THE -4 Htocicir ta polittc0, literature, Agriculture, 0neuce, "illoralitn, auir eucral Jntcliigcntc, VOL. 23. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. SEPTEMBER 22, 1S64. NO. 31. Published by Theodore Schoch. YEIIUS-Two dollars a year Ui adranco-and if no Y,d before the end of the yeai, two dollars and fitfy 'oniner cfiwontfnued until all arreaiagcs are paid. rOV.lvertiseine:itsofonc square or (eight lines) or leu, one or three insertions $1 50. Earn additional insertion, 50 cents JOB PRINTING, OF ALL KINDS, ttzeetted in the highest style of the Art, and on the most leasoi. tble terms. ON THE CHICAGO SURRENDER. HY 1IAYAU1) TAYLOR. What! hoist the white flag when our tri umph is nigh J itri . ..i, urnPn Trennn i ,mki Free- . What! crouch belorc lrcabon. rnaku irec . doin a lie 1 What! spike all our "uns when the foe is at baVi ! d.thc rars of his black banner dropping ' , F fn a"a3 ' . , , nir .. n Tear down the strong name that our nation line irmi And strike her brave bird irom ins liome iu un" ' Uo' a coward who shrink's from thc lift of the sword ; lie's a traitor who mocks at thc sacrifice poured ; Nameless and homeless thc doom that should blast Thc knave who stands idly till peril is past, But he who submits when the thunders have burst .And victory dawns, is of cowards the worst! i - the nl.l cnirit dead 7 Arc we broken and WCak, That cravens so shamelessly lift the white W1. To court blow The tool foe See! Ana lhev ask. And the" eyes of Disunion flash out through thc mask ! . . l.l. ,.tv l.t-o ,rx l.rvc whn hv vnln uivc u a w, J ' tlic swift insult, nor lilusn ai uie tJ t Tt eYnresse t he reneral senti- " "" ""J Vl ..-"-j o --- o .-.- P, , TV . uio nui , lllal CUV. it e.Urt,W5v,a UlU J,t.m.iuj ami . . Qfl ' .mmmnnnml nnnnF nc cnrnoi .nafr v fii(rh c fJener.'il Pieree fit (Ve.W llfimnshire. r t n Tr,cnn tho frien.U nf the """""-' ' UUU under arms in the South while we I "ioine, 1 guess we nave uuu uauugu.auu . u. lviug, 01 amuhiuu, aui uuai S OI IUC 1 reason, UlU il iv-iiuo vji we n.in rnaU nr the lnte eleetinn IS a SOIirce . i 11 .1 c nrm n.. xi.. o.l. J.. -I t !.: AT I 11,1 m,A .,,,.1 , in nr.,nr oftnr M'-ti'lnr niwl 7?;llmnrf Afr I j x "i- iv-tu. jjau 1CSS lIKin U,UUU. VJll IUC UlU uay Ul , ui una. xuu inuu uuiiuw a V.IUHU uuu 111 uiuvi jxxj ivxx ..uv - . ,., ! nrrrrent satisfaction to us. and I assure you ' m.,!. ihrv mhn nnmrroQc nnccer, n liill tn obstructed the hihwav. You had better King died of consumption one month af- rchy smiles at the i'cace wnicn 0 - ! ..:! : 5 nnn " .. f Hfnf; " fer he iiim!Mfin Af bis nnllnn. and , P - 11 n ! ardlv to uphold their cause and its princi Bcar onward, unfaltering, our noble old flag, i Stron- arms of the Union, heroes living and Plcs b3' com11 bolt,1' 11110 nem snouiu" ! eight States had seceded under the Dem JJjad, cring their muskets alongside of their more ocratic administration, while you charge For Uie blood of your valor is uselessly shed! manly brcthcrn the rebel soldiers. Party secession as having been caused by Re- .0 StllUlvTl 3 liii;i.-ll iuu.v.1 IS 1" j V- - 1.1 .Kirn In lirnmicni Vnil iere, as soldiers despise and abominate, and we But the white rag of "sytnpathy" softly shall regard those who participate in this, aficr cheer! . the fashion of the Copperheads, as epecula- , , r ' ting in the blood ot the country's stay and' nd you, ve war martvrs, who preach from .fa .P( T i . '",.. support, her patriotic army and navy. Though How'captives are nursed by Uie masters of we may not fully endorse some of the mcas siaVCS : measures ol President Lincoln, yet we feel Or livinr still linger in shadows of Death, Puff out the starved muscle, recall the faint breath, And shout till those cowards rejoice at the cry: "By the hands of thc Union we fought for we die!" By thc God of our Fathers! this shame we must share, But it grows too debasing for freemen to bear, And Washin-rton, Jackson, will turn in their . rraves. - ! When the Union shall rest on two races of slaves, .... . . Or enurnhi" the spirit which bound it ol yore, And, sundered, exist as a nation no more ! ft- ; THE YOUNG WIDOW. She is modest but not bashful ; Free and easy, but not bold; Like an apple ripe and mellow ; Not too young and not too old. Half inviting, half repulsing; Now advancing, now shy; There is mischief in her dimple, There is danger in her eye. She has studied human nature, She is schooled in all Uie arts: She has taken her diploma As the mistress of all hearts. She can tell the very moment When to sigh and when to smile: Oh, a maid is sometimes charming, Rut the widow all Uie while! Are you sad 1 how very serious Will her handsome face become; Are you angry 1 she is wretched, Lonely, friendless, fearful, dumb; Are you mirthful, how her laughter, - Silver sounding will wring out; She can lure, and catch, and play you, As the angel does the trout Vou old batchelors of forty, Who have grown so bold and wise, Voung Americans of twenty, With the love-locks in your eyes, Yon may practice all your lessons Taught by Cupid since the fall, J3ut I know a little widow Who could win and fool you all t jp-Some of our citizens are so afraid of breaking the Sabbath, that they do not work three days previous, nor three days after ths Sabbath. lWhy is a eawyer like a lawyer? Because whichever way lie goes, down comes the dust. JJj3 Our Devil came up very solemn, md set those two lines to fill tbis column. Who Began the War. Mr. Edward A. Pollard, who is a "Virginian and secessionist, in a work entitled ,lA Sou thern History of the War," sums up the martial doings of the Confederates,before Mr Lincoln was inaugurated, as follows: "On the incoming- of the Administra tion of Abraham Lincoln,6n the 4th of March 18G1 the rival Government of the South had perfected its organization, the separation had, heen widened unrl envenomed bv the ambid- extority and perfidy of President Buchanan the Southern nennle however, still hoped for a peaceful accomplishment ot their mtle- .Jpendcnce, and deplored war, between the two sections as a policy detrimental to the civiiizca worm, i ic ruvoiuiiuu, m uib .u t T it mi hrt meantime, nau rapioiy gamereu sicungui, only in a moral power, but in the means of defence Fort Aroultrie and Catle Pinckney had been captured by the South Carolina i r fC ,n,i, troops; Fort Pulaski, the defence ofSavannan, had been mAt ; lhe Arsenal at Mount er- . . . . . 1 1 r,n Aln with 90 (iflfl stand of arms, had . , , Aiai,ania troons: Fort Morgan, in Mobile Bay, had been taken ; Forts Jackson, St. Philip, and Pike, near New Orleans had been captured by the Lou- , Ya a troons- the New Orleans Mint and . fi ..j ;ftl Custom House had been taken ; iuc s ,iun. Rock Arsenal had been seized by the Ar- kansas iroops, (though Arkansas had refused . to secede:) and on the Gth of February Gen. Twi"s had transferred the public property in Texas to the State authorities." Sentiments of the Soldiers. Sentiments of the Soldiers. The Lancaster Express makes an extract . ffom a late letter of Lt. M. Boring, a worthy 1 f oth 1 V V Inn frienil in Abe and Andy as will astonish the Copper heads ol .Lancaster We can't ca 11 these ' rw tB fr,ho reon that tbev are . llllll iyuiubiuMj iwi ,v. .. j t not Democrats. They are traitors, too cow LlIlt: 111 lllia IlUUl Ul UU1 tUUIUI I o iv-xxi, in. lUaugUlilllUU LUUIC nUlU UIUlU UlilU VJU, I .uuiun.uuv.u vjvi vyi o U jj. vi.u .g.v u .& - - - - 1 - 1 7 1 mnnlc ,,C ttin cnlihdrs 4 c I nil T 1. 1 1 1. I 1 T 1 TT Z T A 1..U. ... n .. t Tiint ine n il ;mi win iun uucuuii u vuit iui uktm.-ish iciim ;irinv lii 1 uu.uuu uiuu. 1 wun, v-u but, uvuuuu. 1 . n 1 1 J and know that in the general administration ' of his ahairs no man could have done better, and we mean that he shall remain at the helm of our ship of state until we have safely weathered the storm of rebellion." o m Past and Future. i The first plauk in the Chicago platform j declares "that in thc future, as in thc 11 11 1 vast, we win aunc-e witn unswerving n- dclity to the Union," ilcc. Iu the light of the history of the past four years, this reads very much like a joke. Dare thc party relcr to its "past" fidelity to the Union? Thc people have not forgottcu .1 ,! .11 1 V. P ll.. T J. that tne "past. History 01 uie ucmocrat- IV. IIIJ ui.uviuiv. v..v wv...wv... 't Jefferson Davis, who prated much more j loudly thau his modern disciples of his . devotion to the Uuion, while he was plot- J ting its overthrow. The "past" indeed ! ; n n'i i( tt ,c .iLcnfivitnd with the frencmi nf If we are called upon to judge ot the "lu- and our homes, and our families we ture" of the Democratic party by the have uo right to deal unfaithfully or un "past " we shall have a rcbelliou inaugu- truly to the people. My friend should ; rated upon Northern soil, if the median- ics and men ot toil do not, in -November, i kneel and lick the feet of Davis and his ;arch conspirators, by endorsing thc Chi- . . ,. .!., vr .. . cago n oHnrm I nil. tne I lemeomtin IPIUilWIUlt x-w. wax. V...VJ.i.... 1 - . 1 f Tl 1.; 1 "T CM 1.1 1 uuiiy tan hihv uuk u tAiciuutv; mc uw i-cuii vx 1 vi..... '"rj --.ww.x, nx.uwx, j.. ' eon r i i.rnf'k inrniiri iitikiim .-iiiifii (ton. 1 iamin. and their co-laborers in the cause of treason, it would be well to avoid all ; allusions to the '-past." We do not de - ; sire a repetition of the Unionism of the i "past." Thc people have had enough of the fWofinn fn the. Union that finds its j only expression in the murder of ourfath - j ers, sons, aud brothers upon the battle - field, for no other offence than that the Democratic party ot the "past, was de- , termined to ignore thc doctrine that the majority shall rule. 1 - - - Think of It. While the Copperheads are crying out in behalf of the South and Slavery, hear what Geueral Gantt,a native of the South says : "Our people have a right, God knows, to be sick of slavery, and they are sick of it. Oh 1 so sick. They can point to desolated homes, devastated fields, forsa ken firesides, and smoking villages, as a monument of slavery. They turn from with loathing indescribable. But w7iile ice who are so mucli interested pray for deliverance from the curse, there is a tneulcing parly in the North who icould force us to keep this curse with ils. - - 1 Curious Will There lately died in Buenos Ayres an old man of 78 years, whoso will contained a clause leaving teu thousand cigars for those who might attend his funeral. This eccentric testator also expressed his desire that his friends should not leave the house of mourning without drinking to his mem ory all tb.o wine left in his cellar. Who is Responsible for this War. Copperheads proclaim it unceasingly that the Republican Administration is responsible for the war. and manv lion - est Democrats believe that the rebels are; only fighting to save their slaves from: Mr. Lincoln. We have frequently pub- lished the contradiction to these false- hoods, and our readers know better : but a friend has handed in part of a speech of , Governor Morton of Indiana, which tells the real truth in answer to the eharge, in - ' - - - ' - .. sucn dear language that we feel sure it will do good to re-publish it : . , , nvn.0A thi w,riP he hnd feitso disposed, lie further says it has' kcen brought on by the agitation of the 1 . a slavery question. iow, one wora m re- .... ', . T- guru to inat asseruon inac .unicorn cum- meuced the war. In October. 1859 more than one year before Mr. Lincoln's elec- tion Mr. Floyd the Secretary of War under Buchanan s administration, issued qq goutl Arsels aud during that ad - ' O i r... n-n0 Sihr f,.fc n,lf1 ovev. uals, and placing them where they could not be seized. Iu October Geu. Scott in - loruicd Mr. Jiuchanan that preparations were being made to seize the forts and dockyards of the South. During the time jjuchanana a(imiuistration, before L;ncoln c.m)e iuto office eight States gjej During the term of Mr. Du- chanan's administration the Montgomery Constitution was framed, and Jeff Davis was inaugurated President of the South- ern Confederacy. Mr. Davis himself had ... -mm- -r w m nr 1 said bciore Mr. .Lincoln came into oince, : "the time of compromise is past, and it, they resist secession we will make them j 'CCl OUlIiem SICC1 anu OOUlUCrU gUU- Four days before Mr. Lincoln's maugu. tiou every shipyard, dockyard, mint, aud ; custom house in the south had been seiz 1. O 1 eu, anu every iuil eeepi ouiuiui us seized. All this was done during Bu chanan's administration. Remember that IUUHV.au IUIIUUV,WUI, -X- xx o ww-v. tution was formed while we of the North had a Democratic administration. And yet. for thc purpose of dividing the peo ple of the North, we are told that Mr. Lincoln made this war, when it is a mat ter of public history that preparation for the rebellion had been going on, not only through Buchanan's administration, but for thirty years before it. When the or dinance of secession was passed in South Carolina Convention, Mr. Ingalls in the South Carolina Convention said : "It is the work of years." Mr. Kcitt said "I have been engaged in this war all my life." Barnwell Rhett said : "We have Decn engaged in this war for more than thirtv years. It is no consequence of Liucoln's election, or thc failure to en- . - r i0rce thc fugitive blave .Law: but we l,aVe been engaged i in this war for more That was true, and than thirty years." the same declaration was made in Geor- gia, Alabama, and other Southern States, Yet we are still told that Lincoln made 1.1. !. !! this war, and that he might have avoided !f C ,n V,.. c. ,1 TPfKm-n j L. x 1 llVi JlilU UUUU DVJ UIOUOUU. XI L11U1 U ever was a time when we were called up- on to deal truly and honestly with the people it is now. We have no right as we are men, and as we love our country, Uot let his party prejudices lead him so far aside from the path of duty and thc ; truth of historv. Vnu have heard him denounce mv administration. and vou have, . ... . v . '. . .1 I i,,.., , nnnl.i i I nw.nl. o nii.t 11UU1U 111U1 UUllVJUUV.ts 'X 1 JxlllVVlll o l vx - . miuisLraiiun. i wuiil iu kiiuw 11 iiuv uiuu I want to know if any man ., , t , l 11- 1,1 t 110 .lcrtn hit. n.io 11 n.irn 11,11, cur nnn word, direetlv nr indirectly, against the iii tino uo7vixiuiy uac 1 1 u v 1 va iiiiu cu 1 vrtivy administration of Jeff Davis 1 lias he j said one word against those men who are endeavoring to kill our brothers and sons on Southern battle-fields ? Has he s-ii.1 nne wnrd nrninst. tlie.se men who shed 1 the blood of the gallant Col. Hathaway,! I of your own county ? Not a single syla-j hie. Has mv friend no indiirnation ex- cept for the brave men who rally round the old flag and arc true to the cause ot the Union ? Has he no sympathy ox- j cept for those who are opposing the Gov ernment ? Is there nothing to be said a gainst those men who are shedding the best blood of thc land ? I speak for them. I denounce, in their name, that rebellion as wicked and infamous against the best government in the world rebels against liberty, against God and against humani ty. And I call upon all truly and patri otic men to unite with me in denouncing that cause." 2rA good joke, says the Syracuse Standard, 13 related of Miss G., a laugh - ter-loving, good natured lass, who was snending the afternoou with a neighbor, and during supper, the conversation turned on hens, eggs, &c, during which Miss G. observed "that their hens lay scarcely any eggs and she couldn t tell the reason." "Whv." observed Mr. P... m hn Inv Trerwell- T im nut amonfrst ilinm nlmncf tti.tt Am? nnA iref. eorfrs. .rj "T :iLS - U11V.IXL Uliuwu v l vi T viu. j , ixuvi 2 rio ir : u ii. :.i- ;n;r. "iuy graeioua: was uiu iubwuu igjviu- derfwishyou would come over ,d mn wif.li nur hens n snell. I'm sure fath atn- er would pay you well for your trouble." tAAir ni in r in nou ht i r i .iiwmi n s i i i tir'.u i nr. u i n n " 1 i u.l ii.i im i uhili u uiii to iilii. A Corner Lounger's Story. The loungers who rendezvous in front of the How on Chestnut street, between . Fifth and Sixth, are a "peculiar people." John 13. Gough forgot to introduce them into his lecture on eccentric specimens of the genus homo j but he could have found material on the broad pavements of the State House How. and in the people who there do congregate, for racier descrip- .. . - - . ' . . . . . tions aud more original incideuts than he has collated into his amusing lecture. The veritable lounger selects the shadiest 1 spot in summer, and the sunniest brick fertile in resume emnf.v in nneke.fc. nnd migratory in habit.' Their peculiarities, if collated in velvet and gold, would ex- t . mi 1 1 i 1 . i. 11 . 1 n nauso an euition equal to an uie copies or , t m :...... n-i' i uou miner s wuiieisms ever puonsneu. um suiuim uuu pumivjiau tuuiu u uuiuu Iu their nomedia movements over the city to death by politicians (as was asserted) aud country they collect an itifiuitc fund ' in the short space of one mouth. of story and anecdote, which is duly de- General Tayloras the next WhigPres- livered to the Lounger s Club at its ucxt ident, aud although he was a bouthern m thcst of thc gtnto IIonao.,man he refused to lend himself to the 1 An oddity was on the stump yesterday scheme of taking the South out of tbe U- 1 ". . . ',......:.. K..- .. :p ,i ceemlino- ln-iel- Imd ennveHed iK nernon. ' dicularity into a stage of semi-demolition, , a coat that had worn its polish in days when Abraham .Lincoln paauiea a nat-, boat on the waters of the West, and a pair of trousers that would not descend to the ! ragged tops of the dilapidated shoes, and ' that wore as many rents as the smoke 1 stack of the little Monitor carried after, the battle with the Merrimac he was a fit candidate for a magistrate commitment for vagrancy. But he wasn't a t peggar, if he was seedy. As he told his admir- ! 1 1 11 ! . 11 ing auuience, ne uvea py ins wits auu nc had plenty of them. A Reserve policeman, with a heavy uvjijiuiuoit) auu a uiincmuui ui mnjuativ, 'Guess ain't obstructing any highway. This j here's as low as any street in the town, and lower, too. I ll bet my pile on that. "Well, we'll talk that over before Al derman Beitler. But you must come a- long now "Hold on, old blue coat and brass but tons, and I'll tell you a story about Old j . I Pub. Func. aud Harrv Clay first, and we'll go then. You sec all my friends here waiting to hear it, and I'd a finish ed it afore now, but you stopped mo." It was wheu I .began to coax my chin whiskers with a pound of Castile soap aud a flint lock razor, when I went into Wash ington one morning, and I walked into the Senate. Old Buck, of Pennsylvania, had thc floor, and was argufyiug on a mil itary bill to encourage home militia, aud to p.ay pension to the soldiers of 1812 Old Buck waxed eloquent, too ; but Hen ry Clay took him down, as I'll tell you. You see Buck flourished his rhetoric and said he, "Mr. President, I am speaking from personal knowledge of the soldiers of 1812. I gained my knowledge in their camps, sir. Wheu the British tread was upon the shore of Maryland, my own blood leaped with patriotic impulse, and I took my old musket from its place and mnre.bed to Bladensburg. entered thc- ranks, and I tramped into Baltimore when thc red coats left it, sir." You see, police, he was on a speechify ing bender, aud when he finished, Harry Clay got up and fixed his eyes ou the sleek looking cmbryotic President, and says he, "Mr. President I am grateful to the gentlemau for the little scrap of personal history he has given to the cham ber. It deserves to be perpetuated among the Senatorial records. It is valua ble, not only to show how patriotic the gentleman 1ms been, but it is valuable for its chronological iniormauuu , , " 1 X? But, sir,. there is one point which thc Senator for . . . t ! 1 1 i. ii. . i sir 1 v 1 I i w. -. . . . . n I imt. to menrinii. . win ul liiu u uuaiiuu ' on . jivi "' k Xud thc gcnticmau irom l'cnnsyi- ' . 1. .lit,. U,....,r-,-v 1 . r. lm.n-il v:iiii;i i'iiiim 11:111.111111111 iimu.iiiu iiv. uv. 1111 1 1. that thc British had left; or, - . IClt OT U1U I lit; j British leave because they heard that thc j gentleman was coming?" j The group cachinatcd extensively. : Policeman laughed as heartily as thc rest. I IIlS lace broadened till his CYCS WCl'C closed, aud when Imj opened them n the lounger was gone. No one regrc nrriiii retted that he had made his escape. -Phlia. j Xcws. fi" Teacher. Charles, spell axe. Boy. A-x-c, axe. Teacher. What is an axe? Boy. An instrument for cuttiug wood. 'PrtnVklirt I T -iirr vi n ir Ti A a fP i v nm J.bUUUI J-LUIT IUUUJ uiuu. w- ui w there? "Rev. There is broad axe. narrow axe. nnsfc nxe. and and axe of the Le - 'isla - ture, and axe of the Apostles rp n f i,x lmnil li;ll aint you ashamed! Charley knows of three more axes than you do Said a soldier to a copperhead at not, police : and see here, l j r 10 a copper leuu uj - to . rabid other day, who had cy. But t y most inveterate Copper Government, and the candi(Me fop fcic yice A?csi. , Rutland, Vt., the been abusing the army: 'I am working for ITnclc Sam. have been fighting thc rebels South, and while I am here I don t know but it is my duty to fight the rebels North -and there upon proceeded to lay him out. ... .1 1 KS-Punch says: "Women are sam lu i. t,.hnt tlmn men. It linve. strnnfr O - . , . , io nf on a m-m is often attached to au .Ji Ubbixw. , uuu au. - M h.t, JSJ having an auticuiuu - '' Echo answers 'never!' Historical Coincidences. In the Wins: National Convention which met in 18-10, Gen. William Henry Harrison, a citizen of a free State, was nominated for the Presidency, with the understanding that John Tyler, of Yir- ginia, should be the nominee for Vice President. Both candidates were elected, and General Harrison, dving within one short month after his inauguration, left ' -r- , ... , . i the Presidency in hands of a most des- picablc traitor, who only had the merit of devotion to the interests of his own family first, and-slavery second, to recommend ere wns nltrfiTra n mvctnri' ilinnf the sudden takinsr off of 'old Tinnecanoe' i a il. . 1 and there were not wanting those thought he had been the victim of wno foul i 1 .li.T.lT i. I i. piay, anu v,uv reiuscu 10 oeiiovo unit an iu u:... i:i.:: u i l ; t, ,..,f t, np n.-ilifnrnin. with slnverv nrnliihitr,d in its 1 constitution. It is a matter of history that when thc old hero was approached upon uie buojuui,, uu ueumnjii tnat n uie treasonable experiment was tried he would himself head an army to enforce obedience to Federal laws. "Old Hough and Heady" did not long survive this threat, and after a sickness of a few days, he died, leaving his succssor a Northern man who was pledged to the support of the Fugitive Slave law. General Taylor's death was at tributed to dTsentery induced by eating raw blackberries, a fruit that is frequently eaten as a remedy for the disease named. At all events General Taylor died, and the country got Mr. Fillmore and the before he had been enabled to assume the duties of the Vice Presidency, leaving "Poor Pierce" in the hands of his Secre tary of War, Mr. Jefferson Davis. How well the renegade New Englauder served his Southern keepers, Kansas aud Ne braska will bear testimony. He was too valuable a Presideut for the South to lose, so he escaped being bored to death by i -illl 1 omce-sceKcrs, or oemg kiiicu oy a uysen tcr produced by eating blackberries. James Buchanan and John C. Breck inridge followed iu regular succession, and "Old Buck" came very near being one of thc victims of the wholesale poison ing at the National Hotel at Washington. Mr. Buchanan was an inmate of the ho tel at the time of the "rat soup" affair; but by hook or by crook he escaped the honors of martyrdom. Had he perished along with numerous Northern victims, John C. Breckinridge would have been President of the United States for four years, and the sort of a President he would have made, the history of thc past few years abundantly demonstrates. We do not charge thc South with intending to poison Mr. Buchanan at the National Hotel; but it is at least extraordinary that of the many persons who were affec ted by the poison there were no .South erners, although there were numerous natives of Dixie who were guests in thc house at thc time. Mr. Lincoln was thc successor of Mr. Buchanan in the Presidential chair,and the perils he escaped on his road to Wash ington, before his inauguration, arc mat ters of notoriety. It may be urged, in answer to these implied charges of foul play which we have heard made. against Southern political wire-workers, and which we have repeat ed, that they are uot assassins, and that they are not capable of such vile treach ery. This fine sentiment might have had weight four years ago; but now it is as light as a feather in the scale ot argu- , KJ . , 111 1 ..x. iril.nvJAi,xK...r, Wrt la hnvrn hnnn incut, xm; uuuuiuu "-"x" uilty of worse crimes man are lmpuieu w ... ill xi x 1 r I LU 1llUlll My luuv. II "u uuiiutu Jx.x... son and Taylor were thc victims, and that good fortune alone saved Buchanan and Lincoln from martyrdom. The original treason of Davis, Floyd and Breckinridge , Was a far greater crime; and every dc- vastatcu town, every union victim ui i secession gallows, every slaughtered gar rison of defenceless prisoners, every mer chantman trapped and burned, and every starved tenant of Libby or Belle Isle, is so much heaped upon thc great original wrong. It may be fairly argued that men guilty of these great crimes may be capable of the lesser offences that arc . . i . tt xr r lto nf,. Now for the application. It is a mat- Uer nf notoriety that undisguised sympa ' tinkers with Southern secession and re hellion, if not agents of Southern scccs- ... 1 .. rt 1.. . in f li n 1 irnpn TiiTiiiimeiif. actor.i in illt iiuivin m bt.iv They virtually sac- Chicago Convention. !!?. -.1 n.... nn nnv terms nrin- rmceu iiiijii jjv,-tiv.-vi ui. j r ciple, when they consented to run an avowed war candidate for the Presidcn- neau aa - "" , ni;lfl.rm hi wnv nrincinle3. dencv. wth tne nope mat wim a mm- supposed Wersbnal popularity of and thfl sub. entirc ticket Jf fa ujia. Li n.:- 1 Di..,i.i i,ft f.,.l tn ' ol.o.mn lliin (Inn nl-i 11 till fill ltl lie flllllld "tO - " r "7 ' " ,r..4 n wort successiuiiy, u.wuuiu , , . . , ..nn if i nil HI M . most remarkable coincidence. iC General r.,'Plnll.in" cbmilH hi neruiauoutn !ffl "oC I f should be peruianoutly horcni :in over . , 'Z i Mnr nr. e. dose of rat-soup by accident; or- conycni- j cutly die of dyseutery induced by eating ' raw blackberries. In that event the road to peace would be single and easy for the South, as Mr. lendlcton would not be the man to throw any untoward obstacles in the way, even though peace meant the destruction of our nationality, and the possible subjugation of the North to Southern traitors. We give the hint for what it is worth. It is at least worth 11, ... l...i. l.-l J XT thit! her, as accident might.work the same rc- suits Joes lts as -desigu, and Geueral McClellan not enjoy any immunity from the chances of life aud death. Thoughts for the Time3. . v Who stole the Indiau Trust Bonds? Pretended Democrats. Who carried off the guns from the Nor thern to thc Southern. States? Pretend ed Democrats. Who rebelled because they failed to carry an election ? Pretended Democrats. Who fiicd on Fort Sumptcr ? Pretend ed Democrats. Who made war on thc Government? Pretended Democrats. Who threatened to capture Washing ton? Pretended Democrats. Who sympathized with traitors? Pre tended Democrats. Who denounced the Proclamation of President Lincoln calling out forces to re sist them ? Pretended Democrats. Who now clamor for peace which is equivalent to acknowledging thc South ern Confederacy? Pretended Democrats. Who favor the breaking up of the Union formed by our fathers ? Pretended Democrats. Who got up a riot in New York in or der to aid the rebels wheu they invaded Pennsylvania.? Pretended Democrats. Who arc the enemies of good Govern ment? Pretended Democrats. A Significant Incident. The following incident occurred on board the Mary Powell, a few days since, while on her way to New-York: A crippled soldier of thc army of the Potomac, while engaged iu selling like nesses of distinguished men of the coun try, paused before a group of gentlemen, and requested them to purchase. Hold ing up a package of his pictures, he named those of Lincoln, Grant, Burn side, Haucock and others. "Have you the likeness of General Humbug?" interrogated one of the group, evidently intending an indiscriminate slur upon incompetent Generals. "Yes," coolly replied the veteran, as he for a moment fumbled his cards, and held before the inquirer's face the like ness of Geo. B. McClellan. The bstanders were not slow in see ing the point intended, and were con vulsed with laughter, while the soldier added : "Its a good thing for us soldiera to have a General we can be proud of. General Grant never spends his time in making demonstartions against wooden cannon, camping his men in deadly swamps, and in masterly retreats. Give us Generals who will fight, and the boys will stand by them-" , c$ Repairs. "I am so lame from the railroad crash, I can hardly stand," said a limping, hob bling chap. "Well, then, I hope you.in tend to sue for damages," said his friend. "Damages! no, no; 1 have had damages enough by them; if 1 sue for anything, it will he for repairs." io OCT" Mr. Yallandigham was at Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday, on his way to canvass the State of Pennsylvania, when he was met by McClellan's letter of acceptance. Tie at once directed the Democratic State Com mittee to withdraw his name from all api pointments, and returned to his home. i.. JB-Thc following jeu d'esprit wo found a lew days since, and we now pub lish it for thc enjoyment of our readers, not because it contains poetry, but be cause it contains truth well expressed-: To re-elect "Abe "Lincoln Will deal a death blow At Copperheads and Rebels, . ; Both bad birds, at one throw.- . (7-JuIius What portion ob de armyado de landlord dread de mostl ? S7j Don't recly know; nigga. . Julius Why, de left-tenants, ob course: Very Good. : When the loval Dutchmen at Mobile heard thc guns of our fleet at thc mouth of the bay, they smiled and said "Dat ish Farra goot !' iJgST There are voung women who"twill lay their head upon the bosom lover to gaze aud wink at another of one T.. -c: ,im lin!irt desnnir. ? ' '.o """-; " v . r"j an old fiddle is worth four doctors and. two druggists' shops. ,. , A , lndmr ."T... .... :-.iztr i:.r-5 ' ...1 .. ... .-..r.,.. imliflarnnl flliiTi IV"" " .V"" diUercnce. ' MSu What fruif ufluTrrie uiMe resemble? A' green' ncart couple
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