearts core full of glee
In inany n clan, and courtly show
s I had you far sly vis-n-vis.
"That imln blue robe, i 1,4 ,0 chestnut curls
That Eastern jewel nu your wrist,
That neck-encircling string u( pumlx
Whence filing a cross amethyst,—
I nor thorn sev the tulle
LOOPOd up With roars at the knee,—
Good Lord! how fresh and beautiful
Was thou your hook my vin-n-vis!
"I hear the whispered praises 3 et,
The him of pleasure whini you can.
The rushing eagerness to get
Like moths within the fatal flame:
As April blossoms, faint and sweet,
As apples when you shake the tree,
S hearts fell ehowerittg at your feet
In those glad days, my vis-a-vis-
''A 11,1 /I, for rile, my bretukt was filled
AVitli silvery light iu every cell;
My blood was some rich juice distilled
Pram amaranth and asphodel ;
313 thoughts tvere airier than the lat
That Tarots o'er the floweri: 10:t :
'l'lllly 1,11 might la eatllle , sly remark,
lily .1ove: that
-0 time otel elnkngo 'dna I,', you 11D,111 ?
Ye gods e.in I belies, ears
Ilan that 1411111 pin tly person II •ell
Vont' 1111h1.11 , 1, fur 1,, ~ , o3 ear
That six font officer yom.
IVlln snubs o'er lily nlnuAnclie ul use'
IVIly eli,l 11.,t Jnelina viol, our sun
1 Vllen I Wits 0,-,1 our
it been to,
Permit lite In return your
My I,:trt At. lil.ating no Of oh!,
Out drop Of youth',
S.) : then, liter cold Diwomber,
Only tlio.,•l.cii•fli - ,rds said i,he,
not in the least rentonli,
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LlArtatailuau, March 7, 1866
indications favored the nomination of the
gallant soldier, the man around whom the
People of Pennsylvania might rally with en
thusiasm. Referring to a published letter
which had been written by Gen. Geary
some years since, and which it was now at
tempted to use to his detriment, he said
that, having lived in that gentlemems neigh-
harbood,lie - could -speak .knowingly_o[hip
sentiments. At all times Glen. Geary had
placed himself on the side of liberty and
principle. Before he was sent to Kansas,
and about that time, his greatest ambition
was to brush up the slave democracy.
The military record of General Geary,
as well as his civil services fur the country,
was a glorious vindication of the sentiments
which lie hail ever professed. Ile it was
who wihpped liongstreet and inflicted
upon that boasted rebel leader the first cas
tigation), lie received. Lookout Mountain
attested his courage and skill. In conclu
sion. the speaker warmly commended the
course of General Geary.
_ .
PermAent secretaries were then ap
pointed. lion. Thomas Cochrane, chair
man of the Committee on resolution, re
ported a series, as follows:
1. Resat:co', That this Convention, repre-
senting tho Union-loving and loyal people
of Pen ti,:y Ivan in, who never despaired a the
Republic, and who poured out millions of
treasure and devoted yet, more precious blood
for the rescue of the country from the feloni
ous at tacks of a wicked and causeless rebel
ion--who,osons fought on every hattle-tiold,
and <utf•red in every Southern prison pen
"r torture and starvation—whose noble dead
lie on the soil of every State, where they fell
under the folds of the national hanner—here
rene\v their pledges of unfaltering devotion
to 'the Federal Union, and repeat their de-
purpose that it shall be preserved.
Re.solved, 'Flint the most imperative
ty of the present is to gather the legitimate
ft tilts of the war, in order that our Consti-
tution way Come out of the rebellion purified,
our in,tittitiolLs strengthened, and our na-
tiontd liCe. prolonged.
Row!red, That failure in these grave
duties would be scarcely less criminal than
would have been an acquiescence in :woes
sioo aoo 0“,,,r,10t0r00., or
EIIMM!!
the eompirater,, and would be au insult to
every ,ohlier who took up arms to riavu Ow
country.
4. Resolrcd, That filled with admiration at
the patriotic devotion Lail fearle,S courage
With which Andrew Johnson resisted and
denounced the efforts of the rebels to over-
throw the National Government, Pennsyl
vania rejoiced to express her enti re eon tide ace
in his character and principles, and appre
ciation of his noble conduct by bestowing
her suffrage upon hint for the second position
in honor and dignity in the country ; his bold
and outspoken denunciations of the crime of
trea,m, his firm demands for the punish
ment ..f the guilty offenders, and his expres
sions (.1' thorough sympathy with the plends
of the Uni(in, secured for hint the warmest
attachment alter people, who remembering
his great service and sacrifices while traitors
and their syffipathipsers alike denounced his
patriotic action, appeal to hint t, stand firm
ly by the side and to repose upon the sup
port of the loyal inasses, NV 110S0, votes ibrined
the fotindatbm of hi,, promotion, and who
riedgvd to him Ilwir titi,:worving support in
inea,ures by which treason shall he stig
inatiy.ed—loyalty recognized—and the free
dom, stability and unity of the nation
neNetc,/, 'That the work of iestoring
e late in-tirrectionary States to their pro-
per relation; to the Union, necessarily de
volves upon the law-making power, and that,
until such action shall he taken, no State,
lately in insurrection, is entitled to represen
tation in either branch of Congress ; (baits
Preliminary - to such action, it is the right of
Congress to investigate for itself the condi
tion of the legislation of those States, to in
quire respecting their loyalty, and to pre
scribe the terms of restoration ; and that to
deny this necessary Constitutional power is
to deny and imperil one of the dearest rights
belonging to our representative form of gov
ernment ; and that we cordially , approve of
the action of the ['Mon representatives in
Congress from Pennsylvania on this subject.
6. Resolved, That no man who has volun
tarily engaged in the late rebellion, or has
held office under the rebel organization,
should be allowed lo sit in the Congress of
the Union ; and that the law—known as the
teat oath—should not be repealed, but should
be enforced against all claimants for seats in
Congress.
7. Reseleed, 'Plait the national faith is
sacredly pledged to the payment of the na-
tional debt incurred in the war to save the
country and to suppress rebellion, and that
the people will not suffer this faith to be
violated or impaired, but all debts incurred
to support the rebellion were unlawful, void
audlof no obligation and shall never be as
sumed by the United States, nor shall any
State be permitted to pay any evidences-of
so vile and wicked engagement.
t Resolved, That the public faith is not
less solemnly plCdged to the protection, in
the enjoyment of all their natural rights—of
their persons, property rind domestic rela
tions—of the colored population who have
been emancipated by the fiat of the people,
and under the providence of God; and who
deserved liberty by their kindness and fi•
delity to our soldiers in prison, or wounded,
or seeking escape from their tormentors, and
by their courage in bearing, arms for and
fighting the battles of the Union. Even as
man is more precious than money in every
just account, so the honor of the nation is
more sacredly engaged to these humble butt
never treacherous friends, than to those who
hold its oonds stamped with the broad seal
of the United States, that their freedom shall
not boa umeßory -nor their - jun hopes 01-121C
curity, education and elevation in intellec
tual and moral improvement disappointed—
and this faith must be kept inviolate.
9. , Resolved, That protection to all branch
es of useful and productive industry is the
only wise policy in our present national
condition—is the true plan of restoring the
losses and ravages of war—of advancing the
prosperity, increasing the national wealtu,
and supplying the means of maintaining the
public faith with the public creditor, and
ultimately wiping out the national debt; that
in the provision of internal revenue and the
laying the duties on importations from
foreign nations, the object should be to
cause the iormor to press as lightly upon,
and the latter to protect as fully as possible
our own citizens who are engaged in works
of labor, mining, manufacturing and every
other province of home industry, against
unequal and unfair competition with foreign
capital and policy, which neither contribute
to develop the resources of our country, as
sist to pay our taxes, nor are concerned to
maintain our Government or cotifirm our
national power or authority which, during
the recent life-strugle, they insidiously and
maliciously strove to subvert.
10. I?csolved, That the , administration of
the•publie affairs of Pennsylvania by .Gov
ernor Andrew G. Curtin, during the years
of trial, toil, responsibility and anxiety
which have recently passed over us, has been ,
marked with such patriotic devotion, un
yielding courage, constant watchfulness, un
wearied labor and shining ability, as have
made his name illustrious in tho annals of
this Commonwealth, and give, him' a place
in the affections and memory of the
. peoplo
which cannot be lost ; crieviable title of
"the soldier's friend" is in itself 'expressive
Of the highest eulogium that could be pro
rtonncedi on. any. public oikcer and:wlsen his
torus of honerable r tl eeful and, most bone
jicial service shall close, he shall mit.'be for
gotten, but . htdo4 love, affectionate rennin,
Carlisle, Pa., Friday, March 16, 43p6
branco and the plaudits of a grateful people
shall cluster around his person, and make
his name memorable.
11. Resolved, That this Convention con
gratulates the people of the State on the
passage of a law rdlieying the real estate of
the Commonwealth from taxation for State
purposes, and tender to the members of the
General Assembly their thanks for their con
sidwhte attention to relieve the popular bur
dens, while they confidently refer to it as a
- pi t oef - Of-tlmsuperiml_capacity,ef the Union
organization for the benellenCCOaditill—of
public affairs, that after a long and exhaust
ing war, the debt of Pennsylvania is reduced,
and the taxes, imposed in a time of peace by
their political opponents, are diminished by
the judicious management of executive offi
cers and a General Assembly chosen by the
Union party.
12. Resolved, That the loyal people of
Pennsylvania, having steadily manifested,
through the war with the rebellion, their
warm regard for the rights of the gallant de
fenders of the Union, and never having voted
to refuse them the right of sutlrage when in
the camp and on the field—a right inestima
ble to them and formidable to traitors and
their sympathizers only—we take pleasure
in' expressing, not now for the first time,
their gratitude for their gallantry and devo
tion, and declaring again a long settled
purpose to appropriate the means and re
sources of the Government to the comfort,
consolation and support of the disabled
survivors, or the widows and orphans of
those who fell in the conflict.
13. Resolved, That the services, labors,
consummate ability and unyielding faith in
the destiny of the country manifested by the
Hen. Edwin M. Stanton, as the head of the
War Department during the rebellion, have
bean of inestimable value to the country,
and intitle hiin to the warmest commenda
tion of the people.
14. Resolved, That Congress should not,
fail to make an equitable adjustment of
bounties and allowances to the brave men
who were engaged in the military service of
the country ; and that we heartily approve
of the liberal appropriation now pending in
the Legislature of Pennsylvania for the
care and education of the orphan children of
the soldiers who gave their lives for the sal
vation of the Republic.
15. Resolved, That in this crisis of pub
lic affairs, full of grateful recollections of
his marvelous and memorable services on
kbn of battle. we turn to 10” , ....
of unfaltering and uncompromising loyalty
of Lieut. General Grant, with a confidence
not the less significant and unshaken, be
rause at no period of our great struggle has
his proud munebeen associated with a doubt
ful patriotism, or used fur sinister purpose
by the enemies of our common country.
Reseleed, That any attempt by
foreign nations to establish at monarchical
government on this Continent, is evidence
of a design to destroy the Republic. Regard
for our own safety and the future security of
the Republic, demands that no such attempt
should be permitted to succeed.
17. Resolved, That the Honorable Edgar
Con, Senator from Pennsylvania. by his
cot rse in the Senate of the United States,
has disappointed the hopes and has forfeited
the confidence of tilos, to Whom lie owes
his place; and that he is het cby most earn
estly-requested-to-resign.
IS. le es"! vol That the State Central
Committee be constituted by the appoint
ment of a Chairman lyx the PrcsiLhoit of
this Convention, in con , mltation with the
Union candidate for Governer, and that the
remainder of said Committee shall consist
of one member from each county in the
State, except that the city of Philadelphia
shall have eight membero, and the counties
of Lancaster, Decks, Dauphin and A lie
gheny each two members, to be named by
the representative delegates from said coun
ties in this Convention; and that the Asso
ciation of Loyal Pennsylvanians resident
at - Washington shall also be, allowed one
member, to be appointed by their delegates
,resent.
The remaining resolutions, except the lest,
were agreed to in a body• The last, relative
to the formation of (be titan e Central Corn -
witte, being before the convention, Mr. Mc-
Clure moved to amend so as to provide for
the re-appointment of lion. John Cessna le ,
Chairman of the Central Committee.
Mr. Hall advocated the propriety of adopt
ng the resolutions as reported without al
erntion, and of allowing the candidate of
he convention to be consulted in the matter
if selecting the chairman.
Mr. Out:bran, of York, almo orgod, tho
portanee and propriety of consulting Oa
nominee upon the question.
Further discussion was participated in by
Messrs. McClure, Kunkel, and Cessna, the
latter asking to be excused from further !ser
vice in the position indicated.
Mr. McClure finally withdrew his amend
ment.
The resolutions relative to Congress, Lieu
tenant General Grant, Governor Curtin, anq,
others, were received with continued eheero
()n motion of 0. J. Dickey, of Lancaster,
the convention proceeded to bidlot for a can
didate for Governor. Mr. Cessna having
been nominated, declined to be a candidate,
and expressed the intention of casting his
vote for that man whose name promised to
ensure more strength for the Union cause
than any other.
The first ballot resnited follows : Ma
jor General John W. Geary received 81
votes ; Winthrop N. Ketchum, 80 votes ;
den. Harry 'White, 8 votes.
On motion of Mr. Connell, of Philadel
pm", tbo.nominntlOn — WElS rrtnclo "unatiliiloll9,
amid intense enthusiasm.
On motion, a committee, consisting of It:
P. King, Goo. V. Lawren - ca and Wm. .13:
Mann, was appointed to wait upon the suc
cessful candidate, and also upon the gentle
men whose names had been mentioned be
fore-the convention, and invite them to ad
dress the meeting.
During the absenbe of the committee the
convention called upon Hen. Thomas Mar
shall, of Allegheny, for some remarks. Mr.
Marshall endorsed the nomination, and stated
that in a conversation he had with General
Geary, that gentleman expressed his endorse
ment of the course of Thaddeus Stevens. If
he stood up in the position ho then announ
ced, he would receive such a majority in Al
legheny county as would make Roister Cly
mer wish. he had never received a nomina
tion. [Laughter end cheers.l
Hon. John Cessna was next called upon.
I - to congratulated the convention and the
loyal mon of the d_puntry upon the result of
the deliberationa of that body,'and ho then
referred to , the Importance of the struggle
upon which they were about to eater, Those
Who had predicted division and contention
in the Union ranks would soon be undeceiv
ed, for Pennsylvania was ,as much in earnest
now as she had been in thd'eier.
Addresses were also delivered by Dlessrs.
A. K. McClure and•Galtisha A. •Grow." : • •
Mnjor G . onei'al Geary, the ettnaiiiat'6'iif'O'
th
con vehaoa,, was thenintrodp.cod by the com
mittee..
Ho expressodids'appreolation ofithe high
compliment whioh had bii,en bestowed .upon
him% and accepted, it in the, hope that 'he
might be made fully sensible of the grog re
sponsibilities which devolved upon him, and
that he might bo strengthened with a sincere
purpose to advance the true principles of hu
manity and the true interests of the country.
He accepted the nomination with the firm
and unfaltering determination to sustain the
great principles of equal justice which un
derlie our republican institutions, And a
hearty endorsement of the principles em
bodied in the platform. He received it also
as due to the three hundred and fifty thou
sand-soldiers-of---the-Statoof,l',etinsylvania,
who had clone battli3 valiantly for then' 661M
try and for liberty, He assured the conven
tion that as far as he possessed the ability,
with the aid of intelligent Union men of the
State, the coming grand political cdrtest
should be fairly and honorably conducted to
its legitimate termination and a still grand
er future,
Hon. Winthrop W. Ketchum, of Luzerne;
General Morehead, of Allegheny ; Colonel
Harry White, of Indiana county; Hon.
John Scott, and William B. Mann, followed
in endorAement of the nomination.
The greatest excitement prevails in LI
city to -night. Bands are playing, the peo
ple are cheering, guns are being tired, and
there are all possible manifestations of joy.
After General Geary :lad spoken, the fol
lowing despatch was read amid great excite
ment and applause :
Hun. ,labia .W. Purnell, Harrisburg :
•
My acquaintance with General Geary is of
long standing. I knew him in California,
Mexico, and during the rebellion. It gives
me great pleasure to bear timtimony to his
most excellent (diameter us Et Military leader
and as an honnt • ahlr man. r know or no nf
ticer Who has performed his whole duty with
more fidelity than Gitneral Geary.
1100K.Eld,
Com'g.
Loud calls were wade for Colonel Forney,
who, it was announced, had left Harrisburg.
There being no further business, the con yen
tiod adjourned sine- with cheer,.
TILE SOUTH
Fartloft- kO) ' ,• fowl. the Committee On
Rermistri . tum--Rrirl,nrr in Ifeln(inn he
ti n n , Annini and 7 . 1 . 1n15-- Bit Irin'SS
f the • If .sy le I (tea .•" /lie
i• (1 ton I'r„p/C (tin, 1177. (;nrrrlultrn t.
11 n utsu'r lx, Alarch 7, 1866.
The te,theony report from the Colinnittee
iteconstruction to-day refers to the States
d' Texas, Florida and I,aii,iana.
Lieutenant tVilson Miller, commanding
colored troops in the notith.wentern part of Tex
as with his headquarters at Corpu lhrinti,
testified he had beenicier the principal part
of that section .and through the district ly
ing thirty or forty miles back of Indianola,
extending westward to Mexico; he found
the people of Texas divided into three
classes; the first line those who have be e p
always under all circumstances, friendly to
Government, who had mostly been refugees
during the war, but have sine, d returned.
Of ti remaining portion there are those
who have been more or less active rebels
throughout the wealthy and intelligent class,
and those whoare not large property-holders,
and who are generally without property—a
clans which he found in no ether
would come generally under the vagabond
law, without any visible means or support —
not all blacklegs, but principally noa pr,v
-erty-11”1,1,,N, or property-holders to . a less
extent, lie found the feeling manifested by
these two classes entirely different : the mo s t
intelligent, and as a general thing the most
wealthy men in that portion of the State,
whether they have been in the rebel service
or not, are more favorably disposed to war d,
the Government than the other class; they
appear more willing to accept the quention
raised by the war as settled, and in favor „r
inettsms.s calculated to adapt that country as
rapidly as possible to the new order of
things; he did not know but what he spoke
a little too rapidly in saying that this is the
temper of the class, because he had naturally,
frotn choice. been brought in cot tact more
with la4lc holding these opinions ; but he be
lieved it was generally true that there isamong
them lenn bat...mons, Ins ht/Stiii Ly, Itlld
looking forward for a future time when a
second trial of arms may be hail, then he
found whom', the other class. When our
troops lirst went to \\ extern Texas the feel
ing was an acceptance of the fortunes of war.
The question had been tried by bang‘, but
had resulted adversely, and the general dis
position was to submit to the result. Since
tie he had noticed a gradual change in the
manifestation 01 feeling, which has been
growing more and more independent, and at
the time he left this class were becoming
more arch more outspoken in their bitter
ness against the United States Government,
and more hostile toward the officers and
soldiers of the army in their intercourse with
them. It appeared to be only restrained in
terms from breaking out into acts of violence
toward our officers by the superiority of our
numbers. Occasional difficulties occurred,
which the witness related.
In response to the question as to what has
produced the change of feeling he replied,
the conduct of the Government ; of tho Ad
ministration ; the facility with which par
dons were reported to be granted ; the gene
ral disposition of the Administration to be
lenient, which he had frequently heard
spoken of by these people, that they had
strong friends in the North and in this Gov
ernment. The feet that they had strong
party friends in the North appeared' to be
the principal ground of encouragement they
had for supposing the rebellion to be over
looked, and they could once more get the
political power in the hands of the South.—
The freedmen's bureau is an absolute neces
sity. The witness, in reply to o. quontion,
s aid , r.-He might be extreme in his opinion,
but when you come below what is called the
educate . and intelligent class of whites, the
,must intelligent class next are the negroes ;
`filey know more of what is going on than
the poor whites; and show a continual dis
position to learn and improve.
Major. General David T. Stanley testifies
that he served in Texas before and after the
breaking up of the rebel army. Ile found
matters unsettled. The negroes had learned
the disposition which was to be made of
them by the Government; that is, they
were free, In the immediate vicinity of the
troops there was no effort on the part of
masters to restrain, them ; but at points
somewhat remote—and that is a country of
long distances—at a point forty or fifty ITIROS :
away from the troops, the former owners
tried tO constrain the negroes to remain on
the plantations. They threatened them and
Sometimes used violence, killing them in
some instances. The troops endeavored to
arrest the murderers and arrested those guilty
I of whipping negroes. Texas had not been,
conquered, the people asserting the State had
not been surrendered by Gen. Leo. The
Germans aro a loyal people and go beyond
' the Ameriean Union sentiments vastly.-r,
The witness said, besides these the only
Union then whom 'he know in TeXas men of
any influence would be comprised in ten per
sons. He did . not think there used be any
fear of an . outhreak or resistance to the Go
vernment, but staled if. we become involved
in a foreign 'war almost the entire Ameridan
population of Texas would go over to our_
enemies if they, thought they had a chance of
succeeding; and this was'not only his. opie
ion but he hack heard, the same opinion ex
pressed' Wiiiher Men of ability there. The
wourieU-Of Toints' Vere universally rebel . ;,'
cOntoMptous.and disposed to bo p insolent to
American officers ,whenever they'-could; as
fo the feeling of the people, it ha .been bit
ter since the fall of the rebellion, excepting
Wet torn Texas;•they Would' elOet'candidates
for officio faysmable to rebellion; , the ivitneini'
said la. canWerqd Time In a worse; aandi.:',
1
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tion than any other state; for the reason that
they were never whipped there; in the course
of his testimony he said there was more
solid money in Texas than any other state;
the people lef,t to themselves would hold the
negro in bondage; the people are generally
in comfortable circumstances; the keeping
of a military force in Texas is a necessity
for the next five years.
Lieutenant Colon( I 11. S. Ball testifies
there seems to he a very general desire and
earnest wish to be immediatly admitted into
the Union , which takes the shape of a de
hiand ofitbsolute right; but there is no' love
expressed for the Government; on the con
trary, there is an expression of hatred for
the people of the North, of Yankees gen
erally; while the idea seems to be that they
should at once obtain possession of political
privileges and power which they once had.
The.'y seem to have en idea flint they are
entitled to all the rights under the Consti
tution which they ever had. They express
bitterness against those whom they charac
terize es rattier - its, and denounce most se
verely the policy of th party which they
term the radical party. They consider Atm
freedmen's bureau an unmitigated nuisance.
Ifth is were abolished the negro would be
forced to
Brigadier General NV. E. Strong, inspec
tor general, gave testimony on the condition
of the freedmen. When the negroes were
held in bondage they were, as a rub:, treat
ed well ; cases of extreme cruelty were very
rare; it was then for the interest of the mas
ter to take care of and not ill trout them ;
now it is quite different ; they have no inter
est in their welfare, and seem to take every
opportunity to vent their rag() and hatred on
the freedmen. They are frequently beaten
unrnermfully, and shot down like beasts,
withm t provocation and followed with
hounds and maltreated in every possible way.
It is the same old story of cruelty, only there
is more, of it in Texas than in any other
Southern Sint(' the witness had visited. One
campaign of our army through the eastern
part of Texas, such as was nude by 3fajor
General Sherman in South Carolina, would
greatly improve the temper and generosity
Of the people. The most intense hatred is
shown by many citizens of that country to
ward Northern men and the officers and sol
diers of the army and the United State Gov
ernment.
The following is an gutting of the I,esli
mony taken with , rOgat'll- 1.41 , -.1A0Z 4 / 1 1-L.-J-Wiak
itetdiS, COHN'tor of customs in that State
he general impression riming the peo
ple that they had been overcome but not
conquered.- There has been no material
change for the better in tiny portion of the
State lately in rebellion ; the people have a
bitter aversion to what they call the Yan
kees or Northern men. They have nu love
for titian. Ile would nut know where to lay
his hand up n a man Who rem ly loves the
Union at the present clay. He would just as
soon rapect to find a white raven on the;
sand banks of Florida as to find a Union
Wall Who has always resided there.. There
!night be some, but he had not found them.
Those who are apparently friendly are de
ceitful 1 . -im circumstances, and from what
he witnessed if they had the power they wool*
destroy the Union men. The presence of a
military force in Florida is necessary to se
cure the rights of property and the lives of
citizens, both whites and blacks.
Marvin testified that when he
was appointed Provisional Governor of Flo
rida, it was purely under military e'introl ;
lie detailed the circumstances attending the
steps taken by the Federal Go vernm e n t to
reorganize the State; the number of l e
who Wi.t . t. patio 11 , d Maki the ilia WO'S( Oath
did not ~X.CPed siren thou.aa ; un being
questioned as to the election of delegates to
the convention, he said he did not think any
ticket was run in any of the counties which
could be called in opposition to the recon
struction of the Union ; about, ono-half of
the delegates previously belonged to the Con
federate army nearly one-fourth of the en
tire number claimed to be Union men al! the
Linn., and avoided being drafted into the-re
bel service, and (lid not participate in the
movement ; the other fourth rather sympa
thized (vith secession.
The examination was nut completed, as
(;overnor Marvin had to leave the c it y .
Rev. L. ,I. Hobbs testified that in Florida
th e feeli ng against the Government is bitter,
m uc h more Su faun it was three or four
months: ago. There was a time when the
people seemed to be very much disposed to do
anything that the Government would require
of them. They are now quite bitter, and say
what they would not dare have said three
moths ago. They talk treason on the street
without any concealment. The great ma
jority of them do so—the majority of the
lower clas(tes. A. few intelligent citizens,
whom lie regarded as honorable men, de
ph(eQ the expression of such opinions, but
they are I cry inuch in the minority, and
can have but little influence in the affairs of
the State, government. The change in tone
is because of the leniency manifested by the
present Administration.
The following is a synopsis of the testi
mony taken in relation to Louisiana: Thom
as W. Conway, who occupied the position
of assistant commissioner of freedmen's af.-
fairs, testified that his field of duties was in
the neighborhood of Now Orleans, compri
sing twenty parishes. There was a consid
erable loyal sentiment, not an element of
which became loyal since the occupation, but
of men «ho were previously loyal. Il s e was
brought in contact. with property holders of
slaves, and he was confirmed in the opinion
that they had not changed, but were opposed
to the Government, They were not willing
to make their opposition physically but se
cretly and quietly. They would always
throw obstacles in the way of the work of
the bureau, and the issuing of pardons em
boldened and encouraged them to exhibit a
spirit of defiance toWard the officers of the
Government and toward loyal man.
Brigadior , Ganoral Dgolittlo, who served'
in the northeastern part of Louisiana, testi
fies that among the better class of citizens,
while he did not think there was a very
hearty loyalty, perhaps there was a disposi
tion to conduct themselves in support of the
Government; the greater number, perhaps,
regretted the war more from the fact that
their property was destroyed, and so much
suffering entailed upon them, than because
of the undertaking itself ; a great many were
sorry they had not succeeded, but were
willing to accept the condition of things, and
make the best of it, and do everything they
could now to support the povornment, and
there were others who had just as much bit
terness as ever toward the Union people. '
Rev. Joseph E. Roy, agent of the Home
Missionary Society, who went to Louisiana
on evangelical business, testified that while
the people were disposed to be loyal, they
still retain the old sprit of accession. They
have a bitterness of feeling against the Union
element, and especially against thoold Union
men of the South. The Government should
keep the army there for the protection of.,
Union men and freedmen.
D. A. Heins, testified ho was a resident
of Rapidos parish until the rebels burnt him
Out ; and as an indication of rebel feeling re
lated howtholiad been treated. ' The rebids
beat him violently, and would have mur
dered him but for the interference bf friends,
because ho had been in the Union army.
Ho said it would not be safe to withdraw
the troops, and that Northern'.men aro stig
matized ns damned Yankees.
• J. W. Shaffer, in his testimony,' said-ho'
found a deep-seated ..desire= to repudiate' the
national- debt.' l :
Mori. John Coved° of Pennsylvania, who
visited the South in dune and July;' testified
that, with' regard to the temper and spirit'of
the people, the politicians who- remained at
home, and particularly the • female portion
of the community, indulged in very bitter
,feelings towers the United States Covern
ernment:--much more hostile than the sol
,diers of :titasurrexo3,red rebel army. :Many
plimterii have ,d'et9rtaino to liave,t4l9 Om
TERMS:--$2,00 in Advance, or $2,50 within the yey
try, and some had already left, believing that
they could never take part in the Govern
ment which they feared would lay a heavy
hand on the participants in the rebellion.
In conversation with a multitude of ofri•
ears and soldiers of Kirby Smith's army, he
was surprised to tlnd how docile and sub
missive they were, never in a single instance
hearing an unkind feeling expressed towards
the Government. Tho general expression
was that they were well whipped ; that they
were glad the war was over, and were ready
to come back and submit to What was re
-quired of theme- , Many of-the.more -intelli
gent said their leaders had made a great-mis
take in going into rebellion against the Gov
ernment ; that they should have endeavored
to accomplish their political purpose by po
litical measures in which they feel sure of
the aid of Northern Democrats, but that by
participating in the rebellion they had tied
the hands of their Northern friends. The
men of the army seemei not to have the re
motest expectation of being entrusted again
with political power or privileges, at least
for some time. When Governor Wells re
turned from Washington with a Dr. Cott
man, a former secessionist, and Mayor Ken
nedy, the rebel element appeared to
”tia, tae reports he brought
from Washington. He [Governor Wells]
stated in a public meeting that the President
was a Southern man and a Democrat, and.
he would be a bulwark bet Ween the South
and Northern Abolitionists and fanaticism,
and made open issue with Mr. Lincoln's ad
ministration—charging it with the contrac
tion of an enormous debt, and said Mr. Joh n -
son's administration would be of a very dif
ferent character. While this speech encour
aged the rebel element, it equally discoura4ed
the loyal element, being the first intimation
to the latter that the Government had be
trayed them.
Mr. Corode speaks of having himself ad
dressed the Union men, denying the allega
tion of the Governor concerning Johnson's
administration, and urging them to organize
have their men registered, and register the
names of colored men thus authorized con
stitotionally to vote, viz; Those who had
served in the Union army, that paid taxes,
and those who were educated—promising
that if excluded by rebels from the polls,and
beaten the rebel candidates for Congress thus
elected would not be allowed to take their
seats,• he stated that the official appointees
..-OLUOVerliCir vs I.ll,Zlyit
class of men at home, c and one high official
had kept blood-hounds during the rebellion
_with which Union men were hunted to death;
Union men, who had been barbarously per
secuted during the rebellion, felt obliged to
remain within military protection. and were
unable to return to their homes. Over one
hundred relict officers had been appointed to
office by the Governor. After this the rebel
offieers and soldiers, as Mr. Covode reports,
became much more defiant, and freely dis
cussed their plans for political ascendancy ;
to this end they began tu register for voting,
and if unable to pay their taxes, the money
was, furnished them, and of a list of seven
th(nisand only about two thousand three
,hundred took the oath of allegiance as re
quired. lie was asked by loyal men to r otify
them in case they were to be abandoned to
the control of rebels that they might have
time to get away. Such men declared they
could not live there if the military should be
withdrawn, and an instance is given of a
man who ventured to return home bring
dirven away.
In conversation with Gov. Wells, he re
ports a demand of the Governor upon the
Governinent for pay Mr slaves emancipated
where and when toll that the plantations
could not be worked without them, he said
"we can import labor from abroad or from
the Nhi•th, - lit said ho found the freedmen
working well, and in every case wad told by
planters that they worked a, hell when
slaves. The highest wages paid.so far as he
heard, was eight dollars per month and sup•
port
Some of them manifested a. want of con
fidence in theft former masted., many of
whom were unwilling to make bargains
with good faith; some worked for one-eighth
or a tenth of the crop and their support;
some were unwilling to raise Colton or sugar
lest it should be taken from thew, hut tier
were willing to rskc corn; some who farmed
for themselves in 186.1 saved several hun
bred oath, and were now hiring others to
work tor theta. lle reports a universally
expressed determination of the uegroes,
whenever questioned. to vote for the Gov
ernment and not fur rebels, and states th tt
he never tound in the South a disloyal ne
groe. lle stated that he had !nude a report
-to the President, of which he retained only
a rough draft. One of its conclusion was
that, it the rebel element was allowed to vote
in the South at that time, every member re
turned to Uongress would be hostile to the
policy of the Federal Government, not only
as regards the payment of the national debt
but in reference to the emancipation of the
uegroes; that while they expressed a willing
ness to submit to emancipation, they coupled
with it a determination to regaillite their
own affairs with the freedmen and control
their system of labor, some declaring ;hat
the system of negro labor would be better
fur them tbam befor the Government should
care for the er;iplesitnil they would control the
able-bodied. lie stated that he urged upon
the President the immediate retrlOVai of Gov
toot. Wells, who had betrayed his trust, ant
expressed himself unfavorable to trusting
the people to administer the affairs of that
stale. Ho also recommended the continu
ance of military government in other States.
'Nicholas Niekleby"--The Orbx
"tiqueere.
The following curious repult if a recent
conversation held by the writer with au En
glishman now traveling, in the United States,
is given in an Eastern journal:
In the midst of n familiar chat, he
'Did you ever read Dieken's Niriodus Nick
leby?"
I answered "yes"
"Well "returned he, "Old &totters was my
I old master, William Sh w." And here you
have the rest of his story: One day when
I was passing by a bookstore on Holbert - le
Hill, London, mar the Saracens Head Hotel.
I saw a finely though comically-devised pic
ture of a schoolmaster. On stop„ing to ob
serve it more carefully I recognized the
lineaments of my old York hireschoolmaster
Shaw, and I went in and purchased the vol
ume containing the picture. and found that
it was Dicken's Nicholas Nicicleby. A short
time afterwards, I met on old schoolfellow
by the name of Bishop, from whom Dickens
got the fuots of the school part of the story.
He told um that he had put Dickens in pos
session at them its the surest way he knew
of to pay off old Shaw for his brutality.
I asked him in what part of ,Yorkshire the
Show Academy (Dotheboy's Hall) was situ
ated, and his reply was at Bows, and then
by piecemeal,. examined 'the characters of
Squeers, (Mr. Shaw,) Mrs: Squeers, (Mrs.
&mei ) ) Miss
. Squeers, (Miss Shaw,) Miss
Helen .Shaw and Master Wackford, (Mr.
Johnny Shaw,) Shaw' was to.a dot ab
Dickens representalieri Shif ,,, tieed' to take'
all our pencils, met:, shirts, collars; etc.,•
and either poll them or give them to Johnny.
Olt, what a hateful little follow he was!
He'd steal our balls,' and 'we did'rit dare to
•speak to his father about . them, 'he 'alWays
kept' them. Miss Shaw is unfairly. drawn by'
Dickeni'; she was well educated and.constd
erably'refined,' having , ' been' 'saut — to a first
class boartllng-School. Mr..ShaWAras'itVery
.rnissionate man and When 'enraged at ti" boy
inschool would' order two boyslo hold bini
doWn Oti a V11)190116 head,
other llitifeet,and then'he would gaSh his bare
, baCk With birehetleks: . But"no boy in 'school
dared 'cry whee•whitiped, fotif he did, a tire'
other bOys phsebed apd:kiekedtdail.iiilien
got eta 400r5.. Mr. phay neveitnght any
:bralichei3lAtietidink and kipellifig;
_
ing'ennises - consisted of Bible reading for
the whole school, 120 boys, two verses apiebe;
and the writing exercise of two lines of large
and small bartd.lf any boy in either of these
exercises did'nt satisfy Mr.- ) Shaw ho would
forthwith lay him on the table, order two
boys two hold him down,and flog him till
he got tired. One day, getting mad at a boy
for a slight fault_ itt pedmanship, he struck
him with a rod aird . cut open his right cheek".
The assistant masters'were orphaned boys
whom cruel guardians had apprenticed to
him. One of them had a large fortune left
him by his parents, but his guardian had
apprenticed hircoo Shaw as farmer boy and
teacher, and had kept the fortune himself.
Mr. Shaw's large farm was cultivated by
the boys. If they didn't work hard enough
they were flogged or allowed half ration.
For nearly two months they had to work at
haying, tbeschool being divided into throw
ers and rakers. After the having, old Shaw
would say to the boys in the writing-class:
Fit not flog the rakers, for their hands are
Bore; but woe unto the throwers."
NO, 11,
Ile used to go to London twice a year, and
then the boys had to write letters telling
their parents what a good matt Mr. Shaw
was, and how kindly he treated them. Be
fore the letters were written, he used to say,
" I defy a boy of you to say that I ever took
away a collar, shirt, or even a pin from him,
but Mrs. Shaw did that pal tof the busi
ness. When in London, he quartered at
theStirctan's . 4ead. Once in three NV oeks
the boys were ranged in rows, and thie as
sistant master went round and saw whether
each boy had his lead spoon, fork and knife
in hand; if he hadn't them, he lost his pocket
money for two or three months. Atter the pub
lication of Nicholas Niekleby, Mr. Shaw lust
all his pay scholars, and so he apprenticed
his apprenticed schoolmasters to shoe
makers. Blacksmiths and carpenters. Mrs.
Shaw in about two years afterward-, died of
a broken heart. tier contemptible old hus
band died almost an idiot. Helen marred
a low drinking fellow; Johnny became a
London loafer; and the second son Jonathan,
mlie ~,nutod medicine, spent n.hoi.‘rer was
left of the old mans property among his fellow
student 3 drinking and high living generally;
but for some years has been a village phy
sician in his native place, n Bows. John
Brodie actually existed in John Boats, the -
village shoemaker, who bad toe humane
habit of helping the boys iu running away
from Shaw's dungeon, as he called the
school.
When a boy came to the school, his
clothes and other things were taken posses
sion of by Mrs. Shaw, and he wan given
pants of leather which had been worn by
generations before him, and which bad been
co patched with different colored cloth that
the poor school boys mistakenly called them
"Jo,eph,s coat of many colors." When Mr.
Shaw and all the contemptible tribe of
Yorkshire schoolmasters had been shown
up and ruined by Dickens's Nickleby the
London Dispatch came out advising Shaw
and his fellow sufferers to prosecute Dickens
for libel; but my brother and I who by bitter
experience knew the truth of Mr Dickens ' s
exposition, wrote to the editor of that gaper,
assuring him that the book was almost
literally true; and then the Dispatch pitched
into old Shaw more savagely than Dickeni
young Londoner, came into the school as
assistant teacher after I 1 -ft.
Wise men would be the aristocrats of the
world, and govern it as they pleased, if it
were not that Inds are more than a match
for them. " says an obse— ant writer
l• would be to pleasant to nar,. of merit, if
they always encountered people who were
sensible of it: they would hese only to present
themselves to command success They
would be almost all - kings and rich men,
who do loot tusks e,hatevor they I lease,
except rain and full weather. Flonored of
all. honored by all they would `m3 the aris
tocratsof society, the privileged class. But
Providen,e, to establish equality, has cre
ated fools in the world. They are de-tided
to arrest the progress of the man of merits
and to render his talents useless; for the
roan most expert in striking sensibility, rea
son and mind, can do nothing where there
is neither mind, reason, nor sensibility.
The artful schemes of the wise man are
often defeated I.y the defects of his inferiors
in iotelleet For instance, three English
men Were [IIIII6IIV a thief who was a native
of Wiltshire. In going through Breutford
they read a sign Wiltshire Inn.•'
l,et us go in here,".aid one, " We shall
sitrely find hirn-: that is the Inn for Wiltshire
folks.
Nonseoso." said another ^,that''the very
reason he won't lt,t there.
" Take care said tee third, who wn9 con
sider.] the wisest of the three "It is poi
sible that he tnay have chosen that place
preciaely because he would Le very sure that
we should'iat look lot him there.-
They went in, and ((cached nom garret to
cellar, but did not find the object of their
search.
The rubber had pas,;ed the inn without
entering simply because he could not read,
a suppoition that had not occurred to eithet
of his pursuers.
An intelligent man is apt to to ,ke his
combinations and calculations too perfect
he sees too fir, and takes too high a range
of view; he attributes to others it part of hie
own wit and information, preparing himself
no answer to all the good reasons that eau be
opposed to hitmand is taken in default because
he is met only by a bad reason. This is a
fact which the experience of almost any
practical man of the world will hear testi
mony to. For instance, a man who was
to,pass over a certain piece of road haunted
by a ferocious dog w di attacked every
one that came to his way, laid all his plans
for subduing, his brae adversary As soon
as the dog should spring upon bun, he deter
mine., to siei.e him by the ears, and thus he
felt sure he could toaster him. Ile there
fore marched on sturdily to the encouniet
but he was worsted is the skirmish bee:tit;
the dog's ears had been cropped close to his
head.
is said that the Athenians could not
entrap the llivotians because they spread
their nets too high; the 13motians being th,
most stupid prop! •of all Greece. They had
no conception 01 intellectual ingenuities;
they would believe nothing • but ddwnright
falsehood, and understood nothing but gross
absurdliy. To tell a man of this sort that
the earth revolves on its axis would be to
produce a snide of itteredulity or pity; bdi
t hits that sou rise out ut he water ever;
morning and sets behind the stetfdfast hills
every night, and ho agrees with you without
a murmur.
Tuerp are some folks squire," said a
worthy agriculturist to the learned magis
trate of his town, 'that say the sun don't
rise. Iva the earth turns round; but you and
I know better, squire; because we get up
airly, and see it rise."
A very wise conclusion.
We [night goon thus multiplying exam
ples of the hypothesis laid down at the out
set of this article. We remember very tyell
a lew years ago, when a certain spurious
mermaid was exhibited, that the showman
remarked very truthfully, that he preferred
to talk upon the subject with clergyman and
naturalists, because they believed him with
out question.
As OLD Methodist, very great at respon
ses, which were not always appropriate, but
always well meant, went one,day to hear a
po ular preacher. The preacher, usually
lucid, was rather perplexed, and felt it him
self. Ho labored through the first part, and
then said :
"Brethren,• 1 have reeled the conolusion
of my first point."
"Thank God," ejaculated the old man,
who sat before him, profoundly inteteSted,
in 11:Voi0 that was hoard in every part of
the'old church.
The last part of that sermon was harder to
preach than the rest.
TOE LATE Mm CORWIN was raised a far
mer, and is said to have been a wagoner in
1862. on his return from Mexico, with hie
naturally dark skin considerably bionzecl,
he was introduced to An 'English 'gentleman
as an "Ohioan:" The Englishman 'shook
him by the hand and ingtifted "whether his
tribe were at Parma with thC, WhiteS?"
A 'cur.TAIN landiady,it is said, Makes her
,pies so light that her lodgers can see to go
tO bed without a candle after eating a mod. ,
orate sized pi.9ce!
WIT AND FOLLY
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