~l'S.fr.l'Fl.7'.'.'d Q:. 'i C 9 .-ganaoto Ode Wpm- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1868. " 'FORAM: I I1 1 08 GIUMRAL: ()BABIES E. BOYLE, of Fayette, county FOR SURVEYOR GENERAL: Oen. WEI,LIICTON H. ENTiorpolnmbla co Conservative Hold Lone. and tinqors , Lionel Conventiloh. The Executive COminittee appointed by tit Soldiers' and Sailom' -Convention; held a CleVelandin ISOfilitiVe,nalledn,National Con• ventiOn:Pf the..Cenierlrative Soldiers and Sail ore of .41.0 Valterllitates,.to meet at thecity o New York, theith of July next, to take action on the nOMoll4l9e.ef Cointervative candidates for President:and Vice President. As it is de. nimble that Pennsylvania should be fully rep resented in said. Convention, we request o late comrades in arms to take the Ineegst action to have delegates elected or appointed from every Congressional district in the State. As the time Is rapidly approaching when th 'Convention will meet, there should be no de. lay In the matter. EDWARD L. DANA, Brigadier General WELLINGTON H. ENT, Brevet Major Gen. JACOB SW:J . TZERasite Colonel and Breve Brigadier General. WILLIAM McCANDLESS, Late Colonel. JOHN P. LINTON, Late Colonel. JOHN S. MCCALMONT, Late Colonel. LEVI MASH, Late Colonel. Mr All Democratic and Conservative editors throughout the State era requested to publish tills notice and call attention to IL The lotellizeueer for the Compaigri. In Order that the widest possible circula tion may be given to political troth In 'lb: pending Presidential Campaign, the WEEKLY INTELLIOENCER will be furnished until after the November election at the fol lowing very low rates: 1 copies $ 75 5 do 325 10 do GOO '2O do 11 00 30 do 15 00 50 do 22 50 76 do 30 00 jrP The DAILY INTELLICIENcER Will b • furnished at 40 cents a month. Death of Ix-President Buchanan Hon. James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States, died at Wheatland, neat Lancaster, at 8A o'clock on Monday morning last. The deceased was born in Franklin county, Pa., April 22, 1791.. His hither emigrated to this country from Donegal, Ireland, and was one of the pioneer settlers of Pennsylvania. By successful industry he soon ac quired that competency which enabled him to give his son a classical education. Mr. Buchanan gradu ated Dickinson College \ with' high honor in 1809. In Decembe of that year he commenced the study o law with,James Hopkins, Esq., of this city, and from that day until the hour of his deatis he continued to be a rest dent. of . jiancaster. He was admitted to,l,h4as,on. Nov. 17, 1812, being then only,a'llttleinore than 21 years of age. WhenO,lawyer of not more than 4 34ara i standing, and not more than 2.5 years of age, ho successfully defended, unaideiny Senior counsel, in the ses sion of 1810-17, of the Pennsylvania Senate, a distinguished Judge who was tried upon articles of impeach ment. His practice increased with' his reptitation, his professional busi ness accumulated and his name oe. curs oftener in the Reports of the State than any other lawyer of his time. Thus he found himself, at the age of 40, en. abled to retire from the profession. Once only after his retirement could he be prevailed upon to re-appear at the bar, and that was in en action of eject-' went which involved the only little property of a widow. The case was: surrounded by great technical ditlicul- Ales, but Mr. Buchanan succeeded in' establishing the widow's title. At the age of twenty-three Mr. Bu-, chanan became a member of the Penn H sylvania Legislature. In the progress, of the war of 1812, when the British had; taken and destroyed the public build ings at Washington, there was a tali venial outburst of indignation, and Mr. Buchanan, Ptak ing an eloquent appeal in favor of prosecuting the war with vigor, headed a list of volunteers, who marched from Lancaster to the defense . ofTlaltimore. The company was corn mandedj by Judge Henry Shippen,. Mr. Buchanan voluntarily taking. his place in the ranks as ,a private soldier. They marched to Bal- Untrue under the command of Major, Charles Steret Ridgeley, but their ser vices not being required, they were; shortly discharged. In the Legislature; of 1814, to which he was elected, he supported every measure of national. defence. 'When Philadelphia was threatened and the State of Penn. sylvania was obliged to depend on he_ 7 own resources for the means of repel ling the British forces, Mr. Buchanan made the most urgent appeals to the patriotism of the Legislature to adopt] efficient measures of relief. Being re-j elected to the Legislature in 1515 hegave' his ardent support to a bill which was, passed appropriating the sum of $3,000,-; 000 as a loan to the United States, to pay the militia and volunteers of the • State in the United States service. The patriotism and great ability of: Mr. Buchanan were recognized by the people, and in 1820 he entered Congress; and began in national politics that long . and honorable career which culminated, in his election to the Presidency. The : first elaborate speech of Mr. Buchanan. in Congress, made on a deficiency in the, Military Appropriation bill, was in . support of Federal authority and in de-, fence of Mr. Crawford, then Secretary • of the Treasury. In a speech delivered . in March of 1822, he took high constitutional ground against a proposed Bankrupt law then before Congress.- OnthaMrifl question Mr. Buchanan at the same session expressed views which. he always, adhered to, "that duties ought to be raised merely for revenue, while In the indirect operation of a tariff certain necessary domestic manu-: factures Should be benefitted." The tariff question at that day took a sec tional turn, and in the midst of the ex. cited discussions which prevailed, Mr. Buchanan said : "I never did expect to hear imiaminatce ry speeches of this kind within these walls,: whictrought to be sacred to the Union. I. never did expect to hear the bust COUIIO2I - tho South to resistance, that we might, thus be deterred from prosecuting a meas ure of poiley urged upon us by the 11000SSI, lI ies of the country. f I know myself I inn. a politician neither of the East .nor the West, of the North nor of the South. I therefore•shall forever , avoid any expres sions, the direct tendency of which must be to erentoseetionalJealousieelional and at length disunion, that last and worst anti calamities." Mr. Buchanan always stood by the patriotiesentiments then ex'premed, and whenever sectional animosities were aroused he did all in his power to allay the' excitement, and to smaller th • smouldering fires which were eventu ally fanned into the flames of the gigan tic Civil war through which this nation has so lately passed. In the Presidential election of 182.8 Mr. Buchanan took an native part as a supporter of General Jackson, and the 50,000 majority which Pennsylvania gave to the hero of New Orleans, fur nished proof of the efficacy of his sup port. 'lle himself was at the same time re-elected to Congress, and during the following session was pl aced at the head . of the 'Judiciary COmmittee, which po sition had been previously occupied by Daniel Webster. During this session articles of ImpeachnidntWere presented against James 11. Peck, Judge of the District COurt of the]Tintted States fo Missouri. Mr. Buchanan was Selected to act as Chief Manager in thiti Irnpert ant Wal t :101d timugh rioconvietion . wa s had, impOrtent Kinciples Were settled, and'precedentiestahlished. In 183}., fir : ,40013anan voluntarily wlthdreWfronfr eatiOss, but Nu - soon aftervisstigseiietallby;Genertil .itioicsOn as EnViitg**4liikary arOgniste Plenipotenlia4744lteitersyitt. at gitsiNtataSuiriAti,,l44as instrro tlicLN*4 - .:04 1 po.wwlifisebblummty.kßtwiSU.tateit riiflisdranaillaiTlifttifi States It(A883, Aftliitlibratiatitrilli62l'l3eUrsimip• EftWEVliZia'Y I TELEIGENCER, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1868. I: uchananyaselectedtorepresentEt r uA sylvania lin th e ' United Stztfes Bailie. t ti - t this timOhtilip,tildlor.pt3lVA tatio i began to assumelipape. - ' MI an took constitutiezial andrinse iv , ground, urgingth r eadoptio4 fme r• . to allay ilr eye that .1" film, ' , prophetle . eye Was likelito becaiie th fruitful mother of so many disasters. During the entire administration o General Jackson Mr. Buchanan w• : recognized as a wise political leader and safe counsellor, and he was always on the most intimate tarmsylth the Presi ent, and one of his firmest supporters and most sagacious advisers. - Under the administration of Martin Van Buren Mr. Buchanan rnaintaine , his position in the Senate as a re• ognized leader 011 the Democratl , dde. With the election of Harrison and Tyler the Democratic party was reduced to - what seemed to be a hope less minority, but it was not Ion: until a change occurred, and before th next Presidential election the suprem acy of the party was again gladly ac knowledged by the people. Under James S. Polk, the successo of Tyler, Mr. Buchanan held the re• ponsible position of Secretary of State, anu the annexation of Texas, the suc cessful conduct of the war with Mexico and the substantial advantages gained by the cession of the valuable territory of California and the adjacent re gion attested his masterly ability as Cabinet officer. Immediately upon the accession of the new territory acquired from Mexico, Mr. Buchanan, in his Harvest Home Letter to his friends in Pennsylvania; advised the extension o the Missouri Compromise line to the Pa. cific, but his advice was disregarded, and the train of events which culminated in the late civil war was inaugurated. On the accession of Mr. Pierce to the Presidency, Mr. Buchanan was apoint ed Minister tt. England, and in that ca. pacity he discharged the important du ties devolving upon him with signal ability. In April of 185 G he returned to the United States, and was most enthusi— astically welcomed by his countrymen, his journey from New York to Lancas. ter resembling a triumphal march. The Democratic National Convention in June following, nominated him unani mously for the Presidency and he was elected, receiving 174 Electoral votes from nineteen States. Of Mr. Buchanan's administration w - 'have neither time nor space to speak as we would desire to-day. It was a,stormy period in our national politics, and the. elements of dissension which had been at work for years had acquired a power which put them beyond the control of . any one mall. The nomination of Adiraham Lincoln on a purely sectional :platform and his election by a purely sectional vote, precipitated the contest which had been so much dreaded by all the great conservative statesmen o the country. All that Mr. Buchanan .could do to prevent the inauguration o 'the bloody struggle was done. He ea gerly desired to avert: the woes which - he saw were about to fall upon the na tion, and by wise words and judicious acts did all that lay in his power to bring about a peaceful and honorable: , adjustment of the pending difficulties. In his last annual message he made a clear statement of the situation, and : left Congress, the proper body, to pro vide for the public good as In its wis dom it might see best. In the excitement which followed the outbreak of the rebellion, calumni ous reports against the distinguished, ;subject of this sketch obtained currency; :but when a truthful and impartial 'tory of that period comes to be written lie nameof James Buchanan willstand, upon the pages of the nation's annals as pure arid without reproach. History will yet do him ample justice, cud the future will recognize in him one of our: wisest statesmen cud most disinterested patriots. Full of years and honors, loved and' :esteemed by all who really knew him, in full communion with the Christian, Church, and with a firm reliance upon. his l\taker and Saviour, James Buchan-' :au departed this life. Peace to thr•ashes of the illustrious dead. A Greedy Crowd Since it has been known that the Se nate intends to accept Forney's resigna tion, there has been a terrible rush fo the position. The applicants are num ' bered by hundreds, and among the ,greedy crowd of 'hungry expeetants are' .Beveral ex-Senators. The scramble is ;said to be literally disgusting. A New Life of Grant Washburne has given one beming, permission to write a life of Grant.— We hope it will prove more satisfactory to his political keepers than, that writ .teu by his father. Old Jesse knew too much about Ulysses to be allowed to proceed with his biography and so he had to be rudely cut short in his literary labors. Why the Court Adjourned The adjournment of tne High Court of Impeachment before voting upon the: :rest of the articles, was calculated to ex-. eite some surprise, but it is easily ex-' plained by the fact that on the remain-. lug articles the vote for acquittal would' have been stronger than on any of the rest. To prevent that from appearing: on the record thy• majority of the Sena-, tors voted to aCjourn, sine die. The Radical Ilayi licatloa Meetifig. Never have w‘witnessed so utter a ::fizzle as was the "Grand Grant Rati cation Meeting" in this city, an ac count of which will be found in another ; column. If that is the way in which' ; the nominations of Grant and Colfax. 'are received in Lancaster, we think it 'would lie perfectly safe to bet that they will be beaten by more than twenty, thousand votes in the State. The meet- , ing showed that the heartsof the people. 'are not with the Radical party, andgave• 'evidence that the name of Grant \could: he utterly powerless to superinduce.the, slightest enthusiasm among the masses.: Wearied out with the present unsatis factory state of our public affairs the voters have resolved to effect a change.' The complete failure of the Grunt anti ficatiou'ineetinggaveevidenceof that. quarklngs 01 the Dead Duck. The Dead Duck Forney was too hoarse to quack in the Chicago Convention, but lie got oft the speech he had pre fiared at a Ward Meeting in Philadel— phia after his return. He made two. points worthy of notice. One was his advocacy of the re-election of the cor ,rupt and swindling District Attorney of Philadelphia, Bill Manh ; the other' was the declaration that General Gritnt is enthusiastically in favor of negro suf frage and negro equality. We suppose: Forney is good authority on the latter question, and that he really knows wha General Grants views are. FRANI: BOUND, one of the delegates from this State to the Chicago Conven'. 'tion says that when he got there he found that the report had been widely circulated that Governor Curtin is "a, common drunkard." This was done by the Radical faction, which was op posed to him, and - the report damaged his chances for the Vice Presidency _really. That's a specimen of the way the Radicals electioneer, ,against each other. Is it anywOrider they lie atiout Democrats. CARL Sauna, the ,temporary. Chair man of the Chicago ;Convention, ;called on Bishop Birepißn :to tiperi; the pro deedings with prayer: -, Shrittis the red . RepaltlicatOnfidel 'Vvno,' , in a public Speech made, a few years. since _at St Lo4ls;spOite. of the Almighty a• .0e 'deal ;gentler:ram heybrul the skies. sidled tiy.eionte iheoPte:;oodl, ivas alit char. , ter to proslae Wet EacholoAl NatiOxial onvention., • I The Effect of the Flzele. 0 7 The ElpresB Is much exercised ove il it y t tetfiii cotrible• i.,:". • o ;,..,.h' . isOln . - dett t '"A ,:, ah . . i . k .,r ra PAU . tioii'' M ng, .. MI , ;'..,• as' ' Wes cig ith ~ un 4 l u tend4clesk lnnt 4,; . sy. ing asserted that thlo were only abode a couple of hundred4Eirsons present. We counted what seemed to be the full est side of the house, and we are sure . that there were less than one hundred and fifty persons in the seats. One hundred and forty some were all we could count, and a number of those wereMemocrats.: , Ther , Express knows themeeting , was tits slimmest - kind of ti• thing, and so it does not -urge the point of nuraberil very strongly,.but makes a loud flourish ,over oar charge that Mr.: Hood attacked Old Thad. • Here It ap- 1. ears to Imagine it can throw discredit upon our report by resorting to a con temptible quibble. It is true Mr. Hood did not distinctly name Mr. Stevens by name, but the Express date not deny that in his speech he pronounced every man to be a dishonest rascal who sug ._ested Or favored the idea of paying off the Five-Twenties in greenbacks. Was. not that au assault upon Old Thad? He has urged that very thing more boldly and strongly than any man in ancaster. His later to Samuel Shock took the identical ground occupied by Mr. Pendleton. Mr. Hood takes a dif ferent view, and he took occasion to de nounce Old Thad most bitterly without aming him. This forbearance on the part of Mr. Hood we attributed to the politeness of manner for which he is so noted, but that he meant Old Thad. ne Intelligent man in the audience could have doubted. The .Evreas was forced to exaggerate so much to make up even a passable report of the grand fizzle that it finds it absolutely necessa ry to disparage the perfectly truthful account which appeared In the INTEL LIGENCER. Those who were present know which paper told the truth, and they can judge between us. Stanton. It is gratifying to reflect that the first fruit of impeachment is the rempval of Stanton, He has proved the most ex pensive Minister the Government ever had, and the most lawless person ever clothed with power. He managed the war with a recklessness of expenditure unparalleled in the history of wars, and :claimed prerogatives greater than the Prime Ministersoflilngland and France. He imprisoned men without trial, and kept men in imprisonment after their acquittal. He punished men pub licly for no public offence, and re warded those who had no personal vir • tiles nor public merit. He held an of ;'fice under a law which he declared un constitutional, and under a President to whom he declared the unconstitutiou ality of the act. He forced himself into a cabinet where he was not wanted, 'and abused a trust which every man with gentlemanly instincts felt, was alike against decency and right. The country, not more than the President, %may be congratulated upon a resigna ': tion, which was extorted from him by the refusal of the Court of Impeachment ,:to favor his pretentious. Let us be :thankful that when Impeachment fail ed Stanton was forced to resign. Economical Schemes 'of Grant's Trainer Washburne, the trainer of Grant, has put forward in Congress a proposition that the Government shall establish rival telegraph lines throughout the country. We are glad to see that this suggestion does not seem to meet with much favor. The Government would ! have as much right to go into the rail `road business because railroads carry .mails, as into the telegraph business he cause the telegraph carries news in an- Mther"way. If this is a specimen of the ; economical schemes of Grant's political 'tutor and spokesman, we think the property holders and the taxpayers of the United States will not be likely to entrust power into such hands. If Grant :should be elected, Washburne and the :crowd of crack-brained fanaticsand cor rupt political adventurers who infest Washington will have things their own way for four years. No scheme will be too wild and no job too big to be put through. The result will be national `and individual bankruptcy., and such a scene of political and financial anarchy .as the world never witnessed. "Rock Me to Sleet), Mother." The failure of impeachment, and the complete fizzle of the "Grand Grant ;Ratification Meeting" has had a most marked effect on the crowd of Radicals : who congregate in and about the Ex cintiner office. So weak in the legs have they got to be that about fifty high ;backed hickory rocking chairs have .been provided for their accommodation, aud in utter listlessness they sit about ;in groups, with barely sufficient energy :for an occasional adjournment into the neighboring drinking saloon. The glasses are duly set up by Leary, who !does the honors with a solemn visage and a knowing twinkle of his eye, but :not even Reigart's oldest and bestseems to be capable of putting any life into the moribund party. They sit there rock lug from morning till night, aud gaze with ever lengthening visages upon the cotliff in which are encased "Grant and ;victory." Repitescal in pace! We will furnish them each with a pine cc-if lfin after the November election, and ;Grant shall be their grave digger. The Split In the Radical Party The split in the Republican party which was occasioned by impeachment promises not to heal. At the caucus :which was held in Washington last :Thursday morning for the purpose of selecting a successor to Forney, the im peachers refused to proceed to business while any of the seven recreant Sena tors remained present. This refusal to ;recognize as members of Ore party the ; men . who refused to perjure themselves, ;Shows how desperate the leaders of the irganization are. In their course against these Senators, the party tix not :their doom, but its own ; for, in the words of Mr. Henderson, " the party 'that requires its adherents to perjure 'themselves must crumble to pieces." The Impunity of Thieves and Defaulters Never has there been such wholesale plundering of the National Treasury as within the last seven years-of Radical 'rule Defalcations and frauds have been of almost daily occurrence, and many of them of the most gigantic character. -The perpetrators have been known; yet :in no single instance has one such been brought to justice and punished. The ;truth is that rascality and corruption 'have stalked abroad as if licensed to do their worst with impunity. Should the tax-payers vote for Grant and Colfax the army of treasury thieves and other rascals will take it for granted that their :course is not condemned, and thesuceess of the party to which they belong will 'encourage them to renewed and still 'greater villainies. The administration of Grant, should he unfortunately be elected, cannot help being a most cor rupt thid costly one. What to Expect. What the Radical party would force upon the whole country; if they could, is projected in the action of 'General Canby, in Charleston, S. C. Helms de spotically and autocratically removed thirteen of the Aldermen of that city, and appointed (we_ used. to eledt) six carpet-baggera and-seven nogrpea to fill their places. Such a Method- of ap pointing local officiala Would be revolt- lag under any 'circumstances 'to every Intelligent citizen's sense - of 'right, and violative thedecequies of, a commg nity lying under,.!' a _republican - .foirn :of government,;". but how ,inuch .the ors,i irritating, insulting and, ty,ran 7 picallwhen the antiritadical.lOvera of what is just are peremtoilly displaced, .y members of an inferior race, , igho;- rant, prejudiced, And in every' Way nn? fitted to hold office. ' ' • -$ - 11 , , Butler's B , lug Commlttee.'l; ... It - 4, -b • , me ,-;::- ~ On Mar L. he -,,..,, st , . , , 'A"''''' 4.. 36 : , Tf , g,.. a ./- reae .-. an a e .. 4 0 1 n. ,`,. ence 4 their,l, igh th thet i .. *ill . . wit 4. nyt g. _ diikte• ffor,..,.yistit. -r , . al ts h beedme so. habitual, that men'almost look Upon it as a matter of course. Loyalty on the part of the perpetrator of the outrage, a military necessity for the act itself, have been deemed sufficient excuse for almost any violation of law. Yet the last kew.days hitv&witnessed a violation of constitutional rights so -glariWthitt I.sii 'iiiffitati r it regaled commands admiration. -Notwithatand ingthe provision of the Constitntion, that "the right : of the 'people to be se-, cure in their , persons, houses, papers' and effects against unreasonable search es and seizures shall not be violated; and no warrants shall issue, bet . upon probable cause , supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized," a committee at Washington has seized every telegram in the offices.at Washington andißalti more. Every private message was laid before the eyes of these Men, a corn• mittee organised first, to convict an innocent President, and secondly to blacker'? the name of every Senator whose conscience led him to declarailie right. And the Committee lithe meilt , ., unfair that ever emanated even from this Congress. Not a Democrat is upon' it; an investigation into alleged dis honesty is conducted by a committee entirely composed of Republicans, who_ can suppress any evidence damaging to , their own side. So unfair is their con duct that Mr. Baker, a Radical member from Illinois, declared the whole pro ceeding to be a violation of the instincts of the Anglo-Saxon race and of Anglo- Saxon liberty. The committee have strained every nerve to obtain evidence of corruption* tp acquit the President, but have failed miserably. The evi dence showingcorruptefforts to convict the President they deliberately suppress, They publish despatches like the fol lowing: "To D. W. Ives. New York : Impeachment gone higher than a kite.. and therefrom infer corruption, but when asked to publish the despatches of George Wilkes and Theodore Tilton, they are silent. It will, be remembered that the New York Tribune published a despatch that George Wilkes had put up another thousand on impeachment asd drew great comfort from the fact. This worthy gentleman was in Wash ington with Theodore Tilton looking after bets, and this lovely combination, the sporting editor and the hypocrite, must have forwarded many a telegram to the "truoly loil" of New York, yet the committee is silent as the tomb, so far as these worthies are concerned. We hear nothing of Bishop Simpson's despatch to Senator Willey, in which the Bishop prostituted his position and offended many members of his church. We hear nothing of the despatches sent by Logan, Schenck, Stevens and others to the various sections of the country, to hold those infamous meetings to influ ence conviction which disgraced our land. We are told nothing of the efforts to procure conviction, and we will never be told, because such evidence is care— fully suppressed. They do not dare to allow a Democrat to be placed upon the committee; the request was made and was refused. Let the people remember this. A commit tee to investigate corruption on the part of the President and his friends, defies the law and the Constitution in the seizure of private papers ; they find nothing, absolutely nothing, but they dare not allow their own conduct to ap pear before the nation. They refuse to allow the minority a representation upon their committee, because they know that it would unfold a scheme of villainy, the object being the conviction of the President, which would damn them forever. The New York Times Proposes to Read Ben Butler and Thad Stevens Out of the Party The New York Times takes about the same view of Thad. Steven's financial scheme as Mr. Hood. It asserts that the financial plank of the Chicago platform means gold for all bondholders, and says: " We hope now to see Gen. Butler and Thad. Stevens giving an especially hearty and emphatic support to that plank of the Chicago platform which relates to the finan ces. It is of infinitely greater importance that Stevens and Butler should be brought into line with the party on this great question, than that tale acquitting Senators should be forced into acquiescence with the policy of impeachment." The Times even goes so far as to talk about reading both Butler and Stevens out of the party, and concludes as fol lows : "The least they can do is to stop any fur ther efforts at promulging their demoraliz ing, repudiating doctrines. We take it for granted they will recognize the anthorized voice of the party of which they claim to be members, and labor to retrieve the harm they hays wrought." Let them bow down at the bidding of this bondholder's organ at once, Confess their sins, and cry for mercy. If they should be read out of the Radical party they would have no place to go. There is no political party in existence so lo§t to all sense of decency as to admit them into its ranks. Radical Prop acmes Thad. Stevens preuicteid that If Im peachment failed, the Radical candi date for President would be ignomini ously beaten at the coming election ; and John W. Forney, in one of his "Occasional" letters to the Press, de clared that unless Andrew Johnson was removed, the Radicals would not carry six States. We believe the predictions of Stevens and Forney will come true, not solely because impeachment has failed, but because the people are sick and tired of Radical rule. THE people rejoice greatly at the final and complete failure of Impeachment, but not merely because the removal of Andrew Johnson is thereby prevent ed. That in itself would have been a matter of comparatively small moment. It would have made but little differ ence to the country who should act as President until the 4th of March next. But the masses have felt that an at tempt was being made by the Radical leaders to precipitate this Nation into political anarchy, by the self same means which has made thegoverament of Mexico the worst that is known to the civilized world. Hence the univer sal satisfaction which prevails at the result of the impeachment trial. THE report that Brownlow was dying proves incorrect. He is said to be in better health than usual, and seems de- termined to verify the prophecy of the old woman in Tennessee, who being informed that Brownlow was again convalescent, exclaimed, "I rely do be lieve that that man means to go to h-11 alive." Im is said, with What truth we do not know, that. the expenses of the negro delegates to Chicago was paid out of the fund of the Freedmen's Bureau: If the rumor be true, it is of a piece with much more of the doing cif.ooTtadleafs. TITE New York 2.Trikune suggests that when the Senate - alipoints a 'successor to Forney, it ought , to to. Borne one who will attend to the . duties 'of the office. It — ch:arkee that Forney did nothing but'draw .a salary be never earned: Tom; Ede :06 - server says. the Giant Ratifieationmeetingln- that. city Was an utter fayure, - the Court:ll6ms 'not behig half ltd. In West Chester the same spirit showed- itself. it halt been`' throughout this State. .Vvery-• Where.the masses show hoW tirathey are of Radical misrule. ... . , .., thp Nemo Delegates to . Oil ' k ,e No Bk , fthesht the Coupon. .g i,„7' s ' k y wrote a roe. ./ e L .! . ;'' , • ngedf the Chi . ~ !SI On, ) 1 , ch"was published ove !kis full - e it `"'wo papers, botifi,xially.' i q He, p th 8 of the person4compoldtlottt *. - Or the Ci ; invention : There.ieemed, indeed, to be a singular/ traternlitation of many elements in this r. markable assemblage • for as I tumed away from the soldie rs on the one hand, the Irishmen and Germans on the other, and the representatives of mi.:VW:as- Gobi,' Z %ma) Co NOT , row '„,THE COLORED " CITIZENS - - vim' SAT IN 1 THE MIDST OF THE SOUTHERN DEL EGATIONS;'AEDIVHOWERE .81) girl'' , WHERE KINDLY , GREETED. RE PEATEDLY CALLED IJP*ON TO . SPEAK, THEY MODESTLY REFUSE]) TO TAKE PART IN THE DELIBERA TIONS, ALTHOUGH THERE WERE MEW OF UNCOMMON ABILITY AMONG TEEM. ' 'We take back what we said the other day. We were mistaken in supposing the negro delegates were not invited to speak. It seems they were not only asked hot repeatedly urged to do so. It 1S a pity that they all declined. We should have liked to have heard their opinion of the candidates and the plat form. We hope an opportunity will be given to them to be heard during the progress of theeampaigu,and,we would suggest thethitxor ttutiie of them be in vited liepresentat the meeting which will be held to ratify the renomination of - Ttitid. Stevens to Congress. That wAtgbp exceedingly appropriate, and they would find congenial companion ship under his roof during their stay in Lanhaster. Judging frornthe complete fizzle of the "Grand Grant Ratification Meeting,' l some extraordinary means will have to be taken to rouse the "truly loll" of "The Old Guard." By all means let two or three of the negro delegates who voted for the nomina tion of Grant and Colfax be put upon the stump. That would certainly arouse the tipirit, of the party, which now seems to be completely dead. Good Advice to Grant The New York Herald has had a warm side for Grant all along. It was strongly for him until he put himself completely into the keeping of Wash burne, Forney and a gang of the most desperate and corrupt political adven turers in the country. Then the Her ald faltered slightly. It has, from time to time given him good advice, but we have never seen anything of the kited in Its coludin which could be regarded as more sensible than the following: "General Grant does not want to be Pres ident. He has been forced into his present position as a candidate by the Honorable Robespierre Butler, Grab-all Forney, Re presentative Washburne and other Radi cals through their voracious greed for pub lic plunder. Now is the time for Grant to rise to the moral dignity of Chief Justice Chase and decline the Radical nomination altogether. He now holds a splendid posi tion, the head of the army, a position alike honorable, lucrative and permanent. That should be power and rank enough to satis fy the ambition of any man. It elected to the Presidency his power will depart in four years (if not shortened by the process of impeachment) and, perhaps, his well earned fame and glory be extinguished forever. Therefore, let General Grant, like an honorable, unselfish man, cut himself adrift from the piratical radical crew who are using him as a tool for their own plun dering purposes, and decline the nomina tion for the Presidency." If General Grant has half as much sense as his admirers claim for him, he will take the advice of the Ilcrald.— Should he insist upon running as a candidate for President, he will certain ly be beaten. No one could possibly get through with the load he is carry ing. Drunkenness in Our Legislature The Harrisburg Telegraph, the organ of Simon Cameron, is taking its Radical cotemporary, the State Guard, to task for making public some of the private proceedings of the late Radical Legisla ture. There is no public bar i❑ ,the State Capitol, such as is kept t at Washington, but it seems tha \ .t - --en a worse state of affairs existed last Win ter. The Slate Guard says : . "All last winter, while the Legislature was in session, the committee rooms of both the House and Senate flowed with liquor, and Senators and Representatives stagger ed from such rooms in beastly intoxication to insult those who occupied places in the galleries to hear dignified proceedings of the Legislature." Bergner, who gets fifteen dollars a page for publishing the Legislative Record, instalments of which we are still receiving, is horrified at the ap pearance of such a statement of the truth in a Radical paper. He thinks it would have been bad enough for "a copperhead sheet" to have made the ex posure. The people ought to know about this matter, and we think great credit is due to the State Guard for its honesty in publishing the disgraceful facts. A Test That Coald Not Stand The other day Gen. Carey, the work ing men's representative in Congress from Cincinnati, forced the Radicals to vote on the interpretation of the finan cial resolution in their platform, by putting it into the shape of a preamble and appending to it a resolution which read as follows : Whereas, The National honor requires the payment of the public indebtedness to creditors at home and abroad, not only ac cording to the letter but the spirit of the law under which it was contracted. Therefore, Resolved, That neither the letter nor the spirit of the law under which the 5-20's were issued, requires payment of the principal in coin, and it will be in the utmost good faith if holders thereof be paid in the same money which has been paid to the soldiers who fought the battles of the war, and with which the Government settles the claims of the widow and orphans of our fallen heroes —the same that laborers are required to re ceive as wages, and that which is a legal tender for all public and private debts, ex cept custom duties and interest on public debt. They did not dare to face the music, and voted to kill the resolutions. The Democrats in the House cast almost a solid vote in favor of its adoption. Thus proving themselves to be in full sympa thy with the working men of the na• tion. The Post on the Platform The Philadelphia Post is by4ng odds the most ably edited Republican paper Pennsylvania. It is logical in its ar gument, and not afraid to say what the principles of the party really are. In Saturday's jssue it thus defines what the Chicago platform means on the ques tion of negro suffrage, its remarks being called out by a speech of Wendell Phil lips "Mr. Phillips oftenloes to extremes. He cannot be merciful. He has 'condemned General Grant for his past silence, and does not honor sufficiently his present-position. Grant has fully accepted the Republican principles laid down at Chicago, and they are so clearly laid down that no Radical can complain of what they affirm, though it is to be regretted that they do not say more. The great point to which we would call the attention of Mr. Phillips Is this: The republican party has pledged itself and has pledged its candidates to maintain Equal Suffrage iu the South. Pledged to tins, it is in effect pledged to everything. As surely EL9 the colored man. votes in the South, he will vote in the North ; and that he votes anywhere is the work of the Re publican party. THAT. PARTY IS THE CREATION OF THE NEGRO. H owes its existence to his wrongs; it can only: pre serve its power by giving him his rights. We commend the above to the atten tion of every Conservative Republican in the country. • - Reasoris Why Congress Should Adjourn. Borne of the Radical papers are urg ing.Congreas to adjourn, and a very in fluential journal of that class says : There are numeroui big schemes and joba before Congress that - will be killed off by a speedy adjournment: • • Here Is good reason for a speedy ad journment,- sure enough. The Radicals in Congress are not to be trusted ; even in the midst of the Presidential cam paign. They car Mot resist the tempta tion to steal, when a chance Is offered. If " the big schemes and jobs" which are spoken of are not killed by an early adjournment, the treasury will be plun dered of millions of dollars. We too favor an early , adjournnient, and hope ,the fears of the Radical journals will force the Radical rogues of Congress to consent to it. lie: .l29 .tiglis tber ipcit • s li v peec rdv b th ef eowh i chi Cri: ecoco ft ihno.n f iiwa rOin . P i3 kl nix.fle 4 re. Gra* , of t 412, 'nomination, waljedio him atibla Iden o=7 Thet,..co ttee was, lit:it - idea biGenetal RaWley of Con necticut, and, among other notabilities who made up the body, was one of the negro delegates to the Convention, a full ! blooded African frotii North - Caro: Tina. Colfax :was- presenty:;and :about 1 two hundred Persons . witnessed the cere mony,. Generatflawloy.madeAritilical. . speech to_ Grant, assuring him that the Republican Tarty werefuliy resolved to carry out the doctrines pf negro suffrage and negro_ equality: Ta this General. Grant replied as follows: Mr. President, and Geniletnen of the 174- tional Union Convention :—I will endeavor in a very short time to write you a letter accepting the trust you have imposed-upon me. [Applause.] Expressing my grati tude for the confidence you have placed in me, I will now say but little orally, and that is to thank you for the unanimity with which you have selected me as a candidate for the Presidential office. I can say, in ad dition, I looked on during the -progress of the proceedings at Chicago with a great deal of interest, and am gratified with the harmony and unanimity which seem to have governed the deliberations of the Con vention. If chosen to fill the high office for which you have selected me, I will give to its duties the same energy, the same spirit, and the same will, that I have given to the I performance of all duties which have de -1 volved upon me heretofore. Whether I shall be able to perform these duties to your entire satisfaction, time will deter mine. You have truly said, in the course of your address, that I shall have no policy of my own to interfere against the will of the people. That we suppose is as full an expres sion of the political views of the great smoker as we shall be able to get until Washburne completes the letter of ac ceptance to which allusion is made. But we ask the people to look at this second oratorical effort of Grant. In it there is no evidence of intellectual ability, no sign of political sagacity, not the slightest indication that he 'under stands the great questions now agita ting the nation. He speak.s on/y. a:: the tool of faction, and tells the gang of political adventurers before him that time will determine whether he "will be able to perform the duties of the Presidential office to their satisfaction." Throughout it is apparent that he re gards himself as amere tool in their hands, and that he intends to do their bidding no one can doubt. Can this great nation afford to choose such a man for its ruler at this time? Let the masses ask themselves that question. Let them ponder it seriously from this day until the Presidential election.. An Enthusiastic Grant Meeting. Without exception themeetiugs which have been called to ratify the nomina tions of Grant and Colfax, have been failures. The people have refused to attend and there has been no display of enthusiasm. The only one which had the appearance of success was held in Washington the other night. A tele gram to the New York papers describes as follows: WASHINGTON, May 29, 186 S A Grant and Colfax ratification meeting was held this evening lu front of the City Hall, and comprised a fair representation of the colored element of the poptilation.— Transparencies, banners and flags wore numerous, and though the rain fell dismal ly all the evening, the faithful gathering of darkies persisted in listening patiently to the humdrum speeches of some half dozen local politicians, interspersed witn a few from aoroad, including Senator Wilson. Interpreting the Platform The Radical Editors of Missouri had a meeting at St. Louisa day or two after the adjournment of the Chicago Con vention. They interpret the platform to mean universal negro suffrage and negro equality, and says that : All who faithfully support a government are entitled to the ballot ; that the prejudice of color, which denies just equality and civil and political rights, is the blot on our na tion and the fruitful soil from which Demo cratic votes are spontaneously produced. It is therefore the duty of every Radical to labor to break down that prejudice at once, the shame and peril of the Republic ; that as editors we will strive to influence the Radical party to give open and vigorous support to impartial suffrage. Every man who is in favor of the speedy establishment of negro suffrage and negro equality in all the states should vote for Crant and Colfax. No man who is opposed to it can conscien tiously do so. Row the Niggers Received the Nomina A special correspondent of that enthu siastic Grant paper, the N. Y. 'limes, writes from Richmond'as follows : There has been no enthusiasm exhibited over the nominations of the Chicago Con vention by the colored population. So far as I have been able to judge Gem Grant is not very popular with the blacks in the South, and Mr. Colfax is almost unknown to them. Here is -a nice look out to be seen. The Radicals rely entirely upon the votes of the Southern negroes to elect Grant and Colfax. A large majority of the electoral votes of the Northern States are conceded to the Democratic candi dates in advance. If there is no enthu siasm among the . Southern negroes the jig is up with the Radicals. Confessing their Corruption The Radical papers still persist in charging that Fessenden, Trumbull, Grimes and others were bribed to vote for the acquittal of the President. They do not seem to remember how they are damaging their party by such asser tions. The people know these men to be the ablest and the most honest and conscientious iu the Republican party. If they are purchasable, what sort of stuff is the balance of the party coin posed of? All this only goes to corrobo rate the belief, now becoming univer sal, that the Radical party is too corrupt to hold the reins of government any longer. The people believe this, and they have resolved to effect a complete change. That accounts for the coolness with which the nominations of Grant and Colfax have been received through out the country. Deceit About the Army Expenses The Radler'ls in Congress have made up their estimate for the army during the coming year at the not very dimin utive sum of $30,000,000. Yet is a fact that the monthly expenses of the costly concern, as at present constituted, is over $10,000,000. They desire to hood wink the people until after the Presi dential election, and then a Deficieney. Bill will be passed appropriating one hundred millions additional for the ar my, which isl,being employed to regu late the negro vote in the south. That Is the.only use it is.on earth at present. Let the people understand this thing. The figures which we give are indispu tably correct, and they teach a lesson which the overburthened tax payers would.do rell to heed. A Squabble Over Arkansas. There has been a fierce squabble among the Radicals in the Senate' over the admission of Arkansas. Drake,. of Missouri, bitterly.opposed it. A dele gation of Arkansas'.Radicals say it will be dangerous to admit the State at Present. They assert that the Demo crats will carry itat the coming Presi dential election so surely as it is admit ted. It looks as if it would be left out n the cold. Here we have a specimen of Radical reconstruction. If RAU cer tain that the negro majority in a South ern State is sufficiently overwhelming tq control it at the coining . election, it may stand a chance of getting back into the Union after some sort of a fashion, but not ofherwise. Does any one sup pose the people of the North will sanc tion such a course by electing Grant? We rather think not. TEE people will readily see how glar ing a faLshood is the resolution of the Chicago platform, which charges the President with responsibility for the extrOagance which prevails, when' they remember that Andrew Johnson can not even draw adollar of his own salary, except under the appropriation act, which must first be passed by Con.. gress. For uiefn.. , ' 777 . i , ftgarfe . EDITWIS - l . t, plo of thi , ~ Vtates cerbar* • , - ,':' with to en nre Ir. Y... - - it ; , ..1 , -of debt and tiiiitforsrinderltitreriod of time. i - Nor ugiic wistra w mana,:f — (he evils of a l chronic and incurable deprecialion of their currency. Permit me then.' to inquire whether these burthens and - evils may not be removed by an intelligent application -of the principles of finance, To go no farther, we have the authority of Thaddens Stevens for saying that the five-twenty debt may be honorably paid in gieenTiack's: -'Po do thin would msa7festfy relieve the country of the greater part of the annual interest which is consuming our substance without reducing. the amount of our debt. But it is apprehended that this course would produce an excess and con sequent depreciation of the currency: And it would doubtless have that effect unless some satisfactory proilsion , were made for th e absorption and ultimate redemption of the greenbacks. How then can we dispose of the green backs? I answer, by making them.conver tible at the option of their holders into got , eminent obligations, payable in gold by an nual instalments, without interest. These obligations would at once acquire a fixed market value, below which greenbacks could not depreciate without passing into them by conversion. And they would re strain the redundancy of the currency by absorbing the surplus greenbacks which could not find prefitable employment in trade or business. The number and percentage of instal ments on which the proposed obligations should be made payable would of course depend upon the wishes and means of the country. But suppose these, bonds to be made payable in ten equal annual instal ments. If the credit of the government were par and the value of money Rix per cent. per annum, the cash value of such obligations would be par, less the average interest of five and a half years, computed by rebate. That is, the value df these bonds at their date would bear to the amount of their face at maturity the pro portion of about 100 to 133; snaking them worth more at the start than the present Cull] value of greentnicks. To show how readily these obligations could bo liquida ted, it only needs mention that wo are now paying in gold six per cent. per annum interest on the very debt I propose to satis fy, by paying the prinbipal at the rate of tea per cent. per annum. Eighteen millions more of coin could be annually saved to the country for the purpose of redeeming the bonds, by replacing the National Bank notes with greenbacks, and millions could he secured for the same purpose, by taxing the U. S. sixes of 1881, and the len-forties. The additional funds required could be readily obtained by lopping off the prohib itory and protective excresences of the ta i riff, so as to ,uaake it at once more•produc • live for the Treasury, and less onerous to the people. The proposed arrangement would in ef- I feet merely give to the whole people of the country the benefit of the money value of thr present unfortunate depreciation of the currency,instead of e securing t h eet e l usiveeneoft L onhol r rsw; gave greenbacks for their bonds anA have' received gold interest ever since. My read ers have doubtless already anticipated how this system would conduct us to specie payments,and pay the National Debt ; but I propose, with your permission, to discuss those topics hereafter. A DEMOCRAT. For the InteUlgencer MEssrts. EDITORS: The plan of Mr. Pen dleton, seconded by Messrs. Stevens and Butler, for paying the five•twenties in greenbacks, has been stigmatized as lead ing to Repudiation. There might be some color for this charge if the plan ended with the payment of the bonds in greenbacks. But if it he accompanied with a fair pro vision for the redemption of the greenbacks themselves, it will not only escape the charge of Repudiation, but will remove the only well-grounded imputation of bad faith now resting upon the financial system of the Government. While the Government is now scrupulous in the performance of its 'obligations to bondholders, meeting their interest regu larly in coin, it pays no regard whatever to its contracts with the people. It has issued to them, and forced upon.- them, hundreds of millions of promises to pay, in the shape of greenbacks, which receive no attention. Although the Government is able to pro vide for them, it neither redeems them presently, according to the legal construc tion of their terms, nor condescends to say when or how it ever will redeem them. In fact the promises to the people are repudi ated, while it is insisted that the engage ments to bondholders should be performed more strictly than the language of the con tract requires. I propose to remove the taint of Repudia tion from greenbacks, by providing for their liquidation in coin at regular and stated in tervals. This is certainly a nearer approach to good faith than to leave them altogether unprovided for. The same 'faith which is demanded for bondholders would require the immediate redemption of all 'greenbacks in specie. But if it is pardoqable to ignore the promise of the greenbacks, which the people we: e compelled to accept for gold or its eqqivalent, there can be no great wrong in requiring the bondholders to take back the greenbacks they gave for their bonds, with interest in coin for the time they were kept. The funding of greenbaciv into obliga tions payable in gold by instrilments would secure stability:to the currency, and a grad ual improvement in its value. The currency being exchangeable for these obligations, would be measured by their value, which each successive payment would improve.— The reduction of the debt would rapidly strengthen the credit of tho government, and the payments on account would rapidly stiffen the credit of the currency. Probably before half the instalments were liquidated the currency would appreciate so much as to prevent farther conversions, and leave us an ample circulating med ium almost on par with specie, such a provision for greenbacks would furnish a ladder on which to climb to specie payments. The saving of interest by this system would alone almost extinguish the National Debt. Sixteen and two-thirds years' inter est would - pay the whole principal, The plan proposed would devote the income of the country to the liquidation of the princi pal of its oblige lions, instead of applying it to interest, which might be paid for genera tions without reducing the sum of indebted ness. A DEMOCRAT. The Union Pacific Railroad A telegraph dispatch reports that the Un ion Pacific Railroad has been completed and opened to the six hundredth mile be yond Omaha. When the frost and snows of December forced the army of laborers into winter quarters, 540 nines had been finished, t heyenne was left ;twenty miles in the rear, and the summit of the Rooky Mountains was but ten miles away. With the earliest advent of Spring the dotes of preparation were.heard in the camps of the railroad forces. Ten thousand laborers were gathered and organized, and with a vigor and system which could know nb de feat, the campaign of 1868 wa.sbegun. Sixty miles have been built inbutlittle more than a month, and every day sees a material ad vance of position. Iron and ether material sufficient to lay 250 miles of track was ac cumulated daring the winter months, and more will be on the spot just when it is needed. Every indication gives force to the assertion that, before the end of the present r year, Railroad t r h u e n c. t i t o r s r o m f o t r h e o t y a n n i o Pacific beyond the Missouri. The way traffic in 1807 was remarkably large and profitable, and as each successive mile opens new homes ler emigrants, and brings the road nearer the active mining centers, this traffic must steadily increase until the whole line to the Pacific shall be completed. . The Union Pacific Bailroad Company are now offering their First Mortgage Bonds for sale, full particulars regarding which will be found in our advertising columns.— Copies of the pamphlet for 1868, giving all information in respect to the Bonds and the resources of the country, through which the road is building with such remarkable.ra pidity, will be furnished on application to the Treasurer, John J. Cisco; at the Com pany's Offices, No. 20 Nassau street, New York, or to any of the Company's adver tisedngents. Western Opinion of Colfax. . . . Out in the West, Where Schuyler Co lfax is best known ; the people have no exalted opinion of him.- The Chicago Times says: "The American people—those. that in- habit the West, at any rate—need not be told who Schuyler Colfax is. He is a, titian of the smallest calibre ;of aby that over gained, by toadyism or :good luck, newspaper puff beyond the county be lives In: With Grant, the man of no, principles, at the head, and Colfax;- the. man of :nu brains,at the tail, the Jacobin tickut is a. very erfeCt'arrangenieut." • - GENERAL SCEMPii+D has' been COII 4 firmed by the Semite as the sucoeiser of Stanton. LETTlfri PlittilYXßE WPM'. OR BosM? 'Creams, bfaribtil, 1888: - 411 tight alif'far, and atill pressing towards NOrthweat, und4r alai/ heod of steam. Mil fe b* left so faVorable an Irapres- BIM ultbp mg mind, that gannet dismiss 'the sulpject bi3foriira. have ;given it a little moth attention. A 'healthier location can not pibly exist under the sun. A clean er city Cannot be found on this Continent. Every luxury is attainable, some at reason able prices ; others again, as a matter of course, not so reasonable, but they are at tainable at least, and teat is a comfort. A word about our Tentonlo beverage (beer.) None better 1. You are authorized' to tell our jolly friends John, Billy and Charley, thatthey need not fear to .cotta-to Wrinkle on that aoxitint. They cat:Om-in dulged with and can Indulge In just as good , an article aslant own Lancaster.product.-- Those fond of a heavy article , can he espe cially gratified, as from some cause or other, the malt liquors here have more body than the generality has with us. Not with a tear; for Mihrfaukie bee?, but an inward regret on leaving the beautiful CREAM CITY. flake the care for La Crease, passing through the hop-growing regions of Wisconsin. As far as lam able to judge from appearances, the prospects for a good crop of this indispensable article are very promising. Many new fields have been planted this season, owing to, the extraor dinary prices paid last year, and this State bids fair to become the hop-growing State of the Union; rivaling oven New York which has heretofore produced the great bulk of that article, but in which of late years they have proved an utter failure, as regards quality. At La Crosse I take the steamer Keokuk and soon are on our way up the Mississippi. One great drawback to the pleasures of a traveller are uncourteous wierks, ticket agents and conductors. Of this kind of "cattle" I have met an indefinite number on nay way, and some of them have dis turbed to a great degree the complacentness of my feelings, which otherwise might have been of the most agreeable kind, on part ing from some Interesting points. Some of them not only do not take time to answer a civil question civilly, but actually return some uncouth answer instead. This was especially the case with a chap at.the ticket office at Chicago. This man was not one with the sweet German accent, nor was he an Italian, nor even an Irish gentleman, for had ho been either of the throe, I am sure he would have given me the informa tion I desired. As it was, however, I was misled into buying a way ticket instead of getting a through one, fora lower sum in proportion. At Milwaukle I met another specimen of the same breed, who had the polite faculty of doing everything in mono syllable by a sort of grunt and .grin, and, thus disposedof his customers. Well,every dog must have his day, so I suppose these fellows will have theirs. It is a great relief to find one man vita) is affable and kind in such a position, and we can appreciate it so much more after having come in contrast with so large a number who are the oppo site. This is the case with the chief clerk of this boat; (Mr. Charles Hovey) never too much trouble to give information when 'asked for, always polite and affable, he makes himself agreeable to others and no doubt feels comfortable himself: This makes the trip up the river pleasant, and must leave a good impression upon every traveler's mind after leaving the boat. Now is it not just as little trouble to be polite as to be rude? Mr. Hovey seems to reason that it is, and thus instead of making ene mies, be will have hosts of friends where ever he may go. Success to Charley Hovey of the Keokuk! W. W. Hatcher, the Id Clerk deserves the same notice from me, as I am indebted to him for much neeful in formation during the trip. In fact, all the officers of the boat are gentlemen, and as far as I can see, worthy of the confidence of the traveling public, notwithstand ing they are in the em ploy of the so• called " White Collar Line" to which • 'Brick Pomeroy pays his respects in such an emphatic manner occasionally. The scenery along the river is grand, es pecially on the west side, where many beautiful bluffs rise In fantastic boldness to ' the view, until we reach the town of Wi- nona, where Sugar Loaf Bluff finishes up the picture, with its white sandy sides. Winona Is a thriving city and great sLin ping place for grain and lumber, and has a Population of about 0000, consisting of en enterprising, industrious, (hiving people. From here opens the most interesting part of my trip, an interest constantly increas ing as we proceed. We from the East, who only know Minnesota from what we have heard and read of it, find that with every stretch of fancy we have come very far short of what wo realize when we behold the reality! Nature clothed iu her garb of green, appears in all her loveliness at this season wherever we go, but here the effect is doubly enhanced by the natural beauty of the country through which we pose, The line of the railroad follows a beautiful valley for a considerable distance, passing over a number of curved trussel 'bridges, ever high embankments, through deep cuts, and finally emerges upon a high plateau of rolling prairie, where the effect upon the vision is truly of the most pleasing charac ' ter. This extends for miles, presenting thousands upon thousands of acres of wheat stretched out on either side of the track. Many pleasant villages are passed on the way, among which I shall name Eyota as being one of the most promising. This place from its natural location must become the centre of the agricultural riches of this district in time, owing to the position it oc cupies. This is evidenced by the number of buildings going up and in contemplation. P.ext comes Rochester, a city most eligi bly situated on the Lumbo river and already presenting all the appearances of a thriving town. This of all others along the whole route would be my preference as a place of residence, should I conclude to leave the comforts and associations of the East. It is the " Garden Spot" of Minnesota, as Lan caster is the "Garden Spot" of Pennsylva nia, and must in the progress of things occupy a prominent position among the cities of the Northwest. Our road now passes uninterruptedly for many miles over this rich soil until we reach Owatonna, dis tant 90 miles from Winona, where for the I first time we strike upon a primeval forest ' of timber land, in which the bur or red-oak prevails, and which extends for many miles In unbroken wildness,!a forest in which but a few short years ago the wild-man had , his undisturbed hunting grounds, but which by that annihilator of distance, as well as of uncivilized life, (the locomotive) has fled the scene, and where once the wild war-whoop resounded, now re-echoes the shrill whistle of that mighty engine of civ ilization and progress. On! on! we fly; over verdant fields and enchanting valleys, until we reach "Fort Snelling." Here is a picture of grandeur in natural scenery, such as is seldom found in this country. Elevated about 1,000 feet above the level of the Minnesota river, which flows at the base of the bluff updti which the fort, like some feudal castle on the classic Rhine, is situated, we can behold by a bird's eye view the grandest panorama of nature upon which the eye of man can rest; and passing down the sides of the moun tain by a serpentine tract, describing more than three-fourths of a oircle, we cross the river, and in thirty minutes are at Alin neapolis and the Falls of St. Anthony. This is one of the most thriving towns of the Northwest, and derives its Importance from the many saw and grist mills located here. One of these mills turns out 800 bar rels of flour every 25bours. The saw mills run day and night. The water-power is taken from the Mississippi above the falls, where a dam has been constructed for that purpose. The falls are a natural curi osity, of which I do not feel myself compe tent to give a description. From a plat form extending out over part of the falls a fine view is obtained of this great wonder. See how it pours and rolls, and surges and tears down over its rugged, rooky bed Rushing, gushing, foaming, dashing, thun dering, crashing and lashing, wildly pour ing ; loudly roaring, down, down it rolls with resistless force, sending up its spray and carrying along its dancing ripples, un til lost to view. It is a wild fantastic dance! It is St. Anthony's dance! And this is the "father of waters!" who and where's the mother? is a question not yet settled.— I leave Minueapolis and its sixty mills. No fine buildings, and its enterprising people and am on my way to the falls of hli nne. habil and SL. Paul. More as we proceed, from yours, TRAVELER ON TREWINCL NtrNIIIER 111 ST. PAUL, May 23d, ISGS. On the wing from Minneapolis to La Crosse. Minne-ba ha! (laughing waters.) After revolving in my mind for several hours, the question, whether to stop MY at the Falls of Minnehaha on my way to St. Paul, or not (time being precious,) I finally concluded to do so, and now having seen this miniature NLIGARA, I am only ena bled to estimate the sacratice I shouldhave made bad I concluded otherwise. Sweet Minne-hd-ha! with thy clear sparkling water rolling over the smooth-worn rock, in this secluded amphitheater of nature; I love thee as one of the master works of the great ARCHITECT OF THE UNIVERSE! Not that .roar which deafens the ear and confuses the senses, on beholding the ma jestic Niagara! Not that feeling of dread as we timidly approach the frowning preci pice, greets us•here. OA the contrary a feeling of 'calm contemplation and wonder seizes us and a lively 'sense of apprecia- tion awakens 'al i the nobler faculties of our being, as we gazepon its sPlendor vi. The fall of Minnehalia creek is GO feet over a , erescent shaped ledge representing, a table and forming under the falle a pas sage entirely across the chasm, with the rock over which it flows, as eoyering. A regular amphitheater, closed in by a nat ural wall, forms the lower part, presenting a - most charming scene of natural, beauty. Minim-ha-hi I I leave thee murmuring babbling stream; with thy over-restiess, never exhausting flow, while with one last lingering ldNk of regret, I bid adieu to the glorious raidbow rays reflected hi thy ris ing spray! Farewell Minne-ha-bit I -Down thavalley of the Minnesota, I now wend my way, and in intlf an hour arrive at the commercial metropolis- .the. 43tate,. Eit. Paul. This city is most beautifully Mina to do a bluff, rising to a great height from the river., Prominent on apProdching from the west. side is Inclined bridge, nearly a mile in length, leadingte . the level of thehighest , part of the city proper;. 'der which steamboats can pass withoutiha. nits and.thcorivenience oft' draw so Muth. elevated it; it from'. high; water mark. The stranger on, visiting,this plawasnant help' batbefavorably impressed by the evideneee of thrlit and .prosperity 4 ivtdchgteet hitti on, aye* I TVere are, at leeek 200. honastin coarse of eredtion ' ,thle,tinlts most 'of them Of the Most'imbitaWal kind being brillt of a gray atone,'Oeinglar to hfh 4 / . !;-'v MERE locality, and which abounds In Inexhaus tible quantities evert „ttitthe alts Heeif. In looking at the work upon the new Carroll Henan which will, when finished, be a grand and imposing structure. I found that many of the most beautiful sqqare blocks used in its erection, were actuCly quarried frcm the cellar. Some of these are 6 to Et inches thick, and from 4 to 6 feet square, and are susceptible of a most bean tifhl finish for front or face work. Many of the stores on the principal streets, as also the Aterchants Hotel, a grand building, are finished in this style, and present . a neat, substantial and pleasing appearance Indeed! This city might with propriety be called " Rook City," for It officers to be complete ly underlaid with a bed of those beautiful stones, and in ecilineliarts only. Brim 12 to 18 inches under the surface, all running In regular layers marked by distinctive seams and seems to have been placed there and cemented together by human hands. The hotels of St. Paul are . models, The Inter national is the largest, and fully as large as the Continental of Philadelphia. The Park Place Hotel is the next in importance, and has the advantage of being most,beautiful ly situated In a Turk surround4d with trees and shrubbery. The Stale Capitol is also ei prominent fea ture. A building not imposing, but appro priate for the purpose. Many wholesale houses not inferior to those on Third street, Philadelphia, exist here also, and aro doing a profltablo trade. The retail stores would be no discredit to Broadway or Chestnut streets. They are mostly very handsome, and well stocked ; in fact, everything is gotten np with ex triune taste and one would think, from the flourishing condition of trade, that Utopian° instead of being-of recent growth; wane city fifty years old. In looking aronnd me and watching the evidences of entorprize on every hand, I can hardly realize the fact that I am 1,400 miles away from what we would call the seat of Eastern civilization. The collossal strides of the West, are well calculated_ to astound the most progressive of our people, and we cannot tint, admire the indomitable spirit of the hardy pioneers who brought about this state of things by their courage and perseverance. In [politics the city Is Democratic, al though there area large number of what we know as German Radicals here also. Those misguided, intelligent men, who toll you they left their homes in the " Father land," to better their condition—to escape the tyranny of Kings and Princes—to breathe the pure air of liberty. Those men, who, while in their native land, condemn od oppression, and defied the powers of despots, came here and indentify them selves with that party which has over pro ven itself an enemy of the foreigner, even from tho time of knote-Nothingisin to this day Is itnot preposterous ? Thank Heaven I There are evidences even here, of dawning reason. Germans aro na turally tenacious In their opinions when owe formed, and It is a matter of the great est difficulty to convince them of an error when ouce their prejudices ire Axed ; but many ore beginning to see through the thin vall which hides the true principles of the ruling party. I have spoken with a mint. ber who are beginning to reason witlithem solves, as to the effect the continuance in power of this wicked party will have upon the future prosperity of our common coun try, and there are indications that even hero in the Northwest, where the hopes of Radi cal fanatics aro centered, there will he a great change for the better. May God pros . , per the right. When I commenced this letter I hoped to see "Blum," but I now find that this hope like so many in life, will not be realism]. By missing the connection eastward from this point yesterday, I sun now forced to take a different route, and will thereby not reach La Crosse, but strike tiro Mississippi at McGregor Instead. This being many miles below the former place and my time very limited. I must forgo, for the pre sent that pleasure. The Sabbath does not seem to ho as pious ly:observed here as with us. Ail tho Res taurants aro open and doing s good besl ,ness, yet I have seen less disorder during the day, than is frequently aeon at Lancas ter, whore nobody us (Wowed to sell on Sun cfay. The view up and down the Valley of the Mississippi, from the bluff which torms thu back ground to the city, and Is beaufftiLly covered with trees and dotted with rot Villas, is flue in the extreme. Nature hes done' much for the place, and Elio people taking the cue from nature, have done all the heart could wish, to assist nature by Lim appliances of art, thus making ii a most enchanting spot. I leave at 8.0 147 It., to day, (Sunday,) onmy way Eastward, and should I find suffielent material on my travels to give you another letter ere I re turn home, I will do so—that Is, provided I have not already bored you and your readers sufficient with my prosy effusions. Adieu St. Paul with your 22,000 enter prising souls, with your fine gardens, your business palaces, your sweet valleys and your beautiful scenery, I leave you in all your glory, on my way down, down the stream, till once again I clasp the hands of old associates, and there alt and talk of the progress of the great North West. :TRAVELLER ON TUE WINO INa/inhume and the Negro Delegate In Grant's Parlor. •: The Washington Exprem gives the fol lowing graphic sketch of the scenes and incidents which transpired at the house of General Grant on the evening when the Committee from the Chicago Convention: informed him of his nomination : To the eye of the observant last evelaink.r was an Interesting one, so far as the scoots.and incidents transpiring scoots. In Gen. Caant's parlor were concerned. Each and ovary member of the Committee seemed. partioti.• larly desirous to make himself emispleuensi, especially the bravo and renowned. Loom, who was over gallant to the companatcres ont. Chief Manager Washburne„ the signpost of the Presidential candidate—lmpelled by duty—jumped around like nnto a hen upon a hot griddle. Re must be- present nt all introductions ; he must bow every one in and every one out; he must bear all re marks made to his candidata, and it needs be, assist in the answer. To the ladles ho was a perfect Charles the Tenth; to the committee a Grandfather Whitehead ; to the press an exceeding inconvenience and a decided bore; with the anxious remark of "be sure you've got it right." As ho stood at the refreshment table, smiling benignly upon his protege, and glancing askance at the different faces there presented, doubt less revolving in his mind which he would send (when he became Secretary of State) to this mission or that, hislhoughts oven forgot themselves, and his destruction of strawberries and cream was Immense. Donnelly would have had no show with Manager Washburn° last evening. Grant and Colfax were near each- other at the table, each enjoying an lee, when up stalked a Western member of the commit tee, with an inquiring mind for facts, and addressing General Grant, said : " Who writes your speeches, General?" General , Grant looked at the committee man, but made no answer. The anxious mornbar from the West again said : "We iyank. to know; as Colfax can make his own seeches , and they• -. say .you can't." General Grant • turned away from the Speaker and made• no answer. Colfax turned to the loan from, the West and requested him not trr rallkno any such remarks in future. The great feature of the evening,, thrw.- ever ' was the presence of the negro. dniu gate from North Carolina. His. name: is. J. IL Harris, a delegate In the, Chleago,Con volition from the &ma DlStriet of North Carolina, late a menibor of thd North Caro lina Constitutional Conventiono candidate for Congress, (ho declined,. however, In favor of a carpet bagger, )and now a mem ber of the committee to apprise the Radical nominees of their,-good luck at Chicago. lie was introclyped, of course, by the im mense manager Washburno, but neither General Grants Colfax, the ladies present, nor any ono of the grout Radical Moguls seemed to know brother Harris. The company at one time wore nearly all crowd ed in the back parlor, while Harris was ob served standing solitary and alone In a corner of the front parlor room. There ho remained for over half an hour—the ob served of no ono except the reporters, who proceeded to take aide notes of Brother Harris' solitary condition. It was a thet to which many can testify, that neither Grant nor Colfax, save at the introduction, took any notice of Harris during the even ing. He was like our Jake on a pie-nie, "not fixed "—or pcor Sambo at .a dance, " widout Dinah being dar." Gen. Hawley, Gen. Logan, nor any of the larger Radical guns deigned to notice this practical innovation o' black upon *bite. He was not noticed by the politicians, and only pitied by the reporters. He "stuck," however, remaining until supper; secured a place at the table, and, like all true breeds of the African type, did full justivil , to lees, berries, and sweetmeats, generally. APPLE•ULOSSOMN prosperity. Inatigarated at the eriptiiii-- GranVs Nomination Milliletl bif ocratto Victory. /special to the a ire.l WASHINGTON, June I.—Wo A bi ng t on ia, redeemed. Giverr, the Demo crude candi date is elected Mayor by atams one lans... dred and fifty (150), majorlt•j. The Demo, crate carry Your wardSLO'At of coven, and secure both branches ofti.te City Council , Wriatatrarow, June'l,--Tbe erectly n which took place to my' resulted, asi s claimed by the anti- Meals, In the oleo' ice of John s'. Gives, artl-dladkai s foa his or, j, / by about 150 voles. s The antl - -Aadic'..dailect. their Vount-D men It.W. four Oof the BO ri . wards, Talk* 4it is said gives thoni: a MiliPriLY of three i m the lower; while Vito upper Wird is tied, , the r e being seven Radicale arid an. equal a umber .of anti-Radical mamba - re, Tali-half ol : them bolding overfivna last *ewe: The t ivo ne gro Radicals in the First,., whkatt. 1 ras the ward in which amp:imam we rental dratted, are elected. - • - ' - At one o , cleok the Itailleehs Lad e pl . :waded the election of, Given,. having em .e doubt of the F.'lllllAard• •.1 , .•'., .- The only' turbance.of coil : exteewas in the Seventh Ward; oeensioned ' v a negro voting the anti- cal , ticket, j ai .aegra men in the vielMty so usbh t warp; re Maxtor dpink. so; but be,' attlld'Wild , ink 'iiiblinenr, wall prtrtected by. the polloOi:urko .istcOrted hon.to the station Imusadnisafety.• ; Dtaing these proceedings, amounted soot larder:Look na down. a nags% who woe tal, as Mitered L6t Ori;-‘ f rho.„ l 'hbrito.44tb 2 t e ll :en Mama: viett Oa . .vittl..... mov_somp.t .. ot4OeS Waal . own to the•gtotail, toolaioxi, :g acre in, j . es'ulkoltqluilace anditiver..' • ~. .. : III,',1•••HI I. if t . .. t • . , ... ~5.1,0•14 Th ' tiunkniniiinta t 149 PAProwl t yrAil t p)- contlit with Plit ralkucW . 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