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v. M. TRINM1ER, EDITOR
Thartday, June T, I860.
Court of Equity.
This Court commenced its regular sessions
n Monday last, bis Honor, Chancellor LeseIII,
presiding. No business of importance,
we learn, is before the Court. The usual nura
ber of petitions and bills without any special
litigation, are marked on the dockets. His
Honor maintains that dignity and agreeableBOM
of manner which characterise him in his
ooial intercourse, and in our judgment illustrates
the true estate of a judioial officer.
Pleasantness of voice and manner wc do not
regard as impairing the dignity of the bench,
or ineonsistont with the ermine.
Taxes.
Col. R. C. Fooi.e is now engaged in rcceiving
the taxes due to the State and District.
The people generally, we see, arc making their
returns and meeting this inexorablo necessity.
It is said that some feel an indisposition to pay
their taxes. We trust this sentiment or feel lag
is not general. Wc havo a State organiza11?
a. ..11 11...
tiyu vuO vivrviuvi uuu mi iuv wimv wiuvvir
hive been elected or appointed?Ike entire machinery,
jadioial, cxccutiTe and legislative, is
at work, and diffusing benefits of civil government.
To support that government is a duty.
To insure its harmonious working the taxes
must be paid. See Col. Foolo's advertisement.
Death of Mr*. Joel Foster.
We regret to announce the demise of this cs
Unable lady, at her residence in our town on
Monday last. To tho coiutmiuify who knew
Iter, and appreciated her mauy virtues, the
event was unexpected as painful, licr previous
illness of about four days duration, we
learn, was not generally known, and lience
the violenoe of the shock produced by the sad
intelligence that slio was numbered among tbc
dead. Mrs Foster was the daughter of Capt.
Boons*, of Richland District. In the social
circle she was beloved, and ever mndo herself
an agreeable and desirable companion. Free
from the influences of selfishness, she strewed
the pathway of her l*ro with flowers, thus fillins
to thA IIIDUIirA |K. lifn Brlinnl uill. it./.
Aroma of those qualities that adorn the character
of the christian and lady. The deceased
was the mother of several children, nnd the
affectionate wife Of a devoted husband. Her
loes will be felt by her numerous friends, by
society at large, by tho church of vrhich she
was a valuable aud faithful member, nnd by
those loved ones, who in tho depth of grief bedew
her bier with the toars of love and atfeeuon.
Tlie 16 th of June.
We learn that the ladies of Charleston have
set apart this day, the anniversary of the battl?
of Secessionville, to the decorating of soldiers'
graves and the dedication of a uionumant
iKnie T* ' - ? * *
.?v? .. ..vu uiviuui in. *i ii n-ijuiHi en mm
the ladies of the State joiu in theHe expressions
of honor and oommcmorntion of the noblemen
who fell in their defence?to render honor to
those names which deserve to live in rcmenibranoo.
As we recede from lute event.<, the
sentiment thus fittingly expressed by the noble
women of the heroic city, is becoming more
and more intense. The clamor of war?the
roar of strife itself, did not silence the voice o i
these women in prayer and encouragement to
those In life, who they now honor iu death. If
their spirits look down upon these manifestations
of gratitude and apprccia'ion by the women
of the South, they would feel that such
laurels, though nourished by the lifcblood, are
not too dearly won. Those expressions make
us feel more forcibly the truth, that "It is
weet ind becoming to die for one's country !"
Roll ofllonor.
We see in our exchanges that efforts arc being
made to perpetuate in some way the names
of the "honored dead'* and all those who took
? puri iii uic mic struggle. Wo heartily endorse
the sentiment, and hope that something
will be done in our district towards the accomplishment
of this laudable end. If we cannot
eroot a monument, upon which to be inscribed
the names as suggested, there certainly can be
no reason why the names should not be collectm.
ed and published, thus affording a record from
whioh the dataoan be gathered at a future day
for any design that inay be thought appropriate.
We do think these names should be col
leeted together at the present, if nothing more,
with such data as would be of interest hereafter.
The following extrauis will show what
is proposed to bo done. The following is from
the Anderson "Intelligencer
'The proprietor of thi* journal proposes, during
this summer, to publish a neat and convenient
pamphlet, which shall contain the rolls
of all the companies raised in Anderson L?ie
trict for the Confederate service during the
late war. In order to perpetuate (he names of
the men who participated in our struggle for
independence, the co-operation of all officers
and men who may have the desired information
in their possession is earnestly solicited."
The following is an extract from a corres
pondence of the Yorkvillo "Enquirer
"Men of the South respect your dead ! Women
of tho South honor your dead ! Soldiers
of tho South, havo you forgotten your comrades
t * * * * ?
'I would suggest that contributions he taken
up throughout the length and breadth of the
land, to erect suitable monuments at every
Court House, on which all the names of that
district, from the highest to the lowest, should
be distinctly inscribed "
An Important Dec I ml on.
We nmko this synopsis of a decision made
by^udge Clayton, of the sixth Judicial District
of Mississippi, which is tally reported in
the Charleston Acta of the 28d ult., upon a
matter of importanoe to the public. We
would give the oase as published in the Aetct
were it not too lengthy for our columns. The
case was about as follows: On the 27th of Jan.
1804, tho defendant, J. W. Perkins, sold to the
complainants, Duke & Cade, twenty tliousnnd
pounds of lint cotton for the sum of $7,000,
which was paid the defendant at the time in
Confederate States Treasury Notes. Tho de
fondant was to deliver the same when afterwards
required. The defendant having failed
to deliver tho cotton as stipulated, a bill was
instituted to enforce the contract. The defendant
made dcfenco upon the group In, that tho
act of secession of the State of Mississippi be
ing in violation of the Constitution o( the Uni
ted States, no government was created by the
Confederacy which could perform any binding
uct, and that the Treasury Notes to be used,
was a nullity, and formed no legal consideration
to make a contract binding, that a contract
founded on such a consideration could not bo
enforced. Judge Clayton held that tho Slates
continued all their power and functions of
Government which they possessed before flic
war, and possessed the right of raising the
means to conduct the war, the manner of raising
such means was at their own discretion,
and as a necessary icar rneature could issue
these Note;, having acquired belligerent rights,
aud violated no law in issuing (hem, nnd consequently
they were no nullity. He showed
that tho United Slates recognize! their validity
in i-iuiuuug me couon una oilier property of
tbo Confederate States, in the bauds of its citizens
at the time of the surrender of the aruiics,
which hml been purchased with such notes, lie
nrgued that these notes were the currency of
the country by common assent of tho people,
and regarded transactions in which they were
used, as legal and binding. In his argument
agaiustthe third ground used in the defence,
'That the said Notes were used to carry on a
rebellion ngaiust the Government of the United
States, could raise 110 consideration upon which
a legal and binding contract could be created,"
he says the Confederate States, as a belligerent
nation, was vested with the power to conduct
the war, as tho civil war had suspended the
Constitution in the belligerent States, and that
the uso of said Notes in the ordinary trade of
the oountry was legitimate and a valuable consideration,
and gave validity to all fair con
tracts in which they were used.
Tho Judge grunted the prayer of the llill,
and ordered that a decree be entered for the
delivery of the cotton to complainants in accordance
with the contract, and in cose the
cotton could not he had, for the value of it, and
the defendant pay the costs of tlie suit. We
would like to give the argument iu full sustaining
this decision. It isun able and learned ;
?iguuii-ui, una eicariy snows tiie validity of
mir contractu in wm'cn tunl'(dcrslc Treasury
Notes formed apart of the consideration.
For the Carolina Spartan.
Mit. Eimtou :?As the medium through
which the interests of tlie up-country farming,
and industrial community can ho discussed, 1 j
hog leave to ask a .-pace iu your paper, for a
statement which may possibly correct an ex
istiug evil, ono which though small to those
who are not directly concerned, yet is an evil
which indirectly afleets all classes, vit: The
incorrect management of Shelton's Kerry.
On a trip recently to Columbia and hack, my
nttention was called to this mutter. It having
"been remarked to me that the ferry llat was in
n had condition. 1 carefully examined it, and
found one end of it in a rotten condition, indeed,
the old man in char-'O fllulO ??!< ? '?
il run thrVisk of sinking lit any moment. The
law in reference to this particular portion ol' a
ferry flat, is as follows
"Ami be it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid, Thnt eaeh and every fctrv owner or
keeper in this State, shall provide and keep attached
to each end of his ferry flat, or flats, u
good and sufficient apron, or not having such
aprons, shall keep nl each and every lauding
place a good and sufficient abutment, or inclined
plane for the same ; and for default or neglect
in so doing, that he he fined in a sum not
exceeding ten dollars for every three days '
continuance of such default, to ho recovered in '
any Court having competent jurisdiction of '
the same; one half thereof to the use ol the !
State, and the other half to lite iuformcr."
A gentleman in my company having charge
of two two horse wagons, applied to go over
the river, ho was informed by the owner of the
ferry, that ho would only curry him over at
his own risk, and upon paying double ferriage.
This rather strange to me anl unreasonable ,
request called tor iny special uotico. 1 ronton- j
, strated with Mr. Slielton, tint without avail, |
and my friend was compelled lo noiedc to his
terms. On the lower hank of the river, 1 found
a gentleman with a largo wagon in cliurge, !
who told me ho had been thero two days, ns
Mr. Slulton asked ten dollars to take him over, '
and he had not that much money to pay, and ;
even it ho had, would not submit to such extortion,
preferring to get fresh mules and turn (
Lack and cross the upper ferry. On these two
points, extortion and detention, 1 would call
the aiteution of the travelling community, but
more particularly, that of Mr. Shclton, to the
following sections of Laws of South Carolina.
"And be it further enacted by tho authority
aforcanid, That if any ferryuiau or owner of
any ferry or bridge, shall demand and receive ,
any greater sum of money for ferriage or toll I
at such ferry or bridge, every such person
shall forfeit and pay the sum of twelve dollars; j
to be recovered before auy justice of tho poaoc;
one half to the informer, the other half to the
commission rs of the roads within whose jurisdiction
such fine shall be recovered."
"And lie it further enacted by the authority
aforesaid. That irtny person or persons shall
meet with unnecessary delay at any of the :
public ferries, toll bridges or causeways es- |
I Lablished by law, every such person or persons
may recover from the persons keeping such
ferry, bridge or oauaewav, for every hour of
such unnecessary delay, the sum of forty shillings
to be recovered, on application from the
party agrieved, by warrant and execution from
any neighboring magistrate."
"That the rates charged are illegal, will appear
when the law is quoted in the matter the
rates established are:
"For every loaded wagon and team, scventyfivc
cents, for every empty wagon and team,
fifty cents, for every other four wheeled carriage,
fifty cents; for every chair and cart,
twenty-five cents; for every rolling hogshead
of tobacco and horses, twenty-five cents; for
eve.rr.an and horse, twelve and an half cents-,
for c cry led horse or foot passcugor, six and
one fourtn ccutn; for every head of Muck cattle,
two oents; for every head of hogs or sheep,
one cent."
h may bcciu strange that a matter of such
api arently oiroutuscribed dimensions, should
ufleet a community ; but let us for one moment
follow the ramifications of a stock of goods.
The merchant buys a stock, say in Charleston,
to bring it to the tip country, he has resource,
(th- only one now in use) to hauling. The
wagoner is willing to haul at a reasonable rate,
but is compelled to make additional charge on
account of extortionnto ferriage, the consequence
is five or ten per cent, is added to the
cost of goods, and the consumers from the richest
to the poorest are compelled to satisfy (indirectly)
the demands of a monopolist. In
conclusion. Mr. Ldilor, (for 1 have said more
that may bo deemed necessary), let mo call
the attention of all ferry masters to a few facts
1st. In using a tlat for five years which (as
every boat builder says) should only be used
three, and continuing in the use of it, after
notice has been given of its uusafe cen'M'^n,
tliev inciif n unvi....
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2d. 16 overcharging any passenger they forfeit
their rights an<l incur a penalty.
3J. In detaining any wagoner on the unjust
claim of three or four times the regular fcrringer
or even excelling it one cent, they lay
themselves liable in nn action ut law, both personally,
aud at the same time nro guilty of a
breach of ferriage laws. The claim of high
water is only allowable in such cases as come
under the following provision :
"Whou freshets arc so high that the passengers
hare to ho couvcyed to a higher landing,
then the ferry slip, the master may cU-im additional
compensation
For the better guidance of ferry masters, wc
quote the following from the State Laws;
"And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid,
That every person or persons, their heirs
or assigns, in whom public ferries, toll bridges
or causewnyh have been or slinll be rested by
law, shall keep fixed up, in some conspicuous
place, the peroral rales as are or shall be established
by law; aud if any person or persons,
their heirs or assigns, in whom public ferries,
loll bridges or causeways have been or shall
hereafter be vested, shall nr gleet or refuse to
keep fixed up their several rates as established
by law, such keeper or keepers of a public
ferry, loll bridge or causeway, shull forteit all
such toil ns they would have been entitled to
receive. Or should any keeper of any such
public ferry, toll bridge or causeway, ask, demand
or receive irreater rates than arc nxe<1
or authorized by law, every such person shull
be liable to fotfeit treble such rates, to be recovered
by wartaut aud execution from any
justice of the peace."
Wagoners should recollect that the statutes
of our State have given them ample relief in
such palpable eases of extortiou as came under
the iiolice of your correspondent.
Ueplv vours,
CHARLESTON.
JtitlKo .\?'Im?u'k Derision.
The opinion of Judge Nelson, Associate Jus
iicc oi tnc Mipr.oieCourt of tlic United States,
noticed ill uur telegraphic* column jeilenUv,
has just reached us. This opinion was rendered
in tlie City ?f New York un-ler a habeas
corpus sued out by Jann < Pagan, a citizen of
Lcxiugton District, South Carolina. The petitioner
was a prisoner in the penitentiary at
Albany, New Vork, under sentence of a Military
Commission held at Columbia, South
Carolina. The importance of the decision has
prompted its early publication in our columns :
?Courier.
IN TilU MATTKB <?' JAMES EAUAX.
A writ ol habeas corpus having been allowed
by inc in this case and serve J upon Amos Pill*bury,
Superintendent of the Albany Penitentiary,
to which lie has ma lo return, ly which
it appears thai James Pagan. a citizen of Lexington
District, South Caxdina, is imprisoned
in said l'cnitcnt ary under the name of James
r.agnn, ny virtue 01 ttie sentence or a Military
Commission pronounced at Columbia in South
Caroliua, on the l?l December, 18<5f> the said
Kagnn having been tried before Hani Commission
on tlie UtMh November, 1S0S, on a charge
of murder, and having been found guilty, and
sentenced to solitary imprisonment for lifo in
the sat I Alb tny Penitentiary; it appearing thnt
said l.ngau was tried without a presentment of
a Grand Jury and without the verdict of a Petit
Jury, and that he was not and has never been
in the military or naval service, and that it was
not a ca-e ?ri-ing in the land or naval forces
or in the militia when in actual service in time
of war or public danger, nor subject to the jurisdiction
of a Military Commission.
I do hereby decide and adjudge, that I he said
James Lagan is illegally imprisoned, the said
trial having been without jurisdiction, aud I do
order that b? be dischaiged from said imprisonment.
S. NELSON.
May 10, 1806.
I certify that this document is a true and
correct Copy of the original now in niy possession,
)>y virluo of which the said .lames Kng.iii
has been discharged.
AMOS PILLSBUIIY, Siipt.
Albany Penitentiary. May_ 18. 1866.
Washington, May 30, 1806.
Mrs. Davis left here to-day to rejoin her husband
at Fortress Mouroo. Her departure wahastened
by advices frotn Dr. Cooper, stating
that Mr. Davis was reduced to such physical
prostration that he is unable to take his daily
walk across the plat of Fortress Mouroo with
out lying down several times to rest.
?- ? ?
Wbst Point, May 30.
The funeral of Gen Scott will take place on
Fridav, at the Cbapel of the Academy The
remains will be interred at West Point cemeIcry.
Bill Arp Before the Recooairuc
tlon Committee.
(SUPPRESSED TESTIMONY.)
To the Editor of the Metropolitan Record:
Mr. Editor: Murder will out, *nd so wil
evidence. Having seen Dun Rice's testimony
before the Destruction Committee, I have fel
sorter slighted because no mention ainl mad<
of mine. 1 suppose it has been surpressed
but I am not to be hid out in obscurity. Ou
country is the special jury, and by and by thi
business will go up before it on appeal. Tin
record must go up fair and complete, and there
fore I'll tako occasion to make public what
' swore to. 1 said a good deal more than I cat
' uut down. Mr. Editor, ami ill tin... m> ! ?<
' gunge was considered icnpudout, but thej
thought that was all the better for their siilc
fur it illnsti&ted the rebellious spirit?1 hcnr<
one of 'em soy : "Let him go on?the rulinj
fMission strong Id death, lie's good States cv
dcncc."
When I was put on the stand old Boutwel
swore ute most fiercely and solemnly to speal
the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but thi
truth, and I observed that he was then enter
I .lining about a ijuart of double rectified, and i
looked like it had soured on his storuock. Oh
Blow was sett in ofT on one side with a memo
raudum book, gcttin ready to note down sonn
"garbled extracts."
Old Iron Works was Chairman, and when hi
nodded his Republican head, old lloutwol
says he : "Your name is Arp, I believe, sir?'
"So called," says I.
" You reside in the State of Georgia, di
| you i"
I "I can't say cxuctly, ' says I. "I live ii
Home, right in the fork of two injun rivers.'
"In the Suite ot' Georgia," says he fiercely
"In n mate of uncertainty about that." aayi
I. "We ilon't know whether Gcergia is i
State or not. I would like for you to stat<
yourself, if you know. The state of the coun
try requires that this matter should be settled
and I will proceed to state,"
"Never mind," says lie. "How old are you
Mr. Arp T"
" That depends on circumstances," says I
" 1 don't know whether to count the last fivi
years or not. burin the war your folks suit
that a State couldn't secede, but while she wiu
in a State of rebellion she ceased to exist. Nov
you say we got out and we shan't get bacl
....ill iwTii a i '
<? ? ?V? V, it uiau r? il?in g(H FUIIie
thin to do with hid rights, and if we arc not t<
ote. I don't think wo ought to count the time
That's about ox near as I can come to my ng<
sir."
Well, sir," snys he ; ''are you familiar wit!
the political sentiments of the citizons of yotu
State?"
"Got no citizens yet sir that wc know of )
trill thank you to speak of us as "people."
' 'Well, air,'" says he. "I'll humor your obstinacy.
Are the po. pic of your State"
"Don't speak of it as a State sir, if you
please. I ant on oath now, and you must excuse
me for being particular. Call it a 'section.'
"Mr. Arp, arc the jut-pl* of your see/ion sufficiently
h nut bled and repentant to come hack
into the I'nion on such terra? as we may think
proper to impose ?'*
i.V?. - k ,1? ? ? ? *
..... IMUVW IHVJ UIU I, . .tv- I. "I UOU I
think Ihey are prcpatcd for il yet. They
wouldn't voluntarily go it Mind against yout
hand. They say the deal wasn't fair, and you're
marked the cards and Mole the trumps, but ui
the saute time they dou'i care a darn what you
do. They've become indifferent and don't can
anything about your Guy Fawlte* business. 1
tueun n?> respect to you, gentlemen, but I wot
swore to tell tnc whole truth Our people aim
a nolicin you only out of curiosity. They
don't uvj.ovi MuviUiug <1 even I, or boooreblr,
or noble front you, and they've g^ne to work
diggitt and plowttt ;ttid plantiu uud raisin boy
i children."
Right hero the man with a memorandum
scratched down a garbled extract, and oh!
1 lout.well says ho: What do you mean by
tha?, sir? What inference do you intend?"
I atn statin facts," says I you must draw
your own inferences. Vh>y <irr raiting boy chit
drtn. Any harm about thai ? Any treason '
Caul a man raise boy children ? l'erhap;
you'd like to amend the t.'onstiiution and sioj
it. Old Pharaoh tried to stop it uoonii tin
| Israelites, hut it didn't pay. He finally euughi
I the dropsy in the Red ?ea. We are raisin boy
children for the fun of it. They are a good
thing to have in the house, a- Mrs. Toodlci
vfottld say."
' Mr. Arp arc not (ho feelings of your people
very hitter towards the North
*I beg your par Ion sir; but you'l hare tt
split the question, or else I'll split the answer
Our people have a very high rcgarJ tor houor
aide men, brave men, noble hearted men, ami
there's it heap of thent North, sir, and there')
u heap of widows or orphans there we are sor
ry for: but as for this here Radical party, they
look upon litem 1,We they was hyenas a scratch
in up the dead for a livid. It's as natural t<
haie 'em us it is to kill ;t snake. It's uiteriy
impossible for me to tell the strength ant
length and htght and depth and breadth ol
! their contempt tor (hat party. They look upon
j a Radical as?as?as?well as a beggar 01
horseback ? a buixard sailin round a dead eagle
? a suck egg dog rrcepin up to the tail of a
dead lion. They talk about hirin Brownlow l*.
i abtt?e >m, like he did a few years ago when h<
spoke against 1'ryne. If they do hire Brownlow
ho'l spatter'am, he'l tlaub 'em all over, ami
slime cm and slobber on em about light. miuI
it will stick, for the pores are opeu and then
morals spongy. I'd like to stand oil about ter
rods and hear him spread himself. It would
I he vrnr<tfl Limn u snuiri as.? .1 ?
__ vf. v.?w a.ojr,
and 1 have no douhl would give general satisfaction."
' That's suflicicut, air," says old Boutwcll
| "Ef it was in their power to do so, would youi
| people renew the fight ?"
1 "Not unless they could fight the Radicals all
] alone, aud all the world agree to 'hands off,'
Even then thore would'nt he no fight, for w?
couldn't cotch you."
"What do your people say ujon the subject
of negro equality ?"
*' They say it's a lie, sir?it don't exist hy
nature aud never can in practice. Folks were
I no', created free and equal. That may l>o n
theoretical truth, hut it's always been a pracj
tical lie. There's grades of society everywhere.
I There's men I give the sidewalk to. and tlior?'<
uien that gives ii to me There's nun that I
, vote, and tuen that vote me. nn?l the grades g>
j up, up, up, step by step, from my sort to Mr,
j Davis and Mr. Stephens, tuul General Lcc, oud
j Ho,,ell Cobb, and lien. Hill, and their sort; tfoi
j they are the highest in the nation ; and then
again it goes from mo down, down to th<
i niggers, and the Republicans and the Radicals
j and that's as low as they run There aint nc
; equality, and you can't make ono. W?'l voW
mr nigger* ceriain. i n vote Tip, ami Tip's *
I 'head center.' Ile'l vote about forty, and th?
first tiling you know we'l elect seven big, black,
j greasy niggers to Congress. We'l do it certain
?seven of 'em 18 carate strong, with African
1 musk. The other rebol States will do the satm
thing, and jou'l have about fifty of etu to dran
seats with, and you can all stick jour legs up
I on your desks together, and swap lies and ver
| aiin, and be ehampood at the same shop, and
. the fair sexes can set together lb the galleries
and mix odours, and fan their sseat about pro
mlsouous. Wo'l die you a fbll beasftt of your
Civil Rights bill, seals vt don't. Ton go on?
play your cards. Tf? are bidla our lino. Wo
1 are payln your taxes and your duties and bask
. rations fur 1804, and licenses, and your infert
nal revenue, aau ebeyin your laws without
e havin any hand in makin 'em, and us ass out
off from pensions, and publio lands; and you
' sold a poor man's still In our oountv the ether
a day because he couldn't pay your tax mi liiai
e peach brandy he stilled for hia neighberm.two
years ego; and soon you'l be sellin the land
j Tor the land tax, and voo're tryio yoor best te
,j play the devil generally; but you 1 oateh it in
the long run. dee if you don't. Talk about
" Penians* When the good men of the (forth
, and the South all get together, they'l walk
| over the track so fast that you won't hare time
to get out of the way. You'l aubeide into obscurity,
und your children will deny that their
daddies ever belonged to sueh e party. Ex?
j ense me gentlemen, but I'm a little e*ei|ed. t
. Five cents a pound on ootlon will excite any>
body that uiakes tt. Tax sa industry?on
I HUl>ul Anil tnil *? B
--? . . ...w?va iwim iwr I TOBsylvania
and ffvo cents a pound tax on Boothcrn
cottou ?half its average worth?and your
folks will manage some way or other to Meal
g the other half. My advice to you is to quit
this foolishness and begin to traTel the only
road to peace."
I Old mow couldn't keep up with Us garble
7 extracts.
? What makes the President to popular at
} the South V
' " Contrast, nlr?contrast. The more be ain't
t like your party, the more popular he is. JIo
. would treat us about right, 1 reckon, if you
would let him alone, but you bedevil him so,
j that sometime* he don't understand himself. 1
t don't think he knew for a while whether bis
l> Peace Proclamation restored the writ of habeas
corpus or uot. But do you go on and impeach *
him, aud (hat will bring matters to a focus.
' I'll bet you'd be in Port Delaware in a week,
and the Southern members be here in their
' seats, and thcy'l look round at the political
wreck and ruin and plunder and stealage that's
, been goiu on. and they might exclaim, ia the
| language of the poet,
s " Who's pin here since I'sh pin gone?" t
* " Mr. Arp, suppose we should hare a war
with England and Prance, what would the rebels
do V
( " They'd follow Geo. Lee, and Gen. Johnson,
and Longetreet, and Bragg and old Bory.
My opinion is, that Gen. Lee would bend the
Union army, and Gen. Grant would be his
( chief of staff, and Gen. Bucll would rank
mighty high, and"??
" v\ hat would yon do with General Sbnr
I man V*
Sorry yon mentioned him. We'd hare to
hire him, 1 reckon, as a camp (idler, and make
him sing "Hail Columbia" by fire light, as a
( waruin to the hoys how wean it is to burn cities
and towns, and make war upon defenceless
i women and children. No, sir, our boys wouldn't
fight under no sneh.''
At this time the man with the memorandum
put down some more garbled c*tracts.
"Do you think, Mr. Arp, that if the^Bouih
should ever hold the balanoe of power, they
would demand pay for their negroes !" _
"1 can't say, sir. But, 1 don't think the
South has lost anything that way. Ws got
their labor tmfore the war for their Tittels and
( clothes and doctor's bill*, aud we get it now
for about the same. It a all settled down that
way. and your Uureau rouldent Iwtlp it. Thu
. only difference is in the distribution. Some
| of us don't own as mnr.y as we used to, but
everybody lias got a nigger or two now, and
they'll all vole ctu or turu em off. A nigger
thai wouldeut vote us I told Lint, sh tuldeot
11hick nty boots."
At litis time the Committee looked at one
another M-ornin to be bothered and astonished,
tiaibled witiikCU were put dowu with a rim.
Mr. Hunt well way- he, "Mr. Chairman, I
think, sir, we arc about through with tb? witnrfg.
I think, sir. his testimony settles tire
-juestion ? ? to what we ought to do with Sou'h
ern traitors.''
The Chairman give me a Republican nod
) and remarked, " Voa, sir, 1 think we do- Tho
, scoundrels burnt my it on worka.'*
J Whereupon 1 retired, having given general
satiefaction. Yours truly.
, BILL ABP.
Okxeiul Ntws,? While the negroes of
, Louisville at.d neighborhood were celebrating
Whitsuntide last Monday, by pic -nics in Ute
suburban grove*. a difficulty occurred between
the negro soldiers and the eivil.ans of the
same ra- o which resulted in a set ions tiot.
. The Louisville Journal says aoutc thirty or
f..rtv shots *4-rf> ,.*rt??n<T?,t ? ?i-1-*- '?
v ? >A V.UH Uj <I?KU UTO
or ?.* p'-rsnns wore desperately wounded. The
r ringleader received three or four ugly wound*
iu t!ie bo ly, from which ho afterwards, died.
The Boaiou papers alnte that a short time
, since a resident of the South, a graduate of
I Harvard, visited Boston in a penniless condi.
tion. having lost everything l>y the rebellion.
His old classmates opened a subscription, and
in a short time presented him with the handsome
sum of &1,7UU with which to commence
the world anew. The widow of a late worthy
' teacher of Boston was surprised the other day
' with the present of n purse containing $1,000,
the gift of four of her husband's classmates at
I Harvard.
! Decobatiso tub Graves or otn Bead- ?
( The ladies of this vicinage will uuite this afterI
noon in fitting homage to tho memory of Confederate
soldiers buried in our midst. With
the puro rcverenoe they hare eTor evinced for
tho gallattl hosts who battled in manliest effort
for their honor and safety, these noble women
arc zealously engaged ,n arranging the details
for this simple and affecting observance. The
I ladies will meet this afternoon, at fire o'clock,
at tho Presbyterian church, decorate the graves
within that enclosure, and front thence repair
to tho Baptist graveyard, to perform the simtill*
vft }?#?ati f i ft 11 r' I n nwaw ? l* A ? ? "* m%~ '
, -- J -- ??........ ...v vivi uw iruiuius <11 me
soldiers horied there. The hare announcement
is sufficient to at tract hither all Utoee
, who knew and rospectcd them in life, and in
t death lore to honor and consecrate their memories?And
rson Intelhycncrr.
, Dratii or Major Bourn?.?We regret to
learn, says the Anderson Intelligencer, that
\ Major Thad. C. Dolling, of Greenville District,
died at his residence, after a brief illness. He
I was a member of the recent Htafe Contention,
. and was highly respected by his fellowcitisens.
i His remains were interred at Fork Shoals, In
, that District, <>n Monday, in the presenoa of a
large assemblage of friends an<l ac^naiutances.
?^s ses? a^- - -
The long bridge across the James rlvar, on
'! the line of the Richmond and Petersburg Ball)
road, in place of the bridge destroyedr?y Are
in April, ls,M year, vu completed ou the 26th
instant.
The last exhibit of the Comptroller of the
Treasury shows that there ace about ono thousand
six hundred and fifty National hanks,
with an aggregate circulation of f 276,640,610.
Four hundred of these banks are depositories
I for the reception of Gomnmvnt funds.