•
The idleness and vagrancy of the negro, in
a free State, may be a nuisance to oodety. It
moot be corrected in the beet way we can. I
have no doubt, in nine cases out of ten, freedom
will prove a curse instead of a blessing to the ne
gro. No one should turn off Monograms ifthey are
willing to remain with him for their victuals
and clothes and work as they have heretofore
done. They have had no agency in bringing
about the change which has taken place, end
we should feel no 111 towards them on that so-
count.
Mr. Chairman, as much as we feel the humil
iation and degradation of our present situation,
and deeply lament the losses which have be
fallen the Southern States, yet we should be
happy to know that this cruel and bloody war
is over, and that peace is once more restored to
our country. This is a great consolation amid
out wants, distresses and humiliation. The hue
bhnd will 110 longer have to leave his wife and
children ; the father and mother will not be
called upon any more to give up their sons as
victims to the war. It is to be hoped that in a
very short time civil government will be restored
in South Carolina; that law once more will •
reign supreme over the State, and that life, lib
erty and property will he protected everywhere,
as they heretofore have been.
The resolutions submitted to this meeting ex
press a hope ' on the part of the people of Green
ville
ty proclamation ,
that the President will enlarge his mires.
and grant a pardon to all who
are liable to prosecution. The secession of the
Southern States was far greater and very differ
ent from a rebellion proper. It was organized
by constitutional sovereign States, acting in their
sovereign capacity, and not by unauthorized as.,
semblages of citizens. Treason may be commlt•
tee against the State of South Carolina, as well
as agabodt the United States. After South Caro
line left the Union all her citizens were liable,
ail traitors, in the State courts, who took sides
with the United States and fought against her.—
If they were liable to be punished as traitors in
the United States courts, for taking side with
the State, then all were traitors and liable to be
•
ea ra t .ey eau not, an to
cheese between the State and the United Stater,
was death. Surely a priniipal se monstrous and
absurd cannot be enforced. There were thou
sands and hundreds of thousands in the South
ern States who deeply regretted the secession of
their States, but after the State bad seceded, felt
that their first allegiance was due the State.
Bet, Mr. Chairman, the seee salon of eleven or
twelve sovereign States ' composing one-half of
the territory of the Unit ed States, was something
more' than a rebellion. It was legitimate war
bet Ween the two sections, and they acted to•
Wards each other, throughout the war, as recog
nized belligerents, and were ao treated and re•
cognized by foreign natione. Prisoners were ex
changed between the two Selligerenta, and none
were treated as traitors during the whole of the
four years war. Hundreds of thousands of Wag
oners were thus exchanged. The highest gen
erals, as well as the humblest privates, were
treated as captured soldiers by both Governments
and exchanged. Surely a General officer who
has been exchanged while this gigantio war
was waging, cannot now be demanded as a trai
tor, tried and executed as a traitor.
There have been few national wars in Europe
lb which greater armies were carried into service
and on the field of battle. To call such a war a .
rebellion simply is a misapplication of terms.
The, greatest and best men of Abe Southern States
were most tionscientloarly leading this war,
either in council or on the field of battle. •In all
there is not a more perfect model of a pure and
great man (save Washington) than Gen Lee.—
Tat ho should now be hanga traitor would
be en mot of national insanity that Would shook
the Whole civilized world, and render the name
of the United States odious in history.
Whilst Ido not think, Mr. Chairman, that
the whole people of the Southern States have be
haved well in this war, and done their duty at
home and on the field of battle, yet there is a
very large proportion of them who have won im
mortal honors, and whose glory in war and wis
dom In conned' will illustrate many a bright page
In history. They have been unsuccessful in
their revolution, but this should not, and does
not, detract front their , hefoio gallantry on the
field' of battle, or their statesmanship in the
, Otiblnet or halls- of legislation. They will he re•
membered and honored as heroes and patriots,
not only , at the South, but in the North too, as
soon arpaselon subsides, and sober reason and
calm reflection assume their sway over the pub
lie Mind.
I cannot and would not, Mr. Chairman, ask
- my yellow citizens to forget the put in this war
been needs of atrocity committed by the United
'States armies which never eau be forgotten by
the Southern &atm But Ido entreat them to
beeoM 4 4 loyal Mancini, and respect the national
authorities of the Nepbblio. Abandon at- once
and forever all notions of secession, nullification
and disunion. Determine to live, and teach
your children to live, ag true American citizens.
There will he in the future, if there is not now,
au much of pride and grandeur in the name of
Amerlean °Risen," as there once was in ,that of
"Boman citizen." The Republic is destined to
tO on increasing in national power and greatness
for centuries to come.- As soon as the ferment
of the revelation subsides, we ehall be restored
to all our civil rights, and be as free and republi
can as we ever were. There is no reason why
there should be any sectional jealousy or ill feel
ing between the North and the South They are
greatly,necessm to each other. Their interests
are dependent, - and not rival interests ; and now
that slavery is abolished, there will be no bone of
contention between the two sections.
I thought, Mr. Chairman, that when the South
ern State. Heeded there was an end to republican
institutions, that the great American experiment
wag a failure, and that vre should soon have, both'
at the North and in the 13duth, strong military
Governments, which would be republican in
same only. But,eir, my hope of republican insti
tutions had revived w ith the restoration of the.
Union. It le a crying shame to think that man
kind, free and enlightened, are not capable of
governing themselves. That they must have a
muter, a ruler, in the shape of a king or mon.
MO, to govern them, who may not have as muolt
sense or virtue as the humblest of h is subjects,—
If civil government is once more restored in the
Soeth, and the ship of •State gets fairly under
way again, wo may be assured of•the perpetuity
of republican institutions. In all the seceding
Stales, except South Carolina and Florida, Pro
visional Governors have been appointed with a
view to the restoration of civil authority in those
Stales. This has not been done in South Caro
lina, because the people have not yet given auffi
°lent demonstration of their willingness to return
to their tilleglance to the United States. As
soon as this is done by the people, in their pri
mary assemblies, a Provisional Government will
be appointed by the President, with power to call
a convention of the State, for the purpose of re
forming the Constitution and abolishing slavery.
When this is done, and the Constitution approv
ed by (longue% the fititte.will be allowed to re
sume her pesition again In the Federal Union.—
The people will elect their members of the Log
.
.• : yea ae tbo hereto-
In North Carolina all loyal citizens are allowed
to vote for members of the Convention who were
legal voters there previous to the revolution.—
The same course will be pursued in all the States.
The right of suffrage, afterwards, will be regula
ted by the Legislature of eaoh State.
The resolutions Which I have had the honor of
submitting for the adoption of this meeting are
similar, In purport, to those adopted at Charles
ton; Columbia, Abbeville and other plans.—
They simply express our willingness to adopt the
terms of the President's proelematimand return
to oar allegiance. We likewise ask for the ap
pointment of a Provisional Governor and the res
toration of the civil authorities. There ie noth
ing in these resolutions to whioh the most sense
live can object.
If a man le in a loathsome dungeon there is no
Impropriety in asking to be released, no matter
how innocent he may have been. Nor la there
anything wrong in his promising to behave him
self lingered to his liberty. The resolutions
likewise provide for sending some one to repro
sent the situation of the country to the President.
This has been done in other States, and in other
districts of this State. It may have some influ
imee on the action of the Federal Goverment to
hare a free and full conference with the Presi
dent In reference to the condition, wishes and
Thelinga of the State. It is reported that Presi
dent Johnson receivep kindly all suggestions
which are made in reference to the reconstruc
tion of the States.
, Mr. Ohairtnern, I thank you, sir, and this large
and moat respectable auemblage of the ',Rhone
of Greenville for their patience and courtesy in
listening to me, and most devoutly pray to God
that we may be once more a tree, happy and
unitod people.
(Mr' Fred Lauer, the great Reading
brewer, has returned from Europe.
Ng, Duryea's Zouaves, at Charles
ton, recently mutinied, and had to be
disarmed by other troops. They
were sent to Fort Sumter. Cause—
the nigger,
WAt alkotistv.
WHIN DXMOCRLTIO PR1A011.1.1113 OUST TO LLD, WI OUTS
TO "mow."
WM. M. BRESLIN, Editor and Proprietor
LEBANON, PA.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1886.
STATE TAX ON U. S. SECURITIES. -
The New Hampshire Legislature has
passed a bill taxing the incomes on
U. S. Bonds twenty-five per cent.—
This is equivalent to one and one
half per cent. on the face of the six
per cent. bonds . and seventeen and
one-half per cent. on Seven-Thirties..
The settlement of this very knotty
question raised by New Hampshire
will be .interesting. The law will
drive all the TT. S. Securities out of
that State.
SOLDIERS NOT HANGMEN.
vantage of an interruption by some,
sneaking radical to administer a.cut
ting rebuke to the improvised Stan
.
ton-Holt tribunal at Washington, for
its attempt to make hangmen out of
nur gallant soldiers. Gen. Sherman
is thus reported : • -
"You have cities to build, railroads to build,
commerce to develop, agriculture to encourage--
everything to build up a great nation. [A voice
"Add Jeff. Davie to hang."] Hang him as
much as you plifase. [Laughter and cheers.]—
On that subject I tell my soldiers this : The sol
dier's duty is to fight an armed foe; allow the
sheriff and the jailor to do thefr executions. It
is none of our business: [Cheers.] For my
part, I and all my soldiers head ourselves is too
much respect to be hangmen."
Sherman spoke ".by the book," for
not a true soldier has ever been a
member of those despicable military
commissions, or has been guilty of
playing the infamous •fiart of hang
ing, without feeling himself degraded
by the service. -
Or The negroes are pouring into
Ohio and , Indiana in swarms from
the South. They are 'the "coming
man" of the Republicans, and will al
so be coming into Pennsylvania be
fore long.
sor The Republican papers of this
state are fast owning• round in favor
of negro rifting, and in opposition to
the President's. policy. Last week
tha,Bradford Reporter and Tioga Agi
tator both deolared for negro suf
frage, some others will come down
from the fence before long, falling on
white man.
no. Gen. Shermrn in his recent
speech at Indianapolis stated that
the "boys" in his army were always
opposed to negro voting.
a In another column we pub
lish a speech recently delivered by
Gov:Perry, in South Carolina. Mr.
Perry was appointed Provisional
Governor of that State, by President
Johnson a few weeks ago. He speaks
like a man, and the • President acted
like a man when he _selected him for
Governor, ' •
The Beeretary of State says that no applica
tion for the amelioration of the ors:littler' of Jeff.
Davisluts been made, except by his wife. That
speaks ill either of Mr. Davis or for those who
have called themselves his friends.--Repubiican
Exchange.
es_ If Davis' condition; needs ame
liorating why don't they have the
grace to do it without "applications."
The above looks very much that
his treatment is unnecessirily harsh,
and also that they would like his
friends to beg and pray to them to
extend to him the common -charities
of humanity.
"The little village of Charleston, Va.,< where
Goy. Wise hung John Brown, is • being visited
by many Northerners, who have carried off ev
erything moveable from the field on which Brown
*aa hang."—Republican Exchange.
tom. Yea, hnici very often northern
era "carry off" things from other
places. We 14 ..
Ve heard of- some
"carrying off" horses and carriages,
times they get gtearried:nif i
them
setves—to the penitentiary.
REPUBLICAN Pan TRADE LEAGUE.
—An Association headed by Wtr,.
LIAM CULLEN BRYANT, One Of the edi
tors of the New York Evening Post, a
strenuous republiCan paper, and oth
er leading Republ'.eens, of New York
City, has been organized to secure
free trade and the abolition of all
tariffs. They declare that all "pro
tection to the producer is the robbery
of the consumer." How will our Abo
lition friends here, who are such
strong protectionists, like this new
"plank ?"
etr. John A. MeClerland, of
nois, and John Cochrane, of New
York, have had protracted interviews
with the President, and on Friday
evening in Washington, Mr. Coch
rane made a speech in opposition to
negro suffrage. Both Cochrane and
McCieriand are Democrats.
siiir Affairs on the . Rio Grande
cause much uneasiness at Washing
ton.
Seir• The cholera in Egypt, at last
accounts, was rapidly decreasing.
se- Gen. Grant is in Boston.
Sir The Republican papers, bav
ing been depressed somewhat on ac
count of the hanging of Mrs. Surratt,
were favored with a little "God-send,"
last week by the acquittal of Miss
Harris, at Washington, for shooting
and killing her deceptive former lov
er. They now argue that it is im
possible to convict a wolitan of a cap
ital crime before the civil law, and
hence that Mrs. Surratt was properly
tried by a military commission. Are
the civil powers not just as honest
and, conscientious as the military ?
and is a person tried with the inten
tion of convictiL , n, guilty or not
guilty? If it was the intention to
convict Mrs. Surratt, guilty or inno
cent, that object was most admirably
accomplished by the military com
mission, but if her trial had been to
attain the ends of justice she should
have been tried in a civil court. The
acquittal of Miss Harris stands on its
own merits, and so should have
the guilt or innocence of Mrs. Sur
ratt. But the illegal trial, and the
haste of execution can not be justi
fied by any references to other cases,
and the consciences of those who
SEEI
and justified it, must continue to feel
guilty, and be a har*, night and
day, to their possessors. The mur
der of Lincoln was a bad-ertough pa.
tional stain, and there wits no neces
sity of making it still more indelible
by adding to it what cannot even be
called "legal murder."
"THE TREDEGAR IRON WOREE, at Richmond,
have been leased by the United States to the
owners, Joseph R. Anderson and his partners,
who have commenced business again as, iron
manufacturers, these works being held by Gov
ernment agents as eenfiseable property—Ex.
30,,, This is a funny country we
live in so far as the administration
of justice and the laws are concern
ed. The. Tredegar Iron Works, to
which the cannon were made with
which hundreds 'of thousands of our
soldiers were killed, are leased to
their owners—no crime attaches to the
great slaughtet of will& they were
guilty. Ford's Theatre, where one
life was taken, is no more to be used
for its usual purposei, but is to be
held as a monument of crime.
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
We copy the followinc , i ., on Penn
sylvania politics from a special cor
respondent of the N. Y. Tribune. > It
is no doubt a truthful exposition' of
the fight that is going on at Washing
ington for Vie spoils of power be
tw'eeia the . factions of the Republican
party. 'lt.fs a-very pretty quarrel as
it stands, and we would not interfere
with it. The Democratic party:May,
_
take eat from these sordid dissonL
- I 13—a1/IUIIO-Uueir OpFOcieirES, bill •
• • a k 7
feel fresh inspiration to build .up
their own unity and- strength. But
read what the correspondent says:
"The contest is very animated over the Phila.:
delphia appointments. There are three slates
before the, President—the Congressional slate,'
the Radical slate, and the Cameron-Forney slate.
The Congressmen of the oily profess the right
to control the Federal appointments, and urge
Merton M'Michael for Collector, William H.
Kern for Postmaster,.A. S. Sloanaker for Sur
veyor, James Nilo.* for Director of the Mint,.
and Charles Gibbons for District Attorney. The
Radical slate is headed by Thomas Webster as
Collector, John Gilbert L. Brown, of the Press,
for Postmaster E. M. Davis for Surveyor,Geo.
I. Riehie for District Attorney, and J. arclay
Harding for Director of the Mint. The Cameron-
Forney slate Would gladly retain Thomas for
Collector and Walborn for
n Postmaster. , Comer-
o wants B. Brewster as District Attorney, while
Forney wants Daniel Dougherty, the eloquent
young Irish orator, for the once, and Brown for
Poritmaster. 091. Fitzgerald was urged by
leading merchants for the Collectorship, but be
was withdrawn positively in favor of Thomas,
and he is mentioned as the Union nominee for
Governor. M'Clure and Curtin have scattered
their. prolamines over the slates, and are more
anxious about the mining election for Senator
in place of Cowan, and the "Governor aim—,
The friends of Forney hold him, in reserve for
the Senate. Judge Kelley is in high favor with'
the Radicals as a candidate' for, Senator, while
Forney will be supported by the War Democrats
and Douglas men. Curtin, it is reputed, will go
abroad, and M'Clure run as his candidate for
Governor. Pennsylvania is hard, to understand
in a political way, and never more mixed up
than now.
itir Since the
_above waS put in
type, the President has re.appointed
Thomas, Collector, which is a tri
amp of the Cameron faction. How
pleasant it must..be to.the Republicans
of this'State, to be ruled by that old
Winnebago and renegade, Simon
Cameron. Should that party retain
its ascendeaay this , fall, Simon also
will be the' next T3'. S. Senator, and
seat. It's a very possible thing, how.
ever, that Came . ron too will be sot
,baek- next winter. We shall see.
Marcus L. Ward was nominated for Governor'
by the Republican _State Convention of New
Jersey, which met at Trenten on the 20 u 'L—
EIB chief competitor was Gen. Judson Kilpatrick;
of Cavalry fame. The nomination was made on
the fourth ballot, which stood as follOws :
Marcna.L. Ward
Judson Kilpatrick
A. G. Cattail
ge,.. Gen. K. was good enough
,with the "loyalty" to fight, but when
it comes to the, offices he must stand
back, not being allowed even the
chance of a nomination not at all
likely of leading to an election.
W. W. Whittlesay, a Clerk in
the Land Office, has been detected
in. stealing $1.00,0130 Irony the Treas.
ury. He has been arrested and is in
jail at Washington. . • •
Several years ago when some bonds
were stolen from the same depart
rnent, by a Clerk, not only the ad
ministration of Mr. Buckanan, but
the whole Democratic party was held
responsible therefor. How would
the Republican party feel now if they
were held for the . crime of Whittle ! ,
say Bat the Democratic party is
not so illiberal. •
1
GROWING
i;,
Every day the pr p is of the De
mocracy grows 1 ter. From
every quarter we h r the most
1
cheering news, an king a little
into the future, we a soe numbers
innumerable driven o )ur standard
by the effects of abo ti ism. While
our party is united, onions and
determined, the opi siionis divided,
wrangling and dis a%ened. They
see the result of their own mad
work, and in it, 1 adthe doom of
i
their once powerf oiganization.—
The bobby upon ich they rode in-.
to power,-carried eni.,o theirpoliti
cal grave—the mean s ''hey resorted
I
to, to retain pow •, 'irushed them
.
with its own weig , aid now, help
less, hopeless, driv t i c the wall by
their own folly, a d ; ,he strength
they expected to I pp' through the
destruction of the nsftutions of the
South, given over ' to the hands of
l c
the Democracy , - t ey ' tend feeling
and knowing that the hour of their
dissolution, is nigh.' For thirty
years have they labor .to succeed,
'little dreaming that access would
bring ultimate ruin, tq, n them ; for
four long bloOdy vea s''have . they
carriedon a war fo'rl.,'-:the purpose of
makingthat Suceese'peireanent; lit:.
tle thinking that the, booing of the
last cannon would. ‘be - lhe knell of
93-&-wint-'l7-'--
S
fort are bending everyF energy to en
franchise the, of blacks,
throughout our countryiWith whom.
they will attempt to!fnah'e a political
alliance.' In this *toy must fail
Thousands of honest voters who have
clung to them - for years; are turning
away, in disgust from a party that
would place itself upon-0; level with
negroes, for the sake of; the spoils of
office. They seethe ruin that puri
tan Abolitionism has brought upon
the country, the degradation it would
bring upon her eitizens,and are turn
ing their eyes to the Stor of Democ
raey that has been al guide to our
statesmen from' 1787 to 1860.
The, future of Democracy is bright
ening and with it the future of our
country. Let those wl have stood
by its principles through the fiery or
deals of the past four years still stand
firm. Success is, but little in the ad
vance. 'Reward comes with it. Let
us to, work then 1 aboli,tionism has
been 'strangled in the blood of
the brave men it has slaugh
tered, and we need but:dnour duty,
to bury its hideous carcass so low
that even the tramp of Gabrial will
not resurrect it.—Centre Watchman.
DEATH of WM BEETEM.-- 1 -We
regret to announee the death of Win.
M. Beetem, cashier of the Carlisle
Deposit Bank. Be committed . sub
tide, by hanging himself in the gar
ret of his 'dwelling, yeSterday (Wed•
nesday morning, bet Ween 5 and 6.
o'clock. Atr about 5 o'clock he was
in the bink fitgrf,7* nicnutes; From'
there he walked rapidly to the gar
ret, where he found 'a rope that had
'Veen Used as. aleinthesline.
% 'hest irelc
[rtvio:feet high, be
_ oo a -- j - cli es u atIM - 111 or
other end to big ( neck, and jumped
from the chest. His death must
Ildvo ensued in a- couple of minutes.
When found (liy Mr. Hassler and
Mr. Underwood, `clerks in the bank,)
, .
he was cold and stiff. and quite dead.
For several 'Weeks meat of our citi
zens noticed that Mr. Beetem was
much depressed •in spirits, and his
farnily and • others about were - also
aware that he was seriously troubled
in mind, but from what cause no one
Appeared to know. The last time
we mei; him (at church on last' Sab
bath,) we noticed insanity in his eye,
,
and we ekpressed our fears to one
or two friends.' hat he suffered in,-
tensely for the past few weeks was
evident to all ho bad closely ob
served -:--' him. Cal l
isle -Watchman.
O' On last Mdnday afternoon the
j
conductor on' the 4i train, telegraph
ed to this place that- there was a
suspicious charm; er on his train, l and
that an officer eh aid be ready to ar
rest him. Whey the train arrived
at this place, helwas immediately ar
rested'by cOnstible Purse], when it
was seen that hI was,
.painted black,
carrying a can and a little bundle
in negro style fle:- , was taken to
1
Squire's Office, ut was not disposed
to tell any of Ifis secrets; He de
clared that be as no nigger; that
he had the Eryiipela, and his phy
sician had put on this nitrate of silver
to kill it. .tte vas taken to jail, and
the next morning taken to Harris
burg, from whence he, came. 'While
here, he was 'recognise& by one of
our citizens as Wilrivils Doan of Har
risburg: 'ln ..' his appearance. all
• -,. - ,--tl-6-made a vkrx good-looking
“Freedinan,"lariaiatist haste thought
himself safe in the flan& of all goy
ernment officials so Infrig as be could
/
pass for Buell undotected.--Bunbury
.Democrat. ' - :
PIINISAED FOR PIBLOYAL TY.-
r i
James Simo ; ,aNtman, was tried
May 2d, 1865 found guilty of using
seditious fang age and evincing dis
loyalty, in th t
i he expressed satis
faction, both ii words and conduct,
when the assassination 9,f President
Lincoln was announced Fn his hear
ing, and was sentenced to lie impris-.
oned for two years in such prison or
place of confinement as the Secretary
v
of the Navy may designate; to for
felt all pay now duo or, which may
hereafter becoine due hint .during his
term of enlistment; to be dishonor
ably discharged from the Navy, and
never again be enlisted or permitted
to serve ender , the Government of
the United States. Sentence ap
proved. So says Forney's:Press.
105)". A Startling balloon accident
has happened in Ireland. Mr. (Jos
well's balloon, after having ascended
from Belfast with" ten people in the
car, effected a perilous descent, ow
ing to the valve at the top not acting
properly. Eight of the mronauts suc
ceeded in getting, out (some of them
severely injured,) when the balloon
again ascended :with. two •gentlemen,
stilt in
-the. ear, i and nothing hush:oe
been heard of it.
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.
Ur' A. Jordan Swartz, a former
Mayor of Reading, died in Washing
ton, D. C., on Wednesday.
ger CANNOT READ OR WarrE.---The
Yankees, in their own estimation, are
the only stnart and learned people on
thc globe ; yet the Boston Traveler
says that in the town of Springfield,
Mass., in a population of 22,038, there
are 1,000 persons who cannot read or
write There should be a society
formed, and school Mums should at
once be sent to Springfield.
/tar It is stated that there are 600,
000 soldiers yet on the pay roll.
to. What would have been said
had Chief Justice Taney appeared at
a political meeting in Ohio, escorted
by Senator Pugh to listen to a speech
from Representative Long ?—Boston
Post.
20.. Bennett of the New York Ser•
aid, has bought the site where Bar
num's Museum stood, for a printing
house. The lot is 50. by 100 feet, and
he paid $660,000 for it. The, build
ing
will cost 8800,000—making the
property when complete amount to
$950,000.
Stir It is a singular fact—as stated
by one of our' exchanges--that no
child , was ever born in the" White
Rouse at Washington.
'hey punish people queerly in
El
non) and fired - against a stone wall.
0& A newspaper correspondent
from Cairo'lll.. - saya "Th'd season
here is usually opened with great eclat
by small pox, 'continued spiritedlly
by cholera, and closed up brilliantly
with yellow fever. Sweet spot l"
(ttr Mr. Peteeson,proprietor of the
house in which President Lincoln
died, denies that he has preseuted any
bill for damages, but alleoes that di
vers and sundry persons who visited
the premises have carried off spoons
and tumblers to be kept as relics.
James B. Nelson, inventor of the
dot-blast which revolutionized the
iron trade, and made railroad iron
attainable at comparatively small
cost, died recently in Scotland.
ger All the Southern delegations
who have waited upon the President
at Washington, and all the .:Provi
sional Governors appointed for the
Southern States, are opposed to ne
gro suffrage.
The spiritualists have discovered
that the eating of eggs by the Medium
pauses the "spirits" to come out in
greater. force. It adds more phos
phorus to the human body, and sub
sequently to the medium. This egg
eating is the most sensible part of
spiritualism yet promulgated.
01" A ,western exchange has a
graphic description of a recent tor
r nado, which blew eight oxen over a
river 800 yards wide, carried off sev
eral dwellitig houses, one sub-cellar
twoWfills, and performed several
oth,er freaks,of stretigth, One old
lady went up like a, ballooli, and walk
soon after discovered hanging on a
telegraph wire two miles and a half
Isloasiina
ment she was rescued by h r grand
son. "
O 7 An extraordinary' incident is
related as having occurred at the fire
which consumed Boatel's Hotel; Bay,
City, Michigan, recently. A lady
who occupied rooms on the third floor,
became somewhat excited when the
alarm of fire was given, and went
down stairs to discover where it was
leaving her infant child asleep in'bed.
In her confusion she forgot it until
the flames had complete pobsession
of the hotel. She then attempted to
enter the building to Aseue - it but
was prevented. The firemen and oth
ers in saving the furniture threw the
'bedding out of the window, and car
ried it with other goods on to the
bridge for safety. After the fire, in
removing the goods, tee little inno
cent was found safe and asleep.
ufa... If 'a train moving-at the rate
of twenty-five miles and hour were
stopped instantaneously, the passen
gers would experience a concussion
equal to that of a body falling from a
height of nineteen feet; they would
be hurled against the sides of the car
riage with a force equal to that which
they would be exposed to in falling
from a window en the second' floor
of a house. If the train were mov
ing at the rate of thirty miles per'
hour, they might as well fall from a
height of three pair of stairs ; and an
express train would, in point of feet,
make them fall from a fourth story..
Instantaneous breaks are therefore
to be avoided if possible.
Mir THE REASON FOR IT.—The
New York Bwees, in " noticing the
change in the'' , place of , confinement
of Dr. Mudd, Spangler, and O'Laugh
lin, from the Albany Penitentiary to'
the Dry Tortugas, says that the real
cause of the conviction is that in the
State of New York, a Habeas Corpus
would soon test the, legality of Gen.
Hunter's shoulder strap court, which
incarcerated these men. Mr. Holt,
probably, got wind of this, and not
liking to have tested in New 'York,
the change has been ordered."
().'r' BEWARE OF ICE CREAM.—Sev
eral cases of serious illness from eat
ing ice cream have been reported
within the last two weeks, and upon
inquiry, it has been ascertained that
the cause was in consequence of ven
ders retaining the supply which was
left over the' night before and re
freezing it next morning and offer
ing it for sale while in - a rancid state.
When cold it' is impossible to detect
this poisonous condition ; but after it
is taken into the stomach and dis
solves, then it is that the rancid quali
ty of the cream becomes perceptible
and disseminates itself throughout
the system.
Ott - The theatrical wardrobe of J.
Wilkes Booth, the assassin, which was
picked up from the wreck of the
schooner Marie Victoria, has been sold
by auction in Canada. Though most
of the articles were greatly damaged
by salt water, they realized high prices.
A dressing case
,nearly 'iii pieces,
brought fifteen dollars ; and spoiled
•
costumes were knocked . down at
twenty-five dollars each.
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OW` The Iron-Clad Ram Dander
burg was launched at New York last
Saturday. It is 380 feet long, wit
a breadth of beam of 73 feet, and
depth of hold about 23 feet. The
ram itself is fifty feet long. Two en
gines of 5,000 horse power supply
the moving power. It is plated with
1,000 tons of iron, 4i inches thick,
open a backing of timber from three
to six feet in thickness. It will car
ry about eighteen guns of the heav
iest calibre. The cost to the Govern
ment will bo about one million four
1 hundred thousand dollars, without
"extras?' This is a pretty round
sum to lay upon the stocks to rust
and rot ; for what other destiny can
there be for the Dunderburg?
FORD'S THEATRE.--The Secretary
of War having occupied Ford's thea
tre, informed Mr. Ford's counsel
(lion. H. Winter Davis) that he rec
ognized his right to compensation,
and, after 'a careful investigation of
' the value of the building, rented it
until" the Ist of February, 1866, for
$1,500 a month, with the privilege 1
of purchasing it for 8100,000—the
price agreed upon 'with the Christian
Commission, if Congress see fit to do
se; if not, to.return it in good con
dition.- The building will probably
be needed' for the depository Of the
rebel archives..
ELOPE M ENT OF A: WHITE WOMAN
WITH A Nixtßol—The Fishkill N.Y.)(
;,_ ~
state-
about a mile west of that village, on
Wednesday last deserted her husband
and children and left in company
with a negro by the name of Wells.
She took with her all the money in
the, house—about 860—and nearly
all her hueband's and children's cloth
ing. Mrs. Hall was rather a fine
looking woman, and has heretofore
borne a good reputation, but has now
brought grief and shame upon a kind,
indulgent
. partner • and four bright
and promising children. The negro,
who had been in that neighborhood
but a few weeks, representedhim-,
self to be a preacher, and as such has
officiated at the Zion Pilgrim (col
ored) Church at Baxtertown.
Kr VIRGINIA ELECITIONS.—Return 8
of the elections lately held in. Virgi
nia, represent that'in Richmond, as
welt as other portions of the State,
so-called "secession" candidates have
been generally suecessfnl—by which,
we suppose, it is to be understood
that those who are in favor of sustain
ing the civil governnaent of the State
against the military power that ,now
rules there, wore elected—for we can
not understand.how any secessionist,
avowing himself,such, could become a
candidate, under the proclamation
authorizing the holding of the elec
tion. in Richmond, N. A. Sturdi- -
vont, a young lawyer of good, stand
ing, has been elected . Mayor by 614
majority over Win. Taylor, an old
and respected - merchant. Both en
tered the Rebel army after the pas
sage of the Conscription Act, and con
tinued to serve therein •until ,Lee's
surrender.
There is a great scarcity of women
in Colorado. The Miners, deprived
contented, and.reckfess, 'and are in
baste-to emigrate back to the States.
The local papers send forth a plain
tive appeal to unemployed sisters in
the West to coree aver and help them.
They say that any young girl of pas-
Sable, intelligenCe • and. appearance
can get 'Mune - dint° employment in
'domestic service , at a compensation
of one hundred dollars 'a month, pay
able in gold, with a chance of speed-
Hy marrying some nice chap who
has a pocket.full of nuggett.
The Philadelphia North American
says there- are some six, 9r eight
"regular" tamale physicians in that
city whose dairy practice is equal to
that of the , average 'of male. physi
cians. One Of them. keeps three
horses in constant use.
Otr•Nathaniel Hayward,,one of the
Most prominent citizen's of Catches
ter, died'in that town on the 18th of
'Hayward •
dropsy..' Mr. was the origi
nal inventor and discoverer, after
years of 'experiments, of the invul
nerable compound of India rubber
with suipher, by which alone the rub
ber is preservesi from the' action of
heat. This secret be Sold to Charles
Goodyear for'the trifling sum,of $3OOO.
In 1838 Geodyear obtained the pat
ent on this: invention, since known as
the famous Goodyear patent.
HOW WE LOST RICHMOND,
By refusing to adopt the "Critten
den Compromise" of 1860-1. It
would have cost neither •money nor
blood, only•a little ink, a little paper,•
and,a little sacrifice of party plat
form and'Atztizan bitteree,SS, to have
kept it.
ROW WE :RiE.TOO4....IttIOIAKOND
By-four•years of. horrible war, by
shedding rivers 'of 13lood•;• by sacri
ficing a million of -lives;- by levying
tax of $400,000;000, and sebumulating
a debt of $4,00 000 7 000. •
7
"A HiT—A: PALPABLE , JlTT.'"—The
Hartford Times has the following sig
nificant hit at Mr. - Gallup, of , Wind
ham County - , who laa speech:in ,the
Legislature the other day,' said the
voters in the county *ere "all repub
licans but a few rumsellers •
Now, that reminds' us of,a story.-
- During - the Presidential campaign of
1860, in a certain: town in 'Newlfa
ven county, a republican orator was
haranging P. _crowd in the street, and
'among other - brilliant •'sayings re
marked, that in one toivn in Ver
mont, there' were only two Denio
crats---one being a ~postmaster, the
other a ruinseller. quickLwitted'
Irish woman, who bad been attracted
by the noise of the speaker, instantly
and with loud voice exclaimed,
"and who did he sell the rum to. r-
The same pertinent inquiry is re,
spectfully put to' the. representative,
from Windham County.
Mr. Gottschalk, the distinguish
ed pianist, predicts that the Mason 4 Hamlin
Cabinet Organs. ill become•as fashionable as the
pianoforte has beep, and will indeed be " sure for
And'its Nay into every household of Mate and
refinement which can possibly 'afford Its mod,
orate expenee.". pronounees the Mason
- Hamlin instrurocpte fUrsuperior to all others of
their class. . ' •
[From the Cleveland Hera Id.]
A YOUNG MANGUISE
DETECTED IN FEMALE
,
He had successfully appeared as a
Woman for fourteen years.
About two months ago, a young
girl of looks and address came here
from New York city. At first she
did duty as a hotel waiter, and after
ward, through some means or other,
got a situation at the Varieties,
where she presided over the cigar
stand. There her looks and win
ning ways obtained her numerous
customers, and she drove a brisk bus
iness. In many cases her fascinated
patrons refused to take any change,
and thus 'Miss Addie"—for thatwas
her name—throve apace in her own
right, and managed to pick up any
amount of pin money. Addie's ad
mirers, from the first were numerous;
but eventually they began to besiege
her in droves, so that often the cigar
stand would draw better than the
stage itself. She was an accomplish
ed coquette, and thus had a smile for
each and everYOne of the crazy crew
at her - feet. Her smiles were by no
means confined to the young, for
g ray hairs were found, worshipping
at her shrine as often as the fair
locks of youth. Among those who
wooed her .were, old, bachelors; - and
Young America, men of family, and
widowers, and brainless fops, and
boys whose chins had not even made
- li:f e nsur t inteice of down: And the
ed were by no means confined
to the wordy class.' No; indeed !
substantials in abundance fell to her
lot. Old Mr. So-and-so gave her a
new dress, and "old bach" So-and-so
presented her with several pairs of
pocket handkerchiefs, and Fast So
and-so sent her two pairs of silk gai
ters, and several pairs of Alexander's
best, while Master So-and so gave her
an order for a new bonnet. Then,
too, scarcely a'day passed that she
was not taken out to ride behind a
pair of fast nags, with ail the usual
accessories of ice-cream, straviterries
and cream, Roman Punch, &e.
Thus things went on—from the
time of her appearance at the Va.
rieties—in this roseate way until a
few days ago, when the astoundin g
discovery was made that "Miss Ad
die" was a man ! Of course the man
ager and her crowd of admirers were
both astounded, and inclined to doubt
their senses • but in spite of all' it
turned out that she was not a•woman
bet teat he was a man.. ^..-
The young man stated that for
fourt.een years he had worn the garb
of a woman; in which guise his fair
and pleasing looks had materially as
sisted him. In feet he looks as much
like a woman when. in male attire as
when dre.ssed in bonnet and gown.—
in New York he played the part
of a "pretty waiter girl" at a Broad
way Varieties, revining there till
the waiter girls were "crushed," when
be came hither.
Since the discovery of his ruse, be
has gone on the stage, and appears
each , even.ing at the Varieties, in
"part first:"'" -
"Truth is stranger than fiction."
GENERAL CASS AND THE'ST. LOUIS
DELEGATES.—Previous.to . „ the open
ing of the great Commercial Conven
tion, in Detroit, those of the delegates
from St. Louis, who had arrived on
Monday paid a visit to the residence
of the venerable Gen. 'Cass. The St.
Louis _Republican thus speaks of the
pleasant interview :
"Gn Monday, such members of the St. Louis
delegation.as had reached the city resolved to
call in a body and pay their respects to Gen.
Lewis Cass, the veteran who has'been connected
so prominently with the,past political and mili
tary history of the country. He resides on Fort
street, in a`handsome, modern , built".:dwelling,
hiS son occupies the old family homestead
two s(uares distant. He, is now 84 years old,
and though aillicted with the feebleness and for
getfulness naturally' incident to , that patrierchial
age, he maintains better health.and aa mere ac•
tive spirit than could reasonably be supposed to
.belong to his time of life. Judge Treat acted as
spokesman of the party, 'and discharged the duty
with brevity and propriety.
"The General, seemed gratified, at the compli
ment; and was es cordirPas possible in return.
Ho spoke with animation of his first visit to St.
Louis, made sixty-six yeariago, in 1790. The
city was then a mere military post, - and the Gen
eral, being appointed by the United States Gov
ernment on a mission to the Western Indians,
proceeded down the Ohio river and - up the Mitt
siesipp iln a birch canoe. His 'Companions were
fifteen French coy augur', and the long journey,
though fraught with many difficulties and. dan
gers, was safely accomplished. From St. Louis
he proceeded up the Illinois river, and thence,
through connecting creeks, some of Which have
since gene dry, or changed their course, to reach
Chicago, the site of which was a marsh, with a
solitary log hut. From Chioago he coasted along
the lake, still in his birch canoe, to some other
settlement a little further advanced in Population
and in the belongings of civilized life;'
TEE OLDEST 'MAN TN THE UNITED
'STA.TES:-A correspondent of the
New York Herald, writing from
Newburg, N.. 11,.gives the following
account of an old gefitleMati
in the vicinity of Newburg :
I read in your paper not long ago
an account of. he death of two per
sons who - were- over one hundred
years old. .1 send you a short ac
count of a person now living : who' will
be one hundred and fourteen years
old, this coming 6th of August..
.Mr.l.leCorrnick, who lives—about
two miles south of NeWhtirg, was
born August 6, 1751, •und is now in
tolerable good health... His voice is
very strong,- hearing, good, but his
eyesight is very , .poor. Hi s h a i r i s
not grey yet.- He was married at
forty-five,, and had fourteen children.
He has been very temperate in his
life, and has never felt the want of
drink as others do. He generally
salted his food to such a degree that
no one but himself ebuhteat- it, and
strange to say, he very seldom felt
the want of drink. He did not com
mence to smoke until he was sixty
five years old ; never - drank tea or
coffee, and milk he greatly disliked.
He alWays worked bard, went to bed
early, and got up early. He was a
rebel:in 1798, and was wounded in
the. left leg. His answer to the ques
tion what he thought more than any
thing else caused him to live so long
was, temperance, exercise, plain food,.
regular meals, regular hours in going
to 'bed and and getting up. Any one
to see him, would tak him to be a
man of about • seventy. He slows
well, ands seems to 'enjoy good health
and may live some ten yeaTs Ipnger.