•■> ' 1 ■ two Dollars por your If paid Rtrlctly ’ ' . ' t«’ : '“i /p wo pnllurKuml,Fifty rents If iml«l . • ff*^ 0 * rn ,i T it.fiM t niter whh'h Three Dollars , • ’ ——. —. —- —— ■--- - ■.' :- 1 -• :■—_ —~ : ■ —"^r: ’itfiH*'! Tli psp terms will bp rnrlrily ml- -r —.—. - “ ~ BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. • . CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1871. > VOL - Caros. jg r)) (g ooi , B oIIST ' : v DJIV GOODS!! AND L «jj }VST ATEA <1 Eire YI war. B. BU TLER, I ‘ at t.aw. . . -- I‘llovan’kllii"( lmi*>\ ’iTon'OiT Tan over'STCreW' II I'linihffim I cornuy. Fauna, lillruioiw By mall,' will receive Immediate iSSirMlentlon Riven to tUesaUlno: or rent- Rnuifo, in frown or country. Tn nil lot* IVimiiiirv, nlcaso onoloso postage stamp. Kn!Wo-tf , . rjETttTdriA.tram, jh., fiTrORNBr A.T LAW, XO.U SOTUfI HANOVER ST., I CAnMSLR, PA. |. r Judge Graham's. KcU i IH70 —tf ■ attorne Y~A T~LA W, CARLISLE. Pa. LrJK' on Seuth -Hanover Street, opposite Lsdry goods store. ruMIUCH & PARKER. A TTOlt NIZYS AT LAW. .a mi Mata SLioot. la Marlon Unit, Car pi.' .. i Ivß- EG. S. EM IG attorney- at-l a. w, o£Ui!u with S. [raplmni, Jr. East Main , Sind, CAUbISLI!, PA. e1t.2,71- ly r iCHN'NEOV, ATToruvioY at Law \ (.':u'llsU\ pHimii. Olllcesamoas thutol ■A*m»rf*«m Votantcor." . w i isna [i GEORGE S. SFARIGHT, Dkn“ (tist. Frmil Urn llullhinu-p Cnt/ryc of Dental vr f 0/lh*D«r the roshtmico of Ids mother Jlcnthfp Street, three doors below Bedford fi-le, I’omm. h-, I IS’IV jQats ana ®aps n E S H A R HI V A L OF Al-r. TUB , Aiir STY LI uV or iu-tb and caps.. ie subscriber has just. opened nt Tfo. 15 NoWft .«v*r AVjw>/. ft fmv fhuti'H North of Mio Carlisle n ,lt HniiU, one of Hip hmfesl and hear blocks S,\TSand CAPS over oiVorotl in Curlmlo. ife fftitx, Cimshnwro of all styles ami qualities, rßrlmfl. dlUeront ooloil*, and every descrlp nkfSnft ilats now ma'lo. v> Dmiloird and Old Fashioned Brush,con itly on Imrnl and made In order, all warrout jglrosatlHftud.lori. . A full ohso\ tmeut of MEN’S, BOY’S, AWT) CHILDREN'S, HATS. ire also added to my Stock, notions of ditfer ktiuls, conslstlnis of - ilflSS* AND GENTLEMEN’S STOCKINGS s/rry, MwipeTUTrrfi, Collar*, . Glove*, Pencils, Th read, Sewinfj - Silk. ~ Umbrellas * nfrc RIME SEGA’RS AND TOBACCO . always on hand. ve me a call, ami examine my stock as I feel ideal of pleasing all, besides saving you mo* JOHN A. KELLER., Aoent, No. 15 North Hanover street. .■i.-InTO, ATS AND CAPS T M YOU WANT A NICE HAT OR CAP ? If so, don’t Pail to caw- on J. G. CALLIO,. NO. 20. WES 7 MAIN STREET,^ :eio can be seen tho liuost asaonmom, ol . ■ hats and caps •MitongM.to Carlisle. Ho lakes groat plens • In Inviting Ills nhl FrUnnls ao'l cnstomeis, I nil new ones, in his spluinlut > ‘Or.lt lust re ived rrnin Now York aml.PbUodelpbla, c °“- uug in part of line SILK AND CASSIMERE HATS. *lilps an on.ltcsa variety of TTats and Capa of ; liitost. HtvU*. nil ol which he will noil at the Onh'Print*. - Also, his own manufacture Kutsalwiiys on tmml. nnrt . HATH fttANUPAOTDUBD TO OUDEfI. le has l*'e best arrangement for coloring Hats •I all klniiAof Woolen Gcmd», Overcoats, cc,, at e shorioKt. noMco (as ho colors every wecii) amt ,tl)« mosf. rcitsouablo terms'. Also,«mioioc ol olcc brands of TOBACCO AND CIGARS rays on hand, lie desires to call theatteuttoa persons who have. ’ GO U NTHYFURS cell, as ho pays the highest cash prices for Uo Sv» him a call, at llio above number; his , dd iml, as he feels coiilldout of giving eutlro sa.ls* ct. Is7o. |>hnnt.rts, §cr. § T § w'q § $ $ $ WES CAMPBELL. 1 W. P. HEN WOOD CAMPBELL & JIESWOOB, PLUMBERS, ■ JAS AND STEAM FITTERS, So.lB North Hanover St. OAKLISIiE, PA. BATH TUBS, •WATER cr.OSF.TS, • WASH BASINS. UYDl r>f?rANnPonoK pumps. CISTERN AND 1W S ' WSSHADES AND OLOOES Ac.. 4a lead, Iron and Jerra, Cotta Pipe CHIMNEY TOPS and FLEES, 'if:' 1 ‘ All kinds ol brass work. ior Steam and Water constantly on nand.* WORK IN TOWN OR COUNTRY promptly attended to, 43-Tmmedliitp attention given to order* *o r Material or tvoric Irom tv distance.-®# Having special advantages wo aro prepared to f nnj!nh r _ COPPER WORK ol nil doncrlirtlnns for Still Houses [and other purposes m pomo or ul a distance. COPPER PIPE tarnished to order cither drawn or brazed.] fc (3 Ij & Bep, 1. 70—ly j r. knsmisueu. M. MICHAEL. ££OME AGAIN, Michael & ensminoeu, inform Urn emwma of Carlisle, and y'elo'ty tiiev. have permanently located in t.arllji'e. and have opened a ilrst class \V UolcsMo and Uciau leather and Findings Store nl.Vo. 7-1 North Unnovor street, opposite their olil Hinnd u'tioro lhn ' uwult u vit-lt from tillthflr °l'l fUstomei'H.nml ns nmiiy now ones ns itmy >l«lro eniul Is nl miiilel'iuoiiilviiiiotss on nisi «M. Thelrstonli Is nr the very Iwstcpiilliy.con si'ilns of nil lilmls of Icnllicr. AincvJcun Cnlf Slims, Moroccos of nil Klmls. K P ""il 1 Inrlicss l.niilln-r, Mpniilsli u", 1 ’ Kilo leinlicr* liy lilts slilis or slonlo sole, flic., tic., Shoemakers' findings, Jf nnd .Colored All- Wool Bens, Bmelc nnd Colored All-Wool Pop lliif, Black nnd Colored Wool Delaines. Black amt Colored MerJnnc*, Rich Plaid Poplins. Ser ges, Vdonrs, Flue Tamlso, bombazines. Pure dlidmtrs, now brand »«f Pouitio Wa'p Black Al paca, for homily of color, w-lght fif loxturo, and prlco.lt takes the lend of any Alpacas in the market. Fashionable Shawls, In now styles of Stripes and Plaids. Long and Square Thibet Shawls, all of which I offer exceedingly cheap. BLANKETS, White and Gray. Bargains guaranteed, FLANNELS, In ovary variety. • LADIRs* CLOAKINGS —Black Beavers, Volve tems, White Corduroy. Opera Flannels, Plaids for Circulars WATF.B-PUOOF! WATER-PROOF i Hmae Furnishing Dry Goods,- Table Linens* ’.Napkins and White Omuls. ' All the fiopulai* brands of Domestics, at, prices to moot. M»o lowchi quoiaiions, ■Merino Vobts. and Drawers, for Ladles, Misses. Men ami Hoys. ivnHUua Yarn-’, ’Zephyrs, Germantown Wool, P*'isj in \V/>«l, mid Bafmoial Yarns, Ilumhurg, Edgings and Inserllngs, Thread toners. Oulpjm J.aces, Linen amt Lm;o Collars, KUI Gloves, I'amllceichiefs, Felt; Hiilimmil.m.d Hoop Skirts, Corsets, ami a general variety of notions. CLO HIS AND CASSIMERES, Furs 1 Furs ! Furs I Nohrsltnnuy In saying that the prices will be as Imwas any In town. All goods bought.* at the head of the ninrkcl. for cash, ami superior inducements will bo offer ed at the Cheap Cash -Store, Cor. Hanover and Pomfrcl Sts., THOS. A. HARPER. Oct. 20 7b, E W GOODS! Wo havo just reluruod from the city, with another very heavy stork of Goods, making our Block tpo largest, ever hold In Carlisle, by any othev House. We have extra good nu A thick BLACK SILXCS, COLORED SILKS, SILK POPLINS, o( all shades. SILK AND WOOL EPINGLINES WOOL REPS, WOOL PLAIDS, ALPACCAS AND j^LAINES MOURNING GOODS. alt kinds. r»rjAXir axxt> rjk-wav o a DICING X^LANNELS, WATER PROOFS AND CLOAKINGS, CLOTHS AND CASSIMERES, QUILTS AND COVERLETS, Carpet* and Oil-Cloths, DOMESTIC goods In great variety, Shawls, Gloves, Hosiery, Ac. m, a whole Uio moat splendid assort ment oSC-Woof o recent and sudden death should have sobered yqur party rage nnd.solemnized your her» rr, «fr at least operated as a temporary sedative upon your appetite for defamation. What ■was I* to.do? My fir.se impulse was— no matter what; I did not obey It. But 1 concluded that all (bo purposes of a fair vindication mighi be accomplished.by a s nipfc contradiction of your statements rouphd with (he plain reasons wjiitili would show them to lie unvyorihy'of-be lief. I did Ibis, and I did nv»rr. I did It in terms so free fiom unnecessary harshness that I am amazed this moment at my own moderation. Hut you declare, nlTii'iu —mv denial to he an act < f “ reck less audacity;” in your'eyes my doicnee is an o/’-fe'nce. X really cannot under stand tins, unless sou suppose that your political opponents have no rights, even of reputation, which you-nre bound to re spect and that slander—-like other inju ries—is consecrated by loyally, when a Democrat is the siiderer. Yon make-no attempt to Impugn the soundness or truth of thelaw as X gave It lo the President on the2oth of November, ISGO; That opinion was very simple anil stood upon the record; and In my for mer letter I gave you the elementary piineiples, cluillled with the moat fundi iur illustrations, and brought the whole subject down to (lie h*vel of the lowest understanding. Hesidea, you have the aid of about a dozen Senators and mem bers of Congress In gelling up your re njiiiiion, tf it lie erroneous- Bill you con tent. ymireelf with meiely rallinu at it. Ilhiliu I may say;, with more coulhtence tlmo ever. Unit ‘you cannot he an i«nnr runt of the funihnnental law aa . not to know that mir exposition of, il was per fectly aimmi'aml correct.’ RADICAL PATRIOTS AND STATESMEN. While you do not deny llrt truth, yon nnnlhllnto'it by tho insertion that, it Ir extensively disapproved. Pn you really lipllmvg that mi officer. denlinir with tlie nncjdions of law. if* hound to he popular ruiber than right? Will you never learn that, ‘statesmen’ .and ‘patriots* of yonr tohool have notions About all political virtues which a sound morality holds in utter detestation ? To flatter the past* ions and cjolc the underHiandliur of the neop’Q Ih not, Ui© highest object'of any honest man’s ambition. Mr. Jefferson (bought he omrht to ‘do them ns much uood as possible in spite of their teeth, lint on your theory, to be ‘ever strong on the stronger side,’ Is not only pood for* tune, hut hltrh desert: while it Is mere, imbecility to offend the powerful by let- Unp the countenance of the law shine upon tho wcaU or oppressed, who cannot reward you will) office or .money. If vour theological opinions conform to Vmir Ideas of political duty, yon esteem the inch of TVn-ahbas as more meritori ous than the fidelity of John or thode*. votii.n «f all the Marys. ,N«> doubt there was then, as there is now, a set of 'small lint ferocious politicians.’ who became complete) v in forint ed uiMlnst me because T did nut iii'fii fy I lie law. the Pres ident to vitilntc the Constitution, andthuH hvhiK on an Immediate dissolution of the Union. Rat yon can hardly expect me lo regie! that ! did not escape ’heir ecu sure. They "'ere men who had been tauwbt that enmity to tho Constilu'Jon was the sum of all public and private virtue. There certainly Ik not an nneor rup'ed man In thcconnti.v who will say that! was to blame forgiving the law faithfully and truly. BADICAI* TWADDLE. Ymi declare that • contemporaneous history has already pronounced’ against me. and von quote a few words of twad dle iipparemlv from the wi illngs of mime one " hope riaihn von are ashamed to mention. Y m call, this a Judgment tin on me wliieli posterity Is not likely to reverse. Political power dishonestly wiehleil always has hacks to defend Ha excesses by maligning ft« opponent*. A down hooka of Hint character have keen printed within the Inst seven yearn. These produotlona come within the awk ward description yon have [riven of yonr own - thev are‘not history or biography, nor Intended ’ to lie;’ they are p'aces of deposit for worn-out ealnmn es-mere sewers Into which the tilth of the party is drained off. I hope T am tolerably se cure from the praises of this venal lyih“ , and thefr abuse is prima tncie evidence of a character ni least negatively Bond. 11 ianol worth white fur nieorynn totronh to ourselves ale ut posterity, for posterity wilt not probably take much ncnmmt of ns No doubt yon did all in your power to subvert the free institutions of one revotnliooary fatiiers, and to debauch tlie nolitleal morals of tiie country -, hnl 11;;: ftmnst exertion of yonr abilities has not snfliced to ra'se yon above the com mon file of partisans who have engaged the same evil work. On (he oilier hand-—the cause of liberty regulated by |„w tins had a crowd of advocates so In finitely superior to mo that my feeble ef furls cannot ho expected to oHraetthe notice of future generations. Yon may make no attempt to Justify your abuse of Mi- Buchanan ; you do not repent yonr ebarge agal.tst Mr- Toucey of scattering thi Ships of the navy to render 1 hat arm pnwerli-s - -, nor do yon prelbnd '« «•' r * that Mr. Thompson was grotty < rot ui„« tijfi JtuiUm truM fniuin. lint >ou offer no reparation, and not even make »n excuse for the wnnion anrt unprovok e.t injm-v which ym. triel to comma

» np inni asheing above the range of ordinary mortals. I merely declared that ids men tal ability, goo ll sc* l6o nn(l common Uon ' #e(y placed him very far you, who had asßtulod bint with a fatso charge of foloiiMMis robbery. You do not see the justice of UiL c imparisoa, nnd you think •(hat if I hud not been a mere lawyer, having ‘Utile acquaintance or association* with statesmen,’ I might havd enter (ained a "tjillereuj,notion. AllbnuKh I consider mv ealllng’cvern«r Floyd would escape your maledictions. No public man ever provoked such a storm of popular wrath ns he did. The President, who had trusted him, withdrew hlscoufblence, drove him from biscounsels, and ordered him to be indicted for malversation in ofilce Ills colleagues left him. to his fate, and there was-nobody In all this land to take his part, lie had some, qualities which commanded the respect of folks like you as long as hejlyed and. 'moved among you. Buff friended, defenceless, dead—fallen in n lost -cause and buried in an obscure grave^—lie was the very man of -all uthera.'dn or out of the world, whom your magnanlmily would prompt you to at tack. But why did you not charge him with misconduct in the financial man agement 'd bis ro extended aver ment, ami produce what, you seem to suppose will be taken as evidence by at least some of your readers. Let ua look at it. FLOYD DRIVEN INTO .SECESSION. A cmmnHtco trns appointed by (bo H f >uso of liPiiVf'&entntivo* iti 'Jarnm , 'y, 3861, lo awnt-iln how (.he public finin disl ributcd during the year iB6O had boot? disposed of. Mr. Floyd was not present at the investigation ; ho hud not a friend on the committee; it whs ‘organized to convict’ him if It could, ft reported the evidence, hut gave no j.mlgmcnt crlmi nnting him with the offence yon acciis ed him of. On the contrary. the opin ion was expressed hy the chairman that the charge.-* were fount) In ‘rumor, specu lation and misapprehension.’ Jluf you tube up the reported evidence nnd fry fo make out a case which thecommiUe did not make out hy carefully suppressing all the principal facts an misstating (he olher. Your charge of fraudulently sending arms lo the South cannot hetrne of the heavy cannon made at Pittsburgh for the forts at Louisiana and Texas, because thov were not aeiU at ad. Floyd gave an order to ship them on the2oih of December, 1800. but It was revoked by the President before a gun wn« started. Tt Is. of course—possible dial Floyd in making the order acted In had.faith ; but there Is no proof of that. On the con trary, Colonel Maynadler, an honest ns whl(_|}s a sharp man, and a must vigilant officer, who knew all the facts of the case, and understood Floyd’s altitude with regard fo secession and union,as well as anybody hi the whole country, cheerful!? set about the business of carrying out tUe order, though it was mU a \mjifoyerobject or motive in it. I*n fact and in. truth, Floyd was not, in sen* liment or in action, n secessionist until after he saw (hut the breach between himself am! the President, which origi nated in other mailers, was irreparable. Up to the time when be got police that be roust resign, he was steadily opposed to the Southern movement, and the bit terest enemies he had were the leudlng men of that section, Colonel Maynadier sjiys-'tbat *be was regarded throughout the country as a strong advocate of. the Union and opponent of secession and he adds its a confirmation of this that he had recently published over his own signature in a Richmond paper a letter on this subject which gained him-high credit lit the North for hU boldness lu 'rebuking the pernicious views of many in lua own Shite.’ After be found the whole administration again**!. him, be was driven by stress of-necessity * lotn the ranks of the party which he bad previously opposed. The great and imnorlant fact to which the resolution of. the House directed ami confined the air lenlion of the committee, ami which U made perfectly clear by the evidence, you do not re er to at ail, but keep it carefully out of sight from beginning to tbeeml of vour statement. The question was ami Is. whether tn© Secretary of War undert lie Buchanan administration did at any lime subsequent to the first of January,‘iB6o, treacherously dispose of guns o‘r munitions for the purpose of giving to the South an advantage in the war which the leaders in that section ’intended to make-against the Federal government. This was the ‘rumor, | speculation and misapprehension. ’ to which the chairman of the committee al )tided ; this is substantially what the partisan newspapers and stump orators have asserted ami reasserted over and over again, until thoiJHpmlsof persons in every part of the country have been made tohelievo h; this la what you mean bv your first- arllc c.and wbatyou persist in and reaffirm by your last.. No*v ex amine Die facts. There was a law a*-, most coeval with the government for the distribution of arms among the different Stales according to their .representation in Congress, for the use «.f their militia. Under this law the Ordinance Ihirean. without any special order from the*head of the department, gave to each Kiata that applied for It her proper quota of rnu-Uelaand rifles of the heat pattern ami make provided for the regular army. During the \ ear . 1860 the ' number of mu-kets so distributed was exactly 8,423. of wh’ch the Southern States received 2OP I whilelhoNorthern Slates received near/*' three timed that number, to wit: 1)332. Some long range rifles of Jhe army calibre were distributed. The aggregate numbvramounted to ].725. nod, they all went to Northern States except, 75k about half enough for one which were di* ided between Vlrg »doj I Kentucky. Tennessee, North Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana, the other States of the South receiving none. Why did yon conceal these facts? You knew them, and you could not help but see tbelr strict relevancy and great Impor tance. Perhaps you did not know that the wppremo veri Is a* bud as tho*Mo - fabi, ami thought ft fair to make out 11 criminal charßC against a ■ el hy keep!»K hack as milch of Sp? ‘ }, 'l <11(1 not salt jour purpose. J[' e fa °* I lint (heHondiern Stales neglected'to lake their proper ami Junl d’ 11 ’ 1115 . "’'''S'. mi"ht have Rot for üßkiiiß. satisfied tile committee. uml nodonht fully convlm-eil von. Unit there could have keen no Irnuil uleut combination 1,1 J8»0 between them anil the War Department lo rob the Rpv ernmeat of ils anna for their benefit.— That concluded the whole ea-e, since It waa hmmaaiclo for a sane man to believe thatßiich a plot could have keen formed ami anted upon at a previous time, ami vet had no existence in the year home ilialely precediuß the w»r Xcvertiu ; ..M Ufa committee went hack, uml it was ~roved that In before any war was J.pprehended -before the elccthm o. Lincoln wasdreumed of—hefoio theid' slon of the Democracy, which made his election possible, with a million majority against him-Floyd ordered a transfei f 113 0(11) mnakefa from Northern to Hniitli ern arsenals. This you parade with a great U.mrish a< evid-nce of a most wicked robbery. But here we llnd you aa ' d" 111 , .the disinaeiuouH hnsinms (n not j poll nhrase ?j of keeping hack a troth ' w hich would have spoiled the force o your story. These arum were all worthless and unserviceable. Wo bad 500 ODD of them; they cumbered the Northo*n ar senals and could-not be a law had been parsed to authorize thes'ile of them; (hey \y,cro oifered foryearsarS2 50apiece, abo'ut one-teutb the price of a good gun, and.they could nolbe got oil. Twiconconsiderablo number were sold, b«n'llcfTsWfelfaBFrsntitbtT“ftirther-'ex«mi nation, retused to take them. Of these 500.00 D condemned mu*kets. the fsecry (:»ry of. War, in !So9.*ordeaed 115,000 lobe sent (o (ho South, iloubt.less for the mer-* coiivPnieuce of storage. To ‘weapotflho rebeMlon’ with arms like these would imve Injured lis. destruction the instant Its forces came into the presence of troops having theimproved modern gun in their hands. Floyd could not have done a greater injury fo the Southern cause than tills .would have been. Nor is it possible fo believe that .Southern leaders would have conspired with him to purloin these useless arms in 1859, and then, in IS9O, decline to take the share (hat JegUHv be longed (u them of Che best muskets and. rides ever invented. AM these fuels ap pear hi tht evidence reported by the com mlimo, from which you protend to be making fair and candid (.•iiadona. ami you say not a word about, them. If you were * a mere lawyer.’ or any lawyer at all, and would go before a judicial trihu n«l mutilating the (ruth after tills fashion, you would immediately be expelled from the.profession, ami no judge; woubi ever > perm If you to open vour mouth in a court of Justice again. If vou would appear ns a .witness, ami in that character testify (o the contents of a written document in the wav 3'on have set out.this report t,. your‘tenders, it mlgbt.be followed by very disagreeable consequences, widen I will nothbock your polite ears by, mentioning JIOWFLD C<*BD. Mr. Cobh, while Secretary of the Trea sury, performed his duties with singular purity, upHghlne-a and ability. No en emv bus ever ventured to point out a single public, act done In (but depftr(men I hv him of which the .wisdom, the lawful aces or tin* honesty could be even ib nhl el. The disjointed and ioosc accusation of vour first p iper implied that by some oilicial delinquency he bad purposely (Unorganized the fi-cal nmchincry of the government, or otherwise perpetrated some malicious mischief on (be public credit. Now, however, yon are reduced ’to the old and never failing resort ot ‘treasonable utterance*; 1 something that he »idd Jn private conversion hail (be cdlotß of Injuring the credit of the United Spiles. What, was if? It is well known that'the prices of hM securities, public and private, began to go down immedia tely upon (lie Presidential el-ction of ISiiO.and continued going down .for, years afterwards. Is this uttribu'»b!e to the (reasonable utterances of Thomas, am) Cox, and Chase? But what is the iim* of pursuing such a subject? Mr. Gobi) whs dead, ami you fell a sort of necessity for doing some de-pite upon his grave. This feeble absurdity was all you could do. EDWIN M. STANTON. I oonMilereri myself houml to Mr. Sfanton Rtfalnut U>c praise which hta channter hr Infamous Down to.the timeof his apoßtary we were <»loi»ea/)ii Intimate frlewln, arnl I thought T knew him hh well wone man couM.lu? known to another; I ilonot<*Uum that lie owed me nnvthinp,} for I made no RabrlrtoM of myself or anybody else to fterve him. I advanced him in his pro ftwiori mu! thereby improved hie fortune, hot he cot nothing In that way for'which, he d“j. not remlnj 1 if> felho |frt»Jn«licca of Mr. Bnohanan. and others acalna.t him; hecansel thought them and because it wim incon venient hr me that Hie President should lint trust t man in whom T hml unlimited confidence. I recommended ,lilm prea sinulv for Postmaster General upon the death of Mr Brown, solely for the reason that tlie oxlfencies of the public service In that depiiitmeiit required a man of Ilia creat ahitUvanfi industry. I caused him (o be nppoiiiied Attorney General, be cause f knev (or xhnnirht I knew), that he and X its e in perfect accord on nil onestions, whether of law or policy, which lie might have to deal with, and because I was sure I hat he would handle theft nnl only with fidelity hut with consummate skid. Bnt though lie was not in my debt, the apparent warmth of his nature impelled -him to express Ins gratitude in most exaggerated language. After he look ortlce under the Lincoln administration nnr paths divorced so widely Unit X diil not often see him Wh"h T dil.be sometimes overwhelmed me as before, with hyperbolical demon stritions ofthankfiilness and friendship. Xf Ida feelings ever chanced,.he ‘'died and made ao sign" that was visible in me. Here let me record t my solemn dec laration (lint I never saw anything dis honorable in his conduct while f was associated With him. He never iliaup nirt filed me while he wasernployrd under me'or wldlo we were cnlleacnes in office; ami believer failed mein anything widen I I uni a right to expect at hla him K His enemies spoke, evil of him, hot that is ■the mush brake that virtue must go through.’ and I allowed no tale bearer to shako mv faith. JI» own personal knowledge doea not. enable me to accuse Idm nr any ihean ordisgracefnl act. How fur yon inivo succeeded, or mav hereafter liß 'iihio to succeed, in proving him a treacherous hvpociite, Is a question to be considered. But X am not, one of yonr wit nesses; nay leslimnnv.‘'S tar ns it goes, is directly against ydil. TJnder tliese cir cumstances it was Impos-hde for me to be unite silent, when I saw your publicly linn in Hie A/fnnlln. or to coniine myself ton mem vindication of the other parties assaulted. It was plain tome that yon had ‘iiludiy misunderstood the character of Mr Bfahton ami crossly injured him. he what yon supposed to lie a panegyric. Your descrip'ion of him. if n-oeplcd ns trap, would compel tlie belief that Ins wbols political life was one long impos ture ; that ns a trusted member of the IPiehanan Administration, he acted al ternately the incompatible parts of a spy and a tnllv; that whi'e he was the chief law nlfiser of the government, he was P,maced in tlie foulest, eoneplraov.that pver was hatched acid oat the life, liberty „„d honor of a colleague for whom he wssat that very lime, professing ’ J' ■ ; HI friendship ; that he was thu/jontege and enmv of Simon Gameron, and ap pointed Secretary of War to carry out la polirv; that being so appointed, he did disloyally and feloniously embezzle miMlc uvumv to t.hft amount of two hnn* a”l fifty thmwitml dollars atone n «, nis true that yon were actuated J no malicfoiia Intent,, You meant to 0 him honor. According to your mm apprehensions, all the evil yon ascribed p i,!,,, was good. When you wove for dm this disgusting ‘ wreath of ulcera CO e to seed,' you thought you were dec orating his coffin with a chaplet of the ehoiC St fiowers. You pal ute.l a monster of dsprjivltv, and yon expected the r can people to worship H with all the fervor of savages wlien tliev fall down to adore tlie Image of some hideous demon. No doubt Hie votive offering of .vonr uf fretion took lids anomalous form because I™,, believed that duplicity and crime employed against Democrats would give him he highest claim ho could have on " , . miration of the Aholitlonlats, end because it .11,1 greatly Increase V.n.r own i»«toetn ami regard for him. JhJt mvin (crest 111 his riqmfnliotl required slionld he properly appreciated >V that honest'portion of tl.o people 'Vl’""!' 1 ndherototho moral creed of their fathers. , Ido not assert t lint yonr last I’"';",'’"’^ , nothing, r will give yon '"’h l . l i-w nir of every act you lm"o established, hrt far ‘ as Vint hayo shown Mr. Stan on to ho . guilty of the baseness yon impute to him. 1 will make no contest about It. But I [ wilt net yW«I '•»» hich V" e *“ ll : r cff ° rt w/w to tako him down from the pillory whieh you had naMed him by the ears ns *a fixed figure lor scorn to point its finger at.’ You have done your strongest to oppose rny rescue of him,and any par tial succes* which may have rewarded your struggle must he « great comfort of which I cannot justly deprive vwl Wo will examine your evidciVcound see upon ~p(dn^H_you have made oitt your ease, ftiid 'wburelff 'you cTfiiie ’yiiOTt" of your aim., . 1. Y'oii asserted that Mr, Stanton had )cen from ids earMest youth an aboil * foufstin bis secret heart; that to loading men oftlmt party he declared himself In entire agreemonc with them, and hoped for the time to come when lie could aid them. In other words, lie gave in his '■perfect adhesion to them, concurred In (heir views of public morality, and was wilting to promote their designs against the Federal ami SCUtegovernments when ever ho could makehlmpelf most efficient to tnnt end. At the same time lie waa in (bo Democratic party by virtue of his declared faith in exactly the opposite sentiments. To ns lie made himself ap-. pear a Democrat of the most ultra class. T-do not «av-fchai-4*e--Wus on acilvo prop agandist; lint nil Democrats with whom fie spoke were impressed by Die seeming strength of his attachment to those great principles by the application of which they hoped to'savo the Union trnm dla solulion, tl»e country from civil war, and the liberties of,the people from the do. sfructimi with which your . ascendancy threatened (hem. We took him on .his word, behoved him thoroughly, and gave him honor, office, and high trusts- Now a man may bean honest .Democrat or a sincere Abolitionist, but he cannot hon estly and sincerely he both at the same (hue. Between (hose two parlies, the hostility was deadly. Each recognized tin? other ns a mortal f«e. They were as, far asunder ns the poles on every point of principle and policy. differed not merely about rales,for the interpre tation of‘the organic law, but opp ut»d each other on, the broad question whether (bat law was entitled to any obedience nt, all. One of them respected and rever enced the Constitution as the best gov ernment the world ever saw, while the other denounced I tax an agreement with death nnd n covenant with hell, which it was merUorlmuj even fop Us sworn y habeas corpus, jury trial, and other groat jndiebii issiiinti'Ois, which nor allocators, cn both sides ot.tlie A liaiitio. iiinlslicd comooli of their bleed to establish ; and it was, precisely llidse provisions which liad yoor bitterest en mitv, and which you made the first use of yoor power to abolish, trample down, and destroy. Mr. Stanton emild not have been truly bn more than one side'of sneii controversy; he could not servo Clod and Mammon both; he could not be for the Constitution and againstdi. loo;- he canid not at once believe ami disbelieve in the sanctity of an .oath to support it. He professed most fervently to be heart and soul with ns. .11 he also professed to bu willi you, lie was a wretched'hypocrite, trite kepta it p tills fraudulent deceit for thirty years, anil thereby got the highest places in the gift of both parties, he was ‘TUB MOST MA.IVVEhT.OOS IMPOSTOR that ever lived or died,' When your first article appeared, r did not believe 'that von had any ground for this shook- Ill" imputation u on his character. I was compelled to disbelieve and contra diet it, for reasons which were then "iv on and.need not' now lie. repented. But Sih‘f?th“en<'rnJo -my uMfim."' niatieo haa apolren oot and anstained vonr assertion. Yon do prone l-V him a declaration from the llpa of Mr. Stanton, made nearly thirty year* into, from which the inference.ia a fair one tiiat lie was in the Democratic party with .intent‘to be tray the Oonatitutlon and it? friends into the .cruel clutches of their enemies’ whenever lie could ilnd an opportunity. But voii are not satisfied with this. To make the brand inoitaceahle, you show (hat several years after ids declaration to Mr Chase, lie, being an avowed a'lyn eate and champion of Democratic princi ples, ivaa either appointed liy his politi cal brethren, or else volunteered, to an awer an abolition lecture-delivered at Steubenville by a than named Weld.— He disappointed all parties, including the lecturer himself, by declining to come forward, though. very pointedly .called for. He mule no excuse at the lime for deserting tiro cause he had un dertaken, hut afterwards he slipped round secretly and alone to the private room of the lecturer and gave himself in „« n convert. ‘I meant,' said he, to lialit von, but mv gnus are spiked, and 1 came to sav that t now see with you; &i' , &c. It never struck Mr. Id eld ( hat (hero was anything sneaking nr slmhliv shout this transaction.. With the -on linoify of vision peculiar to (da pofitical sect, lie saw nothing hut 'lieariy frank- Inclppotulencc*,'nionil Inptßht, flttu keen force’ lu-Hie conduct of* » man who privately denounced the opin ions and principles which he publicly supported: and t.wpntv-tlve years after wards Mr. Weld piously thanks God on paper for such an art fill dodger to serve as a leader of his parly. The next place von dm! him after the Steubenville af fair is ill the van of the Ohio. Democracy. Th"V, too, believed in the ‘hearty frank ness and indepeiideuoe’ of tile declara tions lie made to them. They showed their faith by their works; the legisla tare, by a strict party vote, elected him Jaw reporter, on offlop which he nrmchl eagerly and received witli ninny thanks, In'nll the conflicts of tile Buchanan ad ministration with the abolitionists and their allies lie was an open-mouthed op ponent of tlie latter. He was always -mind on ilie Kansns question.and sith ful among the faithless on theLecomplon constitution.- So far as we. his D mo erntic associates, were permitted to know hi 111 no man detested more than he did the knavish trick of the aim ItionlslH m preventing a vole on slavery by wh oil it would have been expelled from Kansas and the whole trouiilo settled in .the way they pretended to wish. He was out and out for Breckinridge in 18U0, and regard ed the salvation oj Uie.connlry as hang ing on the forlorn hope of ills election To Mr. Buchanan himself, anil to the members of his cabinet, he paid Ihe most , assiduous court, wan always ready for an | occasion to serve them, and showed Ids ) devotion in ways which sometimes weld . rather 100 close to the verge of obseivii - onsness. While wo were looking at lids aide of Ida character, and supposing It had no Ollier, he was, according to your , understanding of his lis’ory, In entire agreement’ with the deadly enemies of every principle we believed in. The . inert fact that, lie paid visits to Dr. Bailey l» nothing. It is nothing that be there met abolition people. All that. might happen, ami his lldelity to the Constitu tion would moult no leather. But you mention it as a vemarkahlecircumainnco, ami it is remai kahlc, because aholiiiim isla exclusively were In the habit of as sembling there to talk over their plans, to concoct their slanders against the ad ministration, and to lay their plots for the overthrow of the government and laws. It was a place where men con gregated for political, not merely for so , cinl purposes and Mr. Stanton knew lie would be dc O op unless he was one of them. Ho accordingly- made himself not only acceptable, hot interesting, by teillng them that lie was of Quaker blood, and gut Ins abolitionism by Inheritance; ids .grandfather liberated Ids slavea-lm did—and purged the family of-thut sin , and Benjamin Lundy took him on Ida knee when lie wins li'tlo hoy and taught him tho political doctrine which lie had “(lover forgotten, but which he “id op posed by every open not, of- Ids life.-—lts was probably fresh from one " r , these symposia when he went into conrtln Iho rilektes case, and loudly bragged Ihat e was the sou of slavulioldnig parents , his lallier was a North Carolinian and Ids mother a Virginian. You may see that 57.—N0. 35. part of.bla speech on page 51 of.the prlnl et] trial. It fs hard'to run with the hare nnit hunt withtlm hounds, hut Stanton seems to have mastered the difficulty.- Mr- Sumner's tpslimonyto the early and thorough 'gainst abolitionism of Mr. Stanton la entitled to great weight, bo** muse ft lecoupled with an act which at tests Us entire sincerity. It la a part of hla certificate that when Mr. Sianton’s umtiiivatlomns Secretary of-WaNwas-Bent. to the Senate, he (Sumner) immediately rose to urge the confirmation.'slated bis acquaintance with the nominee, and said emphatically. ‘Within my knowledge, he Is one of ns/ Mr. Sumner certainly would not have ina le such a declaration at such a lime and for such a purpose unless he had the clearest conviction, based upon personal knowledge, that Mr. Stanton was an abolitionist of the most virulent type, prepared to tread the Con stitution ami the statute-book.under his leet, and ready to go all lengths for the subversion of liberty and justice. There is another fact corroborating your view, which'you have not mentioned, but of which you ate fairly entitled to the bene fit. When Mr. Stanton went. Into the War Department, be immediately began to not with reckless disregard of bin sworn duty. Ho surrounded himself With the most loathsome -miscreants, and used them for the foulest purposes. Daw, justice, and humanity were utterly outraged. Those who knew him as J did, and had heard him curse the perpe trators <»f such a mouth or two before, exercised the charity which dielievelh all things, and concluded that he Was moved by some headlong Impulse which had suddenly revolutionized all his thoughts, feelings, ami principles of action. But your proofs show that in the kindness of our construction we did not give heed enough to the maxim. A r cmo repente fruit turpizshnua. -Such a depih'eoutd not he reached by a single Plunge. The Integrity of Ills moral na tore most have previously undergone that gradual ' process of decomposition which could result only from long and sympithetic association with the ene mies of the Constitution-. On the whole,, if, must bo admitted that yon have made out this part oi your ease. Wiih Demo crats he was a Democrat, enjoying- their confidence and taking their favors, while he canted It to ho well understood among ‘men of.yourschool In morula' and poli tics' that his devotion to the Democracy was.entirely simulated. It is now also clear' hey ti, and every oth er description of Jod and Oasd Printing. men that made It, and'all their success** , ors down l« that lime, justice, humani ty, patriotism, honor, and conscience, required him to announce and maintain these principles. They were not only true, but were either expressly or Impli edly admitted to be true by all except ’the open and avowed enemies of the Union, The secessionists, of course, Ifad trained* themselves to a different . .way.,o.f thinking, and they Immediately assumed an hos- ”' nllly to the. administration. The fore most of the abolition orotors and the . leading newspaper uigan of the so-called Republican party took the high ground that the Southern States had a right to break up the Union if they pleased, and could not Justly beopposed. But, though tligy ‘drew much people after tnem, and gave great encouragement to the insurrectionary movement, no man who was nt unco honest, intelligent, and true to the country failed to see the wisdom, of the President’s views. The President elect endorsed them fully on hla way to the capital, as he did afterwards by h a official action. From nil quarters ad dresses and -petitions , came up, which showed the popular appreciation or them. Fveii the Massachusetts Legislature, without one dissenting voice in its more numerous branch, nod by an overwhelm ing majority in the other House, passed u solemn resolution approving them iu the strongest language and oiiering to aid Jn carrying Inem out. But every ; tiling,depended on Congress, and What did Congress, do? Both houses were completely i» the hands of shallow par tisan®, who were either 100 stupid to uu deisinhd their duty or too dishonest to perform It. The men of most ability and ntegrity whom Republican constituents bad sent Ihere—sncb men, for instance, , as Charles Francis Adams— were heard but rv t heeded. The President, Ihorr onghly Informed bn the whole subject, communicated all the facts hi a special message, told Congress that the p »wers c ollided to him were wholly Inadequate to the occasion, demonstrated the abso lute necessity of further .legislation, and Implored ibem not to postpone U, for the danger. Imminent then, was increasing with every moment of delay. Jo all this they were as deaf us adders. they could be reached by no appeal to their hearts or ’consciences. They neither adopted the executive recommendation nor gave a reason for refusing. - if any measure having the least tendency ei’.h-» er to restore p,. ace or prepare for war got so lav as to he proposed It.was uniformly referred to a committee,’ whem it was sure to he quietly strangled. .7hc issues of life mul death inihenafion hjtng upon their action, find the)/ would not lift a fin ger to nunc it. No legislative body, since the beginning of the world ever behaved lb a great crisis with such scandalous disregard of its duly. But if there were no statesmen among the managers of that Congress there were plenty OP DEMAGOGIES, if thoy wero -indifferent to the fate of tlio nation (hoy wero intensely alive to the interests of their faetion; if the rcg- • ular committees slept supinely on the great public • questions submitted to tliem, the secret committee, spawned by a caucus, went prowling about with activity as incessant as it was stealthy and malignant You could not gain-ay the views which the administration took of their own duty or yours, nor de ny the wisdom of therec-rainendationS they made; hutyon couid. and did,an swer them with a storm of personal de traction. The air was filled with false hood; the atmosphere was saturated This crusade was conducted with so much vigor and success that some members of the administration were pursued into private. life by the ran>o, On horror’** uoinl honor* iieciunalafo; for noth'pcr r n i thou lo damnation add Deeper lima that. A Mocking Butu on a Bender.— Good temperance people will ho shocked lo learn what a sot —no milder 'ertn can be used—Hie mocking bird makesof him • self in Florida. His special weakness is the berry of the PrhWof China tree, upon the mice of which lie becomes as drunk as a lord. A flock of tipsy mockingbirds is a very funny sight. They fly around in the most comical manner, hiccough log and staggering just like real men, mixing up allsoctsof bachanallaii songs, and Interrupting each other in the most impudent manner, not at all like well behaved birds It Is even said that they will fly out promiscuously. Intrude on domestic relations, forget the way homo, and gel Into each other’s nests and faml- I Ilea, jiisl like the lords of creation. It js not improbable that also, like iho lords of creation, they become very penitent alter tho season is gone nud the yearly frolic la over, and that then they make many good resolutions, join tho tel| iP ( - r " auce society, and keep sober until the next season comes around, and the ber ries are ripe once more. As they are ‘•mocking” birds, It is not out of the woy to buppoao that they are only imitating men. _ Goetiik was In company with a moth er and daughter, when the latter, being reproved for something, blushed, and hurst Into tears. Ho said to-tho mothers •How hMttflful your reproach has made your dawbter 1 The crimson hue amt those ericur tears’becomes her much uot ter than any ornament of gold or “t those may bo hung on the nocfe or any woman: these are never “ e “it unco ijwtrt ed with moral purity. A " er. snvluMed with fairest hue. Is not so beautiful aw thla child blushing hpr ii-irunt’e displeasure, uhd eUeddUiv, '**«“ sorrow Ibr her fault.. Ablush ta a sigh which nature huttgs odt U> show where chastity uud honor