The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 07, 1867, Image 2
COLUMBIA.
Thursday Morning, February 7,lc567.
llcttinii ion.
Our telegrams, yesterday morning,
anti a brief one thc day previous,
would indicate that some plan of re?
storation hus boon agreed upon bj n
few Southern public mon, recently,
at tho Federal capital. Tin; Wash?
ington Slur, Richmond Examiner,
and other journals which have sonic,
claim to reliability, appear to cuucui
in thc statement that there is to bc fi
property and educational qualifica?
tion for voters, without distinction,
Tho other features of tho new mea?
sure-rejection of the "rebel" debt,
and thc maintenance of the Federa
debt, thc nullification of seccssiui
ordinances, &c- have ail boen sub
milted by the radicals before, so th:?
tho only qualifications ol' thc radica
dooroo are the above-named ivqui.si
lions for the exorcise of the electivi
franchise, and that no person shall bi
excluded front franchise who hai
hitherto exercised Unit right.
Of course, tho limited informatica
.respecting Uns project, afforded b;
brief telegrams, preclude the pro
priety or possibility of discussing it
merits as they should bc discusse.
and considered by the Soulhern peo
plo. It luis been intimated that i
??viii first seo t!i> light in thc shape o
proposed action, through thc Legis
lature of our sister Stat- cf Norii
Carolina, and until it appears i
sonic authoritative form, wo must b
content to wait. Wo cannot think
although we have little f.titli in th
tinkering of politicians, generally
Ihat Gov. Orr, Sharkey or the Pres
dent, would give their assent, or er
dorsemcnt, to any proposition thr
would require, the Southern people t
do any act, or sanction any legisli
tion, that would disgrace or dishonc
them, or throw any shade of dishonc
on the memory of those who fell j
their cause.
There is one thing Unit is daily b
coming moro self-evident-that tl
country must have peace, whether
may come through this propos?
measure, or by thc application
constitutional restrictions to thorne'
cal party. If that faction, now app
rently going to piece?, orratherbeii
sub-divided into numerous cliqui
will consent to tho former, it mal?
cho ?^art, of wisdom and prudence
accept their acquiescence, ns a ba:
of reconstruction. That no per:<
shall bo deprived of suffrage who L
once exorcised it, is equivalent, asi
as that right is concerned, to a gei
ral amnesty, and tho prescrib
qualifications for voting wdll aff<
both sections, and cannot lie vc
hurtful "at tho South.
We will await, *iiowever, fnrtl
developments, before pronounci
definitely on this newly-fledg
scheme. The interests of tho poop
North and South, demand pro rapt
storation, ?md wo have no doubt 1
that tho people of tho latter secti
are prepared to make great sac
fices-indeed, all but honor-to
^.ive at this wished-for consumo
tion.
Thc Columbus Sun says that :
groes in considerable numbers w
coming back, on foot, from Mis;
sippi to their former homes. It ^
mentioned that 160 were seen in <
lot, and that various parties wero i
served along tho roads. The W
did not prove tho "Promised La
of Canaan. " W hilo wo would disl
to see Mississippians lose anythii
we hope those reports are true. 1
number of negroes in this section!
been greatly decreased within thel
few months. We have not heard
a single largo farmer who has st
cient laborers. Thc current flow
to the West has been formidable.
-? < ? ?
WHAT NEXT?-Tho National .
publican, (thc President's organ,)
Monday, has two editorials evider
authorized by Beast Butler hims
One denying that Butler wrote
letter to Brick Pomeroy, which
latter recently published as genni
and the other denying tho st
which connects Butler with a propc
to impeach Gen. Grant.
Tho Union men and loyal leagn
of North Carolina threaten to
back on Congress unless they
paid fer their immense losses dur
the war. Why call on Congie
Why not do liko their brethren
.East Tennessee-sue reconstrnc
rebels, who may happen to hav
little, property left, for damages?
Affair* Ire Europe.
The little Cretan insurrection is the
only recent speck of war we have had
for some time from Kn rope; but late
despatches by tho cable announce
! that another war may come ?my day
between Turkey and Russia. The
old fooling appears not to be extin?
guished, and it is now stated that
active preparations :ire being made
by tho former power, and also by
Greece and Russia. All forts and
magazines on thc frontier ave being
placed in readiness for any emergen?
cy, and there seems no probability
that either of the disputants will re?
cede from tlie position they have
taken.
It is tho opinion that, whatever
influences may bo brought to bear by
oilier European powers to prevent
the conflict, it is not likely that
France or England will lend their
assistance to Turkey ?gain, as the
latter appears now to be acting
rather on the rip.gressi\e than the de
I Tensive. But of on.- thing we feel
? satisfied, that when Russia takes the
field, neither of the above named
poweis can long remain inactivo or
di/interested spectators of the con
! 'esl. They cannot afford to see Rus?
sia control the navigation of the
I Mediterranean, nor extend her power
i by thus adopting the quarrel of
Greece. Tho position of Turkey,
however, with thc gigantic power of
I Russia agaiust her, :-. mt t<> be
I envied.
There can bi: no war of any magni?
tude that will not likely involve
France and England, and ail the pre?
parations and indications, especially
in the Empire, look as if, at least,
they think it necessary to adopt pre?
cautionary measuroc.
To tile I'oor.
MY FRIENDS: I wish to say a few
words to you, collectively, and but
few, for I have very little time to
write. That I do so now, is simply
that I may inform you rightly con?
cerning the source whence comoyoui
supplies of corn, that I have been
privileged, from time to time, to dis?
tribute among you. Not a grain ol
that corn has come to you either from
the United States Government 01
I from that of your own State, lt ha?
been entirely the gift of private mu
Tiifiecnce, and chiefly from the State!
of Missouri, Kentucky and Tonnes
I see, where arc instituted "relief so
? cieties" for our suffering poor. '.
I give you thi.s information, chiefly
j that you may know whom to thanl
and for whom to pray.
Tlie benevolent individuals com
posing these associai ions, you
friends in need, deserve, indeed, you:
gratitude and your pravers; but
above all, arc these due to the God o
all our mercies, who alone can toucl
the heart and open the hand for tin
relief of want and suffering. Tin
silver and the gold are Iiis, and tin
cattle upon a thousand hills, and th'
hearts of men are in His hands. Bu
while you pray for His help aral tin
help of your fellow-creatures, Go<
wills you also to hell) yourselves Iv
industry, economy and sobriety
There is a long while still to the har
vest. Wo hope more help will b
j sent to you from abroad, but wo ar
not sure that it will.
Do not depend upon it, but sci
yonrrelves to work; do not expec
high wages-people here aro not abl
to give them; so that, by auy hones
labor you make your daily bread, bi
content; more than this, these times
few can expect to do. Oh, be thank
ful, if, by tho hardest labor, you an<
your little ones can get through thi
terrible year of famine, without ac
timi starvation. I will continue t<
pray for you, that God will still mov
upon tho hearts of tho people jjbroa<
to send you bread, and if it come
will try to distribute it among you t
the best of my ability. Your friend
WM. MARTIN.
In behalf of tho poor of our State
I would here return thanks to th
railroad companies for free transpor
tation of all supplies sent on for thei
relief.
Tun Tr-URrroiiiAT/i/.iNo SCHEME.
Tho leading paper at Wasbingtoi
says that it never had any more belie
in tho success of tho destructive el?
ment in Congress, with their Tern
torial scheme for summarily and ut
terly plundering and subjugating th
people of tlie South, than it had tha
there was a "ghost of a chanco" ?u
the success of that most remarkab!
suggestion of profligacy and folly
tho impeachment of tho President
Thero is a limit to the tyrannic swa
of such cruel and revengeful leader
as Thaddeus Stevens, with all hi
ability and art, and tho people stau
behind all, who, "upon tho sobe
second thought." have been said t
bo "never wrong and always ciT
cient."
Impeachment.--A New Itecon?tr?i
tlon Sclitmc-Tht ? New Orleans
Riot.
Tho special "Washington correspon?
dent of the Baltimore Sun, writing
on Monday, says: "Thc impeach
j ment question continues to be tho
j absorbing thorne of conversation
here. That which is below set forth
I is substantially a correct statement of
j tho facts known to-night:
"Gen. Butler is reported to have
I said to-day, to several of hisacquain
I tauees who called on him, that ho is
i not in favor of any further action liv
! Congress in the matter of impeach?
ment. The proposition did well
I enough for electioneering purposes,
but it would not do for Congress to
attempt, to carry it out.
"Senators Sumner and Wilson also
stated yesterday, in a private conver?
sation, that they arc opposed to thc
impeachment project. Very gene?
rally it is conceded that the mirabel
of member.} of Congress who oppose
thc- further prosecution of impeach?
ment has greatly increased, and
therefore there ure many who sup
pose that the House will not adopt
articles of impoachuv nt, even if UH
Judiciary Committee sin ?nhl report
such articles.
"But, nevertheless, it is n fact, al
statement to the contrary notwith
standing, that tho Judiciary Commit
tee have been engaged in procuring
testimony looking to impeachment
and I am warranted in reiterating m>
paragraph on tl tat subject in yon;
paper of yesterday. I can slate, ii
addition, that no testimony on be
half of the President is expected ti
be offered before the committee.
"There, are but twenty-three of tin
impeachers proper-or those who ar?
nckively and energetically working nj
a caso against Mr. Johnston. Thesi
members justify tho removal of tin
President "'pen the higher law tho* ?ry
und accord in fud with Wendel Phil
lips as to the political necessity o
deposing Mr. Johnson.
"Many of the political friend-, o
these men, however, admit, that
strictly pursuing tho legal definitioi
and purport of tho language of th
Constitution, viz.: 'Treason, trench
cry, and other high crimes and mir
demeanors,' there is no evidence es
tant will sustain articles, of impeacl
mont in view of the ride of law tim
penal statutes must ba construe
strictly, and that they cannot bo Ci
tended by their spirit or equity t
other offences than those clearly d(
scribed and provided for.
"But the promoters of the sehem
believe that tho end sought to be a<
complished justifies the moans the
have adopted, which consists of
pro forma impeachment by thc Hour
and immediate suspension of M
Johnson in tho exorcise of his ofiici;
functions. Unless, therefore, it cn
be found by a previous canvass t
counting of noses that there is a mi
jority of tho House in favor of th
plan, no attempt will be made 1
adopt articles of impeachment, an
tho Judiciary Committee wilj mere!
report tho testimony thal shall I
taken. Should the number of opp?
nen ts of impeachment increase in tl:
coming work in tho ratio of the
gain last week, tho scheme will 1
abandoned.
"In the meantime, tho action of tl
Reconstruction Committee is awaiti
with intense anxiety. Tho committi
wore called together at 9 o'clock ye
terday morning, and it was expect*
that they would bring in a report
Congress in the afternoon, but th?
have doubtless been unable to agn
upon a plan, though it is under^tot
that a majority of the members co
cur upon the main features of a pia
ticablo measure, which, if adopt?
by Congress, wili be acceptable to tl
Southern people and will speodi
settle Ike difficult question of rcco
struction.
' 'The committee on the New Orien
riots have concluded their investig
tion, and are preparing their repoi
which, it is understood, will be ve
sovero upon tho New Orleans authc
?ties, but substantially exon?r?t
Mr. Johnson from guilty complici
in tho affair."
-
STATS Brnns.-Tho Pickens Court
says:
"A discussion is taking placo
some quarters as to tho propriety
policy of receiving the new State :
sue-'bills receivable'-at their fa
value. We aro of that class, whic
its a general thing, favor tho acts
tho State, and, to tho best of o
ability, willing to sustain them,
regard to this new issue, however, 1
ire not willing to make any sacrifice
[f it is wort li lesa than one dollar, !
it pass for its value only. Each ci
sen pays his tax, or is compelled
lo so, and wo cnn see no good roasi
ivhy ho should, in morals or patric
sm, bo called on to pay daily an a
litional tax or contribution to t
State on these bills, which aro n?
mtier par at from five or ten p
.ont., atenrrency or greenback vale
[f the State, representing the peoj
ind property thereof, cannot iss
nils which will circulate at the ct
?ency value, let them be withdraw
md let the taxes bo gathered in t
>resent Federal currency. We n
retting tired of upholdinginsolvon
n any shape. Our own caso is
ouch as we can properly manage."
A Washington correspondent of t
^nll Mall (Jazetle says that "A
Junks, of Massachusetts, has gain
reputation for profundity by Iou
ng wise and never saying anythic
von when he makes a speech."
Immense Panic.
Tho following is but the beginning
I of tho end. Tho New York Ihr aid,
?Sunday, says:
"Tho excitement in financial cir?
cles for tho past two days has been
furnished by the insurance compa?
nies, which have contrived to mono?
polize the mind of Wall street, and
to temporarily cast railroad squabbles
and Secretary McCulloch's currency
eccentricities into the shade. The
immediate cause of the agitation was
tlie announcement that tho Sun Mu?
tual, a marine company, had been
compelled to retire all its outstanding
scrip ia order to make good its losses.
Tho scrip holders, indignant at see?
ing their property thus swept away
at a stroke of the pen, called a meet?
ing yesterday and resolved to submit
the matter lo the Superintendent of
the Insurance Bureau, with the ob?
ject of forcing the company into
liquidation, and statements were
made which reflected seriously upon
i the course pursued by the directors.
This particular ease will no doubt be
j subjected to a vt ry thorough investi?
gation: and, in the meantime, it is
I well for the public to keep themselves
j cool and to look calmly but search?
ingly around and see whether the
insurance system generally i ; secure
or insecure."
Cn its city article, the Herald ...ays:
"The announcement made in yes?
terday's Herald ot the shaky condi
' tion of many of tlie leading insnr
I ance companies, had the oiT< ct of
creating an excitement iu thc com?
mercial quarters of the city, which
may safely be said to have been ou?y
equaled by the nervous agitation that
immediately preceded the disastrous
! panie of 1x57. From an parJy hour
lin the morning, thc holders of stocks,
policies and scrip.-, und other iu
j surers, wert; kept on the qui vive, run
1 uiug from ofiSce to office and bani: to
bailie, anxious to gain the most relia?
ble information as to the extent of
losses sustained by thc several com
I panics, the amount of their deficien?
cies, and the probability, if any, of
their being able to weather the storm
which is now literally raging in this
department of financial affairs with a
! violenco that very seriously endan?
gers the safety of some of the once
i considered safest and most reliable
institutions of the kind in the coun
I try."
After giving a detailed account of
the meeting of the Directors of the
Sun Mutual Company, it remarks
as to other companies effected:
"To what extent the present losses
have extended, is not fully apparent
as yet. Tho exclusively fire compa?
nies are not regarded as unsafe-with
a very few exceptions-though the
immense destruction of property on
land has not been without its effect.
The 'damage inflicted by the Portland
calamity was a staggering blow-the
evils of which wero increased by the
alarming spread of incendiarism; but
these institutions, though not so
strong as a few years back, are re?
garded as reliable. Their earnings
in all cases have not permitted large
dividends, and while the rates have
been increased, there has been with
many of them a prudent economiza?
tion of profits to meet contingencies."
IMAGINARY ORATION OVER THE DAAIJ
BODY or ALBERT SYDNEY JOHNSTON.
MY FRIENDS: I como to bury John?
ston, not to praise him-so our mas?
ters have ordered. Tho Saviour ol
the world teaches us to render unto
Cm ir the things that are Caesars, ami
obedience to the conquerors is thc
duty of the conquered.
Bet, then, no lengthened cortege,
no mournful trappings, speak a peo?
ple's woe. Let us haste to hide from
the eyes of men these poor remains,
which speak in tones that frighten
our lords and masters. Upon thc
plain marble slab that shall mark his
last resting-place inscribo no pane?
gyric-inscribe no name-for that
name is itself a panegyric. It would
remind you of the affectionate hus?
band, tho loving father, tho devoted
friend, tho gallant chieftain, tho no?
ble Christian gentleman; and allthe.se
things you aro commanded to forget.
On tho plains of Mexico, he shed his
precious blood for his country, and
won tho plaudits of his admiring
countrymen. He died iu what he be?
lieved to bo a just cause, and lives in
tho hearts of those for whom he died.
But Butler says he was a traitor, and
surely Butler is an honorable man.
It is not tho custom of Christian
nations to deny funeral honors to a
fallen foe, but this man's forms au
exception. His name, is so dear to an
enslaved people that they are forbid
to speak it. This is an honor that
was not accorded to Hampden or tc
Emmett. It is monument enough
lie can dispense with marble inscrip?
tion or storied urn. Bet ns, then,
silently, sadly, and secretly-for so it
is order u -bury our dead. Dust to
lust, aslies to ashes!
Thc Montgomery Adeerliser states
;hat the e great destitution amone
he poor of that city. For two week
here have been no Government
mpplies on hand, and tho unfortu
iate are obliged to appeal to private
sharity. Many of the women asserl
hat I hey have been two day.-; succes?
sively without food for themselves
md their children.
Prince Alfred will bo thc first Go
rem or and royal Viceroy on thc
doption of the confederation by tlie
>eople of British North America.
Getting Scared.
Tho panic in tito money market,
tho prent fall in prices, the cry <>f j
workmen for work, from the \\ >rk
shops, where capital fears to go, if
the Executive and Judicial Depart?
ments of the Government are to be
overthrown by revolution, have had
the natural effect upon Republicans,
that all appeals to their pockets have
--thc effect of self-interest. Hence,
we have, in such organs as the All a
ny Kreiling Journal, a bitter attack
upon tho bad party tactics of '?.'had.
Stevens, Boutwell, Ashley ? Co.
"It is a significant met," says the
Journal, sensitivo in tho pocket mat?
ter, "that already the barometer of
public stocks has bi en seriously af?
fected by tho movements in Con?
gress. Capital is exceedingly timid,
and takes alarm at tho first premoni?
tions of danger. The result in this
ease has boon that in view of even a
remote possibility of conflict between
the Legislative and Executive
branches of the. Government, the de?
mand for national securities has di?
minished, and a limite. 1 depreciation
ir- tin; result. Should moro radical
measures be resorted to, this decline
must proceed still further, and the
consequence will be a serious dis?
turbance in 'di tho h.dance- and
values of trade. Wo believe thc
country ?sill suffer less bv a continu?
ance of Andrew Johnson in office
even if he should repent his 221 of
February speech once a week, and
appoint, uoiio bat copperheads to
office-than by tho perturbations
which would follow indictment in
tho Hons-of Represent?itives."
This pocket nerve, the Express ha?
long foreseen, would bring up, al
stauding, the conspirators now nim
Lng to subvert this Govortimeist. h:
substituting a congressional rump it
lieu of onrLegislative, Executive am
Judicial compound system. Work
?non arc being dismissed from employ
in all departments, for ea;?it il is nov
afraid to go ahead, and the streets o
our towns abound in laborers wan tin?
employment, while Wail street, for i
few days past, has been shaking t<
its centre.
Ashley's and BoutwelFs agitatiot
will cost this country about ^200,
000,000 and then it will slop. Th
loss of stocks in Wall street fo
three davs past, in consequence o
these follies, has been ?25,000,OOC
Tho loss of unemployed labor is t
bo beyond all calculation.
[iV??<c YorJc Express.
Southern Schoo' Hooks.
It is no longer possible to use, i
Dur schools, tho books of Norther
Drigin. They are found usually t
belie our history, slander our peoph
und spoil our language. We war
the truth, and not fictions, which ar
not only terribly false, but terribl
lull and stupid. Wc want tho Etif
tish language, and not a brogue. W
rejoice to seo that proper efforts ar
making, in tho proper places, to gi v
ns the sort of books we need for th
education of tho young. Tho prc
fossors of tho Virginia University, a
Southern men, and all highly et
lowed and highly capable, ha^
taken tho matter in hand, am
through the press of G. B. Richart
?rn & Co., wo ar?> almost fully pn
vided, already, with an entire, con
[)lete and most excellent Souther
school and university series. Pn
lessor Geo. F. Holmes has prepare?
for our children, a pictorial prime
MI elementary speller, and five su
cessive pictorial readers, all admirabi
conceived, finely illustrated, and c:
sellcntly gotten up. School char
?tecompany this .series. Professo
Venables, M. P. Maury, LoCont
Grildersleeve and DeVere follow, wit
text-books in language and tho sc
;nces; Holmes, G.vyarre, Porter ar
Simms follow, in history; and, r
together, make us independent i
:ducational matters, if we are not i
iiolitical. We counsel our people, !
tvell as our school-teachers, to e:
?mine these volumes, and wo shoui
Deist Unit the timo has come whe
ioutheru children should be taugi
inly by Southern men. If not cap
jlo of teaching our own children, v
lave no right to children at all; ar
vo certaiuly can do thom no justic
?Ve are happy to see that tho Sena
md House of Representatives of tl
State of Mississippi has rccommem
.tl this series for adoption in all tl
diools and academies of that Stat
hat the General Assembly of tl
itate of Georgia has done the san
liing, and that thc press of Alaban
ind other Southern States is callii
tpon their people to do likewise. L
lie ball of reform and progress rc
rn, and all impediments bo swept o
?I tho track-Charleston Mercury.
STAMPS.-Tho following expiai
tsclf:
Orner, OF INTERHAII REVENUE,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 1867.
Sm: 1 reply to your letter <>f ll
.Uh instant, that a quit claim doo
?.hen given as a release of mortgaj
y the mortgagee to the mortgage
; not liiiblc to stamp Oby, as a co
cyance; but if it contains covenant
my bli subject as an agreement ?
on tract.
It is only upon conveyances
cally sold that a stamp duty is ir
(ised. In the case stated by yo
hero is no stile, but a mere placii
f the legal record title in thc san
arty who holds tho equitable on
Very respectfully,
T. HARLAND,
Deputy Commissioner.
-.- -
[Tobacco should not b chewed, b
chowed.
Wo aro indebted ta Mr. J. Williams for a
c>?py of tlx- Liv?ipo>l Weekly Courier, of
thc 12th ultimo.
OUR I?FAMNO BOOM. -Our friend? ar?5
invited to visit tho Phoenix readiug room,
where they will find on filo papers and
periodicals from every section of thc Union.
Tho building is open ilay ami night.
FIVE CENTS. Tho price of singlo copies
of tho Phoenix is j?ce reids, and purchasers
.ir'- !. quested t . j ay no more for them a:i
they are furnished lo the nevrs-boys at a
rate sufficiently lowie ?Tarrant their being
sold at that pri.-e>.
COMMON SENSE SEWING MACHINE.- -Wo
in vit'? attention to tho advertisement of
Vf. li. Marshalt, Esq., ?rho calls on the
ladies to examine his new sewing machino,
which in of simple construction and very
moderate price. It nmy he found at Mr.
C. F. Jackson's.
FcNnuAi. OBSEQUIES. The rimera! obse?
quies of thc two young Trezeyants were
marked and honored by tho citizens of
Columbia with something of tho ol.I spirit,
of Confed; rat" limes, badi? s and ger.tlo
men attend) o : i n imbers. Tho funeral
rites were performed by th . Ber. ?'. -J.
Shand, to a large andiene?. Fortunately,
wo had no Gem ral Griflin hero.
BUSINESS is BCSISFSS.-A Raleigh co
temporary very properly informs its read?
er* that no communication will hereafter
appear in its columns gratis, unless it i-*
written upon a subject ol general in.er^st.
to the commun:'.;., and a.his:
"Our column s eonsHuUo onr means i>f
subsistence, and we cannot afford to givo
them o'' entirely t ?thc gratilication of our
subscribers. 'The laborer ii worthy of
his hire."'
Nr.va; Y A Sri;:..rs l u;::. !*>. tween Sand
:? o'clock, yest inlay morning, it was dis?
covered that one of th offices at the Char?
lotte Railroad Dopot was on fire, thu floor
having become ignited from some cause.
There had been M> fire, it is stated, in this
particular office for several day.?, and it
was used mi rely a-i an artte-room. A
colored man kept the key, and the office
w.is locked np ah'.ut tl o'clock p. m. Tho
inmates nf the adjoining rooms were
aroused by thc denso smoke, which had
penetrated through crevices, and which
timely warning, uo doubt, saved the build?
ing (which wa- form;?:ly used as a board?
ing-house) and ali tho papers of tho com?
pany, as the offices of the Superintendent,
Secretary and Treasurer, Agents, Ao.,
were all in the same h ame building. None
of tho officers of tho company think that
i* was tho act of an incendiary, but that it
was the result oT negligence. After an
examination of the locality, and the floor?
ing and rafters, ch; Td and burned, wa
cannot soe how it was tho result of acci?
dent, in a room in winch thero was no fire.
There were four or five feet square burned
in tho flooring, just adjoining a stove, in
which i" is stated there had been no fir?
for some time.
NiiwspArKu REPORTERS.-A lawyer in
the Louisville Police Court, having said
some pretty hard things ah.mt tho report?
ers of one of the daily papers in that, city,
tho Journal tak"? occasion to defend the
gentlemen of the press in the following
sensible remarks:
''in gathering news, it is, of course, im?
possible for a reporter to have been an
eye-witness of every event, and he must
take the accounts that he gets from others
as tho truth, ilo use3 duo diligence to
K'ct all the particulars, and takos it for
granted that tho news is correct. If his
informant, either from stupidity or malice,
misleads him, we respectfully surest that
it is not fair to accuse the reporter of in?
tentionally garbling thc facts of tho case.
At the best, it is a hard position. If ho
speaks boldly, he offends some ono. If ho
speaks guardedly, so m o one accuses him
of cowardice, or being bought up not to
speak tho wholo truth. If ho ia senti?
mental, ho is called a fool. Tf ho speaks
in forcible language, he is cal.'ed a black?
guard. If he writes gravely, ho is called
stupid. If ho is witty, they accuse him of
trying to show off. If he is fanciful, they
call him a romancist, and say that ho is
not reliable. If ho confino himself to
a brief mention, ho is accused of not
having brains enough to writo & good arti?
cle. In fact, ho carries his heart upon his
sleeve, for jackdaws to peck at. So, gen?
tlemen, go slow. Don't add to a reporter'?
troubles by unjust and foolish censuras.'*
NEW ADTFRTISKMF.NTS.- Attention is call?
ed to tho follr.v,-iug advertisements, which
aro published this morning for the first
time:
J. J. McCarter-Valentines.
C. F. Jackson-Iuvisihlo Hoop Skirts.
Meeting Independent Fire Company.
J. C. Seegere-Oranges, Lemons, Ac.
W. B. Marshall-Sewing Machines.
"OUR PLATFORM. "-Under the
xbove heading, the Nashville Qaxeile
keeps tho following standing in its
editorial columns:
"Let the Southern people be sure
to produce, as they easily eau, an
abundant supply of pro visions, manu
'aeturo their own timber and iron
into all tho implements they need,
'pin and weave all tho cotton they
?onsume, and let only thc surplus of
ho staple, if any, pass over to
[jowell and Manchester, to bo paid
or in hard cash. Let them do what?
ever may be necessary to sccuro a
reo republican State Government,
.nd steadily refuse, by any debasing
omplianco, to purchase tho privi
ege of enjoying their Constitutional
ights in the Federal Union. So
mployed, let them manfully meet
whatever destiny may be in store for
hem, secure, at least, in tho posses
ion of their own self-respect."
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Cincinnati will be Cincinnati. An
xchange says that some admirers of
listori in that city recently got so
rantic in their appreciation of her
ne acting, that they presented her
rith six largo hogs, as an evidence
f their affectionate regard.