The Waynesburg Republican. (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, June 03, 1868, Image 1

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Termi or Publication.
Tsa Waysbibcbo IUpitbi.icaw, Ofllc In
fcayer' building, rant of th Court House, Is puh-
tuhod every. Wednesday momlOK, at pr
annum, w advahc". or t 50 If aot paid wltli
la the year. AllanlMf rlptlan aeronnl bbbt.
kaMltMannnally. no paper will lie tent
out of the Mints unleu paid for in advance, and
all inch aurMcrlptlonH will Invarluhly be illamn
tinned at the expiration of the time for which
they are paid.
tioniiniiiiloatlrirmon "Ulijrptsof looal(vrancrnl
lnlri,Mt are rwpei'lfHlly Moltetted. To eimum
htlfntlon fiiViKHof Unit kind must Invariably lie
acrompanlvd by the niinieof tlieaullmr, not fur
buiillrntlun, but an KiiHrunly autihiKt ini-Mltlin.
All lettura perliilnitiK to fiuslnwuinf lliu ollk-e
tnunt be addreaacd to the Editor
gortttj.
0K OF T1IK Vfc.XTlOX NOXUM.
The following tonf an l chorm, act to rnmlc
HiyOoo. V. K iot, wre Hung by Chaplain Mit.'ubn ,
'Chaplain Loiter, and Major II. O. I,omlni'd, at
the Convention on the announcement of the
domination of Oen. (jrant:
We'll rally again to the standard we bore
O'er buttle-rleldi crimson and gory,
Shouting "hail to the chief" who In freedom's
fierce war,
. Hath oovered thaj banner with glory.
Then rally again, then rally attain,
With the soldier, the sailor, nn I hummer,
And we'll lliiht It out here, on tlm old Union
. ttnn,
Nomlds it It takes, uh all S u mmer.
Ve'll rally Rgxin, by the aide of the men,
Wliobrmated llw conflicts' Merce mule,
And they'll And us still true, who were truo to
them then,
Ari bade them "l)ood speed" In the battle.
Then rally again, thon rally again,
' With the tuldler, and sailor, and bnmmcr
And we'll flight It out here, ou the old Union
line, . g
No odds If It takes us all summer.
We'll rally n(uln, and "that flan of the free"
Khali stay where our heroes have placed II,
Aud ne'r shall they govern on land or on him,
Whoso treason bath spumed mid Ulgruc
d II.
Then rally again, then rally again.
With the soldier, und sailor, and lmmnl;-r.
And we'll nght It out here, on the old l.'ni.m
line,
No odds If It takes us all stimm r.
Wo'll rally again, mid onr motlo shall be,
Whalover the nation that h-iro us,
- Ood hleoN that old banner, "llin ling of the
free,"
And nil who would die with it o'er us,
Then rally again, then rally again,
With the soldier, the sailor, and hummer.
And we'll fight It out here on tho old U nion
Nil odds If It takes ns all Summer,
(Original
I'or tho Uki'L'iii.ii'AX.
ovr oitnos.
Mr. Editor: I noticed sometime
nrrn a tt1 -nvnisii' Imru'iieii vnn mill ilio
u j ....
head of the Copperhead paper in this
21aoe about the occupation of the town
commons. Tho cop patriot grew elo
quent in liis defence oftlic poor against
the rich, claiming the commons arc for
the support of the poor of the place etc.
Being a temporary sojourner here, I
would like to say a few words ou. tho
In tho first place, to what use arc
the commons applied? Tjie "poor
nun's friend" claimed. I think, that
they afforded pasture for the stock of
those who were too poor to liiro it.
3Iow much do they furnish in a year?
About enough to support two cows and
a pig. Any one who will go and
look at their condition now, and then
sty they are ufany benefit to the poor
certainly lias not an over lot of good
Sense. A few cows that look like the
remains of a contraband camp hold
dispute with the filthy hogs for the few
Wades of grass that grow upon it. I
3iave been told, that, in the summer
at is beautifully decked with dog fen
nel, but that is not of much practical
Lcnefit. I learn that in the summer
it is also a resort i'or tlio stock of an
evening when arc seen exhibitions that
ought to take place somewhere else.
Will the editor tell how much benefit
the poor derive from this ground in the
course of a year ? How many pounds
of butter could be made from a cow
that pastured on it?
' Tho only use to which we have seen
it applied, is ns a play ground for the
boys and young men. This is nice,
you say ? Let any one who has not
been raised iu the ranks of the Demo
cratic party, walk across the commons
while a game is being played, and his
ear will hear such foul language as
will make him think that a loo-ion of
Five Pointers had arrived. The filthy
stream never stops its flow. It is a
shame to the town that this is not
stopped. Ladies' and geutlemeii on
the way to aud from the "little col
lege" must stop their ears or be made
to blush. If the parents will not keep
their boys away, tho officers of the
town should do it for them. No per
sons, young or old, have a right to
yell out in filthy languago upon the
publio highway. They have no more
right to do it ou the commons than iu
tho streets. Besides there is dan
ger of persons who may pass by being
liurt. ..-. '
The commons certainly present a
l....j:r..i i ...,
- ""j i -r
pearance Banks of clay hero and
there relieve the tiresome green ; ponds
.of mud and water form iniuiaturo ;
lakes iu which the swine may wallow
and the cattle stand, to give the ap
pearance of inhabitation. A large pile
of manure contributes to tho beauty
v iuu wuoie. (is mis
pilo for the use of tho poor?)
' Would it bo a benefit to the poor if
the commons were accompanied with
u nn ninnu tt i. i . . i r ,1
good tenant houses ? '
, Yours. Observer. 1
What is the difference between a
watcluuakor and a jailor? Ono sells
. riches and the other watches cells. ,
J AS. E. SAYEUS,
VOL XI.
tiii: wohi.o o ii,x. uittvr.
l'rom The World, May 21,
It was possible for Grant
after his failure ''to tight out on one
line" in his advance of 18G1 upon
Richmond, to lavish the lives of thous
ands of American soldiers and to ex-
nend thousands of dollars of the nn
iinn'rf treasure lmnn ft new ramnoi.rn !
and so finally wear and worry down
the strength of the rebellion which had
already been mortally wounded bv
Meade at Gettysburg.
T.l EI.TEX.VNT-OKXr.RAr. OR A XT.
From The World, April, II, ti;.
Gen, Grant's history should teach
us to discriminate better than wo
Americans are apt to do between glit
ter and solid work, ( )ur pronenass to
run utter demagogues and spoulers
may find a wholesome corrective in the
study of such a character as his. The
qualities by whie.i great things are ac
complished are ficro seen to have no
necessary connection showy and super
ficial aoenmplisliiiients. When the
mass of men look upon such a charac
ter, they may learn a truer respect for
themselves and each other ; they are
taught by it that high qualities and
great abilities are consistent with tho
simplioityof taste, contempt fir pa
rade, and plainne-s of manners with
which direct and earnest men have a
strong natural sympathy. Ulysses S.
Grant, the tanner, Ulysses S. Grunt,
the unsuccessful applicant for ton post
of City Surveyor of St, Louis, Ulysses
S. ( i rant, the driver into that cily of
his two-horse team with a load of wool
to sell, had within him every manly
quality which will cause the name of
Lieutenant-General Grant to live for
ever in history. His career is a lessou
in practical Democracy ; it is a quiet
satire on tho dandyism, tho puppyism,
and the shallow affectation of our
fashionable exquisites as well as upon
the swagger of our plau.sible, glib
tongued demagogues, not by any
means that great qualities nrc incon
sistent with cultivated manners and a
fluent elocution , but that such super
ficial neooinplisments are no measures
of worth or ability.
Gen, ( rant's last campaign sets the
final seal upon . his reputation. It
stamps him as the superior of his able
antagonist ns well as of all the com
manders who have served with or un
der him in the great campaigns of the
list year, it is not necessary to
sacrilieo any part ol well-earneil
reputations to his. Sherman and
Sheridan deserve all that has ever
been said in their praise ; but there has
never been a tiui ', since Grunt was
made Lieutenant-General, when any
body but Sherman, on our side, could
have been classed with him. Since
Sherman's bold march through Geor
gia, and his capture of S ivannah and
Charleston, tlx re have been many who
in their strong admiration ot Ins great
aehievments, inclined to rank him as
the sireater general of the two. That
judgment, we take it is now reverse 1
by tho court of final appeal ; not by,
dwarfing the reputation of Shcrm in
which suffers no just abatement, but
by the expansion into grander pro
portions of that ol Grant.
Grant stands preeminent among all
the generals who have led are armies
in the late war, in that he has exhibit
ed the utmost strength of will of which
the highest typo of manhood Is capable. ,
Tho delense of Vicksburg and the de
fense of lliehmond were both deemed
inpregnable, and were defended with
a proportional confidence and obstina
cy; but they both yielded, at last, to
Grant's matchless persistence and un
equaled strategy, And in both cases
he not only took the long-contested
positions, but compelled the surrender,
of the whole force defending them.
Nothing could he more eleam and
complete, even in imagination, than
Gen. Grant's masterly execution, lie
did not merely, in each case, acquire po
sition which was the key of a wide
theater of operations ; he did not mere
ly beat or disable the opposing f'oreo ;
he left no fragment ol'itiu existence
except as prisoners of war subject to.
his disposal.
If anybody is so obtuse or so wrong
headed as to see nothing great in Gen
eral Graut beyond his marvelous ten
acity of will, let that doubter explain,
if he can, how it has happened that
since Grant rose to high command,
this quality has always been exerted in
conspicuous energy precisely at the
point on which everything in his
whole sphere of operations hinged.
There has been no display of great
qualities on small occasions ; no ex
penditure of herculean effort to accom
plish objects not of the first magnitude.
It is only a very clear-sighted and a
very comprehensive mind that could
always thus 'have laid the whole em
phasis of an indomitable soul so pre
cisely on the emphatic place. How if
ho be not a: general of the first order
of intellect, as well as of the most, he
roic determination, doc3 it happen that
in assigning great an brilliant parts to
his subordinate commanders, ho has
never, when the results of his strategy
were fully unfolded, appeared in the
picture except as the central figuro ?
Ilowcvcr it may seem during the
progress of ono of his great combined
campaigns, it always turns out at last
when it reaches that completeness and
fiuish in which he contrives to have his
campaigns end, that we see him stand
ing in tho foreground, and that the'
glory of the other generals' instead of
eclipsing his own gives it additional
luster. It is this sureuess of jude-j
raent which sees precisely where lies
FIRMNESS IX THE RK1IIT AS OOP HIVES IS TO SEE Til E Klflllf. Lincoln.
NEsjutiii(;, "iixxA., Ara)XKvruni)S.
the turning point ; which see exactly
what iiro tho objects that justify the
utmost stretch of persistence; it is this
ability to take in the whole field of
view in just perspective and due
subordination of parts, that is tho mark
oFa suiierior mind. (ion. Grant has
- iilKu out m tlu! '"amis ot all critics ttie
question whether it belongs to llilll,
lie has won his greatest triumph over
tho most skillful and accomplished
General on the other side ; over n
General who foiled him longenoogh to
prove his great mastery of the art of
war ; and the completciies of whose de
feat is a testimony to Grant's genius
such as a victory over any other Gen
eral of the Confederacy, or earlier vic
tory over Lee himself, could not have
given. Apply to Gen. Giant what
test you will; ineiisure him by tho
magnitude of the obstacles he has sur
mounted, by the value of the positions
he has gained, by the fame of the an
tagonist over wlio'in lie has triumphed
by the achievements of his most illus
trious eo-workess, by the siireness with
which he directs his indomitable ener
gy to the vital point which is the key
of a vast field of operations, or by that
supreme testof consiininulcahility the
absolute completeness of his results,
and he vindicates liis claim to stand
next after Napoleon and Wellington,
among the great soldiers of this centu
ry, it' nut ou a level with tho latter
; a -
HMMinVPIIM'Al..
General Grant was born on the
27th of April, 1822, nt Point Pleasant,
Clermont county, Ohio. His father
was of Scotch descent and, by occupa
tion, a dealer iu leather. The son
entered the military academy at West
Point in his eighteenth year and grad
uated in 18 1;', standing twenly-lii'st iu
rank in a class of thirty-nine members.
Ho served for cleveif years in the army.
.... m
passing through every battle of the
Mexican war except two, and held the
rank of Captain at the date of his res
ignation in l.S"4. Joining his father
and a brother, nl Galena, ' I llinois, he
engaged in business as a leather dealer
until tho outbreak of rebellion in 1801.
A few days after Sumpter was fired
upon, ho was found drilling a company
of volunteers, nnd, a few days later,
led the company to the State capital.
An offer of his services to the authori
ties nt Washington not being heeded,
he tendered them to (Joy. Vatkh, of
his own State, and niter a few weeks
service in the organization of tho vol
unteer forces, accepted command of
the Twenty-first l!egimeiit, nnd pro
ceeded with it to Missouri. In Au
gust, 'i1, he was co'.nmisMone 1 by the:
President as Ilr'ncadier General. In
September, betook command at Cairo,
of the district, embracing the ronllux
of the Ohio, Tennessee, Cumberland
and Mississippi Kivcrs. lie lost no
time in seizing Padueah, then threat
ened by n rebel fbreo, nnd his success
confirmed the wavering loyalty of
Kontiieky, and brought it over to the
Union side, lie won his first battle
nt Ikclmont, November Jth, where be
was conspicuously under lire, having
his horse killed under him, and by his
personal bravery and military skill
received a confidence from his soldiers
which has clung to him sine? on every
field, llo captured Fort Donelson,
February Kith, 18i2, and on the l!)th
was prnioted to be .Major General.
Tho campaign and victories ol'Shiloh,
(April 7th,) Port Gibson, May 1st,)
Jackson, (May 1-llh,) followed in reg
ular succession, and paralyzed the tow
er of rebellion in the Southwest.
His Chattanooga campaign of 'G3,
his promotion to be Lieutenant Gener
al, March 1st, '( I, his . subsequent
direction of the Union armies in all
quarters of tho relic) lion, bis personal renewed rebellion, nnd remember that
charge of the operations against Rich- Johnson himself officially declared
mond, tho firm grasp with which lie that he wasouly dissuaded from miUify
held Lee and the main power of the ingallthe Congressional reconstruction
Confederacy nt bay, and the final cul- laws by fears of another civil war
niination of his plans in tho success of I (meaning thereby a fear that ho could
his great Lieutenants, and the fall of
liichiuond, the surrender of Lee's
army and tne grounding ot the last
rebel musket all these events are too
well remembered by our readers to
require more than this brief mention.
The grateful acknowledgments of his
country were evidenced in liis further
promotion to tho newly created oflijc
of General, and, as tho Conimander-in
-'hiofof tho Federal armies, during
the three years of great civil anxiety
and danger which have succeeded, it
Ls not too much to say that the popular
confidence in his discretion, vigilance
and patriotic devotion to the cause of
the Union, have ever been the hope
and the consoling assurance of the land.
In tho many dark hours when official
treachery and a disloyal ambition have
cast a deep gloom upon patriotic hearts,
his presence at the head of our military
strength has afforded a cheering assu
rance of the ultimate safety of the
Republic. S'ot even the anxiety with
which the people watched the cam
paigns of '03, 'A and '5 could exceed
the deep intensity of trusting hope
with which their eyes have since stead
ily kept this man in view. Thoy will
now charge him with a greater power
and higher responsibilities, and he will
inaugurate his last nnd crowning tri
umph over Official Corruption and
Pubjio Unworthiness.
A Democrat in Mcriden, Conn ,
excited by the election , demolished on
opponent thus : . " Yeneeden't talk to
mo 1 I'll bet if you try ten years you
can't mako me equal to a nigger, no
ho you can fix it 1" The point was
visible. . ,
TIIH AIW4 tF MOItKUN Itr.MOClt AC V
The peculiar demerit of the so-e ill
ed Democratic party Is that it latterly
became a .law-defying, law-breaking
and revolutionary party. Ofeour.se it
is in general unquiet, violent anrl ag
gressive, disturbing the national tran
quility whenevcran opportunity is pre
sented, keeping tho public mind con
tinually agitated, and retardino1 oiir
material prosperity to a degree scarce-
ly realized by the people, hven be
fore it broke into open rebellion it had
racked tho country by continued me
nace, aiwl when at last it struck with
a bloody hand at the national existence
it. seemed to us almost as desirable re
lief from the uncertainty and anxiety
which had preceded tho outbreak.
And if this bad party thus exhibit
ed tendencies of a violent and revolu
tionary character, it was an additional
reproach that the revolutionary ac
tion w;is always In the wrong direction
not bv any means in unison with
the superior enlightenment of the nine
teenth century, lint in direct antagon
ism with liberal and just ideas. Thus
did it encourage and buttress human
slavery until the foul institution was so
swollen w'tli folly and presumption
that it assumed to a overu the country
with nil abuol ute sway, and being curb
ed in that design only to a mod 'rate
degree essayed to destroy by force of
arms the government itself
Surely wo had a right to expect
tliat when the extreme issue was joined
and the armies of the Dem vcrif y were
ulcicatcii in riieim i to wlncli tli 'v li el
invited our lov.u soldiers, tlici mis
chievous a.i 1 iu!al controversy might
bo c msidorcd en led, an. I tint all men
mi 'lit harmonize iu cultivating the
arts of peace, and developing the re
sources of this noble country. Hut
contrary to this reasonable expectation
we, find rebellion again endeavoring to
raise its snaky head, and its northern
allies onuo inoro appealing to the bad
passions and violent impulses of the
more reckless among its partisans. As
if the combative propensities and h.-s-
ty temper ol Andrew .Johnson were
not of themselves siillieient to givo us
abundant trouble, wc see Democrats
whoso position as editors or legislators
i iii ii.i i i
snoui.i noiii mem bacK iroin any lur
tlier'fticitenient to treasonable action,
advising this man ot violence to ap
peal atonea to the sword, and forcibly
revolutionize the government by ex
pelling Congress from the halls of leg
islation ; or, to adopt tho deliberate
words of .Iu Igo Woodward, not utter
ed in the heat and hurry of current de-
hate, hut deliberately written down for
express publication, to use the army
nnd navv to "make nn end iif'imiie.ie!
tnent and impeaehers."
Jy no means is this imprudent ut
terance of a man who by this tima
ought ha a statesman instead of a par
tisan an exceptional case, as all oir
readers are well aware. 1) "nocralie
editors nnd speakers continually in-
dulge in the menaces, and to tl
extent of their nbilitv prepare tho way
for future trouble. They openly ad
vocate nullification of the laws by the
President whenever he chooses to as
sume that these are unotistitutional ;
andas every other execution officer
who has sworn to support the Consti
tution might with equal show of right
refuse to enforce tho laws, it is needless
to portray the confusion and anarchy
which must inevitably follow. Vainly
do tho anarchs pleifll that former
Presidents havo also nullified legal
statute2. It was a grievous departure
from duty to have done so, and by no
means exonerates their successors who
venture to tread in tho same perilous
path.
W lien wo nolo these exhortations to
not reckon upon our loyal soldiery to
support his revolutionary designs,') wc
may calculate more accurately the
dangers from which wo havo but
narrowly escepnd, and tho absolute
necessity now ' existing to keep the
nullifying party out ot power. That
partv stiH retains its baleful principle
of State sovereignty and the right of
secession. They are so imbued with
ideas inimical to the right of man,
that they would readily endow the
President with absolute power if only
ho would aid them in frustrating the
extension of universal suffrage. They
continually urge the present incumbent
ot that high olhee to strike a blow lor
absolute despotism, and thus they keep
tho country in constant apprehension
of widespread canvulsion. Sfosftrully
and emphatically may we declare that
this modem Democracy 'which belies
tho name, ft. the fearfuf Pandora's box
whence issue inoro than a moiety of
the ills which alllict the country.
North American. , '
Wenpku. Phillip iu his speech
before the Anti-Slavery Society Thurs
day, said: "I would rather trust
General Grant in the White House
without a plat-form than , Chief Jus
tice Lhaso with, tho best nlatform
that could bo 'adopted, that .. is if
ne goes mere in consequence of this
plot of I'csscudcn and .Trumbull,
to checkmate . tho nation in order
to put him there. , , .
Soak seed corn in strong tar water
i r, A c. .11 ln 1 . . IP
!! tun m piuoLct uf tvkry it) li you
want the cut-worms arid blaokbjrds to
let it nloue ana save rejdantiDg. ... :
M i;N.IHAM' AMI M'llt't I.l'lt l'l.f
K .t J, S A Oi.O-Sl'hi: .111 i 11 V I'll 1.11.
Wash i nci tos-, May 22, '08. Gen
eral Graut was serenaded this evening.
Viler the band plave I "Had to the
Chief,'' calls were made, fir Grant,
when he appeared at tlio door ol li is
residence and was greeted with pro
longed cheers.
llenresentativo lloutwell, ot Massa
chusetts, whir was standing at his side,
addressed him in terms expressive of
gratification in his unanimous nomi
nation by tlio Chicago Convention.
Gent Grant said:
G.Mllawii Being entirely uinceus
tome I to public speaking, nnd without
desire to cultivate that power, laugh
ter, it is impo-siblo for liiclo find ap
propriate language to thank you for
this demonstration. All that I can
say - is this, that to w'ffitovcr position
I may be .called by your will I shall
endeavor to discharge its -duties with
lidclityiind honesty of purpose. Of my
rectitude iu tho performance of publio
duties you will havo to judge for
yourselves by my record belbro you.
Three cheers were then given for
General Grant. Hundreds of tho
crowd then entered the house and con
gratulated tho General.
I'OLPAX N EXT IIONOIlEl).
The procession then moved to the
tho residence of Sneaker Colfax.
Calls having been made fir him,
ho appeared nt tho door of his resi
dence iu company with Iteprescnta
tivo Pike, of Maine, who in a few re
iiurks introduced Mr. Colfax. Tho
latter said: My friends, I thank you
with all tho emotions of a grateful
heart lor this flattering manifestation
of your confidence and regard. I con
gratulate you on the auspicious open
ing of tho eventful campaign on which
we are entering. In tho Chicago Con
vention, representing the entire conti
nental area of tho Republic, every
Stale, every Territory, every district
and delegation from ocean to ocean
declared that their first and only
choice for President was Ulysses S.
Grant. Great applause. liraveand
yet unassuming; reticent and yet when
necessary firm as the eternal hills, ap
plause with every thought and hope
and aspiration for his country; with
modesty only equalled by his merits, it
is not extravagant for mo to say that
ho is to-day the man of all other men
in tlio land "first in war, first in peace,
ami first in the hearts of his country
men." Cheers and great applause
His name is the very synonym of victo
ry and ho will lead the Union hosts to
triumph at the polls as he lead the
Union armies to triumph in the field.
Rut greater even than the conqueror
of Vicksburg and the destroyer oftlic
rebellion, is the glorious inspiration of
our noble principles, animated by the
sublime truths of the Declaration of
Independence. Our banner bears an
inscription more magnetic than the
names of its standard hearers, which .
the whole world can see as it floats to
thebrec.e. "Liberty and loyalty, jus
tice and public safety." .Defying nil'
irejiidiecs we arc fin uplifting the low
v and protecting the oppressed, fl'-
plause.J History records to tho im
mortal honor of our organization that
it saved the nation and emancipated a
race. , Wo struck the fetters from the
limbs of the slave and lifted millions
into the glorious sunlight of liberty;
we placed tho emancipated slave on
his feet as a man and put' into his
right hand tho ballot to protect bis
manhood and his rights. We staked
our political existence o:i the recon
struction of the revolted States on the
sure and eternal corner stone of loyal
ty, and wo shall triumph. L know
there is no holiday contest before ns,
but with energy ami zeal, with princi
ples that humanity will approve, and
that I believe God will blc?s, we shall
go through the contest conquering and
to conquer, and ou tho fourth day 'of
March next tho people's champion
will be liorno by The peoples votes to
yonder White House, that, I regret to
say, is now dishonored by its unworthy
occupant. Then with peace and con
fidence wo' tnav expect our beloved
country to enter upon a career of pros
perity which shall -eclipse the most
brilliant annals of our past. I bid you
God speed in this work. ' And now,
good night.'
Applause followed tho conclusion of
Mr. Colfax s speech, and the band
played ' an appropriate, air. Many
iiersoiw in the crowd entered the dwel
ling arid extended their congratula
tions. ' ' ' ' ''
We reckon the chief among concrt-
goiug characters the young lady whose
vpcabulary .consists ol two - words,
"splendid" and "awful': neither of
which is ever properly applied. She
thinks, Mr. Grunters hnss voic'o. is
"perfectly splendid," wlido Miss
Piper's soprano Is "perfectly awful."
She was . heard ' to sav "splondid"
eighty-five, times at the performance
of Romeo the other evening, while she
said "awful" ten times.' She never
waits until tho solo or concerted piece
is through, but ejaculates her favorite
adjectives loudly enough for everybody
within six scats to liear her. ' J
' It is said that General Dix is out of
favor, with Napoleon 111, and that the
Emperor does not spealc to hira unless
ho is compelled by some official neces
sity. Tho reason of this disagreement
is believed - to .be the report that a
great many J) renchmcn mi. applied
to General Dix's office to be naturalized
as American piUetu. ,, . ; - J
KDITOIl AMI PUBLISH Kit.
Nt'iieYi.r.ti ';i.'Ax.
The nominee for the Vice Presiden
cy was born March S-'ird, 121, in the
city of Xew York, the only sou of a
v'idowed mother. 1 le canin of tin old
revolutionary stock, his grand-father,
tienerul illiam Colfax, having been
the commanding olli -er of Washing
ton's life-giitrds through the war.
The subject of this sketch received a
common school education, ami idler
three years service as a clerk iu a store,
removed, with his mother, to St. Jo
seph county, Indiana. For four years
longer he was again a clerk; in his
eighteenth year ho was appointed dep
uty to tuecotinty Auditor and removed
to South Rend. Commencing to write
Ibr tho local press, iu IS lo he became
editor mid proprietor ol'ihe Il-jhta;
a South Rend journal, which soon
became prosperous under, his able
management. . Always a Whig, ho be
came naturally n Republican, ln
1831 ho wxs nominated lbr Congress,
but was beaten by a small majority.
In 185.5 ho was ro-noininalcil ,on tho
anti-Xebraska issue nnd elected by
two tho'i-iind majority, and assisted to
procure the election of Ranks to the
Speakership after a memorable contest
of sixty days. His speech oh the Kan
sas question at that session was eonsid
sidcred of such ability that half a
million copies were circulated in the
canvass of that year. From that date
to the present time, he has been success
fully elected by largo majorities. Mo
was thii loved nnd trusted friend of
AnuAiiAM Lincoln, ns ho h is ever
enjoyed tho confidence and admiration
of tho Republican party. In 1803 he
was first cho-icn to the Speakership,
and lias since retaile d that position,
acquiring a high reputation us a
prompt nnd shrewd chairman and a
skillful parliamentarian. Since yiat
time, as before, he has been most fiivor
ably known to his countrymen, mid
has secured the most implicit confidence
of the Republican party.
When lie shall be Vieo President,
no Chief' Magistrate will bo assassina
ted to secure the elevation of a traitor
to the Executive chair. That tempta
tion will never iniiko St'liUYi.EU
Colfax its tool. His legislative
expenenso has admirably qualified him
to preside over the Senate, while bis
political friends, the masses of bis loyal
countrymen, will never find then'
approbation undeserved or their confi
dence betrayed in whatever station he
may be called to (ill.
iir.sHi i or Ncciiv Nr.tvroM.
WAHiri.vnroN, May 20, 10S. Im
mediately after hearing the result of
the vote to-dav, Secretary Stanbui is
sued the following order to Adjuaut
General Townseud:
War TlEPAiiTME.vr, Washing- I
ton, I ). (J., May 2i, 1-SfJ.S.
G'kneiial: You will take charge
of the War Department and books
and papers, archives und public prop
erty belonging to the army, subject to
tho disposal and direction of tho Pres
ident, Signed
LpwinM. Stanton,
Secretary of War.
To Brevet. Major Gen., E. 1 . Town
'. send, Assistant Adjutant General.
After directing the same to be de
livered to General Townseud, he ad
dressed tho following letter to the
President, and then, at tho close of
office hours fortho day, withdrew from
the War Department., and went to liis
residence. ' ,
Wau Department; Washington )
Ci rv, 1). C, May 20, 18C3.
Sin: The resolution of the. Senate
of tho United States of tho -21st of
February, last, declaring that the
President has no power to remove the
.Secretary of ar and designate any
other officer to perform tho duties of
that officer adinla-im, having this day
failed to be supported by two-thirds of
tho Senators present voting on the
articles of impeachment prepared
against you by the House of Represen
tatives, I have 'relinquished charge of
the War .Department, ami havo leit
the same and the books, archives, and
papers, and property heretofore in my
custody as tlio Secretary of - War, in
caro of Rrcvet Major General ' Town
send, tho senior Assistant Adjutant
General, subject to your direction.
; : Signed
f Edwin M. Stanton,
To the President of tho United
' 'States. ' ; ' ; ; " ' . ;
. . .' m ' 0 i
Says a Washington dispatch: The
Democratic nomination talk has recent
ly received new impetus. The Indiana
Copperhead, D. W. Voorhees, is open
ly advocating Mr. Chase's nominationi
He is nt work industriously' pushing
the matter. Within a day or two the
draft of u proposed DeiiKK-ratie plat
form has been submitted to both Chaso
and Andy Johnson, and receivcil ap
proval by both; tho former making a
few verbal alterations. It indulges in
some generalities about slavery ud ho
longer a living issue,' and in a vague
sort of a way indorses the. Watle Hamp
ton prctenso of equal franchise, based
on education and procrty for all
newly made citizens. Tlic rest of the
draft denounces the reconstruction
policy -of-. Congress, leans strongly
against protection, denounces high
taxation, and demands
universal am-
nesty.
It is said that br denositintr small
bnndleeofwild peppermint in the holes
or places inlostad by raw, if wuj drive
them away, ,, .',..,,;, , . j , j;
TerniM ot AdverttataMgr
!
JO) WO.H
AnvmtTKFJiKNnt liiwrtnl nt tl 50 por MqMT
Airthri'O liK-Tllmm. or Ii-m, itml no m P"T
nqimrA fur.ciu-h addltloitnl luftflrttnn ; (ten ItntA
or li hh union lyM( I'liuiit.-il a wimr). All tru
lent 11 IviTilHi'ineiitH to bp pnlil fur In iutvnucii.
Ili'Mi.vrsH Nm-H'mitet umli-rllm lirl"f IikhI
ii.'wh will liiv i-liurKiiI InvnrlnMY 1U rtutaih Uoa
for t'lieli Ijiftortlime
A lllii-nil ilmlii'Slon rwul to iorHm'BdVrtl
Ina liv tlm imrtir, Imli'-mir or yi'iir, .Hpxolnl
liittli pai-liiiripxl unu-luil iun tliun ri RUlur ml-V'-rilHi-iiii-iit.H.
Jon I'HivriKoof pvorvhlnd In Pllnriil Fn
ov i'iHok: lLiml-liilli., Illiinkx.l 'urdi l'uniphlxt .
ftp., nffVPiy urli-ly and xlylp, prlllti d ut th
nh.irt. Ht noilpp. Tim IIki'I'iii.k'am orrun Inui
Jiisi In ..-tl m-iliti'il, iin-1 every tlilnn in the l'rlnt
lim llit phi i lip vxMciuud In thu aiiMl -rtlnlia
niiiiim-riiiHl at tlio Iowi-mI ruiuH.
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WtNUtl.I, 111 1 M.I I'H ON IWHtU'H.
.iii;.m'.
No mutter wlnit Mr. Justice Cliasd
announces, thirty-five Senators out of
li fly-four liiive pronounced President,
Johnson guilty. . Poll tho nation nf
seven out of every ten Fay Aincri to
that verdict. 'A technical riilo of 'thd
Constitution requiring a two-thirds
vote may save his office; but tho
judgment of tho nnlion is rcoordctl
against him ns tt criminal. Thus far
he leaves tho tribunal set to try him,
free from any punishment but infamy
The only ililferenco between this ami
conviction is that, convicted, ho"
would Imvo gono forth bearing his
disgrace ulone. 15y this, which men
call acquittal, ho drags half a' dozen
Senators down with him to ihfumy;'
Ijibcrtv knows nothing but victories.
( ur wfiole success for thirty years past
has been led by just such defeats as
this. The annexation of Texas, tho
compromise of lfj.jl), KiiiitM trampled
in blood, Hull Kim, the second elec
tion of 1 iineoln, his murder; nil these
seeming defeats were victories in dis
guise. The traitors who plotted these
"sueccs-es," were the only men who
died by them. .Polk, Seward, Pierce,
Webster, Clay, and their fellow-conspirators,
nil died by their own Iiundsi
iu the light of such history wo
should rend this hour. Men who walk
ed then with proud scorn, now, hang
(heir heads in tho pity or contempt of
the world, ami ure objects of the special
halo of the parties they led to ruin
Poor Pierce and Jliieliiiunn stood art
vainglorious nnd fluttered, vaunting
their "consciences" ns loudly in days
gone by, as Trumbull and Fessendeit
do to-day. Ono jjiny limey thoso half
forgotleii wretches, rising Up .frorri
their living tombs at Lancaster nnd
Concord, to cry out to theso fresh
comrad.s, "Are ye to become like unto
us" while. Marshlicld and Ashland,
scorningsiicli fellowship, proudly claim
that if they fell, they at least fell be
fore temptations of ,a inoro , decent
level.
We care comparatively little for tho
results of this neqiiittnV at tho Northf
It only intensities' a littld tho atone
ment we deservedly pay for our long
complicity with the slave power. A
little more business prostration, a littlo
more suH'ering by the laboring classes;
and we have all richly deserved a hun
dred times , as much.' But when wo
think of tlio unsheltered heads of
Southern loyalists, white and ' black)
when wo think of this Pachu of '.As
sassins again let loose; of Anderflort
villu reopened; then, putting Pesscn
dcu mid Trumbull's name side by side
with the infamous ones of Lcc tnd
Davis and handing them d)wu, blood
stained, to tlio loathing of history, wo
cannot but rtmicmber that.thosc arch
fiends (if Mississippi and Virginia wer"o
angered to that iiorribldl revenge by
the defeat of a great revolution whiuJi
they had nursed for years. Hut thes
their mean allies from Maine and I Hi .
nois, steep the South in the murder,
from motives which make even treason
additionally contemptible.. , We. beg
pardon even ot Jx;o und Davis for as
sociating such despicable crimo witH
theirs. , . . . ,
We never supposed Fossendon Wotifd
vote for 'impeachment.' HLs associ
ates long ago charged him, with iuch
shameless and greedy nepotism as
shocked even the corruption of Wash
ington; prostituting nis Jiigh plac M
crowd hungry kinsmen into office.
Whether this bo truo' or hot, 'ive hare
no means of knowing. ' But the Ben-
ator whose character was such that his
comrades could even so suspect, him
would, of course, be wholly, un
able to stand the pressure of an honr
like this. Such a man's speeches are
tho last soiirca ve should . resort to
for a measure of. his motives..!: We
will read his argument the moment any
man wilt show us tho slightest reason
for supposing' that it had the least in
fluence on his opinion. ' '' - 1 f,f
Advice Gratis. In preaching be
sbort and lively. Load up before you
enter the sacred desk j announce your
te$t, when the linie cdmes, with dis
tinctness, and dash right' into "the
discussion. Fire at point blank range-.
Keep ponr eyes on tbo drowsy hearer
until ho becomes wide awake. . Hold -the
children and those restless- voting
folks under ' good command. Givej a
nortion to the aged one, Who try 'so
bard to catch eversylluble you Utter,
and, under some modern! pulpit ora
tors, lose about half. Stir all ilia peo
ple I Shake olf dull sloth, in maimer
and tone. Bo in earnest: tremendous
ly in earnest f Tiine is fiassinar't' eter
nity is near; judgment is at Hie door!
Make am impression, if you can. inside
of thirty minutes ; if not, ask Goo) to
give Jlis blessing anu closCi , , , ..
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Rev. Albebt Barnes is sufTerirrif
from a renewed and serioas difficulty
in hi eves, ' whiclfc threatemri total
blimlnms.; lie has been obliged i to
write with the aid of a, machine, such
as was used by Mr. , PrescotL , Ilia
blindness is not yet total: but there
are alarming indications, Increasing
rather than diininlihing, that' he May
vet become, like so many other litertuy
laborors-r-ft blind eld roflp. :! , ; .!
To drive-weevils awav. sprinkle salt
on the timbers and about the movs and
granaries.
' , EvfiaY man should paddle his own
canoe. .The great . difficulty i to get
the canoe. ,,, , , , ... ,(