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Jtoajrji and Jarta.
A negro was killed in Lumpkin County.
Ga., by a sentinel of the Loyal League, who haa
been instructed to shoot any one who tried to pass.
-?The witty editor of the Louisville Journal
tys that the troubled waters around the White
ouse must be very shallow, as the radicals expect
to get Johnson out and Wade in.
A flock of pigeons, covering a space of twelve
and a half miles in length and fifty feet in breadth,
passed over Wellsville, Tioga county, Pa., one
day last week.
An Arkansas coroner recently charged a jury
that thev were to ascertain whether the deceased
came to nis death by accidence, by incidence, or by
incendiary. The jury found: Death by accidence
in the shape of a Bowie-knife.
Hon. John Forsvtb, in a recent letter from
Washington, says if the Democrats, in the July
convention, make a wise and prudent selection of
their candidate for the Presidency, there is every
reason to hope they will sweep the country.
The Brownsville (Texas) Raixchero announces
that Mignel Lopez, Maximilian's betrayer, has
been arrested and imprisoned for not complying
with an order from the government to leave Mexican
territory.
Some of the leading New York hotels rent
for enormous sums. The Astor House, it is said,
when re-opened, is to rent for $55,000 a year; the
St Nicholas pays $78,000; the Metropolitan $75,000,
and the ruth Avenue nearly $80,000.
?- An intelligent lad of six summers^ the son
of a Down East senator, recently visitea xoe insane
asylum at Augusta, Me., ana told his inquiring
father on his return, that they were making
speeches just like the Legislature!
An old ladyt of Randolph County, Missouri,
has been exhibiting a patchwork cotton quilt,
composed of seven thousand five hundred different
pieces, all veiy neatly stitched and all done by
hana.
The New Haven Rtgixter says the "burying
of the hatchet" by General Grant and Butler is
denied. The report arose merely from a casual
remark by the latter that he would like to bury a
hatchet in the head of the former, which is a very
different thing "when you come to look at it."
Two men, in an open boat, have been picked
up, says an Havana despatch, and it is thought
they are deserters from some of the prisons in
Florida. It will be remembered, in this connection,
that St Leger Grenfel recently escaped with
some soldiers from the Dry Tortugas.
The Pacific Railroad has climbed to the
summit of the Rocky Mountains, and begun its
decent on the Pacifio slope. ' A dispatch from the
Chief Engineer of the work announces the laying
of the rails upon the summit, with benefitting ceremonies
on the 16th of April.
Several negroes have declared themselves
candidates for Congress in Virginia. Dr. Bayne,
in the Norfolk district; Jones, in the Richmond
district; and Norton, in the Wiliiamsborg district,
are already candidates; and, as the negroes preponderate
in those districts over the whites, it is
not impossible for such men to be elected.
A Jersey City paper states that two men in
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election, one betting the sum of five dollars against
the wife of the other. The man who pot up the
money won, and demanded the wife. The husband
was inclined to pay his bet, but the lady demurred,
and drove the claimant from the house
# with great vigor.
France is thought to have reached the height
of perfection as a military power. One million
three hundred and fifty thousand men, or nearly
the whole of the able-bodied male population of
the country, may now be said to be under arms.
This force, according to the report just presented
by Marshal Niel to the Emperor, is made up of
eight hundred thousand regulars and five hundred
and fifty thousand of the National Guard.
The oyster statistics of the Chesapeake are
S'ven by a Baltimore paper. It appears that the
besapeake Bay and its tributaries now yield eleven
million bushels of these delicious bivalves annually.
Over two-thirds of the trade goes to Baltimore.
Seventy houses are engaged in the business,
which gives employment to fifteen thousand
persons?men, women and children. There are
seventeen hundred boats, averaging fifty tons each,
and about three thousand canoes, engaged in
dredging and tonging for oysters.
The New York Sun says: "The feat hds
been practically accomplished of sending two telegraphic
dispatches at tne same time from opposite
directions, over the same wire, on long distances.
It will prove of great value in the construction of
new lines, making only a single wire necessary, and
saving the sixty or seventy dollars a mile which
would be required for a second wire. It will also
increase greatly the actual working power of existing
companies."
_ The most infamous frauds were perpetrated
in many counties at the Arkansas election. At
ClarksviDe, for instance, ninety-nine votes were returned
against the constitution?since then the affidavits
of one hundred and eighty have been taken
of those who voted against it. One of the
registers is known to have voted twice, and was
seen to tear up Conservative tickets from the militaiy
ballot-box. Negroes were permitted to vote
two or three times, ana even negro women appeared
dressed in men's clothes and deposited votes.
Forney, who has clamored so savagely for
the impeachment of the President, is now under
impeachment himself. A senatorial committee is
to investigate the mysterious disappearance of
$40,000 public money in the custody of this chevalier
dvidustrie. Forney says the money was stolen
by his uncle, old Mr. Wagner. The old man.
denies it It is evident, from what occurred in the
Senate about the matter recently, that Cameron,
who knows both men, and is a good judge of rogues,
believes that Forney is the thief.
The Mississippi River, near Vicksburg, is
said to be threatening to change its channel. The
point on the Louisiana shore of the river opposite*
that city is being gradually worn away, whilst a
sandbar is being formed near the Vicksburg shore,
and it is feared the river will ultimately break a
new channel and close up Vicksburg harbor altogether.
The press of that city are in serious alarm,
and advise that piles be driven and boat-loads of
stone sunk so as to prevent any further crevasse,
and force the river back to its old channel.
There is some talk in New York about a race
across the Atlantic between the City of Paris (Inman)
and the Cuba (Cunard). The latter is considered
the crack boat of the English line, while
the City of Paris claims to have made the quickest
western passage ever accompnsnea teignt aays
twenty-two ana a half hours.) Mr. Cunard is said
to have made a wager that the Cuba will arrive
out first Both wuaeofa sailed on Saturday; withiir
a few minutes of each other, amidst much excitement
on the part of their respective partisans on
the wharves.
In Paris, the "Hotel des Invalides" contains
Napoleon's veterans, and at present there are in it
about nine hundred and forty inmates who served
under Napoleon I. Of that number more than a
hundred and fifty have lost limbs, and a few ore
blind. One has lost both fore arms, and uses with
surprising dexterity a couple of hooks fastened to
his stumps. About sixty wear the military medal,
and nearlv two hundred are decorated with the
Cross of the Legion of Honor. There are thirty
inmates whose services date from the first republic.
One of them?a survivor of the crew of the
Scipion, blown up in 1793?has been in the hotel
since 1806. He lost both his legs on that occasion,
and has contrived to live without them seventyfive
years. He is now ninety-two, and still hale
and hearty.
The statement that Congress will take a recess
about the time of the Chicago Convention is
Dot credited by the Baltimore Sun. It says: "Senator
Sherman has solemnly warned the majority in
Congress that they dare not go before die people
vised some acceptable system in regard to the finances
and the public debts; and tne question of
internal taxation is one of scarcely less importance.
Then the fight on the tariff will be more bitter than
ever this year. Most of the large appropriation
bills are yet to be acted upon. From this it will
be readily seen that there is plenty before Congress
to keep it hard at work for three months to oome
without taking recesses to attend political conventions."
The Boston Post, the leading Democratic paper
of New England, is definitely out in favor of
the nomination of General Hancock for the Presidency.
It says that "he combines for the position
solid qualities of character and the propitious aids
of fortune in a striking degree.'' One of the General's
chief merits, in the eye of the Post, is its belief
that "he yrps the right arm of the Army of the
Potomac" inim last ana greatest campaign. His
policy in New Orleans, and his letter to the Governor
of Texas, settle the preferences of the Post
in his favor. The journal named is shrewd in political
forecast and circumspect in making its
"jumps." So far as the New England Democracy
are concerned, the nomination of its chief organ has
a good deal of significance. >
The Euphradian Society of the University
of South Carolina have unanimously expelled
Thomas J. Robertson and Franklin J. Moses, Jr.,
who, in the language of the resolutions, adopted
on the occasion, "have proven false to their own
race, unloosed every tie of honor, every golden
chord of virtue, and left the remaining fragments to
trail in the dust under foot, or stifiea in their
throats the smooth flow of eloquence by the repeated
utterance of base and subtle falsehoods, and
have, in all these respects, lowered their dignity
and station as true gentlemen of Carolina; and
whose names are no longer an ornament to, or a
jewel in, the honorary roll of this Society, but, as
it were, two black stains upon that otherwise unblemished
roll, as yet, of brothers true and faithful
to their vow."
YORKVILLE, S. C.:
THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 30,1868.
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RELIGIOUS SERVICES. .
' We are requested to state that under an order of
Bethel Presbytery, the ceremony of installation of
the Rev. Heniy R. Dickson, to the pastorate of the
Yorkville Presbyterian Church, will take place on
Saturday morning, May 2d. The Rev. S. L. Watson,
Rev. J. N. Craig, and Rev. W. W. Carothere
will assist in the exercises.
On Sunday following the celebration of the Lord's
Supper will take place, in which the members of
other christian denominations, are invited to participate.
SOUTHERN ELECTIONS.
North Carolina.?The latest advices indicate
that the Constitution in North Carolina has b^n
adopted by a small majority. The Legislature wilh
be about equally divided between the Conservatives
and Radicals. But one Conservative Congressman
has been elected?Hon. Nat Boyden.
Georgia.?The returns from Georgia are more
encouraging. Gen. John B. Gordon has, very
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proDaoiy, uetu eiecieu uruvemui, mm *uc wiow
tution defeated. The contest has been very close.
Louisiana.?The city of New Orleans 'aas gone
democratic by a small majority. The Constitution
has been adopted, and the Radicals control the
State.
THE DISTRICT NOMINATION.
The meeting on Tuesday last nominated for the
several District offices, a list of candidates who, in
point of character, ability, and fitness, are eminently
qualified for the duties they will have to
perform. Some of these nominees, are the present
incumbents of the offices which the people re-,
quest them to continue to fill. They were elected
to these offices a little more than a year since, for
the full term of four years, and must now either be
re-elected, or give place to inexperienced successors.
They have given, so far as we can learn, universal
satisfaction to the people of the District, by the
manner in which their duties have been discharged,
during the short time they have been in office.?
We hope the people will say that they shall continue
in office until their original time is filled.
The nominees for Commissioners and Coroner,
are men of unquestionable qualifications and suited
in every way for these positions. The office of
County Commissioners will be an important one,
as the incumbents are required to exercise the
taxing power. Let us resolve to elect the whole
ticket.
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CONSERVATIVE UNION CLUBS.
On Monday last, the citizens of Bethany met
and organized a Conservative Union Club, with
the following persons as officers:
President?William McGill.
Vice-Presidents?Myles Smith, E. Fewell.
Secretary?Dr. A. P. Campbell.
A similar Club was organized at Bethel on Sat
urday last, and the following persons selected as tue
officers:
President?A. A. McKenzie.
Vice-Presidents?J. C. Phillips, J. D. P. Currence,
and W. E. Campbell.
Secretaries?Dr. J. B. Hunter, J. L. Adams.
Treasurer?W. W. McElwee.
Harmony and interest characterized the meetings,
and a determination was manifested to work
earnestly in the disenthralment of the State from
Radical rule.
By an advertisement in to-day's paper it will be
observed that a meeting is to be held at Rock-Hill,
on Saturday next, for the purpose of organizing a
Club. Steps have been taken at Clay Hill with
the same view.
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DEMOCRATIC VICTORIES.
Although professing no great admiration for the
course pursued by the leaders of the Democratic party,
before and since the close of the war, we must
nevertheless feel that if any helping hand is ever
extended to us from beyond the Potomac, it must
be tendered by that party. We are cheered of late
by intelligence of fresh victories won by this party in
almost every Northern State. Last week the great
State of Michigan, styled by the party the back
bone of radicalism, voted for certain State officers,
and the result is a democratic gain to such an amount
as to give the party just hopes of a complete
victory in the next election. Chicago, the third
city in size in the Union, another radical stronghold,
and the place where the republican nominating
Convention sits in May, last week elected a
Democratic Mayor. New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Kentucky, Maiyland, New Jersey, Connecticut,
Maine and California, have all gone Demo-eratic
in the past twelve months. Add to these the
States about to be re-admitted, and that will eventually
be controlled by the Democrats, and we have
Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida,
Arkansas and Texas; and if the people will
exert themselves, South Carolina and Mississippi.
These States alone casting a solid vote for the Dem
ocratic presidential nominee, would be able to secure
his election, if we have estimated correctly the
aggregate number of votes they cast.
We believe, from the facts presented almost
every week, in these Northern election returns,
that if the Democratic party will put a suitable
man in nomination in July next, a man that can
unite the conservative elements North and South,
against whose past political course no cavil can
arise, and whose present views accord with the
principles of the party, that such a man can be
elected to the Presidency, if the party but exercise
a little more than its usual energy in the campaign.
We believe, further, that the Southern
States, or most of them, when relieved of the bayonet
rule, can and will carry the Democratic ticket
successfully.
There need be no occasion then for despair. In
every State election North, within the past twelve
months if we remember rightly, the Democratic
nominees, if not elected, have closed a vast amount
of distance formerly standing between them and
their radical opponents. Whatever help we receive
outside of our own efforts must come from
this party, and the promise of its speedy reception
is by no means groundless.
We mention these cheering facts, not that we
rely upon them, exclusively, but that we should
thereby be stimulated to exertion in our own behalf.
We are not .utterly helpless. The radical storm
has spent its fury upon us, and we have passed
the crisis. Henceforth we must work more energetically
for our disenthralment, than we ever did
for our independence. Our allies are strong, and
their strength is daily increasing. We can win our ;
own laurels of victory if we but try. Oar duty is
before us- -'Shall we remain idle or not ?
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/'" THE NOMINATING MEETING.
Under the call of the Conservative Union Club
of Yorkville, a public meeting of delegates and citzens
was held in the Court House, on Tuesday last,
the 28th instant, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for District offioers.
On motion, Dr. R. T. Allison was called to the
Chair, and J. H. Fayssoux and J. C. Chambers,
were appointed Secretaries. The Chairman stated
the object of the meeting, when,
On motion of John S. Bratton, Esq., the Chair
was authorized to appoint a Committee of fifteen
persons to make nominations for the offices of
Sheriff, Clerk of Common Pleas Court, Judge of
Probate, County Commissioners and Coroner.
The Chair then received the names of delegates
from the several election precincts; when delegations
from Boydton, Bethany, Bethel, Blairsville,
Clay Hill, Fort Mills, McConnellsville, Bock Hill,
Wylie'sStore and Yorkville, presented their names.
The Chairman then announced the follomng persons
as the Committee on nominations:
John S. Bratton, James McElwee, J. D. Currence,
William McGill, Dr. Jno. G. Black, Calvin
Whisonant, J. F. Workman, J. H. Faulkner, CoL
H 1 Wflf!n? T n Wifhp.rsnoon. R. A Black,
C. K. Williams, J. B. Whitesides, J. H. Adams,
Iredell Jones.
The Committee retired, and after a brief absence
reported the following nominations, whioh were
unanimously approved:
For Sheriff?R. H. Glenn.
Judge of Probate?F. C. Harris.
Clerk of Court?J. F. Wallace.
Coroner?J. Ed. Jefferys.
County Commissioners?B. F. brigq8, Calvin
Whisonant and Peter Garrison.
On motion, the following resolution was adopted;
Resolved, That the present nominating Committee
be requested to serve as such until the day of
election, in order to fill any vacancies that may occur
in the ticket nominated this dav, and to make
nominations for any further offices that may be provided
to be filled on the same day of election as officers
above nominated; and in such contingency
will call a general District meeting through the
Yorkville Enruirer, or otherwise, in order that
such addjtional nomination may be submitted to
said meeting for its action.
Vthe election in the state.
/ The Radicals have carried this State by an overwhelming
vote, as indicated in our la.it issue.
This is nothing more than was expected, aud so
palpable was the oertainty of this result, that but
little effort was made to prevent it in maty of the
Districts.
There are, however, certain crumbs of comfort
mixed with the chagrin of our humiliation that we
chronicle for the refreshment of our readers." In
the Districts of Horry, Lancaster, Spartanburg,
Oconee, (new) Pickens and Anderson, the Conservative
ticket has won the day. And this, too,
under the Congressional proscription of white men
not allowed to register. In Marion, the Conservatives
were heaten onlv thirteen votes : and in York
only about sixty. In bgth of these Districts, success
was within Teach of the Conservatives, and
their defeat was the result of their own negligence.
In several other Districts the vote was a close one.
The crumbs of comfort we would then offer to
the people^of the State are these: The results of
the election have shown us that should we be compelled,
for any length of time, to exist under this
monstrous iniquity in the shape of a government,
that we have it in our power to control the legislation
of the State, to cast the presidential vote, and
to do much towards ameliorating the asperities of
our present anomalous condition. The resalts convince
us that virtue, intelligence, and the prestige
of the white race, can be made to outweigh the
brutish ignorance that have, in this instance, carried
the "carpet-baggers" into power.
We are satisfied from the figures in this election,
so far as officially given, that if the white people
of the State but will it, and will at once effect an
efficient organization of their numbers, they can,
heroafter, control the State elections. J
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
In the House, on the 21st instant, Mr. Robinson
offered a resolution recalling the managers and
abandoning impeachment. The Speaker declared
that it was a question of privilege, but under the
ruling of the Speaker the majority of the House
could refuse to consider even a question of privilege.
The House refused to entertain the resolution
by a strict party vote.
The Postoffice Committee were directed to inquire
into the expediency of the government securing
the control of the telegraph lines. An amendment
to the Bankrupt Law, extending the
time to January, 1869, for such as cannot pay fifty
per cent., was passed and sent to the Senate.
In the Senate, on the 24th, just before adjournment,
the President's secretary arrived with a number
of messages. Immediately after the adjournment
an excited crowd gathered around, and the
messages were opened amid apparently intfense
anxiety, showing that the President's action is still
recorded as nf some moment
The President has withdrawn the nomination of
Ewing, and nominated General J. M. Schofield,
commander of the First Military District, as Secretary
of War, vice Stanton, to be removed. Gen.
Schofield'snomination canses various speculationsfirst,
that the olive bran^Jj is held out to the Conservative
senators; second, a compromise lietween
Johnson and Grant. But the affair is still a State
secret. Johnson appears not to have consulted
even the members of his Cabinet about the nomination.
MERE-MENTION.
The Appeal Court is now in session at Columbia.
On Wednesday ot last week, J. S. R. Thomson,
Esq., of Yorkville, was examined and admitted
to practice law in the Courts of this State.
A number of stalks of winter wheat grown
in Georgia, already headed, have been on exhibition
at the New York Produce Exchange. A patch
of wheat on one of the lots in Yorkville, his commenced
"heading." "The prisoners in the
Mississippi penitentiary are hired out to the planters
under sufficient guards. In this way room is
obtained for the fresh convicts. A movement
is on foot in Newberry District, to procure white
laborers from the North. In New York, the
Legislature has passed a bill empowering railroad
conductors to make arrests, and giving them the
authority of special policemen, the better to preserve
order on their railway trains. Chinese
coolies drown themselves at Havana at the rate of
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twenty a wee*. juie iur&, it//iw unuiks
that General Hancock would be the strongest candidate
the Democrats could nominate for the Presidency.
Libby prison has been sold at auction.
Lake Charaplain is still covered with
ice. The temperance men in England are agitating
the question of a law compelling all liquor
sold to be taken hofhe and shared fairly with the
family. ""At thefuneral of Father Taafe, which
recently took place in Lawrence, Mass., eight hundred
ladies wore black dresses and white veils to
their waists. The Natural Bridge of Virginia
is advertised for sale by public auction. A
sub-marine diver in Illinois estimates that he has
spent three years of his life under water. Mr.
Nicholson, of North Oxford, Massachusetts, killed
four hundred feet of black snakes in an old cellar
near his house recently.
Gilbert Pillsbury, a Northern "carpet-bagger,"
has been nominated as the Radical candidate for
Mayor of Charleston. The Conservatives are
floundering about without any method, and a half
dozen different persons are suggested for the position.
The result is easily predicted. Hon.
Chauncey Jerome, of New Haven, whose clocks
have made his name known world-wide, died on
Monday of last week, after a brief illness, in the
seventy-sixth year of his age. If Adam had
asked Eve for a kiss, could the latter, without
profanity, have replied, "I don't care, Adam, if
you do?' "The public buildings in Washing-1
ton city have cost over $150,000,000. ' The |
Ohio Legislature has passed a law which prohibit
any person from voting that has a visible admixture
of negro blood. Hon. W. C. Rives,
formerly United States Minister to France and
Senator from Virginia, died at Charlottesville, on
Saturday lMt'""""Qeq. D. E. Sicldes, delegate !
at large for New York," is named in many quarters
for the post of President of the Republican Chi- i
cago Convention. Colored Conservative Clubs, 1
composed of the more sensible and discerning freed- <
men, are organizing in Richland and other interior *
districts. "'General Sherman has been before
tho Congressional Committee on Indian Affairs to. i
impress them with the idea that it is both cheap- i
er and more humane to feed the Indians than to
fight them."""'"""The Philadelphia Press of the i
14th, is dressed in mourning, because Mr. John- 1
son became President on that day three yearn ago.
HEW ADVEBTlflEMEHTS.
T. M. Dobson <fc Co.?Tin-Ware.
44 " ' 44 ?Shoes. - ! '
44 44 44 ?Coffee and Sugar.; i
44 44 . 44 ?New Orleans Molasses. :
44 44 44 ?Stop Them. '. '' j
44 44 44 ?Molasses Gates. J
44 4 4 44 ?Cotton Cards. i
44 44 44 ? Brades' Crown Hoes.
" " ' ?Rifle Powder.
" ' ? ' ? -Indigo.
Thomson <fe Jefferya, Assignees?In Rankruptcy? /
In the Matter of A. F. McConnell. E. P.
Castles, A. E. Carroll, LawBon H. Caveny,'
Joseph N. Steele, Abner HAmbright, David
1 SL Russell.
i J. S. R. Thomson, "Assignee?In Bankruptcy? '
In the Matter of H. W. Wilson.
Public Meeting at Rock Hill.
W. B. Metts, Assignee?In Bankruptcy?In the
Matter of James B.. Steele.
EDITORIAL INKLINGS.
Radicalism in a Horry.
: According to the Charleston correspondent
of the Washington Chronicle, South Carolina is to
be re-constructed at an early day. He says:
"The Governor will be inaugurated on the 12th
of May, at which time the Legislature will assera- i
ble. Pursuant to the constitution, United States
Senators will be elected on the 16th of May. Dr.
A. G. Mackey, president-of the late Constitutional
Convention, will leave the city for Washington
on next Saturday, in order to deliver to the Pfesiden^df
the United States an engrossed copy of the
opiiatitution which has just been ratified."
' The South Carolina Railroad.
Several weeks ago, the South Carolina Railroad
determined to issue tickets for twenty-five
dollars, to cover one thousand miles of travel over
the above road. This has been done to induce 1
merchants and others to .give to Charleston that 1
trade which has tor various reasons, been turned
to other places. With reference to the scheme, i
the Mercury says: ( J
"Twenty-five dollars for a thousand miles is only
two-and-a-half cents a mile, instead of six cents; <
the usual charge for way passengers. By the use i
of this ticket, a merchant living a hundred miles ,
from Charleston, and who is in tho habit of coming
to Charleston five times a year, at an expense
for railroad fare of sixty dollars, could come twelve
times for . the same money. The importance of1
this saving need scarcely be explained to business i
men familiar with tlje advantage of a frequent re- i
newal of their stock."
The tickets can be procured in Columbia, at the
ticket office, or by addressing L. C. Hendricks,
Charleston.
Maj. Lee and the Penitentiary. i
The Military Commission, appointed by Gen. 1
Canby, to investigate charges preferred against
Maj. Lee, the Superintendant of the Penitentiary,
of harsh and cruel treatment of convicts, has concluded
its labors and rendered a decision. The
Commission aoquitted Maj. Lee of the charges,
and Capt. Caziarc, the Adjutant-General of Gen.
Canby, informs Maj. Lee of?the fact, after the
following fashion:
"Sib: I am instructed by the Major-General
Commanding to inform you that the Special Commission,
appointed^ Special Orders No. 60, [Pat. (
IV.,] of March 12, 1868, to examine into, ana report
upon, the charges of cruel and harsh treatment
of convicts, preferred against Thomas B. (
Lee, Superintendent of the Penitentiary of South
Carolina, has reported that the charges of cruel
and harsh treatment made against nim are unfounded,
and they regard the administration of
Thomas B. Lee, as Superintendent of the South
Carolina Penitentiary, as humane and efficient.
This finding has been approved by the Commanding
General, who directs that no further action
be taken upon the petition for your removal."
"Will the President be Convicted ?"
This is now the question of absorbing interest.
Speculation is rampant as the trial draws to
a close, and the friends of the accused and his op
ponents are each attempting to show that ne win
or will not be convicted, as their inclinations
prompt. The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Gazette furnishes the following on the ,
subject: ,
In view of the intense interest manifested over 1
the whole country to anticipate, as far as possible, <
the result of the impeachment trial, your corres- '
pondent has prepared an analysis of the votes of <
those ten senators upon whom it is conceded will '
depend the acquittal $>r conviction of President '
Jolinson. The following thirty-one senators are 1
regarded as open and avowed advocates qf convic- 1
tiou, regardless of their oaths, and without any '
reference to the law and the facts, viz: Cameron, 1
Cattell, Chandler, Cole, Conkling, Conness, Cra- 1
gin, Drake, Edmunds, Ferry, Frelinghuysen, Har- 1
Ian, Henderson, Howard, Howe, Morgan, Morrill, '
Jof Maine). Morrill (of Vermont), IVlorton, Nye, '
Patterson, (of New Hampshire), Poraeroy, Ram- <
sey. Stewart, Sumner, Thayer, Tipton, Wade, ?
Wilson, Williams and Yates. These thirty-one j
senatorial judges are regarded here as mere politi- i
cians and ready tools of party?that class of men
at which Stevens felt confident he would not shake '
his finger in vain, when he told them they dare
not oppose impeachment '
But there are within the ranks of the dominant 1
party in the Senate ten other senators who are re- 1
garded as statesmen as well as politicians, and 1
whose votes are by no means certain for conviction?senators
who are believed to be determined
to consult only their own consciences in arriving J
at a just conclusion upon the law and the facts !
submitted to the court The names of these ten !
senators are Anthcmy, Fessenden, Fowler, Grimes, 1
Ross, Sherman, Sprague, Trumbull, Van Winkle 1
and Willey. Any seven of these Republicans vo- !
ting with the twelve Democrats will defeat im- 1
peachment and secure the acquittal of Andrew j
Johnson. Henci it becomes interesting to ascer- 1
tain precisely how these ten senators have been
voting on all numerous propositions pro and con '
submitted to the court \
The correspondent of the Gazette, goes on and (
gives the following analysis of the votes of .the ,
"doubtful" Senators. The first column represents j
the number of times they have voted in favor of i
the President; and the second column the number <
of times against him. Here is the analysis:
Liberal. Radical. 1
Anthony 22 7 i
Fessenden.; 24 5 (
Fowler 27 3 .
Grimes 23 3
Ross 19 10
Sherman 17 13
Sprague 16 19 i
Trumbull 23 7
Van Winkle 25 5 _ .
Willey ' 17 11 (
The correspondent then remarks: tlIt is diffi- ,
cult to read the record of the ten Senators named, i
and conclude that the President is to be convicted.'' <
Not Generally Known.?Martin "Van Buren '
is the only man who held the office of President, *
Vice-President, Minister to England, Governor of i
his own State, and member of both Houses of *
Congress. Thomas H. Benton is the only man <
who held a seat in the United States Senate for <
thirty consecutive years. The only instance of 1
father and son in the United States Senate at the 1
same time, is that of Hon. Henry Dodge, Senator ?
from Wisconsin, and his son, Augustus C. Dodge, ?
Senator from Iowa. General James Shields is the
only man who ever represented two States in the
United States Senate. At one time he was Sena- s
tor from Illinois and subsequently from Minnesota, i
John. Quincy Adams held positions under the e
Government during every Administration from t
that of Washington to that of Polk, during which c
be died. He had been Minister to England, mem- i
ber.of both houses of Congress, Secretary of State f
and President of the United States. He died c
while a member of the House of Representatives. I
COLUMBIA CONTRIBUTORIAL
MY JA8. WOOD DAVIDSON.
COLUMBIA, SOUTH CABOLIBA, 27TH APBii* 1868.
Shirts. *
The style of fastening the shirt behind is being
ntroduced in New York. It leaves the bosom
ieater, and is economical both in buttons and pa:ience.
At the University.
Prof. Sachtleben, in deference to many requests,
repeated his Lecture on the First Part of Faust,
in the chapel of the University last Thursday night
We spoke of the merits of the performance upon
its hrst delivery..
Baltimore Leader.
,Southern Society which wc advised our readers
we considered the best literary weekly -published
in the South, has just been merged into the Baltimore
Leader. It maintains its list of contributors,
its high1 character of matter, and its free and
independent tone. The news department is enlarged
; the management a shade more political
cnan Dei ore; ana ine corresponueneo ih as spicy as
ever, and fuller. The price is six cents a number;
two dollars for six months; or three dollars a year.
The address is No. 20, South Street, Baltimore.?
It contains eight pages.
Keronine Explosions.
Pare Kerosine will not explode. That which
we buy and burn as Kerosine is sometimes explosive
through impurities. Even this impure article
will not explode if the lamp is carefully filled before
lighting and not suffered to burn too low.
There are two times of danger. One is upon lighting
a lamp not full of fluid; the other is upon moving
a lamp that has burned down low. In the former
case the lamp may explode at rest; in the latter it
will not explode unless moved about or put into
a current of air, which is the same thing. The
cause of this change in the contained gas is the admixture
with air which is let in either slowly during
the day or by means of moving the lamp or
the air about it.
The best, because the safest, time to fill lamps
is in the morning when they are cool, and there is
no fire about.
Fo? tho Yorkvllle Enquirer.
CLARK'S FORK CONSERVATIVE CLUB.
At a meeting of a portion of the citizens of
Clark's Fork, held at Allison's Store, on Saturday,
the 25th instant, S. (J. Brown, Esq., was called to
the Chair, and J. A. Hope requested to act as
Secretary, when the following preamble and resotion
was adopted:
Whereas the present condition of our political
affairs demands the hearty, cordial, and united action
and co-operation of every conservative citizen
of the District; and whereas the conservative people
of the town of Yorkville, and other portions of
the District have united themselves into organizations
for the nnrnose of carrvincr out the views
and principles of the Conservative' Union Party of
the United States; and whereas the members of
this meeting are desirous of assisting in the furtherance
of the principles of said party, therefore,
be it,
Resolved, That we do organize ourselves into a
society, to be known and designated as the "Conservative
Union Club of Clark's Fork."
On motion', a Committee was appointed to nominate
permanent officers of the Club, which resulted
in the nomination and election of the following
persons:
President?S. G. Brown.
Vice-President? Calvin Whisonant
Secretary?J. A. Hope.
Treasurer?J. L. Davies.
Corresponding Secretary?J. C. Chambers.
On motion, it was agreed that the Club meet
onoe each week.
On motion, the resolutions of the Conservative
Union Club, of Yorkville, in relation to the colored
people of the District, were adopted, as expressive
of the sense of the Club.
8. G. BROWN, Chairman.
J. A. Hope, Sea-etary.
# THE BANKRUPT LAW.
On Wednesday of last week, the House of Representatives
passed an amendment to the Bankrupt
law extending the time for the operation of the
fifty per cent clause, until the 1st of January,
1869. The following is the text of the Bill as sent
to the Senate:
A bill in amendment of an act entitled "An Act
to establish a uniform system of Bankruptcy
throughout the United States," approvedMarcn
2, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven.
Be it enacted, &c., That the provisions of the
to/tnnsl /On,ioa svP ftio fhirtv-third RAotinn nf snid
JViVUlIVl ViUUUV VI VMV ?"?? VJ ?> ? ? v.
act shall not apply to the cases of proceedings in
bankruptcy commenced prior to the first day of
January, eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, and the
time during which the operations of the provisions
of said clause is postponed shall be extended until
said first day of January, eighteen hundred and
sixty-nine. And said clause is hereby amended so
as to read as follows: In all proceedings iu bankruptcy
commenced after the first day of January,
eighteen hundred and sixty-nine, no discharge shall
be granted to a debtor whose assets shall not be
equal to fifty per centum of the claims proved aeainst
his estate upon which he shall be liable as
the principal debtor, unless the assent in writing
of a majority in number and value of his creditors
to whom he shall have become liable as principal
debtor, and who shall have proved their claims, be
Sled in the case at or before the time of the hearing
of the application for discharge.
Sec. 2. And be it further euacted, That said
ict be further amended as follows: The phrase
"presented or defended" in the fourteenth section
of said act shall read "prosecuted or defended
the phrase "nor resident debtors" in line five, section
twenty-two, of the act as printed in the Statutes
at Large, shall read: "norresidentcreditors
that the word "or" in the next to the last line of
the thirty-ninth section of the act shall read "and
that the phrase "section thirteen" in the fortysecond
section of said act shall read "section eleven,"
and the phrase "or spends any part thereof
in gaming" in the forty-fourth section of said act
ihiul read, "or shall spend any part thereof in gaming;"
and that the words "with the senior register
or" and the phrase "to be delivered to the
register," in the forty-soventh section of said act
be stricken out
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That registers
in bankruptcy shall have power to administer
eaths in all cases, and in relation to all matters in
which oaths may be administered by commissioners
of the Circuit Courts of the United States, and
roch commissioners may take proof of debts in
bankruptcy in all cases, subject to the revision of
such proofs by the register and by the Court, according
to the provisions of said act
Mr. Paine, of Wisconsin, also gave notice that
- " ' 1- i- I- _ <1 I
ill enort would soon De maae to mane me provisions
of the bill absolute for the discharge of debtirs,
no matter what proportion of their indebtedness
they may be able to pay.
A Story for the Impeachment Court.?The
LVew York Herald gives the impeachers the beneit
of the following case in point:
"There was a man before an Irish jmy on his
trial for murder. .It was a bull of a trial; for the
lefence produced in court, alive and well, the man
ivko was said to have been killed. But the trial
Event on, and the iury went out, and, not to be
launted by any such little fact as the presence alive
if the man who should have been dead, they
Drought the prisoner in guilty. "How's this?"
says the judge; "there has been no murder; the
nan is alive in court." "Wel^ your Honor," said
:he foreman, "the jury is convinced that the prismer
did not murder this man.; but lie is a dpngerius
person. I am sure he killed my gray mare,
ind we believe that hanging him is necessary to
;he peace of the country. That Irish jury is
litting in the chamber of the United States Sentte."
Affairs in Virginia.?Gen. Schofield has islued
an order stating that Congress having made
10 appropriation to defray the expenses of the elsction
in Virginia, for the ratification or rejection
if the constitution, the election will not take place
in the 2d of June, as provided by the Convention,
inless Congress should make an appropriation beore
that time. If the election does not tike place
in that day. Congress will doubtless substitute a
ater day, of which due notice will be given.
THE IMPEACHMENT THIAL. j
Washington, April 20.?The House proceeded 1
to the Court of Impeachment. The managers in- 1
troduced documentary evidence. Blodgett's in- '
dictmentwas offered. Butler offered Blodgett's '
answer. Evarts objected, aa Blodgeit was not on
trial here. Butler proceeded to state orally what 1
h( :ntended to prove?Chase ordered it reduced 1
to writing. Butler protested, Chase persisted, 1
and Butler is now writing. J
The Senate refused to admit Blodgett's papers. 1
Butler, appealing for Blodgett, said he had never 1
been able to get his case before the Senate. Jus- !
tice should be done him now. Blodgett was only
captain of a rebel militia company, and an unwil- 1
ling captain, Blodgett would swear. Blodgett was <
known in Augusta; he was ejected by his neigh- :
bora to make a constitution for' Georgia. He was
made Mayor of Augusta by Pope. Butler did not (
doubt that when Georgia was admitted, Blodgett 1
would take his seat here with the proudest or us. \
Butler then offered the nomination of -Sherman 1
and Thomas for the brevet general-ship, claiming J
that it was admissible under the tenth artiale. The <
Senate refused by a vote of fourteen to thirty-five. 1
Both parties announced the evidence closed,? A
Chase ordered the prosecution to proceed with the 1
argument Boutwell, not being ready, asked an !
adjournment to Tuesday. The defence asked until
Wednesday, in view of Stanberry's sickness.? 1
Jtfoutwell seconded the reauest, and alter hearing
and rejecting an appeal from Logan to print his
argument, the court adjourned to Wednesday.
Washington, April 21.?The pressure upon
uncommitted senators to induce them to convict
the President is tremendous, and comes from all
guarters. The apprehensions of the Peaident's
friends are increasing.
Washington, April 22.?In the High Court of
Impeachment this morning resolutions were passed
allowing unlimited speeches, oral and written, by
the managers and counsel for the defence. These
speeches will probably prolongthe trial ten days.
The gallery is crammed, and IJoutwell is about
commencing. ^
Later.?Curtis has announced that it is doubts
ful whether Stanberry will be able to take any further
part in the trial. Groesbeck will follow Boutwell.
When the Senate adjourned, Boutwell was on
the thirty-seoond page of his fifty-page speech. ...
The resolution adopted by the Senate this morning
provides that as many of the managers and
counsel for the President as desire to do so be permitted
to file arguments, or to address the Senate
orally.
Mr. Boutwell, in opening, said that the Chief
Magistrate of the principal republic of the world
was on trial, not for the purpose of punishment,
but for the safety of the State. The issue between
the President and the representatives were technical
and limited?namely, whether the former
had violated the constitution and the Iswb in removing
Stanton and appointing Thomas. H-.
maintained that the sovereignty rested with the
people who vested it in Congress: whereas the
executive and judiciary are denied all discretionare
or implied power. Congress can adapt the ady
ministration to the condition of the national lifeD?rtcn/lnnf
mnof erlminiofflN tllO lftV O*
TTUCI^ttO liiC JL ICOiUOlJV uuuou wminiuiyw*i vmv ?wn wj
he finds it, without questioning the legislative wiss
dom. The President can make no inquiry regarding
the constitutionality of the law, ana he can
neither plead nor prove good motives for nullifying
it The President having violated the law, the
Senate can enter into no inquiry as to its constitutionality.
He denied that the President desired
to bring the question before the courts. His real
object was to seize the offices of the government,
and by their influence to reconstruct the Union in
the interest of the rebellious States. No criminal
had ever been arraigned who offered a more unsatisfactory
excuse for his crime. Stanton's suspension
and Grant's appointment, was an acknowledgement
of the legality of the Tenure-of-offioe >
law, behind which the President could not go. The
subsequent effort to remove Stanton was unauthorized
by the Constitution and violative of the
the President's oath of office. This required a
verdict of guilty under the first article. The Cabinet
advice was no excuse. It was the advice of
servants to their masters. . '.
Boutwell then discussed the constitution and the
practice of removals, closing his argument with
the assertion that none of/he predecessors of Mr.
Johnson, from General Washington to Mr. Lincoln,
had ever claimed the power to remove a civil
officer during a session of the Senate, without its
consent. He also argued that the Tenure-of-office
act was constitutional, and covered Stanton's case.
He said the President seems to have been under
the influence of a criminal purpose to destroy Grant
as well as remove Stanton, ana attempted to carry
out his purpose by various and traitorous methods,
attempting to seduce Generals Thomas and Sherman.
There is no reason, he said, to suppose that
the present Secretary of the Treasury would not
yielu to any scheme Johnson might undertake.
He then reviewed the President's reconstruction
policy, and said: "The House has brought this
criminal to your bar upon the conviction that the
country was in peril, and with equal confidence in
his guilt, and it is in your disposition to administer
exact justice between him and the people of the
United States. His conviction is the triumph of
l A l, 3 _A l! T J. 4. A -
law, 01 oraer ana or jusuce. a uu uutj iwr u moment,
contemplate an acquittal. It is impossible.
Therefore, I ao not look beyond. But, senators,
tbe people of America will never permit an usurping
executive to break down the securities for liberty
provided by the constitution. The cause of
the country is in your hands. Your verdict of
'guilty' is peace to our beloved land."
Washington, April 23.?The high Court reassembled
at eleven A. M., and Mr. Boutwell concluded
his speech. Thomas A. R. Nelson, of
counsel for the President, then made an extempore
argument. He alluded to the magnitude of the
occasion, and feared a lack of ability on his part
properly to treat it. The managers charged Johnson
with an evil nature and wickedness, have characterized
him as even-thing, from a political criminal
to a common sooi... Nelson gave the President's
biography in refutation of these aspersions.
He felt that he was not addressing senators as
politicians, but as judges who would rise ^bovc
prejudice or party, and was confident that outside
pressure would be indignantly repelled. If he believed
conviction a foregone conclusion, humble as
he was, he would scorn to address them. Nelson
cited the resolutions offered by the President and
adopted by Congress immediately after the Bull 1
Run disaster, declaring the purposes of the war,
which ordinance was still unrepealed. To these 1
resolutions Johnson was faithful. Lincoln's policy 1
after Lee's surrender was based upon those resolu- !
tions, which Johnson had faithfully carried out
Congress claimed power in the reconstruction acts :
by implication. The President had a right to his 1
own opinion, and honesty and integrity of motive
must be presumed in such a case. Nelsonclaimed
that Congress had justified the President'spolicy
in the primary recognition of Virginia. He also
argued the judicial character of the Senate, and de- :
nounced the claims of the managers that the Senate
was a law unto itself and could convict on com- *
mon fame, as dangerous to the country. In closing,
he denounced, as grossly improper, the managers'
cry that the people demanded conviction, and
that the public pulse beat fitfully while it was delayed.
The court then adjourned. 1
Washington, April 24.?The court meets here- '
after at noon. Mr. Edmunds moved that the sen- 1
atorial speeches on the final vote be published by i
the official reporters. Sumner objected and the '
motion goes over. Mr. Nelson resumed his argu- <
ment, and continued throughout the day. lie
kept the senators and galleries interested through- j
out, the attention becoming closer as the argument
neared its end. His points were well made, 1
and in some cases were startling. Mr. Groesbeck 1
speaks to-morrow. The end will not be reached i
in less than two weeks.
A pointed part of Nelson's argument implicates 1
four of the managers in an affair which interrupted 1
the relations between the President and Judge 1
Black. 1
Washington, April 25.?In the Impeachment 1
Court, Sumner proposed two additional rules? 1
first, that Chase shall ask each Senator "How do 1
you vote?" and he shall reply, "Guilty" or "Not 1
I Guilty;" and second, that upon conviction it shall <
be the duty of the presiding officer to order the
convict's removal forthwith. Objection was raised,
and the matter goes over to Monday. !
Mr. Groesbeck then opened his argument for <
the defence. He held that the body he was ad- <
dressing was a court, arguing from the constitution, 1
which permitted neither bills of attainder nor irre- <
sponsible tribunals, especially such as were laws <
unto themselves. Lincoln's plain violation of the ]
constitution "had been ratified by Congress because i
his motives were good. He then proceeded to ar- i
gue that the first and eighth articles rested on i
whether the President haa a right to remove Stan- I
ton and give Thomas an ad interim appointment i
He argued that he had. Had Lincoln lived, and I
had the Tenure-of-Office bill been passed in oppo- i
sition to Lincoln, Lincoln, under its provisions, I
during his second term, could have legally removed I
a Cabinet officer appointed by himseaduring his <
first term, and that Stanton had infinitely less 1
claim to the tenure under Mr. Johnson's term. i
Mr. Groesbeck was suffering from bronchitis; i
ui adjournment was proposed, but Mr. Groesbeck
feared a few day's delay would not help him, and
isked to be allowed to proceed, though the circumstance
oopapelled him to make important omissions
to hie-argument : >.*
The President, having consulted advisors indicated
by the constitution, was guiltless of crime. It
was comparatively useless to urge the unconstitutionality
of the act with thoeewho framed it, but ,
minting its constitutionality, be denied the President's
criminality. The President's oath of office
required him to maintain the Constitution. Minor
ameers swore only to support it Answering Mr.
BontweH; that ther President was bound to execute
ill laws, Mr.. Groesbeck inquired about the Preaiieut'$4uiywben
JheJ&jpreme ?porthad declared
i law unconstitutional
Groesbeck asked whether therPresidentwas to be
aonvicted and deposed because he had acted on
the interpretation saoctioped bkhu, constitutional
idvisers, "by the thirty-eighth Congress, by the
Supreme Court, and the uniform- practice of the
government The evidence showed the President
acted in the public interest iir removing Stanton.
Groesbeck contended that the President's acquiescence
in the Tenore-of-offioe bill as long as possible,
was a point in the President's favor. As
Groesbeck proceeded be# recovered his voice and
held the floor and galleries spefl-bound. Concluding,
be expressed his confidence on the final result,
and characterized the precedents of convictions referred
to by the managers as rather beacon lights
of warning than examples for guidance. In conclusion,
he propcrunoed a glowing eulogism upon
Johnson4 s life, character and services.
WAsmmwi un nuauna.
"Leo," the Washington correspondent of the
Charleston Courier, furnishes the following Batch
of rumors and speculations-in regard to things in
Washington, present and prospective. He writes
under date of the 20th instant: , , .
President Johnson's administration will close and
Senator Wade's commence on the 1st of May, according
'to present appearances. Nothing but
some interposition, little short of miraculous, can
prevent it. The speeches of the counsel, commencing
to-morrow, ww be closed next Monday, the
27tn.. Three days for the discussion of the senate
in secret session, the speeches limited to fifteen
minutes, will bring thrbody to a vote on the Articles
of Impeachment If any of the eleven articles
be sustained, it will have the same eff&ct as if
all were sustained. The first eight articles mean
the same thing, and according to the brief and
compact argument of Mr. Manager Wilson, the
Court cannot look Beyond the fact proved, that the
President, with whatever intend assumed to violate
the Tenure-of-Office law.,'
This sudden political revelation creates very little
public excitement AIT parties are looking beyond
the impeachment and its results, to the pending
Presidential election. The struggle between
the Conservatives on one side, and the Radicals
on the other, will develop all the energy and capacity
possessed by party politicians. Upon some of
the great questions, such as finance and the tariff,.
the parties are so mixed that they present no distinct
issue. The question of negro supremacy in
the Government is the vital issue of the contest.
General Grant, if he -should be olected, -will, it is
supposed, conform Impolicy to that whichmay be
manifested by the elections of members of the
House of Representatives. But the Radicals will,
at any rate, keep the Senate for some time, and it
is their boast, that their laws imposing negro suffrage
upon the Sooth cannot be repealed for five or
six years to come. . - *1 '
One resnlt of Mr. Wade's accession to the Presidency,
will be the immediate passage by Congress, ;
of more Reconstruction Acts of the most stringent
and oppressive character, and also of the SumnerStevens
Bills, forcing negro suffrage .upon all the
States. The condition of the unreconstructed
States will be the chief subject ofauariety under
the new Administration. The "Radicals have
pledged themselves through the cotlntiy, that all%
disorders in the South shall cease and industry and
prosperity be restored South and North, as soon as
President Johnson shall be removed. If they cannot
fulfil their engagement, theyyrill have to answer
for it to the people, at the polls in November.
The great desire or the party' now is that the
Southern States shall accept Radical Constitutions
and be iepresented in the Radical interest in due
time, to-take part in the next Presidential election.
How far they are to lip uglified in, this, is very
doubtful. Georgia. Virginia and North Carolina,
aiid several other States will, perhaps, reject the
Constitutions framed by their respective Conventions.
". # '
The Constitution framed for Virginia, is believed
to be utterly impracticable. The State Government
cannot be carried on under its provisions.?
The required iron-clad oath will secluae competent
men from State, and municipal office, in eveiy district
and county in the State.
Some of the evils, naturally resulting from an
election by the Senate of one of its own members,
as acting President, begin to manifest themselves.
Bargaining and intrigue for office, are alreac(y actively
employed. The Radical Senators, who
make Mr. Wade acting President, will control him.
They can direct all the appointments, and of coarse
dictate to him his line of action on every subject
If he offend a majority of the Senate they can elect
another President pro tern, in his place, whereupon
Mr. Wade will resume his seat as a Senator
from Ohio, and his successor as President pro tem.
of the Senate, will succeed him as acting President
of the United States. _ ^ .'..
"BEHIND THE SCENES."
This (says the Washington Express, of the 17th
instant) is the title of a book by "Mrs. Keckley,
for thirty years a slave, bat more recently modiste
and friend to Mrs. Lincoln," which will shortly be
published. It is pretty liberally interspersed with
miscellaneous scan. maa.t and will be a rich morsel
for scandal-mongers. We are treated with displays
of feminine jealousy on the part of Mrs. Lincoln,
and of the moral and religious character of her
husband. Mrs. L's opinions of generals and
statesmen are given. She Bays of Chief Justice
Chase, then Secretary of the Treasury, in conversation
with her husband, that "he is anything for
Chase. If he thought he could make anything by
it, he would betray you to-morrow." Of Mr.
Seward: "It makes me mad to see you sit still and
let that hypocrite Seward twine you around his finger
as if you were a skein of thread." Gen. MeClellan
she pronounces to be "a humbug." Gen.
Grant even is not exempt from the withering criticism
of this worthy lady. "Yes, he generally
manages to claim a victory, but such a victory! (
He loses two men to the enemy's one. He has no
management, no regard for life. If the war should
continue four years longer, and he should remain
in power, he would depopulate the North. I could
fignfc an army as well myself. According to his
tactics there is nothing under the heavens to do
but to march a new line of men up in front of the
rebel breastworks, to be shot down as fast as they
take their position, and to keep marching until the
enemy grows tired of the slaughter. Grant, I repeat,
is an obstinate fool and a butcher." She further
adds that "should Grant ever be elected President
of the United States she would desire to
leave the country, and remain absent during his
term of office." So the General will have, at all events,
one most decided opponent in bi$ Presidential
schemes. Mrs. Keckley, further on, tells us
of her mistress that "search the world over, and
pou will not find her counterpart" On Mrs. Lincoln's
departure from the White House, subsequent
to the death of her husband, Mrs. Keckley
Informs us that lady "owed different store bills amounting
to $70,000," and that "Mr. Lincoln
knew nothing of these bills, and the only happy
feature of his assassination was that he died in ignorance
of them." This secret is disclosed in regard
to Mrs. Lincoln's debts "in order to explain
why she should subsequently have labored under
pecuniary embarrassments." We are also told the
well-worn story of Mrs. Lincoln's "old clothes"
experiences, with the addition of many private
facts connected with that delectable adventure;
while, in an appendix, a series of letters from the
widow of the deceased President, purely private
rnd unhesitatingly confidential, are published to
prove the authenticity of what has been said in
the preceding chapters.
Thad. Stevens and the Masons.?Thad.
Steven's schemes and efforts have not always proved
successful. A story is told of his experience in
:he Pennsylvania Legislature, many years ago,
when the anti-Masonic fever raged throughout the
wuntry. Mr. Stevens had introduced a resolution
if inquiry into the subject of Masonry, which was
passea by the House and a Committee appointed
with power to send for persons and papers. A
lumber of well-known Masons were summoned to
ittend the "High Court" then in session, and a
borough investigation was to be had in the premses.
The fearful rights and ceremonials were to
ie laid bare to the world, and the black monster,
Masonry, was to receive its death blow. Thad. ~ %
Stevens was the St George who was to annihilate
die fiery dragon. On the day appointed for the - commencement
of the trial, evexy member was in
lis seat The first and only witness examined was
i well-known Master of a Masonic Lodge, who was
nterrogated aefbltows; "What are the initial pro^