The Beaver Argus. (Beaver, Pa.) 1862-1873, March 07, 1866, Image 1

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isvermpt attention.
*TAN & Co: Edo. & Proirs.
OSTICAL:
s t due Nativei Land' is *Frail . . -
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4,a were the exiled•pilgrims came, .
;'cross;:the stormy
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iiT is thiy we sing thy lasting fame, ' 1
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b he anthem of the free
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, s day our banner is upfurle%, . i ---
1 Yithout one blot or stain, - .
;'proudly;'proudlyll4o tier° s the world; • .
led rules thelrolling ain !=... • f,
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Igain the stars that g m the deep
!thrall dash with purer gloW, I •
.7 . Vit ertlt they lit tile rocky steep
' 19f Plymouth long ago! . ', 1 . ',., " •
'd; co morc..the dark old woods that ; fling
'Their arms within the blast;
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i with'ili 7 e waves and tempest sing
I ur triumph o'er the pais. .
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iloalls free! free as the" air
That , sweeps her mountain height;
f•ir SS the gains that trem'hie there
11 .i 7- gbn the brow.of night ! . .
I r i op.ett the dig-nd's rosy blu`sh
,trifo.:As`reek lied river, ,o'e'r, ". .
lir Laikes them is his farewell flush,
i .Tab Freeclexa''s evermore'
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w.ty over hill anddale and tioid,.
1 ~;g h ty voice hack sped? . .
hbv.this broad land; twice won in blood,
LICo vass4 foot shall tread!
N',:, iriteieJ race shall toil for aye, .
c r usiied to the galling dust; .
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*;‘, proud imperials hand shall; way
Tile people's sacred trust ! . •
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fright bannei'of Ire starry fold, 'l'
il This day the field is won;
iatl shades of erret•ibackwartl •roll:t1
fLike mists before the sun! ;. ' •
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Tye.; day cloth , i.atl . the fate j of kings,
lAnd shake 'the tyrant'aqt hrone; . •
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litl to the "sovereign penoe," brings
'lThe right Co rulq, &Lion e!
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till
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et ler from Gov. Coxto the Ohio
I . RepresenVatives.
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•1 WASIIINGToN t Feb. 26; 1 . 34i3.
l'ii l t: following Important letter was
lat ! ta—nialit by Crov. ,Cox of Ohio to
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elittited representatives..in Congress .
othat State.:
Vi'.3,
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:litlsotroN,Feb il6, 1866.
tit
a i m 'G im . ,i 't ptti . : l :A ti te_ s to t ,4lit u ri T t,b .. , ,,: e t, h )r] z h : i . o l a a :t a ur :Li d n b ib y n
1 7 1 :1 t rq' i i ..
I A I de honor of an interview wi th ,
,•k'rettident, which I . regarded al tt:0(71
ieier4t interest atll' imporianee to "I
'e it proper tlint:l t-tionld reduce
( slating my .rententbrabce or los
liiiinnents; . while they ;were :fresh in
ttmory, since he seethe 4 to; Mc, in
rfectly litee ' und : .unpremeilittited
i erntion„to exhibit ':dish peculiar
ness—the proctekses pf -his own
i in it:caching sotne;of hiopinior.:%
rci,expte,s them with such Manit
eatid.)it . and entire ft-sec/ma from
!onat - feeling,. that"l ttonid nut - but
, It that..ii. he would'uoilbent . to 4,
Tight - be done by makibt , his
bents public. .Aecortlitt:rly, 1
in waited upon him this-morning
ialte known what 1 had done:. to
bit. verilicution of the ,trut h oerny
alland
_his consent to make the
lt : no . wn to :the coin try, although
as t.ntirely unawares of my ptir
to rOtice his rpniarlp: to wilting,
I rnysoi: had no such inteution
it l'.i first called Upon hini..ifie
t lit.tlltly gave his ,consent,and us-e
I tt:1 to tilt: accuracy of . my - report;
. I,:ii it. as follows : •
ile Presidentsaid hell ad no thoughts
,A
.ho .%'ll . . r i ot willing to avow--
it.hii pulley Iliad stinply ainted at
1 c4rliest possible restoration of
*.le. on iho ' ba.i s ot , Loyalty.: -'.'.Nn
diget..sionhl : policy hull over, been
. 14d..and, therefore, when ho-i\n—
ejui3On the tfutics'of his office, he
tr qg,. 1 .1 ton/Rim, one of, his own.
e liai.ia Judie se.tise, inherited that
.117 :Lit . conwith - Which he thought.
%.(.:rt'vi, and •that -was su bsta it tilufly
.4:e ‘41:101 ).0 had _•Etrrictd.atit.--:
.gref.::: ;lad no just ground. pf 4.:!0111. ,
• .'lq thtit , he had ,ions fio,*.for they
11, q 6.ien fit to declare their 'oiews,
47 `‘11 any measure embodSing
'-' l lil ho . .callod a policy iof res. 7
- '4l, Ile was , isatisfied that no
: ::e.pinotncti of military govern.
...,l'ald be tolerated ;‘ that . the
, - -pintry Would propeky demand
;_pqation of a truly . pivil Gov
-1 ;land not to give it to the late-
Pit , Pb. States, would be an ad..
;`Iol : the ; failure of the.Adminis
':;l;, al , d of the party Which had
.„. ..,
- , a, Illrough rio war, to prove
..."';," eqb4ll,o the esigency,nOw
' ° !tr•Cl destrPction was over and
nag. had ht.'lun. Wilitary - gov.
,
y:it stone w ould no. pacify the
a'; e end'o a. lonerod
, zeve th tntnent f
we would
p be i 'no
a
: , rlil probably not So'ne,v t.h;3
•:',_y, and' would have the - aaMe
~`YaO . ,, llenee. there Lis 'a' real
°lit '
;hi i l .: ° , l :adopti . ng a pokey Which
~ ‘.o‘Jre tivll government'fully:
7,' 66 °Was the rebellion should be
, ? 1,.f,, b . 1 3 . end. edand these conditions
~,'rciDe3citrill.e..S:Juth Which were to
Kate .of as absolutely necessar* to
:Rltti,y s , l o e i' ) entry. . One ~cene—
l* to4tter ! fritrnllecl i hirri in .th.e.
litt% s . stoo i l n t d 048 was that ,the
rat. whiet i.ot Paelficfktion 'stotilti
Ith ie the . i tended ev rywbere to
nth
th :•V al tY of heipeople of
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ritt, o t
o r 7 eiVe gl. ' d make. it
st u io tti ..3a l conduct and ptop
Cher -
' tllan tO imlioae
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uriOn'tbem laws and conditions by dl.
reCt external force.
.; Thtis,*in-Libe - cue is p , f
thefreedinen'a
littrean,W was , not against the: idea
of.tthe' Burear; ,- in tote; for he bad need
it, ! and was still usilP - gi it:: It 'might
coppnie fOr a Period of more than a
year yet. He had'oonteMplated- that - ,
either by , proelamation - ot his own, or
byt - aorae,action 'pf Othagreas, a eendi
tion, of peace—the 'technical end of
the tebellionwould Probably be do- ,
etarekat - Some perio d pot yery.remote;;
and, as belinderiticiod thepreSent law,
,
the Bitreita-• , fight continue ; ' a year
frdm that time, eanwhile he could
,
say ,t o' :the South; "1„t depends Upo n .
oiasolves to say wb ther.the.Bireau ,
hall be
.cliscon tinned - at, an 'earlier i
Gate, for ;I: 'svill- put an ad to it. just I
rts ,f,ocin 4s . you, by proper - action Tor
the. p rotection or the-freedmen, Make '
it -unneceisner. Thus,',' said 'he; ."tbe-1
hope of, getting rid of theinstitation t
stimulates them- to do_ what ts . right, 1
vAil - Sti. they. i .atie, not discouraged by :: :
thn'idea that there 'is' • no hope ~sf art,4.
end to whit they regard as a • sort of ' f
1 military government': lf; . on t.lie otlij I
' et. hind, the Bureau .were to be 'ma r del
a I permanent . ; thing . .., by'•legislatior.,;
svlochron its face appears part Of the:
:flied law of, the !land, ail the objee
-I.ifins he had.urgtql in his . ni6ss.age 84 - 1-.:;
plied, in' full ferce to it, and,-instead {
-of eheouraf.:ting the' South loyalty
would tend to drive them to despera
tion, and make, their hatred' of the
Government. inveterate. 'lle. same
kinciple:/of stitnelating loyalty 'was
sti awn in the man.ner in which he had.
.hrild
,martiaHaw Over them. IWhea:.
ever they should 'shovqolicaceful and
larw-abiding`a.eonditionlof their, corn
rnunify that maiiial law was not need
ed, it should be'rerriov4d. Their own
conduct wOuld ' thus ! deterinine +the
, I
mutter * and the desire and interest of
. - ail the best people7be inerea'sed to put
irown distui•banOs arid outbreaks, to i
protect trefoil, men and obey the lawS,.l
because -by so doing they wo Id has'.
ten the withdrafiat of the 1,4;:li ect it- 1
lerference of the Military arm In theiri
a'ffaiis. In- precisely the
,tie ice 'way 1.
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and. under the influence - of t e camel
iLies, he had acted. in 'regard to civil
. ,--
,• affairs generally in .thut section, - r&-
' garding it.,Lis necessary arid-per f per to
'irbpose-conditions , upon the-rebellions.
S,;,tites which would guarantee the
safety cf the-country, and 're d garding,
the then 'existing affairs of 04 1 local
C4overnMerits as having disci a lifie
thertiAelVes by th eir treason to , their.
'continuance in power.
_:Hu d p osed
thai .. add . establisheProv inonsil
Qt. verernentiirtitentfi':nikTia'4ol(
iVhatLeoAitions ought to be
,e ' and+
ed of. them and how their dill) sition,
tO
accept them in good faitlh tigh t !
be an-Mutated: The .conditiotiel- viz:l
The amendment. of . ; State Con titit.
ti one excluding • slaver y ;, the a c'epts
anee ;of tie same amendment of the
Constitution of the United States ; i
.the i'eoudiation•of the _I - label-debt, and I
the admission of the freedmen o vi- -1
rious rights, &c., everybody is fa :Ber l
'with-: To stimulate them . to iecept
these conditions, heing_sneh as Using
I I d
is' best judgment, an, in . he a•Sence
lo l f-any Congressionarplaa,lia th • ugb t ,
the nearest .right of : any be could' ,
-
fame. - Ile. engaged that., 'on their
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acceptance with evidence or' good,
faith, be woUld•pertnit them to rem . . '
ganize, their
. Btate 'Governments elect. i
I,egtelatures, &c.; and, -- . sol.far- as ',Kee. i
ttlive• t pcts could do 4cl,'svOull re•tor e !
them' te their position in the Unis i n of
Statesi, , They bad So far acceptec his
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donditions . , that be did not .regar ; the
i •
. experonent a failure,- but a succe:s.—,
lie bad accordingly reorganize, the,i
Post-Office, Department every . here
1 among them, had reopened' trade anti
! rbmoved restrictions thereon thr• Ogh„
i the Treasury Department; and in like.
l jnanifor in all the Executive DOE irt4
iMentS recognized them as, Stat. - S in
ithe Union,' only keepingenough cif 'a
t military hold to protect the freed , ',en,
I aS 'he had hefdre . stated, and to.rin ice
1 them to do - something more Uwe Ugh
. in. thattdirection. ' 1 , I
1 Now' but one thing romaine
*Web those States. did not axe
the fait' rithts of States, and that
representation in eocgresS. In
•he had advised that the saideprin
of Stimulating 'loyalty lie, applie;
~
ir. 1 the other respeets whieli.,lM-1,
named He-Would -admit Snrdy SI
.representatives as are in' fact. I
men, giving Satisfactory evidene
this. - Whenever 'a State or .Dist
lent a loyal mail; properly, elected
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qualified, bb would think it, high
admit him. - the lame as ' if. from i n
other State; and he would admit a • n
bni !; ' such loyal , 'Men ;
.80- that , Ot he
S(titei or. districtS ,might : he tints in
dued ' to elect and send Similar- '. en
Wfen, they had all' dote this their re
presentationfwould be full:and he
work would be done. -- , --, -•!-
. - - Such was his plan. , He-did . nnt -, sic'
to be 'the' judge: Of. theSeloctiona.. , ; lid'
qualifications of ;members of Congr t:is
or cf,their loyalty Congress was its
own judge, and . be had no', dream bf
interfering • with, its constitutio .al
'right : but he felt -like urging n • on
them' and: upon the country that t 'is
Mode'of' finishing'. the' work solnea ly
Completed in othcr • tiespects wits he
only feasible one which had been p d...
Rented, and that it . wits impossible to.
ignere the fact 'that, 00 States4nre
exercising their sights and 'erijoying+
their 'privileges . within 'tlie Union:-+
were, in short, restored ' in: all ether
respects,and that it is too late to l quf3s r
,ion the fundamental: right - of repre
.
sentation. ' ' , i - ~ i
I 'then remarked to him that I heard
it suggested that legtelntin.n could
Troperly,be 'made by, Conkress,pnrelif
civil' in • lie ehirneter, proiiding,, for
the ' protection of the .feendineni.,bi
United Stites b(i.urtg., .of infetliar
tisdietion in , all eases where-t i lieBtatit
did not - thi-so themselves.
1-1 4it'replled, that. each itelictek would '
run Ciactipliiiiraltel to hie plan, but
ho had . 'sat thieugift it Pet {Apo to . fix
his own 'ideas - of: Ile precieelaode of
accomplishing this - aid, betTatise ;i.e .
a 'had a-margin of time lastingltill Wile!'
I the, next.testilay of CongreSii, during
'which thelpros - eatl i reedmen'S Bureau •
'thilYta continue ia oparation. and , if be
' ford' thut . ltiate the' Southern States
:should recOgnite the aecesSitf of:pas- .
i sing _prom. laws'ilemselves.and prol
1 viding a moor system of • lprofectfan
j for ‘ the &admen, nothing fti*thi3r!on 1
I our part %Mold be neoessary: 1 If they
.-did. riot'ao !iv but, - they • ougbt there
would thud, tithe , tle„ enpuli, to elabor=
Late a plant Ille then referred briefly
to the lactithet then -who , 60 , e been
rejoicing over • hie Yeto Mriasage, sap- •
.
ing that. t i f these . men in good faith i
adopted „the !views .of- his; .policy, het
i had- hiiin*lrh i eld and acted Opon, and
; wh'ch he 'h41.11, so.filly elaborated in
rhis annual mess age anti exPliiineti to
, , ..
Me, the conctrpiurely could have no
l eansii -for serroW hi that.- . 'lt disloyal
men 'and Rebels everywhere, Sorth
and South„lshouid cordhilly•giyu their'
(adherence to the.' conditions of restorJ
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1 ation he had uniformly inaisted upon;
he thought that ‘Yas precisely theleind,
'Of pacific:l9o6 loyal men everywhera,•
would rejotoe in. The more they were.
do'iniatted-to Such a course tha better.
he woald_Ocalit, for it' they Were not
1 sincere tba.lwould at Iciagt, diMinisli
.their poliiiir 7't f. dangerous 'opposition
in future.. dfilis whole heart; was with
tlie - body.:of true men who had Oarried.
the .eottrary through the war; rind lie
earnestly desired I.ointaintain 'l3, cordial
and perfec t understanding With
,them
This .sdntinien t and pure ore he regard
eci a;; entiY,el)l' cons steal with 'deter
-Imined opp . osition to till obstruction
policy - of those extremists virlin,las be
[ believed,' wbula keep the elitintry :in
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lehaor till . itbsAute ruin ,inur i come
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upon us. ~- . I i. 1 • .
Suelii,m)l (Dar Sirl, -is the eli.n!,,ersti
tionliftit stOnecit of the President on.
W
S illporian matter; and if you.
could meet his iitraightforward,honest
look, and hear he hearty.to'nes of hi's.
voice,ns f -did, 1 1 ilm ' lerell assured yOu
would, helic*o ''ith. me, Aliat although
I'6 in1)1 not .re6ire : Personal assaults
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with 'ta . he. eqh.an l antity,..and wrocaranee
4ditiO.tii 00,44,ccaft0w,4 - 1014:040*
ii - o - lre
.. ie, Mar i th§t Andrew Johnson i 9
nat-Ildafty alidisincere . in hisiadhesion
to the prlneipl4S upon which he , was
'elected :L V4ry'tialy.ours, 1 ! 1 -,,..
1 1 ' .1 .1. I).,C'ex .
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'Stick to iYit:i Butiiriess. 1 , +(
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' It is:rt good. Ipokicy 'for every 'mam
who has' a payiiig usiness, to stick to
it elO4ely. - Ey i.So . doing a bandOrtie
sum of moneir hisSi be accum4Ated in
nine cases oft ef ten; where ;industry
and
.economy a ‘ re used, in a veryi few
years. rPc.re,ronsi who are continhally
changing frdm 'r• - rie kind of business to
another, rarle,lY succeed; at least) ten
fail where onp b comes wealthy. The
' same remarkwi I apply to speenlating
in stocks. .FterS ma who po'sitesslmeaus !
I may invest the ,in hazardousilenter. '
' prises, but rued {'Should neveilliorroW ,
funds in order.t4o sdino matter l how
large' the gains !that are p6iiiised.- 7 1
Many defalesiiions have,oceuri j ed thro'
a desire to ente'r into 'specula' lon4 of 1
different kinds,rand many intUilseme 1
birtunq have ~ a[so been lost. 1 It is _
better to tak ' sit per cent. for moiley,
'secured by 'oll'd and mort(Oagei on 1
rood proport •• than to make loans at
fifteen and twen:tY percent. to lierseons
who aro tras9l , l , g to profits it - rom stocks i
or speculation, in any artlele, i fOr `the I
means to enhble l them to make' pay-1
ment. In maa cases both principal I
ana intelest iiio7d been lost, • and yet i
men
,will not bbi satisfied'.with slow 1
but sure gaine. ' !The one who sticks
to his legitimate; business is generally 1
the best off In;tire end. Admitting I
that rt :handsome, sum be fealiied in i
specnlation, imAy not bring ibapin-,
ness_ or peace ofimmd; as there, is \ fres i
Trendy
,more pleasure in the, pursuit 1
than in the possession of an article.---.,
The gilded apple ipay turn to ashes on', ,
the lip. It is therefore well I not Its'
Make haste, to lip irich, Beside there
IS _ pleasure in cte l f•upation s , and - Men
1 make a great jrniitake who rethie s frein '
active burliness, *bile - they are blessed
with health and I Strength. • The mart
who labors - all' day is generally pappis
er than the mittionaire,,simply because
he is contented,; leas' his food with
relish, and -rises from bird bed - In; the
morning refreShedr with sWeatest::
sleep: - 1 i / , 1 i•h.
. A LEADING Pernocrat, of fr.orj7.;pro
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pounced, opinion, i Wild superintends is
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Sabbath School id bettors, tt,feW Sun
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days Since was diecoarsing to'hu,s eliao
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Ses of tilt Isrepliteli, and the enemies
, , ,
they eneounterediin-the nation of 310,-
ribites wheh 1, by 1 way of I:ltidtrit
,
tioc, he put the question . ? 1 ;
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144ve we upy great : public enemy
in this country?" ev L idently intended to
see how much iii€Orttle auditors 'knew
was
this
ipie
,
about the rebellion; ' . 1. ,
• "Yes sir!" tisponded a biightilittie
,
Ai* year old.
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'"Who, thy 6o'zqueried tlni grittt
,
fled superintenteat4 .' 1 '- 1
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',‘lhe coppor, Ode," responded the,
tidf"
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The! ilinstratiom,was nnt,anir
ful
ther pressed Or? ttrO,loceasion ' 1 [ 1
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ei`
. ' ' ' 'SAM Anol -t4;.e•
' ‘-1, t • -,-- L.- -:-.::;;'-, ','
Wileti -the iasili4ritoiial_telection
is'beld in 'N4' iiitXii); aud it was ,
announced that thel'efiiiblicani had
carried ' criferythinw, - the Democratic;
'ouriiids c.f the Atl9#o St4esidispiit-.
ed did 'auriouneement; and .'claimed
thot there was milatublican partY'in
the territory:: The:, CO proof of 'the
pudding - kith thelattfig',And applying
this Jest to Sew .1);(ei;i60, there can no
longer:be iffy door,* to: .he, politi
cal result of the tibAlOun, for,the Leg. :
islatine_ then choi4 his • done two,
thingei that no Demo cratic ; Legisla
ture watild!have do* . It has vepeal- i
oil tlie',Ocliotib free 0419.111wland ab,ol-4 •
ished cornpulse,--,-tutivitude. These
actin- are. in such **ink consonance
w"0 il,i pr i n ci phis . 1 . ii,i3d . tendencies of
the'Repablieon partylas to allow. con.
einsively,where lAA tgrri6ry has cast
• - er lot.; ;. *•-, - .-''i4f.t . .1 1
Tips: Legislature tiarcalSol dorie n.
other'thingi equallylinportant, in or
deriiig a coriventioil.te be - elected on
the first Alf:friday; in; ;Mare next, to
frame WSW° conatitition, to- be sub.
misted to the people cui the first. Mon
day in , Ap'r"t, so that the territorial"
organ-roam!) may give place to a State
government! before the adjournment
of thepresent, Congress. New Mex,
ico;COlorado and Nebraski Twill thus
be applying for admission-aslStates ut
the same time, and ItR 4 in all probabil's
ity, this applications .will belgranted,
they ; will lugumenti t he niinriber,_ o 4
'Stotes to. thirty4ne. , 'Of thpie three
'new ''Sfates, ?stow , MexicO is by far the
most pOpulons, indeed almost us much
so as the other, two combined; In the'
year - ,1860 the census give lit ,93,510 I
inhabitants, an inereaiie of bl 94 peri
(cent. to ten - ,yeurs. At this! tate .of
progress Now Mexico Would! have in 1
1870 a populatiOu of 141,357.1 Of the:
aggregate return for 1860' the census
gives.as the number of, Indians only
18,507, all the rest being setldown as
whites except eighty-five col red per
sons. f These ' ! whites -are m ally of
Spanish ce, the Amman i migra
tion havi g thus far triode- but little
li l
impressio • op the territory As a
consequei ce,the thstitilitions,la,nguhi;e,
religion and Customs are all. Lexicon,
this coin, the only ,org,ciii. tion of
that kind in the Uni0n..,..),
:CaliforiAa,, Florida and Texas, all
ofi Spanish' colonization originally,
hiie.been overwhelms fil by the-great
influx of Amerieans,,lio, that. they
have few traces ;of thcold elotrent.--
Louisiana AlsO i had boa :tor m t is ok
oiii-betotif - . url •
ar - .
But New Mexico alone remains with
the old Spanish 'language, ilustoms
anti institutions predominant.; ,111 ccnw
taint' Some of the oldest settleMents in
-the United States, and is believed to
be very. rich -.in mineral resources,
though as , yet. thete.treasures lie neg..
lected., Railroad ', and novjgation
must ionise into the terr i itoryla new
spirit, and start it forward in the ca
reer of improvement. ButAeth-iire
as yet dist a nt.--N o rth Amer i ca n. ' '
L ' ‘•
, •
' .'' :A `Wean Yankee Ttlele .2 )
The Fond daLac. Press IS iesponsid
file for the Jollo wing; '' 1 •
A. 1 I _
ger.tieman of our sego ain tepee got
it into his heady the other;day that his
stove wood, melted-away a littl faster
than the
,warm weather warranied,and
concluded to try an experiment 4 in the
hope of catching A thiet. Taking a
fine looking stick,: he charged it with ,
a few ounces of poWder, and replaced
it on i the side; of" the pile which eeem—
ed to diminish the' fastest: That was}
on Tuesday; en Wednesday - an exple-'
sion isoinewhat resembling theiliboa
of asrnal) riartquilre i was hear' ,n a
house near by. A man passing, bY, at
the time says that simultaneou with,
the explosion ho sew a kettle ' f .salt
pork and cabbage shoot up tiro' the
roof, nehr the chimney, very. l !much
like a rocket. At ithe siimeH t'me a
large Thomas cat Was obsery i.l. - ,to
make his exit through the windo l ev
idently
idently under the impression that be
had been sent for. '.Thinking rme—
thing might be wrong, the gent eman
entered the house, where a scene ot
in d ascribable confusion met' his I gaze.
The atmosphere was prevailed. jby A.
most diabolical smell of gunpowder
and burnt,- cat fur. The lady Of the
house was crouching, away in a closet,
and she didn't feel well; the Wood box
looked very dilapidated, , and a pin. of
apples that Were stewing on the stove
I bad been elevated to the ceiling above,
giving it very much. the, appearance
of Farmer's
,new liap - of Wiseunsin,
1 which he promised to send 0 and
didn't; 'a chair had lost three legs the
'stove itself Was slightly demoralized,
, and just enough water had been soriiil.
ed to jireventa general conflagration.
tie Teutonic,proprigtor ofthe °stab,
lishinent, was etanding. on his head in a
distant part ;of\the' room, and itlwas
some time before he could - be prevail—
ad upon to 'come down.' He noW. ex
presse s himself that the explosion .was,
a. mean Yankee trick,' and,threitiens
to sae - the owner of the wood for the
amount of damages auttainid. . ' ,
COURTEBY.--SA good story is told of
a sheriff w 17),) came smear being
done by a pot it Was in. the line of,
las duty to ng. "Sir," tiajcli the
gentleman, as the sheriff *Ss earcfhl
ly adjusting the rope, "resillk,i'yotir
attentions deiervi3 my thanks. tln
fact, I d6' not know. of one I - should
rather have hang ale." - ly,"
said the sheriff„pyou aro pleased to, be
Complimentary. I do not knowl.of
another individual it would give ims
s,o much pleasure to hang.” .1
•
I - MOTTOES' *OR THE= EMIR:.
Fros* Abrahams ..eineohrsrntrusturca
+ A
"With mall*, toward'. none, with
chtftrity wit fit mnesh ln the'
right, 46 God giVeS is 0 see the riht,
let us'atrive oh to' tmish th 4 work we
are idr; to bind np the nations *Minds;
to careifot him rho shall' Wive borne
the 'battle, and for his widoW atid his
orphan; to do all which may' achieve
and cherish IL just , and 'a lasting peace
among ourselves' and all nations.'?
rte_ t
Promil 41peteh by Atufrpo Johnson, in, frothing- ,
ington, Apra 8, 1863. .
° '
• "I air in 'favor of lenieney..but in •
my, opition, should bo puns
itihed Treason is the highest erimc=',
known inane caialogun ! of crimes, ! atd
for him - dial, is guilty of; it-- ; :for
that is - willing to lift hand' ;
against the authoritylot the nation-1
I would say that 'death is toe easy a pun-1
otimeni My . notion -- ; is that- a trfas9n
trust be. *l4. odiotis, and traitors Must
,
munohedi and impoverished, their
social.p'o-weri broken, and !nada tO feel,
the penalty of their crime.' aortae,
say this; i ."pm lIALTEA • INTkLLI.
I GENT, INFLI/iNhAt, TILLIT0114;•"
Tl7ird Ee.‘ohtion Adopted by the Penn.ty/yartia
Unicin . Stdt4 Cpnveritign, 1865. , 1
1 ' • 1
.Resoo , 4l; Th i
at the mild' and gen- i
()roils method Of, reconstruction of.l
ferred, by tho President to the people
lately in rebellion, in the judgment of
this Couvention,lhas not'been accept- 1
ed in, the spirit of honest 14:414 , anti
1 1
gratitudi, but 'with such evidence f
defiance and hostility as to impel , a
l'Xqi the enntict)on they earnot 'Safely ,
be, encrusted with the political 'rights
whi t ch they forfeited by, their treason,
mail they have proven , their I accept
ance of the results of the war, by in-
Corporating them in constitutional
proilsions and securing to all 'hien
,within their borders their inalienable
right , to life, lififirly and the pursuit of
h'app nesS., ; . . ,
! ' -
Lincoin„in 'reply io
in:1038,
".NOW,•my connttymen, if yail haVe
teen taught doctrines conflicting with
the gt:eatland marks Of the llecliati—
ation
• Independence; if 'you b'ave
listcned . to suggestions - would .
take away from grandeu'v,and mu7s
tilate' the fair tlyntmetry• of its pro!
portions; if piti have been. inclined to
believe that all , men, are riot _created
ii3graTelliy: out chart off' liberty, let
tne • e'ntreat to corne'tack—ret!trn
to the 'fountitin Whose Waters spring
close bythe.blood 'Cf the 4evolution."
From , Speech' by A ,
Judge Do
- • !
OIN FINNEgAiisl"-,--The
ing story] is told bye a Cirminnefi par
per concerning a, Wellknown -general I
who was invited to a Fenian
with the expectation that ho .would
make h speech. The general was a
little, more than three sheets in the
wind, and accepted the invitation
• ,
setnewhat against. awl advice of his
triepds.; ti) w l here
the sunburst glowed and the shhm. ,
rock.- bloomed, be was presented to I
the audience with the uSual-flatteringi
'observation; and ;drawing ! himself up I
his full height, his cnuntena,nce
wearing a look• of ineXpressibla; so
lemnity, ho,roartd ¶ the top of••his I
voice: "
"Finnegatiti: l'in' -;
Tlie !nke,re'urial Irish l nicn, ! daShed a
little by the apparent mistake of the I
general, in addressing thdni by a name ;
they , had not called themselves ; but
looking upon his 1-broad declaration I
that, he wus With them as all rightolif— I
terrupted ;hini with ..a4 tremendbus
round! of. mil - Awls°. Poising himself 'j
as if to meet a great emergeney i he;
,
continued: • 1
4 ‘.l3tit mind, I tell' you,;.you ta?ve
big contract. on band,anti
is way across the ocean. gut when
you get .your, ii,4ips and babe , thorn
loaded with' cannon' and things, and
sail &ism motes* York harbor, Flt
out there at Sandy look, and take off
i;my' hat, and say with all. niy-hedrt:4
Goodly, ..Kunegans! And i.*hen
think it, is about time you had toilet+
ed the sod over there, give you my
Wayers antisay—Go in, Finneganer
At this point there was ,ar.other iuL
terraption. and one, not altogAlier of
excessive ,approbation. IThe 'general
was tumultuously told ttioyl were not
_Finnegans, but .Feniansi and after
apologizing for muitake by saYing
that he had been doWn South -130 long
he hadlorgottob the name °Pilings,
the hero gracefully retired. .
• .WnEri'Sames T. Brady, thy great
criminal lawyer of . New York 'opened
a lairyer's o ffi ce', be
,took a baaement
room iyhich had been previously'oecti
pted-by a nibbler.' He was somewhat
annoyed by thei previous occupant's
callers, and irritated by the; fiict that
be had few of his own. One day an
Irishman entered. "The ;cobbler's
gone, :I'see," said be. "I, ebOuld think
be bad," tartly , responded Brady,
”And what do yk) sell" be asked, look
ing
.at the. solitary table and afew law
books.',."l3lockheadtt," respondOci Bra
dy.,"Be .gorre,". said the' Iriatinian,
!'ye nust be doin's mighty fine
nes.4—lelaint got but one left."
BORROWED thoughts, like botrowed
money expose the poverty of ipe bor
iower. .
BEBE
Mr
M
blishe~ 11818
nil) PITA Yeeix of Pr'eedoza.
On .the 11th day ;of Jan u ary, 1865,
die lait. State Convention of liiiescbi
adopted Atli ordinanr of i l mrtiediate
einancipation, making it loperative
from the hoar of its pas4age. We
•
!Ave, therefore,. had odiryeai's 03E0, 7 .
rience of lire° institutions in Missouri,
and: can .'safely, from its indications,
foretell what the continued , operation
of. the , policy is likely to be.. Ne'ver.
has..qbere been a more triumphant'
vitidiCation than that, with which the ,
action of the _Radical -Faced= party,
of ;Missouri.-has been crowned. The
verb', first step it' took was to abolish
slavery; making the act the: index to {
the policy .of, its administration. We
Life. therefore,. the testimony ' of one
year: to the efficiency and success of
its workings g here are : none .who
will now deny, that' the condition of
Missouri has been made infinitely
,potter by - ;the change.: instead of
war,:we hams peace ; instead of unio
venal apprtihension, a feeling of abso
lute security,; instead of doxibt and
an almost unlimited Confidence,
in the future; and instead of families
Hoeing Li om their , hernia to escape the
torch r and bullet, of the guerrilla, our
,high Ways are white with ti aloe cf
enterprising immigrants;coming: with
iigh hopes, 'to identify themselves
:With the progress, of "Free Missoiirr b
' Poe of the mokit happy consenu'en-;
ces of the radieal . ,emancipationtipoli-1
ey of ?Missouri is 'apparent in its influ-1
enee!upon the freedmen of our State:l
pegrois, as soon as liberated,
were,,lexcept, in the single matter , of l
franchise, at puce placed :upon a' pers l
fect le-ga equality with OA
The effect
,of this action becomes
most. !interesting study. i Tito Oppo
nents of emanctlition were not slow
to predictthe. m7ist disatitrous cause.
quencei trom the adoption of:._ this
course..t The ,negroes, we were' told
if treated as other men, would. not
work, would leave their country
Lomea and ! flock •to the citiesand
etime und idleness would be fearfully
, The resirltlof the experi
ment •is beet illustrated in the fact;
that: We•have not, heard a single.com,
plaint:M . 'the - negroes in . this Slate,
from any quarter;'since they were set
tree., I They . have provedo.. be Mits.
trioutOconomical and well behaved
citizens, are -rapidly acquiring Proper
ty and education. Might not mazy
of *Ur Sister communities in the Song',
**Web Ili xperiencing , difficalties
their' bbloreir people; and ion
stantly exercising themselves with ap
pref+en,sionsiof violence and: rebellion
at their hands, profitably act „ ,upon
our r example?' The lesson ' which
would:appear to be 'satisfactorily de—
termined in our case, is, that the saf.
oat method to, -pursue toward tlie
emar.eipated blacks is' to.lreat. them
as laterkund brethern, giving them the
full beriet of all the principles which
are reconimcnded -by justice and ha.
Denioci
. 1 ,14A.e.'N TO Lava ,
'Writer
in the .4 7 e16 , Y0r1t. Music* 1 'ort4 i speak.l
ing of the importance of eneiniragipg
children. to learn thetart of) music, also I
says in } ;that connection,. that '‘`every
woman iwbo. has an aptitude for -music
or singing should be grateful for the
gift, and Cultivate it: with diligence;
not_ that she may clitle strangers or
win applause from-a er4wd, b,ut that
she may bring gladness to her 'Own
firesido.: , The influence' of music.. in
strengthening the affections :is nit
perceived by' l many; pet. sweet, melody
binds hearts ,together as. it ware, with
a golden cord. ..*But the ih T nsic . 43f the
fireside! must• ho, simple and anyhow
tendingOt dOesi not require brilliancy
executjon, but tenderness of feeling.
It is a greet '',lniatake to suppose that
to enjOyinuiie requires great
Lion;. the. degree of enjoyment will, of
course, the,
with - oui, poWer of apprc
elation; but .liko'all,-other great infie— i
ences, iiiis able. to attract even the igt
'norant; and this iii what the poet'
taught when they Made Orpheus miff
ids brethren the , t,f the'
earth.".
Catching 9014.
A valnable lesson'may }!kie learned
•
from the fuct that common colds were
almost n:nknown.ipl oti• army during
the late "
wile. Hen were ex - posed to
cold land wet long • Continued, .so that
during Colcl storms of winter , men olt
ton were];wet as long as the storm coni
tinned, and :until their . 'clothing. dried
upon them; when ibe storm ceased.
If this :proveli anything, it proc;es
the falsity, Of thei co . mmon complain!,
that . onO,liss been out WO much . ritid
has caught told. The truth is he has
been-in too niuch.
You keep close b . f. a warm fire with
heavy clothing on nesCIY all the time,
and the first timeyoti meet a blast oil
cold air milli all the pores of your,
while system enervated by heat, you
cattold, and then comes Ipecac, ;
Sqiiilltkl Seneca and DV. ,Cure-iill'a
Cough Spiap, and Dr. Doeiiem's Ex-,
peelortint; all because. yod have kept
•too near the fire, and then yoit siiY I
can't go out without catching bold.'
Take it, dose of God's oiin cold air
ever* day, arid You, will find Mini,
money, and many a pain and ache Bei"
cid; and if you :will add good 'doses of
cold ;water on the outside, you will.
find"‘; that', Heaven's , - pure -air and
Earth's pure fountains are the best of
cures anti the Most certain preventives ;
of dlsetile. , Scricixori.
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NOTICE it ADVERTiS l 8
kiiinliii,iziieits.llll it...Aolo'lo l i A
rm . 004 °soh bse9Ainit
bOonds„."4lllfimild'iliCMadetoyintily 1
adYer . 4ointinifi. on laii',itregose . aunte.
Ilnesi , of"pyi .„ 94 . 4
issmsysa is a !SoSie;l' 1 L
254Wienf. lAIIIIOI/ - 16 raj;
tag . rases. -
, 0414 ; 7 5 cents 141 .1 'O r
. MaFrisges and Pisani; )teligi.Otui v isi,
and' opiiir -"Wins , ot:a nittare, a
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Ail' APPrOPtifttelllustiition.
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The following - is an f eloquent' pm- •
i , . 1-, e
sage from the merit suceeisfal , emiclt ,
.. i- , ;
Of General JitineS_'4. l .•Gtirfield,ll,ieinber - •
0 COngrdei frorti'dhicit < -
ft' '
rremember an ineide-t in: -t i he is , •
tery6l the eastgirt church, as.render
ed by Gibbon, vet Ur , 'tiliap i ..- twenty
;eight;.. whiah. Must' saes' the- .110Wer
which . slavery . ' has, exercised ainioi:ig
us. .-The'Christaaiis. oi tiiitt ',4a*,.up-,
der - 'tbe _ lead" of PtcPPlinus, ut0 03 .r.7-, . •
took to .destroy the heatben l- 10 -8 . '
1. 4
_Gibbon_ bays: - .:- • .... ~ ; .i., - `..,..
"ThenphilUe . pinceeded _to! dstroy
the, teilple n 1; Sclritpits, without. any
other difffeultiei than. those w hiph be
found in 't.'he. weight tuid solidity Of thOi : : r
materials, bui l these' obstacles food
so itisurierable that he was oblig;e4 . ll.o
leave the foundition'anil eentee,t 1q9 1 7
self 'With rediioiug -thn eill;ffee.itlO / it,tto ~"`.
1
a beef. '0 ribbisb, a part.lOf, Oleh , ..
was soon after 'cleared awy 4ci.inhict
room for a church, ernetedl
in.,b4nO4 p'f.
the thriatian',martyrie . : 1 .... '- ; t'
i:The 'COlOssal Elia We . of Splapil
, Wa.4
involved in 'the ruin of -hie ; Ocinp-14-, , and .
religion. ;A great number: or Oates
of different metal's, arsifiially joitiel !
it:mother, compeSed the Majestic fil i giire .
or the deity,l who- tent:bed on;either
side the iwalls of ; the sanctuary.. The ~,
aspeet[of Serapis, 'his; sitting pottare,
and the scepter which he 'bore'. in his '
left hand, were extremely .itimila k r tOf
the ordinary, epteseniations Of Jupia' ~.
ter- - Elle was i distifiguishea from Ittpl
----I
ter, by the basket, ; Or bushel which Was
placed tipon his head,.and by the ern,-
hlematiejnonbter ‘<rhieh he beld.in biz
'right, hand, the ; head• and liodY, of a
eergens bratiching'=irsto- - three - ,tails,, .
_which Were again. terminateeby Oid, .
tripleheads oft. dog,,"a lion and a wplf.
It was COnfidently affirmed that if any
im pions !haritij shouict (rare ,toivielate ,:.
the majesty Of the 4od, the 'beavipa
l and-earth would inStantLy ' return; to;
their„origiiial'Clinoq. ' Art intrepid ant-. .
dier,animated;by zeal and. armed ', - wtth
a '6 tittle7rixe, ashended the ladder; and
even the Chrithin
; multitude expect: :
ed with some - atixiiity the result of th e, ,
ennabat. :He' aimed a vigorous 1 strike .
against the of serapis; the chtitill
fell, to the .'-ground; the thunder ;Wail -
still silent, and,: bOth the helicons- 1 an'd
earth continued tp; 'preserve their as;;
' ' --
Al' • ci " " (1 •- -' 'Th
i eustome ur er an tranquint). i e
victorious' soldier repeated his.blows,
the huge'
; idol' Was overthrown land
broken.to - pieeeg,;and the limbs of Se
rapis Were ; iguoinitiouely `; draggisikv
th'hough the Streets of Atetaiiilili.': r ..'
His mangled carcass was burns in, the
'amphitheatre amid the 'shouts. of, the..
poptilatte; and-,'Many pers'on ' s attriliu
ted their 'conyersion_r ; to this discovery
of the • impotence; 01 their :.tutelary
!deity" 4' -. • J
1 . So slavery bait hi our National .Cap ;
itol. Its huge . ; bulk tilled the tomPle
lot our liberty:tpueliing.it framsideto
side. Mr..Lincolo on the Ist of. „lan
nary, itruck it•ion the t.:heek, :led tbe
faithless and
u nbelieving.-amo ng'; us
•,-1
expected ,to --see' the fabric: of our . ; it, ;
stitutions dissolved . into, chaos because
Alitiir idol had' 'fallen. Ile -strucicht
- 1 •1 . ,-; ag: in; Congress and the;States r e peat :
ed the blow; its, unsightly carcass lies
rotting in oar steets.
~. The sun-sliinea
in the heavens !,brighter than 6eforel
Let' uk' f verriove 'the ; carcass , and: cafe
noi, a vsstige of 'th monster. ''.
I I
I I
"-It`-
Child
cr. .exty.
As the Althighty. was abbot to 016-
ate man, He gathered hie first angels
around Ills throne - to consult wit
them. . • I. }
"Do not creatd him:" spolca,l66,
?gel of )ustice. 1 "He will be ling , eti. ,
erous to his_brthers, and -coldi
cruel towarcr-ttiose "that are weake!:
than he is:" - • j,
, •Create him not:" So spoke],
angel of Peace: .!"He dYe the *,
earth with the: blbod.of man, wad th'e
first.:.botri ofbis , Oefteration ,
der his brother. "1 I
"He will deseorate Thy sanctuary
with lies," so spbko the Angel
Truth, "evenif y,on your u 'oWli
likeness, the 'seal ,of faith) upon'.
face."' • 'I
They were yet speaking when Sler-t
cy, the Eternal IFilthees ;youn.gest,
dearest child, 'eteppeit up to- His
throne and club! to his knees: f
"For'in hiin,",laald, she, "after ,
own image, Father„ a favoritcof youtt
kindness. When all your. servants
desert bhp,l •willr sockhirc, and turn;
even his lts into virtues. I will
make the &art of the strong. pitiful,
BO that he will sholi mercy •to, thoio'
Whci are wealter!than bele. Wbentiti
Strafe from the paths Peace sncfa
truth, When he insults righteciusnes'sl
and justice, the limits of his crier!,4l
shall maka hini reflect; show 11
hi nt 61
faults, and improve by lop." •
The Fritter - of Han created maw—
A. Weak, Sinful creature,,, but, - , even DTI
his errors a child of His kindness„a 1
min of, hiti,tnere,Y, a•aon of a love( ttia:•;
never 'leaves pus; alivayis leads' I
bhnhack
,to goodniiss.' - • '
,
fleniember your origin, 0 man,
Whop you are• inclined to be•tinjust.—
df all. God's divine attrilittes, it was
Mercy that chose, you id ; lib!, 80,
living, it. was 31e cy and Lovu alone
that reachedi yctu the toother'o breast:
'--Front the derittai. -
THE pebblekin our : path weary., 114
and inaße us foot-sore-more than o'o
HAPPINESS can bein4tle quite,ati:v&lT
of cheap thateriala as of deal'
1
r;;igia
fl