R. I.. JOH.STOX, Editor. "K 18 A FRKMAS WHOM T"a truth makes piiee, and all are slaves Beside. II 5"IIIC rutllcKicr!
VOLUME 2.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1868.
NUMBER 32.
Tlie Cambria Freeman
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JoH PRINTING.
We hare male airangements by which
we can do or have done all kinds of plain
Mil fancy .)oli lViutimr, such p.S Books,
I'amph.'ts. Show Cards, Hill and Lettei
Ilea-is, lUndbii's, Circul irs. &C, in the best
Mvle of the art and at the nt moderate
prices. A'so, all hinds of lt-din. Blank
J'.ooks, Book Binding, &c , executed to order
as tod as the beat and as cheap as the
oh":i 'lest.
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p, I; I'll A i'f
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' AvTNG tectntiy enlarged our stock
we are now jref :red to sell at a pre:tt
li'iuction from fofner pr;ces Oor stock con-f-
-ts of Oiii'.'s, Meiheincs, Perfumery, Fancy
So ip-;, Leon's, ILtli's and Hen's Hair liestor-JHive-.
l'i!!s, .i;i! rnents, l'iisters. Liniments,
I'ain Killer?, t'i'r tte Mugncsia, J.maica
iincer, l'i;re Fhivi.ruifi F.xtruets, K-sences,
Lemon Svn;, Soothin Syrup, Spiced Syrup,
KLub.iro, 1 "me Spices, ic. ;
CIGARS AXD TOBACCOS.
Tihink Book r, P eds, Notes itnd Bonds; C;ip,
J'o-t. Cniinii"! ciid anil all kiuJs of Note i'itner;
Kuveh'pes, l'eiis, 1'eiieils, Arnold's Writing
Fiuiil, lo.ieji arid lied Ink, I'oeket and T.iss
liui'ks, M:ip;iz:ne-, Xe-papers, Novels, II is
t iries, l:it!t, JicPU'US.rraj or aud Toy Books,
IVrkiiives. I'ijies, c
r-"" Wp have adiicd to our stock a lot of
FI N K J KWK.'.j; V, to hicli we would iuviie
t!,e at'eiiiioii ol'tlie Ladies.
J'liOTOtiRAl'H ALBUMS at lower prices
than ever oiVered in this place.
Pacer and Ciarold either wholesale or re
tail. ' LEMMON & MURRAY,
July 30, 1FCS. Main Street, Ebensburg.
Jf'O REIGN SHIPPING
AKD
EXCHANGE OFFICE.
We are nov telling Exchange (at New
York Rates on
Unhand, Ireland, Scotland,
Wales, Germany, Prussia,
Austria, Ihivaria, Wurlemberg,
leaden, Ikubcn, Saxouv,
Hanover, lielium, Switzerland,
Holland, Norway and France.
And Tickets to and from any Port in
Kn gland, Irelaud, Scotland,
iermany, France, California,
New South Wales or Australia.
KERIi & CO.
AILEY, FAltllELL CO.,
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ALsO.
IMir Lend, Iron Pipe, Rubber IIoe,
Steam Gauges, Whistles and Valves.
Lon and Copper Sink3 and Bath Tubs,
tr-temu Pumps, Farm Pumps and
Force Pump?,
And every description of goods for
WATER, GAS &, STEAM.
No. 1GT S.viTiiF!v.i.n Street,
ITlTSllUliGIl. FA.
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iNCOUHAGE HOME INDUSTRY
-i WAGON, BUGGY and CARRIAGE
MANUFACTORY. Having taken the Wa
ironmaking Shop recently occupied by Mr. Wm.
I.'clrv, (who remains in their employ,")
the subscribers are prepared to manufacture
iiirht and heavy WAGONS, BUGOlFS, CAR
R1AGKS and other vehicles, and will puar.in
tee all work done by thcui to be perfectly sub-s'nnti-il.
neat and satisfactory, wliiie their prices
will be as moderate as those of any manufac
turer in the country. Repairing "ot all kind
done promptly and done well. Give us a call
vou need anv work in our line
THOMAS T. WILLIAMS Si BRO.
Ebcn-burg, June 25, 1SG8
H I G II A R D 11 O V A N ,
ALTOOSA, PA.,
HOUSE AND SISN PAINTER,
Is prepared to make contracts for the paint
ing of Churches, Dwellings and other Build
ings in Cambria and surrounding counties,
acd for the execution of all other work id his
line. Painting done at prices more moder
ate and iu a style far superior to most of the
work executed in this section. Satisfaction
guaranteed. feb.20-tf.
B S. STItAYEH, Justice of the
Peace, Johnstown, Fa. Office on the
corner of Market street and Locust alley,
Second Ward. dcc.12.-ly.
M. L. OATMAN,
DEALER IN
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES
consisting p
goublc rfrc Jfamilg J; lour, !
(;ilAIV, FEKD,
BACON, SALT, FISH,
FHESII VEGETABLES,
ALL KINDS OF FRUITS,
SUGARS, TEAS, COFFEES,
SYRUPS, MOLASSES, CHEESE, Lz.
Also, a large stock of tke
Best Brands of Cigars and Tobacco.
STOKE ON HIGH STREET,
Four Doors East of Crawford's Hotel,
ElMnis.lnirg-, Pa,
TENTISTKY. The undersigned, a
jL-W ;raihiate
ot the B.ilti
aicre Coilepc
of Dental Sur A&irii&:iJ&.
KCry, re-pect
i'u!!y offers hi.
raoFBi3ioy yrrvices to the
citizens of Eb-
titiurg and vicinity, which pl.ice he will viait
.'ii the KOi BTii Mo.vday ot each month, to re
ni.iin one week.
Au- 13. SAM'L BELFORD, D. D. S.
ENT I STI1 Y. 1 ) r. D. Yr. Zeh'-
hr has taken the rooms on
High street recently occupied by
L:oyn A: Co. as a Uan iiing House
aud offers his professioLal tervi-
ces to the citizeis of Kbensbura and vicin
ity. 7ViA extracted without pain by use of
urous jxiae or iiurjting Uas.
DR. H.B.MILLER,
ALTOONA, PA.,
Operative and Mechanical DENTIST.
umce au Caroline street, between irjrnia
and Lmrn i street-j. Alt wouk wareantkd.
Ahoona. June IS, Ic68.-Gm.
AMES J. OATMAN, M. I)..
"ftJ trfnli'C lil r" .feO i. iii -.1 1 cnrtMPnc ou TIn-
sioiaa and Surgeon to the citizens of Carroll-
t iv-i um I - t V l CVl 1 Ct fVO iiiy-
tewn and vicinity. Ofiice in rear of build
ing occupied bv J. Buck & Co. as a store.
Night calls can be made at hid residence, one
door south of A. Ilaua'a tin and hardware
store. fMay 9, 16G7.
DEVETfEATTX. AT T) Ptiv-
Kinro: Avn Srrpr.vnM Summit I'r
Office east end of Mansion House, on Rail
Road street. Night calls uaiy be made at
the office. fmy23.tf.
J. LLOYD, successor to It. S.
liuxN, Dealer in Drugs, Medicines,
Paints, fyc. Store on Main street, oppoidte
the,4Mansion House," Kbensburg, r&.
October 17. 1867.-6m.
D. M LAUGHL1N,
ITTORNEY AT LAW, Johnstown, Pa.
Office in the Exchange building, on the
Corner of Clmton and Locust streets up
stairs. Will attend to all buaiaess connect
ed with his profession.
Jan. 31, 18G7.-tf.
R. L. JOHXSTON, J E. SCANLAN.
JOHNSTON & SOANLAN.
Attorneys at Law,
Ebensburg, Cambria co., Pa.
Office opposite the Court House.
Ebensburg, Jan. 31, 1867.-tf.
JOHN P. LINTON,
ITTORNEY AT LAW. Johnstown . Pa.
H Office in building on corner of Main and
Franklin street, opposite Mansion House,
second floor. Entrance on Franklin street.
Johnstown. Jan. 31. 18G7. tf.
F. A. SHOEMAKER,
ITTORNEY AT LAW. Ebensburg, Pa.
il Office on Ilirh st rcet. one door East wf the
Banking House of Lloyd & Co.
January 31, 1867. tf.
F. P. TIERNEY,
ITTORNEY AT LAW Ebensburg, Pa.
n Office in Colonadc
Row.
Jan. 5. 1867-tf.
JOSEPH M'DONALD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg. Pa.
Office on Centre street, opposko Linton's
Hotel. Jan. 81, 18C7-tf.
JOHN FEN LON
ITTORNEY AT LAW, Ebensburg Pa.-
jl Office on High stiect, adjoiuiug his resi
dence. Jan 31, 18G.-tf.
ft L. PERSHING, Attorney-at
Law, Johnstown, Pa. Office on Frank
lin street, up-stairs. over John Benton's
Hardware Store. Jau. 31, 1807.
GEORGE W. OATMAN,
n i- A i , i, Kbensburg, Pa.
mmiikiriw .
u oiuco m uuuuaue xuw, centre street.
January 31, 1867.-tf.
i7M. II. SECHLER, A irons ey-at-
Law. Ebensburrr. Pa. Dffii.. in .-ma
recently occupied by Geo. M.Rcade. Esq , in
Colonade Row, Centre street. aug.27.
GEO- M. READE, AUornegLair,
Ebensburg, pa. Office in new buildin
recently erected on Centre street, two doors
from High street. aug27.
TT KINKEAD, Justice of Vie Tence
and Claim Agent. Office removed to
the office formerly occupied by M, llasson,
Esfj,, dee'd, en High Stv Ebensburg. jl3.
v:, r x ts jj
Seymour, the Farmer of Beeriisld.
Am Vive V Amour.
Comf , friends of the Uoion, we'll rally again,
Hurrah for the Farmer of Deerfield !
From hill-top and valley, from mouutain and
plain,
Hurrah for the Farmer of Deerfield!
Then, freemen, awake! 'Tis the dawn cf
the dav
When the darkness of misrule shall vanish
away.
And the Radical hordes shall fiee in dismay
Jiefore tue t' armer of Deerfield !
Come, pass the glad watchword all o'er the
broad laad,
Hurrah for the Farmer of DecrCe'd !
No rule of the sword by a traitorous band !
Hurrah for the r armer of Deerfield !
Then, freemen, awake! 'Tis the dawn of
the day
When the darkness of misrule shall vanish
away,
And Radical tyranny flee in dismay
lieh.it; the i armer of Deerheld !
Come, brothers, 'tis Freedom that bids you
rejace.
Hurrah for the Farmer of Deerfield !
For Seymour, the statesman 's the popular
choice,
Hurrah for the Farmer of Deerfield !
Then, freemen, awake! 'Tis the dawn of
dav
When the darkness of misrule shall vanish
awa.
And Radical tyranny flpe in dismay
lfore the i'arrt,er ot Deerfield !
Come, drive out of power the cold-blooded
knaves,
Hurrah for the Farmer of Deerfield !
And free the three hundred thousand white
slaves.
Hurrah for the Farmer of Deerfield !
Then, freemen, awake! 'Tis the dawn of
the day
When Ihe darkness of misrule shall vanish
away,
And Radical tyranny fiee in dismay
tJetore the farmer of Deerfield !
SEYMOUR AKD BLAIK.
l-'KOM SKXATOR ULCKALKW's Sl"FCH AT
1ANVILL1l, AUG. 29, 1SGS.
Gentlemen : A cause should have pro
per representatives. e propose to reform
the finances of the country. We propose
to apply tiie public taxes honestly, and as
far as possible, upon tha public debt. We
propose thai there shall be fair play be
tween all classes of our people with refer
ence to the action of the government upon
them ; thut there shall be one uniform cur
rency for the whole people, and not differ
ent kinds of currency for different classes
of persons. We propose, at the earliest
possible day, to return to the constitutional
currency o0Ul and t-ilvcr the standard
of value throughout the world, and a de
parture from which, during the necessities
of the war, brought upon us "Teat evils
under which we must labor until we get
back again to a sound, safe and constitu
tional system. We propose in the South
to remove the Land of Congressional pow
er and to have republican governments
there again, inptituted by the people them
selves in peace and nuiet. We nronosp.
A. I
that prosperity fhall resume its course in
that section of the Union, and that the
people there, by having a fair chance and
fair play, shall assist us in bearing the
burdens of our common gqvernment, and
to assist us to maintain the honor and glory
of our country in the future.
But, gentlemen, as I have said, a good
cause (and, we have such,) should have
proper representatives men who believe
in it and who will be faithfid to it, if
placed in situations of public power and
rust. Now, gentlemen, we have had can
didates presented who will reconstruct re
construction, who will reform the finances,
who will adjust our tax system and gen
erally the business legislation and action
of the Federal Government, if they are
placed in positions where they can act
upon these questions aud influence their
decision. Who are those men ? One of
them is from the East and the other from
the West. One i3 a civilian and the other
a soldier. I should ruf, perhaps, say a
soldier a citizen-soldier a soldier in
time cf war and a citizon in time of peace.
One has been Governor of the greatest of
our American States the State of New
York ; the other has been a member of
Congress as well a9 a general in the field.
He has been trained in public service, and
both of them possess those elements of
character, and those endowments of in
tellect, which adapt them admirably to t!io
places for which they have been nimeJ.
But above and beyond the personal
qualifications which are possessed by Sey
mour and Blair, they are recommended to
us by the fact that they believe in the
American system of government. They
believe in a government of the people ; in
one honestly conducted ; in one which
shall act fairly upon all. They are op
posed to Congressional usurpation. Tliey
are opposed to squandering ths public
I It
money upon Freedmen's Bureau experi
ments. Thev arr rmnosed tn nn .nn.
standing army in time of peace. They
are in favor of curtailing the overgrown
expenses of civil administration at the
city of Washington. They arc in favor
of a return to a sound currency the cur
rency of the Constitution at as early a
period as possible;, and nmantiraa for deal-;
ing fairly between the tax-payers and the
public creditor the Government being a
trusteo between them and bound to do
justice to both. They are in favor of
a i
withdrawing the heel of the soldier from
the neck of the South, and allowing re-
publican institutions oftce again to spring
up in that fiunny land. They are opposed
to the degradation of popular suffrage, the
rorruption of our elections, the pouring into
the ballot-box of ignorant and subsidized
votes. They are in favor of allowing each
State to determine for itself who are the
most competent and fit among its inhabit
ants to exercisu political power and to con
trol the elections of the Stale, and thus
ultimately to give direction to the political
administration of affairs in the Union.
All these things, gentlemen, are true of
and concerning the candidates who have i
been named by the New York Convention
for the support of the American people.
Are they to ba elected ? Why not ? i
Is it not high time that there should be
a change in public affairs ? Do not Ihe i
public interest demand it ? Do not the
interest of the citizen cry aloud for it ? i
Does not the peace of the country call for j
it ? All these questions, it seems to me,
must be answered in the affirnative.
There can be no question that there should
be a change in public affairs, and here
are good men under whom and by whom
this change can be effected. Why then
fehall they not receive the support of the
people ? Why shall they not be elevated
to the places for which they have been
named ? Is there any good reason against
it Can any be stated ? Has personal
calumny succeeded in degrading the char
acter of cither, in convincing us that in
any respect they are unworthy or incom
petent men unsuited for the discharge of
the high duties with which it is proposed
to charge them ? Why, gentlemen, the
hot and premature charges of the Repub
lican newspapers again?t Governor Sey
mour have pretty much died out. I be
lieve so effectual have been the answers
that have been given to them that even the
most impudent among the men who speak
and write for the Republican party refrain
from repeating them, or those who do not
refrain have their trouble for their pains, j
for
nouoay purs any confidence in their
statements ;" nobody thinks them import
ant ; nobody of intelligence believes them
to be true.
When our State va3 in psril in the Iste
war Governor Seymour sent troops over
to our protection, to assist us, and, in
part, by his energetic ar.d patriotic con
duct and elljrts ihe rebel invasion of Penn
sylvania was tin own back, and other
towns of our State were not subjected to j
the fate of Chambersburg ; our people j
were not oppressed ; our towns were not j
consumed ; our borders were not made ;
desolate. Vrc owe a debt of gratitude to ;
Governor Seymour for the prompt, unsel- I
nsn assistance renuereu Dy aim to our
State at that time.
"But there was a riot over at New
York !" There was a disturbance in that
city just afterwards. The State of New
York was nearly stripped of troops sent to
our defense and put under the command
of the Federal authorities, and in enforcing
the draft in the city of New York a riot
broke out. What of it ? Do you not
remember the cause of that riot that it
was produced by injustice ? The enumer
ation of persons subject to draft in the city
of New Y'ork was a dishonest one, made
by political men. There was an over
estimate of the city, and consequently there
was a general conviction among the people
that the draft was unfair, unjust and ini
quitous. I his was the principal cause of
the difficulty there. The Governor of the
State had nothing to do with the enumer
ation or the draft, for conscription was
under Federal authority, A riot began.
What was done ? The Governor, leaving
the quiet of his home, came down to the
city of New Y'ork to assist in allaying the
disturbance, and he succeeded. I hap
pened to be in New Y'ork at the time, and
saw Governor Seymour at the Astor
House, in a room occupied by him in com
mon with Senator Morgan (a Republican
Senator from New Y'ork) and Mayor Op
dyke (the Republican Mayor of New Y'ork
city). Senator Morgan then compliment
ed Gov. Seymour in the highest terms to
me and to others (and doubtless he would
now) for the energy, promptness and abili
ty with which he met that emergency.
Well, gentlemen, there was some use
of troops to repress the riot not Federal
troops. They were called over from Sta
ten Island, I believe, and were State troops
organized under authority of Governor
Seymour himself. The riot was repressed
without Federal aid.
Among other things, however, which
the Governor did was to address a popu
lar assemblage in the city, in which were
men who had either been concerned in the
riot, or had sympathised with it. In ad
dressing that crowd instead of abusing
them, what did he do? He addressed
them as "friends." Instead of abusing
them, and repelling them from him, he
spoke to them in a kind manner, and by
his speeeh by reasoning with them he
did allay their passions. He spoke in the
interests of peace and order, anil lie accom
plished his purpose. In short, Governor
Seymour's mission to Ne7 Y'ork at that
time was entirely successful, and it was
one for which he deserved honor and the
thanks, not only of the people of New
York, but of the whole country, because
at that time civil disturbance any where in
the North tended to weaken the public arm
in the struggle we were conducting against
the Confederate States.
I do net know anything else that has
been suggested about Governor Seymour
j that requires any notice at my hands. rJ
1 truth regarding hisa is this ; There 13
The
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no
man in the Ameiican Union Letter quali
; fied by hi3 life-time training, and by nat
j ural abilities, for the office of President of
the United States than I e ; nor is there
j any acceptable representative of our citi
! zen-soldiery of the late war, who rmrj
j completely fills the requirements of the I
! times, than General Prank Blair. No one 1
questions his patriotism ; no one questions j
j bis courage. In all respects, j
j upon pending issues, General Blair is in j
j perfect accord and sympathy with every
patriotic, ana Union-loving man in all sec
tions of the country. He is a representa-
tive ot the volunteers of the war, of that
larie class of our people who went out to
the field of conflict when the necessities of
the times demanded it, did their duty, and
when the war was over laid down their
arms ar.d resumed the pursuits of civil
life. Gov. Seymour represents the states
men of the country. Gen. Blair represents
the citizen-soldiery of the country. They
are both fit and admirable tr.cn, ami worthy
of lhat triumphant election which awaits
them at ths hands of the American people.
Facts lor IVorKiiigmen.
IOKS THE LAIJOIIING MAN PAY THE TAXKa?
Vrhile the producing industries of the
country are unjustly taxed, and trie almost
intolerable burdens of the war rest unon
those who fought the battles and made
the sacrifices, those who tilled land to
produce supplies, and those who labored
in the workshops, the organs of the radi
cals are asserting that the bondholders
are the men who pay all our revenue.
The organ of the radicals in L rain coun
ty, replying to an article which recently
appeared in the I'liiitdcaLr, sr.ceringly
says that "not one laboring man in every
hundred pays a penny of taxes to the
government directly." True the laboring
man does not pay his taxes directly to the
government, but every man of sense knows
that the consumer pays the tax upon ercry
article njanutactured by car ital. A prac-
tical woikingman, a few days ago, being
in our office, handed us the following,
which in itself is a volume of argument to
show that the poor man does pay taxes :
Kadical legislation requires the consu
mer to pay all taxes. It taxes
The hat on your head.
The boots on your feet.
The clothes on your person.
The food you eat.
The tea and coifee you drinks
The pot it is cooked in;
The cup you drink it out of.
The implements on your faim.
The tools you work with.
The paper you write on.
The pen and ink you use.
The papers and books you read.
The furniture in your house.
The gas or oil you burn.
The coal you consume.
The stove you burn it in.
The match you light it with.
The medicine you take.
The tobacco you smoke.
The pipe you smoke it in.
The dishes on your table.
All you eat off them.
Your coffin and estate when
done with them.
you are
The laboring man of the country, who
owns a little house and lot, which ne has
earned by toiling from early morning to
night, pays state tax, county tax, school
tax, road tax, upon it; while his next
door neighbor, who is a bondholder,
owning $50,000 in bonds, pays no taxes
whatever,' draws interest in gold, laughs
at his more unfortunate neighbor, who
has his money in a little home ! If the
masses of the laboring men desire the
equal taxation of every species of property
j according to its real value government
! bonds and other securities included, if
! they want one currency for the government
and the people, the laborer and the office
holder, the pensioners and the soldier, the
producer and the bondholder, they will
not vote the radical ticket, but will vote
for that of the Democracy.
What Skymock Will Do. Seymour,
as the head of a Democratic administra
tion, will reduce the expense of the Gov
ernment ; ho will redeem the five-twenty
bonds in currency ; he will simplify the
revenue laws, and cut down taxation ; he
will modify the tariff laws, with a view
to protection ; he will commence immedi
ately the payment of the national debt,
so as to relieve the people from the enor
mous load of interest they now have to
carry ; he will substitute treasury notes
for the national bank circulation, and
thus save the nation $28,000,000 in gold
yearly ; he will put down the army and
navy to a peace standard ; he will put
honest and efficient men in office.
These are measures which interest the
people. He stands pledged to their en
forcement, if elected, by the p'a'u.est and
best declaration of principles and purposes
ever made by a political convention in this
country. Seymour and financial reform,
against Grant and rottenness; a ripe
statesman who is pledged to just and poli
tic measures, against a dummy political!,
committed to infamous policies these, are
the questions to be decided in this cam-
Whk.n General Grant reachc 1 Denver,
Colorado, all the soldiers of company B.
! Third Infantry, saluted him with a Sey
mour and Blair nag. The General felt
unable to remain in that town or even to
alight from the coach.
STASTOX-ISMS.
Correspondence of the Cambridge Press.
I'lTTSHCKGlI, August, 1SGS.
Col. Israel Fainter, of Westmoreland
county, I 'a., is one of the old style politi
cians of that Slate, sound, reliable and
truthful. Ha was a Democrat when
Stanton was a Democrat, ami being a
man of immense esintes and a particular
friend of the ex-niii.iner, 1 & employed intn
as counsel, especially in all casL-s that re
quired the artful dodging of the law. Col.
Painter, however, did not change his
colors when Stanton did ; si ill he had a
high regard for his attainments till the
following incident occurred, which
lve substantially in his own language
"You see," said ho, "that having large
contracts with the government, I was
brought constantly in contact with Stan
ton, and besides bsmg a personal friend,
was admitted to his sanctum at all hours,
without the necessary forms of address.
0 ie morning, happening to wi;h him
before the regular office hours, I thought
1 would wait arid see his sfyl-j of doing
business. At O uVlwck llic word -WK3
given and trie messenger brought in thr
ee :
cards, which Stanton took, and in his
rouiit: manner sang out, "admit them "
The first man was a very modest look
ing individual. He approached Stanton's
desk as though he recognized I he awful
presence, and in a very quiet maimer said,
"Mr. Sianton, I have a letter for you."
' No lime to read letters," war? the surly
renly.
The gentleman turned to leave, merely
remarking, "Mr. Stanton, that letter is
from Secretary Siward, and 1 think con
tains matters of interest l our depart
ment." Stanton immediately seized the letter,
tore open the envelope and saw the signa
ture at the bottom. "b'top, sir," said he,
"this is important."
T!i3 gentleman merely tunc 1 on his
bed with the remark, ''My room is No.
40, Willard'b Hotel, i3ir, if you have any i
communication to make, make it there." !
Number two then approached, if any !
thing more modest than number one
"Mr. S'untun, my nmuii Wood, tf 1
the firm ot rood, Morrell "c Co., C.un
bria Iron Works ; I have called to see if
the government requires any railroad iron
at the present time."
"What do you ask for your iron !"
'8125 per ton."
"Yes, you ars one of those d d
suckers that want to plunder the public
o, wc uo noi w.iiu your iron ; you ui-g!:i
.1 . . -. .-!.
to be put in the old capitol."
"Thank you, sir, I am very happy to
know that our services are not wanted : I
hod to give the government the first
chance : our enirv'ement are more than a
year and a half ahead." With this re
mark ha turned to go, when Stanton re
membered that he had a dispatch on his
desk from Rosccrans asking for 15,000
tons of railroad iron immediately.
"Stop," said he, "1 find 1 have an or
der." "My rrrom is No. 30 Wizard's Hotel ;
any orders you wish to give can be sent
there."
Number three then approached him
modestly, not suffering in comparison with
the former gentlemen He was in the
undress uniform of a Colonel.
Approaching Stanton, he sail: "Sir.
I am the Colonel of the 57th Indiana,
and I have called to ascertain why that
regiment was mustered out of service."
"A set of d d cowardly rascals," was
the brutal reply ; "they were a curse to
the country, and there are about a hundred
thousand more that ought to be home.'!
On hearing this reply of the Indiana
regiment, says Col. Painter, I looked up.
The Colonel was a small man, but there
was that in las eye and in the nervous
twitching ot his finders that boded evil to
Stanton. With firm and steady step' and
flashing eye he approached Statiton to
within arm's length.
"Sir," said he, -I am the Colonel of
that regiment I left here 1,200 strong.
I have been in the service three years ;
that regiment has led three forlorn hopes,
and there are but 240 left to tell the sad
tale ot ttieir comrades ; and sir
his fist in Stanton's face, "I
man to speak derogatory of that regiment.
Retract what you have said, or by G d,
either you or I leave this room a dead
man."
Stanton quailed he dropped in his seat,
nervously overhauled a file of papers and
fi ially came to the one, on the authority
of which he had summarily ordered the
mustering out of service of as gallant a
regiment as ever fought in the field. The
endorsement and cause of the act wa3
through a petty, contemptible politician,
whose favor Stanton wanted. It is need
less to say the order was at once revoked.
After witnessing these three cases, says
Col. Painter, I returned to my hotel, dis
gusted, and sat down atid wrote a note to
Stanton, in which I stated lhat whatever
my opinion of his legal abilities were, lie
was not lit to remain Secretary of War,
and I advised him for the good of his
country to resign. F.
Wanted Radical vagabonds, idlers
and loafers to go down South to preach
"loyalty" and "mules" to the nigger3. In
return they will be sent to Congress sal
ary five thousand dollars a year and steal
ings. The only outfit necessary will be a
carpet bag, a paper collar cnJ a fine tooth
euuil.
iitcit.i.x; v5t5.
The State Guard a short ticn-i sirce
expressed a doubt of the truth of i.u -t -tion
of the Beotfonto H"r??c '.., .t.'.i
"within a croie of five iio!o.-" of urv.
place there were ,!To.ty-J hi ' no:: ro"
earnestly woi kii for S.-yno;:r .tiid IV -o
who "all their lives' Ik-o io i. id irrosfc-.-
the Democratic party, and ofiet.ni U: in-.L?
Mr. Meek a pre.-.t of a pair f boe' ii
he would publish the names. Tl.o IVUt'.
mctn of the 2Sih instant say.--, m wp'y :
'We ar?! not in need of a pair of 'vxvt?
just at this time, but if Mr. Forney
l really in camps in drooling oar ;issehi i,
and ts certain that it is only 'Democratic
Lru.j,' as he asserts, we will -?at for fos
information (oat vtc hav plfice.. on dp.-,?-it,
at the banking house of W. V. Rc-ym.h.os
& Co., of this place, five hun rd d. ita:
(S500)i which ve are willing to lore iu
car-e we fail to prove, by tJfir ftim cjlLi-
iiis tltat there are
there are 'forty-three n2":i i i
a circte ot live nines oi mis pi. ice v. n.-j
have always voted with the t piiositiou,
and who are now earnestly wording f"V
i
il
success cf Seymour and Blair,
provt -
wei
1 he
P'-.Ja U,
that amount when w
publish the names auu affidavits cf tne
voters referred to
"It is not 'Democratic Jty.' It is
plain Democratic truth that supporters cf
radicalism and ruin tremble to hear. YV h
knuc lb:;! th?y would rather believe any
thing eise ; we know that it is 'offensive
to them ; but nevertheless, this does not;
alter the case. The fact that thousands
of honest men are leaving the party lhat
has plundered them and the country
deserting radicalism and ranging them
selves in the ranks of the Democracy is
too patent for any one to even pretend
to disbelieve. It is not only here that
changes are taking place, but over th?
entire country, a.id if they continue lor
the next six weeks as they have be?"! for
the past three, Grant's iiifiuemial support
er will be scarcer in November than his
empty whisky bottles about Washington,
or his
Uirrger
Indian babies iu the far
West.
This is toeing the mark so closely that
the Guard of Saturday, although still
pretending to "doubt Meek's foolish as
sertions," declines to accede to his pro
position, on the ground that "we never
gamble." A very unhandsome way of
trying to get out of a scrape after inviting
yourself into it. The. "lorty-three" aro
there, as the Watchman a-?erts, and al
though the Guard "doubts" it, the. doubt
is not strong enough to hazard $500 upon?
We suspect it is more the fear of iceir.c:
the money than any conscientious scrople-?
against gambling thnt restrains the Guard.
Wilkes, the .ainb!er, who edits the
Spirit of the Ttinrs, has also backed w :.ir.
on the bet of S 10,001) to $."0,000 otfered
by him that Seymour and Blair vv.um.
not be elected. The Radicals are evident
ly losing confidence. Harridtury I'uLi Mti
Food for tiic Curious.
The following combination of letters ia
certainly marvellous. By coaraetc'i
with the letter S, in the centre, and read
ing toward the corners, vertically at-d
laterally, the names of Seymour and
Blair occur no less than 270 t'tues, and
bv as!; ing the question, "Will Seymour
be elected f the answer from v to S ir
si ven 1 times. It is a mathematical
impossibility to arrange the names ot
Grant and Colfax to appear as often, in
the same number of lines.
rialBdnandBl air
i a 1 I? d n a r a u dFt lar
alBdaarurandBla
ItBdn ar u o u r and Bl
j l d n a ru oino u ran d 8
I d n a r u o :n y m o u r a n d
Inar u o ruy e y mo ur ad
!aru omy eS eymou ra
jnaru omyeymonran
id n a r u oruyrno urand
15 1 n aruomourandB
lBdnaruourandBl
alBilnarurandBla
ial Bdnaran dBlai
ria lBdnan dBlair
The fallowing singular discovery was
also made by a gentleman at Washington.
He numbers excli letter of the alphabet,
and then adds the numbers corresponding:
R.iaiiing j to tne ktterg oornp05ir,s the two tickets -a.
low no I -i ...i n . i ri
j iiiiii ciit't i. v. ii 1 1 , aim vjiiaiib ttuu voi
fax. The result shows one hundred and
seventy seven for Seymour and Blair, and
one hundred and forty for Grant and
Colfax, the total being three hundred and
seventeen, which is the number of votes
in the electoral college, thus :
1 S 19 G 7
B 2 E 5 R 18
C 2 Y 25 A 1
D i M 13 N 14
K 5 O 15 T.. . 30
F 6 U 21
O 7 K IS A. 1
II 8 N 14
I .9 A 1 D 4
J . ."...IU N 13
K ...11 0 4 C 3
L .... 12 0 13
M 13 B 2 L 12
N 14 L 12 F 6
O 15 A.. 1 A 1
P Ifi 1 9 X ...24
Q 17 11 IS
It 18 14J
S 19 177
T 23 14 J
U 2t
V 22 317 The num-
7 23 berofvotea
X .24 in electoral
Y ...... 2.r college.
Z 2G
GniNT was once a tanner. He is still
in the hide buines. Laving hidJea hlnv
eelf in the Western btrahe.