Stye American Volunteer. PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING ' »* BltA-TTON* Ac KENNEDY. omaMOTTOHABKET RQUABE. Terms ;—-Twt>- Dollars per year if paid strictly In advance; Two Dollars and Fifty Gents if paid within three months; after which Three Dollars will be charged. These terms will be rigidly ad hered to in every instance* • No'subsoriptloh dis continued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option of the Editor.' : } _ professional (Sarts. IJNITED STATES CLAIM HEAL EBTA TE A QEEOY! WM..B. BUTLER, . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ofllco in 2d Story of InhofTe Building, No. S South Hanover Street, Carlisle, Cumberland county, Penna, Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, Ac., promptly collected. Applications by mall, will receive immediate attention. ’ ■ • ■ .. Partloulorattonttongluentothesellinfforrent ing of Real Estate, in town or country, in all let ters of inquiry, please cnoloso postage stamp. July U, 1857-tf T M WEAKLEY, Attorney at Law. m , Ofllco on South Hanover street. In the room formerly occupied by A. B. Sharpe. Esq. IT* E. BELTZHOOVER, Attorney P . akd Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Ponna, Office on South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’a Store. By special arrangement with the Patent Office, attends to securing Patent Rights. Deo. 1, 1806, .. CHAS. E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ney at LaVt. Office la Building fonnorly occupied by Volunteer, afow doors South of Han non's Hotel. • 1 Deo. 1, ISOS, TOHN. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at • I Law. Office formerly occupied by Judge Graham, South Hanover street. Carlisle, Penn a. Deo. 1, 186&—ly. MC.- HERMAN, Attobney at Law. . Office in Rhoem’a Hall Building, in the rear ofth© Court House, next door to the M Her l aid 1 * Office, Carlisle, Penno. Deo. 1,1865. VST F. SADLER, Attobney at Law, W • Carlisle, Penno. Office In Building for merly occupied by Volunteer, South Hanover street. Deo. 1, 1665. VST KENNEDY Attobney at Law, Vy , Carlisle. Penno. Office same as thatol the “American Volunteer,South side of the Pub lic Square. Deo. 1 1865. . JOHN LEE, Attorney at Law, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Fa., rob. 15,1866—1 y. TAMES A. DUNBAR, Attobney at I }' Law, Carlisle; Penno. Office a few doors West of Hannon’s Hotel. Dec. 1,1805. "T\R. J. R. BIXLER offers his profes- JL/ slonal services to the citizens of Carlisle and vicinity. Office on. Main street, opposite the Jail, in the room lately occupied by L. Todd. Esq. April 11,1867—1 y * SR. GEORGE S. SEARIGHT, Den tist. From the Baltimore College of Denial erg. Office at the residence of his mother, East Louthor Street, throe doors below Bedford, Carlisle,Penna.- Doo, 1, 1865. 23*8 (Saottss. 1867. BPRI^G! 1867. BARGAINS Now opening In DOMESTIC GOODS, DRESS GOODS, OASSIMEREB, SAITINETTS AND JEANS, WHITE GOOES, DREBB TRIMMINGS, ZEPHYRS, RIBBONS AND NOTIONS RING’S NEW STORE, He Invites all to give him a call before purchas ing elsewhere.' For the liberal patronage here toxiro extended to him he feels Indebted to his numerous customers, and assures them that no efforts will be spared In future to please' them in style and price. Give us a coll; • Remember the place, North Hanover street, nearly opposite the Qfeoslt Bank. Carlisle. ' W tfAVIDSIPE. Dec. 1. 1860. w , Next door to the Post Office, Carlisle. piPER’S NO. 55. WEST MAIN BTREET % Opposite the Mansion House, April 18,1837. OUT :DRY GOODS MEN! TO THE PUBLIC. I have Just&returned from the East with my Spring Stock, and 03 usual. 1 am selling Goods a little cheaper than any other Dry Goods House in town. Ido not think it necessary to occupy a column of newspaper to endeavor to keep up my reputation for Bolling Cheap Goods, nor do I wish to resort to any other olap*trap to gull the Jiublio. All losk of them is to call and examine or themselves, and 11 not satisfied with the pri ces, not -to'buy. Remember the stand, N 0.32 North Hanover street, next door to Dr. Kiefler’a, and Miller & Bowers’ Hardware store. WM. A, MILES. P. 8. I will say .nothing about my third and fourth grand openings., April 18,1807. 628 HOOP SKIRTS. 628. NEW-SPRING S T Y LB S . V OUR. OWN MAKE.” embracing every New and Desirable size, style and Shape of Plain and Trail Hoop Skirts,—2. 2 1-1,2 W, 2 8 1-4,8 1-2.8 8-4 and 4 Yds., round every length and size Waist; in every respect Fnsr Quality, and especially adapted to meet the wants of first Class, and most, fashionable Trade. ' "Our Own Make,”of Hoop Skirts, are lighter, more elastic, more durable, and really cnaper than any other make of either Single or Double Spring Skirt in the American Market. They are vvarranted in every respect, and wherever Intro duced give universal satisfaction. They are now being extensively Bold by Retailers, and every Lady shonldAry them. ■ Ask tor “Hopkin’s Own Make,” and see that gachSkirtlsStamped" W. T. HOPBUNtS MANU FACTURER, 028 Arch Street, Philadelphia."— No others are Genuine - A Catalogue containing Style Size and Retail Prices, seat to any address. A Uniform aud-Llbexul Discount allowed to Deal ers. Orders by mall or otherwise, promptly and carefully QUc4—Wholesale and Retail, at'Monu wetory and Sales-rooms.. • * _ No. 028 ARCH Street, PHILADELPHIA. Skirts mode to order, altered and repaired. Terms, Net Cash.; One Price Only A . WXLUAMT: HOPKINS.: April Is, 1867—IQtn. ■Q.»EAT WATCH SALE! i WATf] H FS. Potent Laver Movements, fall Hunting Cases, Sterling aUvpr.Beautl nuly Engraved and In every respect drat class ♦k be sold at six dollars each,’being less man three-fourths the cost of manufacturing.— watches are retailed, by Jewelers >tjrom; ■ ?,the actual cost to the manufacturer being fcftah. This stock of watches was purchased jat a Sole-in London, and are nowoflbred at figures, that all may possess. Time-keeper at a merely nominal sum.: wdrrantedfor 3 years. ParUeaor-; SwiS*. ettLßeat by.malLtnnat enclose 30 cents Address all orderato E .001fBftCAN r , . DB.O. M. WOBTHIHQXOZi. DBDG BTOBE.' The subscribers haveopenetla new DRTO AKD STORE, iVo. 7, JSast Main Street, Carlitle, whore they havejoat received a largo and fresh aapply oftnpyery : bsat DRUGS ANB MEDICINES |e,be found In' Iho City Markets, to which they tevitc the attention or Uip public. Also, a largo variety of PERFUMERY A£U> FANCY ARTICLES, A/8 Btufft, arid qilihc vceriou* Patent Medicine*. AhDrugg and Medioinea warranted pore, **' Prescriptions carefully compounded. ApruiW^^'* l?OB SALE .—A Family Bopkaway ■rk (nearly new,).for sale oirreasona- Appw at this oflloe, or at the Nation* streak fie. Jtericai Hi liuteer BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. ideal Estate. ESTATE FOR SALEH W. J. SHEARER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND AGENT FOR THE SALE OF Cumberland Co. Real Estate, OFFERS THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE . REAL ESTATE FOR BALE AT REASONABLE PRICES IN THE BOROUGH OF CARLISLE. No. 1. SIX of the finest BUILDING LOTS In the Borough, on South Hanover street. No. 11 Tho six moat elevated BUILDING LOTS In the Borough, situated at tho head ol South St. IN THE COUNTRY. No. 3. A TRACT OP THIRTY-SIX ACRES, with small but comfortable BRICK DWELLING HOUSE, Framo Stable, &c,, and a young and thriving Orchard or CHOICE FRUIT, situate on the Railroud, In North Middleton twp., West, and within a mile of, the Borough of Carlisle. Tills property as a HOMESTEAD and for general or Truck t arming, la tho most desirable tract of Its Ca?ll8?e b ° founa ftn ywhero in tho vicinity of Tho curtain extension of the town West ward, partly consequent upon* the Improve ments made and contemplated by tho Railroad Company In that direction, • drawing, ns they necessarily will, nearly tho whole trade of the town to that end, will very greatly enhance flfo value of this land to tho future owner, for any Purpose whatever, rendering It a safe and profit able investment. Feb. 28,1806. jputniture, B. E W I N G , CABINET MAKER AND UNDERTAKER, WEST MAIN STREET, CARLISLE, PENN’A. A SFLNFDID ASSORTMENT OF NEW FURNITURE for the Holidays, comprising Sofas, Camp Stools, Lounges, Centre Tables, Rocking Chairs, Dining Tables, Easy Chairs, Card Tables, Reception Chairs, Ottomans, Bureaus, What-Nots, Secretaries, &c., ic., Purler, Chamber, Bluing Koora, . Kitchen FUBN IT UR E , of the Latest Styles. COTTAGE FURNITURE IN SETTS, Splendid New Patterns. BEDSTEADS AND MATTBESSES, GILT FRAMES AND PICTURES, In greot variety, * Particular attention given to Funerals. Orders from town and country attended to:promptly and on reasonable terms. Deo; 43,1666 —tf Q A BINET WARE HOUSE TOWN AND COUNTRY. The subscriber respectfully Informs his friends and the publio generally, that ho still continues the Undertaking business, and Is ready to wait upon customers either by day or by night. Beady made Coffins kept constantly on hand, bqtn Eloln and ornamental. He has constantly on and Fisk's Patent ifetqlic Burial Case; of which he has been appointed the sole agent. This case is recommended Os superior to any of the kind now in use. it being perfectly air tight. He has also furnished himself with u new Rose wood Heakss and gentle horses, with which he will attend funerals in town and country, per sonally, without extra charge. Among the greatest discoveries of the age la Well's Spring Mattrass, the best and cheapest bod now In use, the exclusive right of which 1 have secured, and will be kept constantly on hand. CABINET MAKING, in all Its various branches, carried on, and Beau reaus. Secretaries, Work-stands, Parlor Ware, Upholstered Choirs, Sofas, Pier, Side and Centre Tables, Dining and Breakfast Tables, Wash stands of all kinds. French Bedsteads, high and low posts: Jenny Lind and Cottage Bedsteads, Chairs of ali kinds,* Looking Glasses, and all other articles usually manufactured in this lino of business, kept constantly on hand. His workmen are men of experience, his mot terial the best, and his work made In the latest city style, and all under his own supervision. It will bo warranted and sold low for cash. ’ BOOK AND FANCY STOBE, AND GENERAL NEWS DEPOT, 33 WEST MAIN STREET, CABUSLB, PA. A line assortment of Goods on hand, such as Writing Desks, Port Folios, Ladies Companions, Work Coxes, Satchels, ■ • - Ladies' purses, Pocket Books, Bcgar Cases, Card Oases, Gold Fens, . Pen Knives, &0., &o. A LARGE SUPPLY OP FAMILY BIBLES and PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS, AT REDUCED PRICES. DIARIES FOB. 1867. Subscriptions received for all Magazines, Fash ion Books, Papers, &C-, at publishers prices. You save postage and always sure of receiving your Magazines by subscribing at Piper's. Special attention is paid to keeping always on hand a supply of . . SCHOOL BOOKS, for town and country schools; > Books and Music ordered when desired. . .May 23. UW7—tf , jg BALE’S ~ (LATE POWELL’S) EMBROCATION, Fbr ail Diseases incident to Norses, OatUe, and the Hunvnv Flesh, rearing the use of an external appli cation, ‘ This new Compound, prepared by a praotloal Chemist havingn full knowledge of all the medi cal virtues of each ingredient that enters into Its composition, is warranted to exceed anything of the kind ever yet offered to the public as an ex ternal application for the diseases which it la rec ommended. . We are satisfied that it will wo*k' Its own rood Into the confidence'of all who .use it, and those who try It once will never be with out iL.and there tore we rely onexperlenceaatho best test of its usefulness. It is pronounced by Farriers, and ail who have tried it to bo the best application ever used. This Embrocation has been put up fer over eight years, and it is only through the increasing demand and urcenl re questor my friends ana the public that isend it forth os the grand remedial agent for the various diseases to which that noble and useful animal, the horse, Is subject. * Many remedies have been offered-to the pub lic under different forme, some of these are Inju rious, others at bestof little use, and many whol ly Improper to answer the puroposes for which they are recommended. A Judicious and really .useful composition, free from these objections, bos therefore long been de sired by many gentlemen who have valuable hor ses, and ore unwilling to trust them to the care of designing and pretended Farriers. Their wishes ore at length lully gratified by. Ur. < Beale being, £ revelled upon to allow this valuable Embroca on (which has proved so efficacious to the vari-' ous diseases) tojhe prepared and. brought out to the public.... This Embrocation was extensively used by the' Government durlng.the war. . Address aU,Orders to • .. DR. EDMOND BEALE, &J 2 South Second Street, Philadelphia, Pa, 4ST For sale at the Drug Stores of Common &- Worthington, East Main Bt. oet, and D. Ralston, South Hanover Street, Carlisle. i April 11.18(f7—«m PHOTOGRAPHS FOETHE MILLION! I 'will send, post-paid, 60 Photographs of the. most celebrated Actors for 00 cents; .60 Actresses for 60 cents: 60 Unlop Generals for 60 cents; 60 Rebel Oenerals forso cents; 60Statesmen for 60 cents; 60 beautiful young Ladles for 60 cents; 60 ane-looklng young Gentlemen for 00 cents; o large Photographs of French .Dancing, Girls, In. costume, beautifully colored, eiactlyits they op. pear,for 60 cents for for. 60 cents,oof the most beautiful Indies of tho rttrlsitui IlaUet.Troupe, as .they appear in the play of the Rlnck.LrQok, at. Nlmo’a Garden, New York, Send all orders to P. O, Box 177, Troy, N, Y May 10,1867—ly Cortical, TWO LITTLE PAIRS OF BO OTA, BY MRS. fl. S. PERRY. Two little palm of boots, to night, Before the firo are drying, Two little pairs of tired feet In a trundle bed are lying; Tho tracks they left upon tho floor Make mo feel much like sighing. .Those little hoots with copper toes! They ran the livelong day! And oftentimes I almost wish That they were miles away ; So tired I am to hear so oft Their heavy tramp nt piny. They walk about die new ploughed ground, Where mud in plenty lies, They roll ft up In marbles round ' And bake It into pics; And then nt night upon the floor In every shape It dries. To-day, I was disposed to scold; But when I look to-night ■At those little boots before the flro, •• With copper toes so bright, I think how sad my heart would be To put thorn out of sight. For in a trunk, up stairs, I've laid Two socks of white and blue; If called to' put those boots away, 0 God, what thould Ido ? . I mourn that there are not to-night Three pairs Instead of two. I mourn because I thought how nice My neighbor “ cross the way,” * Could keep her carpets all the year From getting worn and gray: Yet well I know she’d smile to own Some little bools to-day I Wb, mothers, weary*get and worn, Over our load of care; But how we speak of those little ones . Let each of us beware; • For would bur firesides be to-night If no little boots were there 7 llUstdlaitMiw. A YANKEE PEDDLER, There is a Sheriff residing in Illinois who was “ taken in and done for” on one occasion. He made It a prominent part of his business to ferret out and punish peddlers for traveling through the State without n liceuse ; but one morning ho met hia match in the person of a genuine Yankee peddler. “What have you got to sell—any thing ?” asked the Sheriff. “ Yoas, sartin; what d’ye want? Got razors, fust, that’s pn article you need,- squire, X should say, by the looks of your haird. Qot good blaokin; ’twill make them old boots of yourn shine so’t you can shave In ’em e’nomdst. Balm of Clumby, too, only a dollar a bottle; good for the b’ar and assisten poor human na tur, as the poet says.” And so he rattled«on. At length the Sheriff bought a bottle of the balm of To iumbia, and in reply to the question whe ther he wanted anything else, that func tionary said he did—he Wanted to seethe Yankee’s license for peddling in Illinois, that being his duty as Sheriff. The Yank showed him a‘ document fixed up good and strong, in black and white. The Sheriff looked at it and pro nounced it ail right. Then banding back the bottle to the peddler, he said : “I don’t think, now that I’ve bought this stuff, I shall ever want It. I reckon I might as well sell it back to you. What will you give for it?” “ O, the darn stuff is no use to me, but seeih’ it’s you, Sheriff I’ll give you twen ty-five cents for it, if you really don’t want it.” and Ofllco The Sheriffhanded over the bottle at the large discount from his own purchase and received bis .change. “Now,” said the peddler, “I’ve got a question to ask you. Have you got any peddler’s license about your trowsers any where?” “No; I hav’nt any use for the article, myself,” replied the Sheriff. “Hain’t, eh?, Wal, I guess we’ll see about that pooty darn soom Ef I under stand the law, it's a clear case that you’ve been tradin’ with me—hawkin’ and ped dlin’ balm of Columby on the highway— I’ll inform on you—darned if I don’t now I” The Yankee was as good ns his word. When he reached'the next village be made his complaint, and the Sheriff was fined eight dollars for selling' without a license. He was heard afterwards to say that “you might as well try to hold a greased eel os a live Yankee.” ; 1 A Sam Patch In Texas. The mania for foolhardy exhibitions has broken out in Texas; os the append ed extract from the Houston Transcript sufficiently proves: The announcement of a leap Into the Bayou, from the drawbridge, by Mr. Be man, alios Sam Patch, No.* 2, in the dolly papers of this city, was the occasion of much interest manifested by a numerous collection of spectators at the place desig nated. The beautiful banks of the stream pre sented a picturesque appearance in the li tie groups of ladies and gentlemen, and as is usual upon such oc casions, many of the younger progeny, ali waiting with breathless expectation the appearance of the hero of the city. The was but momenta ry for in a very short time after the ap pointed hour, Mr. Beman made his ap pearance from the lower cord of the draw, a distance of forty feet from the surface of the water, attired in the peculiar custom of the acrobat of the Greek .>rena,'and with wanted composure;precfpitated him self head-foremost into 1 the air, plunging Into the Water, disappearing but a few seconds, reappearingaud resolutely strik ing out for tneehpreamld the plaudits of the spectators! ‘ . Ascending the draw, which by this time bad been opened, a ladder was called for, and in leas time than we have able to pen th|S, the hero of the leap was seen stabdlhwmuch to the astopishnvent of the bewildered crowd, on the pinnacle of the gallows post, with scarcely suffi cient footing (measuring only eighteen inches), anoat a distance of eighty-three feet in the-clear from , the water, calmly measuring the distance between 'himself and eternity/ should bis body lu the de scent, take the slightest Inclination out of a perpendicular line.’ With one inbala tion, and . bracing of the chest and body erect, be threw, himself into the nlrin the same position, as .before, striking the wa ter fairly, recovering himself, and after but few struggles; reaching t|Ue.shore as sound a ntan os when the hazahlous un dertaking was'first contemplated. . We have been informed that tbia man of the air will make an attempt.to;surpass the unfortunate hero of Niagara, which frei’ear, if parried into execution* will be attended ,wltb-like results. . ' , : A: country editor is an individual ,w bo reada.newapapore, .writes, articles,- oniony aubiecc, seta lyptv reads prQof. worltß press, folds aud mails papers/prints Jobs,' runs errands, saws wood, works in the harden, talks to lull who call,. receives Blame fur a hundred thlnga.whioh nre no onels business .but.hls .own, works from 6 a. ji. ,td 10 p, m.. and. frequently getys cheated out of half bis earnings. 'An Editor In lowa ' has become, so bbllow from depending upon tho print ing business alone for bread, that he proposed' to sell hirußolf for a stove pipe 1 at tnree eouta h foot./ ' ! A western paper Btrlkeaibe,names of tvyo aubaqrlberafrom.lta list beoauaethey were recently bung. The ppblJfllier.Baya he was compelled to be severe beeausehe did not know their present address. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 25,1867. THE POLITICAL SITUATION. Speech of Xlon.George H. Petidleton to the People of minnesotn, Delivered nt St. » anl, July ll—The Demo cratic Party, Past* Present, and Fntnre—The Noccs sitles and Duties of ! the Tlmes,'d:o. i I thank you for this friendly greeting. I have for a long time desired to visit these new Northwestern States. I had beard—who has not? of the fertility of their soil, of the beauty of their scenery, of the bealthfulness of. their climate, df the wonderful development, which baa ns if by the magic of a fairy’s wand, com verted their forests into farms and cities I had read from one who wrote wlthl master’s power of these groat central plains, where the St. Lawrence and tbs Mississippi kiss each other before thep separate for their long Journeys to the oceans, above which the sun at its zenitl seems to linger in admiration for a mo ment in its ceaseless course to the Pacific, where the icy blasts of the north are melt- , ,ed to cool breezes in the warm embrace of the sultry wluds of the south, and whore under the influence of ail that is beautiful in nature and all that is impres sive in the character of a people made up of all the families of. our Caucasian-rape, the soul of an American citizen rises to the full measure of his country's opportu nities and bis own duties. But I wished to see them with my own eyes, to know them by my own experience, that I might, by the intimacy of personal association, warm up still more, if that is possible, the fervor of my patriotism, and add one more to the unnumbered .ties of affection mid admiration and interest which bihd my heart to my country. I desired es pecially to visit Minnesota, for, like him to whom I have alluded, I was one of those who aided in admitting her to the Union— (applause)—and welcoming her to tile full possession of ail the powers and rights and dignities of the original Bta'es. When your committee Invited mo !■> meet here to-day vastuuraberS, not , only of my countrymen, but of that por tion of them who are one with me in a common political faith, one with me in opinion as to the true administration of the government, with the assurance they would give mo a hearty welcome, I deter mined at once to gratify my wish. And so I came, threading the valley of the Mi ami, traversing the fertile farms of Indi ana, tiie vast prairies of Illinois, the teem ing graluflelds and picturesque lakes of Wisconsin, across the Mississippi with its castellated bluffs,'across the upland plains.of your river 'counties, carpeted with the most brilliant wild flowers, and laden with the weight of the coming hor* vest, to find in your attractive city, in this unequalled scene, at the very thresh-' , old’of your peerless State, every promise of grandeur and beauty fulfilled, and ev ery anticipation more than realized.— (Cheers.) In Ohio they are fond of tol ling us that the Demooratlo party is dead. The newspapers assert it, the stump speakers announce it, the State Conven tion annually preaches its funeral sermon and writes its epitaph. If their wishes were consulted it would not only be dead but damned also. (Loud cheers.) Let them look upon this scene. Let them hear the shouts with which I have been welcomed, merely because I am an Ohio Democrat, (cheers,) and although they may assert again that the old party .is dead, they will do it with the cheerful dir with Which the boy whistles as he goes through the graveyard, looking with fear ful glance behind, around, over either shoulder, lest the dead may come to life again, or his ghost may he sitting aboye his grave. (Cheers,) The Democratic party dead II Within a month, I have been to the far east. I have seen the brave and constantand unflinching Dem ocrats of Connecticut jubilant over the re sult of their late conflict. (Cheers.) I have seen the Democrats of New York and Pennsylvania, and Ohio, marshalling their powers for the contest in October.— I have seen the Democrats of Kentucky vigorous, unfaltering In the very midst of their tight—and everywhere, whether enjoying the fruits of victory or gathering up their forces alter the pressure of defeat, or putting on the armor for another strug gle, I find it a living, vigorous, active, en ergetic party; and here, a thousand miles away, in the great Northwest, I find the same party, sustained by the same cour age, animated by the same hope, and vi talized by the same devotion- to the prin ciples and form of government which hove for seventy years permitted a devel opment of individual liberty and collec tive prosperity without parallel in the history of the world. More- truthfully now, perhaps, than ever before, may we say that our party is neither sectional nor local, but that in all the Union, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the lakes to the Quif, there is not a State or county, nor township, nor (own, nor neighbor hood, nor family, nor household in which it has not an adherent and member. The Democratic party dead.l! I lb cun never die so long os free government shall ex ’ ist. The active, vigorous being of the one is the essential condition of the exis tence of the other. So long as the human heart aspires to ameliorate the ills of life; bo long as the human intellect can traqo cause and effect; so long os government is confided to the collective wisdom anil will of the people, rather than to the un limited discretion and irresistible power of one man, so long will there be a party which seeks to increase the liberty of tt e citizen and to diminish the power of tt e government; to enlarge the sphere of b s active development, and to reduce the re straints which are imposed upon him; to gratify bis hope of liberty, and to make effective his hatred of tyranny. There is such a party in England to-day, and it wrests from government a large reforin in the matter of representation. There is such a party in Prance to-day, and tbs thunders of the Tribune cause sleepless nights at the Tuilieries. There is such a party even inllussia to-day, and the Czar grants amnesty to Polish patriots.— (Cheers.) There is such a party in Aus tria to-day, and its leader exchanges ev ery recognition of the right of the Houm of Hapsburg to the throne of St. Stephen for a concession to the rights of the peo ple of Hungary. There is such a party in America to-day, and it insists upon a rigid adherence to the provislons of our written constitution, and to the primary elemental principle of the equality of the States. (Loud applause.) And never in all our history has the exigency of . the country demanded from that party such an exhibition of ail its strength, ail its in telligence, all its virtue as now. For nev-; er—not iu the corruptions of slothful ease, notin tiie mad excitement of a difficult and doubtful war, have its institutions - been so ruthlessly attacked, and its liber ties so greatly imperiled. Its enemies have obtained possession of the powers of the government and wield them for its destruction. (Applause and dissent.) I do not speak unadvisedly, 1 mean what I say. I measure my words. I do not impute bud motives, nor question the sin cerity of convictions. But I repeat It, the men who are in possession of the.gov ernment are Ks enemies, and it is their deliberate purpose to overthrow its con stitution and change its form, (Contin ued cheers.) Though I speak to a party meeting to-day, I wish to speak in no nar | row, bitter, sectarian sense. Parties are Inevitable where opinion Is free; They are nlcessary where opinion is to be car ried into legislation. They are beneficial when patriotism gives them direction, and moderation curbs their qxce&es.— Their discipline aud organization are the condition of their vigor. My experience in life begets more and more confidence in men’s motives, and leads me to expect the moat extravagant opinions as to pol icy, combined with the purest aspirations for the public welfare. Attached to the principles and organization of agreat par ty myself, because myjudgmentapprovee them, ! expect to find equal zeal for a like good reason in others. And: therefore, I desire not to' .wound sensibilities, but to appeal to the reason and conscience and Judgment alone. The foundation of the federal system, that which made Ita organization possi ble and its administration beneficial; is that the power* of the government are pit granted, and, therefore, are limited—that the State* have eqaai rights and equal duties, are equals In their relation to the federal government, and equals as sov ereign self-governing States; and yet ive see ten States not fully deprived of all voice in the government of the Uniqn, but deprived of ail powers of self-govern ment, and subjected to the will of milita ry commanders. And we are told this is an incident and consequence of the war? Let us see. The war came upon us-1 will not tracet'lts causes, nor mark. Its progress—avowedly it was a war on the one side to withdraw from the Union; on the other side, to maintain it. Mr. Lincoln, Mr. Seward, and Congress af firmed it. “Armed force,” said Mr. Lincoln, had “ disturbed the practical ge lations of the States to the federal gov ernment. That farce must bo met ahd overcome, and then, these relations wilt be restored.”- “Lot members of the Sen ate and of the House return and be wel come to occupy the seats which they lift vacant,” said Mr. Seward—“ The rights and dignity, and equality of the States .Blmll remain unimpaired,” said the reso lutions of Congress. It would, perhaps, te too much to expect that In the midst jt such a war, passion should always be [entrained by reason, and ail the acts of government be kept within constitution al limits. Certain it is, many illegal acts /were committed. The rights of individ !uals wore trampled on, tbe rights of the States were disregarded. But these acts were strenuously defended ns being ieghi, or at least as being, necessary. They were alleged to be incidental to a condi tion of war, and would cease when t|ie war ceased. And if any of you ventured to suggest that this was not the teaching of history, you were delicately called copperhead, disloyal, and the idea that the object or effect of tbe war could be jto change the Constitution or system of government was loudly and constantly denied. The war came to an end; the armies of the Confederates were defeated. Tile armed force was met and overcome. Sherman and Johnson met in North Car olina. Their truce dispersed the forces of the confederates, and left in full opera- J tion the laws of the federal government over all the seceded State*. This was the logical conclusion of the war. No plan of reconstruction, no amendments to the Constitution were needed. This broke down every barrier to the legitimate ex ercise of federal authority. This restored the Union. This re-instated the practical relations of tbe States. But it was in stantly rejected. Then the President de veloped his plan of reconstruction. It consisted of . an amendment of the State constitutions repudiating the confederate debt, and abolishing' slavery throughout the States,. The States adopted it, and yet tbe Union ylas not restored. Con gress proposed the constitutional amend ment of 1868, whereby the States were ia be made to purohase peace and power by tbe surrender of all control over the right of suffrage, and ail objection to the Civil Bights bill. And before these terms were fairly understood. Congress propounded another plan, and to see that toe work was well dode the new Congress met hi extra session on the 4th of March ; and to fill up any crevice which time might open thrbugh which one single ray of popular right might shine in upon the people, meets again in extra session on tbe 3d of July. This plan abolishes tbe State governments. It subject* the peo ple to mere military despotism. It gives tbe right of suffrage to the enfranchised negroes, and takes It away from thawbite man. It degrades the State governments from their equality in the Union, and .from their position as protectors of the rights of their citizens. It subverts and 'destroys the Constitution of the United States, and then holds out to the people the hope that if they will cheerfully ac quiesce ia these things, if they will not only patiently submit, but if they will with alacrity and zeal and gratitude ap pear to be happy to submit to them, then —unless Congress changes its mind—un less another plan shall be suggested—un less tlie confiscation of Mr. Stevens shall be thought a fitting reward for superser viceabie loyalty—they may be permitted to let negroeselectandadmlnlsteraStato government over them, and choose mem bers who shall be admitted to seats in the Senate and House of Bepresentatives.-r -(Cheers.i And this Is not all. The States thus held in military despotism, thus compelled by tyranny, as relentless as ever applied the rack or turned tbe screw, to change their own constitutions, are then to be,used to amend the Constitu tion of the United States and to impose upon you in Minnesota, and you in Wis consin, and us in Ohio, a government which we do not approve. Three-fourths, of the States alone can amend tbe Con stitutionof tbe United States. Twenty six States drive ten outof the Union. A majority of the twenty-six harass and op press the ten until they will consent to change their constitution, admit negro suffrage, surrender, nil reserved powers, and yield impiicitobedience to their will. They will then admit them to the Union and use their concurrent votes to change the federal Constitution so as to intro duce negro-suffrage and federal interfer ence in all tbe States. Do 1 state this too strongly? Congress meets now in extra session—at great trouble to. Its mem- ■ hers, and vast expenses to the people— and for what 7 For the single, simple, avowed purpose of conferring more abso lute and despotic power on tbe military commanders. Great Heaveus I Have they not enough power already? Tbe civil government, the tenure of office, tbe rules of trade, the maintenance of or der, the admlnlstratiori of justice, the writ of habeas corpus—are subjected to their will, The Slate officers must obey them or they will be removed. The courts must render judgment-according to their dictation, or they will be closed. The sheriffs must execute the penalties they prescribe, or a file of soldiers will take their places. And Congress meets to give them more power on the eve of that very day when the colonies Justified their separation from themotlioroountry on the ground‘that the King " hadoffbo ted to render' the'military independent of, and superior to, ; tbe civil power."— (Continued cheers.) And they commence their work by excluding from Congress, without any good reason, without a de cent pretext of paliallou, tbe represents tives from • Kentucky. And why is ail this ruin wrought! It is to punislrtrea son and make It odious? These are in telligent men—they kuow human nature —they have read history. They know that men will rebel wbeMtheybave cau ses of discontent. Theyanow that nei ther imprisonment nor strides nor exile nor death restrain the people of Poland or Hungary or Ireland from They know that tbe fear of those punish ments will no more curb the effort* than it will quench tbe aspirations for free dom. They know that treason is'the protestofllberty against tyranny. (Loud applause.) It is to do Justice, to thene gro and to accord to him the enjoyment of natural rights? If the negroes would assuredly vote with the Democratic par ty and tfius restore it to power, would these gentlemen be so philanthropic and insist ou negro suffrage as u condition of reconstruction 7 (Cries -of no, no -not much.) Is.suffrage * natural right?— Where then is tbe authority-to withhold it from the minor, from the women, from the alien ? Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are inalienable, and they are accorded to women, and minors, had aliens as well us men, and courts are open for their security to all alike. Does suf frage stand on the same footing? The- States have the power to. admit negroes to vote, and then they are counted iu.tbe election of federal officers,'' Why not ar gue the question before -that tribunal? and thus accomplish the purpose, if at ail, in ai constitutional manner? No; gentle men I These are : not the purposes of this plan of‘reconstruction. It is to revolu tionize-the government. It is to destroy the States. It is to build up a great cen tral government. These Republicans hate tbe constitution—they hate limitation* on power. They bale to comply with forms: they cling to the Idea of strong con trollzed power. They want a govern ment so framed that It will feel the lefist impulse of the will of the majority, and so strong that it may instantly execute it. They prefer to confide to the abso lute will of an unbridled and Irresponsible majority the life, and liberty, and prop erty of the citizen rather than to the care and protection of the States. They think that because they control the power:of that majority now, they will wield iit lorever. They forget that ten years ago' they invoked the Stales to pass personal liberty bills to protect them from the power of the federal government. They forget that when power is confided it is used ns the passions of the times direct. They desire also to introduce n new po litical element into our system, and to band over the absolute control of six States of the Union—the largest, wealtlii est, most productive of the South, to the lately enfranchised negro. It is not a question of negro voting only. It is the absolute surrender of these States to the control and government of the negroes. It is the substituion of their ignorance and incapacity and inexperience and pas sions for the discipline and-experiencemf the white man. It is the degradation of the government to the level of these vo ters, and the destruction of the value and nunty of the ballot by conferring it so lavishly on ail sides. It is the exacerba tion and embittering of the spirit of races by subverting their normal and ocoustom ed positions and placing the intelligence and superiority of the one under the con trol of the numbers of the other, in one word, the whole system of reconstruction advocated by the Republican party—the teat which they set up of loyally and in telligence—consists in the consolidation of the government, the conferring of suf frage on the negro in all the States, and the absolute transfer to him of all the po litical power of six States. Is this wise? Is it statesmanlike ? Shall it be adopted ? Will it restore peace and order and frater naUfeellng, and stimulate industry to re pair the ravages of war ? Will it conduce to that stability in .legislation, that hpr moqy In society, that hopefulness of the future which are essential to a prosperous community? I address you for the mo ment simply as Northern men, asa North ern community. I leave but of view.the feeiiugs-and wishes and interests of the people of the South. I make no appeal to your sense of Justice or your fraternal af fection for men of onr lineage and race.— I address the question to your immediate ] and personal and material interests. Will | this policy conduce to your interest? — Will it tend to increase the prosperity and happlnessofthiscoinmunity? Will Min nesota, will tlie North, be made stronger or fryer or, more contented by pursuing to the very end this change of our govern ment and political system? (Cries of “ No 1, No 1") I have said this policy sub jects six States to the domination of the negroes. They will have immediately the right of suffrage; they will have ine vitably mid necessarily the right to..hold olilce. They will have greater political privileges than you confer upon women, upon your sons who are twenty years of agq, upon intelligent and educated resi dents of foreign birth. They will have a majority of voters. Will the laws of the federal government affecting this com munity be more benefleient when they are subjected to the influence of such vo ters ? Will the presence of fifty members of the House and twelve Senators, elected by such constituencies, inspire you wltb more confidence in the wisdom of the laws or the purity of the government ? You are an agricultural people. Your products are bulky; they follow naturally the channel of cheap freights; your best marketsareon the bank and at the mouth of the Mississippi river; your interests require that that the communities whom 'you feed'should be rich and prosperous and populous—that their policy should be peaceful, and stable, and wise—that their industry should be active—their civiliza tion . advanced—their laws effective.— Your advantage is to be found, not only in selling for money, but in making ex changes for the productsof their industry. Will the value or the pleasure of your in tercourse beenbancedoy this substitution of the negroes for the whites in political power! We are told that the interests of the North require harmony and repose, and that to secure these -we must have guarantees against another rebellion.— Will this change afford any guarantee? Will the negroes be always quiet and submissive and self-restraining 7 Will they possess always a reverence for fed eral law 7 Has there been no rebellion, no revolution in Haytl? Has .England had no trouble in Jamaica? or is Ita pact of this plan of peace that they shall re strain the turbulence of the white race, and be to them a perpetual menace.— Guarantee of peace I President Arista in the height of his power, at the head of the republic, exclaimed “ unhappy Mexi co—she is doomed to the agouy of per petual anarchy by the conflicts of her ra ces.” There can be no guarantee except justice, good government, absence of all causes of discontent—aye even of discon tent itself. And in the many wrecks which are strewn along the' pathway of history, there is melancholy proof that even these will not always suffice. Eteri nal activity of the human intellect is the condition of its vigor. Repose is stagna tion—stagnation is death. We need nof. wonder, that its ceaseless motion, fails sometimes in an upward and onward step. Its efforts are the parent of all progress 1 . Its struggles put ail things to the crucial test. Its tough is the great dissolvant of commingled truth and error, and that it should sometimes stimulate to acts of apparent or even real evils, to causelest rebellion against our good and wise gov eminent is but the badgeof its human in firmity. But suppose this work fully gc ccompllshed; suppose the government thoroughly consolidated; suppose the Constitutional Amendments adopted nod Reconstruction perfected on the basis pro posed. ' It will be strong enough to exe cute the Civil Rights bill; strong enough to execute the duties assumed to them selves now-by the military commanders. It will have a large army and a large na vy. The number of its employeaswill be increased, and they will be spread over and throughout the country, us well as collected at Washington. The power of the President will be vastly enhanced, and the subjects of the attention of Con gress will Tie ten-fold multiplied. Will the government be better or safer, or more economical-than the one we have hereto, fore had? Will there be fewer taxes, or lighter burthens, or less corruptions?— The'taxes collected by the government last year Were five hundred and eighty millions. Will they be less? The taxes collected by Eaglaiid'nmounted to four hundred and eighty millions. The taxes collected'by France were'three hundred and ninety millions. You'pay one hun dred millions 1 more than 'England, one hundred and ninety millions more than Franco. Do you want this excess still greater? France has property, real and personal, os a taxable busls, amounting to forty thousand millions of dollars. Great Britain has 'property, real ahd 'personal; amounting- to thirty-six thousand mil lions." 'France ami England pay no more local taxes, while the I people of the Uni ted States, in-addition to the sum I have stated, pay-for thoSfnte and county and municipal taxes'nearly two hundred und fifty millions. Will this change reduce our tuxes 7 Do you believe our financial system will belmprovcd? The national debt exceeds twenty-five hundred rail-, lions, und the anmiiil interest is nut far from one hundred 1 audTurty millions.— . Each sixteen years tlie amount of inter est thua-paid is almost us great as the whole debt.' Will it bereducCd? The capitalists have two thousand' millions of government bonds. They paid for them at on average of scarcely more than fifty cents on the dollar. 11 They receive inter est In gold at six per cent, on their face. And yet they are exempt from'taxation. 'Minnesota taxes-the land and houses and horses and money and labbrof her people —but she dare not touch with the profa ning -hand of her tax-gatherer the for tunes of these gentlemen. Will their VOL. 54.—N0. 6, numbers bo diminished or the*amount of their nou-taxable investments bo. reduc ed? Three hundred millions and more of these bonds are in tho hands of the owners of National Banks. They deposit them at Washington, and draw Bemf-an nually the Interest in gold. They receive from the Treasury an almostequal amount of bank-notes, and these they lend out to the people at six or eight or fifteen per cent; as the necessities of commerce or the condition of the borrower make him a fit subject for such demands. Tho ma nifest interest of the people is that these bonds be redeemed in legal tender notes. The interest on these bonds would thus be saved, and the currency, if any is nee ded, would thus be furnished free of cost to the peopie. Will this be effected?— Such a consolidated government as I have described would furnish tho hey day of tho speculator, the stock jobber, of all those waiters on fortune who live by their wits on the labor of other men. But lea ving these considerations and rising to a higher level of argument, I ask you is this policy worthy of our country? Wlli it advance the interestof opr race? Will it extend the liberty and increase the happiness of the human family? Will it lay deeper and broader the foundations of our government? The wounds of war are still agape. In tho North they are not yet healed. In the South they are fresh and bleeding. There the industrial system is destroyed, tho social fabric is shattered, the commercial prosperity is utterly gone, families are broken up, neighborhoods are depopulated, agricul ture is forsaken, fields laid waste and fa mine-actual starvation—carryiug many to their graves. The tracks of the wheels of the chariots of war are worn so deep that a century will not efface them. The . North has conquered their armies; shall it not.also now conquer their hearts? — (Loud applause.) The highest duty of patriotism, the chiefestaim of statesman ship, should be to calm the passions and allay tbe exasperation, and if it were pos sible, to efface the very memory of the war. This policy of reconstruction adds dishonor to defeat, adds the sting of de gradation to tbe bitterness of submission. A Radical New England Senator refused to permit the trophies of war of the paint ing of victories to be put in the Smithso nian Institute, lest it might keep up un happy memories and nourish bitter re sentment, but with refinement of cruelty, ; he exhibits them In tho Jaws, and perpe- | tuates them in the Institutions with which | he would’govern the people. They tell us w© need a etmng govern ment, that we need to clothe the nation with power to execute its will. Strong for what? Has not the federal system been strong enough ? Has it not e * ecu ted its civil and criminal law? Has it not waged successful war.both of offence and defence ? Has it not by force of arms overcome a gigantic rebellion, and for years sustained a most exhausting civil war? Has it not had the power to pre serve order at home and maintain its po sition in tho world? Has it not been strong enough to protect the rights—alas strong enough to Jeopardise the liberties of its ctizens ? History tells us that con federation is liberty—that consolidation is despotism—that a confederation 2s the strongest government for defence, and tbe weakest for oppression. A govern ment which bolds in its hand tbe power to preserve order, to enforce justice, to make and administer all tho local law ap plicable to thirty millions of people, and thus to enter into the details of their dai ly life, has that hand mailed in iron, and may lay its weight upon and crush out their liberties. A government whose power is so concentraetd is ruined, if it is defeated, in a single battle; or if the. va rious chords of power are not ail closely gathered in one strong grasp. If power o dispersed among many local govern ments, equal and independent, except they are bound in confederation, it never, passed beyond the control of tho people, so far as to oppress them—and if disasters come, it presents many organized fronts, and rallying points around which armed forces can cluster; and discipline and or der be maintained. The Austrian army was defeated at Austeriitz, almost under the walla of the capital, and consolidated Austria lay at tbe mercy of Napoleon.— I The Prussian army wosconqueredat Jena and Auerstadt and consolidated Prussia was almost obliterated from Europe. — The Russian army was struck at Eylau and overwhelmed at Friedluud, and Rus sia submitted to the dictation of peace.— Tbe Czar and Napoleon divided the world at Tilsit, and with, seven hundred thou sand men at bis command the French , Emperor, turned to the conquest of Spain.' He Inveigled tbe royal family to biscamp aud kept them prisoners. He bought the nobles. He seized the fortresses. He de clared Joseph King, aud sent three hun dred thousand men to placfe him on his throne. Men called Spain weak. It lacked unity. Its parts were loosely con federated through tho Crown. Catalo nia and Andalusia and Aragon and old Castile retained their separate organiza tions and manifested jealousy, even hos tility to each/oilidft Yet when Napoleon reached tbe capital and sent his forces to overrun the country, these provinces called their troops together, and acting each for itself, drove back those veterans who had never paused in their victorious march from the Minclo to the Vistula, and b> the capture of Dupont shattered that prestige of success which hud made France invincible. They toll us we Democrats will cliug to dead issues. The integrity of the Republican government, the preservation oi liberty, tbe mainten ance of our Constitution and government, the happiness of mankind! Are these dead leans? Our love for them may be dead, our fidelity may be dead, our wor thiness for them and our enjoyment may be dead, but the issues will live till they are settled iu their fall fruition and tbe principles which underlie them are os durable as the eternal throne. They tell us that, like the Bourbons, wd will forget nothing and learn nothing; we will not submit to accomplished facts. It is a mistake. It were wicked folly to resist die inevitable. We would bpw reverent ly in its presence. But who shall open tiie book of fate and say of any course of any condition of things, It is fixed forev er. Who shall with prophetic power read the secrets of the Almighty, and repeat in another connection the words which only once Uttered throughout all the ages reverberate along the Course of eighteen centuries: "II is finished.”— The human mind has no power to discern the unchangeable. The decrees of des tiny are hidden from its view, that its aspirations may not be checked, its ef forts may not be palsied. When Wil liam Pitt cu me back Co the ministry, he formed with incredible energy ana ex ertion the continental Alliance. It re quired tbe labor of two years. Napole on broke up his camp at Boulogne, marched bis heroic legions to tho Dan ube, and iu one hundred days captured an army at Ulm, and shattered the coalition on the bloody .field of Austeriitz. The great statesman was bowed to the earth — his hope was gone—bis courage broken — his efforts at an end. Broken hearted, he exclaimed, 44 Roll up the map of Eu rope for half a century," and died, believ ing that Napoleon had attained to uni versal dominion. Austria was despoiled of her fairest possessions. Jena followed, and Prussia was humbled to tbe dust; Friediuod followed,and the monarch of the North bowed 1 Ids haughty head be fore the imperial eagles. Napoleon was mighty. His fiat vacated the throne of Naples. He pronounced the sentence, “The House ofllraganza has ceased to reign," and.that family went fugitives from Portugal u» Brazil.. Louis was King of Holland; Joseph was King of Spain— Mulat was King of Naples. The con federation of the Rhine guarded his fron* tier. The Dukedom of Warstfw aud* the Kingdom of Westphalia were tbe props of his throqe. Here seemed to bo an ac complished fact. But England refused to' 44 accept tbe situation," and In less thin three years Austria was in arms, Prussia was recuperated, had be come hostile, and in.less than.six years -the empire of Napoleon had passed away —tho fabric of his power bad been dlasol- Hated for 2\itocrtising. i will bo Inserted at Ten Cents per line for the first insertion, and five cents por line tor each subsequent Insertion, quar terly, half-yearly, and yearly advertisements In serted at a liberal reduction on the above rales, Advertisements should be accompanied by the Cash. When sent without any length ol time specified for publication, they will bo continued until ordered out and charged accordingly. . • job PHurrma. Cakds, Handbilis. CntoohAES. nnd every Olli er description ol Jon and Cakb Printing esecu ted In the neatest style, at low prices, ved—Europe was re-established within its original limits, and he himself lan guished a prisoner In the island of St. Helena. In 1860 the compromise meaS* ures were passed.. They consisted of the 'admission of California, the amendment of the Fugitive Slave low, tffo establisluunt of government In the territories. They commanded the support of the leading statesmen of both great political parties. They were declared to be an honest, hon orable, final settlement of the issues of , slavery as connected with the federal government. The national conventions of 1852 both approved them. The people thoroughly Indorsed them.- But Chase, and Bumner, and Hale, and Glddings re fused to “ accept the situation, 1 ’ and ou the repeal of toe Missouri Compromise they recommenced the agitation, which ended in war, and has obliterated Prom the stauto book not only those laws' but the very principle on which those laws were based. Who shall dare to say what facts are accomplished I Who shall pre dict the “ ways which are past finding out?” To “accept the situation,” if it be wrong, is the cowardice of a tiqiid spirit, or the weakness of a wearied one. Error is never fixed, wrong is never es tablished, the courses of evil are never 1 accomplished. Truth wages against them perpetual war. It never wearies. Its strength never falls.. Its spirit never flags, and It is immortal. “ The eternal years of God are her’s.” • Let us be her soldiers and emulate her virtue. Let us accept nothing as accomplished unless our Judgments and consciences approve the result os right. Let ua stand by our Constitution which we believe to be right, and maintain our, form of govern ment which we have found to be bene ficent, Let us accept no result os final which accomplishes their overthrow.— Let us be unwearied In this contest, and I believe we shall save our institutions to bless our children even as they have bless ed our fathers. If we fall, we shall at least have deserved well of our country men, and shall have mne that which, like the seed after being hidden in the frosts and snows, and darkness of winter, shall bear fruit; and If this land and gov ernment must follow the footsteps of the past, we shall be ablethen to comfort our selves with the reflection that if nations, like individuals, are not destined to im mortality, and If in their virtues equally as their vices, in their grandeur as in their weakness, they bear in their bosoms the seeds, of mortality, nevertheless, “in the passions which elevate them to great ness equally as those which hasten their decay, is to bo discerned the unceasing operation of those principles at once of corruption and of resurrection which are combined in humanity, and which uni versal in communities as in single inert, compensate the necessary decline ot na tions by the vital fire which has given undeeaying youth to the human race.” (Loud aud long continued applause.) Assassination of Rulers. The divinity that Shakespear affirms to hedges king, is. not much regarded in this century, arid the heads that wear crowns must lie more uneasily than ever in view of the following facta: Even Queen Victoria has been four times at tacked. There have been at least six dif ferent plots to assassinate the Emperor Napoleon, In 1852, when Napoleon was at Marseilles, an infernal machine, form ed by 250 pun-barrels charged with 1,500 balls, was tolmve been discharged against the Prince and his cortege; but the de sign was not carried out. On July sth, 1853, a fresh attempt was made to assassi nate him as he was going to the Opera Comique. On April 23th, 1855, Jean Li yeram fired two shots at the Emperor in the Grand avenue of the Champs Ely sees. In 1856, Thlbaldi, Bartolotti, aud Grilli, came from England to Paris to assassinate the Emperor, but were dis covered, arrested, tried and punished.— On January 4th, 1858, Orslni, Gomes, Fieri, and Budio, threw their shells at the Emperor. On December 24th, 1853 Greco, Trabuooo, Imperatore, and Sca gllona, who had gone from Loudon with the intention of killing the French Em peror, were arrested in Paris. The King of Prussia was fired at by Oscar Becker, a law student of Leipsic, at Baden, ou the 14th, of July, 1861, and his Minister, Bismarck, had Tost year a narrow escape from young Blind. The Emperor of Austria, on February 18th, 1853, was struck with a knife in the neck by a Hun garian named Lldcny; in 1858 atatterapt was made on the life of Victor Emmanu el; and the Queen of Spain has been twice assailed. There is something very remarkable In the almost Invariable fail ure of these attempts. In recent times only two rulers have fiffen victims to as sassination—the Duke of Parma, who, in 1854, was stabbed with a poiguard in the abdomen; and Abraham Lincoln, who was shot by Booth on April 14th, 1865. A humane lady in the west of Ohio, during the rush of contrabands thither, took pity on a poor ragged boy of a decidedly dark complexion, and gave him a home in her family. After being decently clothed Jack was happy, and soon as fat as a prize-pig. The good wo man was pleased with her success, and all went on swimmingly till one dav situ heard him use the Lord’s name in'any thlng but a reverent manner. Calling Jack to her, she proceeded to lecture him upon the enormity of the deed, telling him he must certainly go to Tophet, un less he stopped swearing. “What kind ob a place am day?” “It is a lake offlio and brimstone.” "Fiarand brimstone, Missus?” “ Yes and you will be put in to it and burned forever aud ever.”— “But poor Jack, burn all up, Missus?" “No, you won’t; you'd keep burning, and never be consumed.” “ But I nelier could stand it.” “ You will have to stand it,” replied the woman, something at a loss for words to make him under stand her meaning. “ Well,” replied the Juvenile contraband, “ if I kin Maud it, Missus, I don’t care for hcll'finr or brimstone eder.” Balloon Wedding.—They had, it seems, a real balloon wedding in i’iti— burg on the 4th of July. We do not know the names of tbe.happle couple; but the knot was tied by Alderman Strain, at an altitude of 1,0006 feet from the earth, af ter'which the balloon was drawn down, the Alderman dismissed, and the bridal tour made to the clouds. g®- A man named Kemper, his wife, two daughters and three sous, stoned a man named John Boby to death in Har rison county, Indiana, the other day, about a lawsuit. At Laconia, same State, two brothers, named Kengsley, fought each other fatally with knives. A Mississippi negro worked on shares. When asked the amount of his profits, lit replied; "Nultln. I worked fordo seventh, and de boss only made a fifth, darfor, gob nuffin,” “Sal,” saidpne gay girl to another us the twain went gently gliding along up street, “ I am glad I have no beau now I” Why .so?” quoth tother. “Oh, cause I can eat as many ingens as I pleasel" - . A Lady took her little boy to church fur the first time. Upon hearing the or gan he was on his feet instanter. fcJLt down,” said the mother. “1 won’t” ho shouted; " I -want to see the monkey.” Ip I had a boy who didn’t lie well enough to suit me, 1 would set him to tending a retail dry gnods store. CAJiLYLEfin his advlCe.to young men, says; “If you doubt.whotheivto, kiss a pretty girl, give her , the benefit qf.fjie doubt. jffir Rum is rather good in its place, and bell is the place for It.
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