XIV.
"' & !' F. TO W"JTks~.
EDITOR.
J,JJ. BAILEY, Proprietor and Bub-Editor.
Pt - . .J
OBIOINAI.
for tki Southern Enterprise.
. Ltxa Cans, 8. <X. Sept. 6th. 1867. .
. mkjJtoy.V.'IT RH*iom?Dc?tr Sir: I am hi
4pt of what claims to be an Address '*
KMltfwrij by yen " before the 'O. 0. U. I?.
>'July SOih, 1867# on the Plan
:* of Restoration and Reconstruction of Uie
P Union of tlto United States." In eonn??otibn
with thU " Address," yon a'do tend rile
a " Platform, at a batia of Rtc?ti strrioti >n of
odv Rtate Qorertiment,'* wliich waa " adopted"
by "The Union Republican Putty of
Cfreenvllle," and which containa thiityseven
different articles or elaueet.
I haven't time, nor apace, in thia arMcle,
to notice the whole of this document, and.
would paaa tha whole thing by without a
remark, were it not from the fact, that auch
a course upon my part might lead you, and
many of ray personal friends in the moontainous
portion ol the District, to conclude
that I am in favor of the party and plan you
represent Fuch is not the ease. I shall
pass at once to notice a lew of the reasons
which you offer in favor of the adoption of
the plan and party hy the people of South
Carolina. You ssy that Ilia the'*only party
whose principles can justify us at this time
ifi committing the present and future inte
rpst of our country for safe keeping,'' do.?
1,suppose you to mean that it is the only
party that will justify us, oo account of its
principles, in commuting to it for safe keeping,
the present and future interest of our
Opuntry. If cueh ic your meaning, I think
yon sadly mistaken in your judgment ac to
What will justify us to commit tha safe
keeping of our country to any party. The
principles of tha Radical party have no I
mor* claims to the confidence and enpport
of the people of South Carolina, than the
principles of the wicked Cortex had to the
obnfidence and support of the people of
Mexico, both being the invaders of oth-rs?
rights If the principles that whipped and
expelled Baptists, Hint banished Qnnkerst
and put to death innocent women charged
with wltohery, that eent Bbarp'a rifl.-a to
Kansas to ahoot Southerners, and sent Jolin
B rpwn to Invade Virginia, claims ouf confidence
and support, then are we nnder oh
ligations to the Radical party 1 But it id
?iearly nor duty not to become pledged to
amy party. It ta enr duty to be the custodians
of onr country's interests ourselves
we should guard it for our own children,
Bid commit it to the keeping of no party.
You say, the '* Republican party is the
party of freedom and progress, looking to a
restoration of the Union in the spirit of
J[uatlee and political equality ! proposing to
aid the South In securing the freedom of
apecelt, a free l*reas, and a system of free
yehoole;" when, in facl? the Republican
party has gagged the Preea, imprisoned and
banished men without allowing them tba
benefit of a trial by jnry, simply because
they bad spoken their sentimental and Gen.
Pope, who eorainanda the States of Georgia.
Florida and Alabama, has issued an order
-which forbids aay civil officer pub'
Itching n order or proclamation in any
paper In either of throe 8 to ten, no 1 Understand
it, that does not go In for the Infamous
provisions of the Radical parly. There, the
Governor of o State dare not issue a proclamation
to hie people through any paper
thai doee not bow the knee to Baal or fal]
before the sHrine of Radicalism. The name
high offieial has also written a letter to
Gen. Grant, advising that certnin men In
heSonth. should not only be diefranehlaed,
hut banished from their country too, simply
for the reason that Ihey do not endorse the
'fvlans of the parly to whieh you say you
belong. And yet, yon will have the audacity
to tell the people of South Carolina
that this ia to aid the South in securing a
freh Press and a free speech. I pray llaav'
'Vyn to deliver us from inch freedom as this!
If this ha freedom and progress, I want no
more of it for me and my children.
,* Ton counsel your friends not to think of
eonSaegtion, for it can never be. In this
yoti remind me of a man who altmild be
canting firebrands into a magazine, and
oryiug out, " you moat not think of an expipslen,
for snch a thing can never be"' If
yon are opposed to confiscation, why have
you joined the confiscation party f If a
avtfria an honest man, he should keep oom
pany with honest men; and If a man wants
m a?flwitian, 1m should form no Imkhm
Radicals. Von. had ft* well join ft
.JfUrty ?( thieve*, ftnd tell them .they
must not et**l, * to join this party and tell
|Mk they tsnst not confiscate. The two
tnnin object* of the part? ere, and ever
hftVft been, negro equality ftftd an equal
npj*>rtionment of land*. Dut then there
arc men among us, who, Clean like, are aver
ready to Mil their birth right for mm of
ffcMaoge, amf you may not tolong to this
t *mk, ?ut If SO, the day may yet come, when
ydu, like biro, shell And no pleee for re'
pentoses though you seek It with tears, ti
you Ore not in favor of dlrcot confiscation,
yon aie in favor of giving the .negro the
;Wl t in tie present rude and. ignorant
, , wfltiow, who knows not how to nw H for
aba happinass of himself or (ho emwttry hi
wMsh hs Uvea The Radical party expeete
. Mm to vote himself a home ae soon as he if
fully possessed of the ballot ; and this hi*
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will do. But many of thuee who are to
anxious to Invoet him with the right of
suffrage, will also help him out op and divide
out the land*, their eyoophantlo pretention*
to the contrary notwithstanding.
The beet illustration that 1 can give of thU
?ut j -ot la afforded in one of .dE-ope tablet
' Thedoree, b aring the kite.askod the hawk
to become their protector. lie cooveuted .
and being received into the dove-oote, he
destroyed more in one day than the kite
could have done In a long time.4 The peo*
pie of South Carolina, fearing confiscation,
and " worse terms" from Congress, are ask
Ing negroes and radicals to become their
protect ore, and they, like the silly dovet,
may find that as aton as these are admitted
into power, they will "confiscate more In ono
day than Congress could have done in many
year*. In fact, all they wnnt is to be let
into the fold, and then they Will kill aud
divide for themselves
Again : You appear to make distinctions
where none enn exist You U)1 the negro
that the ol jects of the parly are only to
give him "|Hilitirnl rights equal with the
whites, not tneiol." You Bern to conclude
that the poVuleal is no part of the social
power of the State. Then a man enn be Governor
of South Carolina, a member to Congress,
a Judge of the Court, a Sheriff of your
Plstriat, and, yet not facially equal to one of
his subji-o's, or constituents. This Is certainty
n discovery of the nineteenth century,
and belongs to your party of freedom and
progress. It favors a " system of free
schools." Do you mean to ssy that you are
in favor of whites and negroes sending their
children to the" same school togethsr? If
yon do, la there no social equality in thiaf
Or do yon mean Uiat ilia poor, industrious,
working white man, ahall ba taxed to keep
up free sohools for the edueatlon of the indolent
negro, and then send his child to
school with the negro, or get ao benefit
from his money t In a word, shall he |?ay
two dollars Into the free school fhnd, one
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mr in* own cnuu una one ior ute negro<
and it he refuse* to ssnd his child to school
with the negro, shell ilia negro enjoy the
benefit of both, end the white men pay out
two dollars more, in order that he may do
as much for his own child as he la compelled
to do for the negro I Is this your spirit o!
justice and equality ? I am not opposed la
the n< gro being educated, I am willing
ihnt he shall be Dut I eland in opposition
to being taxed for eduoation and having to
send my child to school with negroes or
realize no benefit from my money Let all
engage in the work, who wish to do so, hut
let them not impose any such burden upon
the shoulder* of those who oan baroly raise
and educate their own offspring. I find
more than I ean do, to educate my owr
race, without having any time to devote tr
the education of nogroes. It may not he s<
with others.
Ones more. You say : " Asonelooklng t<
the entire interest of my fellow-citizens, 1
must aeoept them " Accept what I Why, tin
degrading terms of negro equality, whioh
arejnow being imposed upon the people o
Uiis State by the Radical party of tin
North. Now, for the very soma reason. I
cannot accept mem ; lor Ji can ree nothing
but a War of rtt-ea, confiscation, anarch)
and desolation to our entire country
through thoir acceptance. It will cap thi
foundation of ai) our social and political in
atftutiOna, overturn ourehurehea, npaltow
Religious organizations, make our field* i
Wilderness) lay oUr cities ond town# in heap
of rulfUi, depopulate the land, aiid awee|
tbc face of the whole country with a beaon
of destruction. It hath n?H entered Intl
the heart of man to Conceive, jtnngibatloi
can't fancy, language express, nor pen de
scribe, the evils thai lis before us in auch i
state of things. Already are the negrqei
iu many parts of the country, becoming in
doler.t and insulting to the whitea, epeak
ing'of " land or blood," as they look fot
ward to the wealth they expect to obtat
through a convention. 1 must think tha
man <t traitor to the rights of hla race, e
sadly mistaken in hla judgment of what I
Ida eounlry'a interest, who can. in tha prei
ent superstitious and uneducated conditio
of the negro, advocate his being posses*e
With the right of suffrage. Tbe (lovern
ment of tliia country must be either whit
or black. It can't he a mongrel machine
(or no two distinct race* of such diasimila
I..III. ? f 11 1. 1 .1! I.I ? i
auu MinjFU'HUMi, JIUVC
lived together la peace, whore both ho
equal privilege*. They never con?the
never will. And if yon con take paseag
on any etieb mongrel vessel, I must bid yoi
end your negro crew g>odhye. i wool,
advise you, however, to examine well it
structure and erew, before yon leave shore
for it will have stormy vailing, ere it eha)
finally elear the breakers of the Old Const i
tmion. Titers will yet arid* a const'tut ion
a) wave, that, like an nvalanehe rollini
down the sides of the Alpine mnttntalni
shall sweep all In its path from Main* t
Mexico, ami from the Onlf to the Pola
seas. The land of Washington and ffeirry
the land of Jefferson and Jackson, the lani
of Pinckney an?l Rutlodgs, shall yet awaie
from its vlumbers, end hold ont to s sinkinj
nation the work of the fathers as the las
refuge, in vISieh, to shield and protect tlx
liberties of the children, I am bo and u
ststvl by thie Constitution. I abv bound U
defend a Union of (he States thereunder.?
I have appealed to Govt to kelp me to d<
so. ' I believe He will do it. I have sttet
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GUUENV1LLE. SOUTH CA1
| faith In It, u to b* willing, like vli? chil Jr?n ]
Of WMl on ths hanks of the lied Sen, when
the tyrant's host lay in tha r?*r and ths
waters spread their fathomless bosorti in
frost, to "aland still, and k? the salvation
of the Lord.* Ye man of ths ntfnntalM I
y? men of Oreoavillei will you loifiks the
eonstit?.t!on of your fathers, and east the
future happiness a ad peace of your children
beneath the leet of negtoea f
YoUre respectfully.
' A. 0. STEPP.
wan vmn Mvtssss ndatftlia.
To General Wade tfafilproll, Coltun.
bia, 6. 0.
Saluda, as aw Gwwsvvii.i.ie. P. C. )
September 9th, 1807. )
Oentral?I havo receirod my mail from the
United States Post Office, and find your letter
to the mayor of Columbia published in the
8o*tkern Enterprii, expressing your opinion
on publio affairs, with a continuation of your
views with regard to the present political condition
if this oouptry.
As our minds are all absorbed, at preioot,
with desires fur pesce, I have road your opinions,
General, with doep interest.
You say " Let every man register, and cast
his vote against the Convention." Let as
ask If, I understand yon, suppose a ship at
sea, overtaken, in her onward way, with a
terrible storm ; she eatohes on fire, she springs
a leak, the spirit foortl is broken open, a mutiny
takes place, the ship falls over on her
beam ends, the masts break away, sho lays at
tho moroy of tho winds And the waves, a
wreck upon the waters, tho men give up the '
ship, they are wosk, they cannot help themselves,
some af? lust, and Senna ellng to the
floating wreck. Then the Storm clears awsy,
ths oeenn becomes calm, they get some bread
from the old ball, she rights a little, and the*
FurviTcn tn euaoioa 10 lund onco mart upon
their leg*. Tbo men eotno up and tako an
' oath to return to obedience??to maintain discipline?aad
to work according to the law for
i the better gerernment of all, now regulation!
are made to conform to tho changed condition
I of thing*, jury-masts haro to bo sot up, ceri
tain men must be placed at the liclm, for all
cannot bo trusted in trying times liko these.?
( Ono mast is at first reconstructed, the ship begins
to tnoro ahead again on her truo course,
i But some disputes arise, thoro aro thoso who
do not like tho new mast?ono gives his opinion
it should be all white, while others say it
* shall be black and whito now.
An order Is givon to sot np the other masts,
' so that the ship may get out of her troublo,
(or starvation is using np the people. There
' la a good deal of dissatisfaction, and tho law
1 requires that the peoplo shall asacinblo in
1 convention, and Vote how the work Is to be
i done.
I Now, General, lot us suppose that you and
i I woro passengers on board suoh a ship, would
, you say*--" Let every man registor and cast
, his vote against tho Convection T" Do I understand
you to ta)r that as you cannot hare tho
jnry-maats set np, after your own plan, yon
will not have anjr t Are you willing?I would
say to you?to rciUain at sea Under tuch cir1
oumstances, With & gttard of marines, with*
1 out bread to eat, while a land filled wilk
f milk and honey, U beforo us, whore we may
all lire In a Union of safety, under a civil
[ Q or crouton t ?
f The peoplo of this country bare been living
r on " Hard Tack" and " fdati Junk'* lung
, enough. The voyage of life ia too ehort to
. paaa onr time and woar our tooth on any more
of inch "grub."
r The agricultural intereste of this cotmtry
% have been very muo'a disturbed. We havo
# suffered. Wo want rest, quiet, and pcaeeful
cultivation of the land. This we can never
hare until the political difficulties of the couutry
are settled.
i The commerce of the country has been InJored
| it is baaed upon agriculture and internal
improvements. Tbcse being in a wretchh
ed condition, the oonntry baa little money.
' Trade ia dnli?commerce ia almost dead. As
long aa this Is the ease, every day itdds to dttr
- dialrM3 ati<l poVoriy?dissat^faction, unsettled
** condition, uncertainty, idleness, want of thrift,
n energy, enterprise and health,
it Machinery and mochauic* stand still
r near the water power of these mountains, fot
is the want of spirit and energy among the poopie,
who dent know what to <4o,
n If the State of South Carolina Was safely
j back in tho Union, Its eUliens would o:jbark
^ in projects of industry, which tbey are uuwil*
6 ling to <10 under tills uncertain, uusoltled condition
of Military U ivernirtcnt.
I lee that several of tho loading men of the
South are spanking, against the lawi of ConJ
gress, and the Military ItilIn, adviaing the
people " to op pone their adoption by all ladfal
y means." Though disfranchised myself, I
* think to 44 remain In our present condition, an"
4ef military rolo," la aa eertainly ruinoua to
I ua, aa that a Republican form of Government
* la a bfoasing. When the bnrVe ftooyte under Ure
; gallant Decatur au'rronderod the (ahip) PraaiI
dent to a poweful Jlritish (loot, aa anon aa the
i flag waa lowered, the Captain and hia tuun
i. accepted their true condition. They were
g then ready to go to Dartmouth Prison. Hod
, thay taken advantage of aoneo mild nwaauroa
0 of their eooqtforefl anil have suddenly raiaod
r their flag again, tho act would have boon
considered dishonorable and the opposite party
1 Woold have boon justified in noting in auch a
way aa to sink kor. Wo have surrendered.
- Tho Congrcaaof the United States has acted
* mildly towards the Southern people, touch
1 more mild than aay other Guvornmewt Would
' do Mbf thb circumstances. Our lives and
* our lands, were in the hands of the sriaha of
> Nw f'nitod Stages. Congress called the srmy
> away, and dhf dot take us to- prleonr, of eonfts>
rate our lands. Tbey bwve given w.? s chance,
i aa a free ptopfa te Work our o#n salvation.?
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)PULAB
ROLI.NA. SEPTEMBER 18.
They bete dot nfade <i p?y (ho of
the r?af. they ahafe tint dilb Hi, the/ gibe c
the people the ballot box, and tell them to vote t
tboniaelvoa * Convention j they keep order in 1
the country while thle U to be done. |
Now, it appeare to me, there U d dUpoaltlon J
dotting abotil ill tile Xtrtlosphere on tho poll- i
tioal horlton, to tako en improper adtdfctage of <
thia rolldneaa, and to dictate tortfia Of noon- I
atructlon ; at all erenta, the White people are \
told by their former leadera and rtilefS, that 1
the/ muit ?Und >1111; and hate nothing to do
tilth the torftts proposed to theirt | tilttt the/ ,
should register; which gttca them eltisenehip ; 1
but rote no Convention?which give* them no <
State organisation. J
We Want the free school system provided 1
for all the Children of the Inud, white and i
blaek. Some are born here, live here, yes, die i
bore, without the knowledge of the Tea Corn* I
mandmenU or the Lord's Prayer. I
Good has boon done, lot the work go on ; let I
us all reconstruct the old ship, iqiread the (
ells before tho wind, and let tbo wings of i
commerce bring again to ns tbe reward due i
an agricultural and manufacturing people. I
Very truly, yourt. i
LARDNER aiBBON. 1
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President Johnson's Amnesty Proclamation.
WlediahToa, September 8.
Tbe following proclamation Was issued this
morning :
fly tk? Amidst! df (As Sidtt of
Am ricH.
A MOCLAWATltfS.
Whereas, In the month of Jely, Anno t)omlni
1881, tho two lloneet of Congress, with extraordinary
unanimity add solemnity, dcclarod
that tho war theft existing was hot waged on
(he part of tbe Gdterflttfedt ht ad/ Spirit d'
oppression, nOf for ad/ pb'fpOSe of codqdost of
subjugation, nor purposo of orerthrowing or
interfering with the rights or established institutions
of tho States, hnt to defend and
maintain tho supremacy of tho Constitution,
and to preserve tho Union, with all the dignity,
fguality and rights of the sevoral States
un impaired ^ and that as soon m these objects
should bo accomplished/ the war otlght to
coasc.
And whereas, the President ftf tbo United
6tntos, on (bti 8th day of December, Anno
Domini 1S43, and on (ho 2f>th day of Merely
Anno Domini 18(li, did, with tbo object df
suppressing tbo tben existing rebellion, of inducing
all persons to return to their loyalty,
and of roatoriug tho authority of tho United
States, issue proclamations offering amnesty
and pardon to all persons Who hftd directly or
iudiroctly participated in the then existing rebellion,
except as in thoso proclilututious was
specified and reserved.
And whereas, tho President of (ho United
State did, on tho 29th day of Jlfajr, Anno
Domini 18AS, issuo a furUiof frdfclamatioii}
with tho satno objects beforo mentioned, and
to the end that the authority of the Government
of tho United States niigiit bo rostoredand
that peace, order and freed.>rrt rtMght be
established; and tho t^nsfiidcKl did, by tho
said last moutioned proclatdation, proclaim
and declare that ho thbrohjr granted to all
porsons who had directly or Indirectly participated
in tho then existing robeM'.drty c.tcept
as thefcid excepted, amnesty itrtd pardon,
with restoration of all rights df pfdperty, except
as to slaves, add except certain eases
where legal proceedings had boon instituted,
but upon condition that such porsons should
take and fubsoribo an oath thoroin prescribed j
which oath should M registered for permanent
preservation.
And whereas: in iin.1 br ?1.1 !., ? -i.-it,... ?i
___ - - uh iv> IIMI% UIVUVIUUVU
proclamation, the 20th day of May, Anno I
Domini 1865, fourteen extensive classes of
persons therein specially described, wore altogether
excepted and excluded froin tho benefits
thereof.
Anil whereas, the President of the United
States did, on ttio 2 1 day of April, Anno
Domini 1S6G, issue a proclamation declaring
that the insurrection was at an eiyl, and was
hcncofurth to be so regarded.
And whetoas, there now exists no or?nntied
Rrrfcd icti-Henco of itiilgttiiledl citlzons of
others to tho authority of the United States,
in the Stales of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia,
North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama;
I Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida and
Texas ; and tho laws can be ?tt*tairted ami
e'bforccd therbin bt (tie fvtoper civil authority,'
State or Fodcfal, and the people of said States
aro well and loyally disposed, and havo conformed,
or. if permitted to do so, will conform,
in their legislation to the condition of affairs
growing oht of tho amendment to tbo Constitution
of the United States, prohibiting slavery
within the limits and Jurisdiction of the
Unitod States.
And whereas, (here no longoi1 exists any
reasonable ground to apprehend within the
States whioh were intofved iu the late rebellion,
any renewal thereof, or any unlawtul re
sistanco dy tho people ?rf mm! 3M?i to tho
Constitution and laws of tha United State#.And
wherca# largo standing armies, military
occupation,- martial law, military IrrbWnul?,
(ho suspension of tho Writ dT hitlittU torpna
mod tho right of trial by jury are, in the time
of poaco, dangerous to put>Ira liberty, tnemnpatiblo
with the individual tights of the eitiron,
contrary to tho geuius and spirit of our
froo institutions, and exhaustive of the nation al
resources, and ought not, tbcreforo, to bo
sanctioned or allowed, except in coses of actual
necessity fur repelling invasion or suppressing
insurrection or rebelliofY.
And Wheroaa, a retaliatory or vindictive
policy, attended by unnecessary dis.pialifioations,
pains, penalties, confiscation and disfranchisement,
now, as always, eould only
tend tv Mndwr msoas>Hw?k?rr among fho people
and national Restoration, While It mutft seriously
embarrass, obstruct and repress popular
energies- and national industry and oat >rprise.
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BivKisr-Te
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And #hereS<, for these reuoni, it U tfow
bliMd essential to the public #elfare, and ? j
be more poffocl restoration of constitutional
aw and order, that tho said last mentioned
tfoctcmation so, as aforesaid, issued on the
!9th day of May, A. D. 1865, should be tflodiledj
and that the mil Ittd benSfloeht pardon
soncedod thereby should be opened and forhor
extended to a lafgo number of the persons
eho, by its aforesaid exceptions, hate been
litherto excluded froib Ex Sen tire clettency.
Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Andrew
fobnson, President of the United States, do
lerebjr proclaim and declare that the full parion
described In the said proclamation of the
rath day of May, A. D. 1885, shall henceforth
t>0 Opened and eitetlded to ail persons who
lirectiy or indirectly participated in the late
rebellion, with the restoration of all privileges,
immunities and rights of property, cxnept as
to property with regard to slaves, and oxeopt
in eases of legal proceedings under the laws of
the United States; bat upon this condition!
levertliolcss, that evory such person Who Shall
lock to avail himself of this proclamation,
iball take and suhsoribo tho following oath,
add Shalt eanse the sntne to bo registered for
the permanent preservation in (lie flatiio mat!
ner and with the same effect as with tho oath
prescribed in said proclamation of the 29th
day of May, 1865, namely:
" I, : -, do solemnly swear, (or
affirm,) in the presconce of Almighty Qod,
that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect
and defend tho Constitution ol the Unltod
States and tho Union of the States thereunder,
dn<f that t will, in tike rrianner, abide by and
fnltlhnHy support atl laws and proclamations
whieh have been made during tho lato rebellion
with reference to tho emancipation of slaves.
So help me Clod;''
The following persons, iffd botle others,
are excluded ftUttJ the benefits of this proc
tarnation, and Of the said riroclatriation ol
of the S9ih day of May, 1885, namely; 1
The clilef or pretended chief executive officers,
including the President, the Vice*
Prosident, and ail heads of departments of
the pretended Confederate or rebel Governwent/
and all who were ngents th-feof iti
foreign States or countries, and all who
held or pretended to hold in the service of
the said pretei ded Confederate Oovl
ernmcnt a military rank or title
above the grade of Brigadier General,
or naval rank or title above that of
Captain, and nil w ho were or protended
to bo Governors of States, while maintaining,
abetting, or submitting and acqutee.
cing in tlie rebellion. 2. All persons who
in any Way, trertted otherwise than ai
prieonera of war, persons who, in any capacity,
were employed or engaged in the
military oh naval Service of the tlnllcd
, states. 8. All persons Who, at the tlms
llley may seOk to olrmln the hetieflt of lh?
proclamation, arc In civil, military or naval
-confinement or Cfl-ao iy, or legally held to
bntl, aa either engaged directly or in lirectly
in the assassination of the late President ol
of the United Stntes, or in day manner
therewith connected.
In testimony whereof, I have signed thesr
presents with my hnttd, and liave caused
| the seal of tlie United States to be thereto
affixed. Done at the city of Washington,
the seventh day of September
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
even. AnUrMw Johnson.
By the President
Willi.m If a?; ? -i
...?? ? Mvf*n,u, uwicwirjf 01 omve
Tit* "PnozKit Wnt.t/'or VeriIost.?A cor
respondent of tho Wisconsin State Journal
writing trom 8ndbury, Vu, August 13Ui; thui
describes a virit to the celebrated froten wel
in that vicinity :
"Wo bad gono through the valley and a rail
beyond, going South, When; st tlib fbfksof tb
road, my companion spoke: ' Would you lik
to see the frotan #oll i' 'Yes/ So he tern
tb the loft of our intruded route and palls u
a few hundrod yards beyond, whero a pari;
of men are at work undor tho direction of Mi
Sawyer, of Boston. He has been sent thel
by the Boston Socioty of Natural History t
investigate the mystery of the ' Froten Well
and which he has not as yet discovered. Sou
years ago some curious or wise men of Bostc
raised $300 and put Prof. Jackson up to soli
tho ihyatery. lie carta (die find Jay, broke
down the well, Saw the ice In it in iftldshftitnc
driiuk the solid water, looked wise atid ptn
tied, went homo and wrote a report that in b
opinion an Iceberg hm! been hrfrfed fbeto i
tho drift period. Good and wise?but peopl
laughed about it, and some #ore so mean as I
talk about tho prlbe p'nid. Mr. Sawyor hu
dug two no# wells, each forty or fifty fc?
from the old wetf; HnA finds no ice, or unusui
appearance. The Wells aro sunk throug
?C?!fse gfave! and stones. The ' Proton Wel
is about thirty I deep. In Winter the ic
forma over fir# Wntor eight or ten inchca i
thickness, aftd ico remain* ip the well all Suua
irtct. Holding a looking-glass *o ft* to thro<
the fays of tho aun to tho watef (11 tho well
aaW it rinrl of ico ailliering to the atones at th
surface of tho water. I drank tho watei
Which is pnro and ico cold. If Mr. SaWyc
ha* #otved the mystery he did not tell ir*. 1
is a vary strange and curious thing aifd tin
excited inuch in<|iriry, hut tho ' Froroh Witl
is cold and unexplained. Mr. Siatfycr is
loarnod and porsovering gentleman, and I hop
he uiay he aide to to soiuu light on tho suli
jool, but 1 doubt it."
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A (loon Hit.? Wo find tfio follow
ing in the New Oilcans li> publican :
Wo would augg.-td n >w, lo aaliaf
the clamor of Si an* on'* Undicnl fiiendi
that llfw ex divinity of tlio War lie
parfinent l?e made superintendent of lit
graveyard at A n lersonrille! lie i
the moat fit p?r.on for iho place, for It
a as tbe cause of its Lciti^ filloJ.
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- ?!?L'~ -J?!? 1 11 ' T 111 . l
Itomftntio Incident id Lord Byroa'o
Life.
Now that the Copntee* Onlcc'oli ipemotre
ere to be poblhhfd, the following extract
from ? letter of Benjamin Weet will lie read
*h1i ffeeh ifftrftnttj The letter wae written
tlOlll I'i>u>a lule in
" On ihe day ippolnUd, I a-flved <t two
o'otMk, and began the picture, I futind
him a bad sitter. Ha lalk-dk! thlf tlfile,
and ackud a multitude of questions about
America?how I liked Italy, wliati thoHght
of the Itallana, eto. When he wnsrilenthu
was a better sitter than before ; for bo assumed
a countenance that did not belong to
him, as though hd wefe lliluhlngof a fronlM
piece for * Child? Harold.' Ill abotH IK
hour our firet silting terminated, and I returned
to Leghorn, scarcely able to persuade
myself that this was lha haughty
misanthrope whose character bed alway#
appeared so enveloped In glootn and ftya?
tery, for t do not remember ever to battf
met with manners so gentle and attmclifOj
"The next day 1 teturned and had
another silting of an hour, during which he
eccmcd au-ionsto know what I should tnakf
Of my undertaking. While 1 Wan painting;
the window from wliioh 1 received tny light
became suddenly darkened, and 1 heard a
voice exclaim, ' A troppo bello I' 1 turned
and discovered a beautiful female stooping
down to look in, the grdund on the outside
being on a level with the boltdm of the
window. Iler long golden hair hutigdOWh
about her face and shoulders, her complex
ion was exquisite and her smile Completed
one of the most romahtifc looking heads, net
off, as it wan, by the bright sun behihd It,
which I had ever beheld. Lord Byron if),
f tiled her to coifie In, and inlfodtioed her Id
me as the Countets Quiceioli. He seemed
. very fond of her, and I was glad of btr
. presence, for the playful manner which ha
assumed toward her made him a mash better
sitter. , .
"The hcxt day I was pleased to tihdthfti
the progress which I had made lit his likeness
had given satisfaction, for, when we
were alone, he said that he had n particular
favor to ask of ine?would I grant it Y I
said I should be liapppy to obligo hint; And
he enjoined me to the flattering task of
painting the Counters Gutccloli'a portrait
for him. On the following morning 1 began
It, and niter that they sat alternately. He
give me the whole history Of his connection
> With her. and sahl that he hoped It wttuld
' lent forever ; at any hate, it should Hot be
> bin fault If it did not Ilia othar attach
I mefttfl hAu bcch broken off by no fault ol
hl?.
' t was l>y this lime sufficiently Intirtiate
1 wilii iiim to answer his questions As tO what
' t tbbught of him before I had seeri hlin.?
lie ldrighed ir.ufch at tbe ldeh which I bad
' formed of him, and said, 'Well; yoii find
the like other people, do you notf* Ha
eften afterward repeated, 'Ahd ad you
thought me a fine iel!o*, did yoiif' I re
1 member once telling him, that notwithstanding
his vivacity; I thought mjratlf eor'
hect in at least one estimate a bibb t made
> Of him, for I still conceived that he Has not
a happy matt. lie inquired earnestly what
reason 1 had for thinking so, and I asked
him if he had ever observed in llttUi chtW
- drtn, after a paroxysm of grief; Ihit they
had at intervals a convulsive oh tfemuloue
(banner of drawing a long brkath; Wher,
ever 1 had observed this; In pefdohs of m
1 roatner n,e I had nlwnyS touttff that It
came from sorrow. He said tk* thought
e was new to him; And that hb Hoiild taalto
* rise of It/'
s To.Cukb Weak Eras til ITorbhs,
p ?A short time since, 1 purchased m
r ..Ju.i.K bx * L
.uiuavio iunrr, live yeaM OlU.fOr 68(1(116
r' purposes, And found, unfortunate for
0 tne. thai her left eye was vary weak,
" and good judges pronounced that she
' would lose It. There is a Canadian
le Fieucbman residing iu itiy frftailv, by
,u ihe'imme of Wilson, w hoi a ffli tticd that
^ life C/>uM Cure hfer. 1 (fiiefetfecf him to
r try his --kill, and he iinmediately made
t'_ up a wash of alum and water, which
ia ho reduced to about blood heat, and
n would, with a tynill, lilo* the liquid ine
10 the eye. After .tryifeg the above
> preparation three llinfei, he took a
? piece of alum, Us Isigft as the end of
>t one's finger, and bnrhln# it in the fire,
ieduced it to jiowder; and Mett it stout*
h ly by the snrfle prcefefca, into her eye.?
P So far as wo fcrth judge, she can now
e ree perfectly, ahd the eye is apparently
n sound nnd well. It is a valuable rente*
>- dy.? ('oitntrrf (frntleman.
' tVinc* a soawfsrfert w presented at the ftsisfc
0 ?f fiMfMa*/ rts (Told is lnn??n?t? '*
/ K"<" "" " -?r>
If ft Comes from some known person, be '
r only asked where he got it. If from a strsm1
gor, tho cashier signal* to his detective,- Sflways
in Waiting, and the officer follows secretffc?
a lie fore many hours tho habit is in possession
<o of the stranger's biography.- The offstitfcfy
'* once nrrosted, is like'y to bo tried, coneleted
and sentenced witMW two days > wherefore
f I rent Britain ia not an inviting field for that
kranclt of industry.
> A r.tnusa, on being ask'j nonrfwf ef
' his children, hesitated, returned the ^westion
to his wife. ?0(| ,he fcpH.a . - Tea." But
e when, in ^l0 course of conversation, the far*
mor was asked as to the number of hogs
1 t possessed, he roplied promptly : " Sovent/I
or.c."