il niM ihe rtrinl A Vnii
a Buchanan. filWnih l'r.-i.l nl
C ruled States, i io.I st hi tvki
(Wheatland) ncsr Lan-astc
! 1 1 u 1 1 past I'itlit o'dcx k on the
jr of Jim 'M, 1 ''", calmly
inniee with I'll 'I'C world.
. Buchanan was horn at a place
! ? lony Hatter, Kmnklin county,
lVh.-.-- .Ivania, April 22d, 17il. Hi
.-.-; .lames Buchanan, emigrated
to t '. .- United Stale from lonegai,
Ir !, in ; his mother was
I (h Spear, daughter of rcspee
( .rmerof Adam comity, l'din
t a. By successful industry hit
1 was enabled to givo James a
.1 eduealion, and lie graduated
i . inson College, Carlisle, io lSU'.l,
v-. . i.igh honor. In December of
t' '. ' fr ho commenced his law stud
i , 'i James Hopkins, of Lancas
ter. I was admitted tothe bar Nov.
17,1 ! -, then uot twenty-two years
i! i. When not over twenty -five years
of a bo successfully delondod, un-
i . K-.i i v senior counsel, in the session
eft! o
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Pennsylvania Senate of li(-7,
'uisheu judgo who was tnod
tides of impeachment. From
8 his reputation and practice
increased, and his name oc
the Bcports more frequently
at of any lawyer of his time.
V years he retired from the
m. In only one case alter
renient could ho be prevailed
uptji! Vi appear at the bar. The caso
was an action of ejectmcut, involving
the only little property of a widow,
ami it was surrounded by great tech
nical if.tlieulties, but he succeeded in
establishing her title.
At .Le ago of twenty-three Mr Bu
chanan became a member of the
l'lniiylvania Legislature, and, during
the progress of tiie war of 1 12, he
rondo most urgent appeals to the pat
riotism of the Legislature to adopt ef
ficient measures of relief. Upon his
re-election in 1815 he ardently sup
ported a bill appropriating fuOO.OOO
s a loan to the United States to pay
the militia and volunteers. When
the public buildings at Washington
were t urned by the British, he head
ed a lint of volunteers to march to the
delencu of Baltimore, and took the
plui-e of a private soldier, in which ca
pacity be served until the company
was finally discharged.
la 1820 Mr. Buchanan entered Con
gress His first elaborate speech was
tklivf i-ed Jan. 1, 1S22, on a deficiency
in lip' military appropriation, and in
support of the Federal authority. In
his tjK ech on the bankrupt law deliv
ered .March 12, he took high constitu
tion ground, opposing the proposi
tion to extend its provisions from the
nicr".:nlilo classes to all citizens of
the Union. A short time subsequent
ly he took Ground in favor of a tariff
ior revenue, in opposition to Henry
CUy's high tariff, or "American Sys
tem," as then known. In lf25 he in
sisted that the election of President
of the United Suites by the House of
llopri'HonUitives should take place in
presence of the people. He opposed
Clay's project of a mission to Pana
ma ; and, having always entertained
misgivings as to the ultimate fate of
Mi'iif.u and tba South American rn
publiiTS, he cautioned againBt entang
ling alliances with them lie opposed
the absorption of Cuba by Mexico or
anv oiher power.
In 182 he labored earnestly and
BUctwfully with those who gave An
drew .'auk son, of Tennessee, for the
Fresi.iency a majority ol 60,000 votes
in Pennsylvania. Ho was himself re
cleuied to Congress, about the same
time, in a district which, but a short
period before bad been strongly in
the opposition. His elevation to the
place' of Chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, lately filled by the legal
piant Webster, followed ; and lo soon
a le.r became cx officio the leader, in
tlie l-.emorablo impeachment triul of ;
JiKice Peck, of Missouri. Compare
the Miinngersof that trial, on the part
of the House, with those of the late
Prev'i Jrttilial impeachment farce:
Ileuvms, what a contrast! Buchan
an tin; leader ; the brilliant Henry U.
.Stnrrs ; (he ablest debater of his day,
Gcor-e M'Puflie; that sound jurist,
Ann rose Spencer; and tho honest,
slei Sin 2 Charles Wicklifft with Bing
t,imi, Butler, Tom Williams, Thud
Stevens, Wilson and Logan, tho re
cent Managers 1 The writer well ro
roenibors the closing argumentof Mr.
Bachuuan for the prosecution conce
ded o.'i all bunds to have been a grand
c'T .ft of legal learning and ability.
i: ! S"l, at the end of his fifth term
X r I tchanan voluntarily retired from
Goth but was soon afterwards se
lect .( -d by President Jackson as envoy
extr.'i itdinary and minister plenipo-tm;:.-;y
at St. Petersburg, lie com-
the hrst commercial trcuty
Infsia. In 1S13 he was elected
U. S. Senate, and shortly after
cd efficient service to President
With
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i.s followers to deprive him of j
t-WVr i-iiir.iit c u ' tJ i uiiiu
In 1SI5 he took issue with
holition party, which then had
, because he foresuw tbe dan
md sufferings which would inev
result. He was opposed then
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strong friend to the struggling
:.s. and eventually favored tbe
v ion of Texas.
t he French indemnity question.
, firoso in the closinc vears ofineriod
n s term, he took an active in-
Upon the admission into the!
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of Michigan and Arkansas, be
1 that resident aliens had a
i vote in the northwest lerri
!er the act of 1TS7. He sup
llie Hentnn expunging resoiu
luring Tresident Van liur-
rms he took an active part in
g the independent treasury i
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in wh
h he displayed a
knowledge of the ;
'marknhle
1 slnto and wants ol the eoun-
e was a warm defender of
imp" ion richts of settlers np
pulilic lands and equally as
ii opponent ol a bill to punish
of the Government from per-
. ' or influencing electors. He
tho demand of Canada for
sun of Me Lend, one of lhre
1 in the rebellion of lGT, and
; that he should be tried in
rk, where the act of criminal
rred
He opposed Mr. Clay's!
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proposition, during Tyler's adminis
tration, to abolish the veto power,
contending that it was necessary to
the protection of tho people. Ho op
Hsed the Webster-Ashburton treaty,
establishing the northeastern bounda
ries. When President Polk came into of
fice Mr. Buchanan was made Secreta
ry of 'jute. In this capacity he even
tually succeeded in arranging the
northeast boundary question with
Great Britain ; and in concluding the
treaty with Mexico by which Texas
was ensured her indcendence, and
the vast domain of Caliloruia and
New Mexico was added to our terri
tory. At tho close of Mr. Polk's ad
ministration Mr. B..chanan retired to
private life, but si.ll kopt a close
watch upou tho political field, lie
looked with alarm upon tho slavery
agitation, and predicted calamities
w tilth have since been more than re
alized. He considered the Wilmot
proviso a stigma ujon this Slate.
Upon the assumption of the Presi
dency by Mr. Pierce, Mr. Buchanan
was appointed Minister to England,
with a view to the settlement of the
Central American question, and the
possible purchase of Cuba f rom Spain.
His papers iu regard to the Clayton
Bulwer treaty and his conference at
Oslend and Aix la Chatt'Ile with our
Minifters at Paris and Madrid, are of
great importance. Jn April, 1G, he
returned to the United States. Upon
his arrival at New York ho was tcn-
dered the hospitalities of the city, and ;
his whole journey thence to Lancas
ter resemble triumphal march. In
June following the .Democratic Con
vention, which met at Cincinnati,
unanimously nominated him for the
Presidcnrv, and he was elected re
ceiving 174 electoral votca from nine
teen Males.
On the 4th of March, 1S57, Mr.
Buchanan was inaugurated President.
Immediately alter the Kansas diffi
culty arose, and threatened to em
broil the whole country iu a sectional
war. The Piesident made himself
clearly understood as opposed to sec
tionalism, and he did everything pos
sible to allay hostile feeling and to
secure a national and fraternal feeling
between the Slates. After these
troubles bad subsided, the Mormons
iu Utah assumed a rebellions attitude
and openly resisted the authority of
the Government. A formidable mili
tary expedition was at once organized
to proceed to Utub, but, true to his
humanitarian views, Mr. Buchanan
sent along with it two peace commis
sioners one of whom was Col. T. L.
Kane, who had greatly bulriendud
the Mormons during a time ol famine
who shortly brought about a satis
factory settlement without the loss of
a Bingle life
In November, 1?G0, Abraham Lin
coln was elected President by a party
largely made upot the Abolition ele
ment of the North, and the Southern
lsjople (yet smarting under their treat
ment in Kansas and the attempt of
John Urown and his aduercnts to ar-
ray tho slaves against them) com-! battle of Cold Harbor, J une od, were
meuced threatening to secede from 1 1'7,000.
the Union. Tho remoing months of j Lee's reinforcements up to the same
Mr. Buchanan's administration were, : date were 1S,0(0.
thereiore, stormy aud alarming. The j Grant's total force, including rein
people believed that the incoming forccmenls, was 222,000.
President would pursue a hostile jhI- I Lee's total force, including rein
icy toward them, and hence a general j forcemcnts, was 70,000.
departure of Southerners twk place Ketarna lo their respective govern
frora Congress, the Cabinet and other , mcnls showed that w hen both armies
department of the Government, but ' bad replied the James, June 10, the
no man then, in cither section, proba- ! tbe cumber of Grant's army that had
bly, seriously anticipated the war i lc'n put hurt du combat was 117,000.
that subsequently resulted. Mr. Bu- Up to the same date, the number
chauan evidently did not ; at least be of Lee's men who hud been put hon
people believed that
seems not to have lost lailh in the.
ability of the moderate and conserv
ative men lo calm the troubled ele
ments and avert the calamities of the
approaching storm. For this, and
his alleged want of positiveness in
dealing with the seceders at the out
set, he has been severely criticised and
denounced by his political opponents.
We feel sure, however, that he acted
from proper and honest motives in
refraining from inaugurating, during :
the last tew davs of hispower.a iHilicy
of aggression w hich would have ear
lier precipitated tho war and rendered
him and the party he represented re
sponsible for all the terrible events
which followed. ,lt is a historical
fact that, in tho earlier stages of the
succeeding administration, Mr. Lin-
i ' 1 .llLi in. j.ifii.ii hi ii iriiii. iit.i ,
either lorsee w liat was coining or : uiumj;-wuiiTi.ura imuiuucia,
pare to meet resull.ng emergencies or consummate abilities in the com
llad they adopted the aggressive manders opposed to him, or formida
measures which Mr. Buchanan is de- , tle physical obstacles. A man does
nounced for nedcclinc there is little not prove that he possesses a giant's
IlllUlllVU IWI ini.nv.ini;, on iv m iit.iv
doubt that the "rebellion" would have
jhecn crushed in its incipient stage. :
lit is uniut, however, lo denounce
i either ilr. Lincoln or .Mr. Luchanan
lor luck of prescience. We do not
propose lo dclend Mr. Buchanan. He
I does not need iu He acted at that
as be had acted durinr; bis
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whole previous political career, j
through patriotic and national motives
anxious only to allav hostility and
sectionalism and to keep tho people ucular, a great contrast to those ol
j united in bonds of fralernitv. It General Grant. General Jackson won
i matters not. therefore, what "aper-( bis brilliant victory at New Orleans
jsions may be cast upon him now; with 7 ,"00 men against a British ar
those who are to come after us will my of 12,100. General Taylor had
look caimlv and disnassionuUlr uinm bat about 0,000 men at P.uena Vista
the ranses and actors in the great nd
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bloody drama, and to them must be;
piven the dutv ol asijrninc to James
Buchanan his proper plae in Hiatory.
ArnASSAS The bill for admitting
this Slate wsth Constitution allow
ing all negroes and some white xope
to vole, has passed the Senate. It has
been delayed for some time, and has
raised a commotion in the Juidieal
camp. JioL, however, because it vio-
lates the Constitution they do not
care for that. There is a eraser difti -
cultv. It violates the Clncago plat-
lorm, made only two weeks ago.
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The itrpubliran Candidate for
I'rettdcnt.
If A backwoodsman should insist on
using an axe to cut his crop of grain,
instead of a sickle, because the axe
had rendered good service in felling
the forest that had stood upon the
samo ground the proceeding year, no
body would be apt to think well of
his judgment in the selection of a uten
sil. As we are not to have a war,
thcre.is less fitness in the selection of
a general than of a statesman, as a
candidate for President. Gen. Grant
has been nominated solely in conse
quetico of his militury reputation.
Waiving, for tho present, the funda
mental objection that the instrument
is not adapted to the proosed use,
and that luo ..Presidency, during the
next term, will afford no scope for
tho exertion of military talent, we
challenge inquirj into the grounds of
General Grant's fame as a soldier.
We suppose that none of his friends
will serionsly maintain that he is en
titled to be called a great general
merely because be has commanded
great armies, much less because he
has exposed and lest in battle great
multitudes of men. His reputation
rests Ufon the fact that all bis cam
paigns have been successful. Hut suc
cess against such adversaries as Pil
low or Pcmbcrton in the West is no
very signal proof of abilities, unless
they commanded greater forces ;
which they did not. General Lee
was a more worthy antagonist ; bat
General Lee was not conquered by
fiirhting him, but by exhausting his
resources. He stood on the defensive
fur nearly a year after Grant assumed
command in the Last, although the
Confederacy was even then, when
Grant crossed the liapidan, tottering
and well nigh sjient by three years
exertion in a strenuous and unequal
struggle. It is certainly just to cred
it Grant with the capture of Lee ; but
there is a debit as well as a credit side
to the account. What General Scott
called "the economy of life by means
of head work" will be sought lor in
vain in the campaigns of Geu. Grant.
His successes have been won by a
prodigal expenditure of bis soldiers.
Jn Lis last and greatest campaign he
pitted aii enormous army against a
small one, and sacrificed twice aa
many men as Gen. Lee had under his
command. It is not justice, but ad
ulation, to praise him as if be bad con
qtieied an army as large as bis own.
It is not justice but an affront to hu
manity to give hira as much credit as
if he had achieved thraame result
without such wholesale sacrifices
of mn. Th following in an n
thentic statement of the respec
tive forces and losses of Generals
Grant and Lee between the ltapidan
and the James.
Grant, on assuming command May
4, ltG4, bad of effective men besides
the reserve, when be crossed the Kap
idan, 125.OO0.
Lee at the same date had an effec
tive force of 5J.000.
Grant's reinforcements up tothe
The two armies then met in front
of Petersburg.
We have been at some pains to as
certain and verify these figures, ar.d
we vouch for their substantial accura
i cy. We shall take care that fiey do
not escape the notice nor slip the rec
ollection of the country. We cheer
fully concede to General Grant the
merit of success j but it is right that
the country should know the terrible
cost at which that success was pur
chased.
The truest test of military genius
is the accomplishment of great results
with slender means. We can recull
no instance (unless Grant be an in
stance) of a general who established
his title to be called great otherwise
than bv succeeding avaitist rrcat dis-
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strength by overmastering an invalid
or cripple. A general does not cstab-
lish lua title to be considered p-cat
by subduing an army one-third as
large as his own and losing five of his
own men lor every one that he disa
ble of the enemy.
v e have had ome experience be-
r : r i i - -
i" running successiui gu.ieniis
candidates for the piesidency ; but
their acnievmcnts were, in Ibis par-
le ilexicans twice or thrice that
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nnmber. General Scott bad 8,f00 at
(Vrro Gordo, the Mexicans 12,fHK.
The splendid victory of Contreras
was athicved by Scott with 4.5i '0
men against 1 2.1 0(1 Mexicans. Gen
eral Scott in his report to the Secre
tary of War, speaking of the battles
in front of .Mexico, said : "And 1 as
sert, upon accumulated and unques
tionable evidence, that in not one of
these conflicts was this armv opposed
bv lewer than three and a-balf tiroes
half tiroes
! its numbers in several of them by a
ret greater excess " If it be i
aid that
ground
Grant had disadvantages of
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and position to encounter in advanc
ing through an enemy's country, tho
same is equally truo of b'wtt, who
nevertheless with greatly inferior
numbers advanced rapidly from tri
umph to triumph, whilw Grant opera
ting with superior numbers sgi'.inst a
nearly exhausted foe, required a v. holo
year to capture P.iebmond, which final
ly succumbed to exhaustion rather
than to military genius. JS'. T. World.
f Ulg Job.
FlfTT THOUSAND KANSAS FARMERS TO
BE SWINDLED SEVt.t illLUO.H DOL
LARS Till STAKE.
Washington, May SO Some thirty
seven years ago the Natiotul Govern
ment held in trust ior the Cherokee
Indians the sum of $20O,"" in gold,
and having use for about that sum
appropriated it, giving the Cherokecs
instead a deed to 800,000 acres of land
in what is now Southern Kansas.
This tract of land was never occupied
by the Cherokecs, but wts held in trust
for them by the nationtl government,
supposing that the rise n value would
fully equal the interest on the sum paid.
Meanwhile it was taken possession of
and improved by settlers, who, finding
it vacant, supposed they could acquire
titles to it under the pre-emption or
homestead law. It was estimated that
60,000 settlers occupied thut portion
of Kansas a year ago, and the number
has been rapidly increasing since.
In ISou' the Cherokecs applied to the
Secretary of the Interior, Kev. Harlan,
fur permission to sell the land n ques
tion, offering it first to the Govern
ment for $M'0,000 currency, or $200,
000 less than first cost if yon taks tlie
interest and depreciation of currency
into consideration. It could readily
have been resold to the acttlcrs occi
pying it in tracts of 100 acres each, at
therateof f 1.25 per acre, orf 1,000, OW
for the whole, thus repaying the Gov
ernment for outlay, expense of survey
ing, etc
An arrangement or treaty was final
ly made by which the Secretary of
tbe Interior was to have tho land ap
praised by a commission and sold to
the settlers at iu appraised value, or
he might sell it in a body for a eura
not less than f 00,000 casii.
As the land was considered by good
judges to be worth from $l,.ri(t0,lKKHo
$0,000,000, Mr. Secretary d;d not let
much grass grow under hit feet before
selling it to the American Emigrant
Comtiany of Connecticut, of which ,
Mr. John Williams, the author of the
national bank system, was general
agent, lor J2o,00'J cash down and $775,
00 on long credit.
The jii proiiontx-vd Lr tk. At
torney Geueral illegal and void, and
Mr. Browning, alter taking control of
the department, resold the land to one
Mr. Joy, of Detroit, whose right to it
was contested by the Emigrant Com
pany. Having, however, reconciled
their differences, both oonteslantsarc
now putting forth every effort to get
the Senate to legulize the fiist sale.
This tract of land is nearly equal to
a principality. Towns have grown up
within iu boundaries, and much of it
is now improved lurms worth $."0 per
acre. If these sharpers get a title to
ihe land the settlers, or a large jortion
of them, will be at their mercy obli
ged to pay w hatever avaricious specu
lators may demand, or leave their
homestead. It is not likclv that these
heartless lobbyisU will demand of
their victims less than 10 per acre on
an average, which will bring the enor
mous sum of f VioO.OuO-beiug profit
of 7200,000 on an investment of $S0Q,
Out). This land having been placed in
tbe hands of the Government in trust
for sale, it was tbe imperative duly
of the Secretary of the Interior to
have offered it first to the settlers
w ho had enriched it. If they refused
lo buy the sharpers might then have
bad a chance. Such a straightfor
ward, honest course, however, would
have left no chance for the lobby go
bct weens to make $7,200,000.
One very peculiar feature of this
transaction is that it is all fixed up in
secret session of the Senate, the House
having no knowledge of the matter
at any stage of the proceedings.
Pimocratic IiK.NEOArt'.s. The I!c
publican Convention a. Chicago was
managed exclusive by such rene
irade Ik-mocrats as Dan. Sickles, John
Logan and John Cochrane. They arc
fHiiml partners in the honors and v.
pected emoluments, and formed a tri
angular mutual admiration society.
Cochrane, would make a motion that
Gen. Sickles be invited to address the
crowd. When he got through, Loao
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j would call for Cochrane, and Sickles
and Cochrane lor Logan. Jn this man
ner they managed to keep themselves
prominently before the ieopl6 during
the whole session. The '-honor" ol
nominating Grant was held in reserve
for the "noble Loran " who d
d it in
his usual bichlalulin stvlo. It is this
c lass of unprincipled played out dem
agogues who are to coutrol Grant,
should he be elected.
Tbe Chicago Timet gives the follow
ing general description of the Iladical
National Convention :
None of tbe doK-n negro delegates in
the Chicago Convention were invited
to make speeches. Why did not the
whites who sat cheek by jowl with the
colored brethren give them a chance
to be heard? Perhaps a spee h from
one of them might have gone far to
wards reconciling the faithful to negro
oqua'ity, which will ineviublv come if
Grant and Colfax should be elected.
A Baltimore dispatch sars: Hon.
Rcverdy Johnson is said to have ad
vised a friend here that President
Johnson will soon issue a proclamation
of general amnestr, which will include
a free pardon ior all rebels from Jeff,
1 Davis down.
ttuller.
If it were possible for this wretched
libel upon bis raco to place another
inscription upon tho monument of
baseness and shamelcssm- bo has
raised to himself and his Badical fac
tion, his recent impudent assault upon
another well-established principle of
law, and his brar.cn advocacy ol the
outrago upon tho floor of a corrupted
Congress, wou'd furnish tho theme.
Unlortnnately, however, this missha
pen spawn of some extinct monster
can commit no crime, whether of
blood or lust, and can fathom no depth
of brutality or cowardice that cannot
find an example and illustration in
his own past, and which will not be
repeated in his life to come, should
'.ho law permit him to go unwhipt of
JWUtue, mid eoctoty tolurutn tho exis
tence of a seething mass ol corruption
such as has not defiled the air we
breathe, nor been looked upon by
mortal eye since Jean Vol Jean emer
ged from tho reeking sewers of Paris.
To insult and browbeat a witness,
as Butler did Charles W. Wooley, in
the committee room, was only to do j
wtiat the bullying spirit born ol the
war, would teach as a gentlemanly
accomplishment to most of those
whose loyalty and patriotism mean
simply an impudent intolerance. To
tell him 'that he lied," as Wooley al
leges Butler did, and then quickly to
retract it, when Wooley hinted at
resentment outside, was to advance a
step nearer the deep shadow of that
infamy whither the Beast retreats
when be goes to wallow in his own
peculiar lair ; but to rise in the nation
al legislature and advocate the im
prisonment of a lawyer because be
refused to reveal tbe sccreU of bisi
clients, universally held a ''privileged
communication," a professional rela
tion Trhich a Lord Chancellor of Eng
land said not only "jvtifiti tbe with
holding of such secrets, but bound
the counsel to withhold, and not dis
close in any court of law or equity
either as party or witness" was an
act so foul that the soul of the 'rob
ber" mated with the soul of the "mur
derer,"and Bullerand Bingham struck
bands. And the red band of Mrs.
Surratt's murderer drew Ihe resolu
tion which arraigned thelawj-cr who
dared lo stand uKn bis honor and
bis oath, and the foul breath of the
Bcait pressed it to a vote, and tbe
Congressional spaniels said ,-yea"
mummies that lliey are who might,
for any soul or will of theirs, as well
be under tbe pyramids of Egypt,
when Stevens w inds the lash ol his
scourge 'around them, or the Beast
L'aiCS UIOn them his ril oya,
the like of which man has not fx-ca
since Zanoni looked upon the monster
that guarded the portal of the unseen
world.
True, Butler intensified tbe joy be
felt, in breaking the spirit and woun
ding the honor of helpless man, by
wreaking at the aame tinn cruelty
and prol-able ruin upou a young girl.
Yinnie Ileam, who is, it seems, a nle
votec of art, and whose proficiency in
the branch she has selected, induced
Congress to employ her to execute
the marble statue of Lincoln for the
Capitol, occupied the very room des-
: . i I .. lj,,,n. . i r : .. i. . m
the -fiiard bouse " lo be used bv the
Senrcant-at-Arms. There stands her
clay model, with all her delicate and
unwearying labor upon it it cannot
be moved, and if left to dry will shrink
and crack, and become useless, and
hence she must lose ber model ana
her labor, and with them her support.
What is it in this girl's pure life that
has prompted the Beast lo rend ber
with his claws? Thank God that even
this era of corruption can furnish but
one such cowardly fiend, and the
hand that threatens lust and outrage
to the unprotected women of a con
quered lily, is the same thai now de
spoils tbe young artist in her studio.
We have sought in vain t! find in
all the annals of recorded time the
model after which this leprous thing
wa laslnonea. An oiu myuiiiioi:
mythology
taehcR that tbe .inU of rn bci;
return to curse the world in different
but loathsome s-hapc. a judgment !
overshadowing the whole cycle of
time, tinon wuicn tneir i.aneuu rrvs-
ence falls. It wm Thersiles who to
tne anc.eni councils oi me .,ree ... the Cat .U-l this evening.
Instrated this mvlhology meMUlTtwiil he taken f,r tlie
gave to all t-rae die aptet prototype inU.rmenU aJo- yxilton 1Ia ,ln
of ihn r, , m r-l f " . " - s;ullU,n nJ Curtin are announced as
even "Beast, if, M Lad.V Anne mj . j ,1UK.art.,s , tb witn nl and
there m noljt bu hath some touch 1 lt)i,f mourners.
of pity." But .n those d.jt there ,
.,'BdlhT7" shown to him bvthe thicao Con
him.nto silence. Thers.les found L M
I lysses then and utiles r.-lnhnt.ve , ; ..rpcU.S dcl,-:'a.e)
.,, .sleeps, br L.ngham s or. er ,n . I reverence, i.ike Wool-
the Beast, w ill yet live to fill np the
picture as painted in the Illiad.
Tberaileo orh tlamor'd ia the tbnrii.
Loqnoctnot. kad and trhat M tonrow.
to -JJ bo, i re.ra-hr bld ;
Hit 6 -lire s.rrh a aj.ril bit a'l frwlaia.
One ere a blintmc and one lef. erat lane ;
Hit aiooalaia tOnoturit balf bitreatt e'e tfieead,
Ttiir oa.n benrroed bit lg. oiiwhara bri.
Splera l Kaankiod hit errn.oi brart totoe4.
And atorh he batrl all bat smrt tbo hrrt.
Ivn. had bo lirod tho orora of errrr llrf.
unl vbea bo aaoks, kot aiJ tut' feeaii aiai
aok i
Fhary wat bii Ti.iee "wfcick ia the ttirTVat toae
That with tliiurinu iuiMt atiorkt Utc throe a.
0 o ' o o o o a
Tien fm ait eeot at il.is n-M T"iii.
Io rrnrrtv Trncroort f the Kirf ol K'..,fff;
Wllh ted. root, oa ij a klml ia bit erea,
Her.rwt tbeerm-b aad a.-ora!r that rq hre:
1 nuo. fortjnat atimeter .' hurt te era the Sioto
M nb errors I im Ulrtit fiood (oi Inl di'-ate, j
Carb that uvteiooot Innroe ot m-h'y raia.
And unrty aoad. aei-r- the S''"ci mra.
lla.e o-o ait kanoa lb", alo e o( oi, our !?
Tbe aiar oho vtt the Iroxt at Ireide the uoet,
Heoaiit. ad roormas aj the dartre! Woi,
The oroiyhte oreiitre oa bit Vork doomdt ;
On l r.jd I. unit Ihe Miwk! toon nt.
Tho tr rmc. atort.nl fnea bit ba(rrd errt j
Vreaitlio; be Ool aod ahruuk ia at'ie h-ort ;
Irual tut i lie euaga oitpod the orui loart.
' mm
The absorbing topic during the late
heavy rain The earth 1
TEEMS-S2 per annnm, in Adrante.
SERIES-Y0L. 8, NO. 1G.
l.flirl of Ihe thifneo .'omtna-
tionltriair in the itadlral
'fiij at Wafhhtpton. j
Tho Washington correspondent ofi
the New York IhrM gives the fob
lowinz account of the war in which
the nomination of Grant and Colfax
have been received in Washington :
Wasiii.nt.tox, May 2, is'.
Sufficient time has now elapsed since
the Chicago Convention to speak of
the effect of the nominations made
there and tho political prospect as
viewed from the central point.
The ticket has fallen list and pro
duced no impression whatever. There
are various reasons for this fact, but
tho main one is the identification of
General Grant with the radical wing
of the party, and his f ull acceptance
of their policy, including imiieaeh-
.ii . .i 1 i
whieb k .deb ated openly and
even violently, as is well known here
and as General Logan and Mr. JudJ,
of Illinois, emphatically declared at
Chicago.
General Grant went over to the
Radicals and abandonod his previous
conservative tendencies last October,
at which time Washbnrne came to
Washington toarrange the programme
and General llawlings was sent West
to make a sjiecch revealing his chief s
conversion to the doctrines of Tbad.
Stevens and the "Mountain."
Ever since that time be has been
losing ground, and now is even weaker
than the party, because il is admitted
that be brings no outside strength
and excites ?o interior enthusiasm,
w hile old and straight-laced Ilepubli
cans will ltolt his nomination as ao
abandonment of principle.
Il is absurd lo suppose that Colfax
adds a particle of influence to tbe con
cern. Any ward politician would be
equally strong, and be is of the di
mensions of a war! politician, only
raised in the country. There are tens
of thousands of lbs same class and
genius scattered over tbe Union,
many of whom are vastly superior to
the individual whose smirking medi
ocrity occupies the chair once filled 1
bv llemy Clay.
"The Radicals relied upon the suc
cess of impeachment as their last and
only hoje of carrying the Presidential
election. That deleated, they sub
stantially admit the game to be bt.
Their plan was for Stanton to organ
ise tbe whole South into a compatt
1 Judical column, to dec lare martial law
in Kentucky and Maryland under
some fabricated pretext, in order to
exclude their votes, and then by cv
ercion and corrupt ion to secure enough
of the East and West to count them
selves into power. This scheme re
quired the aid of Wade to make it a
success. ith Johnson in the While
House it falls to the ground, and with
it all the hopes of the revolutionists.
Iisguise it rs they may, the Wade
men are intensely indignant and will
do little to help tbe ticket Their
chief has given no such endorsement
as is pretended by the Badical organs.
On the contrary, be swears Lko "our
army in Flanders,' and says that he
was sold out. It is notorious that the
Southern delegates, w ho were pledged
to him, were b uigbt by the New York
jobbers at various rates, and many of
them as cheap as the payment of their
u"1" - -l (,-
is now urgoj tie re as a reason
against the admission of those Slate
by many extremists, and if their votes
mere not counted opon in November
thev would Dot be allowed to come in
at all.
It is now conceded by leading and
competent liadii-al that Pennsylvania
i h-t hy a larce majoritv, first, l-
cause of the failure of impeachment;
c.,,t W.. tK rnnwnli J:.
not exjtressly and by name r xcom
rnuiiirhte the fven Sinalors who se
cured acquittal ; and, thirdly, K-cause
of the inullinc and intentional oniis-
ion of any relvrence to protection or
"home industry." That State is now
demanding an increase of the tariiT,
' and the foremost politician have writ
! ten here that without il there is no
r ... .;... T5
Cnn( iaJ no oi tomhin the
tariiT. finance, or any oiher lare
question at thi esion. Pennsylvania
IS rone 4-hiok and line."
- .Tm;.,;n nr tl.
"i...4;i t,..lr. . .mi
Alas poor Stanton!
Not even the
cheap compliment of a resolution of
tliai.Ls for such hard fidelity to party,
and so tnuih sacrifice of scll-rei-pect '.
Ua will cow get a place in the Freed
man's Bureau, for which be is emi
nently qualified, and will doubtless
find it very comfortable in the hot and
sweltering dys of Ani-ut lo be so
intimately associated with his African
brethren.
Mori ruNPrn Old riihn AVash
bnme.' the watchdog oftheTrcasurj-, ' j
has set m c-d the par.ge of a bii! appro-1
priat'tig $r."i'.' tosuj r'y "deLiien- j
cy" in the rcors'.; c.iion exper.res
in Veade'a l'islrit. V. A t.e old watch-.
j dog r.lihu is, to be (.ure '. snarling at
other people, while be is gorging him
'sclf with plunder. But hovv came
j this "deficiency" in Satrapy number
Three? Is the appropriation made
'to cover the expense of bringing re
j lays of negroes from one county to
I another to vote for the "Constitution,
I or to cover something else that can't
j bear exposure ! As we must pay our
' share oi it, we woulJ like Ut know.
5 he CWairrM VrpuMiran.
1 " if .. n s - .... .. f I
If fc4 iKf M " I ' li'""0.s.. . 9 ("
Kftfr of Mn i'Mi'K,
Ti rr !' mum -j t - ( 10 I ' 'f
h.. 1 (,.,. wr i,r .. 1
I (ir rr h in- i ie - - " '
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iVw4t I 1,1
u mm ftr.l t -i ; : w , I
i . 'p.. :t,-,; 2 mi
j .il inn ( . r ' :-r '
n. iuht Bu. . tn.r 1- m- Imrv, i lifi JO
i'ioitn.iiaM'i.-, 1 .r &
UtRIT UiMrTUMMI.
I aJtl'r t I f i.Il.l Ml
J Mjiian ' .' I j r .'.mm- 'l
3 Miiatri 11 mi M jUiu , 7i CO
Ji b Moik.
Pintle qnirr
3 quin. J'f (juiic,
2 M 0 r ft, (- r 4'i.rc. 1 iO
thtfl, 2S or lr,i J j ?r. or U-M 10
.h-l, 2 or 2 J "t i- J j 0" . "
Orer 3j of exrh of i n,rtnn raUg.
ohj. i:. i.t"in,AMi:i:,
l.'littir ati-1 'r.(iri"lnr.
octs and hoc5.
KOOT AI) SHOE siioK
EV
EDWARD
MACK.
On Market
itrtet, opf'4.t Uie
rp!IK prrpnlor hu ntercd into the BOOT
u dfternincd not to b oat'lone itbr id tfuai
i it j or jrtc fur bit work, rpveuti ttaiion
will b paid to muDufaciunojf wd work. Ho
! ha on band a larp lot of branch Kip aad
1 tail rfcinf, ol tiie very quanir. id riti-
, , n;.r6M .0riclai,; 7,p.et)uii,
j iDTitd i i'.vt tim trUi, Jso kuf lot wio.
BOTH,' 6 If
PEAfE PB0CL1I3IED.
THE WAR OVER IS CLEARFIELD.
KNOX TOWNSHIP QUIET.
Xearh all the Cohtrabanh going back
to thfir old masters; but 'nary one
goi.j to oil V.MxWitfsv where
they were loctd so lung and so well.
IX romtquraf f tb abovt- fartJ.F. SHORT,
of tba ld "Short bboa hop." wouid an-
wunoa to bii anmeroui patron a, and lb popla
of Clearfield county at lar;r, tLat ba ha w ft
first rat lot j( food aa&icriai, ju-l rveived fro a
tba Kast, and it prf pared an aaort notice to feat
aad airnd Boou sod feot. at bii sew ibp ia
Gr&baaV row. H if aaitefied that ha ea piaaa
ail.( ailaa it mi phi baton iutDelj loyal auj.
at bom patriot .) 11 if prepared toteU Jo for
Cab ar tun n try Prviuea, lon't forget tba
tkop text doer ta Showers 1 tirabsa j Ur;
mm Market etreet. Clear field, Fa aad ktt bj a
fe'.low ettsaneBij eailtd
)l.'i7-f SHORTY."
DANIEL CONNELLY,
Root and .Shoe Manufacturer
HA" jt reteiTed a So lot of Frencfc C.ALP
K1$, and is sot prepared to naoafae
iyra eTe-ythioj in bis line at lb loift 6 (fa res
He will warrant bii wurk to be a rertsDted.
He rpe?tful!y solinu a call, at his shop ao
Market street, second door west of the pottffnr,
where b will do all in hi power to render satis
fwctioa Scat b (iaiter U'fs oa bcJ.
TV. :.y I.A I K L L t . t: LLT.
EV"B30Td"S
rnt sahsrriWr bariog lately started a aew
JL Coot aad Sh' ehop in Corwnitil e, oa
Mai a street. ofPeita Jwse(b H. lrwia's lr
store, rapect:uiiy announces to tb f aohe that
h is prepared ta Dili aetureali style of 0ot
aad Sboet, sad everythitf io bis lia. ea short
tira. I! alM kep oa hand a fuod ataorl
aiewt of raady-aiad work, which he wiU sell
cheap for cash or eon a try proHare.
cil7-tf 6:131 tKHlS ?. KO?d.
hotels.
J. W. WALLACE . . TUOS. H. SHAW
AMERICAN HOUSE,
l.athr rbur, C Icirficld C'o Pa.
TBI.4 well kaowa and )rf tab!isbed Ho el,
formerly kept by R- W. Moore, and lattetly
ty Waa, Schweai, sr4 has heea leased for a teroi
1 years by tb aedtr-icae J. ta which the at tro
ths a' tb trseelirr pat-iie is now eallrd, aad a
liberal share f ribhe ratronap is toll cited.
aprl6.-Iy-pd Ml AW A WALLACE.
JONES'S HOTEL.
(roRMERLT MOIl't.)
Conwr of So.tk nj Ccnal Ftrrrti, 't Railmaj,)
H ARRIS Bl'KG, Pa.
r1-3Ti J. II. J0XES, Troj.V.
THE WESTERN HOTEL.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
THK whrtHbr Vn iir lnwi f.r a trrm of
yrt by Mr. Lanirh.) mai r-fiitri aci rrfur
Bbi il tfaroafboot, ii mow prre,l tn (alrr
lata trarflfra ani tbo pat!ic oeriltr upoo
Xrrmt it il bri a'ikt r'aHt lo bo'h atrt.nf
aai irot.ri.lor. Ilia TACI.K and it AK will
i k mp-iifd ih hut thf atrUt t.r,U;
!. ll.f U rrJ rt lo aii !
tbe eonecnieare and t-Bafort of bis caests.
A IJterj' Mablc is aVo attached t the es
tablifhzneat. Hones, Parri, ete fnrtiisbed
o short olict or persons takes to ar? point
desired JAM LS A. FUNK,
jelJ Propiietor.
SUSQUEHANNA HOUSE.
Carwcanlllr, t Irarrttli roantr. Pa.
rpHI oli aai Wf'.l ublirhai Hnl, krantl.
X laJ tuuatti oa lh banks of tot Suoa.
anta, ta tbe boroicb ,f Curwfa tTilla. bu Wa
Wai for a tarai pi vrara hj th andrrricapi
Tt tai Heea aac.relT rr::c d, led la sow p-a ta
i t, ',r,tu;a,. , r,i ,n u ,t,ui to
I rdr icm i row.', nak's while tarrjini; at this
i bo., A.rio 6:ai
1 1. jt ro1 c ' r the aecooimo
! "" f t. caarSe i..d.rat.
te.
JEI'FRIES.
ai'tji u
WM. M.
LROADfJ US E.
NAIX MUIH, IMILIl-SKl RU, TA.
I rfflK veierHTnei keepa roaaUnt!j oa bani
j X Ibo W.t of Livora. Bit table u alvara
I a,-pliei ai:b thfc.ft t market affWa. Tho
! trTe!:r.r oabUe wiU io well to cro him a -alL
ael,'j. R'll.KRT LLC-1 I".
SUSQUEHANNA HOUSE.
COXESTOVl S, I'M I lll CO., TA.
THE BBerined ukrt tbit anethod of la.
f-rniir.( tfce Wotermea of riearfield rouBtv,
thalbe bat rrrttfi aad ro-openfNl the hotel fo -BJerlT
Ity-: by L. rbreioer, at Cuxettooo, obera
be oul uke Ffrri.l paioe lo rendr aatitfartioa
lo all oho ff or htta onia tbeir atrtaa(0. 110
baa fclvoa all ihe ro.-ka out of tbe ri.er and
rlaotei aghSir.( rola fol half a aula ahoee kit
. VAIL'
CAII.IAGE ASD SIXIGH SHOP,
IX CI.V.AKF1ELI. Vi.
(laiaediate',; la rear of Mtctioe Simp.)
MIK tuWenher orould rpeftfury Infira. tba
ritnerjt t f I leortjeld. aod tho ruhlie ta ra
ctai, that be preft red to do all kiaJe of aurk oa
CAIIKUGI, BUGGIES, SLF.lGlIs. io.
oa a'aorl aotieo aai aa rouoaahlt terat, aai
ta a voekaiaaiikf ataoaor.
y-Atl ordera proaDptl atleoded to.
Feb. 14,'M V M. H'Mi.HI.
D!OM1IO HF IMHTM.KMUP.
rberanoer.hir bertof..ro eii.tmt betwe-a
I., oit A- Moam'il and Th. A. lVdfaue. omler
ilraiiw rr"Sr.li.M A 1'1,11'I M X.
wa i..0f"t he oi'ml e-'n-ent ,o th. I? h d.T
M Mae. l-i.s. lBt A. totierviad w:lt ctdlect all
out. in I ar i.Wt due the Brat, a" i o il -oti.fT all
lv,b,Liie. 1. A. STOK!!OAH.
THO.. A. I'lUt'tAlX.
OoreolaV1'!., VT t, at.
1I.K III! 1." Jn-ticet' aad 1'wiWn' T
4 h.lit. for aalo at thia offioo. Mallei w any
odiroaaoataareccii lofliwatt. XmJ U.