it (Kolumbiau,
or.oiini: it, Mooui:, mutou.
M.OO.MSlll'IlO, HATt'ltPAY, JULY II, li.
THE MODEL LETTER.
AmrhhoU'i! Dl'KICK, It, H. fNTlaWAI. ltr.VFM'
TJIIHTKKNTH i;OI.I.i:iTlllN 1M1., NTATk Ul'
IILoo.mhiiuik), Mnrch IN'".
Jlon. Ituuh M'VulhJi, "Hmturu othe lYtamrjit
Sin, 1 Inclose you n copy of m is
suo of tli Ih week. 1 lmvo likewise ad
dressed a copy to the President. You
will sco that tlio I'liargo that I am op
posing him is false.
IF I AM SUSTAINI'I) UY YOf KSUM'
and Tin: I'nr.siur.XT, If tho patronage
is not taken from fa and given to those
who oppose us, wo shall be nblo to make
our vigorous Union organization a unit,
niltl TRIUMPHANTLY SUSTAIN Tin' All-
MINlSTltATION. Respectfully,
PAM'.MOX JOII.V,
Assessor Thirteenth District, l'a.
THE
PHILADELPHIA CONVEN
TION.
Wi: publlslied In our last number the
call for a National Union Convention,
to be held in Philadelphia on the four
teenth of August, witlt the endorsement
of tlio same by members of Congress.
The eall is directed to all Union men
In nil the States and Territories, includ
ing the District of Columbia, nnd points
to an organized and united effort for the
complete restoration of tlio Union; the
renewal of public prosperity; tlio secu
rity of the future ; nnd tlio assert Ion and
maintenance of constitutional princi
ples regarding tho representation of the
States in the Federal Government. Tho
principles nnd objects announced are
unimpeachable suul laudable, nnd it may
bo expected that tho Convention will
concentrate public sentiment, and givo
It practical direction, to tho full accom
plishment of reunion, and the restora
tion of harmony and prosperity through
out tlio Republic
Tiiis Convention is not necessarily in
antagonism with existing party organi
zations, though it may be viewed with
Jealousy or d islrust by many party men.
It may injure tho trade of agitation,
which is carried on by appeals to sec
tional passion, and which lias given
promlncnco to many unworthy men;
but, on tlio other hand, It may improve
statesmanship and reform party actions.
Tho Convention will doubtless recom
mend concert of action among Union men
in the selection of members of Congress,
so that tho President shall have aid in
stead of opposition from the representa
tives of the people in Ids great work of
restoration, and also the selection of
members of State Legislatures who will
be in accord with ids policy. For the
President now represents tlio principles
of Unionism, and to uphold him is to up
hold tlio Union, and render our country
secure and prosperous.
The work of reorganizing loyal State
governments, which was begun by Pres
ident Lincoln, has been continued and
consummated by President Johtison,who
is now himself a tio or bond of connection
between tlio North and the South, hold
ing tlio sympathy and conlldenco of botli
sections, mid able above all other men
livingjbotli by his position and character,
to reunite and hold together in firm con
cord the people of tho United States. Hut
our Union must not rest upon a mere
man, however patriotic or distinguished,
but upon tlio accord of the States which
compose it. Tlio life of a President may
bo cut short by disease, or by assassina
tion even (of which wo havo had one
shocking example), but tlio Constitution
of tho United States is an instrument
which may endure for ages as a bond and
guaranteo of Union among the States,
Let us therefore restore that Constitu
tion to its full operation in tho Stales
and in the l-cderal Government, as do-
sired by tlw President and proposed by
the distinguidiod men who havo called
the Philadelphia, Convention. By that
Constitution each State is to have two
Senators and a number of Representa-
tives proportioned to its population
Tlic&o tiro to bo allowed It if tho funda
mental law is to bo kept, and when it
(selects them the only question which
can arise Is whether they are duly qual-
iiled under the provisions of the Const!
tutlon which tlx tho qualifications of
Senators and Representatives. Of course
a disloyal State, warring against the
Federal Government, am have no rep
, rescntation in Congress, because- tho op
eration ot tho Constitution as to sue!
State Is suspended pending tho conflict
of armH. But no such case now exists
Tho operation of tlio Constitution is now
completo throughout our whole country
nnd tho powers of tlio Government are
unopposed, nnd aro exercised and felt
in every part. Representation of all
the States In Congress is thcreforo right
and necessary, if tho Constitution is to
no respected and obeyed j and it Is equal
Jy clear that It Is expedient also. In thl
connection wo extract tho following very
forcible observations from tho National
Intelligencer of July ninth
Tho utter failure of tho Congressional
luujuruy io present a ueuer plan ol res
toration than that begun by President
-umi'imi unu success! miy prosecuted by
President Johnson ; the lalluro of Con
gress, in fact, to present any practicable
plan for tho completion of tlio restora
tion of tlio Union by tho admission of
tho Southern States to representation in
that body, has attracted thonttcntinn of
tho yvholu country to this subject, as tlio
one. greatest, most important political
problem of the hour, it U as plain to
tho Northern manufacturer as to tho
western gruin-grower and Southern
planter that tho progress of tlio material
interests of tho wiiolo country must re
main greatly Impeded until thero shall
bo a full and complete restoration of the
Union. It is equally as plain that tills
consiimmatlon.dovoutedly to bo wished,
cannot bo attained until the now ox
'Suited Southern States shall havo boon
muuK. unions wTunncciitilod rani,
tal In tho North and ffip?
141 tiiiii. 'Jll.Y U1U UII.MOIISIV
awaiting this mult to seek pcrnmncn,j
?iycd into full fellowship, by tho ad
W??fVof t,ielr Senators and Rcprescn.
n SriHPnFrMS- This 13 11,0 6l8" of
THE
investment In the South. Within u few
months iifler this sign .-1ml I havo been
gl ven,the desolated lantlsof tlicSouthern
.States shall iigtdn rcMiund with the liutn
or industry, initio win resume its wont
ed activity, manufacturers will bo assur
ed ofiistilllclont market for their wares.
and the holders uf our public securities
will have received u guarantee that tho
exportation of Southern products will
enable the (iovernment to pay prompt
ly in com mi mo interests ui us jjum
bearlng bonds.
it is apparent mat i no nnanciai, com
mercial, and Industrial interests of the
wholeeountryurodlrcetlyatiil Immense
ly Interested in the complete and imme
diate iirnctlcal restoration of the Union.
bv the recognition of the Southern rep
resentatives in Congress. While all these
great public interests, roacning to every
city, town, liainlet, farm-house, and
wnrk-shon in the land, are thus vitally
concerned, only it miserable faction of
luidlcal politicians, for purely partisan
purposes, eitner desires or expects oeno
lit from it postponement of this res torn-
tlon. Unfortunately for the country,
tins taction lias outtimcd control ot urn
gress as at present organized, and with'
out even a shadow of right, is uiiscru
puloiisly employing tlio power of a nit'
niericid majority In that body to post
pone. If not to frustrate, what the whole
people so niucn neeti.
"BRADFORD COUNTY."
An article under tlio above heading
appeared some weeks since in theedlto
rial columns of the Pittsburg Gazette,
prompted evidently by a desire on the
part of tho editor to cast odium upon
tho National Administration by assail
lug Individuals In tills section who sup
port it. Tlio article In question would
hardly havo deserved notice hero had
it not been copied Into tlio columns of
the Bradford Jleporter and Wyoming
llepublican, anti-Johnson Republican
papers of tills district. Mr. Tracy, of
Bradford, is particularly assailed, because
of his support of tho President, and in
assailing him the editor seems to have
thought it necessary to weaken, as far as
possible, his position and inlluonee, by
the fabrication of the most unfounded
and untruthful representations In regard
to his political history, and the history
of political affairs in this district. The
admission that "Mr. Tracy is a gentle
man of excellent social position and
character," and that " he followed the
fortunes of tho Whig party until it was
dissolved." arc about the only truths
ontained in the article. J lo was an ar-
dent adherent of the principles of tho
Whig party, and up to the time of its
llssolution enjoyed the conlldenco of the
party of his county and district to as
full an extent as any man in it ; and id
though largely in the minority, ho ac-
copied the nomination tendered by the
Whigs for State Senator, and ran consid
erably ahead of the party vote, and ap
proached nearer to an election than was
usual for candidates of tho Whigs of those
times in Ids district.
When the dissolution of the Whi
party came, in tho Fall of I8.V1, it was
through tho action and influence of Mr,
Tracy, more than to any other member of
that party in Bradford, that tho almost
entire vote of tho Whig party of this
ounty was brought into the Republican
organization ; not a hundred stood aloof,
nnd from this grew up the great Repub
lican majority in Bradford. Instead of
a nomination for tlio " Legislature for
two years" being conferred upon Mr,
Tracy to " appeaso his disquietude," as
tlio Gazelle asserts, ids nomination grew
out of tlio facts above referred to; hi
position and iniluenceas a political lead
er In tho Whig party, and two succes'
sivo nominations by acclamation, were
iven him without a dissenting voice
In tho election canvass that followed
the question of tlio repeal of thetoimago
tax. through tho instrumentality ot
Georgo Laudon, became a subject of tils
cussion. Mr. Laudon having occupied
a seat in tho Senate one session, laid be
come convinced that tlio uso of improp
er influences was contemplated to bring
about tho repeal of that tax at tho tip
proacliing session, and under the inspi
ration of honest impulses, warned tho
people from the stump that their rights
were in danger, and that the State TreaS'
ury was about to be plundered througl
corrupt influences, which would bo
brought to bear in manipulating tho
Legislature by the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company, to effect tho repeal of tlio
tonnago tax. Mr. Tracy was sent to the
Legislature pledged against tlio repeal
tho public mind of his county was thor
oughly aroused In opposition to it; ho
acted as a member of tho Lower 1 louse In
strictest conformity with the will of his
constituents. But alas! how was it with
Georgo Laudon in tlio Senate V llu vlo
Iated every obligation of a representative.
and supported the very measure ho liadso
vehemently denounced, and returned
homo and announced himself as a ciindl-
dato for nomination for Congress in the
Fall of 18(12, and challenged Mr. Tracy to
a discussion on thosrump of the merits o
their uction in reference to the repeal of
tho tonnage tax. Mr. Tracy also became
a candidate for tho Republican noniina
tlon for Congress. The Democrats of the
district, as it party, opposed tlio repeal of
tho tax, and very naturally opposed Mr
Laudon and sympathized with M
Tracy upon tills question. The war
being then in actlvo progress, Mr. Lan
don made use of tho war spirit to arouse
political prejudico against Mr. Tracy, by
arraigning tho Democrats as opposed to
tho war policy of Mr. Lincoln, and nils
representing Mr. Tracy as standing in
an equivocal political position because
of their sympathy witli him, and finally
managed, when the Convention ot Brad
ford County canio off, to get tho Conven
tlon by a majority of one, unfairly ob
tallied, to declare him nominated. This
caused a square split, and the Republi
can friends of Mr. Tracy's position upon
tlio tonnago tax called a separato con
volition and nominated him. Mr. Lan
don continued upon the ticket until
within about ten days of tlio election
when, seeing the evidences ol an ove
whelming defeat before him, ho with
drew, and a nioro unobjectionable candi
date, in tho person of R. F. Clark, Esq,,
was substituted. Mr. Tracy was elected
by a majority of eighteen hundred votes.
Tho Gazette nays: "Mr. Tracy raised a
ehunov on Mr. Laudon on account of that
vote tthe repeal of tho tonuage tax,, ,iiYPrmmcSi
COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBTJllG, SATURDAY, JULY 14,
and announced himself ns an indepen
dent candidate. Mr. Laudon, two or
three weeks before the election, with
drew, and tho canvass resulted In Mr.
I'racy's election." It would not answer
the purpose ol tho Gazettes well to tell
the truth, as to convey the false ltupres-
on that Mr. Tracy had n clean Held
after the withdrawal of Mr. Laudon,
and was elected without opposition.
M r. Tracy's record as a member of the
Thirty-eighth Congress is boforo the
country, and we believe no one wilt pre
tend to deny that it rellects great credit
pon him as a man of Integrity, correct
udgnient, and discrimination In deal
ing with questions presented for the
action of Congress during his term.
The Gazelle, fuNcly says: "Two years
ago Mr. Tracy was again an lndepend-
nt candidate, with Democratic sup
port. Ho was beaten out of sight by
Mr. Ulysses Mercur, who will doubtless
lie re-elected next Fall." So far from
this being true, Mr. Tracy, on the con
trary, wrote a letter declining to bo a
iindldate, giving as a reason ids desire
to seo the party united for the purposo
ustidning the Administration of Mr.
Lincoln in the prosecution of the war in
impressing the Rebellion. Ills letter
was published to the country at that
time, and Mr. Tracy's most ardent
friends became tho most active support
ers of Mr. Mercur; and to this fact Mr.
Mercur, beyond doubt, owes ids election,
but It would not answer the purpose of
tho Gazelle to state tho facts, liow it
will bo in reference to Mr. Mercur's re
election next Fall can better be told after
election; certain it is, had Mr. Tracy
and his friends supposed that Mr. Mer-
ur, Immediately upon taking his seat in
tho Thirty-ninth Congress, would array
himself against tho principles and poll-
y of Mr. Lincoln, upon which he was
elected, and become the bitter opponent
of Mr. Johnson, upon whom has fallen
tho duty of administering tho Govern
ment in accordanco with that policy,
they would have hesitated long before
giving him their earnest and effective
support.
As to the fling nt tlio Columbian by
the Gazette it is neither material nor
true. It is not nn organ of party nor of
any public man. Tlio Gazette Knows
very well, however, that tho Cor.usi
i)i an is, so far as it participates in pend
ing political discussions, tho advocate of
tho principles and policy of tlio great
National Union party, as enunciated by
the National Convention at Baltimore
ISfil, in the nomination of Lincoln
and Johnson, and which are being car-
ied out by President Johnson. It is
for adlierenco to these principles, and
an independent and fearless defence of
the President, that tho Coi.umiiian as
well as Mr. Tracy aro arraigned by the
Gazelle. But the mere statement of this
fact is a sure vindication of both.
it.
FIRE-EATERS WANTED IN
WASHINGTON.
TiiKitr. aro a number of Southern
ire-eaters of the blood-and-thtmder or
der scattered over tho seceded States.
Since the close of tho war they havo
been out of employment, and aro consC'
piently seedy, thirsty, and hard-up.
While the Rebellion lasted they seldom
or never showed themsel vesat tlio front ;
but there was plenty of occupation for
them in tho rear, where they him
Union men, conilscatcd cotton, robbed
anil persecuted women and children,
whipped and Hayed negroes, enjoyed
themselves hugely, and lived upon the
fat of the land and the best in the mar
ket. 'Tlio contrast between this liappi
iicss and their present forlorn condition
Is deplorable. They davo not interfere
with the negroes, except in remote cor
hoi's of the South, where United States
olllcials do not yet appear, and they can
not even get up a decent fight, except
among themselves, as in the recent ease
of tho Pollards in Richmond. Poor,
moody, out at elbows, out of liquors,
and out of business, these Fire-eaters do
not know what to do with themselves.
Lotus give them a bit of practical ad
co. They aro wanted in Washington
and can make money thero without hav
ing to earn it by hard work to which
no truo Fire-cater would condescend
At Washington thero are a lot of Radical
Congressmen, all anxious forarenonil-
natioii.nudall extremely doubtful about
their chances; of getting it. They ficl
that nothing will save them from obliv
ion except some stirring excitement that
shall make martyrs of them, and cause
an outburst of popular sympathy in
thelrfavor. Fora good flogging.a trilling
uid not very paiulid stab ora pistol shot
aimed at some portion of their anatomy
not neces-'arlly vital, they will pay
roundly. If tlienttiick upon them couhi
bo made by a notorious Southerner, and
wero performed in public and nccompa'
nied by tho phrase, " Let mo kill this
great Union patriot," or words to that
effect, five hundred dollars would not
bo too much for tho job. Ben Wade
tried this dodge some liino ago, by rep
resenting that a visitor who came toiisl
him a political favor was an assassin
determined to deprive tho Union of tlio
services of tho immortal Wade. Thl
worked very well for a while, until
somebody exposed it. In tlio absence
of any Fire-eaters Grinned got himself
caned by General Rousseau ; but imfor
tunately ho timed tlio affair wrongly,
and another man was being nominated
In Iowa at abolit tlio time Grinnell was
boing flogged In Washington. Still, all
tho country papers said that Grinnell
would havo been renominated laid tlio
intelligence reached Iowa soon enough
Instead of Insulting our bravo generals.
let the Radical Congressmen employ
regular V Iro-ealers to niako martyrs of
them, and they can bo Hogged at any
moment thoy like, and thus securo their
renoniiitatlous. Xcw York Jlentht,
Tin; distributors of tlio largo estate
of tlio lato Samuel Colt began last 'Tues
day, In Hartford, tho work of apportion
ing tho properly under tlio terms of tho
will. 'The estate, real and personal,
probably amounts to between threo and
four millions, and includes large tracts
fif 1:TmH witl-i TVllrl allv.-.r nnrl ft,,lil.
EU110PE.
Sovoro and Active , Fighting in Bo-
noniia.
Tho Battles of Sknlitz and Oswlcntou.
The Crnrnn- nlul Vlrntiii Uiillrnntl Allium!
l)ctrn ed 1i llii' IniRiliiiin.
AUSTRIAN COMUUXIOATION WITH
OAMC'IA INTKItKUPTi;!).
THE BATTLE OF CUSTOZZA
Neutral
Proclamation
England,
of
oxn may lati:u news.
Tin: steamship Saint David, from Liv
orpool, twenty-fifth, passed Father Point
at half-past ten o'clock on Wednesday
night, on her voyage to Quebec. Her
news Is ouo day later.
Hostilities between the Austriansnnd
Prussians had commenced.
Thero was a desperate battle In Uolic
nilii on the twenty-seventh of June.
A Prussian telegram, dated Nachod,
says: An Important battle, In which
cavalry and artillery were principally
engaged, has liven in progress to-day.
The Austrlans wero driven back from
near Skalltz to Jaroniirz. Three flu;
and many prisoners were taken. Tho
oss on either side is unknown.
A Breslau telegram says: Tho first
russiau army corps attacked theenemy
at Frankenau. Tho Austrian were driv
en back In tlio direction of Joephitadt,
fter tlio battle a Prussian major pro
ceeded to tho quarters of Marshal Bene-
dek, under a flag of truce, to solicit an
armistice, and the demand was refused
A. Cracow (Austrian) dispatch of the
evening of the eighteenth of Juno says:
This morning tho Prussians made
fresh attack upon Oswlcnten, when they
were repulsed with heavy loss.
The Prussians destroyed the Cracow
and Vienna Railroad, seriously inter'
rupting the Austrian communications
with Gallcla.
The Italian looses in tlio recent battle
were great, but tho Austrian losses were
believed to be still greater. Toward
nightfall the Italians and Austritins re
tired from their respective positions.
Tho King of Italy has addressed a dis
ia tch to the President of tho Council
wiiicn says tho nattio was neither won
nor lost. " I have ordered a concentra
tion of all our forces to resume tho cam
dgii. Our army is in excellent condi
tlon, and anxious to be led to battle."
The Committee on Affairs common to
lungary nssuino a portion of tho Aus
rluu State debt; that loans and com
niercial questions bo treated in common
by means of special treaties.
The Loudon Times says tho German
Zollverein has ceased to exist, but duties
continued to be levied by tho govern
ments wiiero foreign goods aro landed
The Paris J'atrie lias reason to believe
that no arrangements aro being made
for tlio purposo of sending French squad
rons of observation to tlio Adriatic or
the North Sea.
A proclamation of England's neutral
ity in Continental all'airs lias been pub
lislied in Loudon.
GENERAL PEESS DISPATCHES
From Washington.
liAiiic Ai. leaders nere betray more
anxiety in regard to tho Phliadelnhi
Convention than they daro admit. It
s said they will endeavor to defeat the
objects of the convention by manipulat
ing Southern wires through such instru
ments as Hamilton, of Texas, Brown
low, of 'lennessee, Holden, of North
Carolina, and others, to secure a South
em delegation to tho convention of the
most ultra Southern Rights fire-eating
malcontents, in order that, if possible
t row can bo created. They argue that
tho reception of such delegates will de
stroy tlio influence of tho convention I
tho North, while their rejection will bo
equally damaging to tho now party in
tlio South. The gamo will certainly bo
attempted, but will bo met by counter
action on tlio part of the Conservatives
to securo moderate representatives from
all tho Southern States, fulling in whicl
they will boldly closo the door nguiiis
any others.
It may bo stated positively that Gen
end Grant will accept a nomination lor
tlio Presidency for tho noxt term from
no party or faction whatever. His
nomination would bo equivalent to an
election, and Ids election would neces
sarily lead to ids retirement from public
life at the end of Ids term of otllce. II
considers himself yet too young to with
draw into retirement ; and while ho un
questionably lias aspirations for Presi
dential honors with which to crown id
illustrious career, ho feels confident that
ho can enjoy such honors eight or twelv
or more years henco as readily as now,
Thoso Ideas havo recently been expressed
by him to ids most intimate personal
friends, and tiro unquestionably the
ideas that will control him, liotwlth
siaiiiimg ino powermi nilliiences now
being used to win his consent to accept
a nomination.
A noteworthy remark occurs in a r
cent "Occasional" letter to tho Phil
dolphin I'rcss, which, in view of its au
thorship, is considered somowliat sig
nltlcaiit. Forney says, in reference t
tho determination ot tlio President to
mako a clean sweep of tho Radicals
from olllce on tho adjournment of Con
gress, that tho " Union men in Congress
will, however, not leave Washington
without taking such steps as will at least
keep tlio people advised of tlio doings
of tho pro-slavery tyrants." Tho
mark is construed ns foreshadowing
design, which has already been rumor
ed, for Congress through its Radical
majority to appoint a Joint committee
to remain hero during tiio recess to
watch tho President's movements, sue
committee io bo clothed with all tlio
power that can bo conferred upon It. It
was at ono time proposed to give this
coininltteo power to revoke all Uxecu
tlvo appointments ; buUlho power of
Congress to delegate such authority or
confer it upon a committee was denied
by tlio wiser heads. It Is evident that
now they nre studying to Una what
powers they can confer, and intend to
at us ninny and great obstacles in tlio
resident's way ns possible. Tlio day
adjournment will be quickly set
hen tills more important matter is de
termined.
The stntuo of Washington, removed
oiii tho Virginia Military Institute, at
xlngton, Virginia, by General Hunter,
on his raid up the valley of Virginia,
lias passed through Alexandria by ex
press on its way to that place, an order
laving been issued for its restoration.
Southern papers exhibit a very gen
eral disposition on tho part of the pco-
le to respond to the address for the
hiladolphia Convention. State and dis-
let conventions to nominate dele
gates havo been called in Alabama,
eorgia, and South Carolina.
Orders from the War Department
direct tho muster out of thirteen aides
de-camp, five additional aides-de-camp,
and thirteen assistant adjutant-generals
Alterations uro now in progress in tho
Wldto House which will enable the
resident and ids Secretaries to transact
business with greater facility and with
more comfort to tho numerous visitors.
large ante-room for visitors Is among
the conveniences being provided, where
those who have business with tho Presi
dent may bo comfortably seated while
in walling for an audience. If Congress
Will now pass tho Executive Household
Bill, nnd thus provide the necessary
clerical force, matters can bo conducted
much more satisfactorily to the Presi
dent and the public.
Mr. Romero, tho Mexican Minister,
on the eleventh Instant, received olllclid
dispatches from El Paso, informing him
that on the tenth ultimo President
Juarez, his Cabinet, nnd tho Govern
incut left El Paso for Chihuahua. Let
ters from tlio City of Durango, of June
fifth, received here by the last steamer
from Vera Cruz, state that the Irene!
troops in that city were under orders to
march against Chihuahua, and that two
thousand men hud already left, and
were nt that time at Lazarca. Letters
from the City of Mexico state tliatGeiv
oral Bazino wits concentrating all the
available French troops In San Luis
Potosi, to open a new and vigorous cam
paign against the Mexicans.
The Senate on the tenth instant re
Jectcd tho nomination of Sloanttkor, as
Collector of the First District of Penn
sylvania. It is proable now that the
President will nominate the present in
cumbent, Colonel Taggart, who has
very creditable military record.
Tho Rebel Salisbury prison-keeper,
John II. Gee, who, for the last four
months, has been on trial before the
court-martial at Raleigh, North Caro
lina, for alleged cruelty to Union pris
oners at Salisbury, was, on Thursday of
last weok, released from arrest by order
of the War Department, the Court hav
ing acquitted him. The above trial will
cost the Government about twenty-five
thousand dollars.
Secretary Stanton has reinstated all
the soldiers, twenty in number, recently
discharged from tlio Ordinance Oillce
The National Union Convention
is
exciting deep interest in political circles
and it is said that the Union State Con
ventiou to bo held by the friends of
President Johnson at Indianapolis, July
nineteenth, will bo the llrst Western
State Convention to appoint delegates
The notorious John S. Mosby, who
was during tho Rebellion tho terror o
tho country hereabouts, is now a sojour
ner lu the City of Washington, and qui
etly walking about tlio Capitol, the ob
served of the curious. Mosby is a quiet
tame-looking individual, and has not
tlio slightest appearance of a bugaboo
or ono who would try to frighten any
body.
The President has nominated to tlio
Senate D. H. Winlield, a soldier of tlio
lato war, to bo Collector of Internal
Revenue for tho Fourth District of New
Jersey vice Eugeno Ayres.
Tlio voting at tho Orphans' Fair, for
presents to thoso receiving tho highe
number of votes each one paid for, was
quite spirited. Major-General Howard
received tlio sword, having ono thous
and three hundred and sixty-ilvo votes.
while General C. II. Thomas had one
thousand two hundred and five. M
Doolittlo received tho Senator's cane
having four thousand five hundred am
thirty votes, wliilo Mr. Harris had ono
thousand eight hundred and fifty
Cornelius Wendell received tlio mos'
votes on tho citizens' silver tea-set
There was a meetingof those disposed
lo send relief to Portland at tho Cit,
Hull on tho eleventh instant, Mayor
Wallach presiding. A committee was
appointed to mako collections, and over
two thousand dollars was subscribed be
fore tlio close of the meeting.
AFFAIRS IN MISSISSIPPI,
Wr. mako tho following extract from
a private letter to the senior editor of
tlio Country Gentleman, dated Chataw
Station, Mississippi, May seventeentl
"I urn about ninety miles from New
Orleans, and about ninety miles from
Jackson, Mi-slssippi, have a nice, quiet
plney woods'' home, not the rich land
1 onco hud, nor tho comforts and luxu
rles I had spent an arduous lifo of thir
ty-threo years in collecting. Reared i
tho City of Columbia, S. C, with never
any liecossity for labor, raised, it may bo
said, delicately, but fortunately for mo
by a rigid disciplinarian, at sixty I am
forced to earn my bread by tho sweat of
my brow, working daily and writing
nightly. You may not bo able to realize
how wo could bo so broken up; onco
wo could order supplies by the thousand
dollars, and our wives liiado dry goods
accounts of one thousand dollars, and
now not nblo to buy meat. But. mv
near sir, so it is, 1 assuro you; I hav
kept liotiso ono week without a pieeo of
meat or a particle of greaso of any kind.
I havo been a month without a grain of
corn. 1 lost everything, so to sny. My
lands I sold, but havo not received ono
dollar. I saved thirteen Dovon cows,
two bulls, and eleven calves; but no
food and high water ha, reduced mo to
1866.
even cows nnd two bulls. 1 had no Idea
iow poor pcoplu got alongwhat thoy
hud to endure. 1 niiulo my property,
but never was purse proud, and always
ready to relieve. No one seems nblo or
llllng to pay I have enougn uuo mo
to make me comfortable. I havo had il
hard tlmo to get food. I lost nil my
clothing, all household nnd kitchen fur-
ituro; got my working men and wo
men, twelve mines aim two wagons,
my mares thirteen, stallions, imported
Jack, and fifty-four blooded cows and
bulls; spent thirty thousand dollars
taking care of my negroes, made noth
ing and lost all except the cows
brought here, and four mules. But, my
dear sir, I take it very philosophically,
have accepted what 1 could not help,
for It is true, I Mould havo whipped
Uncle Sam out of his boots ; but 1 could
not, and he lias not only whipped me,
but brought me to poverty, and when 1
tell him I aeccpt tho issue, and show
him I am earnest, by working as hard
as I once required my negro, lie will not
beliuve me I Well, I cannot compel the
old gentleman to believe me, so I work
on ami think no more about it. Thconly
tiling that worries mo is, we have been
known the world over as n hospitable
nnd gentlemanly people a people of
high-toned, if anything over-wrought
iiivalroiis feelings yet we are accused
is condescending to be iiruiai, man-
slayers, murderers; that a negro is un-
afo even passing by our doors, and a
Northern man had as well entera lion's
den or the fiery furnace. How under
the sun the Intelligent men of the North
can credit such lyingscribblers is amys-
tery to me. Tills night 1 took tea with
man who avers ho was a Northern
soldier for some tlireeor fouryears. lie
makes no disguise of it, and yet no one
dares to molest him dares I I say, be
cause Southern honor is at stake. Ho
may shoot down n foe on the field of
battle, but the war being over, lie Is our
guest.
if my lifo is worth a bawbee, I
would pledge It that a Northern man
may pass through this country,and avow
lie had been engaged lu killing our men
in honorable warfare; ho may go on
foot, on horseback, any way, by night
or by day, and he will bo safer than
passing through the streets of New York
City, especially if lie had largely of cash
about him. I will not say there are no
dastards, scoundrels, thieves, etc., in
Mississippi, in tho South, but I do say
tlio large mass of tho very people who
wero eager for tho fray, who were acting
men, and honestly gave up their opin
ions, are tills day ns quiet citizens as you
have. True, wo may feel and say it was
savage to burn our houses, destroy our
property, but there is no cry of ven
geance. The fact is, wo have drawn oil'
our coats and gone to work, nnd deter
mined not to remuin poor. " o intend
to pitch into dame Fortune nnd wrest
from her some of her dimes.
" I am going to try for an orchard and
farm it, to carve out a bran now fortune
have now several thousand seedling
peach and a few thousand rooted quiuee
uid a few thousand cuttings, which
intend to bud this season. I havo ono
woman, and a boy of sixteen, not left
me. The negroes who were in my days
of fortune treated best, were tlio llrst to
leave me to work or starve. With these
two, to wash, cook, milk cows, etc,
about the house, I have now n good gar
den, planted about three acres of melons
set out about one thousand trees, and
my nursery, with some two thousand
grapes. So you see, though sixty, and
badly laid up with tlio rheumatism,
havo worked. If I could got pear and
apple stocks I could in two years sell
enough trees to support me and pay all
expenses, reserving as many trees as I
could plant well."
DECLINE OP RADICALISM
Onh by ono tlio Radical members of
Congress aro being repudiated by tho
nominating conventions of their party
Rice, of Maine, has been dropped: Mor
rill, of Vermont, has refused to allow
his iiaino to go beforo the people for ro
nomination ; Grinnell and Kasson have
beendeleated; and Hill has been shelvod
along with his Radical associates. In
our State the indications aro that Radi
calism will soon bo at a ruinous discount
Stevens may hold Lancaster, but in
other districts tho contest will bo fierce
nnd determined against tlio present
Radical members. Kelly, and O'Neill
mid Myers, and Thayer, will havo to
face constituencies outraged by tho man
nor lu which they have subordinated
tlio real interests of tho country to ne
gro equality and partisan aspirations.
Tho business of Philadelphia lias been
terribly disturbed and shattered bv the
war and events growing outof thesuine,
Our commercial rivals aro taking ad
vantage oi circumstances to press us
still further lu the wrong direction, and
our Radical representatives have, by
their votes, aided in keeping trade and
commerce irom our city. Thoy hav
followed tho mud and heady current of
Radical malice, and opposed all meas
ures calculated to reunite tlio sections
and allow Philadelphia to occupy her
old place among the business marts of
mo nation, tiio votes ol .tlio men
named have stood in tlio way of all ef
forts to benefit tho trado of this city
They proclaimed by their action that
Philadelphia is against holding any in
tcrcourso with tlio people of tlio South
ern States, and theso men wonder why
nil tho trado of that section Is not poured
into tlio laps of our merchant. They
aro learning now what It costs to uphold
and support tho Radical party, and If
tlio present Radical members bo re-elected,
they will receive another lesson.
Philadelphia should bo represented by
national men, and If tlio merchants and
men of business study their own wel
fare and thnt of tho city, they will
chooso at tlio coming election. Age,
" I know you havo tenderness," wrote
Popo to Lady Mary Wort ley Montagu,
and nothing was over more beautifully
said " you must havo it ; it is tlio very
emona Hon of good senso and virtue ; the
linen minds, like the flncit metal', dlf-
solve tlio ca-jlet,"
THE TAMMANY" SOCIETY. .
Tun following lettur was written by
Secretary Seward In answer to an Invi
tation of tho Taiiiimiiiy society :
UKrAUlMKrill--ni.IK, I
Washinotok, Juiioiw, MoO.
To Ihc ltvn. John T. itofftmrn, Lty JMI, AVt i'vrkt
Sin, I havo had the lienor to receive
tho invitation of tho Tammany Society
for the celebration of the approaching
Fourth of July. , , At ,
1 am hlghlv pleased with the form of
Invitation, i like the motto which Is
placed at lt head-" Tlio Union must
and shall bepreserved." I llkotho Vir
netto which Illustrates it. I like the as
sociated hues with which it Is colored,
naiiielv, the led, white, and b uc. I
llko the temple of liberty based upon
the rock of tlio Constitution, and pro
tected by the eagle of the American
continent. 1 llko tho ships and rall
riuiiU. inilli'.-ittvi! of iirosiieritv and prog-
ress. I like tho slgnllleant conjunction-
dates, 177(1 and ISCU ti period ot
iilnct v years. AVhy, in looking nt tiiescr
llgnrcs. we almost feel assured that our
llepuunc nas a mo oi at ivasi unu cen
tury. Alas I how many Republics navii
been shorter lived I I would havo had
the Hag of the Union, which Is on tho
right, present In its azure field only
tho thirteen original States; but I is--peclallv
delight in the Hag which Is on
tho lelt hand, and in whoso enlarged
Held twenty-threo stars uro blazing
which havo come out from the deep
cerulean within the past ninety years,
while the original thirteen States yet re
main In their ancient place, all thoir
morning lustre nndimlnislica.
I have had some dillerences In my
time with the Tammany Society, but I
iiini'iiirii I'orL'ot them all. when I recall-
piI tin- fact that the Society has never
once failed to observe and honor tho an
niversary or .Niitionni independence;
and tlio further fact that during the re
cent civil war the Tammany Society sent
its sons to tight lor tlio union, ana with
unswerving fidelity, heartily supported
tho Federal Government in itsstruggles
with sedition. In view of these facts.
and of the noble principles now avow
ed, I hail tlio Tammany Society as u true
Union League.
I rejoice witli the Society tliat tlio con
flict of arms has ceased: that tho au-
thoritv of the Government has been
vindicated, and that tlio llag or tlio Un
ion now flouts triumphantly over every
foot of the national domain. On tho
other bund, I mourn with the Society
that the perfect Union given to us by
our patriotic forefathers has not yet been
entirely resioreu ; unit eleven sovereign
Stales are denied representation in the
Federal Congress, and are not recognized
as co-ordinate parts in the National Log-
, t.i II..... . - ..II !.! . I 11'..
siaiuie. jiiiw siruiii;i uu liusi
i live killed disunion outright, and lmvo
killed African slavery with It. and yet
wo aro not completely reunited.
Il I did not leei assured mat mo
American people cannot sudor so great
and fatal a solecism to continue, I should
say, ns many others do, that wo aro at
a crisis. But I have unbounded confi
dence In the wisdom and virtue of tho
iVtnerlciiii people. It is said in excuse
of tlio denial of representation thnt tlio
States and their chosen Representatives
tin continue to be seditious ana disioy
il. I ask, is Tennessee disloyal? Is Ar
kansas seditious? Aro the Senators nnd
Representatives of those States disloyal?
1 desire, in tills respect, that each of tho
two Houses of Congress will apply tho
uoiisuiuiionai test, witn an tne improve
ments of legislation upon it, and thus
admit those States and Representatives
who aro loyal, and reject only tho-o
against whom the crime of disloyalty
shall bo established.
I believe, with the Tiiininanv Society.
that tlio Union was created to be per
petual ; that the States are equal to tho
Constitution; that the restoration of
the Union by tlio recent war ought to
lie acknowledged and recognized by all
the departments of the Federal (iovern
ment; that a spirit of magnanimity
nnd fraternity should prevail in all our
councils, and that tlio South, having ac
cepted oi mo lessens oi ino war, nun
relinquished tho heresies of secession.
should, just so far and so fast as slut
conies in the attltudo of loyaltv, and in
the persons of loyal and nualinedrenro-
sentatives, bo admitted to her constitu
tional representation.
I want, henceforth and forever, no
North, no South, no East, no West, no
divisions, nnd no sections, ami no
classes ; but ono united and harmonious
people.
It will bo Impossible for mo to attend
the celebration personally. What 1 havo
written I trust will satisfy tho Society
that. In spirit, I shall alwavs bo with
them when they shall bo engaged in
renewing and fortifying tlio National
Union.
1 havo the honor to be. nir. vour verv
obedient servant,
VtlMJAM 11. KKWAUI).
FORNEY'S LETTER.
Nkw Yuiik, Jiuiimry S, I-vki.
MyDkaii Mit. Fitr-siiii-NT, l lmvo
been in this city for two days, and now
writo under an impulse which I cannot
restrain, because I feel it to bo for your
own good and thnt of tho country. r
tako it for granted that you aro resolved
not to bo unmindful of your own fume,
nnd that you will not allow your friends
who heartily sustain your policy, to feel
that they aro without your aid and en
couragement. Whether you aro a can
didate foi President or not, and If
you are not I shall bo greatly surpris
ed witli the wonderful favor that
has crowned your restoration policy,
you should not allow the great onici-s
to go to indifferent men, or tlioso clearly
In tlio interests of your foes. I need
not repeat to you that I am now, as
ever, for twenty years shown in my
writings, and since your great act of pa
triotism in 18CU especially, your open
and avowed friend. "Where I am to-day
my two newspapers, both dally, show to
tho world. Henco, in what I now say,
I speak no idle words, but mean all" I
say. Tho Collector's ofllco in New York
City Is a post that you should dispose of
outsldo of all tho politicians; not, I
mean, to defy them, but to select your
own man, who should bo free only to
help youand servo tlioGovernment ono
they could neither attack nor uso. Such
u man is of tills city. Howiw
elected to Congress in as a
Democrat, but, likeymt, refused to follow
tho party into treason. Ho served a
short time with great distinction, and
resigned on account of 111-liealtli. Ho
was it member of tlio Coiuinlttco of
Ways and Means, and won great ap
plause Ho is a very nblo man, educa
ted to finance, Intensely national, honest
and independent, and could furnish mil
lions of security. Ho lias mi organlzinc
mind, would mako you a party or tight
your buttles slnglo-handed. n0 u an
Andrew Johnson Democrat, lu short. I
writo in tlio knowledge that lie would
accept, and that his uppolntmeut wouU
bo hailed witli Joy by this whole coin-
muntiy. Yours, truly,
J. W. riwY