A. J. GERRITSON, Publisher.l
FOR TUE DEMOCRAT.
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present to Gen. Jackson of a Gold
Ring containing the Hair of Gen.
Washington, and sent by the
hand of Gen. Lafayette.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22d, 1824
To Gen. JACKSON :—The birth-day of
Washington is a fit time for a tribute to
him whose glorious achievements place
him next to the Father of our country.
On this day I present to Gen. Jackson
a ring of the hero's hair, of the color it
was when he led our soldiers to victory.
It. was made in this city, and of American
gold.
Wear it in remembrance of him who
was the first in the hearts of his coluttry,
aud of her wiro gives it to you with her
best wishes for your health and happi
ness.
ELIZA. W. CUSTIS.
General Jackson replied as follows
My Dear Madam :—By the hand of our
mutual friend, General Lafayette, I have
had the extreme satisfaction of receiving
a ring containing the hair of Gen. Wash
ington, which you have done me the hon
or to to present. Belieye me, I shall re
tain and wear it with the greatest pleas
ure. I will wear it in the remembrance of
your kind opinions expressed toward me,
and of the illustrious and revered man,
the recdllection of whose virtues and, dis
interested patriotism, none can ever be
unmindful of. Could the present be at, all
increased in value, it would be by the
consideration that its presentation has
been through the illustrious Gen. La Fay
ette, who devoted himself in early life to
the service of our happy country, and
who was the friend and associate of our
beloved Washington.
Your most, obedient servant,
ANDREW JACKSON.
Mrs. E. W. CISTIS.
George Washington Parke enetis pre
sents a Gold Ring containing the hair of
Washington to den. Lafayette, accom
panied with the following address:
" rat of the Generals of the army of
Independence! At this awful and impres
sive moment, when, forgetting the splen
dor of a triumph greater than Roman
Consul ever had, you bend with rever
ence over the remains of Washington, the
child of Mount Vernon presents you with
this token, containing the . hair of him
whom while living you loved, and to
whose honored grave you now pay the
manly and affecting tribute of a patriot's
and a stl .llw s g tear.
" The ring has ever been an emblem of
the union of hearts from the earliest ages
of the world ; and this will unite the at:
fections of all Americans to the person
and posterity of Lafayette, now and here
after. And when your descendants of a
distant day shall behold this valued relic,
it will remind them of the heroic virtues
of their illustrious sire who received it,
not in the palaces of princes, or amid the
pomp and vanities of life, but at the lau
reled grave of Washington.
" Do you ask, is this the.mausoleam be
fitting-the ashes of Marcus Aurelius, or
the good Antonius ? I tell you that the
Father of his country lies buried in the
hearts of his countrymen, and in those of
the brave, the good, the free of all nations
and ages. Do you seek for the tablets
which are to convey his fame to. immor
tality ? They have long been written in
the freedom and happiness of their coun
try. These are the monumental trophies
of 'Washington the Great, and will endure
when the proudest works of art have dis
solved and left not a wreck behind.
"Gen. Lafayette: Our fathers witness
ed the dawn of your glory, partook of its
meridian splendor ; and oh, let their chil
dren enjoy the benign radiance of your
setting sun. And when it shall sink in
the horizon of nature, here with pious du
ty we will form your sepulchre; and uni
ted in death as in life, by the side of the
great chief you will rest in peace, till the
last trump awakes the slumbering world,
and calls your virtues to their great re
ward.
" The joyous shouts of millions of free
men hailed your returning foot-prints on
our sands; the arms of millions are open
ed wide to take you to their grateful
hearts; and the prayers of millions 'ascend
to the throne of the Eternal; that
the choicest blessings of Heaven 'may
cheer thelatest days of Lafayette!"
Gen. Lafayette, having received the
ring, pressed it to his heart,' and replied :
" Thaleelings which at this awful mo
ment oppress my bean, (*not leave the
power of utterance. . can only thank
you, my dear Custis, for your precious
gift. I pay a silent hotnage to the tomb
of the greatest and the best of men, my
Paternal friend!"
After weeping over the grave of Wash
ington at Mount Vernon, Grea." Lafayette
bears the gold ring, containing a lock of
his hair, to Gen. Jackson. A rock *their! •
The most sacred of relics I—th e most hal
lowed memento of affection Priceless
treasure! "The hair Wadlingt42l..'Of
the actor it was when he led our so ldiers'
to victory !" A look for Gii.:Lifiyitit%
the brave nobleman who crossed the
ocean to fight for American liberty, and a
lock for Gen. Jackson, " whose glorious
achievements placed him. next to the Fa
ther of his country." Illustrious trio of
American patriots ! Their swords were
drawn in defence of the same principles
of civil liberty. The ring was an emblem
of their hearts, and a symbol of the union
of the States and people under our benefi
cent. Government. "I will wear it," says
Gen. Jackson to the fair donor, a repre
sentative of the family of Washington,
"I will wear it remembrance of the re
vered man whose name none can be un
mindful of."
Then where was that ring five years af
ter ? It, was on the hand of the President
of the United States. It was on the hand
which protected the people of the South
from servile insurrections, incited by the
Abolitionists of the North. It was on the
hand of the President who 'Warned his
countrymen against these vile conspira
tors, who openly avowed their aims to
be the overthrow of the United States
Government ; and perchance the sight of
that ring, containing a lock of hair from
the revered head of Washington, brought
to his "remembrance" the principles up
on which the Union was founded, and ac
ted with a more magical charm upon his
soul than the farewell words themselves,
which he voted to the people in order to
quell the mad attempts of the Abolition
ists to overthrow the Constitution and
Government which he founded. " The
Union," said Gen. Jackson, when he
looked at that emblem of the union of
hearts, " must and shall he preserved !"
But, the name of Washington bad no
charm for an abolitionist. A lock of his
hair.,conld produce no thrill of affection of
love in their hearts for his glorious achieve
ments by the sword, or for the Union
which he formed for the happiness and
protection of the American people.
Wendell Phillips says: "I have no in
terest in the Union of your thirty-three
States except as it affects the black race.
No parchment, however sacred ; no ma
chinery of Government, however venera
ble, is anything to be compared to their
rights ? What has the Union done ? It
is a piece of parchment laid up at Wash
ington, written in fair text hand, every i
dotted and every t crossed. Its the
agreement of 3,000,000 how they shall be
governed. That is the Constitution. Our
fathers made it and you may look at it.—
Andrew Jackson was the most popular
man since Washington. He had behind
him the strongest party that this genera
tion ever knew. It is God's will that the
slaves should rise up and fight for their
liberty. Why don't they ? Because the
Union prevents them. That is the reason
why I propose that you should break up
the Union. Did you ever hear Everett
ring out with those clarion tones of his
that favorite phrase describing Washing
ton as " that immortal Rebel ?" Well,
John Brown was-jolt, the same. I have
got in my house a lock of hair from the
temple of old John Brown, sent me by a
slaveholder. When John Hancock left,
Boston in 1775 for a seat in Congress,
his rightful sovereign, George 111, said be
was a traitor. When Joseph Warren
fell at Bunker Hill, his rightful sovereign
said he was a rebel. Ido not compare
John Brown with Joseph Warren—not a
bit. Joseph Warren is not tall enough in
that Heaven where he sits to-day—is not
tall 'enough to touch the hem of the gar
ment of John Brown. Mr. Seward closed
his speech with the request that every
man would cultivate a respect for the Un
ion. If you will allow me to close mine,
it will be to impress upon your own
hearts, and teach your children to let no
sacredness of parchment -gag their lips,
but to swear on the altar which Christian
ity holds to every man, the oath that he
will break the fetters of the slave, law or
no law—and elevate the negroes to an
equality with ourselves—and may God
help you to keep the oath."
This was the " covenant with death and
the agreement with bell," signed by eve
ry Abolitionist who reverenced a lock of
hair from the temple of old John Brown,
instead of revering the name of Washing
ton. And what are the characters of
these followers of old John Brown ? John
W. Forney painted a portrait of Wendell
Phillips in Aug 1862, which we copy for
our history. He says :
" Wendell Phillips is a traitor in his
soul. He differs from Jefferson Davis on
ly in, this, that Davis has drawn the sword,
while Davis is effective without it., What
strength, what dignity has thisßpublic,
which can permit traitors in Boston to as
sail it from the" forum, *bile traitors in
Richmond' assail it from the' battle-field ?
It sends men to Port Warren for attack
ing the Government, and disowning the'
oath of illegianik yet permits men in
Bostcin,'men of smooth_speech and choi&
words and - elegant phrases, to,glory in
the fact that they,disdainad to owe allegi
ance to the country of their birth, nnd
the same time sought to divide and de
stroy it. Wendell Phillipe is an enemy;
a traitor, a pernicionsinati. BO should be '
abated. If' It can be , done in' no other
way, there is a short and : eaey road - from
his lame near Boston to a easel:nate in
F_ o 0 Warret!" - -
The ,New York runes ofDee. ZBear
MONTROSE, PA., TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1866.
says : " Wendell Phillips and the fanatics
who follow his lead, claim for the negroes
privileges, immunities and rights, which
they would never dream of claiming for
the whites. They profess to support the
Constitution until it stands in the way of
their dchemes for negro supremacy ; then
they abandon the Constitution and stand
by the negro. Their test of patriotism is
devotion to the negro. They are for pre
serving the union if it will help the negro,
if not, they are for destroying it. They
are for prosecuting the war if it will help
the negro, the moment it will not they
are for peace."
These fanatics stand to-day precisely
where they stood in 1863. The Aboli
tionists in Congress who follow the lead
of Wendell Phillips and other traitors
who are out of Congress, are legislating
to give the negroes more rights and priv.-
leges than they would ever dream of
claiming for the whites. They profess to
support the Constitution until it stands in
the way of their schemes for negro su
premacy, then they abandon the Consti
tution and stand by.the negro. They are
for preserving the Union if it will help the
negroes and serve to keep their party in
power, if not they are for destroying it.
What hope is there for the white race
in America ? Is there no man who cares
for their liberties ? None who loves the
Union of our Fathers and the Constitu
tion formed for the protection of the
white people of the land ? Are the ne
groeti' Indeed to rule over them as the
conspiracy of the Abolitionists designed
they should do? Yes A voice comes
forth from the White House in Washing
ton on the anniversary of the birth-day
of the Father of his country, just forty
two years from the day in which Lafay
ette and Jackson received the lock of hair
from the beloved head of Washington—a
voice breaks through the thick gloom,and
says :
"My policy is intended to restore the
glorious Union of these States, founded
by Washington, whose name this city
bears. The name of Washington is em
balmed in the hearts of all who love free
government. In the language of his eu
logist, he was first in peace, first in war,
and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
Who is this that declares for Washing
ton instead of old John Brown ? whose .
soul has been marching nn while his body
lies mouldering in the grave? Are the
souls of that, illustrious trio of patriots,
`Washington, Lafayette and Jackson,
slumbering with their bodies in the dust,
or do they reanimate some human forms,
and inspire them with the love of their
fellow men of their own race, and to de
mand their liberties at the hands of des
pots and conspirators united for their de
struction? Yes! The voice which spoke
for Washington and liberty,'was the voice
of Andrew Johnson of Tennessee. John
W. Forney wrote in Dec. 1860, the fol
lowing for the Press, which he republish
ed in June, 1864, to prove that Andrew
Johnson was the living Andrew Jackson:
WASHINGTON', Dec. 21, 1860.
The cloud that has been banging over
the capitol and the country, has lifted.—
The Union has found a gallant defender
in the American Congress, in the person
of the living Andrew Jackson of the
South—namely, Andrew Johnson, of Ten
nessee. He concluded bis two days'
speech at half past four o'clock this after
noon. His manner and his language car
ried consternation to the hearts of the
fire-eaters. They listened to his strong
sentences with amazement. He recog
nized the existing. Union as the greatest
blessing conferred by God upon man, af
ter the Christian religion. His whole
speech was crowded with points and
facts, and when the Senate adjourned the
hearts of the Union men beat proudly.—
The word has been spoken from the home
of Jackson. Our threatened liberties have
at, last found a Southern defender.
Hail, then, to Andrew Johnson, the
living Andrew Jackson, of Tennessee !
J. W. B.
Washington Dec. 20th, 1860. "If any
body doubted that the Union still lives
in the hearts of the American people," it .
Was. only necessary to hear the great
speech of Andrew Johnsoii of Tennessee,
to dispel any such illusion. The man him
-8111 seemed to be inspired. Alternately
eloquent and satirical, he portrayed the
advantages of the Union, and laughed to
scorn the efforts of those who are seeking
its disruption: It was impossible, during
the delivery of this speech, to avoid the
conclueion that Governor Johnson, entire
ly self educated as he is, is a man of the
highest intellectual development. Ilis
defence of the Constitution and the Un
ion will be made a text book by all who
Cherish the recollections of the revolution,
and 'who believe that the only way to pre
serve our free institutions; is by adhering
to the present Government.
Juno 15th, 1864. _We 'republish the
above articles, from "The. Press" to show
what bigh,ground Andrew Johnson took
in 184)0.61; and with what ardor and pow,.
er he plaiied hiniself in the &Orli rank of
the defenders of . the Union. Prom 1.11,f3
flint dal that trein;uni was uttered on the
floor Of Congress tO, this, it has had no
enitaypiore,rdetenninect sad inveterate
dian the Anditirjackso' n of Teinessei."
Now, could it be believed possible that
John W. Forney, who bailed Andrew
Johnson as the living Andrew Jackson,
in whom our threatened liberties had
found a defender, is now denouncing that
very man, because be still adheres to the
same principles. Still believes that " the
only way to preserve our free institu
tions, is by adhering to the present Gov
ernment," and therefore rejected the of
fer of the Abolitionists to become dicta
tor or King over the American Republic.
Secretary Seward says : " Wby fellow
citizens, the power offered to the Presi
dent might tempt a Mazamillian—a Lou
is Napoleon. It was insufficient to tempt
Andrew Johnson, when the time shall
come, when there shall be in the White
House, a President, who, besides 60,000
men which he does need, will take 50,000
more which he does not need, and in addi
tion to 11,000,000 donate, will receive
25,000,000 more from a deficient Con
gress, then, I tell you the time will have
arrived for the rolling of an Imperial
Throne into the White House, and sur
rounding it with Imperial Guards.
And the Abolitionists all over the land
denounce President Johnson for adhering
to the principles of free Government, and
spurning such an offer. Henry Ward
Beecher says: "Tt is a most extraordi
nary spectacle of the times, to see Con
gress favoring a bill and potting it into
the hands of the President, thereby cloth
ing him with a power greater than any
monarch ever wielded, and the President
vetoing it, and
. returning it, and saying I
cannot give my assent to . it, vetoing a
bill that makes him so strong. Do you
suppose you will always have a President
like Mr. Johnson ?"
Had President Johnson been an aboli
tionist he would have accepted of a pow
er greater than any monarch ever wiel
ded, and the Abolitionists are all enraged
to find that he is a true Democrat and not
in favor of Monarchy.
Hon. Henry J. Raymond says, " We
may still have one in power at Washing
ton, who shall be called simply a Presi
dent, but you will find that the likeness
of a kingly crown will get upon his head,
and he will wield more than kingly pow
er, unless the principles laid down by
President Johnson continue to form the
basis of our Government."
-John Van Buren says "President John
son was offered a patronage that a 11111 g
might envy,—a power that would have
made him Dictator or President for life,
and yet he rejected it."
Now who would offer such Imperial
power to a President, except those who
are in favor of Monarchy
The title of King was offered to the Fa
ther of oar Country, as well as the power
of a Monarch. He rejected the offer with
disdain. Andrew Johnson is therefore .a
seconl living Washington as well as a
living Andrew Jackson. In him, our
threatened liberties, from the tyrant Ab
olitionism have indeed found a defender.
Every patriot should send a salutation to
the White House, and say to the Presi
dent as John W. Forney said in 1864,
"Hail to Andrew Johnson, the living An
drew Jackson of Tennessee," and hail to
the second*Washington,the saviour of the
American Republic !
The Voice of the People.
Party men—mere trading politicians—
who live by agitation apd excitement,
may rave as they please at the manly
stand the President has taken against
the destructionists in Congress. But the
people of the country are heartily with
him. They—the active business and la
boring people—the . money earners and
tax payers—desire a speedy restoration of
the Union—the re-establishment of the
Government in its full constitutional ac
tion, that pecuniary burdens may be di
minished by the return of harmony be
tween the States, and the public debt re
deemed by the increased productiveness
of a united Country. 'Government has
ample . power to enforce obedience to the
Constitution and Laws in every State, .
County and Town; then why this contin
ued agitation and acrimonious crimina
tion ? It is for the benefitof demagogues
only, at the expense of the peace and safe
ty and prosperity of the country. Agita
tors have so long fed upon it that it is
hard to wean them ;, bat the mass of citi
zens are tired of factionists South and
North; and have resolved' to be •rid of
them. Such agitators would ride the ne
gro to death, and then sell his skeleton, to
an Abolition museum if they could ad
vance their personal interests thereby; but .
both blacks and whiteEi have tested the
full value of such services, and pray to be
relieved from such friendship; :at all events
they are resolved to emancipate - them
selves from radical dictation and control.
—The burning oil, well at rgthole had
been sending np a eorunin of Mune thirty
or forty feet in diameter and sixty feet
high for nearly four weeks. The ground
is baked solid for hundreds Of 'feet all,
around it. • Trees - in • the neighborhood
have commenced to put forth leaves, and
grais - has grown two' inches' high. The
roaring - of the flaniel Can be beard a mule
off. and at night a wimps* 'mix, restt
several nines - distant by the light aggateik
The " linekehoto War.
THADDEUS STEVENS, THIRTY YEARS AGO,
AND. NOW.
It is known to our readers that Made
us Stevens is the recognized leader of the
Republican party in the House of Re_pre
sentotives of the;" Rump" Congress. But,
in view of the length of, 'time which has
elapsed, it may not be so generally known,
that this same man was the acknowledg
ed leader of another "Rump" House ma
ny years agokand, therefore, we propose
to refresh their memories by . a brief reci
tal of a few of the most prominet inci
dents connected with the last, named
memorable body. We desire to do this '
with a view of showing that his whtile
public life has been characterized by a
total disregard of the popular Will, as
well as of individual rights.
His first public act, Which gave him
any notoriety, was the inquisitwnal com
mittee he bad organized in the House of
Representatives at the State Capital in
1835, of which be was chairman. The ob
ject of this inquisition was to extort from
men connected with the institution of
Masonry, an exposition of their principles,
including the SECRETS of the order, which
it was alleged they had SWORN to preserve
inviolate. To this end many of the most
prominent statesmen of the Common
wealth were dragged before this Star
Chamber, and held in " durance vile" for
weeks, and compelled to submit to every
indignity that malice could invent. Had
they been the veriest criminals, they could
not; have been subjected to greater igno
miny.
Among those who were thus outraged
may be mentioned the lamented Gover
nor Wolf and Shunk, and the Hon.
George M. Dallas—nor did even the sa
cred desk escape the persecution of this
fanatical anti-mason. The Rev. Mr. Sprolls,
an eminent divine of the Presbyterian
church, was dragged by an officer of the
House before the "modern jugernot," as
he appropriately styled the Committee,
and put under thttorture, with a view of
compelling him to divulge under oath
what he knew about this ancient and re
spectable institution. But he, following,
the example of the distinguished states
men we have named, spurned the misera
ble tyrant, who would thus have him vio
late his honor. These men were only re
leatmd from duress by. the united votes of
the Democratic members, row or
the opposition. Thus ended this diaboli
cal anti-masonic Stevens inquisition.
We next find this man, Thaddeus Ste
vens, in 1838, at the head of a wicked
conspiracy to overthrow civil government
in our peaceful old Commonwealth, by
ignoring the clearly expressed will of the
people at the ballot box; and but for the
indomitable courage of the Democratic
members of the Legislature, the hellish
plot would have succeeded, and " the elec
tion treated as though it had never been
held."
There were two Senators and eight
members of the House, who bad been
fairly elected by a majority of some seven
or eight thousand, who this "bold, bad
man" attempted to exclude from their
seats, and substitute in their stead a set
of men, who, it was notoriously known,
had been rejected by the people by an
overwhelming majority. This being an
important chapter in the history of the
man whose acts we are criticisng, our
readers will bear with us if we go a little
more into -detail.
At the period last referred to, 1838, the
county of Philadelphia elected two Sena
tors and eight members, of the House,
separately from the city, and the county
was divi ded into seventeen election dis
tricts, ten of which were Democratic and
seven opposition.
When the return judges met it was as
certained that the Democratic ticket was
elected, whereupon the seven opposition
return judges acceded, and set up , a little
convention of their own; that is, they
made out a certificate,setting forth that
the Whig members ha d received'the num
ber of votes set ,opposite their names in
the districts represented••by these seven
judges, excluding , altogether the ten dis
tricts represented' by the Democratic'
judges, which comprised much the lar
gest proportion of the votes of the coun
ty.
This minority paper was forwarded to .
Harrisburg, as was also• the certificate
Signed by the majority, and at, the meet
ing of the Legislature the former was the
only one presented in either Rouse_ by the
Secretary of the Commonwealth. To at
tempt a detailed statement of all that oc
curred during that meinorable struggle
between those who determined, at every
hazard, to maintain the inviolability of the
ballot box, and those who wickedly as
sailed it, would require More 'time and
rpace than we can now appropriate. But,
suffice it tet, say that, upon the:motion of
Mr. Stevens; the apposition members o 1
the 'House went throughthe . form of elem.
ing a Speaker,"' and before 'the Clerk 'of
the Houstrhad called - over tho names of
the mernbere, to ascertain who was, prev
ent, the tellers appointed' by Mr. Stevens
announced that Thai: S. Cutiningbani Wa g'
duly eletited'Sliealter. - ' ' ••• '
None, of 'course, but tho opposition'
members participated ii't t ids revolutions;
ry movement,' sod'they untnUred .but
,flity we, ineladingthe sight sparichistiliil
IVOLUME XXIII, NUMBER 11.
from Philadelphia, whose claim - , to seats
was based solely on a paper signed by sev
en out of seventeen return judges, and
which did not possess even the cowmen
forms of an election return,—which car
ried upon its face the most unmistakable
impress of fraud.
While this " Rump" House was going:
through the mockery of electing other ,
officers, appointing committees, &c., the'
Democratic members, having answered
to their names, proceeded to the election
of Speaker, whickresulted in the election
of William Hopkins. Thus_ was presen
ted the extraordinary spectacle of two,
Speakers' occupying the chair at the same
time; no, not exactly the chair, for Mr:
Hopkins occupied it, while Cunningham,
stood on the platform on his right.
On the night of the day -on which those
proceedings occurred, quite an exciting
scene occurred in the Senate. In this
body the same attempt was made,-and for?
a time was successful, of forcing into seats
two men as Senators who had been rejec
ted by the people, and while Mr. Brown,
one of the duly elected Senators, was ma.
king an effort to be heard in vindication
of the majesty of the ballot box, some in
dignation wee exhibited on the part of
those present whose rights bad been,
trampled upon, and Stevens & Co., find
ing themselves foiled in their treason, and
fearing that a righteens retribution might
be visited upon them, like trembling trai
tors, made good their escape out at a
back window of the Senate chamber.
This" Rump" House met for some da3 s
in a room at Wilson's Hotel, and after
wards in the supreme court room, and the
regular House met in the hall of the
House.
It is due to three of the members of the
" Cunningham House" to say that they'
never met with that body, after the first
day, but having discovered the infamy ot.,
the conspiracy, like honest men went into
the " Hopkins House," as it was called,
in contradistinction from the " Cunning
ham House," and took the oath of office.
This left the "Rompers" with but forty .
eight members, including the eight sm.
rious men from Philadelphia, who had.
been, as has been shown, rejected by a
decided majority of the people. . Those
three . were—Messrs. Butler and Sturde
vant, of Luzerne county, and Montelins,
of Union county. The latter testified be
fore-the committee • of investigation that
ne told .51r.obtev. uunsmencer
would not permit him to sanction these
" corrupt proceedings." " .Conscience,
indeed," said Mr. Stevens, "throw con
science to the devil, and stand by yonr
party." The two Houses stood as fol
lows :
Regular Democrats without dispute 48
With Philadelphia disputed, 58
CIINNINGHALt nousre.
Regular Anti-Masons, without dispute• 43
With Philadelphia disputed, "51
To aid in this infamous scheme of inb
verting the Government, Stevens induced*
Governor Ritner, who• though perhaps
honest, was a very weak man, to call out
the military, and some' twelve or fourteen
hundred volunteers, with all the pomp' -of
war, with "buck-shot and ball," were guar.
tered at Harrisburg for weeks, at an ex
pense to the people of perhaps dhundred
thousand dollars, for the purpose of intim
idating the Democracy. But it failed;
law and order were maintained, and the
integrity of the ballot box preserved, very
much to the discomfort of the censpira-.
tors.
Is it any wonder then, that a Man with
antecedents should now be found at
the head of a band ofconspirators against
" the life of the nation," setting at nought
the unanimous protest of the white popu
lation of the District of Columbia, as well
as those of the Southern . States
How TO RUN OFF WITH A PAM OP
Boors.—A few days since a stranger
came into a boot and shoe store in Canal
street to purchase a pair of shoes.
was a long time engaged in trying aiffer
ent shoes before be could find a pair to-fit..
Meantime another gentleman came in to ,
buy a pair of boots. He soon found a
pair which he drew on, and which - Stted
exactlyaind• while he was thrusting his'
hand into his pockets for the !‘ ready" tint
shoe purchaser darted off with the shock
without either payment, or even saying
so much as "by your leave sir."' The;
villian exclaimed the boot purchaser'
"And the bootmaker in the same hTith,
and both gave chase. The man hi- the
inew boots, however, hadthe' hist, 'Wind
and the cleanest heels. He ' .
seen - Shot
ahead of Crispin, while the latter urged
him to - push forward itud - Overtake' the
shoes. There was no need- of , urgiagel
The shoes turned a-corner; the boots
.fol
lowed, and- for 'anything that' Crispin
knows, they are pursuing, each other yet.;
Ix Ibusourett.—John W. Forney, D.
D., was enddenlyattacked with the John
son .1 g " the Same disease , that was 6'o'
fatal in r. Tyler's administration; on 'Oa
22d instankin front of the White House;
,Wasbington, which carried him Or before
assistance could be rendered. -It le !pro,
posed' to deposit his remains - theitttse.g
am of the Smithsoniattlnstittit‘as amost
wonderful - speoimen of.• limcfunekdmi:
"shakes of the nineteenth century.--
HOPKLNS HOUSE.