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BY JAMES A. HOYT.
ANDERSON C. H., S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1866.
VOLUME 1.-NUMBER 47.
Tlie Intelligencer
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The President's Report.
To the Stockholders of the Greenville and
Columbia Railroad Company :
The Presidont and Directors submit the
following report for the year 1865 :
The year under review was an event?
ful one. First, came the freshet on the
10th of January, which washed up and
rendered unfit for the passage of the
trains about forty miles of your road.
Of this disaster you have a minute and
special account in the annual report of
last year. Seeond, came the invasion of
the State by the Federal army under
General Sherman, and with it the de?
struction of your valuable depots and
?ffice edifice at Columbia, of about twelve
miles of your read, including five bridges,
and of many engines, cars, depots and
freights; all of which is more particular?
ly set forth in the report of the General
Superintendent, herewith submitted, to
which your attention is called. Third,
came the surrender of the armies under
Generals Lee and Johnston, and tho fall
of the Confederate Government, which
swept away tho currency, your invest?
ments, and nearly all of your assets, and
involved our country in almost universal
bankruptcy. And last, then followed the
military rule of the United States author?
ities, with the seizures of property, tfce
depredations attendant upon want and
lawlessness, and tho general confusion
which pervaded the land. For five years
your road and its appurtenances had been,
for tho most exhausting services, subject
to the requisitions of Government offi?
cers and agents. In compensation for
these services, prisr t? May last, thero
stand the bonds, notes and liabilities of. a
fallen Government. For the vtransporla
tion of numerous bodies of troops, that
subsequently passed over your road, which
constituted part of the great line of travel
through the State, after the destruction
of the South Carolina Railroad, the Fed?
eral Government is justly liable; but so
irregularly were those troops thrown
upon your road, that, in the absence of
quartermasters and instructions, it was
impossible to obtain the vouchers which
are necessary to satisfy the strict require?
ments of the auditing officers at Wash?
ington. "What .remained of your track,
rolling stock and machinery at the end of
the war was s eriously damaged, and the
means of repairing were small; yet, be?
sides bringing other heavy loss to your
Company, they impaired the efficiency of
your Board by injuriously affecting its
reputation for good managemedt; for
: with those who will not scrutinize causes,
. success is tho only test of merit.
It was believed that the true policy of
the Company was to pay its debts as ear?
ly as possible, and to cany out this view
tho surplus income had been husbanded,
and .not paid out in dividends. At the
beginning of the year, the Company was
froo from debt, except the bonds, and had
what-was supposed to bo available assets,
- auiCiUiting to at least a million dollars.
Prosperity, such as we had not previous?
ly enjoyed, seemed to be ours; but very
soon we were made to endure severe dis?
appointment. For a time after the fall
of the Confederate Government, the en?
ergies of the people in every branch of
business were paralyzed. All of our
property at Columbia having been de?
stroyed, and the road below Pomaria bc
' ing in ruins, :"t was, after a short reflec?
tion; determined to remove the offices of
the Company to dewberry. A suitable
house and lot was there purchased, and
the General Superintendent and Auditor
and Treasurer there opened their offices.
The Company had only about S500, which
was in gold, realized from the sale, just
previously made, of its interest in the
Liverpool and Charleston Steam Packet
Company, which it was proposed, before
ths war, should be established, in which
we had taken some stock, but which fell
through. Tlie only other available assets
was a lot of about one hundred and sixty
bales of cotton, which had been saved.
In this ruined, prostrate condition, the
inquiry was, what can be done ? A meet?
ing was called, to take place at Newber
ry, but all mail arrangements and com?
munication having been interrupted, no?
tice" reached but few of the Diroctors.
^ Such of them as could, attended, but we
failed to have a quorum. A consultation
was had, and wc determined to keep the
organization together, and to work the
road to the extent of its running capaci?
ty; and also to commence repairs, and as
the means could bo obtained, to push them
on. so as in the end to rebuild tho road.
A successful accomplishment of this end,
so desirable, at that time, to most of us,
seomed impossible.
There being but few engines and cars
fit for uso, at first only one train a day
was run?up to Greenville and down to
Newberry, on alternate days, (the train
on the Abbeville Branch running in con?
nection.) The running was extended to
Alston as soon as the road was repaired
to that place, and soon afterwards daily
trains were run between these points and
Greenville. But owing to the want of
connections with other railroads, and the
ruined condition of Columbia, rather ro
pelling than inviting business or visitors,
our business for the first two months was
very small, amounting to ?2,992.56 for
May, and 84,196.54 for June?97,189.10.
The lack of money in the country con?
strained us to do much business without
pay. Tho subsequent months show an
increase down to December, and that
month exhibits a falling off. The whole
income from May 1 to the end of tho
year amounted to $82,890.49. With this
income, with a small amount received
from cotton sold, the road was worked
during that time, the rolling stock some?
what repaired, and the whole road put
into running order, except the gap from
Broad River^to Littleton.
The rebuilding of tho road from Frost's
Mill upwards was commenced in Septem?
ber, and early in January, all the iron wo
had was laid down. Additional iron for
about eight miles was still heeded. Our
road and each of its detached portions
was completely isolated. Cut off from
all connection by railroad with the sea
coast and every city, besides tho remnant
of Columbia, tho practicability of bring?
ing up our iron by water was considered
by the.President. The oxpenses of haul?
ing iron from Granby or any other point
to our road in Columbia would have been
insupportable, even if by boats or light?
ers Granby could havo been reached from
Charleston by water. "Wagoning along
our track in the valley of Broad River
was not practicable, even if permitted by
the land owners. No course was left but
to await the completion of the South Car?
olina Railroad to Columbia, and then to
use the small quantity of rolling stock
which was fortunately saved on our road
near Columbia in transporting material
as the work progressed. The two en
fines which we had near Columbia were |
adly crippled. Men were sent down to
overhaul and repair them. A foreman
was put upon the road-side, and tho work
of repairs done under many embarrass?
ments. Anticipating tho need of iron,
the President, in November, went to the
North, and by earnest efforts succeeded
in purchasing six hundred tons of new
rails, with chairs and spikes sufficient to
rebuild tho gap in tho road. Most of this
material was laid down in Charleston ear?
ly in January. The South Carolina Rail?
road was completed to Columbia thel7th
of January, but such was the press of
business upon the insufficient rolling stock
on that road that wo received no iron
from it until in February; and since that
time the necessary division of accommo?
dation between our road and the Char?
lotte and South Carolina Railroad has so
limited the delivery to us, that tho force
which we have had employed in laying
the track has easih' kept up with the sup?
ply ot iron. If all tho material we had
in Charleston could havo been transpor?
ted to Columbia as it was needed, the
gap ir our road would have been closed
in March. "Wo hope and believe that
that result will be attained by tho 5th of
May. In March, a strong force was put
to getting out the timber for the bridge
at Alston, under the immediate direction
of Mr. Burns. The progress made in this
work is satisfactory.
Tho various interests of the Company
have been cared for and specially guard?
ed. The officers, under the difficulties
which they have had to encounter, and
with the small means at their command,
have dono tho best that could be done.
The Directors, with commcndablo lib?
erality, recently gave their individual
credit, to the amount ot S30.000, in aid
of the Company in its work of recon?
struction. Without this assistance, it is
believed that tho work could hardly have
been carried on at all; certainly it could
not have advanced so rapidly as it has
done. Tho closing of the gap will pro?
duce such increase of facilities that carry
in the summer the crossing of tho river
by trains may be expected.
Having, in tho annual report made last
year, brought to your attention the
scheme, then under consideration of the
Board, for changing tho route of your
road from Frog Level to Columbia, so as
to avoid entirely the valley of Broad
.River, upon -which, owing, as it is believ?
ed, to the confusion of the times, you
failed to make any expression of opinion,
the subject is again brought to your at
tion. Experience has taught us that the
present location is not safe. The expen?
ses of rebuilding tho road after two great
freshets, of 1852 and 1865, and the heavy
expenses of the maintenance of the
way in the valley every year, should
be sufficient to convince the most
most skeptical of the importance of ma?
king the change. They have consumed
a large portion of the income, and it is
bolieved will continue to do so until the
change is made. To enable you to act as
you may desire, the charter has been
amended by the Legislature; and in or?
der to furnish you with information upon
the subject, your Board has had a survey
of the new line made. Captain Haydori,
who was employed for that purpose, has
made the survey, and submitted his re?
port, which is herewith communicated to
you. From it you will learn that the
now line is not only practicable but very
favorable. In addition to its entire ex?
emption from floods, it possesses many
other advantages, and is six miles and a
quarter shorter than the old one. In our
judgment the interests of the Company
demand that it should bo adopted and
put into operation as soon as practicable.
Captain Hay don has bestowed much time
and science upon the subject, and it is
hoped that his labors may result in tho |
advancement of the permanent interests
of the Company.
At the commencement of the war the
Company owed a floating debt of not
less than ?300.000. Tins was all paid off
before its close;
Such has been the condition of onr
banks, and other moneyed interests, since
tho fall of the Confederate Government,
that we havo been compelled, in working
and rebuilding the road, to rely upon the
resources of the Company. We could
not borrow money if wc would, and Jienco
we created but little debt. At the close
of this fiscal year the bills payable or
notes due amounted to only about $14,000.
The debt for current expenses wae very
small. Of the bills payable, nearly half
the amount was for the house and lot at
Newberry, purchased for the offices,
which still belong to the Company, and
may now be sold without detriment, be?
ing worth nearly what it cost. The bal?
ance of the bills payable has since been
paid off. The only indebtedness likely
to embarrass the Company is the bond
debt. Until the fall of the Confederate
Government, for twelve years preceding,
the Company had paid the coupons as
they wero presented; and during the lat?
ter years of the war it had on deposit in
bank money to pay not only the coupons,
but the bonds as they fell due. The fol?
lowing is a statement of the bond debt:
The Company at various times has is?
sued bonds to the amount of $1,500,000.
To secure the payment of the first $800,
000, it executed a mortgage dated 18th
day of January, 1854. "Subsequently,
aoout December, 1860, as the bonds se?
cured by the mortgage approached matu?
rity, application was made to the State
asking her to lend her credit to the Com?
pany in the arrangement of its debt.
The application was granted, and the
Legislature, by Act ratified the 28th of
January, 1861, directed the guaranty of
the bonds of" the Company to the amount
of $900,000, for the purpose of enabling
it to fund its floating debt, and raise
funds to take up its mortgaged bonds, se?
curing to the State at the same time a
statuary mortgage to cover her liability.
These are the only liens upon the road,
and they amount to $9,000,000. Of the
mortgaged bonds, $800,000, there have
been retiiedand cancelled $446,000; leav?
ing still outstanding $354,000. To ena?
ble the Company to retire these, the
Treasurer has in hand of guaranteed
bonds $104,000 ; and under the Act of |
the Legislature we are entitled to a fur?
ther guaranty of $200,000 ?$304,000 ;
leaving inprovided for of the mortgaged
bonds $50,000. To this amount bonds
have been disposed of to meet these
bonds, and the proceeds were lost in the
general wreck. Of the bonds outside
the mortgage, $600,000, there fell due Ju?
ly 1; 1865, $350,000. The balance will
fall due July 1,1868, $250,000?$600,000.
For these bonds there is no lion on the
road. The bondholders, doubting the
currency during the war, neglected or re?
fused to present their bonds and coupons
for payment, and now there are outstand?
ing and duo coupons to the amount of ?
$264,092.50, all of which would have been
paid if presented, and so much saved to
the Company.
recapitulation :?bonds and coupons
due and unprovided for.
Bonds mortgaged, $50,000 00
Bonds due in 1865, 350,000 00
$400,000 09
Coupons due, 264,092 50
$664,092 50
Interest due on bonds past
duo, having no coupons
attached, about, 67,000 00
$731,092 50
This constitutes the pressing ocbt,
which has to bo provided for. All other
indebtedness can easily bo managed with
the income of the Company.
As the Company is unablo at this time
to pa}r tho bonds and coupons past due,
some settlement, upon fair and just prin?
ciples, should, without delay, be tender?
ed to the creditors who hold thom. Al?
though the Company has been greatly
damaged in its finances by the results of |
the war, it is believed that by prudent
management, and some indulgence from
creditors, it will yet wTork out of its trou?
bles, and go on in its course of usefulness.
The reports of the General Superinten?
dent, tho Auditor and Troasurcr and Mas?
ter Machinist are herewith submitted,
which will give more particular informa?
tion in reference to tho matters within
their rospectivc departments. The Gen?
eral Superintendent, except for about two
months' prostration from an attack of ty?
phoid fever, brought on by exposure and
excitement in your behalf, under the try?
ing circumstances of May and June last,
has been attentive, industrieus and ener?
getic in pushing forward) all the inter?
ests of the Company. Tho other officers
have been faithful'to their duties, and
have rendered valuable service.
All of which is respectfully sudmitted.
THOS. C. PFRRLN, President.
Abbeville, April 24,1866.
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A Case of Charity.?General Butler,
in his speech before the Legislature at
Hairisburg, uttered tin's declaration :
"Wo had conquered the South?con?
quered of all their rights, except one?the
right to be hanged. lie had impoverish?
ed himself, and shod the blood of a broth?
er and son in defense of the great princi?
ples for which they had fought, and he,
for one, would never yield, unless some of j
the leaders in the rebellion were hung."
Here is a case for charity?a hero "im?
poverished" in the service of his country.
Persons desirous of assisting the indig?
nant imp to make a fresh start in tho
world can send contributions to this of?
fice. It is rumored that the ladies of I
Now Orleans are about to hold a fair in
the aid of the good work.?Philadelphia
Age.
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? It is said that hog's lard is the best
thing to give hens to make them lay.
Mix it with their feed?a piece as large as
a walnut will set a hen to laying imme
diatel)r after she has been broken up from
her setting?and thus hens lay through?
out the whole winter.
Tiie Test of Honor.?When that "bill
of abominations," the tariff of 1828, "was
under discussion in the United States
Senate, John C. Calnoun was supposed to
have the casting vote. This tariff was
the first of many subsequent aggressions
which enriched the North to the detri?
ment of the South?engendered by greed
and political intrigue. Mr. Calhoun's op?
position to the bill was well understood,
and as he was then on the ticket with
Jackson as vice-president, it was known
that his fataf arbitrament of a popular
measure would insure the defeat of the
Democratic ticket. TJunder these cir?
cumstances he was approached by some
of his party and advised to avoid the
difficulty by leaving his chair when the
vote should be taken. But as nothing
mean ever came near tho head or heart
ofthat peerless man, so even the shadow
of disingenuousness failed to touch him.
He was at that moment the king-maker.
By remaining on the ticket with Jackson
and voting for the bill his election was
secure; by still remaining on the ticket
and voting against the bill the defeat of
Jackson and the Democratic party was
assured. The friends of Jaekson implor?
ed him by every motive of selfish expedi?
ency to evade the responsibility by par?
liamentary subterfuge. He was inexora?
ble to every appeal. To sacrifice his
Jolitical aspirations by retiring from the
ackson ticket was his determination?to
sacrifice his conscience by a paltry dodge
impossible. Behold tho temptation, a
certain vice-presidency and almost certain
chief magistracy?all for a little compro?
mise with duty. Tho unsullied soul of
tho great Carolinian could not even hesi?
tate in the choice. All tho world and all
the glory of it wore as nothing to honor;
ho flung them away and stood up as God
made him-?an incorruptible patriot, and
heaven born statesman. "Sir," said ho
afterward in his speech on the "Force Bill,
"I was amazed at the folly and infatua?
tion of that period. So completely was
Congress absorbed in tho game of ambi?
tion and avarice?from the double im?
pulse of manufacturers and politicians?
that none but a few appeared to antici?
pate the present crisis, at which all are
now alarmed, but which is the inevitable
result of what was then done. As to my?
self, I clearly foresaw what has since fol?
lowed. The road of ambition lay open
before me?I had but to follow the cor?
rupt tendency of tho times?but I chose
to tread Lho rugged path of duty."
Contrast this man with the senatorial
radicals of our era. Where does ho stand
and where are they? Who live in igno?
miny ??who reposes on the bed of honor?
?Augusta Constitutionalist'
?
The Angel in the Block.?It is rela?
ted of Michael Angelo, that while -walk?
ing with some friends through an obscure
street in tho city of Florence, he discov
ed a fine block of marblo, lying neglected
in a yard, and half in dirt and rubbish.
Regardless of his holiday attire, ho at
once fell to work upon it, clearing away
its filth, and striving to lift it from tho
slime and miro in which it lay.
His companions asked him, in astonish?
ment what bo was doing, and what he
wanted of that worthless piece of rock ?
"Oh, there's an angel in this stone," was
the answer, "and I must get it out."
He had it removed to his studio, and,
with pationt toil, with mallet and chisel,
he let the angel out. What to others was
but a rude, unsightly stone, to his educa?
ted eye was a buried glory of art, and he
discovered at a glance what might be
made of it. A mason would havo put it
into a stone wall?a cartman would have
used it in filling in, or to grade the streets,
but he transformed it into a creation of
genius, and gave it a value for ages to
como.
And so it is with time. Some seo it
only as rubbish to bo disposod of. Others
know no use for it but to fill up gaps of
toil or pleasure; but the trained eye of
the devout student of Providence, sees in
it the sleeping or buried angel, and knows
that if, by tho grace of God, ho handles
it right, he can bring that angel out. He
can carve it into the forms of angelic ser?
vice?he can shape it into a lifo of holy
devotion, till, like that which Theodore
Parker admired in tho missionary Jud
son, it is worth jnore than "a temple like
the Parthenon."
Without religion it is almost inevitable
that one should be constrained to ex?
claim at last, like one of the great Mar?
shal's of France, "My life has been a
failure." But with it, time will bo trans?
muted from tho rough block into the glo?
rious statue, or rather the living form.
Consecrated aims will make it at once
useful and blessed?a patch of light, but
a pathway, too, to angelic glories in a
higher sphero.?Frankfort Commonwealth.
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?; A lover once wrote to a lady who
had 'rejected him, saying that he intended
to "retire- to. some secluded spot, and
breathe away his life in sighs!" to which
the lady replied inquiring whether thoy
were to be medium or large size. The
man has not since been heard from.
? "Why does a razor cut better for
being dipped in hot water?" The edges
of all tools instead of being perfectly
smooth, are really toothed like a saw, and
when the razor is dipped in hot water it
causes these little teeth to expand, thus
rendering the distance between them
smaller, and consequently giving the ra?
zor a smoother edge.
? The Methodist General Conference
have elected four new Bishops. The fol?
lowing are the names of the gentlemen
thus honored: Rev. Dr. "W. M. Wight
man, of Georgia; Rev. D. McCheine, of
Louisiana; Rev. David S. Doggett, D. D.,
of "Virginia; Rev. Dr. Marvin, of Mis?
souri. These aro all eminently pious and
learned men. The choice was nearly
unanimous.
The Schoolmaster 's in That Bed.?
The following is one of many incidents
that befell a "boarding round school?
master
I had been teaching in Lewis county,
in this State, and this term was boarding
round. One evening, after school, one of
my scholars stepped up to me and said :
"Mr. Jones, father said you would, come
home with me."
"Very well," I replied, and forthwith
sot out for my prtron's house, which was
distant some two miles. Now, be it
known, James McHarry?for such was
his name?had two daughters, the pride
and envy of the whole community. I
had heard much about them that I was
anxious to see them. It seomed, how?
ever, I was to bo disappointed.
When we arrived I learned the girls
had gone to a paity tho other sido of the
creek; so I went to bed execrating the
luck which deprived mo of seeing them
that night. The night had well ad?
vanced when I heard one of the girls
come home, and passing into tho adjoin?
ing room she warmed herself before some
coals which were alive on the hearth.?
It seems the old gentleman and lady
slept in the same room, which I was not
aware of then. Having warmed herself,
she turned to leave the room, when the
old man spoke:
"Girls," said he, "tho schoolmaster's in
your bed."
"Very well," said Sarah, and passing
through the room I slept in, went up
stairs. About an hour had elapsed when
I heard Judy, the other one, como. She
stood at the door a long time, talking
with her "sweetheart," then entered
softly.
Disrobing her feet, she entered the
room whore I lay, in her stocking feet,
carefully undressed herself, and coming
to the sido of the bed, prepared to get in.
Now, it happened I lay in the middle,
and turning back the clothes, she gave
mo a shake, and said in a suppressed
whisper:
"Lay over, Sarah."
I rolled over and whipped the corner
of tho pillow in my mouth to keep from
laughing. In she bounced, but the bed
would squeak. The old man heard it
and called out:
"Judy!"
"Sir!" wa9 responded in a faint tone
from the bod beside me.
"The schoolmaster is in that bed I"
With one loud yell, and "Oh, heaven!"
landed on the floor, and fled with the
rapidity of a doer up stairs. She never
heard the last of that, I can tell you.
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A Careless Governor.?William M.
Stone was elected Governor of Iowa
about two years ago, but having other
business to attend to, or residence at Des
Moines not boing ploasant, he chose to
remain at his own homo. His private
Secretary, Orwig by name, did all the
official businc3s,l)eing authorized to sign
the Governor's name. Ho signed and
issued proclamations appointing days of
thanksgiving and elections, general and
special; he signed pardons, reprieves and
discharges from the penitentiary, and ex?
ercised the pardoning power whero ho
"thought justice demanded it;" he signed
tho certificates of Iowa's six Congress?
men, upon which they now hold their
seats in Congress; ho signod death war?
rants that scut criminals to the gallows;
he apppointed public officers and approv?
ed their bonds, and had probably signed
the name of the Governor to ninety-nino
out of every hundred official papers that
have needed Governor Stono's signature.
In fact, it appears that "Governor" Or?
wig having done so much in behalf of
Governor Stone, that he thought he might
as well do a little for himself. He there?
fore appropriated to his own uso about
thirty thousand dollars' worth of land
warrants, and suspicion being aroused
that Governor Stone had been doing this
thing, a committee of the Legislature in?
vestigated the facts, when the whole af?
fair ty^s made manifest. What is finally
to be done about it is not yet determined.
A Novel Wager.?An amusing story
is going tho round of tho Paris clubs. It
appears that a short time ago a foreign
prince made a heavy bet that he would
be arrested by the police without com?
mitting any offence whatever, or in any
way provoking the authorities. The bet
having been taken by a member of the
Imperial Club, the prince went to one of
the most aristocratic cafes in Paris, dress?
ed in a battered hat, a ragged blouse, and
boots all in holes, and sitting down at one
of the tables, ordered a cup of coffee,
The waiters, howe .-er, paid no attention
to so suspicious looking a customer, upon
which the prince put his hand in his pock?
et and showed them a bundle of bank
notes. The proprietor then ordered the
coffee to be served, sending meanwhile to
the nearest police station for a sergeant
de villo. The prince was duly arrested
and taken to the commiosary of polieo,
1 whero he stated who he was, and was af?
terwards taken to the gentleman with
whom he made the bet to prove his iden?
tity. A similar story was told at Vienna
some time ago of a Hungarian Prince
Seander, M. do Metternich's son-in-law,
who, in order to make his arrest quite
sure, took the bank notes out of his boots.
? A gentleman asked a lady the other
day why so many tall gentlemen were
bachelors, The reply was, that they
were obliged to lie corner-wise in bed to
keep their feet in, and that a wife would
be in the way.
?? A wag observing on the door of a
house tho names of two physicians, re?
marked that it put him in mind of a
double-barreled gun, for if one- missed,
the other was sure to kill. '
From Washington.
Washing ton, April 30.?Mr. Fassen?
den roported in the Senate and Stevens
in the House Bills, and the proposed Con?
stitutional A mendment from the Recon?
struction Committee. Tho House made
them the Special Order for Tuesday week.
Washington, May 1.?The House
passed the bill making appropriations for
the use of the Freedmen s Bureau?be?
tween $11,000,000 and ?12,000,000 will
be required.
Boutell, of Massachusetts, and Bing
ham, of Ohio, gave notice that, at the'
proper time, they would offer amend?
ment ?> to the report of the Joint Com?
mittee on Reconstruction.
Washington May 2.?Mr. Dixon-offer?
ed an amendment to the reconstruction
proposition of the committee. It declares
that when any of tho lately rebellious
States shall present itself, not only its at?
titude for loyalty, but represented by
men capable of submitting to the consti?
tutional test, it shall be admitted to the
right of representation. v
The House defeated the bill for reor?
ganizing the army, and will next consid?
er the one which has passed the Senate
for that purpose.
An order has been issued from the War
Department, by direction of the Presi?
dent, declaring that military commissions
and courts martial are not authorized;
therefore, they wi'l not assume jurisdic?
tion in the trial of persons other than
those belonging to the army and na?
vy of tho United States, camp followers,
contractors and others as are indicated
in the articles of war and Acts of Con?
gress.
Washington, May 1.?It is understood
that at a Cabinet meeting to-day, the
members present, upon the invitation of
the President, expressed their opinions re?
specting the recent report of tho Recon?
struction Committee.
Secretaries Seward, Wells, Stanton and
McCulloch arc reported to have been em?
phatic in oppositiou to the plan proposed
by the Committee, and to be in favor of
the President's policj- of restoration.
Harlan was rathor reticent. Denison
was in favor of the President's policy,
but undecided as to the proper time for
the admission of the Southern represen?
tatives.
Tho President declared himself em?
phatically against the plan of the Com?
mittee, and opposed all conditions prece?
dent to the admission of the loyal repre?
sentatives, in the shape of constitutional
amendments, or the passago of laws on
that subject} and remarked, in general
terms, that if the organic law is to he
changed at all, it should be dono. at a
tirao when all the States and all the peo?
ple can participate in the alteration.
The correspondent of the Baltimore"
Sun writes:
The new project of reconstruction from
the committee of fifteen is the subject of
much remark. It was desirable to mat y
to know wnatthe President thought rf
it. That is well ascertained and known.
Tho President and at least some of his
friends aro more opposed to it than they
were to the first plan of tho committee.
The Democrats in and out of Congress
are all hostile to it, because it excludes
their party from power for the next sev?
en years, at least. Some of them say
that it will not go through both houses
of Congress by the requisite two-thirds
vote. But that is to be seen before long.
The Republican party hi Congress is a
unit upon it, and they command both
houses.
The next question is whether tho joint
resolution proposing the amendment will
be ratified by three-fourths of the States.
There will be opposition to it from those
"Northern States which will lose some
representation by it; but, as the Legis?
latures aro Republican, it may receive
the assent of all of them?making twen?
ty-five, exclusive of Colorado. Tennessee
may accept it, making twenty-six; but
if Colorado be admitted, it will rcquiro
the ratification of thirty States.
The Republicans oxpress surprise that
any opposition should be made to the
scheme, except by tho Sutnner radical*,
for it takes the negro suffrage question,
as they say, out ef politics.
The District negro suffrage bill is to bo
modified so as to qualify the right, inas?
much as the plan of forcing universal
suffrage upon States and communities has
been abandoned even by many of the
extreme radicals.
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Perfectly Right.-?An editor in Iowa
has been fined S200 for hugging a girl in
ch urch.?Exchange:
Rather expensive for a -single token of
p^ass-work.?Watertown Democrat.
vy*o see nothing wrong in that case that
it should be distributed through the press. .
?Exchange.
Neither do we, considering that prin-.
ters are used to handling such forms in
chapels.?Buffalo Courier.
That kind of press-work in. church
would be all right if a friar or a monk
were present to lock-up the parties in tho
cbase^of matrimony. Then it would not
matter if they should have small editions
of their work.?Alliance Monitor..
Correct. But break the matter off
[ here, and pick out no more sorts or slurs
on that poor editor's work. Somebody, if
\ they do not keep in measure, may get in a
squabble from certain .quarters, and re?
ceive a double broadside that will knock
their forms into pi? Salem Republican.
We are opposed to abbreviating the
record of this editoi's over-work in church.
If ho failed in making his work register,
ho should be noticed at length, and the
matter have an extensive circulation.??
Northwest.
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? It is wisdom, in a case that is doubt?
ful, to take another man's judgment than
ono's own.