The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, July 10, 1867, Image 2
Interview with Thai. Stevonv j <
Mr. Drake, one of the editors of the
Union Springs (Ala.) Tini"S, who i* now
traveling in the Northern Si a es, had an
interview, H few dava since, will) Than.
Elevens, Ht h\i home. W e copy Mr.
Drake's interesting report of the cotiler*noe
:
I visited Lancaster, and in the forenoon
of Friday, 2 3 1 u!t., obtained ?n audience.
r ,J it.*, r?iuti .
XjVl inn iiiov ? v? ^ jm?i unit, vi hi*- .i???i
nnd In* hotrseho'd. Radical* have a gc?od
dv." *ay about the close relationship
loino tit the former slave* hear to their
Masters and their mister* trends. I hey
tell So ithern people that numbers nmonit
their servile class are too vellow to \>e
white, and too white to he black. They
must stop this. It is horrihlv unkind to
their crest leader and master. Tji the
citv of Lancaster, Penn., in the (bully
North, r.i-h unto thn pure citv < f Viola*
delphis, Tlraddeus Stevens has for veers
lived in open adultery with a mulatto
woman, whom he se luced from her hns
hand, a full hluocled neoro. Ths mulatto
tonnage* his households, hcth at Linens
ter anci Washington, receives or rejects
liis visitors at will, speaks of Mr. Stevens 1
and herself as and in all things
comforts herself as if she etdoved the
rights of a lawful wife. 1 have no word
cf unkind'teaiftr..ejp\?#* 'rvp.j M* aVt >o"V?i
as polite as weU trained neoroes jM'nf-ral
ly are. As to Mr. Stevens' connection
tsttli her, it is his own business, and en
tiTelv a matter of taste, 1 only mention
the fact lic it the till ret c.i.l'v ccc.r ..,,.nc!
fied saints of the African ascendancy nnv
get the hoam out of their own eve before
they gou so mercilessly At the mote ir.
ours.
M r. Stevens was in hi* fine 'ihrr ry, quite
feeble physically, hut intellectually more |
vigorous, prompt and lucid than is usual
in n\en seventy four years old. lie i?
tall, and has the hone of a larue man, hut
is now verr thin in flesh. The face and
head are both good ? the ce uncertain ;
the mouth, with its thin dosed lips, and
the stroiio jaw tell lliesecret or the hitter
Iters and lore of despotic power ami re.
Venjje that fill his heart ami keep the man
alive Upon first entering the room bv a
door, which nave m.? a full view of the
Ulan, there was something so like a smile
Oil his face, that I thought Ids heart and
his speeches, his cotiscience and his word*.
Wero not in harmonv. This soon flitted,
and from that time to the close of the in
terview, the whole coo itenance?'roiti the
grand, arched forehead to the hard chin
? was the Verv ide it of ruld nitiloaii !?
telleot. I told liiin who I "whs, the view*
I entertained, an I requested that lie would
n*V nothing to me svtdcli lie would desire
kept secret. A* lie had been taking a
ppcal deal and was quite exhausted. I who
forced tn question rapidly anil confine mv
Re'f to the leading topics. The most of tlie
conversation was heard by a gentleman
who called with me, and who cm vouch
for its correctness, which is almost ver
hnl. #
I told him I had come to hear frotn
him, whom I regarded as the great head
and mas'er of his party, just wl.at Ids
party demanded and where their demands
would stop?upon what terms ami at
vsliat prohahle lime his party would re
COgnizo the Southern States as equal
members of the (lovemment?and ?o a*k
iiin inn-i|>ifi? mil hi inn present inha<1 r?
of reconstruction. Then pr-f?cing tlie
question with the rein irk tint it ? a* an
indefinite one to put to 11 geutleman, I
lisked.
"Do yon pursue vnur harsh pn'icv as a
partv measure for the purpose of intimit
dation f"
11o answered at once. "I do nothing
merely for party purposes. I regard nty
proposed action as equitable, and resting
Upon principles of law."
"Hut Mr Stevens, by what provision
of the Constitution are you warranted in
perverting a ?ar made to resolve adonht
ful question, and tlio right itself to make
which was doubtful, into an excuse for
poing beyond its purposes, in treating the
defeated ?o liarshlv as voil propose!"
"The Constitution does not enter into
the questioti?has nothing to do with it
fit .-ill. Von made an issue of wir l'iie
North? whether wisely or unwisely it i*
Do use no* to enquire?accepted the issue
nnd conquered von. By a thousand acs,
which s mo of niv party seem now to
forget, die Government re?Ogntza 1 y>u **
a belligerent nation, and vour defeat left
you no rights tinder the Oonstitution for
nnv claim to lie tr"H'ed l>v Ms provision*.
Whilfevou wore belligerents, I regarded
you ebo as great crminals, who hud for
feited all rights of person na well as pro
pert y. I propose to deal with von entir?l\
fiy the laws of war, and though not casing
to have those laws executed to the fall
extent of hanging the poor devil*. I re
pan] it hr a matter of the simplest equity
to punish yon hv fines at least rnfTi ient
to indemnify loyal men for the damage
*ustain?d at your bards
"Will yon persist in your confiscation
Dneasnre, Mr. S'eveni ? will you he salis
fied with no l<m f"
"No, sir! Anvtlrng less would h? tin
Just to those wronged hr you* crime."
"Will yqu be nh!e to hring your party
to your support ?"
' T do not kno w ? we had a hard work
to secure the paesago of tho Military hi I
?Vint 1 shall take care of mvself ?n.l /!?. 1
vole all of mv strength and ability on thin '
ITieaMire of justice*?
"Well. Mr Hievena, there are good men J
io |he South; fiono.at m?*n, who look an
oath of loyally to the United Staiea (Jo?
eminent in pood faith, upon the assurance
that ih<?y would he treated na citizens.?
The nnaeltlrfd condition of politic* he-?r*( ^
hardly upon theUt. Land* are valueles*. j
?P<1 industry ia discouraged. If vou ? and ,
I say you, because you are your party ?
fntend lo perfect the propoaed confiscation, <
do it quickly. Do not torment the South
by delay and deception. Hrinflr Wilson 1
nome, nn<i onn't let him tell Any more l
liee to honest people. Let tiie ieeuo be '
dielinct And well understood. Yoa ere c
consistent end here been frnnk. At least." t
M r. S. now complained of being over
worked. I begged him to answer one or 'I
two trioro qieMinna. r<
"Would you be pleased to aeeorgAnized n
in Alabama ft Government similar to that I
oi Tenn*?se?i under such men as Brownlow,
h tew of which I nin sorrv lo say we
have among us, Milt. Safford for in
stance J"
lie replied hesitatingly. "It is not n |
matter of men at all ; it would depend
upon circumstances and princp'es. We
would inquire whether you had a State,
u* I?"
I here interrupted, feeling that he was !
dodging and asked the following ques
lion :
"Suppose, sir, Alah iron, should organ (
iz-j i ( ovi'i'iinirMt enlraitchisirjj tlie nefcro, i
provitliti 12 for liia education, and giving j
ample guarantees for Ins protection before j
tiie courU and in society. him! under that I
Government should sterl good men, who I
could take the te<t onlli,' to Congress j
would you admit Iter to representation ?"
Without a moment's piin?, lie nn?wer
ed with strong emphasis, "No sir," and
thus closed (lie interview.
Meeting of Cou<jreis.
WASitiNoroy, July 3.?There is a quo,
rum in hotli houses.
In tho Senate, ihirtTifour memhers j
answered. Four lulls explanatory of re
construction were introduced. Senator i
Wi.sop's provides thai all offices held under
aut' oritv of the rehel State (iovern
inputs l-e dec'ared vacant within thirlv
? C ^ ,i a
(wtii'iisndi'ig generals inav then li I them
hv continuance of those til nfli.-e, or the
apporn'meut of others, or inav order elec
tinh The hoards o' registration slta'l have
power to reject permission to register to
tliose suspected of wishing to evade the
requirement, to examine applicants, take
testimony, and. within twenty davs after
the completion of registration, mav erase
names wrought lv registered Fralimshuu.
sen'* authorizes cointnaiitlera to suspend
or remove State officer*, and li'l vao.aucv,
and validate* acta done here'ofora ii? hp
Cordanop with Hip above K-im iinds' is
similar, except that District commanders'
HCtH Pre SlllljOCt to lilt? approval (if ilia
(Jencr*! of the Armies. llrake'* c?ii*'-t?
of i??'vh sections Sumner intinluced
miniK rlrtriicterieti-* Iv's ; Mil l, nf:i-r an
pointing a coinin'ttcp to wnit on 11.I're
tident, the Sin,-I'm n 'j Mirnn! till Friday.
In till* Moose, 120 mem'-P's answered
to ili'i'r name* I"> h speaker announced
tliat top first business was to awpur tn
new member*. Tit" K-'ntuekv deVgatinn t
approached the Speaker's stand. T.he
proceedings w?'fp iniprruptpil i>v protest* '
front several members, c intpstmg 'li ? elec* j
lions in Kentucky, wlien (ieueral Logan
offered tliP following t
vVlierea* there is good reason to believe
that in the election recen Iv held in the
S'nte of Kentucky to tint fortieth Coin
ores*, tin* legal and loot' voters iii spveral
dstrict* of ?aiil S ate have he-n ^rswid |
ainl prevented from n trne exnre?*inn of
their ft ill and choice at the poll* hv thosp
who have sympathtzed with or acmallv
part ic pa'pil tn the late tehehion, and that
in i i- -<hiiih win" carriei 11v \ote* <>l
such dis'oval mill returner) rehe's ; and
whereas it is alleged tint iu'vprat of thw
represen'ati vea elect from that State are
Jih'??Vh'J therefore,
ll'Sofvfii, T'ihI 11i > en- h-titia'* nf all ?I>?
111 i n I elect from t lie St *e of Ken tuck v
hall I ? referred lo ifie Committee on
K odious, to report at as eirlv a dar a*
pr:ic! ic ilili*; Hml tliat, p-ni|mif I he rep irt
of naiil c niiiilittee, none of said mein' err
shall he allowed to take the oath of olTicn
and he adml'ted to seats an i-tich
A^-r a long debate ami excepting Mr.
A<1 urn a, ot the Seventh I) s'licl, from the
action of thw reaohrion, i> was passed,
thus killing eight democratic vote* A
committee of nine wan appointed, to con
siilftr what further legiala'inn is necesssrv
on reconstruction. Adjournal to Fn
day.
What Will the President Dft 7
This question has hewn asked quite of
ten of late concerning the adrift'on ration
of alf-iir* in die unrepresen'ed Sia'es. ( y
mdilarv officer* who, in their Jtesl to serve
llie r masters in Congress, run counter to :
the orders of tlicr commander in chief.? j
I lie moot e'rik'???J illimtralion of tltie fact
mav I ?? found in ilia correspondence rent
hither hy Si.pr'dH" fmtn I>i*trNo 5.
I !< n#i nn'i rfn to he governed hv In*
superior officer* lint aettiaHv avail* him
>ii-* opportunity lo reflect upon tli?
integrity and iMtri.vi?in of die En'Cuti**,
who 'I nforl li ti alel V at thi* li'OP i? ahfcent
from the ci'V. What lie will do, when
lie return*, iftjnat now llm qoeadon It
i* thought liv mniH well informed par'ie*
that he will square account* with Mr.
Sherdan hv ordering a court martial to
attend to hi* cane, or e'?e mimmartly relieve
him of hi* command, and pot a Imt
IrP man in hi* p'ace. A few dava will
suffice to throw * una additional light on
the anhj Cl.
PROORR38 OF TflK St'lltlATT TltlAl..
If hiiv of vonr re* ler? expect to hear of
verdict in the Stirred caaa tnaida of three
ot fi>lir wp.-ka, I have onU to remind them
that llieiretpei'lAtiona will not he t*u filled.
I he protect)! tng ofll 'era aeem determined
to drag it out a* Ion/ aa nn?S'hle
Thtit far no wrtneaaea have hoan called
for the defence. The teamnonv for the
pmsecu'ion mar po-tihlv he closed within
a week or ten day*. A large number of
witn^aaea are he^a for the prosecution ;
and hi? cottn*?l expect to prove a com- I
pleie atihi showing tlmt on lh? I4'h and
I 5th of April, 1RW.'>, 'lin iIhv and day hI>
?*r lli*t H?aaa?ii.ati<>n, lie was in E'ln'm, 1
M. Y., and left thorn for Canada.?Cor. i
Oharleslon Mercury. I
The London Times, the groat repreaen.
tative f popu'ar opinion in Great Hritain
liaa a^eader ..n tjie release of JffT Davis
The gist of ihe article is embraced in the .
following short extract:
"With the release of J-fT. Davia it
nay he aaid that the last acone of the
jreat civil war in America haa come to
in end. It i? a worthy clone of a great I
onlest, and an act of moderation of which t
he peop'e may he proud, and of which ,
hey are likely to receive the benefit in
lie subsidence of angry psaaiOiia, and 'he
M'oration,- or rather the creation of a
adonal feeling pervading the entire { '
'aion." J t
iTnnrastpr Mgcr.
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Con?regg.
Tf will ho seen from tf? proceedings
pnhl'shed e'sewhero that Cong'o** con
venod on fhe 3d of July?a quorum of
both House* bom? present. An enlarge
ntent of the powers of th?0:siric' Com
menders, so >?s tr> defeat t)x> effect of the
A'tornev-HenerH1'* opmior of the reenn'
struct'on Acts, may be loo:ed for as one
of the resu't* of the pre?et' session. It
is also indicated that llera will be n
speedy change. of civil "Hicer* in the
Southern ^tstes. end pu"?>'dv th? pro?
visional floret nment* There ts no oroposition
loo extreme for the present Hsdi
oal Co?eres? to adopt, and we need not
l e astonished at anything ii nisv do.-?
There is consolttion in krowing, hew everthai
any charge which they may make
in our affi'rs cannot h* greatly for the
worse. In HiA<r etto'ts to ?ttll further dp'
I grsde ns. they may siiimKs upon eooip
t li in fir tint will inure to our ultimate mi.
' vantage.
Registration of Voters.
Our readers will re'nernher that the
111ir I Monday in tli's tronth ?n I the sue
| crvding Tuesday ere 'he days on which,
according to (inni-rii1 ^toitt.Ks' orders, the
rpgistratmn nf vo'ers shall tal.e piece in
this Military l)i?trirf.
"I'lln dlltV of hI' citizens, in this, the
first practical s'ep toward reconstruction,
i? a.very simple oie, viz; to go forward
Iirotnptly and 'Pgis'er. In doing this
much ?v? ?ie coirmitted to nothing ? w<>
are on'v placing nnrolins in h position
where ww Can sf'erwnr.ls, if ww see pro?
per so to do, exer-isw the privilege of voting
ution any qtii?'ion affect in g our well
lining which rnH\' he siihuiitted for popm
lar Approval or rejection. If we do not
register when the opportunity is afforded,
we cannot eyerche this tirivilege, and we
will over af'et he powerless to nx"rt an
influence at ilie lultnl-lmj in U'?v tmh?ei
qn?nt ixone to lm there ii?o. ?1?i, ho*H?er
intiiTH'e'v Mich i*Mi? mav involre t' ? in
terra'* a"<t *?fi*tv of oilffcrt! %'ea, our fami
lip* ari'l n?ielil?<>r*.
If'>w important, i: i?, that ercrv
C'1 /"H. who m not ilixfr -itw li'xpd, tukf 1111 *
fir*' a'ep in the pa'li of reconatrttctinn ;
line which, if tk ken, ran po??ihlv <lo no
harm, an<l if omitted, m*v l?taif to incalcu'ali'e
mischief. m
We know of no autiatantia! oppiaiiion
on the part of *nv of our people to the
i* >i*'*-t"i in* tailrg* O' r?("?n*ir'ir!|*ili ; ( II(
the dinger ?, Mint. from mere apathy or
in<liir**r*?nce. many who are entitled to
vole will fail, |?v neglecting to remitter
their niniM, 10 *ecure to ihemae'* * thi*
important ?ivil-g* Them mav h? v*ri
one rea*on?. apnnrenltv plxii*ihle, lit
which mfl't may ?eeli Ineioice th*nfi*e4ve*
from the (I hHihigo of tine doty. Some
may plead a w<nt of lime, other* will
feel di*ffn?ted with politic*, *0*1 there will
he elf-line* of every grade.and character;
hot consideration* like the** >hnnh| not he
allowed to prevail where metier* of *o
great magnitude are involve!. K*erv
men. in ill in emergency. he* e duty to
perform, not only to himee'f, hut to encie
I v ; *n?l however great l*? p**r?ona! irnhf*
erenc* mev he, he hat no right to endan
g?-r the **c-irity of hi* fimilr, friend* *n*l
eoiin'rv, hy f<il n<? to perform the reasonable
obligation* wh-cli the exigencies of
the cri*i? impose upon him ^u!e?? the
peop'e come up an*! register, everything
will he lout ? ignorance *nij r*?lica'i*m
will rule the country, and the intelligent
Southerner anhj c<ed to a condition of in
'erioritv #h'fh ??il| render hi* at'iRianm.
in the land of hi* fota'athara, an into'era
hie louden.
On Monday and Tuesday the 15th and
lfl'h dava of the preaent mor Mi. t? pre
anme the hoard* of R?niitr?(inn will ha
in attendee^ at tho acveral e'eotion pre,
nine"*, in a<Brdann* with ordara heretofore
pnhliahail. Lflt all who ara allowad
to do ao. aro forward and r?jp*t*r ?ha;r
name* Wo hava heen told that a num.
har of pa-eon*. who ahould ha hettfr in
formed, ara iindar the impre**ion that
thoaa who raffia'ar will firat ha renoired
to take the tMt onth. Thia is a most am
pid Impression. and at once l a
rorrec'ed bv lha battar informal wherever
it pr-VH?la The oaih prescribed for ro'an
is eniirelv different from the t?st o*th.?
The Latin kr of lest weak contained all
of the laws of Congrees u<>der which the
registration wi|! be bald, and theaa. with )
the op nion of the Attorney-General,
pithhahed in the name iuue, should be
luffL-ient to enlighten everr reader as to
what is required of voters, and who are
iisfranchised.
The disfranchised class in Lancaster
)istriot ie very small. It eoibrac-s oti'y
hose who were meiDOers of tha LegisU
tore, or who fi'lt-d Executive or Jndi
ciaI office before the rear and ofterieardt
engaged in the rebellion. Persons who
lifld no eucb efTiees before the ?nr need
hesitate a moment to ifo forward end
apply for registration. Members of tbe
Legislature, Clerks, Sheriff*. Magistrate*,
<fcc., who held itieir respective nffic(? rfwri
inff the war ere not disfranchised Neiih
er i< any man disfranchised for participation
in the rebellion, lhough#hn m ?v have
nrisen to the rank of Ltetttenant'Gnneral,
unle?a he bed, before the war, held one
of the aforesaid oHicee. h is not ea?v to
reconcile these seemingly arbitrary die
tinctions in (he reconstruction Acts, hut
we state what is the law.
We ho'd it to be the duty of every riti
'7.en to exert his pers >nnl influence in the
e(T>>rt to h ave a fu'l registration of the intelligent
voting population of thig District.
Let every tnan perform wi ll his part, and
whether the re?ult proves to he all that
we can reasonably hope, or otherwise, we
wi|t*nt least possess the coasctnu?ness of
having discharged the duties incumbent
upon us.
Important?Postmaster* not Disfranohi?od.
.J
\\ ( r!'p Hip r>IIow:n{? psra taiiIi fmtri
, ?n pxolinngp, am.I give 't for wliAt it is
I wortlt. \Yp nrc Aw?rc tliAt ill* opinion
nrpvA'l* osnrr ?llv, ilia' p"r?onn who *sr>
! PoAtnia?lorn hpforp llip war, Are <li?fr?ti
i c'?i e<i, lint tlip rcHAon for this rniiolnsinr
: wim, that tlipv 'ihiI tnl.cn nn nn'l> tr> rnp.
! port the Constitution i f thp United State*
Tliia, however, epPftin to |.p a nttstakp. ti<
no suth oatli ?#i tnkm hv postmasters 1
Previous to 1802. tile ont'i require! ol
po?tm?A'ers htuI mail enrripr* <l'il not con
tain ill" pIau* <"to support ttip conAtitu'iori
of tlip U S" Ur'ii* wp give tlipi'A'li
m? it wh? iiik"n l?v ?!l thesn i flicp" aflei
i|ip vp?r 182 5 A'-fl previ.uin to 1 ^02 :
!. , floawpar.or MIU'IH ( ??
11? a oa?e in a v that. ! will fatilifu'tv
pprforin all t)iP flntip* reqt|;rpi| of no*. A'nl
HliAtaiu from pvorvtiling f >r'iiili|i?n In* tlip
i?iv? in to e?tnfi'it'inwnt or
povi mi.I p ut run I* witliin t' <* l*> >
? i| S' -tir* S. ? p'iMicniion in 1 8.17, ?
fr ?t oflloo l'tw?. iiikI'T tin* l?? I of nr^nn
'Xitio'i mill ini*?!-i!?ri(?iiii(? ? ?tv 0.
Kon tiik South ?A M ?*nn;e nvr'inn,
in niil of tl'*4 ilf?li'iit?? ami MiflViinr Mi
?nn? >if iIip S nitli. cam* nft in N?w VnrW
in Tinirs Inv ?>*??niiiir, hi i!i? Ac'i>l*mv o
Miihi.-, and i tiiv^ n cnnrv'tt nnd gratify
^ fticci'**. 'Ilia pr?>j??Hinnio !?-?)
mutical pcffiriimnci*ft, l-oili v??I an I in
fttrumentnl, and nn addr*?? l>v H'.n J m
T Brady, wlm *ai fi>u lenilv applaud
nj.
Uoston S11I.I. K>oAOMJ IN TII"; Si AV?
TrADK Tl'f ( Mowing Itflll MppeirA III
the A tiHiiv J run' :
A fnt'milhii from nnar Cnlnirli1*, S
H prominent . ?.Inr dunno ili? war,
pi)rcli??e<(. h f?w w?ek? aoo, in
w ,icr?? III! Illl? M p!l|l|(l||iO'l, HIIM ?f III*"?it
Ion ? li<> 11h I lieeit ItM'lcJ tni'l
nolil Inj Boston skipper*.
I Wanl.iiiRton Correnimiuleiice of the Charleston
. .Courier. |
\Vahiinoto*. June 26 ? New and iim
port ni t work lor the minimer ?e?*inn Man
j Imiii rut out hv the Ha<ln-al leader* Tim
I mere Iuia !?* ? of p>?*? ne another nuppln
I meotHl Art I <> i Iim Military Keennmruc
lion Art wOi)lil not require h lone aea^on
? mI lenAl not longer limn will la nrcn
?arv lo obtain h two tIt rrlw majority in
both Mod-. ? H it t m public injur! i* in
h f*?V -ri?li A*. Me, anil tloi'tfre.* will he go*
l?*i| into l?g;i'-?in>n on o'iier topn-a. such
a* Inr? land, ?V *. I her* u a atrong p r
IV in ill** North and Weal in fetor of u
further expansion of the currem-v. hih!
enntlitr f >r i!? * de*t met ion of lire Inter
national Bank avMem A rni?Hrih xsHiiml
ilk? national I? ?nk* ! ** commenced,
and will n-? ?!?> ?he poraucd.
General Boiler ? here, ami i? prepar
fti.r to urge forward llie impeach incut
project. Mr. Sumner i# cnnfiilem of car
rvmL? lit# acheine for forcing upon nil ttie
S a'ea negro Mitlrag* and ediira'ion at
the public cxpeitrp Mr Stevena i? j.iel
a? ?ure of accontp'taiung llie juri ?e <.I
d'-tulming the'land* of the l?'? rebel*
in the ^otiihern Sl?te? among tin* negroe*
and Union aoldiem aa he iatliat (\mgre*?
will hold ? mirnmer *e?*ion It ? lii*
la*t appearance anil effort. He doubt*
not of x'icci*m. Senator and acting Vic-*
PreMileiif, and President f.ir next tarn ?
Wade ? lia" allot fa* ahead of all liia com
petitor* fit tlie Presidency ftv pledging
himself to the policy of an e<pi>,l duria
ion of all propertf, personal ami re?!, in
all the State* among the poor and laboriitiT
rUhi..a
II* no lonyor rn-ifl h:? ifripntliv to
tli* onoro?ii, now that rUv*r? in gunn.?
Hh *v*ry man n? h negro, ami
fMui'U I ( > li ? support namieh. T(i? poor
laboring wlnr**, arn *ntitl<?l 110*1 f"? the
nrtrnrr, to M?m? oon?'<!nratii?n on tlwi
part of il>n roltn^ lialiral pnwrrt. II*
will atir tli* aubj-ri of eqoal <| airiliuiioti
of property in i||? mining CongreM.
1 >?i iln?r* ia morn important mattem
tljan nil thin to l.e hrmtglit op mi (Ik* a>nn
m*r m?ainn of CnngroM 'I'hn Hoioh in
to l>? rtconntruclrJ, Inn not reMnreo.?
but not r*?'or?<i. Tit in it commin*!alk
among tbn l*?r|t<?al l**<l<r* a* to tlie oh
j*ct of the .In'y ?e??inn. No rea'nration
on ?n i*qw?l footing wiili the o'ber S? ?'oh
11^ to b* nltnmpie I or permit'ed while
AnHr*w Johmoin la Pr??iil*nt, nor until a
Kvlienl I'miiilnni ?ll b* in hw pl?r?.?
Tim ta tl>? mfeaning of Mr. Wam
phattfl dac'aration that tha S .nih olttil
ba racnn?tm<n?d br ConjrcM, and in aoch
mode Conj?reM may aeo At.
General Sheridan'* d'apaich, ahowine
an inauhnrdinata ditpoaition, !iaa aicitad
oma indignation and much ftidica! com
nfndation. It i* h ill thanptnion it at the
PreaitlctV. will not venture in the fara of
Congreaa and Socratary Si/olon, to r?mo?a
him. LCO.
I ~ ~ _ "1 I
| ij o r v /.
Anniversary Address.
l'lte Anniversary Address t>f the Tir
r.ah Bible Soriotv will be delivered on the '
27'h ins'., (4 it Saturday) at Ttitah ;
Church, hv our highly esteemed ami tab
ented voting lowmmm, John Bmowx,
K*q. The public are respectfully invited
to attend.
The Weath*r.
Since our last notice under this head,
he weather has been quite favorable to
fanning operations The ''Clerk" ba? re
sutoed his usual position and stands io!?
r iMjr steady or the line.
Hail Storm
A ootis'ilcr.aV?l? liail storm pa*?el a f?w
nil*-* of Miis place on? day U*t week.?
The com ami cotton crop*. wo l?art>, ?rr"
tlmiiclit In lie oonsid?r*ldv damaged, nut
?nli?oqn?nt nccounn represent (lie iijnrv
. not so (j1"*'*1 a* first ona*ul?red. Trees
1 ami l?nc?* ? re h'own down, and it is
I' s'ated to liav? assumed almost, tlio fury
of a tornado.
"Ths Masonic Review."
Tli? atiiiv? is ill? till? of a n?at we?k!v
i slip?! putd'slied at llnltunor?, Md., sevei
ral number* of wli'cli liav? li?an r?c?iv?d
i at tliis olTlc?. It is well wortliv lit? pit
> ruiiag? of tli? craft lis ill*'? c >rp? nf
?ditors embrace soma of ill? brightest
i I liulita of M ssonry. IVee per Hiinuti)
' Thanks.
! We are i?nlvlit#??1 'o n Indv friend for
, late copies of (tie Jiotton Pn.it. c *n'nin
f it c f'l 11 proceedings of (lie (irnnd M iSO'i.
ic Celebration in that city, of Si. John's
i day, '.'4 li of June ; *l?o die vsil and re
ceptinn of I*re?iden' Juiinson. The pro?
cession contained Masmis in fill'
rt'un'i*. 4'J bo.Jh of music, with 050
musicians,
: The Observance
Of 11 ih I1, 'irili hv the WliiicK, wme^r)
. brslt d hi thin |?1 ?< ?? hv* the reading of
the "iVi'tHrnfion of Indipcndenco"
A' the a?itj,?e?lion of prominent ci':zens,
h meet in <t whh convened at the Court
i House hi 11 o'clock ; sum 'u rlio nuuiliRr
w? noticed several of the disfranchised
else*.
, I
t Oil motion r>f Hr MrrrAO. tli" I>r?o!k
rsiinrt ?*<? r#??n 1 hv J M. I?k\riV,
I Ht'.r u J|*c h t Ii?f> tidiKni'" ?i:r-? !
Davis & Hu<*y.
A* ??l'l l>" kopii !?r r?*f.'r?*n',p to our h IT^rlisini*
co!umr>s, ?I??? no* Smrc room of
ill'* ni'lftpriz "C firm li^s roHo'iP'l u p 'in!
: of comp'otion tin*' tins on>?b'o| tlo-ni 'o
mum in. Wf. in roavnon, wii't t!i? rmn.
iitoni'V t??n<l r tlioni <"if !.e>t wi*tip? nml
rnnor*'o!>?'? tliom upon '1lo:r ?<i(vp*v?
I 11 iviiij hI llip'r C'OiMni'il rosily ospitn',
i iliov wi'l ahorilv pr>'<pii' l > 11.piiMip hii
1 Mssnrtrnonl >>f u'wolr rntnp'Ho in flv?>rv
J rlopsriinon', A*>(| Imvp ion-li-il ilitrir in
' trillion to ?!?'l ?t klioit roofitH
Tme J>r?(\ch!nr?
i I". i* a f-cl that cannot l>n too ofton r?
! poatnil, that niton voil want the lt?M l>a'( nina
in the rn>?rk?'l. kUhvi j?o lo the
m?-rclinot who a.lirnrtite* that toii may
know what ho liin for rain. When von
on a merchant advertise, mark it .lo*n,
lliat tliftt man want? m hi.i1 5to will
not lot anv finnmrr i?o i.fT .1 a?atiafind.
Tltov keop '.lo-t-r a'n.'ks, ao'l morn, knlj
cltoapor, and am nio-o accommodating,
j All wo H*k of our patron*, to convince
| them lltat wo ar? riifht. i? to try it.
Crops
Am rnportod to lio do'nj fine. P.-vot
ral stalk* of ro'tnn. Conta'n;ri(f hlooma
and hollo, worn on cshihiion on tlin 4'h,
: at tlto aloro n^M-?*r*. Ifashkltin'tt ?fc
' Ciiafkk, from aomn of tlio prii.cipa' plan
1% t lot TI...O* "
mnwi b, nnn to im r\ pm^KHTTl
1 ' competition f*> t??u union/ nor ]e <<1 rjr
; p'anteia; an<l an <*.?:*??n'?t?.|-*??'? in the
i J
freeilinnn, we note (lie eatlio feeling ? * ??
ing ?nh equal r>rii|e. H'>nti'd anV of
them, liowevef, w ?h to l-rinv* to n>ni#in
t>ranc? ilie gnniT oJr| <lava ?f t|i? "A'?ri
cultural C\>ininitten," the ' Local" ia
mfflrttly ati{*g??i?<l*YV * capital Secret
Philadelphia.
I ua - 11.'-1 ? I l
iii? i mi4ci*>pni-t una l'ene*rlvania
Relief Societv ha? Ihtn'v. |>*ti ion of
Pit. J F O Miri ao. conn'-jried to liiin
?2u0 and 050 bnahala of corn, a portion
?>f which haa been received l.v Kirn ?
tim* our people will *< <? 11ihi i)'. Mittao
Iiha mirceeded conttary to thrf prediction
of tome ?lio ri'd that ha wa? laboring
"to draw bread out of atone*"?and Phil
ad el phi a proved her*-lf *or hv of (he
character of humanity attributable to the
illuatriou* Willi am P*?ttr, Our people
are truly grateful for the gift and view it
a* an evidence of ai?cial recnr.tiruction,
hoeever much the politician* of the South
and the North may d ffer on the mibj-ct
of political recotiaf rOcltnn, Philadelphia
ha* hv th>a noble act of relief done more
toward effectitig a haruiO'tiou* union be
Iween the two eectiona of counirv tfiat
were lately at war, than all the noi?v
poliflriana of tli? country con Id rlf?ct It
it reallv cheering to Me e6 much k ndneaa
displayed toward ue by tho?a who but
a abort time ago laid wane our couu
trv, and pointa aa an unmistakable evit
Hence to ihe aoeiat cementing of the people
ti tiiia great Republic, at one oniteJ
to fading and internal.
I
gtB B Lancaster?I
he Crimps.
Tue in?'l ii'ir peoplt* with (time
of L?nca?irr, Hr?* * > i li'inio il, iimi ifie iio '
penuoncv <> i hi' tow ii >.i upon
the trail* of that l>?tr'C*, so niatiifyftt,
thai we 'ire hiitii in jjr.iii'r out reader* of
tin* vic.iniiv, by devo 11? _? n i>?>rti<-n ol i>ur
I paper I ? a I ?\ . to Ift'Odlltig fe A ohsviVil*
i (ton* which we have recently I.hi! Hit ?>|>
! nortitiiity of m*kiiio. upon the j?rt and
I future ol that District Well known us
' Lancaster i* l?v Ins'.orv mid tradition*,
which tell u* of tli? *aciifice* mid heroism
of Lur |ieu|)li' in every |? *trio'i?*. struoole
ill tin* puM,.*he i?* HM so well known in
llivir ki'IhIIv merilortntis it ia!itle?, in n
hoi'IhI H'.d industrial point of vie w, reirintu
it* she i* from lli? nreat thorough' irei of
travel hiu] of eoinnii'iv*. Alilnuioli fnllv
one half of tlits l> eliict I * v in the line of
the Shi riiian lorn* lo ol l S05. oh*erv itioti
] convince* tut th it there are (ewer abandon
cii l:irins ?rd Ilehl* in Ltnciwier, than in
| anv other portion <<( the Stati* which wy J
' hme \:sned?a proof of the ?ncrgie*, in*
j tel i m mico sind c Ipnci'y of her people,
j ill i*i credo'(hie ill these (Ihvh of denponi
dencv Hiol diatress, ai <1 *ii example worthy
I of emulation ht all the people of the South.
| Manv farm* a?e coliduc'ed alld cultivated
I entirely hv white laborers. lint upon mud,
i there ia a llantiunion* combination ofllio
powera of hoth races ill the labor of the
'arm, the best result* lining attained, ac*
cording to our tnf'rmation, l?v thi* whole*
noitie colll'iiiiHlloit. We observed ill thin
j cm junction, manv voting men, whoso
: rrnor in the recent war. illnsir i'id (lie
I ill w I rii L'mH them hirtli, mid i( i* hut
justice to them to * iv. tli <t tln? fores of
j vplicr.V ryn'tn i??peoletl their prowess diii|
tinve ?hv hifforit (Iik'H to ho cx'fuit most
k?r ?tif\ tut; to llit' Imp** of the husbmtrl'
mm. Il.e4'r,ms nrt? verv |>roinisitii?, hihJ
imt w it1 itt Hti i'ti ^ the con.stunt r?'ti?, are
clean." W f m# (i't'il* of corn
nil cotton in tlie verv hest conililinn, fres
; from L'f'** *. creen himI flourishing, tlie
[ firmer in si k end tu??e', lehJ !?v. mul of
inntiitl 5 7. h'kI lnxiirin"C5. The w heat
crop (its 1 ecu v. iv tint#, h it front
I lit* mill* :?t hurtcst, iiinl hi the cW-"k hot
| tmiiv tine ol tin* hest ittirls hate hern
Infill I v tint r-rent freshen*. Upoii
: the vv of, ?e consider ihe p'o?|M?ct of
j corn m f t 1 cotton tn I, tnc ts'cr I) h * r t ?* t very
j tl ?" ori o | (. c hi ti k* of oil erg v nre also
j VISlh'.e Mi tilt! Vll'mjC. TllP'lt is a hrljlit
j rtt mi l ft ?h iif*H in tlie while g t rn it nre
j of to t1". of tilt! ii?it t'init|ti'? t.r tlie p!it 1*0 I
and < i.",'i'-t vv of nt1 eii til in h nco the * :tr,
| in I several snhstmli tl and tasteful lionse*
I are ill lilt' course of runs riKM.on oil iii nn
ri-'t. f'lMliit pi i|inir? of I ll?iness. The
j s'l.r." present t};.- unit! rarietv, from (he
I loV shop mill f ilifci'tiiit a ry to the general
j a sortment of ilry gnmls, hardware nii<!
I mmicclet Sunlit of the iiiercli tii's pur- I
r' n-M in I> v% ? ftr? In! I, H*??| r
c%' v? 11?>ir > > I vi ? \\ i'inin<r on, (Jlmrloll*
Hll'i U Mtl? ll'll, Hit I HIHII JH IO H IV,
n> to s 11 ?cniu? !t- i'litio mln-lrs of
(jtopff**" u?i I r iti?? I him l?*n firms, mk it is
Hi-!. U hop Htt'l li'*'i??vK ill it h fuller
iiiVf*t'^Htion v%oti!J ilo inori- justic*! to our
no*rsh Hitt t. ? i
Tlltt p??n|ll?> hm, tlinoi*. * itho'it p* *<*p
lion, iiininf in ttin r<-co> ? ruction i f thrt
It lilroHiJ 10 tlii-* p'hi'm. r?n 1 oroiii'to 111 h
livnlv lliHiki-t .1h\1 I'hII. Itoi to in <int
not forjK* lo'il liliKm'ilr ? n* th?? chief
f'lHr ict-riitK" f onr oitTflinr,i? in ilsysnf
vorc, mii ! i'i? no|n i 01 of our It u'rom! I
f ?<-i' r fir t Iih I * ! I ? o VP ?r?, l;?v I nil ^h t
lour Litiontio fro-ii) ? Q-i? ?hv to nnothnf
ill irh?-t? verb'tm .* rt vtjtcolibux. \V%? nro
twniml to huv?? h liii'r uiil to [.inf iiler,
Ws.niil iIrs \ * it* H?o. UV ?iv i' now
with n? much nriHHint'* tin! inorp runfill-ni'p
ilinn tin-n. If t fin Sou'li < 'nr-il'm*
llnilroA'l ik not to p. r?h Hi tliipi'itit shin
stork, in th* liMti'ls of i t lio ili-rK?if
< Imrlos'on i* not to witn*?? tlu? triHn of
i'ir? Sttir, i! r-rt'-'i to Wilmington, to
l umitl ti un.l (A t'li-.tAit. ?... I 1
..... ...... W v/.?iiiw t, wn nru imiVUl I
!< have w fl?i!rt?'< ! jr? Lmct.ii'r, hivI t<>
(tie North Carolina Ceu'ral Ka'lroat! ?
Thw eonnr^iitn of 111a I fan<l
Columbia lioar] with the Charlotte 1! >m<1
? 111a Charier of ihe Sumter and Cnhilil'
h< a llna-l. rernter this a fact.?
Cum I' ti Juuruul.
NovklNotii? ?Tlir notes <?f the Van ^
an go N rt'Oonl l? riik. Franklin Comity,
I'etiiisvivaliia, ami of a I Olhnj broken na
lional hitik?, are eelhng at a premium.?
I'lria rather anomalou* fact "( tho t ilia of
broken national hanks o'li'ii,' at it pre.
I oiMlin oil the b in of ao'vor.t hank's. |n)Zi
7.'the COi|i|ireliO".'orj of tho 1111 n)llat*t\ I
en a little, an I t*( lh?explanation u very
*'rnti'?? ami e-<?ni* IP d-rstoorl. The limit
to circulation to national l??nk? tin tar tlis
national hanking law i? threo hundred I
million* of dollars Thia limit wo long
reached, anil there are .till national hanks
wilhoti! ni?v circulation, ho I inanv other.
with tnurh lea* than thev deaire. In order
to relieve it?e!f of tro'ib'e a* much **
po?a l?le. the deprrt merit liaaea'd to ?om(
of there bntk* rl ? 'rinif inore currency,
that lo the extent tlimt thev n il r^leeni
lie* 1 11! > ?>f hrnlt'Mi hank* wi'l it m?ii? new
note* lo *I*? hank* de?iri- g circulation.? j
Tint pmp nit ion h*? create I rj nte a rival' I
rv HiO'?nj tiii* Utter cla*? of bank*, ami I
| hi noma inatnnce* a premium n? high a*
|i?n p-r ront. ?? nffnf?il fur the brokou
hank note* ?J'fifrrtonian.
T^uick or LisnuN Nonru Carolina.
I ?C it'on, o wn, pntatoe* an 1 pea Un It
$5 ?o $.V). ami at h;*h a* $100. (Jrap*
I land* $5 to $15 Corn, out ton, or tnr?
pnntino land* $1 AO to $10 In the mull
?l!o ronn in* of 0 e Nta'e, land* pro !ticinj{
Co'ton. corn, mt* and wheat, or tobacco,
rr\rn, oa'? and wheat C?n be houjhl frolO
$5 to $'26 per arte. Thin land* in tht
on' region ran !>? bought for !? *. H*vnnd
the mourtaina land* grat ng of
the cultivation of thn rffto'r and fruit*,
are bought from $1 to $26 Tha intrmt'O
value, locality and improvement*rvgulal#
lh?T>riC*.
N?w NVhvat?The Orifljn Herald r+port*
the price of new wheat, in thn io?a
at $1 per hiuhe'J and the 1'abotton f7?Xftlt
understand* thai partiee in the W**t
ha?e offere I to <! iver wheat a'ong lh*
line of fn* Mntrngee tiailroa I at $1 H ^
p?r pvanfl, n %ny* thtt it ia Mtimaiod
ill* wtiMt rr .r of T?M>ot fhvintj ?'?! I
r*acli 000 mAdH, which will IH"I J
urp'u* of SO 000 hu-h?UoT*t
fttuuftl'j coaaumcd.