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WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, APHIL 20, 1870.
VOLUME V --NO. 28.
IFrofessional Cards.
THOS. M. WILKES,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
-AND
?oliortor iii Elqvii-ty.
-ALSO,
\7nitod States Commissioner,
Ifor the Circuit and District Courts of the Uni
ted States for South Carolina.
g??}r OFFICE IN TUE COURT HOUSE. -^&8
WALHALLA, S. C.
J?ly 22, 1#70 40 ly
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REED & KEITH,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
AND
Soliortors in laciui-ty,
Have renewed their Co-partnership in the prac
tico of Law, and extended it to all Civil nod
?Criminal business in the Counties of Oconee
?nd. Piekens.
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.practice in the Courts of Piekens, O reen ville
and Anderson.
January, 1870 tf
JOSEPH J. NORTON,
.Attorney eft Law,
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Jfy.ll business for Piekens County left with
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PICKGNS C. II.,
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AND
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.ervloes 'Ut the" oin ?ens and com muni ty' at large,
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_POETR Y._
Tho Master'? Call.
Up and bo doing I the tituo is brief.
And lifo is as frail as tho autumn leaf,
To God and thy better ?elf bo true,
Do with thy might what thou find'st to do,
Though tho day SB bright and the ann is high,
Ere long 'twill fade from the glowing sky,
While tbe evening shadows darkly fall :
There's a time for rest, it will come to all.
The harvest is white, and the field is wide:
And thou al thine case may'st not abide ;
The renpors aro few and far between :
And death is abroad, with his sickle keen.
O, think of tho Master, worn and faint,
Whoso mec't lips uttered no complaint,
Who toiled for thee 'mid the noontide heat,
And sought no rest for his weary feet;
Of a Father's wratli who drank the wine,
And bore His cross to lighten thine.
Oo forth nnd labor! A crown awaits
Tlic faithful servant nt Heaven's high gates.
For n death of shame thc Saviour died,
To open those golden portals wide.
That soul, redeemed from tho. toils of sin,
In his spotless robes might enter in,
Work with thy might! ere tho day of graco
Is Bpcnt, and thc night steals on apace.
Thc Muster has given his pledge divine;
Who winueth souls like the stars shall shine.
For the Keoieee Courier.
" The Free, or Common School
Fund.*'
MR. EDITOR : As "Tho Freo or Common
School System," enacted by thc last Legisla
ture, is general iu its provisions, making rioh
and poor, white and colored, equal benefio
iarics or recipients of its bene?ts, and as there
has, from this circumstance, of i's being gen
eral in its nature, an erroneous impression
been made upon thc minds of many persons,
both white and colored, in regard to the pay
ing of the tuition of their children for the
last scholastic yenr, we therefore wish to show,
from thc facts nnd figures in thc case, how
the matter stands.
A great many persons think, thnt as tho
School Act makes providion, or rather legal
izes the paying of tho tuition of all classes
and colors of children, "without regard to
previous state or condition," that therefore
the tuition of all has been or will bc paid fur
by "the publio." Thc tuition of all would
have been paid upon thc following condi
tions : First, hud thc Legislature appropria
ted enough money; ?ind. secondly, had all the
time which thc children attended school been
"put in" during thc public scholastic year
neither of which was tho case.
Thc School Commissioner of this county
inf ?reis us that thc number of children with
in thc county, between the ages of six^nnd
sixteen, is between three and four thousand j
but, in order to have round numbers, we will
put it ot three thousand. Now thc propor
tion of "tho froc or common school fund" of
the State nnd county, belonging to Oconcc, is
82,248. This sum would have been, bud all
the children in the county, white and colored,
attended school during the whole time of the
last scholastic year, n fraction less than 75
cents per scholar ; or, in other words, it would
have paid thc tuition of 224 scholars during
the whole timo of the Inst publio scholastic
yenr ! Thus we perceive thnt only a fraction'
over one fifteenth of thc cl ii ld ron of the conn
ty could (luve attended the "publio schools
during the last year ! Tho number of days
reported to the Commissioner, by oil the
teachers in the public schools of tho county,
is about 89,200, making 100 scholars for ono
scholastic year, which is a fraction less than
one fifteenth of tho children of tho county
that have been taught "on tho publio" tho
last year.
But to bo H little more explicit, tho publia,
scholastic year commenced on the 1 st of No
] veniber, I860, and closed on tho 24th of
June, 1870. Very fow schools of the coun
ty eon tn en ced before tho 1st of January,
sollie no until February, while others com
menced still later. Hence vory few of the
schools embraced ono-half ot the publio sollO
lastio year. Consequently that part of the
schools taught ofter the 2.4th of June was not
recognized by tho Commissioner as "publio,"
and of course will not bu paid for by the
State Superintendent of'Education.
Hut a few words io reference to the colored
schools of the county, and of these thero were
but few; and in oonscqueoooof this, political
capital was manufactured, in regard to the
. election of school com mission er, during the
canvass which bas just closed. Wo heard a
radical stump speaker in a political harrnngue,
which he delivered to thc colored people, tell
them that the reason of their not having
subunit! was in con seq ne nco of tho commis
B?OI^VH ' not locating them Now this was,
! unquestionably, not .the reason, for no school
I oan bo located by tho oommilsiooer unless
, somo person ns teacher presents himself beforo
^ tho examining board, convened by the com.
' missioner, submits to' an exo mi nation, ?nd ie
I, found competent to tench accord i np to th?
requisitions of said board.'' NW was thia
doue? Did any person present himself bc.
foro tho board of examinera of tiiis county, as
a teacher of a colored school who was, after
examination, if found competent to teach,
refused a certificate authorizing him to teach,
and receive \\\s pro rafa of thc school fund?
If so, wo would like very much to kuow Iiis
name.
No sir, tho simple, unsophisticated fact, ia
regard to thc colored people not having
schools, was tins : no one felt disposed to
teach a school depending upon "the free or
common school fund" for his pay, after hiv.
ing ascertained tho fact that there was only
$2,248, with which to pay tho tuition of
3,000 children. Neither would any one hove
been willing to have engaged in a colored
school, hud the sum been $0*0,000, (the sum
necessary to pay the tuition of all thc children
in thc county for one year,) for thc men who
tcaoh school arc generally, ns a class, as poer
as "a church mouse" and therefore cannot pos
possibly work trust instead of pay, especially
during this reign of'philanthropist* (?) when
no one will trust them. No sir; teachers
must be paid as they go-this is tho great
lover ; remove this and thc?; cannot possibly
go. And the publio schools were opened
twelve months ago, wanting ten days, and
closed four months ago, and yet thc teachers
have not been paid one cent !
These, Mr. Editor, arc tho reasons and thc
only reasons why thc colored people of tho
county have not had schools, and not as has
bc. n alleged, bcoausc thc commissioner would
not or did not locate them. First, tho school
fund belonging to the county would not have
paid but about one-fifteenth part of thc tuition
of their children ; aud, secondly, if there had
been enough money to have paid thc remain
ing fourteen fifteenth parts, no one would
have, nor could have taught them, unless he
could have received his pay monthly, or quar
terly, ut thc furthest. Aud right herc, while
upon this subject, wc wish to cull thc atten
tion uf ibo oienibcia vrbu will compose out
ucxt Legislature to this muller; for this sys
tem of common schools cannot possibly OVO)
work efficiently, unless teachers be paid quur
terly, aud tho hw which makes le ichors' ac
counts payable only iu Columbia, enacted bj
thc lust Legislature, should bo repealed ul
once. We would here very respectfully sug
goat that thc next Legislature enact a law
making teachers' accounts payable quarterly
authorizing thc school commissioner to drav
tho money from either thc State or count;
treasurer, making it his duty, after bc shu)
have drawn tho money, to sot apart a day
notifying teachers, that on that day their ac
counts will be paid. W. II.
Townville, S. C.
THE NATIONAL TAXES.-Tho fcllowiu
statement of the provisions of the law of Jul
14, in regard to sources of TCVCIIUC, is COU;
piled from official sources :
Special taxes, including those on banker:
will cease May 1, 1871, excepting those coi
nected with fermented liquors, spirits au
tobacco.
Taxes on gross receipts will cease Oct. 1
1870.
Taxes on sales will cease Oct. 1, 1870, ey
ccpt those on S iles of tobacco, <-piritis, win ci
and thoso paid by stumps.
Taxes on income, including salaries, wi
bc two and a half per cent, on incomes ov<
$2,000, instead of five per cont, on inonu
over $1,000.
Taxes on legacies will cease October ]
1870
Taxes on passports will ccaso Ootobcr ]
1870.
The uso of stamps ,will cease Ootobr. . '
1870, for promissory .notes for less than SV J(
for reoeipts, and for oanned and presorve
fish.
The reoeipts from these sources in the fisc
year 1870, were'estimated at 882,016,000.
The reductions have , been officially estimate
at 855,000,000 - Yt oman.
A HUNDRED Y&?KS AGO.-Tho papo
of Richmond aro recalling reminiscenccsof tl
great "May Fresh"'of 1770, in c?nnedtic
with tho flood of last Friday-ju ?t ai hund'r?
years between thom. The river ro*e th?
suddenly to the level of tho site of Slmoki
warehouse, currying off many hoguricaciaof t
bacco. All of tho valley of Shoekoe was u
der water from thc foot of Manson's Hi
(tho present site of tho Ballard Ilouso) to tl
foot of Richmond Hill.
There is a monument tit Turkey Isl an
said ih ibo on? ct, tho oldest in Virginpy?;.wi?<
, records tho devastations of tho flood. Ti:
key Island is ntyr a part of the" HfWrtTf* lan
1 but bofi'/fo m0.it Wan an isl?'hrTi Tho riv?
in its rage, lifted it beyond its bcd, and pb
tOre'pj.it on tho adjacent shore. In the \\
. ?finia Gai?ttexii (bat dato there is an i h torr
I ing account from the pe?'?f "a wltnWw
liyed in Richmond.;' Then' indee!d^tha)jai
had uninterruptedly d ceo tided for twelvo di
p and twelve night?. - ! !
Human Slaughter.
THE LOSSES SUSTAIN KD IN SOME OP THE
O HEAT RATTLES OF THE WOULD.
Tlie shocking slaughter which hos charac
terized recento European battles bas naturally
directed attention to the comparativo blood
shed of these ?nd. Other druggies, and sug
gested estimates of tho practical bearing OD
tho question of thc now weapons of warfare.
Whether rifled cannon, thezundnadelgcwchri
aod mitrailleuse aro or arc not, as tho guillo
tine was alleged to be, b?n?ficient inventions, '
appears to depend iu these calculations. For
if it should appear that, while war coats no
more than formerly, it is much sooner over,
and that this is in an appreciable measure
consequent on the uso of bettor or moro efn
oicnt weapons, the affirmative of this proposi
tion must bo accepted. War concerns non
combatants ns well as others, and tho shorter
it is thu better, of course, for all industrial in
terests. If 100,000 men must bc killed, it is
better for their country that they should bo
killed in a month than in a year. A recogni
tion of this principle would seem in part to
have inspired tho existing Prussian military
system. The accounts that reach us of the
current strife arc certainly terrible and dis
tressing. Tho details of mangled bodies, of
"colored rngs, glued together with blood nnd
brains, and pinned in fantastic shapes with
bits of bono," arc sickening beyond measure.
It is, however, a debatable question, gran
ting that war must still bc, whether tho sol
dier is worse off for goinsj through a great
danger for a short time rather than a consid
erable danger for a long time. An examina
tion of some details of thc loss of life in past
and roceut battles will assist the formation
of intelligent opinion.
For tho lusses as woll ns tho number en
gaged in tho battles of antiquity, we have but
uncertain data. Such history as wc posses:
assorts that utj&l nra then 10,000 Greeks ovor
ttirew GOO.vOV 'l'^t?llrt?il11'!)?*- 9()n.0.0f
of thc latter wore slain. This, of course, ii
the Greek history, and not tho Persian. Al
tho taking of Jcrusalum by Titus more that
1,000,000 Jews aro believed to have pori med
At Naissus, when Claudius defeated th*
Goths, it is said 800,000 of the later wen
killed. The siege of Acre cost, an equal nura
ber of Christian soldiers. At thc battle o
1 [lastings 80,000 were killed-a vast propor
tion of thc nuinbeis engaged. The fainou
struggle at Bannockburn was one of thc mos
disastrous for England that ever occured bf
fore its date or since, thc total loss being 50,
000, or one half of King Edward's whol
army. At Cressy tho English under th
Blink Prince killed nearly as many as thci
own number of the French, i. o., somcwhn
ovor 30,000 j and at Agincourt, Henry "V
did even bettor, for, with only 9,000 men, h
is declared to havo beaton 60,000, of whoi
10,000 wore killed and 14.000 taken prisoi
crs. Thc records state that at Blenheim th
English under Marlborough slow 27,000 i
their advesuries, and took 13,000 prisoner
At Fontenoy, whoro Marshal Saxe, . at th
head of tho French, defeated the English ui
der thc Duke of Cumberland, both sides coi
fessed to a loss of about 1 '2,000. At Ma
phaqnet the Allies lost one-sixth of their who
force of 95,000 men, and tho French ode-fifi
of theirs, or 90,000. The loss of the Alli
at Austerlitz was 80,000- ono third of the
whole array ; while that of the French w
10,000-ono scvenfc i of theirs. Of the 14C
000 Austrians at Wugram, 22,000 ?we
wounded or slain, and of the 180,000 Freno
20,000. At Borodino, the awful numb'
of 44,000 Russians wcro put hors de comba
being mic third of their wholo ai my, and 3C
000 French; or one-fourth of 'thiers. Tl
Allies los? at Leipsio was 48,000-one six'
of their army, und that of tho French, 45,0(
~onoquiirto.r, At Waterloo, of tho. Ht
000 Allies, tho loss was 20,000. and of tl
72,000 French, 35,000, or moro than ou
hol f.
[ti tho present generation tho great Eui
peun battles havo boon considered to ha
been Solferino, Koutggrntz or Sadowa, Mc
und Sedan.'' At! Solferino the French'ai
Italians had 162,000, arid lost 17,000 men,
ouo ninth, and tho Austrians had 100,00
and lost 2,000, ot one-eighth of their! toi
force. Of 220,000 Prussia ils at Sadowi; b
9,000, or ono twenty.third, and of tho 3i(
000 Austriuns, 81,000, or one-ot vonth; we
lost. Tho present estimate is that thc
woro 200.UOO French in tho three days' bi
tibs before 'Met*,1 and that 60,000 W^thl
wore destroyed'jj and that of tho 250,01
Germons, ?O.OOOV'br' orio-shtttr, r?tiresen? ty
losses." It'ls"difficult as yut" to7 ^VoVouw
Upon tho number of killed and wounded ht
dan It is variously reckoned at from 20,0'
io. mon.1 Tho Frcn?h r?ho w.cro .ina
AH"? Borne ^,00p^tho ?
instance of tho surrender of SO largo a bo
"y" . i :L J?'J'YH tw\ .?-J.-?ivP7, III
of troops nineo tho Romans capitulated to t
Sa mi nilen at tito Candi no -Folks. In? <
Amt rican civil war tho moat sanguinary bat
tics exhibit mortality of nearly tho same rela
tive proportions as tho most bloody of the
European struggles. About 100,000 men
58,000 Federals and 40,000 Confederates
arc recorded to have been engaged at Antic
Um the national loss is set down at 11,426?
tho Confederates at about 10,000 j the aggre
gate loss thus being- mon than a 'quarter
of tho whole number of both combatants.
Nearly tho same numbers with the same rela
tive oasUaltios were seen at tho second Bull
Hun. At Gettysburg tho national loss is re
corded at 43,100, and that of the Confeder
ates nt about 30,000. Thc numbers on each
side having been about equol, or, say 75,000
each more than ono third of thc whole were
missing or destroyed at tho end of the battle.
It is commonly reckoned that the American
oivil war oosc by death in action, wouuds and
discaso about 1,000,000 able bodied men,
which is also tho number said to bave been
expended iu the wars of Napcloleoo I.
[AT. Y. Times.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AS IT IS.-Hon.
John Quincy Adams, in a recent letter, ac
cepting tho Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of Massachusetts, makes the following
pertiuent comments upon the condition and
and claims of the Republican party. Ho
says :
"Thc only real claim of the Republican
party, of l ?tc, to public confidence, is by a
pi.rade of trophies. Without head, or sys
tem, or principles, it is held together only by
the lifo of decay-corruption. Its system ol
taxation is the most burdensome and the least
democratic in thc world ; its currency is the
robbery of tho poor, while its vaunted redua
tion of the debt has only been accomplished
by a cruel taxation, which doubles the burdon
by laking two dollars from thc people for cadi
dollar paid the public creditor.
"This scheme of imposts is deliberately
and craftily organized in the interests of asso
oiatcd capital atone, uuu ta na wvtt-:_?7, it
as papably, a violation of every principle o
equal democratic government as was tho cog
nato policy of the same party, by which twi
hundred millions of acres of the people';
homestead lands have been given away ti
railroad corporations. This cunningly deviset
scheme will this year take five or six hundrct
millions of dollars from the people, and pay i
over to the capitalists who own your minc
and mills and furnaces and salt works, to al
loviate their unprofitable labors, as certain!
as if tho tax was openly levied and bount;
avowedly paid. Under the same system ou
ocean shipping is broken up and our ship
yards are dosed, and the farming lands o
New England uo longer fetches tho cost of th
buildings upon it. And that its conspicuou
merit tu affording protection to the Americai
workman from the pauper labor of Europe ma
be apparent to tho meanest capacity, aimof
the only article which it admits duty free i
an unlimited supply of cheap Chinese, itu
ported in lots to suit capitalists."
EFFECT OF COOLNESS IN ACTION.-I
speaking of the necessity for coolness durin
aotion, Colonel Wolacloy give on instance <
a staff officer who produced a most oxocller
effect on a whole column of men under fit
by carrying an order quietly through a he
bombardment with a oigar between his lip
A similar story is told of a Connan officer i
one of the battles beforo Metz. His mc
were suffering horribly, and' he know not ho
to steady them till ho saw one private soldii
smoking. Tho Colono! was struck by tho c
fcot produced on his own mind, and was wit
enough to walk up to tho man and ask if li
would give him a light for his cigar. Courago
nearly as infectious as fear, and it is not on!
tho bravery of excitement, but tho calm sci
possession of a strong mun, that' bolds mc
firmly together at a critical moment.
TIIUE MAGNANIMITY.-There is notbio
magnanimous in bearing misfortunes wit
fortitude when tho world is looking on
mbtt In B?ch circumstances will act brave!
even from motives of vanity. But !:e wb
in ibo vale of obscurity, can brave adversity
Who, Witbotit friends to encourage, acquain
nuces to pity, or even without hope to nllev
ate Iii? misfortune, can behave with tranquil
ty and! i ti tl Weronee, ts truly great ') ' wheth.
pensant dr 'courtier, ho deserves ad m ira t?o i
and should - bo'held up for/ our* Imitation at
ro*peot.f
..t??r Nightmare ia oaused by remaining i
long it? ooo position that the blood ceases
to oiroulato. Hov h?rd wo try lo run in Ol
.loop sometimcM to got oht of thc way of son
terrible'datiger ! It does snob a porcon t
goba, to ask' wH?ty' ' the roatt?r. Don't'^as
ti ino iii oak ihg a question, but giyo rel ?of
fhfe' tloeper" by un instantaneous enalbe,;
?veli a to?oli of tho body, that breaks t
dreadful spell in an instant, because it st
tho blood again toward tho heart.
General Ilobcrt 13. ?.ce.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM GENERAL
LEK'S PHYSICIAN.
Tho Frcdericksburg Herald has been per
mitted to copy tho following extract from a
private lotter, from Dr. II. T. Barton, Gcnc
al Loo's attending physician, to bis brother,
Judge ty, 8. Barton, of Frcdcrickburg :
LEXINOTON, Oct. 13, 1870.
My Dear Brother:-I have been so en
gaged for two weeks with our dear General,
that I havo been compelled to leave many
other matters unattended to As tho papers
have contained very inaccurate accounts of his
case, and you will desire to boar specially
from mc, our opinion, I will state it in a few
words.
Ile had but partially recovered from bia
rheumatism, affecting thc muscles of his arms,
back and chest ohiefly, and in 1853, and
about a year ago, attacking the pericardium,
thc saok containing the heart, but never tho
heart itself, whoso regular rhythmical beat
bas been maintained whenever examined by
us. After a very fatiguing duy at college, he
attended an important meeting of tho Vestry,
and was detained for several hours, but gave
no evidence of being unwell. As bc walkod
into bis dining room, where they woro wait
ing tea for bim, bc took bis scat and was dis
covered to have lost bis speech.
I was summoned at once ond found bis
pulse rather weak, with cold extremities, &c.
Commenced tho use of remedies at once, and
sent for Dr. Madison, who continued to attend
him with mc to tho end. Ile -vas in a short
time able to speak a little, some time in sen
tences, but generally only in reply to ques
tions. Ho remained thus disposed to doze
for most of thc attack ; could bo easily aroused,
and almost to the very last seemed to under
stand all that was said to him, and responded
by words or signs without any great depres
sion. Ile ovidently neither expected nor dc
Bircu to rcwTv.1. JL-CL_:".R_:.,0 "1,,,^^
steadily till lust Sunday, ho begau to retro
grade, and on Monday evening, tho 10th in
stant, alarming symptoms get in and WC bad
little hopes ofter that time. Wc consider his
protracted grief at thc condition of bis coun
try and tho continued suppression of bis
strong feeling, the chief remote causes and
excessive fatigue and mental application, tho
immediate causo of congestion of thc veins
of the brain; and though not producing apo
plexy, of which there was no evidence, (ho
moving every muscle almost to tho last hour),
thia congestion caused most serious loss of
nervous power and resulted in lesion of tho
substance of thc brain itself. Our wholo peo
ple ore more paralyzed than bc was. I never
witnessed aught like it. ***
A NEW NATIONAL FLAO.-On Saturday
last, a gentleman, who for scvcrul years past
has boon ongaged in thc gold regions, re
turned to this city, and at thc American
House discovered a Prussian flag.
"What isthat?" he asked, turning to a
friend.
"That is tho Prussian flag," was thc an
swer.
"I'm glad of that !" says thp pioneer.
Tliis remark orcated intense interest in the
stranger, who was questioned as to hi's enthu
siasm over the colora of a European kingdom.
"Oh," saysh.0, "it is not because I care any
thing for Prussia, but I have been beyond
civilization for some time, and when I saw'
that rag, (rod, whito and black,) hang mc if I
didn't think tho Radicals had destroyed tho
stars and stripes and got up a new flag, with
the red for the Indian, thc black for the, nig
ger, and the white for tho rest of us !"
TUE SUNNY SIDE.-Always look upon tho
bright side of things. It docs moro good,
by kindling tho gent?o and noble feelings ot
our nature, than it does by misrepresentations,
hints and innuendoes, that aro ?uro to break
long established friendships, and to disturb
tho feelings of intimacy. In all our associa
tions, commend us f.0 him who always pre- .
seats the sunny sido of life's picturo to gaze
upon ; ho who has over a kind word to speak,
?nd is ready to fling a mant?o.of charity over
errors, follies and frailties. Such a mun ono ?
wishes to wear in his ?ipart-p"ayo, in our
heart! pf hearts." But from tho mischief ma
kor, wnoao bosom is filled with tim panker
. ? | J- , . i ? . . ' l|| J ?*0 i li J 1/(1 ?i 'iii! J . ? ? . ?
worm of slander, who kri?ws np ploaeuro ox
cept in the torment and mortifioajio;rii of otb- '
era j . from him,, and hiswjiolo tx ibo, ty e,,
earnestly pray, ?4Qoo,d "LorJ, doliy?r us." ng h
J?T7 They ?re still s^ua^i?g7:nbout-tfie
assassination rewards Uft Washington. ,,A:t
edit was ooinmenced the other day to occur o..
? di vision ot tho 020,000 offered hythe, nor- -
poifttion for tho : apprehension .of Booth and r
th* otb?j#? .nu'V/r?i .tfws.tujl there aro, no JOSH ?
than thirty nine defendants. '.I hero aro thrco .
pUioUffs.