The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 09, 1866, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Friday Morning, February 9, 1866.
TUc Situation.
As a mat ter of course, the people of
tho Southern States feel deeply in
' terested as regards their political
status in the Union. The position of
tho radical party-the dominant par?
ty in Congress-leaves but little hope
for an early restoration of the South?
ern States.
Our advice is, while wo keep our
readers, as far as "W3 possibly can,
posted up on national politics, let
them leave them aside for the pre?
sent, and turn in and iroj-k: We have
the ftdure-not of politics-but of ex?
istence, before us; and we earnestly
exhort, at this season, that every ca?
pacity, every energy, every physical
power, be brought into active exer?
cise, just the same as if there were no
politicians or politics in the country.
Our lands are here-our strength
and energy is still left us-let ns go
to work.
We must have patience-and we
'are assured she will have her perfect
work. The mingling in politics now
will do us no good, and Ave do not
wish otxr fellow-citizens to engage in
this business. Our present and
honest advice is, to them, to apply
themselves to the development of the
rich resources of their State, into the
full encouragement of every enter
* prise that will contribute to this de?
velopment, and that, in the future,
abstractions will not divert them from
the grand uses to which they may
apply themselves in rendering their
State one of the most prosperous of
tho Union.
These are different sentiments from
those formerly enunciated, but, as
experience teach-.,.*, they are the
wisest tobe entertained at the present
juncture.
Manly Sentiments.
Bishop Coxe, of Western New
York, delivered a lecture lately before
the "Young Men's Association," of
Buffalo, on "The Unity of Northern
and Southern Civilization." The
Commercial Advertiser, of that city,
speaks in laudatory terms of the lec?
ture, which, from thc sketch that it
publishes, seems to have been distin?
guished by a Christian and liberal
spirit. The speaker referred to the
claims of some reviews and journals,
that New England is the source of all
learning in this country; but the fact
that such men as Washington and
Franklin sprang from different se
tions. is sufficient proof that there
must have been a unity in religious
and educational influences in those
sections. Virginia, said Bishop Coxe,
was really the mother of learning in
this country, as the founding of Wil- I
liam and Mary College and the ad- j
vaucement of education in that sec?
tion show. He concluded:
"How little justice has been done
to those venerable benefactors, who
deserve the most glorious memorials
for their untiring efforts to benefit
their fellow-men. To all who would
impugn the character of Virginia, let
lier great men reply. Are we worthy
descendants of those great men who
advanced learning and religion, and
made their lives one martyrdom, that
we might enjoy the greatest blessings
ever poured upon a people? The two
antago* istie sections of our country
' possess a unity both of tradition and
destiny. No class of our progenitors
were the monopolists of truth. Now
is tho time to harmonize what is good
in Northern and Southern sections.
There should be no geographical lines
in tho nationality of our country.
Oir*poBcy as well as principle, e can
extend the magnanimity of heroes to
our Southern brethren. For some I
years, there will be much to annoy !
and pain us, but if wo are resolved !
that the whole land shall be one home
for the American people, we must
bury strife and discord. A future of i
moral grandeur awaits our country, ;
bearing the impress of tho early j
founders, and possessing a glorious
civilization through the agency of the !
Christian religion.
. Is AN INDIAN AS GOOD AS A NKGRO? j
-Referring to the Stevens amend?
ment of the Constitution, which
specially excepts Indians from the
protection granted to negroes, the
New York Herald remarks:
"Think of such a man as the gallant ?
(Jot. Parker, Gen. Grant's aid-de
camp, ana many other superior men
of the Indian race we might name, !
beino; excluded, while Africans, who j
hardly know their right hand from
their left, are admitted to political
equality with the white?. In fact, if
i lie negro is to be placed on perfect
political equality with ourselves, wo
cumot see why thc Indians, Chinese,
Malays, and the other races, which I
are not inferior to the negro, should I
not have the same privilege."
The Israelites.
MESSES EDITOR* : In your Tuesday's
issue, you remarked the forming of a
congregation of the members of the
Israchti8h faith, and with pleasure
do we soe that the descendants of
Abraham, and members of the rem?
nant of the house of Judah, show
their adherence to the faith of their
fathers; a faith-thc mother of
christianity-which first brought to
the world the idea of an indivisible
Divinity; of the evidence of one, only
one Jehovah; and,* as such, threw
fight into the world of Paganism.
The members of this faith are to
be found all over the world. Juda?
ism, for thousands of years, has
withstood all the vicissitudes and
strifes carried on to do destroy it and
its adherents. Persecuted and abused,
from the timo of the destruction of
the Temple until the begining of tho
present century, the Hebrews have
borne the burden and stigma of pre?
judice and fanaticism. Those who
escaped the auto daffie's of the Span?
ish inquisition, fled to Holland, Eng?
land, France and Germany, where,
soon after, they were persecuted in
like manner. But, in spite of all,
few instances of proselytism are on
record. Thc Jew will stick to his
faith. To him the faith of his father
is holy; a time-honored tradition
even to thc infidel Jew; an inheri-'
tance to him from the Patriarch.
No nation of the ?jarth can show a
record like that of the Hebrew.
Sprung up from one family, as a
nation this people have had their era
of. greatness-powerful under Kings
like David and Solomon; enlightened
by the teachings of Prophets and
Scribes; giving systems of philoso?
phy to the world; founders of Caba
lah and Metaphysic ; great in warfare
and in subjugation meek and humble;
but, though in exile, looking back to
the place where once stood the Tem?
ple of Jehovah, are still, in spite of
persecution, adhering to their faith.
Men of momentous note this peo?
ple has given to the world, even in
exile. Many names of note, read of
in the history of all ages, are the
names of renowned Jews. Spread
over all the globe, and adhering to
the God of their fathers, they live on
their national life-long after Ama
less aud Midians, Phoenicians and
Assyrians are gone, and only to be
read of long after Homans and Gre?
cians,, the conquerors of Judah, are
gone up and mixed among the other
nations not to be distinguished.
Alone, distinct and unique, the house
of . Israel stands as a witness that
there exists a God above nature.
And to this God the Israelites of this
city have united to dedicate a temple.
The congregation thus formed bears
the name "Ansho Emanath Israel,"
which means "the congregation of
the believers in Israel's faith."
They have organized and elected
their officers. We hope that they
will progress in tho good work they
have begun. Here, iii the land of
liberty, where opiuiou is free, tho
Jew and Gentile, the believer and in?
fidel, can worship according to their
own doctrine. JLere no anio dafie
threatens the poor^Tew or thc unhap?
py heretic-no civil disqualification
on account of religious belief; and,
under the perfect freedom of reli?
gious opinion, the Christian, Jew and
Gentile progress to that moral com?
pletion and perfection their respect- |
ive doctrines are calculated to guido !
them to. ALPHA.
"NAME HIM."-The New York
Times, commenting upon the scurri?
lous, or ridiculous-for it is difficult
to say which adjective better describe
them-remarks made by Thad.
Stevens the other day in regard to
tho relative merits of the Federaland j
Confederate dead, declares that these
remarks drew from one of the most j
prominent, brave, and patriotic gene- ?
ral officers of the war, this comment:
"Such utterances have no longer the
merit of being bold and fearless. The
private soldier who has fought and
died unheralded, puts such rhetoric to
shame. None but cov,'?**ds tfmnt fallen
foes; and God pity the future of our
country if such passions are to /nie in
its legislative halls. "
A truthful comment. Let us have
the name of this officer.
A CANADIAN OPINION OF THE FE?
NIAN INVASION.-The Toronto Leader
says the moment Gen. Sweeney takes
the first practical step for putting his
threats into execution, wc shall expect
from the justice of President John?
son a timely exertion of the necessary
means of vindicating those neutrality
laws of the United States of which
tho movement will be a gross viola?
tion. President Yan Buren sent
troops to the Canada frontier to en?
force the neutral obligations of the
States, immediately after such a de?
monstration as has just been made at
Buffalo. Sweeney and his fellow
conspirators have probably not yet
gone so far as to render their punish?
ment certain under the neutrality
laws of 1818 and 1838.* Le. them go
on until their necks are fairly in the
noose, and then a gentle pressure of
the Executive hand will do the busi- j
ness.
Wv3 learn from a Georgia exchange
that the wheat crop in that State is :
very promising.
Our Ra.Ur4a.ils. ,
We take the following extracts
from the annual report of Wm. John?
ston, Esq., President of the Char
lotte and. South Carolina Railroad :
"When your road was finished, its
bond and floating debt exceeded
?500,000. Tho floating debt was
soon extinguished, and the bond debt
has since been reduced from $396,000
to $274,000. Of this sum $87,500 of
these bonds are past due, and $71,000
of interest due upon bonds matured
and running to maturity, making in
all of bonds and coupons, an aggre?
gate of $138,000. Many of the
holders of these obligations, knowing
the undoubted security they afford,
are willing to renew those past due.
This will be the policy of the Com?
pany, and the bonds are now being
prepared, and will soon be read3' to
issue, when notice will he given to
the holders. The purpose of the di?
rection has been to gradually redeem
all bouds, but the disasters of the
past twelve months will delay this for
a year or two. Fortunately this debt
was never very large in proportion to
the capital on which it was based.
Hence, the former high credit of your
road, and the reason why no creditor
has ever even asked for a mortgage ol'
any portion of the property. But
few roads of 110 miles in length, with
full equipment, have ever been con?
structed in this country without ono
or more mortgages. For years past
the Company has had no floating
debt, and all liabilities incurred thus
far in reconstruction, except for the
bridge and rails, are provided. Nine
tenths of the timber necessary to
complete the remainder Of the road
is delivered and paid for. This lias
been provided by collections ?hie the
Company, sale of cotton, receipts of
the road, ic.
"The income since June has
amounted to $76,161.96, exclusive of
charges at tho Catawba Uiver. Con?
sidering thc condition of the road,
and the country, this result has ex?
ceeded expectation. All the profits
have been applied to reconstruction.
With tho road completed and its
through and local business restored,
its nett income should soou equal
that of 1860-61, which averaged
over $180,000. This would soon
restore the credit of the Company
and extinguish all debts of recon?
struction, and meet all other obliga?
tions. Until this is done, the stock?
holders cannot expect their usual
dividends.
"It is gratifying to state that the
Columbia and Augusta road is being
vigorously prosecuted, with a fair
prospect of completion within a rea?
sonable time. The opening of this
road will add very greatly to the
through business of your road, as it
will be shorter by over sixty miles
from Augusta to New York, via
Columbia and Charlotte, than by any
other route."
THE STEVENS RESOLUTION REQUIRES
THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE.-By the
passage of this amendment, the Re?
publican majority hurl defiance in
the teeth of the President. Mr. Ste?
vens went so far as to brave tho veto,
and say that if the amendment pass?
ed both Houses by the requisite ma?
jority, "it would be a law, irrespective
of the signature of the President, to
whom it had not to be presented for
approval." It is true enough that the
veto would avail nothing against a
determined two-thirds majority; but
the Constitution is, nevertheless,
very explicit in requiring the presen?
tation of the resolution to the Presi?
dent for his approval. Its language
is:
"Every order, resolution, or vote,
to'which the concurrence of the Senate
and House of Representatives may
be necessary, (except on a question of
adjournment,) shall be presented to
the President of the United States;
and before tho same shall take effect,
shall be approved by him, or, being
disapproved by him, shall be repass
ed by two-thirds of tho Senate and
House of Representatives, according
to the rules and limitations prescribed
in the case of a bill."
In accordance with this provision,
the anti-slavery amendment was pre?
sented to Mr. Lincoln, and received
his signature on the 1st of February
last. If this form is not gone through
with in the present case, the Presi?
dent must treat the joint resolution
as a nullity, and not allow the State
Department to transmit it to the Statep
for ratification. . If the two Houses
do not give the President a chance to
veto it, it becomes dead by that very
fact. By withholding it, they will have
the gratification of treating the Presi?
dent with discourtesy (as Mr. Stevens
has done by expressing the threat;)
but in that case the President will owe
the amendment no moro respect thar,
if it were a piece of blank paper.
If, after passing the Senate, it
should be submitted to the President
and repassed over his veto, nothing is
more certain than that it will not be
ratified. Any ten States can defeat
it; and besides the eleven excluded
from Congress, all the border States
will refuse to ratify. It is not passed
as an amendment t J the Constitution,
but as an instrument of procrastina?
tion. Thc Southern States are to be
kept out till it is adopted, and its cer?
tain rejection is reckoned on as a cer
tain means of excluding that section
from tho presidential election, and
improving the chances of the Repub?
licans for electing President Johnson's
successor.-New Vari- World.
.....
Not bonds of affection-the Fenian
bonus.
Letter from Admiral Semine* to the
President.
Mr. Semines has written iv long let?
ter to President Johnson, setting
forth the grounds upon which he
claims a discharge from arrest. The
pith of it is in the concluding para?
graphs, which are as follows:
"One more remark, Mr. President,
and I will forbear to trespass further
on your time and patience. The act
of war for which I was arrested was
well known to tho department of the
Government making thc arrest, ten
months before thc convention was
entered into at Greensboro. It was
. well Known to the same department
that about the middle of Febru: -.y,
18G5, I was assigned to the command
of tho James River Squadron, near
Richmond, with the rank of a Hear
Admiral ; being thus promoted and em?
ployed by my Government after tho
alleged illegal escape off Cherbourg.
If the Government then entertained
the design, which it has since devel?
oped, of arresting and trying me for
this alleged breach of tho laws of war,
was it not its duty, both to itself and
me, to have made me an exception to
any military terms it might have been
disposed to grant to our armies? 1
i put it to you, Mr. President, usaman
? and a magistrate, to say-and I will
rest my caso on your answer-whe?
ther it was consistent with honor and
j fair dealing, for this Government first
I to entrap me by means of a military
convention, and then, having me iu
i its ]lower, to arrest mc and declare
j that convention UHII und void, for
i the course recommended to you by
! Mr. Speed comes to this-nothing
! more, nothing less.
"I have thus laid before you, te?
diously, I fear, and yet as concisely
.as was consistent with clearness, the
grounds upon which I claim at your
hands, who ?are the guardian of tho
honor of a great nation, my discharge
from arrest and imprisonment. I
have spoken freely und frankly, as it
became an American citizen to speak
to the Chief Magistrate of thc Amori
: can Republic. Wc live in times of
j high party excitement, when men,
unfortunately, aro but too prono to
take counsel of their passions; but
liassions die, and men die with them;
and after death comes history. In
the future, Mr. President, when Auie
rica ?hall have a history, my record
and that of the gallant Southern peo?
ple will be engrafted upon, and be?
come a part of, your history, inc
pages of which you are now acting;
and the prayer of this petition is,
that you will not permit the honor of
the American name to be tarnished
by a perfidy on those pages. In this
prayer, I have stood strictly upon
legal defences; but should those bar?
riers be beaten down, conscious of
the rectitude of my conduct through?
out a chequered and eventful career,
when the commerce of half a world
was at my mercy, and when the pas?
sions of men, North and South, wore
? tossed into a whirpool by the current
events of the?most bloody and terrific
war that the human race had ever
seen, I shall hope to justify und de?
fend myself against any and all
charges affecting the honor jf?id repu?
tation of a man and a soldier. What?
ever else may be said of me, I have,
at least, brought no discredit upon
.the American name and character. I
am, very respectfully, etc.,
"RAPHAEL SEMMES.
"WASHINGTON CITY, Jan. 15,18(3b\"
j RUSH OF GERMAN EMIGRANTS TO
j AMEUTCA.-80,000 Germans emigrat
I ed last year, via Hamburg and
I Bremen. About 15,000 more, it is
: calculated, left for the same desti
! nation, by way of France, England
and Belgium. The Hamburg Ame?
rican Steamship Company arc just
j doubling the number of their ships,
j expecting a like influx of passengers
i in the immediate future. If political
; dissatisfaction remains as strongly
j pronounced in Germany as it now' is,
j their anticipations will, no doubt, be
! fulfilled. Contrary to what was for
? morly the case, when very poor
people would lay by a few tinders to
carry them over, a considerable por?
tion of emigrants now consist of
small farmers, with a thousand or
two of thalers in their pockets.
[Berlin Cor. London Times, Jan. 10.
A DISLOYAL SUN.-Tho Washing?
ton Chronicle is the appropriate ndvo
; cate of thc last legislative absurdity :
"The crime of counterfeiting thc
national currency justifies the punish?
ment of death. The" national credit
is at stake. Tho perpetuity of the
Government is at stake. The life of
the nation is paramount to all other
considerations.
"Such i, the perfection to which
the arts have attained in the present
dav, that it is impossible to guard
against thc skill of tho. counterfeiter.
This arch-enemy of credit is assisted
in his diabolical schemes by the god
of day, and photography becomes his
willing slave."
WHAT THEY WOKE FOR IN* INDIANA.
The question of labor has grown to
be quite as perplexing to certain of
the inhabitants of Indianapolis, ?ts it
is to us. Manufacturing establish?
ments are discharging their hands.
The rents are so high that hundreds
of men, with wives and from five to
ten children, are houseless-they be?
ing unable to rind employm ent La?
borers express themselves os ?orfecirj
1 willing to work for their board.
I Hero is a subject of study for crazy
i fanatics, who are so deeply interested
in tho welfnreof the "poor freedman.'
Let a practical application of its
: truths bo made.-Augusta Chronicle.
L-etter from General Sherman.
The following is the letter of Gen?
eral Sherman, which was alluded to
in a despatch a few days siuce, in re?
lation to tho abandoned lands on our
coast :
WASHINGTON, February 2. 18G6.
To Andrem Johnson, President of the
United States.
SIR : I have the honor to acknow?
ledge the receipt of your letter of
February 1 ; and, in compliance with
your request, I enclose herewith a1
copy of field order No. 15? of 1865,
with this brief history of th? origin
and reasons for making it :
Tho Hon. E. M. Stanton, Secretary
of War, caine to Savannah soon after
its occupation by the forces under my
command, and conferred freely with
me as to the best method to provide
for the vast number of negroes who
had followed the army from the in?
terior of Georgia, as also of those
who had already congregated on the
islandjtiear Hilton Head, and were
still coming into our lines. We agreed
perfectly that the young and able
bodied men should be enlisted as sol?
diers, or employed by the Quarter?
master in the necessary work of
unloading ships and for other army
purposes, but this left on our- hands
the old and feeble, the women and
children, who had necessarily to be
fed by the United States.
Mr. Stanton summoned a large
number of the old negi-oes, mostly
preachers, with whom he held a long
conference, of which he took down
notes. After this conference, he was
satisfied that thc negroes could, with
some little aid from us, by means of
the abandoned plantations on the
sea islands and along the navigable
rivers, take care of themselves. He
requested me to draw up a plan that
would be uniform and practicable. I
made the rough draft, and we went
over it very carefully, Mr. Stanton
making many changes, and the pre?
sent orders nutnbeV fifteen resulted
and were made public.
I knew, of course, we could not
convey the title to land, and merely
provided possessory titles to be good
so long as war and our military
power lasted. I merely aimed to
make provision for the negroes who
were absolutely dependent ou us,
leaving the value of their possessions
to be determined by after events, or
legislation. At that time, January,
1805, it will be remembered, that tho
tone of the people of the South was
very defiant, and no one could tell
when tho period of war would cease,
therefore I did not contemplate that
event as being so near at hand.
I am, with great respect, your obe?
dient servant,
(Signed) W. T. SHERMAN,
Major-General.
PRACTICAL, FENIANISM.-How TO
GIVE"THE IRISH PEOPLE A REPUBLI?
CAN GOVERNMENT.-The British press
believes that the Fenian movement
has had sufficient effect upon the
Irish people to render them, for
many years, even more discontented
and uneasy than they had previously
been under thc harsh laws and bad
government of Great Britain. This
is doubtless true, and there is evi?
dence of the extensive workings of
the agitation among the people in
the proclamation of martial law in so
many cities. Measures of that
nature are not adopted against move?
ments of which the Government has
j no fear. But there is danger that,
unless wisely directed at the present
time, Fenianism may do little else for
the Irish people than to render them
thus chronically uneasy and discon?
tented, and to bring down upon them
intermittent proclamations of mar?
tial law, to be used as a more conve?
nient means of oppression than any
other that Government officials can
hit upon. Wisely directed, however,
: the vast machinery of the Fenian or?
ganisation, the fervid faith which ita
followers have in it, and the liberality
with which all classes of our Irish
people contribute to its funds, may
be turned to excellent account, and
may accomplish more for down-trod
uen Ireland than revolution ever
accomplished for any people since the
world went round. Fenian energies
should be directed entirely to the
single object of bringing the Irish
people out of Ireland into this coun?
try. The Fenian Brotherhood should
become, heart and soul, an immense
emigration society, and their grand
puiposo should be to further this
exodus of their countrymen. By
acting with this view through all its
agents, and spending its great accu?
mulations of money in this way,
Fenianism will do more for Ireland
than it could have hoped to do in
that country. It will give the Irish
people a Republican government,
and to every Irishmaji a comfortable
home. This it can never do in Ire?
land. Republicanism cannot flourish
on that soil. Already in several
Western States a movement to fur?
ther emigration on a most extensive
scale has been set on foot. This
originated in Minnesota, but is wide?
spread. These emigration societies
propose to choose available lands and
locate the emigrants as they come ;
and it is probable that some States
will assist the measure with funds.
This is practical assistance to the
Trish. Let the Fenians give up their
bitterness and curses, plots and plans
and squabbles, and go to work in the
spirit of these societies, and all Ire?
land may yet with reason bless the
organization as the real salvation of
the people.-New York Herald.
Table of interest-dinner table.
Local Xtems.
Advertisements, to insure insertion,
should bo handed in by 4 o'clock p. m.
CASH.-Our terms for subscription, ad?
vertising and job work are cash. WV h..].,
all parties will bear tins in mind.
City "promises to pay," minus the signa?
tures, are in circulation. Look out for
them.
t "THE ('ODE." -The Acts panned by tho
Legislature relative to the freedmen, for
sale at this office. Price 20 cents; br mail
25 cents.
THE Btnutnra OF COLUMBIA. - An inter?
esting account ol the "Hack and Destruc?
tion of the City of Columbia, S. C.," han
just been issued, in pamphlet form, from
the Phoniz steam power press. Orders
can be filled to any extent.
We neglected to notice in our SniTday'a
paper the demolition of the old eity clock
tower. It was brought down by means of
powder, on Saturday, and the bricks will
bo used in the construction of tho new
market house. A little "motive power"
applied to some of the shaky walls in dif?
ferent parts of tho city would be advan?
tageous, and perhaps save life.
WEEKLY FAMILY PAPER.-On the 14th
instant, we shall commence tho publication
of a family paper, entitled "The Weekly
Gleaner -A Home Companion.'" The paper
will bo double the size of the Phoenix, and
will contain the cream of the news, miscel?
laneous matter, editorials, stories, etc., in
thc daily and tri-weekly publications. Sub?
scription price $4 per annum. Specimen
copies sent on application. There will b<?
an interval of two weeks between th<5 pub?
lication of tho first and second numbers.
Onnr.r. rs THE CITY.-We once more
allude to this subject, as outrages aro
nearly nightly committed agafhst unoffend?
ing citizens. We are ignorant of any
organization to preserve the peace of tho
city. Our municipal government seems to
have dismissed their ordinary police, and
the Commandant of tho Post, not desiring
to interfere with the municipal authorities,
has not placed any military police through?
out the city. We have good reason to be?
lieve that, had the civil authorities request?
ed it, the Commandant of the Post would
have rendered all necessary assistance by
military police.
THE DEAD MAN.-We are authorized by
Gen. Ely to state that the body of tho dead
man found on the other side of the river,
(mentioned in yesterday's Phoenix,) was
buried by his directions, on tho spot where
he was found. In addition to the particu?
lars already published, Gen. E. states that
he was about twenty-five years old, five
feet ten inches high, and had lost one fin?
ger from his right hand. Immediate action
will be taken by tho military authorities to
bring the guilty to justice, on the slightest
information given at Headquarters, Bu?
reau Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned
Lands, District Western South Carolina,
Columbia. S. C.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.-Attention is call?
ed to the following advertisements, which
are published this morning for tho first
time:
Frary Sc Kitrey-Dining Rooms.
Levin Sc Peixotto-Mules, Horses, Ac.
J. B. E. Sloan-Auctioneer, Sic.
Jas. Brown-Sashes.
R. Ward-Eastern Hay.
A SPECK OF DANOER.-The minutest black
spot on the enamel of a tooth is an evi?
dence that decay's effacing finger has
touched it. Quickly interpose the S izodont
as a safeguard, or the tooth is gone-and
not only that ono, but perhaps half-a-dozen.
Be assured tba! nothing but Sozodont will
either effectually prevent or arrest dental
disease. t
ANOTHER MAN HUNG.-There is ta
be another hanging at Vicksburg next
Friday, upon the sentence of a mili?
tary commission, with the approval of
President Johnson. A Mr. James S.
Roberts, of Yazoo County, will pass
to his last account, and appear beforo
that Judge, whose word is "ven?
geance is mine, and I will repay it."
As we heard the story last fall, no
jury of the country would have hesi?
tated in acquitting Mr. Roberts. It
is said that the evidence was ample,
that he was not and could not have
been present when the killing oc?
curred. From a communication in
the Mississippi Standard, of January
18, it seems that the testimony of a
negro, who bore malicious feelings to
Roberts, overcame tue evidence of
two respectable white persons who
proved the alibi.
{Natchez Courier, 24//*.
AN "OLIVER" FOR A "ROWLAND."
The Pittsburg Gazette warns Presi?
dent Johnson that Congress has the
power to impeach him. It is as much
to the phrpose to remind Congress
that Oliver Cromwell was neither the
first uor the last executive of a nation
that sent a file of soldiers to clear a
hall intended for the deliberations of
a representative body, when its occu?
pants, no longer representing either
the needs or the wishes of the people,
had degenerated into a pestilent nest
of destructive demagogues. Put that
in your pipe and smoke it! Tho Dis?
trict of Columbia is not in the re?
gions in which the President has "de?
clared" martial law to be at an end.
[Freeman's Journal.
A teacher in a negro school, in
Farmville, Va., named J. TV. Davis,
got nicely thrashed a day or two ago,
by a sensible Federal soldier, named
Allan, for uttering seditious speeches,
telling the niggers they were as good
as the whites, if not better. Served
him right.