Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 36, Number 1, 1 March 1866 — Page 2

Richmond Palladinni: .Thursday, March 1st, 1866. i. n " - urn m ii ii i -t ii ii i ir r ! . t Thirty-Sixth Volume. Thli ja .llie first nnmbcr of a neV.volmrt of tbe Oti Palladium. We hare been connected with it for thirtv rears, ami desire to be in the "same situation" for at least twenty years longer !arrii ioiuo of the hard labor we have had to do during the past. To make it raster vru want more rintronage, the cotuse 'H.hk-i; of which will not fail to make a

In Iter jtnprr ; try it frit nds and fellow-! rlticns? j COLONEL I. P. GRAY, j Candidate for Congress, j Will addrena his fellow-citizens of this ; city and vicinity, at Starr Hail on Monday night March 12th. j Come out and hear the Colonel, and then ! detido lu l!ier he is the ui.ht man to ; put in the place of the present iactnn- j lout. Business for Gabriel i hi m a great country, mod we are grat people." i'l.-i man U jumped down his own throat u i lis appeared, irii small potato? when cumptri with Dr. Jul, i. .'in not he who lived 'Isng syne. 'but b win) no-.v lives or did lire io th flesh, t what little he po-se-,is,'i at ths True Julian Convention, hold j (V-tilon-ille on Saturd.iv, the 10th 11 It. Our readers n- 1 not to be reminded of the disgraceful scenes enarte I at that time nd place, 'fhe majority in that convention made themselves a ''bye-word and reproach," by their nubaliowed and outrageous proceedings. But with all their bravado, bluster,, and nonHe s, ll-ey .lid, through their resolution-man Johnson, aforesaid, soar into the empyrean- the eelistial blue, which interested th great publie 'when the morning si. in aang together,' and the latter was the Cambridge 0110- which ij taken on at ten cents a 'tint.' lint to the uiatWr ;u tun I. Among the resolution rea l by I r. Johnson itlie oao that' alive), was liie following: Head:! "lh solve I, That in common with ail tm patiiots, "we ti nder our heartfelt thanks to the Wliwrs and ''soldiers of tbe army and navy who have so uoily '. unbred their lives iu securing these d jctts. ' Nou, this is evidently intended at a slight recognition ot tiiu claims of the soldier upon the J ':!.: i i par t y. a n I, inasmuch a thin ark go ledgiuent of it is a .-, thing for them ml oue w hich they have hitherto either overlooked or ignored, it is very gratifying to a nie s this first endeavor to "ere" a soldier. But i- to the instincts, they ellnl.it griat prudence and uu-iou.-nusa in their maiden ellurt to he intent ly patriot" , and to ensure perk-ct safety, I'r. Johuj'li li e livo one conclude. 1 to rA. the !, uU t.,l,ltere H.t'f tlirtjirnt! Aud herein is displayed the profound Oat'--, iniitisb ip t he keen aagucitv. and "pott wioi.W ivuipalhy of thest paissaM jackasses. For if this r solution means anything, it means that their 'heart-f-!t thanks" are due to those who ero considerate enough to get killed and that, on the whole, it was noble in them to do it; tut for the poor ilu-.ils ho ranu home wounded crippled fir even rnme home at all, the tiling itai very different, and the I'.ilimi party ami its ghostly doctor didn't propose to commit themselves not much! Hut wtiile we are gratified and are willing to accept aiual! favors, we must confess to gome curiosity as to the way by which thes resolutions will be likely to reach the recipient of its honors. Our first thought wa that they would send a certified copy to them hy tho doctor; but a little reflection satisfies us that he tfif't 'jH'mj their tcaii. All our accumulated apprehensions were diapelteil, liowevever even vanished into the air, aud the wkoie matter was presented with mure than noonday radiance when we remembered that Brother Ike" was aendiir regularly the "True Julian Democrat," in which the resolutions were puhliihe.l to our departed, progressive friend, Ju-tli llensh:w, now iii another and better world, mailed r a tireensboroiigh, Henry co., Indiana. Hut then, the V'llUnt ''boys" who "bar fought the good fi-hf," wilt neierh tie tlit blessed privilege of reading the reet'ltioiis in their behalf. St. Peter ia a good deal too mart to allow such a mendacious sheet as the 'family crgan' to pass the portals, and thus the Battering Miii-linn may never reach them. We are sore afraid the only chance after all will be to enclose a "copy" to tie relatives, or make a special arrangement w ith (iaoriul to advise the parties interested. There would have been another serious difficulty presenting itself to any but these "cunning old rats," who are "sharp in the head," in the contumacious ins ilt openly given to the soldiers who came home alive. VVho but a thiu-skinned, ueart!e.s wretch, w hose delight aud bread-and-butter is found in the fractures, dm! -cations, and amputations, which humanity has to sailer, could or would stand ap before a christian people and say, iu effect to the Dudley's, the Wilson's, tlie Jetl'eri', toe Sims', and' the hundreds of otheis who have dragged home their niaimal and mutilated bodies from the bloody field of battle: 'v- rl m't k-nvui jom" "you uiuit go and die at once, it von want .s to notice you!" Hod knows! few of these I '.iiJ-stsin-ed patriots are aminos for the recognition or even the notice of such dastards. The whole matter is a fitting kcitiel to the partisan ami unaatural course which has characterised, the M. C from this district, iu his titter failure to recognise the services of a single soldier, foe any appointments within his influence, with the single exception, perhaps, of his imported cousin Kinlev, whom he is having "rubbed down" and '-blsuk -t-1' lor a r.- for the State Senate. Whilst upon the subject of Mr. Julian's sympathv fur the soldiers, we desire to publish an extract from a U tter recently received by gentleman ia this citv, 111- m a friend ia Washington City: " My attention was called to a singular fact, in tl.f disposition "f the patronage in v.mr coog-ressinnu! iksinct, a few days siace, by a gentleman pertectlv i, nversmt an the facts. Ii is well understood here tl at Mr. Julian has no syinpnthr with Idiers. and has entirely ignored them in his dispensation of patronage: while every other member of t'ongress is continually laboring to procure position ! r mentorii -.is and wounded sildiers from their oiriets. Mr. Jul' art. as chairman of the committee on public h'n.is. oi the House, is entitled to a clerk, and instead of ..:- e -tine s,.me wounded soldier from his district to till : is sting plac. wher the duties are only oomiual and .iary six dollars per day, he gives it to a clerU in one . ' Chj iepartments. who already enjoys a l'5i.KI clerkship! 1'i-es tius fellow divide the sa'.srv with Julian? U not, why should he giveit to a stringer in preference to one of bis own constituents?' A Rich Treat. lieu. Joas Fijh.it, tfc veaerable Mi.ver o: oar c:ty. j is about to favor Ui public with a Sne ej-ti -n cf his Poems. To those wb know tae author, this simple i .in noun vmect will be enough. But thousands who j have come upon the stage cf life tang since the Poems, which bav given the author world-wide celebrity, i were first written, will perhaps allow ns to intimat the rich treat in store for them in the forth-coming volume. It is a great satisfaction that Mr. Finley has j ecu able to superintend the getting out of his Poems ;n the sunset of bis declining years, and that thev cense ns fresh a ml pure from the fountain. How" many 1 ( t'-.ousanJ "Hoosiers" will revel in the beauues cf the J "Il-wiitr's Nest." famous as well ia Europe as ia 1 America and the Bachelor's Hall"? and how poeti- i ea! the thonght, that the whisperints of the muse. 1 - inspired by the exuberant fancies of youth the n:a- i tare intellect of manhood, and th chastened expert- j "" ence of riiw years , should be embodied in "thoughts I t!:at breathe and words that bwrn," and while giving ; vir.wonted delight to tbovsands Cf readers in all the lengta and breadth of the Ucd, serve t,-, smooth the juus-jf ot dVcIioinir years, and drive the wolf from dr ef tr. Tbis work we learn, will be ready :i vxrnt tJiirtT davs. tiray hairs ar honorable,' benee tbe reason for so t. i ay CkT MSS now la tal congressional district.

Ioraltr the irurnfral Qntin?ation. Whatever extreme, wen, may assert with jegard tl I'resiJent Johnson's views n tjeXMisiruction whatever thsy may at (an 1 as a class they bad no faib in Lincoln, and from first to last haye accepted the frank declarations of Mr. Johnson with infidel discount) we defy them to show by the public record of Lis administration, a single act which directly or indirectly tolerates anything short of unquestionable loyalty as the essential prerequisite to reconstruction. Adherence to this principle has been the crowning characteristic of his policy. He has not proposed, nor has any partv in his name proposed to reins-tate redhanded rebels" in the councils of the nation. Of those who assert to the contrary, a fvw are honestly mistaken, tut t!;e iwajori'.y lie, with dtvclish j,.reii;ediation. Upon this material point the I'resident is in harmony with tine liadical Republicans, generated by Thaddeu Stevens ; the Abstrai t Republicans, generaled by Senator Sunnier; the Practical Republicans, generated by Senator Fensenden ; the Riack Republicans, with Fiadtritk Douglas at their head; the women's rights) pasty, led by Mrs. Swisshelm ; the (iariisonian Abolitionists; the Wendell Phillips Aholitiouiats, and the Garrett Smith Abolitionists. These several wings, each claiming to represent a full corps in the L'nion army, though widely at variance among themselves upon many questions of puMic policy, arid moving upon the, enemy's works by diverging lines, ate fully atrrced that no rebel wnose hands are stained with loyal blood shall be permitted to take Washington by any sort of political strategy, and they are eiptally agreed that unrepentant and disloyal communities have no right to claim representation until purged of treason. We defy any fair minded ReuUiatrt to point to a single act in Mr. Johnson's policy which can be construed into anything short of this. Where and when: Our columns are open to any man who can present and sustain an indictment against iiis tried and true patriotism, Lis unselfish devotion to the L'nion cause, and the scrupulous observance of the principles of the great party which placed him in power. The charge cannot be sustained. The indictment will fall on every single count. Eoystlty is the essential ingredient of every measure of his policy, as it has been the inspiration of his life Lafayette Courier. ? That friend speaks our mind precisely. I'res-i.b-nt Jojtvsov has alwavs contended, and still contends, that no member of Congress should be admitted to a seat who was not iu fact a loyal man and prodno ng evidence to that effect. Head the letter in anothec column from tiov. Cox, of Ohio. Kd. Pal.

Union State Convention. Isoiasai'Oi.is, Feb. U2. The l'nion State Convention met at ten A. M., .Major CJeneral Lew Wallace temporary Chairman. In his address he depreciated division and urged harmony. Alter the appointment of Committees on permanent Organization and Resolutions, the Convention adjourned until -P. M. The Convention reassembled at '2 V. M. The Committee on Permanent organization reported Gov. Raker for Resident. The Convention then nominated the following State Ticket: D. K. Williamson, Attorney General; Col. N. Truster, Secretary of State; T. P.. McCarty, Auditor; Major General Nathan Kimball, State Treasurer : G. W. lloss, Superintendent of Public Instruction. The resolutions adopted declire. full faith in President -Johnson and Cabinet, and the l'nion members of both House of Congress, in the sincere desire and determination of all of them to conduct t!:o affairs of government in such a manner as to secure the best interests of the whole people ; and we hereby declare liiat we will sustain them in all Constitutional etlorts to restore peace), order and pertianent union. The second resolution declares that in Andrew Johnson we recognize a patriot true and tried, and will support him in all Constitutional efforts to restore national authority, law and order anions' the people of the States lately in rebellion, on the basis of equal justice to all men, and that we pledge to the Administration, F.xocutive and Legislative, our united anil hearty cooperation in all ways and prudent measures devised for the security of the Government against rebellion and insurrection in time to come; and while indorsing the President, expresses entire confidence in the l'nion majority in Congress. Resolved. That it is t lie province of the legislative branch of the Government to determine the question of reconstruction, ami in the exercise of that power Congress should have in view the loyalty of the people of these States, and their devotion to the Constitution and obedience to law, and until the people of these States prove themselves loyal to the Government they should not be restored to the rights enjoyed before the rebellion. Jtslre,i, That no man who voluntarily paticipated in tiie rebellion ought to be admitted to a seat in Congress, and under the Constitution of the United States, the power to determine the qualification reip.iisite tor electors rests with the States respectively. Htsv-'cJ. That the Union of these States has not and cannot be dissolved, except by successful revolution. Hi-solved. That justice and duty demand equalization of bounties to our national b fendeas. Alter the adoption of these resolutions the Convention adjourned. X-tf The boiler of the locomotive Flying Cloud, on the Michigan Central Road, exploded near Detroit on Tuesday, killing the engineer, tire man and conductor. Before Stoneman's forces entered Salisbury, Major Gee escaped with a few prisoners left there, went to Georgia, and gave himself vp at Augusta, subsequently to General Sherman. Gee then proceeded to Quincy, Florida, and was there arrested, November last, on charge ef treating the prisoners under his care with inhumanity and barbarity, and of being guilty of conduct not in accordance with the usages of war. Since then he has been in close custody. The pris oners appeared in court careworn, thin and anxious. Tbe vote ousting Voorhees r m !;:s seat w as S7 to 35. Gvo. W. Juiian makicg one v( the 3d. To Julian men we k-rxiiy aav: consider well and rtXt for Grat.

f '"By telegraph to t'ae Associat-d Press ; The President's Policy. ! Interview with Gov. Cox of Ohio.

i What li has Done and what he Propose, j - i Wajihisotos, Feb. I?.- The following important ; letter was read to-night by Governor Cox cf Ohio, to , ' the Representatives io Congress from that State : j vTashisiitox, Monday, Feb. -S, I GaKnl Qto. B. Wright, Chairman Cntct Onti-a Gjm- ! ( ftnaee, Cohumhva, Avo . 1 i Dt Sin : On Saturiay last I bad an interview t with the President. I regarded it as l sniScient im- i portance to reduce to writing my rememhnaw ef his statement whilst fresh in my memory. I watte t upon him tU m-raiag to make known what 1 bad dj ie to ask his verification of the truth of mv r- ; -rt. &-i ' bis cousetit to make the same known to f,e eountrv. He frankly give his consent, and assetiie i to the curacy of my r?p".rt. The President said he hai no thought he was nt wailing t i avo,v ; tn.it bis p -'lev ; bad impi v a.n.a-1 at t ie earliest p issi jle resturati n 1 of peace on the basis of loyalty. ' j Congressional policy baderer been adspted, ant tuc-re:Vre w n he entered upon the duties of Lis i l.-e, :.e w as .,'.!.. 1 to . adopt one of his own. He bad in some sens? ::iuer.led taat of Mr. Lincoln, w ith which be t:. ..i.ht L agrew, an i tuat was substantially the n w M-.-h b bad carried out. C-'ngress had no just givu:, i ...f e . laplaint for w bat he bad done so far. Tey hl not , seen fit to declare their rietvs, nr adopt any o-a-sures embodying what could be called a policy of restoration. He was satisfied that no lonsjer continuance of ; military government could b t.d-ra'.ed ; that the ! bole country would properly demit;! the restoration of truly civil gvommnt; and not to give i to the '. I lately rebellious States would an admission cf th failure of the party which had carried thr .hgh the , war to prove themselves equal to the ex gen- v. Now i that the work of destruction w as over, an 1 th rei building had begun, military gorernment alone would not paciy the South. At tiie end ot a long period cf j euch government, we would be no nearer, and prob- i i ably not so near the end as now, and we should have j ( theaame work to do. Hence there is a real necessity i ; for the adoption of a policy which should restore the j ' civ. I Government just as soon as the re bell. on should I j bu thoroughly ended, and those conditions accepted j by the South, which were to be regarded as absolute- j ly necessary to the peace of the country. Trie pn-p-.T I system of pacification should b one hi. h t?nded j i everywhere to stimulate the lovalty of the South, rather than to impose upon them law a an d conditions i I y direct external force. Thus in the ea-- of the i Freed men's Bureau he was not against the lie of the j I Bureau in loto, for he had used it and was still using i ; it. It might continue for a period of more than a i year, yet he had contemplated that either hy a procla- ' nation of hie ovn, or by some action of Congress, the i j condition of peace, the technical end ot rebellion, j I would probably be declared at some period not very j 1 remote, and as he understood the law, ti.a Bureau i ' might continue a year from that time. Meanwhile, he j I could say to the S uth, it depend upon yourselves to ! i sav whether the Bureau ahali be discontinue 1 at an j 1 earlier day, fori will put an end to it just as soon as I ! you nuke it unnecessary for the protection of tiie ; i freedmen. Thus, the hope of getting rid of the in- j atiuition stimulates them to do right, whilst ti;cy are ! 1 not discouraged by the itlea that there is no hope of ; an end to w hat they regard as a sort of military government. If. on the ober band, the liureau were i made permanent by legislation, all Ihe objections he j j bad urged iu his message applied iu full lores to it, j i and instead of encouraging the South to loyalty it I ! would tend to make their hatred of the (itoernment i I inveterate. The same principal of stimulating loval- ' ty was shown in the manner he had held martial lawover them. Whenever they should show that rnartial law over them was not needed, it should be re- j moved. Their own conduct would thus determine tiie ' matter, and the desire aud interest of all the best pso- ! pie be increased to otiey the laws, because, by so do- J iug, they would hasten the withdraw l and interference I of t'ie military arm in their affairs. In precisely the same way he t ad acted in regard to j civil atfairs generally in that section ; regarding it as ; necessary to impose conditions upon the rebellious ', States which would guarantee the safety of the coun- I try, aud regarding the existing officers of government j as having disqualified themselves by their treas. n I from continuance iu power, he deposed them ani es- ! tahlished provisional governments. Then he asked : himself wliat conditions ought to be demanded of ! them, and how their disposition to accept them in good , faith might be stimulated. The conditions were, j namely, the amendment of ?tate Constitutions ex- ' eluding slavery: acceptance of the amendment of the Constitution of the United States ; repudiation of the rebel tle'nt, and the admission of freedmen to various richts,.tc. To stimulate them to accept these conditions, beingsuch as, using his best judirmeot, and in the absence of any congressional plan, he thought nearest rigM of any he could frame, he encage 1 that on their acceptance with evidence of good faith he wou-d permit them to reorganize their State Governments, elect Legislatures, die. ; a 1, so far as Executive acts could do, would restore them to their position in the 1 nion of States. Thev had accordingly reorganized ihe Post Office Department among them ; had reopened tr-nie and removed restrictions thereon through the Treasury Department, and in like manner ia all the Kxecutive departments recognized the:n as States in the l'nion, oniv keeping enough mihtarv hold to pro'eet the free.im n an i to induce them to do something more thorough in that direction. Now, but one thing remained in which those Srates did not exercise the full rights of States, and that was representation in Congress. In this he had a U i-.-,1 that some principle ot stimulating loyalty be applied as in the other respects named, fie icW a im it n! n awe1, lirprcm-ntaiir iw inrre lin Vo-f ,jf-il m-u, iirit- eartfttctoi v erui'Hce of thi. heneier a Stale or htrift sent a loval man. properly elected and qualified, he would think it right to admit him, the same as it' :r ni any other State : and he toi.i'i aitini non but such rvo' men. so that other States or Districts ni iv he ti ns induced to elect and send similar men. Wh.-r thev hud all done this their representation would be full, an 1 the work w-eu'td be done. Su"!! was his plan He did not ask to be the judge of the election ap t qnnlifications of member ot 1'oniiress, or of their lovaltv. Congress was its own judge, and he had no dram of interfering with its constitutional right, hut lie felt I !:Ke urging upon them and upon the eonntrv, Tbat this i m-sU- of tiniahioi: ttie work, so nearly completed in other respects, w as the only leasable one w hich had ! a-ecn pree:ited, and that it was impossible to ignore ' the fact that the States were exrei--ing their rights, j and enjoying their privileges within the Cnion : were, , in short, restored in all Oiher respects, and that it is too late to question the fundamental rijht of representation. I then remarked to him that I henrl it suggested i tuat legislation couiu pn peny te ma.te sv i or.gress, purelv. civil in its character, providing for tiie protecI tion of t"e freedmen by the l inte l mated Courts ot" 1 interior jurisdiction, in all case where tiie States did not do so themselves, lie replied that such an idea i could run exaotiv parallel to his plan, but he had not j thought H yet time to fix his own ideas of iii precise j j mode of accomplishing tins, and because we had a j margin of tun lasting till after the n?x session i f I Congress, during wnich the present Freedmen' Hn j . reau could continn- in operation. If before that tiuia : ! the Southern States should reirgni.e the necessity ! ! of passing proper laws themselves, and provi ling a j ' proper system of protection for the freedmen, nothing I j further on our part would be necessary. If they did not do what they ought, there would then be "time ' enough to elaborate a plan. j He then referred briefly to the fact that certiin i Bien who have been rejoicing over his veto message, 1 saving, that if these men, in g'Vd faith, a ! the i views ot the policy be had himself held i" i rioted up- I ! on, and which he had so fully elaborated in his annn- j i al message, and explained to me that the country surely could have no cause for sorrow in that. If d:s- j . loval men and rebels everywhere. North and South, i i should cordially give their adherence to the conditions ! . of restoration he had uniformly insisted ntvn, he ' thought that was precisely the kind of pacification ' I lava! men everywhere would rejoice in. The more i j they were committed to such a course the better he j 1 should I ke it. for if they were net sincere, they w ould I at least diminish the-r power of dangerous opposition i i in t Ke future. j 1 tin tch-Ue eart kstv irtO f,v? fco-fy o rri.f m-n t i j . cTi-rw-.i the cnnrry throw-h the trar. ci'i he c n-i?in' o1 fii to mtniUtin n eo.tY.i .uof jrv-cV.f Hn:ier-fHi:lf'j iriix 1 i thrm. This sentiment and purpose he regarded as en- i tirely consistent with a determined opposition to the j obstruction policy of those extremes who. as be be- : ' lievrd. would keep the country in cbaos till absolute j . ti n might come upon us. j Such, my dear sir. is the statement of the President i '- on this important matter, and if you conld meet bis ! i straightforward, hnoest look, and hear tbe hearty tones ! i of bis voice, as I did, I air. well assured you could te- I ! lieve with me, that a'tbcugb be m-y not receive per- ; ! sons! assaults with tbe forbearance Mr. Lincoln used : to show, there is no need to fear that Andrew Johnson is not sincere in si alaesson to tiie principles upon i which he was elected. Terr trulv yours. .S'gned." J. D. COX. Trial of Commandant of Salisbury Prison. 2Cew York, Feb. "25. The Tribune's Raleigh (North Carolina) correspondent gives particulars of atrial by the military com in is-icu ) of Major John II Geo. formerly rebel com mandant of the Salisbury prison, which was begun in that city on the "Jlst inst. Out of tea thousand prisoners confined in Salisbury, at least live thousand of ihetn died from ill-treatment in five months.

Ret. Henry Ward Ber-her on Reconstruction II e Sustain the Veto. Tliere was iu Congress a bill for a more efficient organization of it. All men's heart bav been to-day ex-:wd ty the tidings that it has been vetoed by tb President. dl:ses 1 I ana sorry that, be felt it his duty to veto it, and I am sorry that tbe bi;l wa o drawn up that he was obliged to feel it to be hi duty to vete it. But mark I till is not vetoing the bureau, but only a particular form ef bureau that tbe bill contained. It does not commit the President against acy proper department administering for the blacks throughout tbe Sou'h. W knew, on the other band, th.it be is in favor of ncb a b a reau. I confess that reading bis nusaa,; it baa left a profound impreeaion upon my mind that be urges most serious and weighty reasons why, in tbe form ia which it went before hiin, it sbeuM not at present become tbe law of th land.--Eut I believe that I am sure that r.o nun in the laid is a. -re in fav ir o.'erfdciect legislation for tbe black man than President Johnson himself. Loud as J continue'l applause, an i a few hisses. They are to be protected, but they are not to be protected at tbe expense of tbe C-nst tution, but by its integrity. No grade in tbe I'nited States is more in need of having that immortal instrument mamla Bed than the recently enslaved but now emaacipa-t.-t bUr k man. Tnere are men who lek wlv nf fre.iiueo, who are worked by their sympathy and of the. r generous sentiments so us not well to consider t . at while tuy are leg-sl iting ti save the freedmen, it xir be at toe expense of those laws anl those instruments io which, his very safety resides, anl if they r.re carried past the po-cl of moderation, it is well that thev should be brought to recimsi-i-rat'on.

Tbes rights are to be secure), th'rl'y. bv the great Iws of sell-interes:, and I cenfesss that I lo k chieSy to the great namr i! la vs of 0 J, in human atTairs n -t that there is no work for leg slat. on, no nik fur voluntary Christian charitv ani munificence, but that as m 1 1 hi mi ie these great laws of politic a! economy, the ru it law of labor and supply and demand that works unconsciously, that make men work willingly, that teaches them justice through the porta! of st lfisansss, these laws are likely to compose the best basis betweei the late mister and late -lave. Hut tbe rights of the freedmen could not be better secured than by the contentment ard prosperity cf the Southern State. It is impossible that the blank men could fail to sufTer from the misfortune of their late masters. I have thus given my views succinctly and they relate to the blacks. I have spoken as a priiate citizen, as neither Conservative nor Radical. Let me next consider tbe iiuestiou of the States and condition of the South. I bold that the Southern .-t ites ought to be reinstated as soon as possible consistent with the public interest. Some delay is necessary, but it is an evil nevertheless. (Juickneas is a thing to be desired, and delay a thing to be deprecated. It may not be right to do it to-day, it may not i e Ik st to do it to-morrow, or next week, but the obligation, the necessity to delay, is just go far an evil. 1 hold that it is better, if we could do it, that these States should be brought in to-morrow. Allow me to say that I cannot go either with the President nor Congress, lie would bring them all in at once ; thorn an to keep them all Out at i nee. I would let in a part an 1 let the rest wait and see how they liked it. There is, no doubt, great stumbling on this point. It is said, 4Tf we let in Tennessee that principle w ill let in all the rest." I like to see men found their actions on good principles ; but there is such a thing as iiolatrv of principle. I would let in Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia, and then when South Carolina asks why she also was not admitted, I would reply, " Vel!,jui because I think Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia will do best in the l'nion, and you will do best outside, for a time at least." A little common sense ou this point would bo very advantageous. Hut it is said we must keep the States out till we bae guranties in regard to tbe freedmen, ta slavery, to the payment of the national d?bt, to secession nnd rebellion. Well, as to secession, and rebellion, I don't think that there is much probability that the South wilt again go wrong on these points. A s to the freedmen, is not the Constitution a guaranty for them ? Is not the natural law of labor iu tbe regenerated industry of the South a sufficient guaranty ? As to the public debt, the guaranty for that is the fact that the interest of all the banks in tbe l'nion are involved in the maintenance of the national credit. Vi'e have ample guaranties on every point for the good conduct of the South. Hesides.it is necessary that we should establish local self-government all through the land. I hoi 1 it to lie dangerous to have power centralized. I think the most extraordinary thing of the present time is this : Congress putting a bill full of additional powers into the Presidert'8 hands, making bim stonger than any crowned m narch this side of Russia, and the President saying, "No, I cannot give my consent to a bill that makes me so strong." What if we bad the President that had set ihere before our martyred Lincoln ? Would he have vetoed it because there w ss too much power? What if we bad the President before him? Would he have been thus honest ? He may be ini-it.ikrn in his judgment ; but I am greatly mistikcninmy judgment of men if since the eariiet and best days of our Presidency there has been ii man there w ho was more honest, more single-minded, and who. without bias of party, and without bias of any kind, has thus endeavored to do that which he thought to be for the lest interests of the country of tbe w ho. e country . M.ou t and long continued applause, mingled with a few hisses. I hold that it would be a bad sign, however, if lie should pass without criticism, or his papers wi-hout review. It is dangerous to have any man who is not amenable to the iudgmei t of the whole country, and President Johnson as much as any man. and more because he is in a place of more imp- rtance than any other; but while you use your citizen's liberty of speech and of udgment, d not forget that you have an able staten.in and an honest man in the chair of the ch-f magistrate. Applause. I think there ought to be great jealousy of accumulating power at the centra. 'Julian on the l!rnin. ' Ed. PaLLAPtrst : In glancing liast'-ly over a few irticles of the " True Julian Democrat, " I became so Hied with the title " Juban " that I was compel! 1 to pa it the document for a time, for I fooa 1 that in rcadng some twentv-rive lines I had pronounced .'. Juian's nama so o'ten that the articl-s to whicH n y at.cntion w as directed seemed entirely destitute ot any dea except that there is an immaculate Mr. Julian to vhora tbe people of this District should say, " Oh Sling" and cry " Abba Father 1 " It is a notorious act that Mr. Julian's name, in the last issue cf the ' True J ulian Democrat, " is mentioned no less than wenty-six times. There is, we be! ieve, a slight variaicn sometimes, such as " Han. G. W. " and in tier places " Mr. J. " I do feel an interest ia the haracter of all the presses of our City, and in order i make monotony less noticeable to the careless realr I implore Isaac to add to the variety of: Mr. Julian -G. W. Juliau, Brother George our M. C and a w other titles referring to that distinguished and ighly honorable individual. I have no hesitancy in .sserting that tbis course would prevent fearful tneccy, to so S'.l the mind with JiJivt. that it must ooner or later become necessary for tbe " True Juan Democrat " to be entirelv abandoned. H. Q. XTpWiid Pigeons made their first appearance on last Friday. Remember! The Concerts for the beceft cf Schwartz's Cornet and. March S and IO. The Ltqurr Association of In iian ipo'is, Ind., hav--g Lai marty of its numbers tniictct for selling q-aor on Sunday, is preparing charg-i-s against tbe printing office, street railroads, hotels, dreg tores, etc., for pnrsuing their usual business c-n that ay.

Tbere of Newconsb, Bucbanaa 1 Co , wholesale ' rs 'n Lcuisville, was burnei cn ' n 'xv morrig Ut. Te loss wa $200.'.i-33.oa which there was --.ranee to the SE-nntof f 154.-4W".

The Providence Journal alludes to the President's r.diress to the Virginia j delegation as follow : j We think that his words will com mand the general approval ef thought ful men ia all sections of :! I ami. bia -

! loyal men of course cannot be permit i tea to take their seats m Congress as , j Representatives or Senators. j ; But when '-tne States ami their peo- ; pie shall have complied with the re- , quirements of the Government." the ; President favors, as we all do. the re- , sumption of their former relations. The . ; passage in which he expresses his faith ! i in the moderation and coo l sens of the ' great mass of the people, aud the ncc essity for mutual confidence between the ; good men of borh portions of the conn- ' try, is in the President's best style. I -Married. By James M. i'oe. Esq , on Thursday, i Feb. li'i, ls, Mr. Samuel SI. Fulton. K il.s Abigail j Phillips: ail cf tills vicinity. ew Ad vertiseme n ts j LIME? LIME? LIME? j rjvIII". VKI1V HI1ST LlMllior Whitewashing , jhl aad allother purses. constantly k-.i uti hand ' at D. P. Grar-s Jl Son-i Grocery Store, ou N. Pea.-l-I Street, and all orders left there wiU be prcuiptlr tiled t y COOS. CO, of MiJ.liebs.-r4, iod. March 1st, IsS:".. In" ELECTION NOTICE. a ' EI.rCTION" will be held In the Lecture rSk. Kooul of Utt Presbyterian L imr.i ot Kicn-m-uid. on Thurs lay evening. March 15th Is:4, at 7 o'clock, P. M. for the election of Trcsfe to serve the ensuing year, liy order. T. N. VOl'NG. Sec'y. kichujjnd, Ind., March 1, lsOS. It Equitable Fire Insurance Co. ftO Property Holders of ne County. Indiana: B It is with pleasure that I recommend the promptness of the ' h-qa'table tire Insurance CouipnyH of Indianapolis, iu adjusting my loss w hich I sustained by the burning of my dwelling on the night of Feb. lith t this month aud on w hich I had soocured a policy of Insurance, in said company for SiSOO; aud now, only TEN days from the burning of said dwelling. 1 have received of G. W. Morris, General agent of said Company, the full amount of said Insurance in Greenbacks." It would be ungrateful m me auculd I not express my gratitude to them for the prompt and honorable treatment I have received at their hand. Believing that the company has and will deal thus promtply with all its patrons, my advice is to all who have properly uninsured, "to be wise to-day 'tis needless to defer." aud patronise this worthy Home Institution," take a policy of insurance in the 'Equitabte, and save vourselt from all loss by fire, and should you be so unfortunate as I have ieen, you can relv upon being fairly treated, and all claims upon said oomoauv will be promptly paid, without cavil or discount.' ' " Mill ALL SKSNON The money was paid in my presence, and I consider Mr. Morris a w-rfect gentleman. Taos. Nestor. Richmond, Wavue CO., lud. Feb. 20, IsS'j. 1 2t A Bargain! I will sell mv HOOK and OTIO.V STORE, at a BARGAIN! Satisfactory reasons given for sel- ! ling. Enquire of Of . RW'TdN. (At the Book Store, near the Depot,) March 1, lSOo. Ft. Vaue Avenue. 1 ISSOMTION OF PAIIT'ER!IIIP. The partnership beretoforeexisting under the firm of Newton J Rose, is this day dissolved by the w ithdrawal of A. N. New tun from said firm. Business accounts settled by either party of the lata firm. A. N. NEWTO.V. jfEy the 12th of the present month. Dr. Newton will be in his new rooms over Phil. Dickinson Jew elry Store, oppomte Huntington House. Kicliniuu 1, .March 1, lson. 1 3 WHERE FROM? From the West Going East. A '. M1WT(), Surgeon lentit, renjurt--m e fully informs the citizen cf Richmond and vicinity, that, having dissolved his conrw-ction wild Dr. T. Ross, in the practice of Dentistry, he will open an Office on Mondav. !! an-h I'ith, ISUli. in a New and Elegant suit of nicely furnished Rooms, on Main Street, j Over Phil. Dickinson's Jewelry Store, opJ posite the II iinti ugton House, t Three doors East of Vanghan Bros. Drug Store, where he will be pleasiHl to receive his triends and patrons. Richmond, March 1, l.M'.'i. 1 3 MILLINERY! CiiiciniXciti. Ohio, DETOU & CO., 83 4 85 Pearl Street, "Wholesale Dealei's IN MILLINERY GOODS .Mantillas, Ornaments, Trimmings, Ac. DEVOTJ & COMPANY, 83 4i S3 Pear! Street, VP STAIRS. 13 Eastern Carriage Company. Successors to .Mordecai Parry,) MANUFACTURERS OF CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, TJusinoss w sros J. I3. SCOTX, -A.gent, Richmond, Indiana. j&f Have unrivalled facilities for the Manufacture in all Department, particularly in the Iron Department. Orders fur NEW WORK and REPAIRIX4. solicited. Richmond. March 1. 1W. l-2m NICHOLSON & BEOTHEE, Wholesale and Retail Booksellers & Stationers; Main Street, RICHMOND, IND. WANTED! 1 ST Vol. f AMERICAN Hr.UI DOOK, war. tod. Cali atcr ad.lres tai t-Z.ce.

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LADIES' FURS!

Now i, the time for Imying FCli C.DODS, of all kinds. The early part of this en smi fcavin been too rnild for the Fur trae, we have a large stock still on hand. IfW-dr to reduce it, ""We are wnang to sell lor tue wxf I arty days, '. the nctual cost of n.anucSuriH j. After the middle of March we pack away Furs to rc: ke r torn for Spring Goods. Please kfii m mind that wo have left the old Main strc u a-tand, and are now located a: the corner of Pc-atl and Vine slroets. "Win. TJoclcl & Co. ----t t lt INN ATI. O. S h e riff's Sale. 25 V VI'tTI E of a i ,crve to me directed from the Wavne l4'Oiini u P'i.'.ss C -urt. ! will ex;ose uhl:r -. at the Court H uiso d.mr 10 Cen1--viHe. v-.H' cioji.;, luaiana, on the lTth dav ff March, i. between the 1 -urs of lit o'clock. A. M. s-. d ocA, P. M., i :i said lay, tt'.c fv Lowing property, lo1'i e North Hist yuarterof Section tvrni 2 Town- ; s'.--' : -urtt--u . 11 contA.n.nc; 'me tiiiiuirer4! and sixty o-;4i acre-, let the same be more or Lss. wiih the exce: r 01 at H meet: ig house I t, or water lot. and a lv!l i; te '-ouSe lot, more fu'lv desentvd in ,feed frci.i Chas. T. ! e .1. srph ilutter, situated i U syne c.-nuty. .-m l S:s-e liidnna-to he s Id as tlie property ot J -sevh B.itu-r an ! Marv nn RuitVr, to satisfy si'-d iu-cree in favtiro' Mordecai Parrv. JOHN 11. PAXs-ON. Sheritl W C. Feb. 20, lsttG. a.r.a Caution to the Public: 1 j V l; separated 'n ni my wife, Mary Molhiy, fa E. ,uid divided the personal property with her, I hereby torew arn all persons from crediting heron my account, as 1 will pay uii deble of her ooutractinir. HLGU HOLLO V. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 20th. tsftti. s2-2 John tV. El bson. Eliw AKD T. Hvrsos. J. W. BURS ON & Co, - MANC FACTVKRKS OF 1. I 'XtS .E IM O 1 1, RICHMOND, IND. ! ?'H?-Mi!ls: one-half mile North of the City, on the New jsirt Turnpike. Highest Market-price Paid for Flax Seed. Feb. 15, Hfiii. 51:lr m-nIl Alt II PRIIPARKD to furnish Farmers we a sui-nor Article of Flaxseed, selected from choice lots, Re-Cleaneil expressly tor . owing. iTse-'r"arniers wishing to Horrww Need tbe coming Spring w ill please give us a call ami learn terms. J. W. BURSON" d CO. Richmond, lud., Feb. 15, 1S6. 51-S KAILKOAI) .SALE -VdTU K IS III1KI1HV ;iVKN. thatthe undersigiusl. Special Master Ct'UUuissioner, in the cuse of Joseph B. VAriimn, and John I'. Rezner, surviving I rnstees, Ac, and Valentine Winter. Trustee, Ac, against the. Ha ton 4 Hamilton Railroad Company. an-1 others. icndiiig in the t'ourt of Common I'leas of Butler County, ( Miio, in obedience to an order and .judgment of said Court made and rendered at February Term, A.l). lsoii.andof an order of sale to hirndi rect'-d, issn-l by said Court in said rase, will, betweea the hours of 12 o'clock, M. and 3 o'clock, 1'. M., jf Smtuiiljiv. thf seientt-eat Ii d.-y'of Marcli, A . I . 1 s;o. Before the door of the Court Ifou-e. in the City of H.inuiton, in said county of Butler, o'ier fir sale as an citi it-etv, bv puhlw auciion, the entire Railroad of the s.vid Futon u"4 Hamilton Riilroa 1 Con-peny, as now i. prated, or hen-tolore nstrni ted and now owntii by smd Company, including the lii-e ot Road of said 1'otn panv extending from the North bank of the 'rreat Miami R ver. about two-and one-quarter mil- above the said Citv of Hamilton, Northwardly, to Katoti, in Preble eountv ; thunce, Westwar-llv, to the ixiundarv line between the States of O'uo and Indiana, together with ail the franchises, rights and privileges fit the said Karon and Hamilton Railroad Company, inclu ling its franchise to be and act as a corporation ; the right of way and land occupied by said Railroad, and aH rails and other materials used therein, or procured therefor, buildings, bridges. ie-lKt rounds ; and all tiie rolling st'-ok, machinery, tuol. waste-muteria's. and all oilier proerty, real and pers;nl, connected with the operating and ma.ntaining of sa, 1 Railroad, or provided or appropriated therefor: together with the contracts, cte Ills, and incomes ot the s lid Eaton and Hamilton It liiroad Company. The said Railroad, aud other property, to be exposed to sale, will I.- Sold as an entirety, to tbe highest and test bid h-r tor cash, pavabie at tbe confirmation of the sail by said court, for a etirn, or price, not less than five hundred and sixty thousand ( jol),uoi, dollars, which sum is fixed by said order and ijdgmenl is a niiiemoiu. below which no bid is to be received, and no .ale is to l? made : and pursuant to the terms ot sad order and judgment, any bidder, other tiian the trustees under trie agreement of tbe creditors and sto khold. rs of said company, for the capitalization ot the debts and stock of saul company, a copy of which is tiled in said rase, w ill be required to g-ve a gu trauty, to the satisfaction of the undersigned, tor the payment if the anjoonttsd at the confirmation of the sale. Tlie sale to be made is to s-alisfv tlie amounts found bv sud couit to be due, as of the first day of July l'oli, on ai: ount ot principal anl overdue and nnpaid couems,or iiiti-re-t. Io the several l?oded creditors id said Eaton A Hamilton Railroad Company, a follow, viz: To John W . Hartwei'. Trustee Ac, and as-ignee of the City oj Cincinnati, the sum of two hundred and thirteen thousand four hundred ami eighty eight T j-10U 2l.f.4ss 79-ion -dol.ars be being tiie bolder of the h-oids issued bv said companv to tbe Citv of Cincinnati, and securi?d by two mortgages made by aaid company to said City, one dated lece-mber 27th, lSix), an J the other July 13th, isjl. To the bidders of the li-inds is-ii'-d by s aid company, under the mortgage deed of fust of January first A. I. o2. of which said Joseph B. Vamum, and John I'. Rezner, and tbe surviving tru-t-i-s, the sum of f mt hundred and twen-tv-fiv thousand arid one bund red and ninety-eight 16-i ' 426.UH I i-li'o i doit,,rs : To the holder of ti outstanding bond igsoed by id company under the ir.origaire dei-i of trust dated Novemlx-r 1, A. ll. lsl2, i-f wt.ich Valentin" Winter is trusb in place of llw rge Carlisle decased, the sum of one hundred an-i thirtv-foir thousand nine hundred and twentv-taree t'j-l'bl . VM.VM t5-l0; dollars : and to the "hol lers t f sterling bonds issued by said company, and set up in sail case by John Jones, and Lawrence, Son, A I'earce, tue sum in Federal mony, of two hundred and forty fine thousand seven hundred and sixtythree s7-'lt)'i 241,703 s7 loo . dollars. JESSE B. STEPHENS, Sjiecia.1 MasU. r f'ommissioner. February 14, l'i. Sl-ow. "I'r. fee $1.50.' ISSOMTION OF PARTNERSHIP To Whom it may concern: The Richmond Straw Cutter Company, have this day. by mutual consent of all the member there"4, agreed to dissolve said company. Thomas Morgan, Treasurer of trie company, is empowered to collect avf.s, and pay the outstanding liabilities, of the said company. Hereafter, tl Eastern Territory, from Indiana. Eastward, will be managed by W. !. Schiiolev, J. A. McMeans. and W. E. McMean. in that f'epart-m-nt: ti whom all or K-rs for Machines and Territory must fi-directed. Tbe Western Territory, inrludin? Indiana, w:Il be Tnanag-d by J. W. Manxy, James W. S-otl. and Tbos. M .rgin. n-ider the name and style of J. W. Maciy A Co. A'.lcrders for Machin-e and Territory for this ''rtrtaest. roust be dirted to them. J. W. MAL'ZV, I'res't. M. E. McMis, S-c'y. Ricbm -ni, lad., I'ec'lS, It5. Slflw. 2(K III ilEI Purf, Frpeh CUHER SK1.I, in e.ar- ano ti.-r s!e. bv HL'MLY, sTaKI; A CO. chra-inl. Ind., Fc'-.. f, -".',. 6tf too Rl'SHI LS TIMOTHY SJ.ED '.re ir.-i ;- r ,a ,r, at llEMtV, TARR CO. tf KicUniord, Ind., Feb.

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AXNr AL ST lTEME-JfT im LIFE IIISORMICl CO., I Tart lord. Conn.

Total income for 165, $1,683,039 57 Fxpenses, including los v ses 527,805 24 Pal arce to surplus fund, $1,155,234 32 Assetts on January 1st, 1866: ble to Policy Holder; i ZS"ov iolic-ies Issued, FOR THE YEAR 1865. B. 3- MYRICK, State Agent for Indiana. WILLIAM DELL, Local Agent, Richmond, lad. iVw'NAi,WWil.'VVS('WWV' NOTION TRADE. G, P. EMSWILER, IerIer iu FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC FANCY Notions, Toys, Willow-Ware, and CHILDREN'S WAGONS; No. 49, Main Street. 5:tf RICIIMONll, INO. Cin. & Ft. Wayne R. R. Co. NOTICa.TO STOCKnObDEBS. WvTICE Isberebr given to the Stockholder of the Cincinnati A Fort Wayne Railroad Company, that an election for 1 1 directors, to serve for the ensuing year, will be held in Winchester, Randolph county, Indiana, on Thursday, lith day of March, 1S66." By order of tbe Board of Dire -tors. THOMAS L. SCOUT, Secretary. Feb. 22, IS. 63-t.e. CABINET FURNITURE! ; A Pnrchase and Removal. KF.NJ. W. ELLIOTT and I'Y BLOO.H, having purchased the extensive stock of Cabinet ' Furniture, together with all tbe Fixtures, Tools, e., , for manufacturing tbe same, from Thomas Mason, are i now occupying bis beautiful and convenient W a re -Rooms, on the S. W. Cor. Main & Front. Street. Where thev are-prepared to sell any article in their line The united stocks of Furniture of B. W. Elliott and Mr. Mason, make the assortment of Elliott A Bloom ttie BEST and LARGEST from which to nub (elections, ever liefore offered in this City, and tbe People a re respectfully invited to rail ami examine before making purchases isrwbere. ELLIOTT A BLOOM. Richmond, Ind., Feb. 1, 1S68. 4'itf iJenleyi , Starr & Co-, STORAGE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, VRE drepared to buy all kiud of Crnin, f.'rann, F! S--d, and Wool, in large or small quantities, at the-r Warehouse, near I-;Kt. junction of Fifth and Fort Wayne Avenue, Richmond, Ind. ixitf. State of Indiana, Wayne County, S. S. "I In tbe Wayne I Common Pleas Court May Term, A. U., 148. MARY WOLF V JAMES J. WOLF Mivorce, No. 2443. i: IT KNOWN, That. on this .'50th day of January, l.Sa3, tbe above named Plalntit', by John II. Popp. ber Attorney, filed in tbe office of tlie Clerk of th Wavne Common Pleas Court ber complaint against said defendant in the above entitled eaase, together with the affidavit of a rtmpet-it jierson that aaid dfervtant, Jaxflie J. Wolf ka not a resident ot the State of Indiana. SaMtiWetidant. Janes J. Wolf ia therefore, hereby notified of the biingand pendency of said complaint against him ant that, onlesa he appear and answer ordemures thereto, at the calling of the said cause oei the second day of the next Term of said Court, to be lgr and tfd at the Court House in Centreville, en theSei"nd Monday of May Dent, aaid complaint and the matters and things therein contauasd and alleged, will be taken as true and tbe said caase will be beard and determined in his absence. i j Witne MOSES D.LEfcSON, a ad tbe Seal Sea! of said Court, at CentrevilU,, tbia I SOtb day of January. lWift. MOSES I). LEE SON, Clerk By K. C, Ccrhalev Deputy. 49-4-w-ptf-J i 50. Real Estate Agency. MICAMEY WASSON HAS for gale some desirable properties in tbe city uf liichmond, and land with improvements near tlxrcity limits, which be w ill take pleasure in pointing; out to those wishing to purchase. Richmond, Oct. 12, ls.JJ. 33-tf. FOR SALE! A FARM. ATAI.IAni.n FARM, of I Acre, lyrn; 4 mile Soutn-East of Mdusa, Wyne Cnty, I ad., in tiie Whitewater Valley, one-and-a-balf ssuies firm Clnrinnsti A Camtwidg! Railroad, and four miles fron lireat Central Kaiiroad, being One of the most Desirable Location In the conntry. A Two-Story Frame; Hoaae, anitiood, i.arse Barn, witu Orchard of weUeiecttri Fruit, aed Sixty acres of good Timber. T- For furtlier partieuSara, ic-juire of W. 3. FOKKEY, Caoibriige City, Ind., or of tbe underirned oa the premises. P. II. HANNAH, Jan. 2-5, X3Vi. ;4-25 P. O. Milton, Ind. Farm for Sale. rytXIE tat re.den.-eof Dillon Ballw-n. 4 mde wt A of Jonebore' irnt Co., lr4., aad 1 to lea froca dep-H n f n-on and Ixa-vrxirt railroeel ; which road ; txpteted to be ooiit within tal year. . '.-0 acre of !tI. ail of tit ijuiiiv: 7-J acre wader eultiratioe; 5 acres of orchard', best of fruit : ali under fence, and w'.I under-drained. One of tbe beat farm boo in the cn-.'v. Aidre, Dr. C. LOM AX, 41a. Sai Marion, Orant Co, Ind. rar.a and Dat Brs'lio. for satebv PIXMHER KELLT.