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From Washington.
AYasii ingto.v, May 0, 1SCC.
?The House of Representatives,
)>y >a vote of one hundred ami
twenty-eight against thirty-seven, 1
passed to-day the Reconstruction ,
Committee's Amendment to the
Constitution, Republicans of all ,
shades voting in the affirmative. ]
It prohibits any State making 1
or enforcing statutes denying to
anv nerson an eaual portion of <
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the law. The apportions of* re;.- (
rcscntation are according to mini- ^
hers, but restricts it to the extent
that citizens^ above the ago of
twenty-one years are excluded
from voting. It disfranchises
till July, 1S70, all who volunta- ]
rily adhered to the late msurrcc- 1
tion. It prohibits the assump- 1
tion or payment of Confederate ]
debts and compensation for (
slavery. 1
Washington, May. 11,186C.?
The Senate has confirmed the .
appointment of Mr. Smytho as
Collector of the Port of New
York. J
i General Sickles, . though his
appointment as Minister to the '
Haoiie has been confirmed, de- J
dines, preferring io hold his pre- j
sent position. lie will return to
Charleston soon. ?- ^
Mrs. Davis will remain with j
licr husband until his trial. The
Government has i^andoned the
charge of his complicity in the
assassination.
Washington, May 11,1S6G.? 1
The Senate passed to-day the <
Postal Appropriation Bill, after 1
striking out the amendment here- i
toforc, preventing parties from
recovering any pay until confirm- 1
ed by the Senate. 1
Before the passage of1 the Bill ;
Mr. Cowan made a speed), dc- 1
daring that those who interposed i
to prevent the Southern States (
from being represented were dis- i
unionists, apd that opposition to t
restoration was superinduced by i
fear of losing political power. 1
General Sickles has been con- i
firmed as Minister to the Hague. (
Washington. May 5 ?The
circulation of the Merchants' National
Bank of Washington, {
which f;t#ed yesterday, is $1$U.- 1
000, secured by United States 1
bonds. \
It is undhrsrood Paymaster
Paulding had a deposit iri the
Merchants' National Bank of up- J
wards of $500,000, supposed to
have been draw from other depositories
and transferred to the
Merchants' National Bank, con- *
trary to a general disbursing order
from the War Department., .
The IJouse Committee on
Claims has allowed but $130,000
out of claims amounting to $20,000,000.
f"1 * * A I' Al_ _
1 lie receipts iroin me niieiuu:
revenue yesterday amounted to
81,395,813.
The Last Man of the Retreating
Army.?The Petersburg
Index, speaking of the desecration
of a burial lot in Pocahontas,
near that, city, makes the
following interesting mention of
the last devoted North Carolinian
:
There is buried here one soldibr
?a North Carolina Curtius?
who, on the night of the evacuation,
was left at Pocahontas
bridge to fire it, and was killed
there, the last man of the retreating
army. He was found dead
by the Federal forces in advancing,
and by them interred in a
blanket, his only coffin, and the
npron of a woman who came there
(o weep, his only shroud.
We add, disturb'_ hiiu _hot,-but
let a monum.cnt he erected to his
memory.*
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From San Francisco.
San Francisco, May 8,18G6.
?Intelligence received from Los
Angelos states that Fort Goodwin,
Arizona, was taken by two thousand
Indians, and the garrison,
consisting of one hundred and
twenty men, massacred with one
exception. The party who es- \
caped was out hunting at the
time and saw the fight at a distance.
The Indians are supposed
to have been admitted into the
fort under the pretext of entering
into a treaty of peace.
Brevet Major James F. Midler
was recently shot and killed at
Cottonwood Springs by a party
of Apaches.
Great excitement has been
occasioned by the discovery of
rich gold mines on Clemens
Crock.
It is reported that the United
States soldiers at Fort Coleville
Inserted and left for the' diggings,
taking arms with them.
The Last Volley.
Colonel John S. Mosby visited
Lcesburg last Monday, on professional
business. Because he
Happened to wear a cape in these
piping times of peace which had
)ii it several bross buttons with
;he coat of arms of Massachusetts
on them, the Federal cap:ain
in command there declared
lis purpose to arrest him and cut
:hcm oil". Being unwilling to
ubniit to this treatment, but
lisposed to do anything in reason
to avoid a breach of the
icace, - the Colonel, at the sue*
? .
^cation of a friend, consented to
cave the burg. The captain,
with four troopers and sixty infentry,
endeavored to intercept
!iis retreat, but was too late by
several moments to effect his
object. When the Colonel rode
upon the crest ot a lull, lie lookid
back and saw the doughty
ivcirriOiis make a furious bayonet
ihargc upon a haystack which
had served to conceal him from
their view when he made his exit.
Hie spectacle was so ludicrous
he could not repress ail inclination
to whoop.. lie did .so, and,
it the same lime, raising his lint,
ic waived a parting adieu. The
rate captain acknowledged the
jompliment by ordering a leaden
mlley from sixty guns to be
ired at the Colonel. The bullets
vhistled closely but harmlessly
last bjin, and made music which
eiifinded him of by-gone years
if strife.
We believe the Massachusetts
jut ton is the symbol of treason,
tnd are somewhat surprised that
lw? rVlnnnl utis ?r? ilielnviil :)? In
wllVA 1 "v*vl7 ,%w '
ctaii.i one on his cape at the risk
>{' liberty and life.
Warvcnion Index.
A. Decent Nigger Newspaper.
The Mobile Nationalist, a nigger
journal, owned and edited by
niggers, hhs a sensible nigger
correspondent at New Orleans
who is not in love with the Bureau.
He says: UA thousand
times better would it be for the
colored man were it aaolished,
for, instead of being a safeguard
or protection for the freedmen, it
is only a place in which freed-'
men's rights are bartered away;
it serves only to engender bitterness
and hatred in the hearts of
the very people with whom we
expect to live, die and he buried.
* * * The sooner it
is out of the way the better for
all parties concerned." We always
knew that the better'class
of negroes objected to the Bureau
as strongly as the whites, and we
are glad to perceive that their
upmiuuo mo ^UULHIq 11ILU pilUl/ill
a way that can throw no doubt
over their genuineness,
Richmond Examiner.
The loss of members in the Methodist
Church Korth, during the war was
00,000; the present aggregate being
928, 320.
There are 22,000 Confederate graves
around Richmond. The ladies propose
to visit tho cemetery on ilie 10th of
May, to organize for the purpose of ornamenting
the graves of theso unsung
' heroes.
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Mills house in tlmt city.
Refreshing. .
Our enterprising and gentlemanly
druggists, Hodgsox & Dcn-lai1, appears
to have anticipated the wants of the
lovers of cooling and refreshing beverages,
having in store a quantity of ice,
and being regularly supplied with a
superior article of soda water. See
advertisement in another column.
Boiiicst & Burke.
11V YwCrvpfmf>A tn nrl if. Trill
lio seen that tho above justly popular
firm, in tho city of Charleston propose
furnishing photographs of all the prominent
generals of tho lato Confederate
armies at 25 cents each, or fivo for one
dollar. All orders sent to those gentlemen
will be promptly attended to.
Address Boixkst & Burke, G9 Meeting
street, Charleston. Post; office box 403.
Ad'ocitfu* itliictfer.
One of the most brutal and fiendish
murders on record was perpetrated on
Thuifday night the 10th inst., in this
place, by a colored man named Loin
KirMand. The manner in which lie
accomplished the killing of his wife,
Jane, has scarce a paralcl in tho history
of crime. Joicr is a short heavy built
black negro fellow about 20 or 30 wears
old, and is at large, having eluded tho
most diligent search made for him by
the colored people of tho town.
Independent Fire 3'ugine, Com
* puny.
At a mooting of the abovo company
held on Mondnv- cveniius last, the fol
lowing named gentlemen were elected
as officers to servo during the ensuing
twelve months:
T. Wii.sox, Captain.
W. i\I. B muxes, First Lieutenant.
W. J. A uKANT.s, Secretary.
Fi. F. Sri.i., Treasurer.
J. K. Goohai.k First Director.
A. -T. Fjiktao, Second Director. *
With such a. corps of 'efficient officers
and men the Independent is capable of
rendering invaluable service.
Successful HCriaSor.
An English writer says what is very
true, that "a good editor, a competent
newspaper conductor, is like a general
or a poet, born, not made. Exorcise
and oxpcriei'ieo give facility, but the
qualification is innate, or it is never
manifested. On the London daily pa- j
pcrs all the grout historians, novelists, i
pools, essayists, and the writers of travels,
have hoon tried, and nearly every
one failed. 'I can,' said the late
editor of the London Times, 'find any
number of men of genius to write for
me, but very seldom one man of common
sense.' Nearly all successful editors
arc of this description. A good
editor seldom writes much for his paper
?lie reads, jirtlggs, selects, dictates,
alters and combines, and to do all this
well ho lias but little time for composition.
To write for a paper is one thing
?to edit a paper another." *
The Columbia Carolinian says:
Twelve millions of dollars for the support
of the Frccdman's Bureau! "Who
pays it ? The tax-payoas of the whole
country. For what? To keep alive
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on institution ana its employees, wmcn
lias .done moro to retard the dovelopmcnt
and progress of -the South thaii
any other cause. But for the Freedinen's
Bureau, wo declare advisedly,
that one-fourth more of cotton would
liave been planted than is now in the
ground, and millions of dollars would
have been invested in industrial pursuits,
tha? are now withheld until a
a more propitious season.
Gov. Hamilton is managing affairs in
Texas pretty much as Brownlow does
managed them in Tennessee. The
Nashville Union and American says of
him:
"Wo know Jack Hamilton well. He
started in Alabama as a merchant's
clcrkj'after wards wentNorth and bouhgt
a stock of goods on credit; sold them,
put the money in his pocket; disappeared
between two days, and next
turned up as a lawyer in Toxas, whero
through a course of years, ho gained
mitfh more reputation as an unprincipled
pettifogger than as a jurist. In
other words, he was universally held,
whorovor known, by tho bar of Texas
as a knave, and was watched and treated
as such. His card now is to rule
Texas, or make it a lield of perpetual
ftrife."?-Memphis Commercial.
The Administrations vf George
Wellington and Aiadrew Johnsou.
We referred, in our last issue, to the
difficulties which beset the administration
of tliOj fathor of his country, the
peculiar circumstances surrounding
him, and finally, the manner in which
he actcc\. "Wo purpose enumerating
mow tHe peculiar troubles which encompass'AxDEF.w
Jonxsox. ^Regarding
the administrations of the two men as
parallel in many respects, and certainly
as the most iniportant and eventful in our
history, avc desire to do justice to. both.
Washington was the first President
of the United Statos, after a revolution.
'Tis true, the relations fcctwoen tho
colonies and Great Britain were provincial?not
those of coequal States;
yet it was an intimato relationship.
Thero were very many of our peoplo
loyalists during tho war. It partook
of tho nature of a civil war; nevertheless,
'ij; .was a revolution. So with Axdrnw
Johnson. Ho is the first President
of- tho United States aftor a long
war, and a revolution. It is ridiculous
to call it a rebellion, unless the defini
tion of the heretical "Wade is adopted,'
who, in tho debate on the state of the
Union, in ] 800, said to the Southern
Senators, "if you succeed| it will' be
revolution; if you fail, rebellion." Success
may be an evidence Sf merit, but
ft is not necessarily tho criterion of it.
There is an absolute rig-lit, and a positive
wrong, irrespective of the relative
or circumstantial.' Revolution and
rebellion are as antipodal as the poles.
The one is a change in the fundamental
principles of" a State?in the relations
between its classes, or in the precedent
condition of parties to the government.
Tho other is resistance to authority, for
conceived or inflicted wrongs, without
reference to principle or a change in
the future policy of* tho government.
Tho lirst is lusting in its elFoets; the
latter is temporary and ephemeral.
Tho revolution of 1G8S, in England,
was jtho sequence to that which beheaded
Ojiaulks tho First, and"placed Citouwjtti,.
in power. Ciakexdon persisted
in calling the last a rebellion' History
lias bestowed on him'the expression of
Sua kki'Eahe's Dogberry, "write 1110
down an ass." The most casual stu(lent
of English constitutional history
necd9 no .argument to satisfy himself
that tho.affair'of 10S8 was a revolution..
'Tis- \ts9lesa .fo . .multiply, examples.
The omenta of Shay, in ^lassachn
setts,.in the year 17S0, and the whiskey
rebellion in Pennsylvania, in 170-i,
are prominent instancosvio our view of
rebellion in this country, not to enumerate
many eases in Europe, such as the
Hungarian rebebion of '48; nay, more,
there can lie vo rclcllion between equal
mrrch/ntirs. Tlio late trouble, wo contend,
was a revolution. You can make
it nothing else, uulcss you falsify history,
and disregard established rulo? of
interpretation and construction.
The war had scareely ended, when, in
the dispensation of Providence, A>tuikw
Johnson was called to .fill Ins present
position, around which difficulties
have clustered unknown to his prcde
cessors. 1110 luncuuarks 01 the past
have Leon well nigli swept away; new
ideas arc afloat; new issues are bofor?
the country. One, section is dominant;
the other is subjugated. The social
status of the latter is entirely eliaugcil;
its industrial, resources crippled, ayo,
almost ruined; its relations to tho Government
aro suspended, and anomalous
; tho military garrison and the
frecdman's bureau circumscribe it;
civil law is inoperative; "wo arc taxed,
and yet debarred representation. At
thbiNorth, the war has swept away all
paiHies but one; it is intolerant, if not
despotic; their finances aro inflated,
there is confusion in politics. The
theory of our former system has received
.a terriblo stroke, if not its death
blow. The taxes are oppressive; the
work of reintegration is unfinished.? I
So far as practical results are involved,
tho Southern effort seems to have been
"a fait accomplit." An odious civil
rights bill is creating dissatisfaction and
disturbance. They suspect our loyalty,
.-. n/1 vnfyovil no no "nlifino frrvm +lia mm_
CLXLvt vvu uo " V"* uuv vw?**
monwcalth. of Israel." They arc full
of what Is termed the spirit of tho age.
Very many of them are our friends,
and, we believe, our conduct is calculated
to swell the number. To out
short this climactric accumulation of
troubles, the question pertinent to our
subject is, what position has Andrew
Johnson taken 3 Has ho met this most
trying and momentous issue with the
spirit of the patriot, and tho ability
and foresight of tho statesman ? We
boliovo he has. In a short while after
the surrender of our armies, he issued
an amnesty proclamation. 'Tis true,
A
rca*3rn2K-ix r-rimrrmrwaia:
many persons were excepted; what | 1
else -was to bo'cxpeetcd) He appoint-:
ed Provisional GoWiiors; State Con- j
ventions were called; the ordinances of j
secession were repealed; slavery was :
emancipated by State. cnnctiftcnt; in I"many
cases, the Confederate Var det>t, \
assumod by the States, was repudiated. ]
Governors, Senators and Eoprcsenta-. ,
tives have been elected. The States, i
at the President's suggestion, went
ahead to revive their former status*.
He did dictate some terms, but they
sprung from an earnest desire to benefit
us. His- doctrine, relative to us, is
constitutional and logical. Ho contends
that these Southern States; were never
out of the Union; that these functions
v \
wero suspended?never abrogated; that
a Stafo 'cannot commit treason; that
secession , is a nullity. It matters not
whether we differ with him on this
point or n6t. "The last resort of kipgs"
lias settled it in his favor. He behoves
that we are (loyal; that we have given
proofs and; guarantees of it; that we
are entitled to representation. He has
issued his proclamation declaring the
war at an ond'and peace restored. He
has vetoed two of the most despotic,
damaging bills over passed by a Jacobinical
assembly. He remains firmly by
his policy. His cabinet advisers are
almost a unit with him. (Seward, the
Tulleyrand of America, stands by him;
doing battle for him with the tact and
sagacity which havo made liim for
many years the master of American
politics. McCrij.ocn moulds the finances
in consistent shape. Stanton*, has
come 'over at last. It takes skill and
judgment to manage these three men, representing
different types of mind and
shades of politics. As Washington stood
between Jrfferson and Haxilton, so
docs the President with these men.?
As the former adopted that sage maxim
"inmedio tutiasima via, so has the latter.
He has but a meagre support in Congress.
The majority of that body oppose
him. / They disavow his acts; they
deny the correctness of his promises.
At tho beginning of the session they
dealt in courtly .phraseology; now thoy
ai% bitter and malignant. Some of
them oven liiut at impeachment. They
have packed their. legislation; they
have failed to reconstruct on their platform,
while thoy utterly repudiate his.
Their opposition extends to Ids friends
and advisers. To support the President,
formerly, was loyalty; to do so
now is next ,to treason.
Finally, every prospect of our politieal
condition is gloomy and threatening.
Such are some of tjjpe difficulties
which beset Axwnrw Jouxsox's administration.
"What is to^ be' the result ?
Wo confess our inability to lift tlio curtain.
Our' duty is plain. Let us bo
true to the President so long as lie is
right. Let us do naught to impair our
status. Above all things, lot us hoop
our temper and maintain our selfrcspcet.
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The War in South America.
The latest intelligence received from
South America represents a state of .
quiet prevailing since the bombardmout
of Vnlparasio.' It ds doubtful if
the Spanish Admiral "will venture to ;
carry out the programme of bombarding
cities ou the Chilian coast. The
Vnlparasio affair hils reflected so little
credit on the Spanish Government that
it would be surprising if sho should
again hazard her reputation by committing
similar acts. Thus far the war
has been barren of any decided results.
Spain is under great expenso in maintaining
a blockading fleet, which after
ail is only partially effective, and Chili
and Peru are suffering from tlio loss of j
commerce, j/ossuny an attempt wm.
soon be made to bring about a peaceable
state of affairs. All parties concern-i
cd have shown satisfactory proofs of
their heroism, and we believe most na- ;
tions will agree that their honor has
been amply vindicated.
. Charleston Courier.
The Memphis Avalanche, in speaking
of tho constant Northern denunciation
of Mr. Calhoun, says thus forcibly: 1
"Malice forever dogs tho heels of
greatness, and calumny is its shadow. <
"We aro not, thi reforo, surprised to 6C?
party ghouls and hyenas howling over
tho grave of John C. Calhoun?a man
who has made such a grand chapter 1
for history. Mr. Calhoun was tho com- (
peer of Clay and Webster. His pri- ]
vate character was spotless; and wnilo the
names of Clay and Webster are <
cherished as tho brightest stars in the
galaxy of fame, it is singidar that a
continual stream of abuse, falsehood '
and malignity should be vomited upon :
tb'e npblest, loftiest, greatest son the
nhtfeta has ever produced. We intend '
to vindicate tho memory of this iilus
trious statesman, whether the assault
comes from Northern radicals or from :
miscreants of the South, vilo enough j
to echo every word of abuse, no matter ':
how stupid and foul, every lie, nojiniit-; i
tcr how potent in malignity."
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The Burning of Coluni1'
bia.
The scenes wlilcii occurred in tho
Senate of the United States, upon the
recent presentation to that tyody bv tlu;
Hon. lieverdy Johnson, of' Alary land,
if the letter of Gen. \Vnde Hampton,
n reference to the burning of Columbia
by Gen Sherman, and the attempted
refutation, of the charges preferred
in tlyj letter against Gen. Sherman,
have aroused the citizens of our Capital
to the importance of placing on record,
in a public manner, tlio facts connected
with that transaction and the
proofs which can bo offered to substanv
tiato,the letter of Gen. Hampton. In
furtherance of this purpose, a public
meeting will be held in that city to-dav ^
and the local papers have urged that
all business be suspended, and a general
attendanco of citizens take place.
In urging the necessity for such a pro-,
oeduro, and after a brief recitation of
the evidence which can be produced
for the purposes aforesaid, the Colum-'
bia Carolinian adds:
"We have been denied a hearing W
Congress, but wo Iiave the great people
for a tribunal, and to tliem wo now up- .
peaL The issue is inado hot by us.
We stand upon the defensive. Let us ' '
do oiir duty, tell tlio full story of "ptir
wrongs, brand their author with the
infamy ho deserves, and history will do
the rest in illustrating our sufferings
and perpetuatiug the memory of one
who, whatever may be his merits as a
soldier, has lost all claim to the tittle of
a man."
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Avoid Them.
A correspondent of the N. C
Presbyterian calls attention to
the fact, that some of the school
books published at the North, '
and brought to the South forgalc
contain offensive and jnsufting
chapters in regard to the late \Var,
besides beincc false and unfair.
If we have been subjugated,
it is right that we should contend
for the truth of history; and jvo
hope southern school teachers
will be cautious about what sort
of books they introduce into
their schools. If a teacher persist
in using such offensive books
let all honorable southern men
refuse to patronise him or her.
The Adams Express Rob- ,
hfvrcr "*
New York, May . 8.?All. the
parties concerned in the Adams
Express robbery in January last,
have been arrested, and all money
except about forty thousand dol- .
lars recovered. Originator, of the
robbery, John Grady, also under ,
indictment for murder, was shot
by the turnkey while attempting
to escape, and died two hours alter.
The Trial of Jeferson
Davis.
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ANUIU'ULii., iUIiy 11, icou.?
Late yesterday afternoon the
Grand Jury of the United States
Circuit Court, in session here,
brought in a true bill against Jefferson
Davis for treason, and adjourned
until the first Tuesday
in Jime, to meet in Richmond.
Judge Underwood went isortli
last'night, taking with him a copy < 1
of the indictment against Jeli'ererson
Davis.
Parson Brownlow says: "I am not
afraid to indorse Sumner and Stevens
on my own dung hill." A dung hill is.
tlio only place where they should bo indorsed.?Prentice.
Brownlow says Kentucky may "go
to h?11." Can't you-give hfcr a letter
of introduction, Governor ? It might
have great weight with tho . clovenfooted
Radical below.?Nashville' Banner.
The elegant Brownlow, in a speech .
at Knoxville, said that President Johnson
could carry no State north of Kentucky,
and he wished the President
would carry that State to h?11.
Model Mabbiage Notice.?The following
notice appears in a North Carolina
paper. Wo publish it as a model
for all young couples who get caught in
l-lin oomn fvnn nwl -irlcti +n l<s+
tuv w* I*|/J ??*?jtK kV AW V'UVAX
friends know it through the press:
"M.ybried.?By Dr. J. A. Shemll, at
twilight on Wednesday evening, February
28, 1866, in Catawba county, .N.
0., at the house of the bride's widowed
mother, Mr. A. A. Grabrille to Miss
Lizzie Milligan, after a short but most
lelightful courtship. .
A match type-sticking race came oft
between two compositors a few days igo
at Iowa City. A. J. Kenny of tho
Iowa City Press and 0. B. Boll' of the
Council Bluff Nonpareil, each, setting
four thousand oms solid bergeois'in two
hours. Tho speed is unprecedented.
Mrs. Partington asks, very indignantly,
if the bills before Congress
iro not counterfeit, why there should
ho so much difficulty in passing