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Jtoajrjs and
Censure is the most effectual when mixed
with praise. _ So, when a fault is discovered, it is
well to look up a virtue to bear it company.
?? A man who never pays a newspaper to advertise
him into business, often has the satisfaction
of seeing the Sheriff pay the paper to advertise
* him out
A veteran amateur in wine drinking writes
to know if Congress couldn't be induced to proclaim
a thirteenth commandment: "Thou snail
not commit adulteration!"
A man in Connecticut has cleared his house
of rats by catching one and dipping him in red
paint He then let him loose, and the other rats
left, disgusted by his appearance.
It may be a oomfort to the sick, but we cannot
perceive what sort of satisfaction it can be to
the well, that on an average eveiy man has ten
days' illness in the course of a year.
The New Orleans Crescent of the 25th ult,
learns ftom a private letter that out of 500 citizens
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died in two days, of yellow fever. The average
deaths are eight On the 9th instant there were
no provisions in the town, not even meal to make
grueL
Dr. Hermann Kohn, of Breslau, has examined
the eyes of 10,860 school children and found
that more than one in six were short-sighted.?
There are four times as many short-sighted chil- i
dren in the town as in the country, and the evil
increases just in proportion to the amount of study
exacted from the children.
A recent "Washington dispatch says: ' The
branch mint at Charlotte, N. C., will soon be put
in full operation for assaying purposes only. Mr.
Jones, tne assayer, is now nere. He represents
that operations have been recommenced in the
mines which were neglected during the war, and
that the receipts are on the increase, not only from
North Carolina, but from the contiguous States."
General Beauregard visited the city of
Richmond, Va., for the first time in his life on the
26th ult, if a rapid passage from one depot to .
another, just previous to the Bull Run fight, is ex- ;
cepted. He visited the theatre during the evening,
but, although every one appeared anxious to see
him, his personal acquaintance with the citizens i
was so limited that no demonstration was made. i
The latest sensation at Barnum's Museum is I
a live gorilla, captured in the wilds of Africa, five (
feet and a half nigh, and costing $8,000. The ,
gorilla displayed its great muscular strength bv
bending double a huge wrought iron bar an incn
and three quarters thick. It has a face and eyes 1
Kke a human being, and its hand is as delicate as '
that of a woman. This is the only specimen of the I
gorilla now on exhibition in this country.
The Charleston Courier says: "Throughprivate
advices we learn that a lady resident of
Camden, in this State, has raised six bales of cot- '
ton by her own energy, having no other assistance 1
than that rendered by the domestics of her house- |
hold. This was accomplished entirely apart from ,
her husband's planting interest. Surely none can
be astonished at this announcement, when our
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iiiciiiun^b revert iu iuc uvuic wuig?cuicino v* iut gentler
sex in the days of the "so-called." !
The Greenfield church, in the Presbytery
of Chilioothe, Ohio, having suspended a member 1
for joining the masonic order, an appeal was taken \
to the Presbytery. This body, by a vote of fifteen j
to ten, sustained the appeal, and restored the par- ,
ty appealing to the communion of the church. A .
resolution was also adopted, that the Presbytery,
in so doing, did not wish to express approbation of
the order of masons, or any other secret society. J
The Raleigh Sentinel says that Col. W. F. J
Henderson, of Davidson County, N. C., who is j
generally known as "Windy Billy," and is one of
tne shining lights of the Radical party in the State, .
was recently indicted for horse-stealing ! The [
Grand Jury consisted of eleven Radicals, fonr ne f
groes, and three Conservative citizens. It is said
that he will also be indicted for perjury, for having e
taken the test-oath as Sub-Commissioner of the r
Freedman's Bureru. [
The Washington correspondent of the New 1
York Tribune says: "Positive information has been e
received here, that in Alabama and Virginia,
where the lists of registration are being revised, \
under the Reconstruction Act, a number of rebels
who have been pardoned hy the President's recent
amnesty proclamation, have applied to have their 1
names registered. In Alabama the Boards of 1
Registration, by order of General Pope, have re- 1
fused permission, and a number of these men in v
Montgomery, Alabama, have taken the matter be- |
fore the courts, intending to test the constitutionality
of the Reconstruction Act''
Advices from New Archangel, the capital
of the American possessions recently purchased
from Russia, state that business was active, and 1
building lots bad advanced several hundred dollars, i
We are further informed that there is coin in circulation,
but that leather money predominates. ,
The Gopper River country is said to be rich in
goldj copper and coal? but the savages are very .
hostile ana warlike. When it is not roggy it rains 1
at New Archangel, but the reports from there c
praise the weather very much, and the scanty pop- t
ulation of Russian Finns and Germans are repre- 1
sented as veiy glad to be annexed.
?-The New York Herald, says that at an elec- 1
tion in Charleston, uot long since, "the post-office
boxes were found to be filled with ballots deposited t
by the negroes, who had bee* supplied with them t
by Radical agents, but knew not now to dispose of ,
them better than by dropping into the postoffice.
To such a measure of intelligence it is that the af- (
fairs of the South are entrusted, and this the peo- 1
pie are asked to endorse as one of the most efficient ]
modes of reconstruction, according to the Radical ]
plan." The point is taken off the story of the j
Herald, when the fact is known that no election i
had ever been held in Charleston at which negroes
. were allowed to vote.
A correspondent of the Philidelphia Age \
has seen Fort Macon and was not favorably impressed
with the "Second Military District' pris- 1
on. He says: "The next feature that startled me i
was at Fort Macon, North Carolina. That fort is <
garrisoned by blacks and is used as place of pun- ,
ishment for convicts. Recently I saw there a negro
soldier, driving and ordering eight white men
who were prisoners, while he made them haul a 1
seine and catch fish for'his black comrades and i
himself. Some of them where white soldiers, con- <
victed by court martial of petty offences, and some |
were citizens of the United States, sent there by .
military commissions, without trial by jury, without
warrant or law, and in the exercise of pure arbitrary
power. '
Official figures show that, in six years, four- !
teen billions, five hundred millions of dollars have
pas&ed through the treasury of the nation. By I
the census of 1860 it appears that the value of all
the real and personal property in all the United
States and Territories was sixteen billions, one
hundred and fifty nine millions, six hundred and
sixteen thousand and sixty-eight dollars. Thus,
nearly the full amount of all the property North,
West, and South has been expended since the
Radicals came into power. And now. although
peace prevails in all parts of the land, the party in
power insists upon increasing the debt ind taxation
of the country as a means of retaining their
hold on power, place and plunder. Will business
men agree to this??Philadelphia Age.
It seems quite clear, from the revelations of
the European press, that the French military authorities
in Mexico forced upon Maximilian the
bloody policy which was afterwards invoked for his
own destruction. General Bazaine is proved to
have demanded at his hand, and to have enjoincd
upon his officers, to take no prisoners. This greatly
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aggravates uie ouium neapea upon ine JCiinperor.
On the other hand it is charged, in high Imperial
quarters in Paris, that Napoleon was induced to
withdraw his army from Mexico, and thus abandon
Maximilian to his fate, by promises on the
part of our Government which were never fulfilled.
It has been said that Mr. Seward, through an accredited
official, assured the Emperor that, if he
would withdraw his troops, we would become responsible
for the safety of Maximilian, and see to
it that no disastrous results should follow. It was
in reliance upon this promise that the French
army was withdrawn?tnat the promise itself was
not fulfilled. We are not in position to know what
foundation there is for this serious allegation ; but
we do know that it is urged in high circles in Paris
in extenuation of the Emperor's course.
The Presbytery of South Carolina, as was
expected, met in Spartanburg on last Thursday,
and continued its sessions until Saturday evening.
It is one of the four Presbyteries of the Presbyterian
Church in this State, and includes all the
ministers and churches belonging to that denomination
of Christians in the Northwestern Districts.
There were present, as members of the body, twenty-three
ministers and as many ruling elders. The
proceedings of the Presbytery brought up no matters
of special interest, bevond the usual routine of
ecclesiastical business. The reports on the state
of religion in the several churches were generally
encouraging, and several revivals were mentioned
as having oocuired during the past year. The amendments
which have been proposed to the constitution
of the Presbyterian Church in the South,
and which have elicited much discussion, came up
for consideration, hut all action in regard to them
was postponed by this Presbytery. Its proceedings
throughout were characterized by perfect harmony.
During the week frequent religious services
were held in the Presbyterian church, and able
and eloquent discourses delivered by members of
the Presbytery. The Rev. Professor Anderson,
of Davidson College, was present, and preached a
sermon of no ordinary power, on Saturday night
C'arokna Spartan, 3c? instant.
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EDITORS:
JAS. E. WILSON JAS. F. HART.
YORKVILLE, S. C.s
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OUR STORY.
As heretofore promised our readers, we begin
this week with the first chapters of Mrs. Ewart's
beautiful nouvelette, entitled "The Wealth of
Home." Mrs. E. is a deservedly popular writer,
and her contributions have received an amount of
favor not often accorded to aspirants for literary
honors. To a pure style she adds beautiful
thoughts, lively descriptive powers, and a well-arranged
narrative, replete with dramatic interest
But few modern writers have been more successful
in drawing in the true colors of nature, scenes
from domestic lite?its cares, pleasures and beauties.
"The Wealth of Home," is a purely domestic
story, often reminding the reader how easy it is,
through a little inconsistency to burden the family
fireside with cares; or by a little prudence and economy,
to render it ?an angel's palace filled with the
sweetest of this life's treasures.
We can promise our readers, in this and the sucoeeding
numbers of the Enquirer containing it,
one of the most interesting stories we have offered
them the present year.
THE ISSUE IN OHIO.
At the last election in Ohio, the Republican party
had a clear majority of 40,000 votes, and they
have consequently presumed largely upon carrying
the State this fall But the Democracy have made
i strong effort, in which they have been not a little
lided by the nature of the issues presented to the
oeople. The election took place on Tuesday last,
md the question of supremac; between the paries
has been decided, though the decision is not
ret known. To throw some light on the result,
whatever it may prove to be, we publish the projosed
amendment to the Constitution of Ohio,
vhich was one of the issues depending on the elecion.
It is as follows:
"Every male citizen of the United States, of the
ige of twenty-one years, who shall have been resilent
of the State one year next preceding the elecion,
and of the county, township, or ward in which
le resides such time as may be provided by law,
ixcept such persons as have borne arms in sup>ort
of any insurrection or rebellion against tne
Government of the United Statesj or have fled
rom their places of residence to avoid being draftid
into the military service thereof, or have desertid
the military or naval sendee of said (Governnent
in time of war, and have not subsequently
?een honorably discharged from the same, shall
lave the qualifications of an elector, and be entitlid
to vote at all elections."
One effect of this amendment, if adopted, will (
)e to confer the right of suffrage upon some eight ,
housand negroes. Another, and a more im- ,
>ortant effect would be to disfranchise some twenty- ,
bur thousand white men, who avoided the draft t
>ecause they were unable to hire substitutes and ]
inwilling to leave their families to fight for the ]
Jnion. It would also disfranchise some twenty ,
housand white soldiers, who are acknowledged to
lave fought faithfully through the war; but who
ire legally known as "deserters," because they hur- }
icd home as soon as the Southern armies had sur endered,
without waiting to be mustered out (
Negro suffrage and the disfranchisement of44,000 ,
vhite men, nearly half of whom were faithful sol- ,
liers under the flag of the Union?these are the j
mrdens which tne Radicals of Ohio have had to j
?rry during the late canvass. If they have carried j
he State under these disadvantages, it may truly (
>e said of Ohio that she is "joined to her idols."
PROBABILITIES OF A EUROPEAN WAR. ]
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Despite the protestations or their peaceiui inten
ions which the rulers of Europe are continually 1
naking, a general expectation of war prevails a- !
nong their peoples. The policy of Bismarck is so
liametrically opposed to that of Napoleon, that 1
lothing but a mutual respect for each other's 1
power has hitherto kept the peace between them. !
Bismarck desires to build up a strong military con- I
federation of the North German States, in which
Prussia is to be the ruling power. France, and
Austria too, is opposed to this scheme, as interpo- 1
sing a formidable barrier to her aggrandizements. ;
These powers, while professing the kindest feelings 1
towards each other, are making vigorous preparations
for war. In this state of affairs, a small
spark will suffice to bring on an explosion in the 1
shape of a general war.
The troubles in Italy may prove the occasion for
this war. Garribaldi has succeeded in getting up
i serious insurrection in the Papal dominions; and
though himself in prison, his influence is still potent
for mischief. The King of Sardiuia has applied
to the great powers to be relieved from his
treaty stipulations to maintain the civil authority
of the Pope in these dominions ; an indication that
he considers the task rather too much for him.?
But France and Austria, as the principal Catholic
States of Europe, will probably interfere to protect
the head of their church. On the other hand,
they run the risk of a war with Prussia, which
power, if anxious for war, could find no fitter opportunity
than when her great antagonist is already
involved in another war.
Russia, too, betrays a desire to take advantage
of the general commotion, by robbing Turkey.?
The Czar has declared that the Sultan must revolutionize
his entire svstem of eovcrnuient. a de
rnand which, if sustatned, is almost certain to kindle
a war between these empires. Altogether the
indications of war are serious, and however much
it may be deplored by the world, the prospect for
a continued peace in Europe is becoming very
doubtful.
AGRICULTURAL NEWS.
?The statement of cotton receipts for the present
season puts Savannah ahead of all other Southern
seaports. Mobile comes next, and New Orleans
third in the race. In order to move this large supply
of cotton Savannah has no less than six lines of
steamships?four to New York, one to Philadelphia,
and one to Baltimore.
? It is stated that Timothy grass is growing in
the Mississippi swamps over five feet high. The
seed was scattered from forage during the war.
?The Rome (Ga.,) Commercial says: "One
month since it was thought the cotton crop in this
section would not exceed that of last year; but the
past month has been fine for cotton, and it is now
thought that 10,000 bales will be shipped against
3,400 last year."
?A Georgia paper is advising the establishment
of agricultural societies throughout the South, to
meet the changed conditions of the system of labor,
and urges the scheme as a pressing necessity,
for the reason that the attempt to carry on the culture
of the ground under the old management, in
such entirely different conditions, will make the
country poor, and keep it so forever.
? The Sentinel says the first frost of the season
made its appearance in Raleigh, on Monday, 29th
ultimo. It was too light, however, do any injury.
?The Wilmington Evening Star says that one
gentleman residing in the vicinity of that city,
made $25,000 last year, off his crop of ground
peas. A Mr. Nixon, who lives near Rocky Point,
will make this year from 13,000 to 15,000 bushels,
and the prices will range from $2 to $4 per bushel.
? The drought in Ohio still prevails, to the
great injury of the corn and potato crops. Farmers
are selling their stock; water is very scarce, and,
in many cases, the cattle have to be driven a great
distance for water. Farmers are not feeding hogs
for the winter markets to any extent, and no contracts
are being made but those for early delivery.
THE SLAVE'S WAGES.
Those who clamor for a distribution of land among
the negroes, have one apparent argument
which we desire to notice. It is this: "that the
negroes never received anything for their labor
while slaves, and are, therefore, entitled to a share
of that property which their masters acquired by
means of their toil."
This assertion, though at first sight it appears to
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nave some rounaation, is utterly raise, no cuu?
of laborers in the world have ever been so well repaid
for their services, as were the negroes of the
South under the system of Southern slavery. The
slave, as a rule, received plentiful supplies of
clothing, tobacco, meat and bread, besides receiving
free from time to time vegetables and other
luxuries, for which laborers in other countries have
to pay. He was allowed to cultivate a patch of
his own, the proceeds of which were at his own
disposal. He and his children were supported in
health, and cared for in sickness, their medical
bills being paid by their master. And finally, he
was ensured a comfortable home in old age, when
no longer able to support himself by the labor of
his hands.
Where is the laborer, white or black, who gets
wages at all equal to this? It is quite certain that
the negro will never again receive such remuneration
for his toil. Poor men, the world over, are
compelled to content themselves with a certain stated
sum of money, or its equivalent, for a day's
work. So long as this sum is sufficient to procure
the necessaries of lfe for himself and his little ones,
he considers himself blessed. But he has little
opportunity to accumulate the means for subsistence
in old age. And often before age comes, the
wolf has to be driven from the door. Disease may
seize the laborer, and then the scanty stream of
supplies, which flows only in health, stops entirely.
The expenses of sickness gnaw fearfully into the
hoarded earnings of health; and unless he recovers
speedily, he incurs the additional peril of losing
his situation; for business will not wait on suffering.
From all these anxieties and privations, the
Southern slave was exempt; indeed he does not
fully understand them yet, transferred as he is into
the freedman and citizen. He se<J8 clearly
enough that there is something wrong; that somebow
or other he is getting more and more "ragged
svery day; that he don't get meat often, unless he
steals it But in his ignorance, he charges his declining
prosperity to the wrong causes, and imagines
himself an injured being?injured by his mas- ,
ter, whom he sees still surrounded by a few remlants
of his former possessions. Looking with enrious
eyes upon these, he calls for a division of
property, as if the master had not been already '
sufficiently robbed by his emancipation.
But the free negroes of the North understand |
:his thing much better, and Radical kindness is
apidly opening the eyes of their brethren at the )
South. The former have learned to their cost that
he life of a poor free man is a continual struggle,
n which only the strong succeed, while the weak J
ire pushed to the wall.
POLITICAL NEWS.
? The State Democratic Convention of Massa- ,
chusetts has nominated John Quincy Adams, as
their candidate for Governor of the State. He is
the son of Hon. Charles Francis Adams, Minister
to England, and grand-son of the late ex-President
John Quincy Adams. He inherits the talents of
liis grand-father and is one of the ablest men of <
New England. He is a Constitutional Union Man
ind a Conservative.
?The State Democratic Convention of New
irork, is now in session at Albany. The following
ire among some of the resolutions adopted:
"That regarding the National debt as a sacred
obligation, we demand econorayof the administration,
honesty in the collection and application of
the revenues, simplification of and equalir.y in taxition,
and a currency for the benefit of the people,
nstcad of corporations, to the end that the public
faith may be preserved and the burdens of taxation
lessened.
"That we denounce the effort of the Radical
party to retain the power it has usurped, by estab
lishing negro supremacy in the South by military
force, coupled with the disfranchisement of the
mass of the white population, as an outrage upon
Democratic principle, and an attempt to undermine
and destroy the Republic; and that we stigmatize
the refusal of that party, in this State, to
submit the question of negro suffrage to the people,
as a cowardly evasion of a prominent issue in
the pending struggle."
? Governor Sharkey, of Mississippi, is out with
an eight column letter reviewing the reconstruction
measures, and recommending the people of his
State to go against a convention.
? The latest returns from Louisiana indicate
that that State has gone for a convention by a
3raall majority. These returns include twelve parishes
in which the total vote was 28,681, and majority
of registered voters, 1,618. Thirty-six parishes
are yet to be heard from; but these are expected
to poll a majority of their registered voters.
?The returns from Alabama show that in thirty-four
counties 10,000 votes more than was necessary
have been polled, if they were all for convention.
The probability is that Alabama has gone
for a convention.
MERE-MENTION.
Dr. Joseph Cross, who was formerly connected
with the S. Carolina Conference, and stationed in
Charleston several years, and afterwards President
of the Spartanburg Female College, died in Texas,
of yellow fever, last week. The Weld on News
says travel on all the railroads running to and from
that point has increased two hundred per cent.
within the last two weeks. A legless beggar
in St Louis owns $65,000 in real estate in New
York. The yellow fever has visited twenty
towns in the lower portion of the State of Texas.
Some of these places were never known to have a
case of the disease before. General Canby has
signified his intention to modify General Sickles'
"whiskey order" at an early day. A party of
Swiss emigrants arrived in Lynchburg a few days
?"m <inrl wirvrvr-f^r! fn flip Virnrinin Tmmirrrntion So
ciety. Silkworms, fried in castor oil, are considered
a luxury in China. Captain Benjamin
Huger, son of Gen. Huger, C. S. A., died at
Baltimore on the 27th ult. Missouri has 12,500
Freemasons and 246 Lodges. Oberlin
College (Ohio) gives to all students who are Freemasons
an honorable dismissal, but will not permit
them to remain. Elias Howe, the inventor
of the sewing machine, died in New York on the
4th instant. A special dispatch from Nashville
says Brownlow's election to the U. S. Senate
is conceded. There was a fall of snow three
inches deep in New Hampshire, on the 30th ultimo.
Gen. Schofield has never yet tried any
person by militaiy commission, under cover of the
Reconstruction Acts. In July, '65, General
Phil. Sheridan said in a speech that the negroes
were not fitted for suffrage, and also were not fitted
to take part in the legislation of the country.
Under the Homestead law, it is said, one hundred
and sixty acres of land can be obtained in
Missouri for $18 expense. Improved farms can
be bought at from $5 to $10 per acre. The
Fairfield News announces the death in Winnsboro',
one day last week, of Mr. Robert Morrison, at the
advanced age of seventy years. Mr. Morrison, at
one time, was a resident of Yorkville. The
Officers of the United States Circuit Court are arranging
the preliminaries for the trial of Jefferson
Davis on the 1st of November. H. P. Hammett,
Esq., now President of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad, has been nominated for President
of the Graniteville Manufacturing Company.
The City Council of Charleston has been
compelled to resort to the issue of its bills to carry
on the municipal government The Mercury
says that a large amount of freight is passing
through Charleston,-to the West, over the South
Carolina Railroad and its connections.
From the Richmond Dispatch.
DEATH OF GEN."STERLING PRICE.
General Sterling Price, of Missouri, died in St.
Louis, on Sunday last, in the fifty-ninth year of
his age. He was born in Prince Edward County,
in tVua Sfote nn thn 14th nf Sentember. 1800. He
was a student of Hampden Sidney College, and
after leaving that institution he entered the Clerk's
office of the County Court, where he remained two
years a deputy under the venerable Branch J.
Worshara, who still fills the office, and is one of
the survivors of the body of men?the County
Court clerks under the old Constitution?who were
unsurpassed for their intelligence, their dignity
and integrity of character, and for their amenity
and urbanity of manners. Immediately after
leaving the clerk's office, General P. emigrated to
Missouri, and settled in Chariton County, where
he resided till the breaking out of the war.
He soon became popular, and was elected to
many positions of honor and trust He was made
brigadier-general of militia. He was elected to
the State Legislature, and presided over the lower
House of that body for two sessions. In 1844 he
was elected to Congress, where he remained until
the breaking out of the Mexican war, when he resigned
and raised a regiment for the war. He had
an independent command, and achieved a succession
of victories in New Mexico and Chihuhua,
for which President Polk made him a brigadiergeneral
of the United States array. After the
Mexican war he was elected governor of Missouri
by a large majority.
At the election of Lincoln, a convention was
held, in Missouri, of which Gen. Price was president
In that body he maintained that secession
was a heresy, and that the Government was a contract
between the States, to be broken only by revolution.
In May, '61, after the development of the coercive
policy of the Government at Washington,
Missouri formed her State Guard, with Sterling
Price as Major-GeneraL
it would extend ttus notice too mucn to go into
a history of the events in Missouri with which
General Price was connected. They arc fresh in
memory. He was most actively engaged in fighting
the battles of the Confederacy in the transMississippi
district until the unfortunate fight of
Elk Horn, or Pea Ridge, where he sustained a defeat,
and his army was afterward united with
Beauregard's at Corinth. Hi.s achievements at
Springfield and other places gave him great fame,
and his defeat at Pea Ridge was a piece of news
very much increased in its sadness by the popularity
of General Price.
General Price had no separate command afterward,
but distinguished himself at Corinth and
other places. He was with General Kirby Smith
toward the close of the war, and in September,
1864, under Marmaduke, attempted, for the last
time, the retaking of Missouri, but failed, being
borne down by superior numbers under Rose- ,
crans. He made his escape to Arkansas, Marmaduke
and Cabell being captured. He surrendered
with Kirby Smith.
Preferring exile to submission, he migrated to
Mexico and joined the little colony of Confederates
at Cardova. The enterprise failed, and tired of
exile, as were nearly all of his associates, he returned
to his native land to make the best of the ,
situation, and end his days among his friends.
As a commander, he was brave without a system
and strategic without order. His attacks were
impetuous; but pell-mell?as of an armed mob.
He made up in courage and impetuosity for what i
he lacked in discipline, and won the hearts of his
soldiere by his geniality, franknesss, manliness, and
indomitable spirit. They had a number of pet
names bv which they designated their commander,
such as "Old Pap/ "Dad," "The Old Tycoon/
&o.
In illustration of the military accomplishments
of General P., we have the anecdote between him ;
and General Beauregard. Geueral B. having with ,
some pride shewn Gen. Price his fortifications at '
Corinth, inquired: "What do think of these
works, General Price ?" "Why, General" answer- 1
ed Price, "to tell you the truth, I never saw but
two of the kind before, and that was after our boys
had taken thein."
He was a man of fine personal appearance, graceful
manners, and remarkable simplicity ana earnestness
in his social intercourse. He performed
a brave and honest part in the war. He left his
country wiui outer regret, unu returueu w uio
home gladly, yet not without some misgiving as
to his reception, which the kindness and friendship
of the people of Missouri soon relieved. The
large cortege which followed his remains to the
tomb is a true indication of the respect entertained
for the lamented Confederate General.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
The Great "Re-action."
IjCO, the Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, cautions the Southern people
against cxpcctiug too much from the elections in
the North. He believes that all the signs of a
healthy re-action are entirely independent of any
prestige gained by the Democratic party or the
President and his policy. There being a lack of
organized opposition to the Radical party, he
thinks the triumphs of the Democracy are owing,
in a great measure, to side issues. Ohio is the key
to the political position of the Western States, and
therefore the Radicals are straining every nerve to
carry that State, by false representations of the
President's designs. As they had a majority of
40,000 in the last Ohio elections, such electioneer- 1
ing efforts betray a sense of weakness, which is a
favorable omen to the South. In his letter of the
1st instant, Leo says:
"It is time, therefore, to consider the condition 1
of affairs in case elections this fall go decidedly or
chiefly for the Radical party. We may expect, as
every Radical stump orator has predicted, an entire
subversion of what remains of constitutional
rights for the South or the North.
The Radicals aim at the practical abolition of the
Executive department of the Government. What
they have not done to this end by legislation, they
will complete by other and by violent and revolutionary
measures.
The Government will be carried on by a Rump
Congress, and by a mere clique of the more violent
in Congress, until some sudden and overwhelming
politicm revulsion shall occur, as it must do, in the
course of time.
The rumors repeated by the Radical orators that
the President intends to take the initiative in the
expected conflict between him and Congress, are
unfounded. The people may, in their own time
and manner, manifest their disapprobation of Congressional
usurpation. The President has most
explicitly and pointedly disclaimed any purpose 01
resisting movements for his impeachment. That
is a constitutional procedure, and must be conducted
in accordance with the spirit and intent of the
Constitution. Let Ohio, on the 8th: go for the
Radicals, and the President will be impeached."
(^arribaldi in Limbo.
Garribuldi, who has been engaged for some
time in maturing plans for the invasion of the territories
of the Pope, has come to sudden grief. On
the 22d of September, he issued a highly inflammatory
address to the revolutionists of Italy, dated
at Arrezo, a town situated within the dominions
of King Victor Emanuel. The King is bound by
his treaty with France to protect the Papal territory
against fillibusterism coming from Italy, and
he has faithfully kept his obligation in this instance.
He issued a counter proclamation, forbidding
his subjects to join in the movement, and
had Garribaldi arrested on the 24th, two days after
the revolutionist had published his document
By this prompt action, the King has effectually
squelched the designs of the revolutionists, and
preserved the peace of Italy, for the present at
least The imprisoned bandit, however, was not
discouraged. From his prison he wrote another
letter, urging his adherents to march to the liberation
of Rome. The result was a series of riots in
which many were killed and wounded. At last
accounts the mobs had been dispersed and quiet
prevailed.
Garibaldi is a humbug; and it would be no loss
to the world, if his neck was made to sustain the
weight of his body for about fifteen minutes on a
stretch. I
LOCAL ITEMS.
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
J. A. McLean?Piedmont Life Insurance Company
of Virginia,
Bailey's Varieties?Last Night but One.
W. B. Williams?Revenue Tax-Notice.
N. B. Bratton?To Rent.
T. W. Clawson, Messenger?Notice in Bankruptcy?Andrew
J. Martin.
T. M. Clawson, Messenger?Notice in Bankruptcy?Thomas
G. Ciflp.
H. T. Peake?South Carolina Railroad.
F. C. Harris, 0. Y. D.?Citation?A. F. Hambright,
Applicant?M. A. Hambright, Deceased.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Sheriff's Sales.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale of Land
of Sarah Caton, deceased.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale of Land
of Adaline Allison, deceased.
R. H. Glenn, S. Y. D.?Ordinary's Sale of Land
of James L. Strait, deceased.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of j^and belonging to the estate of Samuel
McDowell, deceased.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of the Real Estate of John Culp, deceased.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of the Real Estate of Rev. R. Y. Russell,
deceased.
W. B. Metts, C. E. Y. D.?Commissioner's Sale
of Land in possession of D. A. Gordon.
J. \V. Avery <fe H. F. Adickes, Trustees?Sale of
. House and Lot.
T. S. Jefferys?Assignee of Daniel F. Neely.
OOMMUSION 8EBVI0E8.
The communion services of the Presbyterian
Church in this place will be held, Providence permitting,
on next Sabbath, the 13th instant. The
preparatory services will commence on Friday. The
public are respectfully invited to attend these services.
THE FIB8T FBOST.
We learn that there was a light frost in some
portions of this District, on last Tuesday morning.
This is the first frost of the season in this section,
so far as we are aware. The clear cool weather of
the last few days has been very favorable to health;
but chills and fever still prevail in our midst
00H8IGHEE8, ZIHG'8 MOUHTAIH BAIL BOAD.
The following are the consignees per K. M. R.
Road, from the 2nd to the 9th of October, inclusive
:
J. W. Avery & Co., T. M. Dobson & Co., J.
M. Lowry, Allison & Bratton, Jas. Jefferys, Dr.
John May, Kcrr& Roach, J. & E. B. Stowe, W. A.
Moore & Co., Carroll. Clark & Co., J. W. Secrest,
John McGill, A. R. Hoiuesley, P. B. Darwin, J.
F. Hart, Miss Caldwell, B. F. Rawlinson, John
McCants, John Nichols, W. H. McCorkle, S. R.
Moore, T. L. Rodgers, G. Steele, R. G. McCaw,
Rev. H. R. Dickson, G. S. Moblcy, F. M. Galbraith.
8CH0BB'8 PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY.
Our friend Schorr, whose well known photographic
establishment contains the phizes of so
many of his former visitors, has just been replenished
with a variety of pleasing novelties in the
photographic line. Those in want of a good picture,
be it of self or sweetheart, can have the business
fixed to their satisfaction by referring the
case to Mr. ScnoitB; and those who don't want
pictures (and there are a few such) we would advise
to remain away, for you cannot go to this establishment
without being' "taken"?with it.
COURT OF 00MM0H PLEAS.
From direct information of a late date, we are
authorized to say that the Court will hold its session
next week; that Jurors heretofore drawn and summoned
need not attend; and that new lists will be
drawn on the first day of the Term, and the persons
so-drawn notified to attend probably on Wednesday,
when it is hoped that business can be proceeded
with regularly until the close of the week.
At An informal meeting of the members of the
Bar of Yorkville, held on yesterday, it was determined,
in consequence of the uncertainty hitherto
attending the subject of a Court, and the brief time
allowed parties to suits to make preparation for trial,
that in no case will trial be insisted upon, where
both plaintiffs and defendants do not give their consent
to go to trial. This course applies only to the
civil dockets. The Sessions' docket will be called
as soon as jurors can be obtained, and the cases
thereon tried in regular order.
Judge Munro will preside.
BALES-DAY.
Several pieces of property were offered for sale
at the Court House on Monday last, and were bid
off at prices considerably in advance of the average
cmIpc of thn n.ict, twplvfl months. For the infonua
tion of our local readers, we quote the following
prices obtained at the Commissioner's sales: One
tract of land belonging to the estate of James G.
Lindsay, deceased, 381 acres, sold at $7.50 per acre;
estate of B. F. Withers, 20 acres, $5.30 per acre;
another tract of 18 acres, belonging to the same,
$17 per acre; one frame-house, on brick-basement,
situate on Liberty-street, lot of one acre, $1,200;
land belonging to estate of Ann H. Feemster, $4.25
per acre; landed estate of F. A. Erwin, jr., $2.10
per acre. "Two houses and lots situated on Main
street, belonging to A. W. Beard, were sold under
foreclosure of mortgage. One was sold for $241,
and the other for $257.
The Sheriff sold a tract of land belonging to M.
A. Hambright, for $7Q0.
The Ordinary disposed of some real property at
figures averaging with those given. Altogether,
we consider these sales as indicating a better confidence
in real property, and an advance in relative
value. Since the close of the war, the land market
has possessed no stability whatever. The price
obtained one day for a piece of property, gave no
clue to wbat a similar piece would bring the next
The uniformity of prices on Monday, exhibited a
pleasing change. We hope it may continue for the
better a little while longer.
Radical Trickery in Virginia.
The official returns having disclosed the fact
that there is in Virginia a white majority of 14,000
votes, Gen. Schofield has had to resort to a
mean stratagem to nullify this majority. In arranging
the several counties for representation, he
has thrown together counties with an overwhelming
white vote, so that their strength is useless
to elect more than one or two delegates. He has,
in like manner, arranged the strong negro counties
so as to give the blacks power in the election of the
greatest possible number of delegates. Under his
manipulations, it has become impossible for the
whites to elect more than 35 delegates, while the
blacks, who poll 14,000 less votes, will control the
election of 70 delegates. But the whites can break
up this neat little swindle, if they will; either by
voting unanimously against a convention, or by
not voting at all, in which case the convention cannot
possibly get a majority of all the registered
voters.
A New Kind of Cotton.
A Georgia correspondent of the New York
Times writes as follows about a new kind of Cotton
which has been cultivated in Middle-Georgia during
the past season:
"A few planters in Oglethorpe County have
made an experiment with a new kind of cotton introduced
two years ago by Hon. Joseph Echols,
ex-mcmber of Congress, which promises to be a
great success. It is something between the long
staple of the sea island, and the best upland cotton,
is astonishingly productive and very rich in color.
When the best uplands sold last year at 30 cents
per pound, this Echols cotton brought 55 cents,
and the experiments of this year promise a similar
relative result. _ A gentleman who has raised a
small patch of it sent me a small sample of the
ginned lint a day or two ago, and he also sent me
a stalk which measured eleven feet in height and
had on it 507 grown bolls, exclusive of blooms and
forms. It is calculated that 100 bolls produce one
pound of lint, and allowing 2,700 stalks to the
acre, did they all produce as the stalk sent me, the
total yield would be 13,689 pounds of cotton 1
Could such a result as this be attained, the great
problem of the maximum of labor would be satisfactorily
solved. Sanguine "book-farmers" pretend
that by manure and good culture^ ten bales
to the acre map be raised. Practical farmers regard
these theoirists with pity, and dispose of their
speculative calculations with the simple word?impossible."
1
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CHESTER CONTRIBUTOaiAL.
BY WM. H. BRAWLEY~
CHESTER, 8. C., OCTOBER 9, 1867.
FROST.
There was frost in Chester on Tuesday morning.
THE FALL TRADE
We have rarely seen larger stocks of dry goods
in our stores. The Chester merchants seem to expect
a large business.
DAN OABTELLCS GREAT 8H0W
Was here on Wednesday last, and attracted a
farge attendance. The circus was better than any
we have had among us sinOe the war.
COMMISSIONER'S BALE.
The Commissioner in Equity for Chester District
sold on Monday last, a small house and lot belonging
to the estate of Frank Hunsucker, deceased,
for $700. Before the war, the same property was
bought for $1,600. A lot containing a brick-yard,
belonging to the same estate, brought $145. No
other property was sold.
THE 00UBT8.
We understand that at a meeting of som6 of the
Circuit Judges, in Columbia, on Sunday night,
it was determined that Jury lists should be made
out'according to General Canby's recent order,
from tax-payers who had registered. It was further
determined that all who had paid the poll-tax
of one dollar, were such tax-payers as to entitle
them to bejurors, provided they had registered.
It was then determined that these Juries should
be drawn on the Monday morning of each Court,
and the Jurors summoned for the following Wednesday,
when it was hoped thai; the regular busiiness
of the Court would commence; the interval,
between Monday and Wednesday, being occupied
by the Sum. Pro. Docket Judge Munro will be
on this Circuit, he having exchanged Circuits with
Judge Moses.
Under this decision, we may expect negro jurors
in every district in the State. In Chester District,
we learn that only ten freedmen have paid their
taxes, consequently there will be but a small proportion
of them on the Jury for this Term. Hereafter
they will, in all probability, be in the majority
in the Jury box as at the polls.
We cannot think, upon the whole, that our
Judges have acted very wisely.
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL
JL? X UA.OI i/a r iwvx.
COLUMBIA. SOUTH OABOLIIA, 7TH OOTOBEB, 1867.
Place aux dames.
Mr. Chase is represented as saying to Lacy
Stone:
"Be free to say from me that I think there will
be no end to the good that will come by woman's
suffrage on the elected, on elections, on government,
and on woman herself."
Everybody knows that in England the great
politico-logician, John Stuart Mill, has come out
squarely in favor of woman suffrage. The ball is
in motion.
The Circus.
Dan Castello showed among us last Thursday,
with fair success. The Menagerie helped out vastly.
The riding was not wonderful at alL The
leaping was fair.
Among the beasts, there were fine specimens of
the Bengal Tiger, the Asiatic Lion, the Arabian
Camel, the Tapir, the white Peacock, the Chinese
Hog, and the Ant-eater.
The wit of the clowns was old enough to make
one yawn?one who has read it all in the newspapers
and seen it in other circuses.
The University.
Several new students came in last week, in advance
of the opening of the session; and this, we
take it, is an earnest of a more numerous patronage.
At this time, however, it is impossible to
make any estimates of the probable number that
will matriculate this scholastic year. Indeed it
will be a fortnight or three weeks before one can
give figures with official certainty.
Dr. Darby will not be here until the end of October,
but meanwhile Dr. Smith, Demonstrator of
Anatomy, will conduct Dr. Darby's department.
The others are all here and ready?Chairman
Barnwell, Professors Rivers, Sachtleben, LaBorde,
Reynolds, Alexander, John Le Conte, Joseph Le
Conte, Talley, Darby, Smith and Haskell.
Monarchy.
Is there lingering anywhere in the South, a man
who does not, in his heart, prefer a Monarchy to
a Democracy ? After our disastrous experiences
and our overwhelming humiliations, is there yet a
man who dreams that Democracy has in it aught
but death?to the Minority ? Is not that the very
vital issue of the late struggle ?
If Democracy is better than anything else, then
twirl your hat on a cornstalk and shout huzzas for 1
"the best government the world ever saw 1"
If the oppressed, baffled, insulted, invaded,
crushed, overwhelmed and ruined minority still
clings to its old notions of Democracies, then has
the blood of these later years flowed in vain;?then
we are right (hat on cornstalk) to shout vivas to
the "best government the world ever saw!"
We like that sort of thing?the cornstalks especially.
But if we had a King to-day in Washington, in ;
place of a shilly-shally President and a despotic
Majority, what would be the result ?
Harmony all over the country. Whenever the <
King is applied to to protect New England Manu- j
factures, he does so; and at the same time, in '
justice to his realm extends the same protection to (
cotton, rice, sugar and tobaccc. It becomes his
wisest self-protective policy to prevent the oppres- i
sion of one section and the monopolies of another. >
Why cannot Congress do this same thing ? Be- 1
cause Congress is?must be?a sectional Majority; |
and it can and will protect one part (its own) to
the detriment of another. In this case the despot
is a section itself. And this result is the natural i
and inevitable effect of Democratic governments. .
We are not purely theoretical in these views.?
Let us see how the times suit such a regime.
Who shall reign ?
We answer?Any man that has sense enough, i
Gen. Lee is, of course, out of the question. Who i
next ? Gen. Sherman is our man. '
We are willing to trust any one man, in prefer- j
ence to any number of men, in such a responsibility.
Thad Stevens himself would be more gener- .
ous towards the South, than a whole Congress, <
were the responsibility wholly upon him. So I
would Sumner. So would Beast Butler. So
would the Devil.
The Negroes--Who's Who?
In many localities it has appeared as a result of '
the late Registration that there are more ne- 1
groes than there used to be, notwithstanding the
fact that negroes have died out largely. This oc- ,
curs in whole States, as in Louisiana and Alabama. <
Does anybody kuow why this is so r Mow is it J
to be accounted for?
There are several facts that point to the conclu- j
sion that there are more names on the registry- ,
books than there are negroes to represent them.
These facts have been given through the newspapers
from time to time. One of them is the
fact that many instances have occurred (in Columbia
even) where the Registrar took the name of '
some negro, and a few minutes after, when the
name was called no negro came forward, there being
no such negro there t He had forgotten his (
own name! How could he ? how could even the
stupidest of uneducated negroes?forget his own !
name in a few minutes, unless he had registered
previously under another or half-a-dozen other
names ? That this trick of registering under several
names has been resorted to times and again,
no sane man can have a moment's doubt, if he has
kept an eye to this work of registration. The
Registrars have no doubt done their duty consci
entiously; but under the guidance of wily leaders
the thing can be managed, and a common-looking
oountiy negro cannot bo remembered in a crowd of
similar negroes, by one who does not know him intimately.
Look at Louisiana. Banks reported three or
four years ago that one-fourth of the negroes in
that State had then died out, Since then the decrease
has been frequently commented on by the
public press; but yet when registration oomes they
outnumber their census returns by the heaviest in- A
creases!
Is anybody fooled,?
The result will be?we have said so before ? the
destruction of the Negro. He is digging a pit? ^
or his Yankee'so-called friends are digging it for 4
him ? and he is to fall into it Both are to fall
into it; for "God at last sets all things even."
Repudiation.
We have seen something "of the Piedmont Districts
lately, and have gathered carefully the opinions
expressed and felt upon the matter of some
relief to the resident debtor. Our impression is
that about half the people in the upper portion of
the State are in favor of wiping out all old scores
and starting anew?call it repudiation. The other
half are in favor of the most liberal homestead
laws. It will be observed that all are in favor of
clearly-defined legislative (or conventional) relief
to the debtor in some form; and if the issue were
made to-day between no relief and utter repudiation,
the latter would win by heavy majorities.
And the sentiment is increasing; and in sir months
more the per se repudiationists will have a heavy
controlling majority. This sentiment rests upon
necessity?a necessity as unwelcome but as inevitable
as was the surrender of Lee's army in 1865.
We clip the following from an up-country paper
as fairly representing a large and growing power
in the State
Some parties, desiring to force the payment of
old debts, have become suddenly afflicted with a
moral mania, and cry out, "save your honor, i. e., i
pay all your debts, although it may make paupers
of every man, woman and child in the State. Let
the lawyers have a chance to fatten. Although
five millions of dollars are added to the debt"
After being robbed by the Bank of the State, and
by all the private Banks legalised by (he Legislature
; the poor debtor must be honest! After being
swindled oat of all his hard earnings during
the war, by Confederate Bonds and shin-plasters,
the poor debtor must be honest I After all his
slaves have been liberated hy force; on the faith
of which all these debts were contracted, and the .
two great armies in the contest swept through the
heart of the country, burning, wasting,, ana destroying
every thing in their path, leaving the people
nothing bnt a little worn oat land for subsistence,
the poor debtor most be honest! Now, all
this talk is twaddle, bosh, fostian. It won't do to
tell men to-giVe up all to clamorous Shylocks who
are seeking their pound of fleshy not caring if the
heart strings are broken in tearing it out tor their
satisfaction. Neither will it be right to open np
the dead law of the past "Old things are done
away, and all things have become new." Open
up the flood gates of law, and you drive two-thirds
of our population, impoverished, from the State,
or leave them to be supported as paupers.
Talk about honor, when the whole people and
Government are corrupt and demoralized! A
highwayman might as well talk about honor, who I
has robbed and stripped his victim, leaving him '
naked in the road, saying, yon be virtuous and j
honest hereafter, and do not resist an honest highwayman,
when ne wants a little means to take a
breeze." .
If ever a people were justified in repudiating
their debts, the citizens of the Southern States
are. All honest men will pay according to ability;
but let no force of law be used."
Such is the sentiment?the rapidly growing sentiment?of
our people. It may be resisted. It
will prevail. To call it unconstitutional is to ignore
the issue. To call it dishonest is to call the
war dishonest; and every man that voted for secession
in 1860 voted repudiation in 1867; because
the war has made repudiation a necessity?a necessity
as irresistible as the surrender at Appomattox
Court Hourse.
This is what the people of the upper Districts
say; and this is what they are prepared to do.
It is the part of wisdom and statesmanship to
look the question calmly and squarely in the face.
GOV. OKR AND GENERAL SICKLES.
As a part of the history of the times, we publish
the subjoined letter from Governor Orrto
General Sickles, to which allusion was made in
our issue of last week. As a very proper reply to
the vagaries of our so-called Governor, we append
a letter addressed to him by CoL T. W. Woodward,
of Fairfield:
Executive Dep't. op S. C., 1 g
Columbia, Sept 7, 1867. j I
Major-Gen. D. E. Sickles, Charleston, S. C. :
Sir ' I have learned from the public press, although
I have received no official notice of the
fact, that vou have been relieved from the command
of tne Second Military District, embracing
this State and North Carolina, and that, by order
of the President, M^jor-General Canby lias succeeded
to the same.
I desire to express to you the great regret which
I feel, personally and officially, at the course taken
bv the President and his advisers in this matter.
There are many of the orders which have been issued
bv you since the passage of the Reconstruc
uon uuis in iubicq last wmcn aia not meet my approval,
bat it is dae to you and to my official action
that I should bear voluntaiy testimony to the
wisdom and success of your administration, and
to express the opinion that the almost unlimited
powers with which you were invested by the acts
of Congress have been exercised with moderation
and forbearance. Your General Orders No. 10, so
far as this State is concerned, were, last spring, in
my opinion, absolutely necessary, looking to the
impoverished condition of the country, the shortness
of the provision and staple crops of last year,
to the general pecuniary distress pervading the
country, and to the necessity of protecting the
small means of farmers and planters at that' time
from the process of courts. They were thereby
enabled to subsist their families and grow the pres- i
ent crop. # "
This crop promises to be, in many respects, and '
in many sections of the State, the most important
and largest that has been grown for several years,
and, when harvested, you could, without "hazard
or apprehension, have executed your purpose, as
declared to me, of modifying General Orders No.
10, so that creditors could have enforced their demands
without producing general distress, if nothing
more. It is also dne to you to say that, in my
judgment, if General Orders No. 10 had not been
issued last spring,.a very considerable increase in
the number of troops m this State would have
been necessary to have been stationed at many of
the court houses, to have preserved the public
records from destruction, ana insured the safety of
sheriffs in executing civil process in their hands,
which they had been ordered to levy by thoughtless
and heartless creditors. In my opinion. General
Orders No. 10 received the approval of a very
large majority of the citizens of South Carolina,
ina your general administration, as commandant
ef the district, is approved by a majority nearly as
great.
In all the official intercourse which we have had,
I beg to tender you my thanks for the uniform
kindness and courtesy with which I have been
treated personally, and for the disposition you
have always manifested to make the burdens of
the military government as light for the people
whom I represent as it were possible, under the
rircumstances. I have not the pleasure of a personal
acquaintance with your successor, General
Canby, but hope that my official relations with
him may be marked with the same harmony and
kind feeling which have characterized our official
intercourse for nearly two years past I have the
honor to be, Genera^ very truly and respectfully,
pour friend and obedient servant
"(Signed) JAMES L ORR,
Governor of South Carolina.
The following letter is published in the Winnsboro
Newt of the 1st instant:
Winnsboro', S. C., September 27,1867.
To His Excellency Governor James L. Orr ;
Sot: You have addressed an official letter to
General Sickles, in which you thank him for his
administration while ruler of this State. This you
do on behalf of those you "represent" My astonishment
at your course is only exceeded by my
mortification in finding my State so misrepresented
by you in your official capacity.
1 would call your attention to the following public
acts of General Sickles, and ask whether you
consider the author of them worthy of commendation.
Before the act of July created General Sickles
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