The Greensborough patriot [April 13, 1866]

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Volume XXVIII. GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1866. Number 1,290.
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terms, taking into considera-tion
cost and carriage, than they
can be procured in Northern
markets.
We take in exchange for goods
Barter of all kinds allowing the
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PATRIOT.
GREENSBORO, N. C.
FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1866.
The National Intelligencer Bays there are every-where
seen mysterious and alarming portents of
ji coining financial storm. The excess of an irre-deemable
paper currency has done its work by
nn exaggeration of prices, by an accumulation of
goods and merchandise, and by promoting enor-mous
speculations and hazardous engagements.
Paper money is as forest leaves. For once, Wall
street admits that money is easy; because there
is little employment for it.
The ex-Queen ICarie Amelie, widow of Louis
Phillippe, whose death is announced as bavins;
occurred on the24th of March, at Claremont, in
England, was the daughter of Ferdinand I.,
(IV.,) King of the two Sicilies. .She was born
on tbe26tll "I' April, 1782, and was married to
Louis Phillippe, of Orleans, on the 26th'of No-vember,
1809. Since the abdication of her hus-band,
the ex-Queen has resided nearly all the
time at Claremont, where she died.
A communication from the President to Con-gress
last Friday recommends a modification of
the oath of office now required of all appointees
under the Government, it having been found
impracticable to obtain the services of suitable
persons in the South to collect the revenue and
distribute the mails, who can take the oath as it
stands, and it being thought a bad and danger-ous
policy to send strangers among the Southern
people as tax-gatherers and postmasters, even if
the compensation allowed were an adequate in-ducement
to sue'1 persons, as in fact the most
cases it is not.
The Postmaster General, in a communication
t» the President, which accompanies the Mes-
Sage, says :
" It may be interesting to know that the 2,258
mail routes in operation in the disloyal States at
the breaking out of the rebellion, the service of
7">7 only has been restored, that of 8,!)02 post-offices
in those States, only 2,<i42 appointments
of postmasters have been made, of whom 1,177
only have qualified for office, 747 of them being
males and 420 females; of the 305 who have not
qualified, it is believed that cpuitc all of tdem had
not done so because of the oath. The Postmas-ter
General concludes by saying he need not en-large
upon evils resulting from so partial a res-toration
of the postal service in the Southern
States, nor upon the benefits to the Government,
and to the people of all sections of the country
that would result from a more general and effi-cient
restoration ofthat service."
These papers have been referred to the Com-mittee
on the Judiciary. It is greatly to be de-sired
that Congress will act with enlightened
liberality on the recommendation of the Presi-dent.
A Suggestive Article. \PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
lhe following editorial article in the New
Few persons are aware ofthe number of terri-ble
battles which were fought in Mexico during
the seven months after the advent ofthe Austri-an
'interloper. From June to December, 180J,
the Liberal and Imperial forces fought one hun-dred
and twenty-two battless, with an aggre-gate
of killed, 2,277 ; wounded, 1,300. During
1865 there were three hundred and twenty-two
engagements, in which 5,C74 were killed and
1,279 were wounded. The tremendous warriors
fought almost a battle'i day, end history does
not record a larger number of '• skrimmages" in
the same length of time. The wounded must
have been very generally put to death, for unless
this humane rile was regularly performed, how
could there have b. el. 8,951 Dien killed ill nine-teenth
months and only 2,000 reported as
•' wounded ':"'
It would be well for ail i" remember that the
Stay Law passed by our Legislature does not
apply to any debt contracted since the first day
of May 186-"). Debts contracted since that time
may be recovered in the old fashioned, equitable
way.
TII E N. ('. <ioi.ii Cincr/LAB.—We are indebt
cd to Wm. B. Smith & Co., Raleigh, X. C, for
a neat little pamphlet bearing the above title.—
It contains the Act passed by the late Legisla-ture
establishing the rate of depreciation of
Confederate currency, compared with gold,—
the Virginia Gold Circular, the Usury law of
N. C.,&c. Price 10 cents.
STAMPS ON OLD INSTRUMENTS.—It is pro-vided
by law that, if any person wishes to use or
record any instrument, signed or issued before
that time, but not stamped, such person, his
agent or attorney, may affix the .-tamp thereon
required in the presence of the Court, Register
or Kecorder.
Penalties for not stamping instruments may
be remitted by the Revenue Collector, if such
papers shall be brought to them within twelve
months after the making or issuing thereof.
THE UMVKRSITV.—Through the politeness
of Rev. Phillips. A. M.. Professor of Pure
Mathematics in the University of North Caroli-na,
we have been favored with a catalogue of
the Institution.
The Professors are ll.in. 1). L. Swain, Presi-dent
: Rev. Jas. Phillips, Mixed Mathematics ;
Manuel Fetter, Greek; Son. Wm. II. Battle,
Law : Kev. F. M. Hubbard, Latin; Rev. Chas.
Phillips. Pure Mathematics: II. D. Smith,
Modern Languages; Jno. Limberly, Agricul-tural
Chemistry; Wm. J. Martin, Chemistry,
Mineralogy, and Geology; Rev. A. II. Efepburn,
Metaphysics, Logic and Rhetoric; Rev. Solo-mon
Pool, adjuni t of Pure Mathematics ; F. A.
Fetter. Tutor iii Latin.
The total number of students i put down
at 68, of whom 57 are North Carolinians, :: Vir-ginians,
Tcnnesseeians, and 8 from Arkansas.
The prospects of the college seem to be bright-ening
and we hope the day is not remote when it
will ■ eovi r from the shocks of civil war and be
whi ■ .: has ' 'en. ■ ■:.-■ of the best institutions in
the country.
A woman in Pennsylvania I titioned for
a divorce, because she and her husband "do
not agree on politics." What a nice time the
courts will have of it as .-eon as Congress de-cides
that white ladies have as much eight to the
elective franchise as plantation negroes. How
many poor fellows will be not only led to the
ballot-box, but compelled to vote just as their
wives dictate. An exchange is justly alarmed
at the probable consequence of refusing to com-ply,
and thus points them out :
Will not the wife sin' for a divorce, turn the
husband out of doors, and then look for a more
genial, plastic and political mate?
The Republicans have carried Connecticut by
a small majority. Gen Ilawlev, radical, has
been elected Governor, though the democratic
or conservative candidate made a gain of about
10,000 votes: and the democrats have gained
35 or 40 members uf the Legislature.
A correspondent of the Wilmington Journal,
writing from Raleigh, says :
" Ex-Gov. Swain, who came from Washing-ton,
and was in this city last week, is, we learn,
more than ever pleased with President Johnson,
whom he regards as the greatest statesman ofthe
age. Gov Swain went on at the request of Mr
Treasurer Battle, to make another effort to re-cover
some of the- State cotton that was seized by
Federal officers and Agents after the surrender
of Gen. Johnston last Spring, lie was not. we
believe, altogether successful in his mission,
though he experienced gratifying courtesy and
kindness at the hands of the officials with whom
he was brought into contact."'
The radicals have met with some unexpected
trouble in their scheme of turning Mr. Stockton
out of the U. S. Senate ond getting a radical
sent in his place. The New Jersey Legislature
has twice been prevented from electing a man to
take Stockton's seat, by" the refusal ofthe Presi-dent
of the State Senate, Mr. Scovel, (himself a
republican,) to co-operate with the radicals.—
Mr. Scovel declare that he is in favor of Pre.-i-dent
Johnson's policy, and will not vote for a
man to go to Washington to obey the demands
of Sunnier and Stevens.
IMPORTANT DECISION BY THE SUPREME
COL'BT OF Tin: UNITED STATES.—It will be
seen from the following important announce-ment
that the Supreme Court of the United
States has decided that Military Commissions
have no right to try civilians:
Washington, April 3.—Some months ago
Bowie-. Milligaii and Hersey. civilian.-, were
tried and convicted on a charge of conspiracy by
a military commission, and sentenced to be
hanged. President Johnson commutted their
sentence to imprisonment for life. The case was
brought before the United States Supreme
Court, which to-day decided that they ought to
be discharged from custody, and that the milita-ry
commission had no legal jurisdiction to try
them. "
The Journal of Commerce and National In-telligencer
warn the country that the radicals
are contemplating a bold revolutionary move-ment
against the President.
STATE BONDS.—Those holding IT. C. Bonds
(not ' war bonds ") had better comply speedily
with the request of the Public Treasurer, viz:
Communicate to him the amount and character
of the securities which they wish to be funded.
HOUSE THIHP IX LIMUO.—One ofthe
unbleached, Henderson Alford, was arrested
this morning upon charge of having stolen,
two or three weeks since, a mare and mule
fivin Mr. Green Lowiy, of Wake county.
One of the animals was found in possession
ofthe accused, who alleged the usual excuse
of horse thieves, that he bought the mare
from some unknown person. The mayor,
however, could not " see it in those lamps,"
as Artemus Ward would say, so Header-was
sent to jail —Hal. Progress.
l'r.KNTii IANA.—A negro named Pepper
has been arrested in Alabama for grossly
insulting a white woman. A penitentiary
should be the pepper box for that black
Pepper.
The party or faction that is trying to make
a bobby ofthe rebellion has no more need
of editors than the rider of a wooden horse
has of spurs.
The b'ood of martyred victims " cries
from tk i ground ;" that of a " dead duck T'
cries through a newspaper.
The Courier speaks of its party as " a
party that has rebels in its ranks." But is
that the worst ofthe business? Is there
much !) sides rebels and cx-rebols and rebel
sympathizers and rebel aiders and abettors
in its ranks?
The radicals in Congress are struggling
to pass the uncivil rights bill in defiance of
the President. But they can't easily pass
it over l.is head. He is somewhat too tali
for that.
No they didn't. They proposed to do it,
but couldn't. The President put his foot
upon them.
CONFEDERATE DEAD.—The Winches-
.'. /• ^\ • its says :—"The work of re-interring
the Confederate dead in the Ladies' Cenf-etery'
is progressing rapidly. Up to thrs
date about two hundred bodies have been
brought in. They were mostly unknown,
and were removed from the most expos-ed
situations.
A Radical editor, in Indiana, talks about
'•giving the lie." lie doesn't give the lie
at all ; he prints his lies and sells them.—
Louisville Journal.
York Times of the 6th, is full of grave sug-gestions.
That a Republican editor and
leader in Congress should express a doubt
whether the Union is pointing towards a
larger measure of civil liberty than has
hitherto been known on earth, seems to
smack of treason and heresy. But the sug-gestion
cautiously and tentatively advanced
that the religious sentiment of the North is
on the side of despotism, coupled with the
admission that the minority, in Congress,
for freedom is gradually waning in strength,
this is the significant, the dangerous pros-pect.
The rule, as inexorable as gravitation,
is working itself out, that, sooner or later,
the people who begin by restraining another
of their liberties, «nd by losing their own:
A STRONG JIINCfBITY GREATLY NEEDED.
The minority in. Congress becomes alarm-ingly
small. The opponents ofthe Presi-dent
are welcome to make all out of the ad-mission
they please. In times of peril, in
the crisis of revolution, in the hour when
men are clutching—not for party triumph
or permanent party ascendency—hut for na-tional
existence, overwhelming majorities
supply the only hope for national unity.
But after passion has subsided and national
become confounded with party victories,
there arises the equally important crisis
which men devoted to freedom of speech and
freedom of political action most dread.
We Americans may be founding a freeer
system on this continent than other nations
have ever known. But the thitig has to be
proven. Neither thinking men among our-selves,
nor well-disposed strangers oi the
higher order abr-ad, will accept our mere
assertion as a philosophic maxim. There
is danger ofthe party of "grand moral
ideas" becoming the party of absolution,
and there is all the greater danger that out-people
are more religious in their habits,
more observant ofthe strict services of pub-lic
worship, and more intolerant of "tn>n
professors," than any people in the world.
An unscrupulous sectional majority may
readily, and with temporary success, use
this element to carry out their partisan pur-poses—
without any conscience as to the
present, or consideration i'< ir the future. And
as long as we have a Republican Govern-ment
it will probtbly be' hard to t. ake any
headway against what appears to the large
religious community among us to bo the ab-stract
path of Justin—no mailer what :.,-.
be the obstacles Ijting in thai path.
The great political problem seem-, to be
gradually resolving into this: Whether
minorities in a Republic ought to have any
rights. The Prudent has been quiet lv
cherishing the idea that they have, certain
tights, Bat the President evidently cannot
be right if the majority are also right. Thus
it is, that those who desire to sec this Re-public
strong, not only in its central author-ity—
strong, not alone in the material power
which is wielded by the National Govern-ment—
but strong also—and doubly strong,
in the affections ofthe whole people, are ea-ger
to see an end to this sectional strife. It
cannot be maintained long—hide it from
ourselves as we may—without inviting for'
eifjn notice—mayhap, foreign insolence.—
Where arc we to-day, unless this last proc-lamation
of Andrew Jtobnsan is truth, an.I
solid truth? Answer us: If the idiotic
sneers ofthe foolish Tribune are true; if
Andrew Jahnson has proclaimed Union
where there is only mutual malice, envy
and all uncbaritableness, what is this Repub-lic
worth in this year of grace .' Tell us :
It this solemn declaration ofthe. Executive
is affirmed to be a lie—how much stronger,
in view of possible complications with for-eign
Powers, is this country to-day than it
WASHINGTON-, April 10.
SENATE.—Mr. Trumbull offered a reso-lution
instructing' the Secretary of the
Senate to present to the Secretary of State
the bill to protect all persons in their civil
rights and to famish the means lor their
vindication, together with the signatures
of the Secretary of the Senate and the
act passed by a two-thirds vote of both
houses, etc.
Mr. McDougall protested that the bill
bad not received two-thirds vote, because
the States were not fully represented' in
the Senate.
The resolution was adopted.
A resolution was passed granting the
Me of the Senate GtaMaber toftd s. M. <'.
Walling, to deliver a lectnr on the condi-tion
of the South, on the evening of the
17th instant.
HOUSE.—Mr. Moulton, from the Com-mittee
of Naval Affairs, reported resolu-tions
authorizing Admiral Paulding and
Commodore Bedford, United States Navy
to receive decorations from the King of
Italy, which was adopted.
Mr. Raymond, from the Committee of
Foreign Affairs, made a preliminary re-port
on the subject of a resolution reques-ting
the Secretary of the Navy t i scud an
armed vessel to protect American fishing
interests in Canada waters. The report
was in the nature of a resolution, reques-ting
information from the President as to
what have been taken for the protection
of our fishing interests in that quarter, and
whether any legislation on the part of
Congress is necessary to secure that pro-tection.
The resolution was adopted.
The House rejected, by three majority,
the bill to establish a uniform system <*.!
bankruptcy.
WASHINGTON, April 10.—The Senate
to-day confirmed all the Internal Revenue
Collectors and Assessors for North Caro-lina.
V> 'AJSHZN G TON ITEMS.
was two years ago? No one doubts the
possibility of making such a clean sweep of
the Opposition benches in Congress, as
should make legislation a mere matter for
partisan committees. But many—very
many—do doubt tin: expediency or the wis
dom of creating a directory whose, decrees
shall permanently override alike the con-stitutional
veto ofthe Executive and the
solemn decision of the Supreme Court.
"J. X.'- MAI.TYKED AT LAST.—EGG-ZACTXY
So.—All the readers of the. city
papers will remember these cabalistic let-ters.
They belong to a personage who
appeared in Raleigh during the first ses-sion
ofthe state convention and the icgis-loture,
who claimed to be the greatest liv-ing
orator and philosopher, and who ad-vanced
the matchless theory that both
parties to the late war were right. He
vehemently alleged, privately, that there
was a terrible "pressure" resting upon the
BOQth which he desired to remove by his
enlightenened views, even though he suf-fered
martyrdom, lie was very anxious
to become a martyr; and on more than
one occasion, wc believe, has confined him- i whi re the law is to be executed.
TUB QtTESTTON OF A GIINKRAI. AMNESTY
has been before the Cabinet once, but was
opposed by all, BO sa\s report, save Mr.
s ward. Should the President,therefore,
conclude to issue sucfi a proclamation
looking to that end, he will have to do it
pretty mai h 0:1 his own responsibility.
THE XEIAX OF MR. DAVIS.
Mr. Raymond, of New York, offered a
a resolution requesting the President to
take speedy steps lo1- the trial of.Jefterson
i_»avis lor tieSson. Rclfeli'e'i'l m ilic Com-mit
tee on the Judiciary.
By all means let ns have the trial. Let
ns have a judicial decision upon the ques-tion
of whether he is guilty of treason.—
We are sure the President would pardon
him if convicted, but it were well to have
an authoritative exposition ofthe law of
treason, and ofthe crime which Mr. Davis
has committed.
CONFLICT 0E AUTHORITY. IS SOUTH CARO-LINA.
A serious conflict of jurisdiction has oc-curred
between the State courts oi'South
Carolina and the military, under General
Sickles. The courts have sentenced white
men. convicted of larceny, to be punished
with stripes, under the old criminal code
of South Carolina. General Sickles for-bade
the execution of the sentence, for
the reason that 't was abhorrent to the
ideas of philanthropy and usages of mod
era civiii/:;' ion. The circuit courts ofthe
State have therefore, it appears, declined
to try criminals at all. The President is
appealed to by the State authorities to
countermand General Sickle's order.
Of course General Sickles would have
the same right to prohibit the hanging or
imprisonment of criminals; and the courts
merely manifest a proper sell're-pec! in re-fusing
to try cases which a military officer
claims the right to review.
CIVIL RIGHTS LAW IN WHAT STATES CON-TESTED.
In Indiana, or Illinois, under their State
laws which prohibit the immigration of
negroes into those States, or their resi-dence
there, the constitutionality ofthe
new law may be tested. The law will ex-ecute
itself, through the Federal courts, in
like manner with the fugitive Blave law.—
The President will have nothing to do
with its execution except in the appoint-ment
of United States district judges.
Some of these are already appointed ; "til-ers
will be in the course ofthe year. The
President must take care that he does not
•elect men for judges who would abuse
their power to .-peculate, like United States
cotton agents, upon the necessities or ap-prehensions
of the citizens of the States
AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE LAW
OF EVIDENCE.
Wit UREAS, The enquiry after truth in
courts of justice is often obstructed by In-capacities
created by the present law, and
it is desirable that full information as to the
facts in issue, both in criminal and civil
case;,should be laid before the persons ap-pointed
to decide upon them. end that such
persons should exercise their judgment on
the credit ofthe witnesses adduced, and on
the truth of their testimony; now therefore,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General
Assembly of the State of North Carol
and it is hereby enacted by the authority of
the tame, as foil :s: That no person offered
as a witness shall hereafter be excluded by
reason of incapacity from interest or crime.
IKMB .-..ii.L( evidence, i-i; .,, «^
by '-.'■' ■ Hug to 1
tfa ' c «urt, on the trial of an} hsue joined, or
of any matter or question, or on any inquiry
arising in any suit or proceeding, civil or
criminal, in any couit or before auy j
justice, jury, or other person having by law
authority to bear, receive and examine evi-dence
; and every person s) offered shall be
admitted to give evidence, notwithstanding
such person may or shall have nn interest
in the matter in Question, or in the event of
the trial of the issue, or of the suit or other
proceeding in which he is ottered as a wit-lit
BS.
SEC. 3. On the trial of any issue, or of
any matter or question or on any inquiry
arising in any suit or other proceeding in
court, or before any judge, justice, jury or
other person having by law authority to
hear 1 ud examine evidence, the [.attics and
thi person in whose behalfaoy suitor other
proceeding may be brought or dcfei
shall, except -as hereinafter provided, be
potent and compeliablc to give evi-dence,
either cica roce or by deposition, ac-cording
to the practice ofthe court, in be-half
of either or any of the parties to said
suit or cither proceeding.
SEC. li. Nothing contained in the smcsid
section of this act shall render any pel
who, in any criminal proceeding, is charged
with the commission of an indictable otte
competent or eompellable to give evidence
for or against himself, or shall render an]
person compelLiblo to answer any question
tending to criminate himself, or shall in any
criminal proceeding render any husband
competent or eompellable to give evidenc
for or against his wife, or any wife compe-tent
or eompellable to give evidence for or
against her husband.
Site. •!. Nothing contained in the second
section of this act shall apply to any suit or
other proc . in any court of law or
eguityj institut id in ousi 1 ofadu
or to any action I'm- breach of promise ol
marrii *e or for criminal conversation, and
nothin : 1 ntained in the first section off this
'■:■ i apply to the attesting witnesses to
wills.
) S. F. PHILLIPS,
Ratifw ; 12th day of - Sp'kr Ho. Com.
March, A. D. iSo«. ) C. S. W1NSTEAD
Speaker Senate.
WHERE'S SMITH.—If there is .1 mar. by
then:::;.' of John Smith in the United
States, he is hereby informi I that there is
a letter for him in the post office.—Balti-more
Sun.
The !a>t we heard of Mr. Smith, he was
living in Michigan.—Toledo (O.) Bladi
Tie a mistake. John Smith has I
arrested and sent to the penitentiary from
here for stealing a keg of scrap iron whis-key—
Uujf'alo . b/e., /.
All wrong. John Smith has been ar-rested
and senl to Sing Sing for pan:
ting in a Copperhead Convention at Alba-ny.—
Droonie /.'<. ub icon.
se't for days at a time in dark dungeoi
and jails. lie was here some months ago,
and was advertised to tddress the citizens
of Raleigh ami to be martyred, it necessa-ry,
but lie did neither. His great desire
has come to pass, as we find from the fol-lowing
parrgraph, taken from a Northern
paper.
"The well known irrepressible, and al-ways
ready-to-be-martyred J. X. Free,
some weeks since departed lor the south,
with the declaration that wo would hear
from him through the southern papers,
and lo! and behold, the last breeze from
that supposed to be sunny clime whispers
the important news of his martyrdom. J.
X. assumed the pressure at Montgomery,
Alabam 1—it was too heavy for the peo
pie—they couldn't see it from their stand-point,
and pelted the " immortal " with
rotten eggs, forcing liim to leave town —
As J. N. is always willing to "martyrr"
as be has abundance of" nerve," it is con-jectured
that he took the philosophical
view of the matter, and was fully equal
to the requirements of the occasion.—
I*roijrc<t-.
The last great fire at the Pennsylvania oil
regions consumed oil and other property
valued at *1L'5,000.
The first section of the law goes into ef-fect
at once, declaring who are citizens of
the United Stales.
BESTORATION OF A VIRGINIAN'S I.AXDS.
Mr. John Lamlstreet, ofFairfax county.
Ya., having been pardoned by the Presi-dent,
his property, which was in the pos-s
s-ii f theFreedmen's Bureau,has-been
restored to him.
K*TW POSTAGE STA.Mi -.
Postmaster-Gi neral Dennison will short-ly
issue a new postage stamp ofthe de-nomination
of fifteen cents, which will
bear on it- face a likeness of Lincoln.
It will be used in prepaying po tage for
foreign countries.
Ax IRISH VAI.KMINK.—"Och, Paddy,
swate Paddy, if I was yer daddy. PdekiU
ye wid K'ISM - intirely, If 1 was yerbroth-er,
and liken isi your mother, I'd" see
you wint to bed early. To taste of yer
breath, It'll.', starve me to death, and lay
off my hoops altogether. Tojoosthave
a tastof your arm on my waist, I'd laugh
at the meanest oi weather. Dear Paddy
be mine, my own swate Valentine; ye'D
find me both gentle and civil. Our life
we'll spend to an illegant ind, and care-may
go hence wid devil."
" THAT GLOUIOI S OLD PATRIOT."—
Such u the designation which The Stand-ard,
a few weeks since, bestowed upon
Brownlow.
Brownlow made a speech in Knoxville,
the other day, from which we make 'ho
following elegant extracts:
"I'm in favor of the test oat baud don't
want it repealed, and it won't b ■ th:uik
Cod. There are crippled rebels at W
ington who want to govern this eonnlry,
and I am opposed to letting them inc-ident
Johnson can't carry a
State North of Mason's line bat Kent) cky,
and I wish he could carrv that State to
hell." **•**»
flfc'- Our State Legislature is at a lejck—
twenty-one men berabolted. Botthe
endorse President Johii.-on. Tney ).
ieit two hundred lunatics ami t 1: z
died convicts to starve. I have pr.#
money to feed them; if the next ■
lature refusesHO refund the moo y. Iju ill
turn the crazy and convicted loose oifl
die Tennessee. It will be the best J«ysie
they ever had." * * * T
" There are two 'human monsters now
engaging the attention of the km
people. Their names arc on every n.in's
lips. I refer to Sunnier and StevexMfc—
President Johnson is engaged in a bitter
warfare against them. To abuse ihaae
men is the test of the loyalty Mr. JoRnaon
prescribes. They arc both men of ability
and unblemished private character Stev-ens
has sacrificed more for the Unioi than
any five men in East Tennessee, and is :i
better man than any two men who ever
lived in the South. I am not afraid »o en-dorse
these men as my own 'dung-hill.'—
We must all bo Radicals or recousti ucted
Democrats. I prefer to side with the
former class."'
" Glorious old patriot."
John Smitl
On. IN CHATHAM.—A gentleman of
this city just from Chatham, informs ns
that, a party from the south are m w in
that county leasing all the laud 1 ,>t se-cured
by a northern company, in I- 0 vi-cinity
of the coal regions. It is beSeved
that sec-i.m win yield petroleum in*arge
• piantities, and the new comers huvo'ia e
preparations to have the requisite n aehi-nery
for testing the matter. The leases
are for five years and those who have en-gaged
hi this new enterprise feel confident
01 realizing a large fortune.
We are not familiar with the prospects
which have induced speculators from the
north and south to besiege our friends in
< . itharo. We shall not think it. wonder-ful
ifthe result demonstrates the correct-ness
of their inferences that large supplies
of oil can be obtained by the usual process
in that region. Indi ed; if our own peo-ple
will not interest themselves in the de-velopment
ofour .own interstate wealth,
we shall hail the advent of strangers foj
work from whatever section ofthe world
they may some.—Progrt w.
PASSAOB OV lilt: Civn. Rioi!. *,
OVER THE VETO.—On 1 uesdav kti I the
Senate of the United Mates pasfceu the
civil rights bill over the veto oi tb
dent, by the following rote: 1
"1 ::AS—Anthony, lirown. Cl V
ClarkConness,Cragin,Creswell, LdmI
nden, Foster, Crimea, liar. d
dcrson, Howard, Howe, Kirkwot d, 'fum,
of Indiana, Morgan, Morrill, > ind,
i 'meroy, Ramsey, Slu
Oli. pliaw . .101,11 smitn isover nere <■■
king The Altn California! , and superin-tending
the construction >>i a whirling to
grind smoke.—San Francisco Flag.
Mistake somewhere. Smith was iu
Markleville all summer with a wheelbar-row
wheeling sunshine down m a cellar to
dry buckwheat.—„ Upim < 'hronicL.
The identical John Smith above refer-red
to recently appeared in the city of At-chison,
and is running a snake and mon-key
show at the corner ol Fourth and
Commercial streets.—Atchi ion Fret Press.
Beg your pardon—but that Smith has
been in this city all winter acting a"< assis-tant
tutor in a political gymnasium.—
/. aventeorth Bulletin.
All wrong, gentlemen. John Smith in
neither constructing a whirligig to grind
smoke, nor wheeling sunshine down a cel-lar
to dry buckwheat, but is an honored
repres ntive in the prese t Legislature
here, and answers his name at roll call
with as much nonchalance as if it were
simply Jones or Brown.— Topeka Leader.
You are all wrong. Smith has turned
" abolitioncr," and at last accounts was run-ning
a •■ nigger machine" nt Junction City,
Kansas, We glean from the Union ofthe
lUth ult.— Kansas !)• moci at.
Not muchly, says Artemus, the verits
John P. Smith is my traveling ag int.
You an' nil badly posted for newspaper
editor-'. John Smith was blown up by a
Bteainl oat on the Tombigbee a few weeks
ago, and has not come down yet.—A. O.
True Delta.
W 1 , what a mi ! He has come
down, and has been ;<< icted and har-monized,
and i-- now supposed to be en-
• . making .. marbl l >p and a li 0
- tor the l-'n dmen's !; ireau. When
'1 • Lr thr Dgh with that job some other
er can "pass him around.*1—August*
Prt .
Wc presume Jol finished the Bu-
.—• v abandoned tic idea. He was in
High Point a few day: rsonating Don
Quixote a; the tournament. At la-'
counts he .-poi<e ofj church on
si\ 1,-.nt1. ion. As an avid
his 1.. ekness, he assures us that v. ken stop
S hotel, he dilutes his coffee with
milk, > aercising tie- impertinence of calling
for cream only when ui Mrs. Smith's house.
1 ■ nnroy, namsey, cnicrman, .
Stewart, Sumner,Trumbull,W
Williams, Yates—38.
NAYS—Bueknlaw, Cowan, Davis, !
little, Gnthrie, Ilendricks, Johnson, 1.
af Kansas, McDougall, Kesmith, X. -
Kiddle, Salisbury, van Winkle, Wright—
1J.
Mr. Dizon did no) vote.
Much excitement was manifested as the
vote was being taken. GOT. Morgan, of
New York, was warmly Congratulated cui
his vote sgaii:*t tie veto.
This bill passed theHotwe of 11 presen-fatives
on the 13th of last montl by a
vote of 111 to :iK—over two thirds vote.
We suppose there- can be no doubt that
the bill will become a law.
TIUAI. OK Jaw. DAVIS.—Wc learn from
the Washington papers of Wcdnerjlar.
that reliable information w«* n-cdl
there that day from Richmond, to :l|
(bet that a movement is on foot tool
R writ of habeas corpus for the relea]
Jefferson Davis. The writ in miej
may issue either from the Darted
District Coart, Judge Underwood
ding, or from a State Court. It; l
ly that a man of Underwood's preji.iiccs
would grant s writ tor such a pt rj>■.?
The Washington papers say the <i firhti
ofMr. Davis will now be strongly ilged.
He can not be held, it is added, l-i the
District of Columbia, under the .edict-ments
pending against him in the Su-preme
Court ofthe District.—Fd'rsbury
Exprx ■
AXOTBZS IIORSK TmuF.—Tnnrra
CAPTURED.—A week or tea days since we
received a letter from an old friend at
Mount Airy, Barry county, informing m
that on the night of the St,th ult., a rnare
was stolen from the stables of Mr. Robert
llines near that ]dare, and a horse from
Mr. Archibald Mclntosh, mail carrier.—
We were also informed that little doubt
existed a* the thieves coming down the
Hollow Road in the direction of Win
and we were requested to post our frit
so that they might keep a shaajp look
Parties were sent from Mt. Ai-y in pur-suit
ofthe thieves, and we now lean:
were captured on Sunday Iaat,on th< Hol-low
Road, a mile or two thif '
Sedge Garden, and about six mi
Winston. The animals were found m ' *
possession. Uotb ofthe scoundrels were
securely pinioned, and conveyed to Dob-
►or: jaii, where wc trust they will it main
until they obtain their just deserts.—
Winston Sentinel, \
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