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The Election,
The People Should Know
Circulars.
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MARSHALL;
TI1URSDA Y,
JUNE 21, 1866.
T erms:
Subscription, One Year, in advance, $4 00.
Six Months,
2 50.
CONSERVATIVE UNION TICKET.
man Ors
W. B. OCHILTREE.
April 18, ’66.
Gold 1481
and protecting
ing the members.
The secretary of war sent Gen. Hum-
Baltimore, June 16.—Agitation still
terains, in reference to the action of the
general assembly towards the Louisville
gMr. J. B. Lewis, Jr., of Shreveport, La., one may indulge his personal preference to the
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endeavor to do our readers and
our gov-
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ELECTION—4TH MONDAY IN JUNE.
who had given him a drink of water. . It
narrates with approval all sorts of out-
Marshall.
g We invite attention to the card of Messrs.
welcome him back as a citizen and as
titioner.
cents a pound.
The house appointed a committee to
investigate the Rosseau Grinnell difficul-
ty and report resolutions indicating the
1
with the President to day in relation to
the parole of Mr. Davis.
New York, June 13.—Cotton has a de-
clining tendency, with sales of only 1,000
bales at 39042c. Gold advanced to 1464
and then declined to 1451.
[Special to the South Western.]
6. That he is in full harmony with the
Black Republican Radicals, who affiliate
with Stevens, Sumner & Co., who seek to
We are authorized and requested to announce
B. F. FRIDERICI, as a candidate for re-election
to the office of County Clerk of Harrison county,
at the ensuing election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
J. P, ALFORD, as a candidate for the office of
County Clerk of Harrison county, at the ensuing
election.
We are authorize and requested to announce
CHARLES WOODSON, as a candidate for the
5. That he himself, according to his
own words, is no better than a negro,
save in having a little the advantage, be-
We are authorized and requested to announce
O. HENDRICK, as a candidate for Judge of the
County Court of Harrison county, at the ensuing
election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
T. A. PATILLO, as a candidate for Judge of the
County Court of Harrison county, at the ensuing
election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
JOHN F. WILLIAMS, as a candidate for Judge
of the County Court of Harrison county, at the
ensuing election.
For the Senate.
We are authorized to announce C. C. COP-
PEDGE, of Harrison, as a candidate for Senator to
represent Harrison and Upshur counties in the
next Legislature.
We are authorized to announce Maj. S. W.
BEAZLEY, of Upshur, as a candidate for Senator
to represent Harrison and Upshur counties in the
next Legislature.
We are authorized to announce Maj. E. A.
BLANCHE, of Harrison, as a candidate for Sena-
tor to represent Harrison and Upshur counties in
the next Legislature.
For State Legislature,
E. BLACKWELL, as a candidate for County
Commissioner, at the ensuing election.
We are authorized to announce BENJAMIN R.
BASS as a candidate for County Commissioner at
the ensuing election.
For Constable,
We arc authorized to announce T. W. JONES
as a candidate for Constable for Beat No. 5, at
the ensuing election.
We are authorized to announce S. J. BURTON,
as a candidate for Constable in Beat No. 5, at the
ensuing election.
To the Voters of Upshur and Harrison
Counties.
After my withdrawal from the canvass, some
two weeks since, I have, at the earnest solicita-
tations of my friends, again announced myself a
candidate to represent you in the Senatorial branch
of the next Legislature. I was not aware, at the
time, that there was any candidate in the field
for that position ; and hence in consenting to
-announce myself again, it was done without a de-
sign of coming into competition with any partic-
ular individual. After my first announcement,
it was considered by many of my best friends,
that interests which affect every one in both coun-
ties would suffer by my absence from duties which
require my constant attention. The favorable
change in affairs, however, involving these inter-
ests, enables them to be protected, and me to
serve you in the Legislature.
Concerning my past career as a representative,
I have nothing to say, except that no dissatisfac-
tion has ever been expressed at my course on any
measure.
In regard to the present and future, my course
is and will be on all subjects, dictated by the hon-
est purpose to promote, in the highest degree,
the interests of the State and the people whom I
may represent. Old political differences should
be ignored, and every man should come up to
the full measure of his duty, in efforts to restore
ganization.
11. Ruin comes to the people of Texas
if such doctrine be received.
12. The election of Pease, Bell, Jones
& Co., under the auspices of Hamilton, is
the triumph of the principles and senti-
ments advocated by Hamilton.— State
Gazette.
June 5th, 1866.
To the Voters of Texas.
_ I am a candidate for the office of Associate Jus-
tice of the Supreme Court, at the ensuing election
in June. My name, with those of others, was
placed before the public by a large number of the
members of the late Convention at Austin, from
different parts of the State, without my expecta-
tion, knowledge, or consent. The object, I am in-
formed, was to present a tickit upon which the
Conservative Union men of the State could con-
centrate, and thereby facilitate the defeat of the
Radical faction, who had already presented their
ticket for State officers. This must have been
9. Judge Bell is the candidate of the
same man and the same party.
10. Judge William E. Jones gives his
phries’ report on
He estimates the cost of thoroughly re-
pairing the levees on the river, for Ar-
done, on account of the shortness of the time pre-
ceding the election, and consequent difficulty of
securing concert of action in any other* way. Be-
ing a"private citizen, never having been a politi-
cian, and having bad no participation, directly or
indirectly, in the matter, I deemed this an impor-
tant expression, uninfluenced by partiality or a
mere desire for the individual advancement of my-
self or any one else. Under- such circumstances,
I did not think it proper to decline, and have con-
sented that my name should remain upon the
" Conservative Union Tickets For my qualification
and fitness for the high and responsible office, I
can but refer to those who have known me for
the last nineteen years in Texas. My pursuits
have been profesional, except in absence of be-
tween one and two years in the Confederate States
army and of confinement in a Northern prison,
during the late war.
The public confidence and liberal patronage
over an extensive and populous district in east-
ern Texas, as well as the liberal support given me
for District Attorney of the 6th District, (the on-
ly position I have ever sought or held,) encourage
me to surmount the diffidence which I would oth-
erwise have in suffering my name to be associated
with so eminent a public station. I solicit en-
quiry as to my character as a man, a lawyer, and
citizen, on the part of those to whom I am un-
known, and shall content myself with the ver-
dict of the people on the subject. And should I
be elected, my course of conduct in the past is
the best index of the manner in which I will dis-
charge my duty in the future.
Respectfully and truly,
Your fellow-citizen,
S. P. DONLEY.
Tyler, Smith County, Texas, May IQth, 1866.
3. That he is in favor of keeping Tex-,
as out of the Union for an indefinite pe-
riod.
4. That he thinks the negro is, as " an
honest man—a lover of truth,” and " a
patriot, infinitely the superior” to the
mass of the people of Texas.
FOR GOVERNOR,
GEN. J. W. THROCKMORTON,
, of Collin.
FOR LIEUT. GOVERNOR,
COL. GEO. W. JONES, of Bastrop.
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL,
HON. J. H. BANTON, of Walker.
FOR COMPTROLLER,
' WILLIS ROBARDS, of Travis.
FOR TREASURER,
MARTIN ROSTON, of Washington.
COMM’R GEN. LAND OFFICE,
. STEPHEN CROSBY.
FOR ASSOCIATE JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT,
ASA H. WILLIE,
S. P. DONLEY,
AVM. B. OCHILTREE.
RICHARD COKE,
GEO. F. MOORE,
Our Club Rates,
In order to increase our circulation, we propose
furnishing the Flag to clubs at the following
rates:
To clubs of five, at $3 50 per annum, in curren-
cy ; chibs of ten, at $3 00 per annum.
We will also furnish the Flag and the Tribune,
published at Gilmer, Upshur co., by John H.
Trowel], Esq., both one year, for $5 50 currency,
or $4 50 specie.
Public Speaking.
We have been requested to state, that Col. John
Burke, delegate to the late convention, and can-
didate for District Attorney of the 6th Judicial
District, will address the citizens of Harrison
county, in Marshall, on next Monday, (day of
election,) at 10 o’clock a. m.
ge See the notice of the merchants of Mar-
shall, in regard to the establishment of specie
rates.
Col. Thos. P. Ochiltree.—We are pleased to
notice the arrival in our city of this gentleman,
and that he is; seemingly possessed of as much
vitality and vigor as one could wish for.
(8 The examination exercises of Marshall Uni-
versity was commenced on yesterday, and will
be continued to-day. Original speeches by the
older students at the Methodist church to-night.
kansas $25,000,000; Missippi, $1,500,000;
Louisana, $1,200,000. He states that
with a perfect system of leveeing, suffi-
cient alluvial lands can be reclaimed,
capable of producing double the whole
amount of the crop of 1860.
for every position, ought to be the chief consider-
ation of every voter, and we should be careful not
to fill any important office with an incumbent who
is incapacitated for the discharge of any of its
duties, particularly so, when there are men seek-
ing that position, who are well qualified to dis-
charge them with credit to themselves and entire
satisfaction to the people.
The Cotillion Party.—The members of the
" Evening Star Club,” the members of which are
among the most worthy and deserving young men
of our place, was a decided success. The number
in attendance was sufficiently large to render it
pleasant without being too crowded, and it seem-
ed as if all had donned their best-looks and came
prepared to enjoy the occasion to the fullest ex-
tent. Capt. Allen and Mr. Lang discoursed most
eloquent music, and everything tended to en-
hance the pleasure of the hour. It has been uni-
versally pronounced by those in attendance to be
one of the most delightful assemblies ever held in
is still offering superior inducements to those de-
sirous of purchasing anything in the line of boots,
shoes, hats, &c.
Queen’s Magical Toilet Soap.—Mr. A. Q. Clark
has handed us a cake of this soap, which we find
to be very excellent. Mr. Clark is offering the
right for making this soap for sale. We are sat-
isfied that all who try it, will be well pleased.
We see by the last Republican that N. H.
Wilson, Esq., has withdrawn from the race for
Judge of the th Judicial District, thereby leav-
ing the race between Gen. M. D. Ector, of Rusk,
and Judge J. B. Williamson, of this place.
Voters must Register.—As will be seen by ref-
ence to the Proclamation of Gov. Hamilton, pub-
lished in to-day’s paper, it is necessary for a voter
to take the Amnesty Oathand be duly registered,
otherwise he will not be allowed to cast his suff-
rage in the election on next Monday.
g° We acknowledge the reception of the New
York Eclectic Medical Review, a Monthly Record
of Medical and Collateral Sciences, and edited by
Robt. S. Newton, M. D. The work is creditably
gotten up, and filled with matter of great interest
to the Medical Profession, and calculated to bene-
fit society in general. We trust that it may meet
with an abundant success.
tine. The prevalence of the rinderpest
is denied. The special milk inspectors
declare it common swill decease.
a-EeEKNTemEm=aazeesemeee
[From the South Western Extra of the 15th].
News Items.
rations yet unborne. In view of this fact, how
important is it that every man should be fully
convinced of the suitability and qualification of
those whom he is, by his vote, endeavoring to
place in positions of honor and trust.
The right of suffrage has ever been held sacred
and inviolate by all earnest admirers of our Re-
publican form of Government, and now, when
that great magna charta, and almost only hope of
freedom, the Constitution, seems to be yielding
to the over-powering effects of time and circum-
stances, it should be held more sacred, amid the
deep and almost impenetrable gloom of this hour,
than at any former period of the American Re-
public. We believe that the people will be guid-
ed by their own enlightened reason and entirely
disregard all selfish and personal motives, and
cast their suffrages for the men and measures that
they conceive to be best calculated to advance the
interests of our common country. We have by no
means lost confidence in the capacity of the peo-
ple of our State, or of the United States, for self-
government, and our faith is as strong now in the
durability of Republican institutions, as it was
before the country had undergone the desolating
influences brought to bear by the result of the
late war.
In the present canvass, two tickets for State of-
ficers have been presented by the members of the
late Conven tion, for the suffrages of the people at
the approaching election. Both are professedly
for the restoration of the Union. One laying
claim to the title of Conservative Union party be-
cause its adherents are the earnest supporters of
President Johnson and his restoration policy, and
truly are desirous of seeing our State occupying
her original position in the Union, and our citi-
zens enjoying all the rights and privileges of men
who are truly loyal to their government. The
other party which yields a seeming support to the
President, but at the same time sides with the
majority in Congress ; who are, judging from
their acts, entirely bereft of reason, and are using
their every energy in devising schemes to perse-
cute and oppress the Southern people with all the
vindictiveness that the fell spirit of fanaticism
which pervades them can dictate. We earnestly
desire the success of the Conservative Union ticket
and have every confidence that a large majority (
of the people in the State desire it, and will cast j
their votes accordingly. (
For the Supreme Bench, we shall support the 1
following gentlemen, notwithstanding our ticket 4
will bear rather too much of an Eastern complex- s
ion : Geroge F. Moore, S. P. Donley, Richard s
abuse of the loyal States and loyal men,
and that efforts are made to perpetuate
deadly hate and discord against the gov-
ernment. Could such views have ema-
. nated in the minds of sane~men ? We
Marshall, Texas, June 19, 1866.
Capt. Wm. G. Barrett, Editor Flag :
By inserting the following article from
the Texas Observer in your paper, you
will subserve the object of the committee
quite as well and as fully as anything I
might be able to say on the subject in
furtherance of the laudable enterprize
they have in view. I would designate
Saturday the 30th inst., as a suitable day
for the meeting contemplated ; and would
most respectfully ask all those who feel
an interest in improvements of this char-
acter to meet at the Courthouse in Mar-
shall, on that day for the purpose of se-
lecting delegates to attend the Conven-
tion to assemble in Rusk, Cherokee coun-
ty, on the second Tuesday in July next.
The citizens of Harrison have a deep in-
terest in the speedy construction of Rail-
roads throughout the State. Your lands
are and will remain comparitively worth-
less until you get a good thorough sys-
tem of Railroads traversing all sections
of our country. Then may you feel that
you have a permanent and an abiding
estate that will be continually increasing
in value. Nothing stimulates the agri-
culturalist half so much as a ready mars
ket for all his surplus produce at remu-
narative prices, and this can only be done
for the planter in Texas by a thorough
and judiciously arranged system of Rail-
roads.
Let the people of Harrison meet tos
gether then, and select their ablest and
most business men, and send them to the
Convention, where, doubtless, the im-
portance of the contemplated road will
be fully discussed.
Marshall bids fair to be the Atlanta of
the Trans-Mississippi system Railroads.
Will not our enterprizing business men
see that its claims and importance are
properly represented in the Convention
to assemble at Rusk, on the 10th of July ?
S. I). WOOD, Chief Justice.
fullest extent and yet secure the services of most
excellent officers. Perhaps for some of these of-
fices, from the many weighty, arduous, and re-
sponsible duties, that we know must necessarily
devolve upon the successful candidate, we should
be go verned more by the qualifications of the men
asking these positions, than from any other mo-
tive. The desire to have good and capable men,
Washington, June 15.—The senate
yesterday Mr. Doolittle called up the res-
olution, introduced the day before, re-
questing the President to communicate
to the Senate any information that he
might have in relation to the evacuation
of Mexico by the French troops. He
stated that he had reason to believe that
the resolution would bring forth informa-
tion of a satisfactory character, so far as
the evacuation of Mexico by the French
is concerned.
The House considered the constitution-
Another death to-day from cholera in
the city, and two other new cases, though
not fatal. Seven new cases at Quaran-
On Monday next, the 25th inst., the people of
Texas will be called on to cast their votes for men
to fill the various State, District, and County of-
fices. The momentous consequences involved in
the result, makes the duty of the voter one of
great responsibility. The result of the election
on that day may determine the destinies of gene-
was the admission of the delegation from
Tennessee, but that she would hereafter
be excluded unless she adopted the con-
stitutional amendments, and extended
suffrage to all colors, before the 1st of
next January.
Chas. O’Connor, Ex-Governor Pratt,
and Mr. Shea, had a protracted interview
county, Texas, on the Second Tuesday
in July next, and remind you that each
of the counties so interested is requested
to select delegates to said Convention, committee have taxed the cotton at two
especially the counties of Harrison, Up-
shur, Panola, Rusk, Nacogdoches, Ander-
son, Houston, Angelina, Trinity, Madison,
Polk, Walker, Montgomery, Grimes, Har-
ris, Galveston, Chambers, Liberty, Smith, dignity of the house
Wood, Hopkins, Titus, Red River and
We are authorized and requested to announce
1 E. B. BLALOCK, as a candidate for the office of
: County Clerk of Harrison county, at the ensuing
election.
For Assessor and Collector,
We are authorized and requested to announce
GEO. W. YOUNG, as a candidate for Assessor
and Collector of Harrison county, at the ensuing
election.
For County Treasurer.
We arc authorized and requested to announce
JOHN C. HARRIS, as a candidate for Treasurer
of Harrison county, at the ensuing election.
For County Commissioner.
We arc authorized to announce A. W. CRAW-
FORD, as a candidate for County Commissioner,
at the‘ensuing election.
We are authorized to announce L. P. ALFORD,
as a candidate for County Commissioner, at the
ensuing election.
We are authorized to announce R. W. BLA-
LOCK, as a candidate for County Commissioner,
at the ensuing election.
We are authorized to announce JOHN MUN-
DEN, as a candidate for County Commissioner, at
the ensuing election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
Our correspondent writing from San-
tiago de Cuba, May 23, says everything
is again topsy turvy in the unfortunate
Island of St. Domingo." Baez was still
in power, but Gen. Cabral declares that
his election was illegal, and charges the
Government with tyranny and comproms
ising the national credit.— N. O. limes.
to the high road between Paso del Macho
and Cordova.. He crossed the Rio Blan-
co, and established his headquarters with-
in two and a half leagues of Cordova
city.
The French pickets were drawn in,
and the ground occupied by those of Fi-
garo A Col. in his service, a creole of
New Orleans, while advancing captured
twenty-five American colonists, most of
whom are still in confinement.
The Liberals claim that the Rio Blan-
We learn from some gentlemen who
arrived here yesterday on the schooner
Santa Helena, that on the 16th of May,
New York, June 15.— Cotton steady, General Figaro, a Liberal officer of the
with sales 2000 bales at unchanged prices. State Oxacca, where he had been very
Gold 1481 successful against the French, advanced
We are authorized and requested to announce
R. C. GARRETT, as a candidate for Representa-
tive for Harrison county, at the ensuing election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
JOHN A. HARRIS, as a candidate for Represen-
tative for Harrison county, at the ensuing election.
For Floater.
We arc authorized to announce SAM. J. RICH-
ARDSON, as a candidate to represent the counties
of Harrison and Panola as floating representative
in the next Legislature.
For Sheriff.
To the voters of Harrison county:
I would respectfully announce myself as a can-
didate for the office of Sheriff of Harrison county,
at the ensuing.election in June.
1. W. JOHNSTON.
We are authorized and requested to announce
S. R, PERRY, as a candidate for Sheriff of Har-
rison county, at the ensuing election.
For District Clerk.
We arc authorized and requested to announce
JAMES C. CURTIS, as a candidate for Clerk of
the District Court of Harrison county, at the en-
suing election. (
We are authorized and requested to announce
J. M. HENDERSON, as a candidate for Clerk of
the District Court of Harrison county, at the en-
suing election. J
For County Clerk.
We are authorized and requested to announce
CHARLES E. BOLLES, as a candidate for the
office of County Clerk of Harrison county, at the
e nsuing election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
A. R. WOODALL, as a candidate for the office
of County Clerk of Harrison county, at the en-
suing election.
a prac- Michigan.
J^ Capt. W. D. Scogin, of Mississippi, (a mem-
ber of Hood’s Texas Brigade, during the late
war.) who is representing the interests of Messrs.
Willis, Cornell & Carey, of New York city, inserts
the card of his firm in our columns to-day, to
which public .attention is directed. Capt. S. is an
agreeable and trust-worthy gentleman, and his
house has an enviable reputation among our mer
chants.
dSunny Slope.”—The entertainment on last
Hart & Co., of New York, which will be found
among our new advertisements this week. This
firm is one of the largest wholesale houses in the
city of New York. They did business in Louis-
ville, Ky., for quite a number of years, and since
the close of the war, have established themselves
in the great metropolis. Mr. T. C. Tucker, of
this State is representing the interests of the firm
in this section. Our merchants, who have been
trading with this house, speak in the most favor-
able manner of its character, which authorizes us
to recommend it to our readers.
___________/ ________________________________________ _
Maj. A. H. Willie.—This gentleman arrived at
his home in this place, on last Saturday. The
Major has traveled over an extensive portion of
South-west and Western Texas, and is very hope-
ful in regard to his election as Associate Justice of
the Supreme Court. He is under the impression
that there will be between fifty and si xty thous-
and votes cast on next Monday, and that the Con-
the attention of such inteligent men to , .
the importance of the enterprise proposed, continues among the old school presby-
it is too evident. We ask of you then to
call meetings in your counties and have
co is the boundary, and that Maximilian
could not grant lands beyond it.
They have not molested the colonists
the Mississippi levees, at Carlotta. Some preperations bad been
made for defence of Cordova, and the col-
onists were in general consternation. It
, presbytery. Rev. Drs. Bullock and Les
flore, in addresses to their respective con-
gregations, announced their intention of
seperating from the old school assembly.
New York, June 16,—noon.—Cotton
dull and drooping at 39041c.
Liverpool, June 5.—Sales of cotton for
think not. The course pursued by this
paper has always been plain and above
board ; we therefore wash our hands
clean as regards our status. But still,
we cannot reconcile ourselves sufficient-
ly to continue in the business under
such auspices, and we have determined to
retire from the chair editorial so soon as
we can find a purchaser for our establish-
ment.
The radical element of the North, in
its fanaticism, will leave nothing undone
to carry its ends; even to the total de-
struction of the country. This is evident
from their every action, and their mad
career we fear will not be easily checked,
unless the Almighty is compassionate
rages perpertrated by “ The Soldier Boy”
and his friends upon " Southern sympa
thisers ” or “ traitors.” The book in
Supreme Court,
We are authorized and requested to announce
WM. H. JOHNSON, of Lamar county, as a can-
didate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court,
at the ensuing election.
We are authorized and requested to announce
A. H. WILLIE, as a candidate for Associate Jus
tice of the Supreme Court, at the ensuing election.
To the People of Texas:
I respectfully announce myself a candidate for
the office of Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State of Texas.
servative ticket will receive a large majority.—
We are glad to see that the Major has bornethe
fatigue of his trip so well, and rejoice at the al-
most certainty of his election.
K A fire occurred in Philadelphia on the 9th
inst., causing a loss of $200,000.
The reason we pay so little attention
to the Platform of the Radical party of
this State is, that the course of the Radi-
cal majority in Congress is much more
illustrative of the animus of the Texas
Radicals than anything else. We warn
our readers that the success of the Pease
ticket in Texas, would be simply that
much more strength added to the party
in Congress who are striving to over-
throw the President, and disfranchise
nine-tenths of the people of the South.
Indeed, the Pease movement is an insida
ious attempt to give the enemies of the
South in Congress one of the Southern
States. It is an attempt to sell the
State into disfranchisement for ten years.
—Houston. Telegraph.
Writs of heabeas corpus were issued
at Buffalo on the 4th on behalf of some of
the Fenians, held by the commander of the
delegates appointed to the Convention,
and assist us in the great work.
H. S. NEWLAND,
WM. G. THOMAS,
M. H. BONNER,
F. E. WILLIAMS,
R. F. MITCHEL,
R. H. GUINN,
D. B. MARTIN,
Committee of Invitation &- Correspondence.
D® From the perusal of the following
article which we copy from . the Shreve-
port News of the I6th inst,, it will be
seen that Col. Dickinson has determined
to retire from the editorial corps as soon
as he can find a purchaser for his estab-
lishment, on account of the disheartening
aspect of political affairs :
In our last issue, we published the fact
that the report of the reconstruction com-
mittee had been received by both houses
ef Congress, and was passed in the Sen-
permanent peace and prosperity to his country.
( To all inquiries relating to political parties now
existing in the State, my answer is, that no ef-
fort of mine will be spared to insure the defeat of
the Radicals. I shall support the Conservative
party, whether at home or in your service ; and
my only pledge is, that I will, if elected, use the
most efficient means in my power to defeat the
former aud sustain the latter. In the present
posture of public affairs, it behooves every one to
strengthen the President of the United States
in his plan of reconstruction, and to use all law-
ful means to the accomplishment of that end.—
I have presented these views to you in the form
of a circular, because my labors at home will not
allow me to visit every part of the Distiict.
Respectfully,
E. A. BLANCH.
al amendment as reported from the Senate, cause of education.
Iliad, Stevens, in closing the debate,
said the amendment was not such as he
office of County Clerk of Harrison county, at the
ensuing election.
To the Voters of Harrison and Panola
Counties.
My name has been announced as a candidate to
represent you as Floater, at the ensuing election.
It will not be in my power to visit'any portion
of the District previous to the election, inconse-
quence of having made arrangements to start in
a few days to collect the remains of the members
of my company, who died in prison and elsewhere
East of the Mississippi river. Nor do I deem it
expedient to enter upon any discussion or set
forth any policy by which to be governed at this,
time. Will simply say, that I have lived in your
mids t for a quarter of a century, and well known
to many of you. My antecedents will be an in-
dex of my future course, and should you see prop-
er to elect me, I will endeavor to represent your
interests, the interests of my State and section
faithfully, and to the best of my ability. But,
shall go untrammeled and unpledged as regards my
action in relation to a representation in the Fed-
eral Congress.
Very respectfully, &c.,
SAM. J. RICHARDSON.
May 29, 1866.
g^We see by the New Orleans papers that
Gov. Hamilton and family had arrived in that
Friday night, given at the close of the term by
the young ladies of Mrs. M. J. Rainey’s select
school, was an interesting affair. All performed
their' parts in a creditable manner and everything
passed off pleasantly. The faculty during the
session which has just closed, displayed great fit-
ness for the positions they occupied, aad have
given entire satisfaction to both patrons and
pupils.
Rail Road Convention.—Elsewhere in to-day’s
paper will be found a card from the corresponding
and invitation committee, appointed by the citi-
zens of Cherokee county, calling on the citizens
of Harrison and other counties that are enumer-
ated, to elect delegates to a Rail Road Convention
to be held in the town of Rusk, on the second
Tuesday in July next. It is right and proper that
our citizens should take the necessary action to
have our county represented, as the importance
of the occasion demands that her interests should
not be neglected.
Drs. Johnson & Grain.—By reference to their
card, it will be seen that Drs. E. P. M. Johnson
and John R. Crain have formed a copartnership
for the practice of their profession. Dr. Johnson
is known to almost every man, woman, and chiid
in this county, and it is therefore unnecessary to
speak of him. Dr. Crain has been a resident of
the county for a number of years, but owing to
his absence in the army during the war, and his
settling in another county at its close, it is
right to let the people know who he is, on his re-
turn to our community. In the first place,
all who know him, bear witness of his many es-
timable and gentlemanly qualities, and profes-
sional acquirements. During the war he served
as Surgeon of the 7th Texas Infantry, and subse-
quently as Chief Hospital Surgeon of Cleburne’s
Division, the duties of which positions, he dis-
charged with entire satisfaction. We heartly
pBintonstrwtion allegiance to the same
heavy. The crisis on the continent con-
tinues, and war is considered inevitable
Berlin, June 6.—Prince Frederic Charles'
left for the headquarters of the army in
Gelessa.
New York, June 16.—Cotton dull.—
Prices unchanged. Gold 1592
New Orleans, June 16.—Cotton droop-
ing. Low middling 361c. Sales 325
bales. Receipts to-day 453 bales.
/ New York, June 18,—noon—Cotton
firm Middling 40c. Gold 1524.
New Orleans, June 19, 11 a. m.—Gold
150. Low middling, cotton, 36c. No
market for lower grades.
New York, -June 18.—Cotton market
firm, with sales of 1000 bales 40042c,
Gold closed at 158.
The steamship China, which arrived to-
day, brings Liverpool dates of the 9th.
short, is an abominable tirade against the
South ; and yet it is permitted to be dis-
tributed to the school children in this
most conservative quarter of the North.
There is no instruction in it—only a spir-
it of malice against the South and the
Copperheads.
The bill regulating the tenure of officers,
as proposed in the House of Representa-
tives, provides that hereafter all civil of-
ficers appoin ed by the President shall
hold office four years from the date of
their commission, and shall not be sub-
ject to removal during that period except
for malfeasance in office, and in all cases
where the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate is required for removal. The act is
not intended to apply to persons holding
clerkships.
The President’s Policy in the West.—
A special Washington dispatch to the
Boston Post says that a prominent and
very intelligent gentleman of the Inte-
rior Department, who has been journey-
ing through Indiana and Michigan during
the past two weeks on official business,
reports that there is a re-action in politi-
cal sentiment in those States. He was
surprised to find so great/ unanimity in
favor of the President.
The receipts from internal revenue for
the month of May were $21,724,680.
ate by a majority of twenty-two. To our
readers, doubtless, this intelligence was
anything but pleasant, and to ourselves
one of the most disagreable features of
the times. The thought that, after hav-
ing complied with all the requirements of
the government, such a report should be
presented to Congress, by men professing
to have intellect, is too galling, and we
feel totally • disgusted at the prospect
ahead for the people of the South, ' We
are told that the press abounds with
The market closed firm, and the advance
of yesterday fully maintained. News
from the continent continues warlike.
New Orleans, June 18.—Cotton firm,
with sales of 1800 bales. Low middling
371c. Receipts 603 bales. Gold 160
@164.
enough on our people to stop them ere
they canaccomplish their hellish designs. Sales on the day of sailing 1000 bales.-
We had hoped that the people of this
Lamar ; are also invited and earnestly
solicited to attend, all railroad men and
persons having an interest in such en-
terprise s.
The committee take this occasion to
state that a BARBACUE will be prepar-
ed on the largest scale, and suitable ac-
commodations will be prepared for the
delegates.
It is useless for the committee to call
Important from Mexico.—Raid on the
Cordova Colonists—List of the Captured.
We take the following from the Gal-
veston Bulletin of the 7th :
desired, as the right of the blacks to vote
was not recognized, but that he hoped
something better from future legislation.
He stigmatized the President as a usur-
per for undertaking to establish civil gov-
ernment in the seceded States. Under
Stevens’ call for the previous question
the amendment passed by a vote of yeas
100, nays 32. The republicans of every
shade, including Smith of Kentucky, and
Raymond, of New York, voted yea. The
nays were all decided democrats.—
The amendment will now be submitted to
the several States for legislative action.
Stevens proposed a substitute for the
To the Chief Justices
AND EDITORS OF THE NEWSPAPERS IN THE COUN-
TIES INTERSETED IN A RAILROAD FROM MAR-
SHALL TO HOUSTON.
The undersigned committee would
most respectfully call your attention
again to the call which has been made
for a General Rail Road Convention, to
be holden in the town of Rusk, Cherokee
wy,, , t , , l.ThatHamilton;thehcadoftheRad-
gton,-t ne 13. 111 the Senate ical party is in favor of negro suffrage.
2. That he is in favor of keeping the
State of Texas under Provisional, rule.
mongrelize the people of the South.
7. HE IS OPPOSED TO THE NEW
CONSTITUTION BECAUSE IT DOES
NOT GIVE THE NEGROES THE
RIGHT TO VOTE, AND BECAUSE IT
DOES NOT DIVIDE THE COMMON
SCHOOL FUND WITH THE NE-
GROES.
8. Pease is the candidate of the party,
headed and brought into life by such a
man—professing such sentiments.
Coke, A. H. Willie, and Wm. B. Ochiltree. The
three first names are the nominees of the Conser-
vative Union party ; Major Willie has been gen-
erally adopted as the successor of Judge Hill, on
the ticket, and we place Judge Ochiltree, who is
running as an independent candidate on our tick-
et, from the fact that we know he is so eminently
qualified, and from the feeling of strong personal
regard which we have always entertained for him.
We shall vote for the adoption of the amend-
ments of the Constitution, believing that it is for
the best that we should do so. If there are er-
rors and objectional features in it, (as there must
needs be some portions that will require re-
vising.) let it be corrected by legislation. Shall
we condemn the new Constitution as a whole, be-
cause there may be some minor objections raised
to it ? We think not.
In regard to the various District and County
offices to be filled, we shall support the men whom
we may think are best qualified, and we are glad
to know that we have for most of the positions
candidates of so many and such excellent qualifi-
cations from which to make our selections, that
bhe 8arrison Elag.
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WM. G. BARRETT, Editor and Proprietor.
The matter was to be argued
Our correspondent at Havana, writing
on the 29th ult., echoes a probably incor-
rect rumor of the death of Cortina, and al-
so of that of Col. Florentine Lopoz, an of-
ficer of the Imperial army. * The Emper-
or had ordered a review of wounded offi-
cers for the purpose of awarding pen-
sions. The subsidence of Lake Texcoco
had superseded the necessity of draining
machinery. The agricultural coloniza-
tion scheme was reported promising, but
immigrants were finding much difficulty
in obtaining grants’of land. Brazilian
agents were trying to take advantage of
this circumstance by urging another
move.— N. O. Times.
V-
A,
hkmact
| city, en route for Washington. “Joy go with him.’ ’
Married,
in this county, on the night of the 19th inst.,
at the residence of the bride’s father, Col. Jas. F.
Taylor, by Bishop Marvin, Mr. W. W. FIELDS
and Miss OLIVE TAYLOR.
Mr. Fields was a member of Capt W. B. Hill’s
company, 7th Texas Infantry, and served through-
out the war with that regiment. He discharged
well his duties as a soldier, and was ever foremost
in battle. The fair bride, among the most love-
ly and attractive of her sex, is a jewel that can-
not be too highly prized. It was our good for-
tune to participate in the enjoyments of the occ
sion, and we do not remember ever having seen a
couple that we thought were better mated, than
those who thus in the spring-time of their youth,
on that lovely evening, were joined in that heav-
enly bond of union, which henceforth makes them
“all and in all ” to each other. Happy pair ! may
your joy and love never decrease.
“Here’s a health to the Brave and the Fair,
To-glory and beauty combined,
To charms so attractive and rare,
To the laurel and myrtle entwined.”
Examination.
The examination of the Pupils in the Masonic
Female Institute, in Marshall, will commence on
Wednesday the 27th inst., at 9 o’clock a. m., and
close on Thursday.
Patrons, and the public generally, are invited
to attend.
T. B. WILSON, President.
' from Johnson county Arkansas, to the
’ St. Louis Republican says :
' The number of families in this county
without a hog, cow or horse in the world
' is too incredible to relate, yet they toil
and weary not. Women may be seen toil
ing in the cornfields daily—toiling for
the life of their children. If Heaven will
only be propitious, and save them until
they can reap the fruits of their labors,
all will be well. Many are living upon
bread and parched corn alone, and bless
the Giver of good for even that much —-
Our people are all laboring harmonious
ly together for the support of themselves
and each other. But when it was known
that nothing was raised here last season,
that there is but little personal property
and no money in the country, the difficul-
ties can at once be seen. While war was
ragging the women and children were
left alone, there not being half a dozen
men at home in the country. Their pit-
eous cries for mercy and help were an-
swered by deeds of violence, such as un-
nerve us to this day, when thought is
given to the subject. They were not on-
ly robbed but tortured, and the feet of
quite a number of ladies were burned to
a crisp. Some are crippled to this day.
Look to the School Books.—A New
York letter describes as follows the sort
of books which are placed in the hands
of children at the North :
But the most noticeable publications
that are brought out are those designed
entirely for children. Through these a
big crop of hate and persecution for ‘ ‘reb-
els” is being planned, precisely as Aboli-
tionism was sown thirty years ago. I
remember then finding Abolitionism in
my school books. One of my little boys
got a prize at school the other day ; it ,
was a book entitled “ The Soldier Boy.”
The frontpiece contains an atrocious libel,
in representing a Confederate soldier at-
tempting the life of a Federal soldier '
country, North and South, had become re-
united and that peace and harmony would
reign supreme, but in this we are disap-
pointed. The people of the North wish
to humiliate us in every possible way;
they tell us that we are in the Union,
yet they will not permit us to have a
voice in Congress, and insist upon our
paying into the Treasury of the United
States an immense sum of money by
heavy taxation. We are not considered
States, apparently, but must pay taxes as
States. Oh, consistency thou art a jewel!
The white native of the country is thrust
aside th make room for the black, and
for the exclusive benefit of the latter all
laws are enacted. The constitution fram-
ed by our forefathers is cast aside by
these wiseacres as a weak instrument,
not suited for the people of these fast days.
What will be the next step taken is diffi-
cult to conceive, and we are sorry that
our state of mind portrays the future as
dark and gloomy. We cannot any longer
express our candid thoughts, and con-
sequently do not feel inclined to contin-
ue our present avocation, though it will
be with regret that we retire should we
succeed in finding a purchaser for our
office. Until the day arrives, we will
is not propable that they will be molest-
ed any further, as a French force has
been sent down the valley in pursuit of
the Liberals.
Our informant was only enabled to ob-
tain the following names of the party
captured ;
Col. Marshall, Mississippi ; Judge
Snead, Ruskin ; J. Costa, do., ; Col.
Cooke, Missouri ; Dr. Rogers, do.; Cap-
tain J. Rogers, Victoria ; Mr. Scott, do.;
Mr. Lester, Lousiana ; W. Gibbs, Texas;
Mr. Wright, Georgia; Mr. Anderson,
Alabama ; W. Downs, Texas ; Mr. Cox,
do.; Mr. Bogan, Missouri, Mr. Dryer,
Fort Bend.
Destitution in Arkansas—A letter
the last three days 35,000 bales. The
market opened bouyant and advanced 11.,
but closed dull, with the improvement
more than lost.
The European conference is abandon-
ed, the demands of Austria rendering
mediation impossible. The neutral pow-
ers have broken off all negotiations, and
left the belligerents to negotiate for
themselves. Prussia will probably coms
mence the war, as she has already issued
circulars to the neutral powers charging
Austria with flagrant breach of treaties.
The Prussian army comprises four hun-
dred and fifty two batalions of infantry
three hundred and twenty squadrons of
cavalry, and eighty-six field pieces.
The Italian volunteers number ninety-
five thousand. Austrian army nine hun-
dredand seventy thousand strong. It is
supposed three hundred and fifty thous-
and will operate against Prussia, and
two hundred and fifty thousand against
Italy.
The Spanish army has been augmented
to eight hundred and fifty thousand. The
London News declare that all hopes of
peace have vanished.
Queenstown, June 6.—Cotton declined
1d. Middling uplands 13|. The failure
of Agraed & Mustermann’s bank caused
considerable depression. Liabilities
/
v
Advertising.—One square, eight lines, 1 00.
Announcement of Candidates for State
and County Offices, (in advance,)......10 00.
Municipal Offices,.......... 5 00.
Our Job Office.
We will simply say to our friends, and the pub-
lic generally, that we are prepared to execute,
as heretofore, all Job Printing, with which they
may favor us, with neatness and dispatch.
We arc authorized and requested to announce
Col. S. R. DONLEY, as a candidate for Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, at the ensuing
election.
For District Judge,
To the Voters of the Sixth Judicial District:
At the instance and request of many friends,
throughout the District, I have consented to be-
come a candidate for District Judge, at the ensu-
ing election.
J. B. WILLIAMSON.
We are authorized and requested to announce
Gen. M. D. ECTOR, as a candidate for District
Judge of the Sixth Judicial District, at the en-
suing election.
For District Attorney,
We are authorized and requested to announce
H. McKAY, as a candidate for District Attorney
for the 6th Judicial District, at the ensuing elec-'
tion.
We are authorized and requested to announce
JOHN BURKE, as a candidate for District At-
torney for the 6th Judicial District, at the en-
suing election.
For County Judge,
' To the Voters of Harrison and Upshur
! Counties.
Fellow-Citizens:
I have stopped ploughing for the purpose of
addressing you through the means of this circular,
to let you know that I am a candidate to repre-
; sent you as Senator in our next Legislature. I
live near the line between the counties, and have
been identified with the people of both counties,
for the last ten years. I have never sought office
of you, but once before, and that was just pre-
vious to the war, and for the same position to
which I now aspire. Many of you will recollect
that my opponents at that time were clever gen-
tlemen, and prided themselves that they were
too old for military duty, and that I, being a
young man, was able to go the to war, which I did
and made as good a soldier as I knew how, during
the whole time, and was a participant in nearly
all the battles fought in this department; and
now as no such objection can be urged against me,
I again present myself for your consideration and
suffrage. I cannot say that I was brought out by
“^nany voters f as is usually the case, but by my own
inclination, seconded by some of my warm friends.
I would much rather have canvassed the counties
and given my views of State policy in a more
extended manner than I can through this medium,
but circumstances render this impracticable, as
the election is so near at hand, that were I to em-
ploy all the time left me, in riding over the coun-
ties, I would not be able to see near all of the
voters. But believing that the people have the
right and ought to know a candidate’s views on
public matters, I will attempt to give you mine
on such matters as this short method will allow.
I am opposed to Radicalism in all its shapes and
pretensions, and will oppose it with all my ability
whenever an opportunity offers. I endorse the
President and his policy of reconstruction, as the
only means of regaining our position in the fed-
eral union. I believe the protection and preser-
vation of the white race should be the paramount
object of all future legislation of the State of
Texas, and therefore I am in favor of legislating
for that purpose, at the same time to enact such
laws as to render efficient the labor of the freed-
man, and prove advantageous to both parties.—
The negro is free and that is all he is capable of
appreciating or enjoying, and to add anything
more to his present status, would be injurious to
his interest and the community in which he lives.
The educational interest of this State will require
judicious management. The Convention has
made wise and ample provisions in the new Con-
stitution for public Schools, which provisions I
wish to see immediately put in practical opera-
tion. I believe it to be the duty of the Legisla-
ture to encourage internal improvements by rend-
ering such assistance as shall be compatible with
the best interest of the State.
I am in favor of lessening the taxes by every
possible means of curtailment in public expendi-
tures, consistent with the interest of the people
of the State.
I will suppot any measure that will establish
the sanctity of the Christian Sabbath, and will
sanction any law that will make suitable provis-
ion for punishing those guilty of its violation.
The necessity of such a law is obvious, now that
freedmen and other uninformed persons, may be
seen prowling about on the Sabbath, with gun
and dog, to the serious annoyance of civilized
communities.
With this brief expression of my opinions, I
present myself, Fellow-Citizens, as a candidate for
your support.
Respectfully,
C. C. COPPEDGE.
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