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In tbo praotioa of their profusion la Northumber
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April 4, 1888. If
Teelhl Teeth I
J. K. CnESSI.KOER,
6UHOEON DENTIST,
Formerly of ASHLAND, O., announces to tho oltl.
aeniof Northumberland county, that ho has looatod
in BI N BURY, for tho praoUoe of Dentistry, and
respectfully oolloitt yoor patronage. Bptrial atten
tion paid to filling and druring tooth. Tooth as
treated without pain, by aoing Narootio spray
whloh 1 have used for throe yean with perfect sue
cett nd ho injuriow roaulu.
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W1
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olainu, Inoluding Baok Pay, Bounty ana ran-
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Collection, attended to in tho oountloi of Nor.
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Hon. Win. A. Porter,
Morton MoMichael, Km.,
E. Ketoham A Co., 3&i Pearl Street, New York.
John W. Aahmead, Attorney at Law, "
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OFFICE in Haupt'a new Uuilding, onseoond floor
Entranoe on Market Square,
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Will attend promptly to all profenional bmlneai
entraited to bi eare, the collection of otaimi la
Northumberland and the adjoining eountiei.
Kunbury, January 4. 18ftB.
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promptly and with diligenoo.
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A den there Stove and Tinware Store,
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attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Coun
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November , 1867.
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June 1887 ly ,
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
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?l)omccopat!)ic Vl)l?stc(an.
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Pennsylvania.
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(iOBIIKV, PA.
prnUinct Attorney for Worthnnt.
Hcrland t'ounly. .
J. R. HILBUSH
EURVEY0R AND CONVEYANCE
AND
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Offioe in Jackaon township. Engagements aaa
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And Dealer ia
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INTRODUCED INTO AMERICA
FROM GERMANY, tit iljj.
HOOFLAND'S GERMAN BITTERS.
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HOOFLAND'S GERMAN TONIC.
FRXPAM1D tr DR. C M. JACKSON,
Pamniinu, Pa.
Tttt grtatttt inw.ii rtmtditl for
Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA,
Kerrom Debility,
JAUNDICE,
DitcMet of KldnejB,
ERUPTIONS of the SIIN,
and all Dlaaaaee arlstne; from a Pisa
rdered L,lTer, Btomaelt, or
IxvvitiTr or riui blood.
Read Oil follow tymptomt, end (f yni find Coi
yow tytttm U nffccttd ay any (Asm, Vw ay nat
0Mim4 that ditiQM hat tmmmtoi it Hack an (A.
mart important trgtmt of your aody, and unltu oon
eliKktd ly Vit tiH of powerful rnwliii, a mtxruMs
life, low terminating in deoiA, will tx Uu mult.
Const Ipation, Flatulonoo, Inward Piles,
Fulnaaa of Blood to tho Head, Aoidlly
f tha Btomanh, Nausea, Heart
burn. Disgust for Food, Fulness
or Weight la tha Htomach,
Bour Krtiotatione, Sink
ing or riutterins; at tha Fit
of In a Btomaoh, Bwimroina of
the- Head, Burrlod or DiflSoult
tlreathing, Pluttorins; at tho Heart,
Choking or Suffooatins; Sensations whaa
in a Lying Fosturo, Dimneaa of Vision,
Dot or Woba before tha Bight,
Dull Fain In tha Head. ITefl
oienoy of Perspiration, YoU
lownesa of tha Skis and
Uvea. Fain in tba Sido, -Back,
(Theat, liimbs, eton Sua
dan Fluahea of Heat, Burning in
tha JTle.b, Constant Imaginlnsa of
Evil, and Great Dapraaaion of bplrlts.
All ttH indicate diteate afltu Liver ar Difutin
Oroane, combined with impure bleed.
(joafltiuVe German Ciitcro
te entirely vegetable, and contain, ne
liquor. It le a oompouud of Fluid Kx
tracts. Tha Ilnota, Ilerbe, and Uark
from which tlieae axtracle are made
are gathered la O.rm.uy, Ail the
medicinal virtue, are axtraotad front
them by a aolenttflo cUemlat The. a
extracta are then forwarded to this
country to bo u.ed xpreealjr for tha
manufacture of these Dltters. There
la no alcoholic aubstanea of any kind
need tn componndlnr tho lllttere,
Heuee It ia the only Bitter, that aau
fee need in where alooholtc,attm
ulauta are not advisable.
fjooflmiyo srmoa Conk
ii a eamotnatim of alt (A. itiprtdiente of Ibe BtlUre,
vritA rcas ikmta Crue Jtum. Orange, etc It it ueedfrr
Vie tame d'svitee at the Bittert, tn catu where iem
pwe ntcoholtc ttimnhtt it required. You wilt hear m
mittd that thtte retnediet are emlrvly difTerent from
any othere odvertitfd fnr the cure of the dtnatte
named, tfteu beivg e?ientAc prepAratiotit of medicinal
ertraete, while the othert aro ynere deoocttent of rum
in tome form. The TON IC it deridedly me of the meet
pteaeant and aortettolo rrmedxee oner offered it t'.l
public. Pt taite it erquitite. Ail. pUaiure to tohe
i, whtle ift tXr'croiviHQ, erhttarattnp, and mtdiemal
qaalUut have eauud rite be known at the preaUtt of
til tonict.
CONSUMPTION.
Thou. Hilda af ea.ee, whan tha
lent aui posed he waa aftlleted with
thta tarribia dl.aaae, hare been enrad
bv tha ii. e of tha. a remedies. Katrema
emaciation, debility, and couajh ara
the nsnal atteudanta upon eevcra
ca.ee of dy.pep.la -or dlaeaee af the
dlKe.tlve orifaai. Lr.a in oaaae of
gcanlB. Consumption, the. a remedies
will be found of tha great. t benefll,
etrengthcnlng and Invigorating.
DEBILITY.
fWa ii n wudieitmt tquat t ttJotfatutt B4rmn
SUirrt or Toni m eatt tj Debility. They impart
Ctfte and wigor tm tti woU ryrUm, $trrngiKm V14 op
pcttU, mum at ry'titraerti of Vu Joed, wnabU Met
ttomach to digtti tit purtfy I Ac blood, gv m good,
$oundt htalthy oompUrion, radocU4 CA yttlow ttnfft
from Vt y, impart m bloom to Ou tfiodu. and ahanat
ths patttnt from a MorrwitAAl, tmaoiaUd. wmosV,
and net-rout invalid, to a fuU-faotd, itotii, and f
out t-wion.
Weak and Delicate Children
ara made strong byii.lng the Bitters
or Tanle. In I aot, they are Family
Medicines, Tlicy can ba administered
with perfect safety to a child tbrea
moutha old, the most delieate female,
or a man of ninety.
Then Renediet art the bett
331ood Iurlflr
swr ir noun, and will curt all dinattt rttultinf from
bod blood.
Kerp your blood purtt keep your Jwrr in order;
hetp your iigtetire organt in a tvund, healtfiy ctmJ
tion, by the ute of then remedia, and no ditiate uilt
everatml you.
TS3 C01IPL3SI02T.
Ladle, who wlah a fair aklu and
f ood complexion, free from m yellows
h tin., .ad all other dlastguramant,
ahonld use these remedies aceaaion
ally. The Liver in perfect order, and
the blood pure, will result iu apaik
Una; eyes and blooming cheeks.
C A V V 1 a X .
Jtonttnd'e Cnman Kemediet art oow:rf riled.
The getiuine have the tignature of c. 3f. Jackson
on the front of the eutiiae wrapper of oaoh bouU, and
the name of the eviuie blown in eoxhboule. iHMWl
an counterfeit.
Thousands of letters have been re
eel vad. testifying te tha virtue of ttaeee
remedies.
SEAS THE EE0OKME5DATI05S.
THOU HON. CEO. W. WOODWARD,
Cbirf Jiutice of tb. 8upr.m. Court of F.nntftraiua.
PaiuBiiraii, Maca Ittb, IssT.
I find "BooHand'i cTarman BiUtrf it not an intot).
voting boerofie, but it good Ionic, uttful tn ditor.
etcrt of the oigeetioe organ, and of great benefit in
cow of ehoility and want of nrrvobl aotim tn the
tytlem. i'ourt truly,
. Ci IP. W00DWABD.
FH0M RON. JAMkS TBOMPoON,
Judg. of th. Snpnais Court of Pennsylvania.
Fbiumuxu, Aran, S8tu, IMa.
I consider MII.oAand German Bit
tare" aotxaiMe medicine In .a., of at
lacks of Indlaeetlon or Ilyspapsla. I
can certify title from my as parlance
of it. Toure, with re.neet,
JAB1KS THOMPSON'.
trow HKY.V0SEP1I B. KENSABD. D.D,
Psstor of the Tuith Baptist Church. PhUedlpUa.
Da. Jacaioa Dua tra Aew beenftomentlyro-
Sureied to eotmect my name with recommendatumt of
fformOy kende of medicinee, but regarding tho praotiot
at out of sy appropriate tphere, fhaoe in alt eaeee do
alined ; but with a clear proof in oonout ifMlanow, and
pnrticularly in my own family, of the ueefuliwet of Or.
JJoqAaoHi't Harmon anttero, ideewotfow one from my
ueual court, to emyreet my fxdi eonmooUm that tat
general dabilil of lb. syiteia, aud a.aclaU j for Uw
CompUuit, It te a.wf. and .aiunbl. priratloa. tn
tome oaeee it may fail ; but wntaliy. doubt not, tt will
be very benewiat to them mho teif tr from Hut oboe
tfht below Cbattt X.
Frtoa of tba Bittara, tl.00 par bottle
Or, half dosan tor tS.OO.
rrioo of tha Tonio. tLbO par bottlai
Or, a half doaan for 910.
tha Teals Is f ut ap ia taart bsttlas.
MoeeUoct that it it Br. HoofianeTt 0erman MemeeUee
that ar to uuienalli need and to highly r mailt
ad: and do not allow the trrugatol lo laouai yem I
late amy thing tie thai he may toy itjuet as amid, e
eow. a makee a larger profit on U. lhete Remedial
wtlt be ami by eayreu to any toeafaty Ufoet ayplioarMa)
U kvniXCIPAL OFP1CB.
AT TH OtRMAN M(PICIN T0I.
JYs. b&lABCB irnZT, rhitedilfma. '
CHAS. It XTANf.yroprlatOf,
roraady A X. JACZSOM 4 CO.
These Remedlee r. fas' eal. fop
Di(t.u, oaaHTastaeoera, i
aistaiTaatara avety we.
pare, aavs nau
Do mot fergm to assauM wot th arboU nt ruy.ta)
order w g af (V i entin
BIOGRAPHICAL.
GUA1T-COLFAX.
.tobto ttecord of tbelr IIts Tb
5Ien DeserTtagr or Ioyal Man's
Support.
Ulyttet S. Grant wti born April 87, 1833,
at Point Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio.
Like Lincoln, hi early intellectual advan
taget were of the most ordinary kind, but
be was enabled to educate himself sufficient
ly to enter the Military Academy at Wett
Point, to which he waa fortunate in procu
ring a codetshtp, though at the expense of
bli name, Hiram Ulysses, which waa given
him in infancy for the one which he has be
come known all over the world. If the
clerical blunder which inacribed him TJlyascs
B. could not be erased from the records of
the Academy, neither can that name be
blotted from the scroll of honorable history,
lie graduated la 1813, and was brevetted
Second Lieutenant in the Fourth Infantry,
lie served through the Mexican war, receiv
ing brevets of First Lieutenant and Captain,
for meritorious conduct at the battles of
Molina del Bey and Chepullcpec, After
tho war with Mexico he continued in the
army for a few years, and while serving in
Oregon, in 1853, was promoted to a cap
tnncy. The next year be resigned, going
into business at St. Louis, and iu 1859 be
removed to Galena, III., where he was con
ducting an extensive tannery when tho late
war broke out. Captain Grant was among
the first to offer his services to the govern
ment, and was given command of a regi
ment by the Governor of Illinois, with
which be went into active service in Mis
souri. It was not long until ho was appoint
ed a Brigadier General of Volunteers (Au
gust, 1861), and assigned to the command of
the District of Cairo.
The unfortunate battle of Bull Run and
the varying fortunes in the Southwest, had
a depressing effect upon the country, aud
the people were willing to take a leader on
trust if he would only come heralded with a
victory, however insignificant. Rich Moun
tain gave McClellun command of the armies
of the United States ; the unfortunate ex
pedition to Belmont doomed Grsnt to com
parative obscurity at Cairo, until near the
close of tho first year of the war. Then the
brilliant victories of Fort Donclson and
Pittsburg Landing, the first of any signifi
cance gained by a Union army, could do
but little for him, and while the former made
him a Major General, the Utter deprived him
of a command. All eyes were turned to
ward the Qrand Army of tho Potomac, ia
anticipation of the great things it would ac
complish when its leader cuoso to move
upon Lee at Manassns; and decisive actions
upon the Cumberland and the Tennessee
were not considered, while people were
amused with promises never to be realized,
and kept in constant expectation by assu
rances that all was quiet along lines a little
nearer home.
It were useless to attompt a description
of these actions now, but when Grant com
pleted a victory that bad begun as a defeat,
by leading in person a charge of six regi
ments, he showed that a General might pro
niifte little and yet accomplish much. Soon
after he bad worsted the ablest Rebel leader
in the South, who was killod in that fierce
engagement at Sliiloh Church, Llalleck as
sumed command in the Southwest, and the
victor was rewarded for his two successes
by subsequent neglect until September, 1863.
Iio waa then appointed to the command of
the Army of West Tennessee, his force con
stituting the Thirteenth Army Corps, and
fixed his headquarters at Jackson, in that
State. In the meantime MtClellan had been
driven from before Richmond. Pope bad
been defeated at the second battle of Bull
Run, and an uncertain victory at Antietam
bad closed the career of a Geueral who was
called to the head of the army ia the fervor
of popular enthusiasm, end had been re
stored to command ia a moment of popular
despair.
During the dark and terrible winter that
followed, the Army of the Potomac, under
its successive commanders, lay on tho banks
of the Rappahannock, and fought the ill
fated battles of Fredericksburg and Chan
cellorsvilie, while Grant and Sherman were
quietly working out their plans on the Mis
sissippi and the Yazoo'. When Lee moved
northward, in the spring and summer of
1863, and Meade was enabled to gain his
great victory afGettysburg, the capitulation
of Pemberton added Vioksburg to Gettys
burg in the associations connected with the
ever-glorious Fourth of July. In detailing
the appointments of Major-Generals which
had been made in the regular army, Grant
once modestly said : "After the capitula
tion of Vicktburg I was added," as if him
self unconscious of the importance of an
event that had given the army a leader who
conquered a peace for the country, and
makes him to day the candidate of the great
Republican party for President, an office
which he would not desire were not the
people intent on giving him this last mark
of their confidence and esteem.
One who was within the Rebel Hues du
ring the invasion of Pennsylvania ia 18G3,
was told by an arrogant Southerner, whose
deserted home was near the spot where
Grant's army lay, 'that the dark and fetid
waters of the Yazoo would destroy bis men,
even if there were bo intrenched enemy in
front to pick them off in detail. But the
same flash of the lightning that brought
the news of Meade's victory at Gettysburg
brought wotd of Pembertoa's defeat at
VickBburg. As a reward for this victory,
Grant, in his own modest words, was added
to the Major-Genorals already appointed for
the regular army, but unlike the time when
he was commissioned a Major-General of
Volunteers, no fortune now could doom him
to inactivity. Before he was ordered to as
sume command at Chattanooga, after the
unfortunate battle of Chickamauga, Presi
dent Lincoln wrote him a characteristic let
ter. It waa dated July 13, 1863, and was at
follows:
"Jfy Dear Oonral:-lio not remember
that you and I ever met personally. I write
this now at a grateful acknowledgment for
the almost inestimable service you bate
done the country. I wish to ssv a word
further. When you first reached the vicini
ty of Vicktburg, I thought you should do
what you finally did march the troops
across the neck, ruo the batteries with the
transport, and tbut go below, and I never
bad any faith, except a general hope that
you know better than I, that tba Yazoo ex
pedition and the like could sucoeed. When
you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand
Gulf and vicinity, I thought yon should go
down tb river and join General Banks ;
and when yoa turned northward, east of the
Big Black, I thought it waa a mistake, I
now wish to mak tb personal acknowl
edgment tbst yoa wrt right and X wai
wrong."
A victory which could call forth tuch a
letter as this from President Lincoln would
produce in tho mind of the Executive the
most nnbounded confidence in the capacity
of the commander by whom it was gained.
It is gratifying that that confidence was
never betrayed end never disappointed.
He first justified tho President's faith, soon
after he assumed the chief command la Ten
nessee, by the brilliant victory at Lookout
Mountalo, driving tbo Rebel General Bragg
from the Chattanooga Valley and Mission
Ridge, and opened up the way for Sher
man is great march to tho sea. Then the
National House of Representative passed a
unanimous Tote of thanks to General. Grant
for his victories, and ordered a medal to bo
struck In bis honor, whilo both Houses of
Congress concurred in the passage of an act
reviving the grade of Lieutenant General, a
rank never held by any one except Wash
ington, aud Grant was recommended for the
post, It being prescribed that tho Lieutenant
Gencral should have command of the ar
mies. President Lincoln formally presented
him with his commission March 9, 1864, and
having opened up the path to the final vic
tory ia the Southwest, he at once proceeded
to pave the way to success in the Southeast.
The Qrand Army of the Potomac, smart
ing tinder its many misfortunes, notwith
standing the bright spot of Gettysburg upon
its banuers, and its imperishable record for
heroism, needed the prestige of Gen. Grant
to give it confidence in itself. Those noble
veterans felt that success was assured when
they found hint willing to join his great
famo with theirs, and to link his destinies
with their fortune. He received his com
mission from the hands of the President
I with but few words, and without indicating
his purpose, left the Executive presence to
begin his advance upon Richmond. The
Rapidan was crossed, and Lee fought in the
terrible battle of the Wilderness ; then he
' advanced to the North Anna river, and
! making a flank movement upon Cold Har
bor, fought another fongtiinury battle, the
assault upon the Rebel works at that place ;
and then twinging around the trenched
j lines of the enemy, he crossed the James aud
, invested Petersburg.
I Desperate engagements followed, and du
ring the investment, he mined and blew up
! Fort Hell, a Rebel stronghold, with the
view of taking the town by assault ; but the
operation failed, with severe punishment on
our side and heavy tosses to the euemy. This,
together with the desperate straits to which
j Leo was reduced, emboldened him to take
the offensive, and on toe night ot tue 27 tu
of March, 1865, he moved three divisions of
his troops before Fort Stcadman, and sur
prised and captured the position. Before
night it had bcou retaken, and at the same
time the battle of Hatcher's Run was fought.
continuing until evening. On the 2d of
April the Rebel Intrenchments, with 6,000
men, at Big Five Forks, were captured, and
an attack was ordered along the whole line,
under General Grant's direction, which end
ed in driving Lee from his works and the
abandonment of Richmond. Lre's retreat
was cut off by the rapid movements which
Grant instituted, and on the Sth of April,
just ono week after the last great battle, tho
Army of Northern Virginia capitulated.
Soon after the Rebel General Johnston sur-
! rendered to General Sherman on the same
terms granted by General Grant to Lec, and
tbo great civil war was stided.
If General Grant was appointed to the
command of the armies wuu a rank ncvaxj
held ly any one before except Washingtoij
a greater honor if possible waa la store for
bim. He is now simply General of the Uni
ted States Army, and soon be will be Presi
dent of the United States.
TDK HON. SCnrTLErt COLFAX.
Schuyler Colfax, tho popular candidate
of the National Union Republican party for
the office of Vice President, is a native of
New York city. He waa bora in N. Moore
street, March 23, 1823, bis father having
died but a short time previous. With but
limited means, his widowed mother could
afford to keep him at school but a short
time, and at the age of ten be was placed
in a mercantile establishment where he re
mained for three years, contributing ma
terially from his small salary to the support
of both himself and mother. In 1836, he
and his mothor, ia company with others,
left their home ia that city and settled ia
St. Joseph county, Indiana, Shortly after
his arrival la the West, he was appointed
Deputy County Auditor for St. Joseph
county, and employed hi leisure hours in
tbe study of State law, in which be is said
soon to have become an acknowledged
expounder.
Ho read law pretty thoroughly during
these leisure hours, but not with a view to
adopting it as a profession. He had but
little idea of what great beuefitthe informa
tion he was then gaining would prove to
bim in after years. In 1815 he started a week
ly journal at South Bend, the county seat
of St. Joseph county, called lh St. Joseph
Valley IUguUr, becoming its sole proprietor
and editor. A writer in Tha Indianapolis
Journal correct a mistake into which tbe
public bat fallen relative to Mr. Colfax's
connection with tbe printing business. Mr.
Lanman, in his Dictionary ofCongress, says :
"He was bred a printer." He never was
apprenticed to the printing business, and
knew nothing of tbe practical part of the
"Art preservative of all arts" until after be
bad commenced the publication of Tho Jit
aitter. With bis ready tact and quick per
ception, however, and great anxiety to econ
omise, for bis mean were yet very limited,
be soon mastered the art sufficiently to "help
out of the drag," but be never attained to
any great proficiency in tbe business, bis
editorial labors, tbe business of the office,
and other duties soon claiming bit entire
attention.
1'ho EogUtor prospered, and toon became
a aource of profit to th proprietor. It.wa
ably edited, and was a model of courtesy
and dignity. Every paragraph, however
(mail, seemed to have passed under tb su
pervision of and to reflect th mind and ele
vated thought, of it editor. He continued
Disconnection with this paper until thro
or four year ago, writing a regular weekly
letter for it column during his first two
term ia Congress. It was during th early
day of Tl liegitter that Mr. Colfax was
laying th loundation for th reputation be
baa sine attained as a debater. A debating
club was formed, which bold regular week
ly meetings during th winUr season, ant
it was isx occurrence indeed to fiod Mr.
Colfax absent from on of the stated
gatherings. Politics, tb Umperanc reform,
and other subject war often aa ably deba
tad in this society as kindred question ar
lo many deliberative bodies of much greater
pretension of th present day. Tb Hon,
John D. Defrse, now Superintendent of Go
vernment Printing, and lor many years edi
tor and proprietor of tb Indianapolis Jour-
rs!, to which Mr. Colftt was alio attached
as ScnateQeporter for some time after he
commenced the publication of the Heguter,
was also a participant ia these debates.
They were both Whigs, both ardent and
sincere advocate of, and believer in th
temperance reform, and were consequently
seldom pitted against each other in these
debates. The attachment formed at this
early day between those gentlemen still con
tinues with unabated fervor. In 1848, Mr.
Colfax was chosen as a delegate, and elected
as Secretary of tho Convention which comi
nated General Taylor for tho Presidency. In
1850 be represented St Joseph county in
the Convention which framed tho present
Constitution of Indiana. In this Conven
tion be opposed, with all his ability, the
adoption of tbe clause prohibiting free color
ed men from settling in the State. His op
position to this measure was tho cause of
his defeat the following year, when nomi
nated for Congress, In opposition to Dr.
Fitch. But, with all the ability, tact, and
shrewdness of this old political wiro-worker,
he only distanced his young competitor two
hundred votes, in a district which bad been
strongly Democratic for years.
In 1853 be was again a delegate to tho
Whig National Convention. He took an
active part in the campaign which followed,
speaking often and writing much. In 1854,
when the "great deep" of Indiana Democra
cy was broken up, and tho old Hunkers
laid in a grave from which it is hoped they
may never be resurrected, be was rc-nomiua-ted
and elected to Congress, and was subse
quently more active than ever before. His
experience as a debater, and familiarity with
State and national politics, rendered him an
overmatch for his opponents, whom be was
always anxious to meet in an open and fair
discussion before the people, where he was
always certain of a victory. In 185S be was
again nominated for Congress, and ro elect
ed by a handsome innjority. His entrance
into Congress was la tho midst of the great
struggle over the Locompton swindle A
writer says of his maiden speech ia the
House, "His first speech in Congress went
forth to repel the tide of terror which was
sweeping ovor struggling Kansas, and clear
ly showed that even then he was one of the
best debaters in the Lower House." Over
five huudrcd thousand copies of this speech
were printed aud circulated a compliment
Cerhaps never before rccoived by any mem
er of Congress.
He was first chosen Speaker of the Thirty
eighth Congress by a vote of 101 to 814 He
hat been thrice elected to the same position,
each time by an increased majority. He
was appointed Chairman of tho Committee
on Post OtDces and Post Roads on the or
ganization of tho Thirty-soveuth Congress,
and did much to extend mail facilities
throughout tho West. He was one of the
first advocates, and is still one of the warm
est fr'.ends of the Pacific Railroad. Indeed,
be takes a warm interest in any movement
looking to the development of tho bound
less resources of the great West It wss,
doubtless, tho interest he feels in this sec
tion of tlto country which .induced bim to
take his celebrated trip "across tho Conti
nent." His trip was a perilous one, but his
welcome at "tho other end of tbo lino" was
so spontaneous, truly genuine and heartfelt,
that it more than repaid bim for all the
dangers and hardships ho passed through.
This trip prepared bim for one of tho
most entertaining lectures ever delivered in
this country. It has been listened to w ith
wrapt attention by the people of almost
every city in the North. Pecuniarily, how-,
ever, it has profited bim but little, for with
that liberality which has ever been a mark
ed trait in bis character, the eutiro proceeds
of a lecture have as ofteu been donated to
aomo charitablo object as they have found
their way iuto bis own pocket. He has
now served in succession fourteen years in
the House. He was urged, but he declined,
to accept a seat in tho United States Senate,
preferring his presiding chair in the House.
As a presiding officer,r)e is the most popu
lar the House has bad since Henry Clay. A
writer in Putnam Slagttiin truly observes
that Mr. Colfax "has no eccentricities, but
great tact. His talents are administrative
aud executivo, rather than deliberative He
would make good appointments and adopt
sure policies. He would make a better Pre
sident, or Speaker of the House, thau Sena
tor. He know men well, estimates them
correctly, treats them all fairly and candidly.
No man will get through bis business with
you lo fewer minutes, aud yet none is more
free from tbe horrid bmsquenew of busy
men. There are heart aud kindness iu Mr.
Colfax's politouess. Men leave his presence
with tho impression that be is at once an
able, honest aud kind man. Political oppo
nents like him personally, as well as his po
litical friends. We have never beard that
he has any enemies. The breath of slander
has been silent towards bis fair, spotless
fame. Tbo wifo of his youth, after being for
a long timo an invalid, tank to flual est
several years ago, leaving bim childless.
His mother and sitter preside at hi recep
tions, which, for many years, have been, not
the most brilliant, but the most popular of
any given at the capital. Socially, Mr.
Colfax it frank, lively, jolly. It may be that
be fcelt bis oat in loute degree, but dignity
hasn't spoiled bim. The everlasting I hood
and Ut nest of great men I forgotten in bis
presence."
His manners aro not quite so familiar as
those of Mr. Lincoln, but nearly so. They
are gentle, natural, graceful, with a bird like
or business lik quickness of thought and
motion. But they are very far from tbe
high and mighty style of Saraner, or the
judicial coldness of Fessenden, Sherman and
Trumbull. Though manly, they are genial
and winning. American mothers believe in
Schuyler Colfax. There are more babies
named for bim than for any public man since
Mr. City. Tbo intimacy and confidential
relation of Mr. Colfax with Mr. Lincoln are
well known. They labored band in band at
brother in the causa of tb6 Union, holding
frequent and protracted interview on all
subject looking to tbe overthrow of the
Rebellion, for there were no divisions be
tween tbe executive and legislative branches
of the government then as there ar now.
During th darkest hour of that bloody
drama which shall vr remain a reproach
upon tb people of one section, of th na
tion, tbay wrs ever cheerful and hopeful.
Confident in the justness of tb war waged
for the preservation of tbe Union, and pla
cing a Christian relianc in that provideno
which guide and shapes ths destiny of ca
tion, great reverse, which caused other to
fear and tremble, at timet almost to despair,
seemed only to inspire them with great seal
and a firmer belief la th ultimate triumph
of our cause.
Mr. Colfax Is ratbsr under ths madlnm
heieht, with a form firmly and compactly
molded. Hi hair ia brown, now (lightly
tprinklad with grey; try blus; forehead
b'gb and arching, indicating groat prcp
Ut faculties mi uV( vturtion. Ilia fact
i open and frank, and a yet unmarked by
age. He possesses great vitality, and can
endure an extraordiusry amount of labor
with but little fatigue. This, coupled with
bit temperate habits, baa caused him to
wear hi age to well that but few persons
would place him even at 40. II i yet in
the prime and vigor of manhood, with all
hi care and responsibilities, as most people
at 80.
MISCELLANEOUS
RAKT'irmEss roitur.
ice.
We Lav said that it is only in cases
where great merits of a peculiar kind exist,
or where statesmanship and soldierly science
are combined in the same person, that the
nation seem to take delight in honoring
it military chieftaioa. A large class of
Democratic journala deny that Grant ha
these peculiar merits, and it is the duty of
tha Republican press to meet the iisue at
once. In the beginning we must call atten
tion to tbe fact that while these Journals
hasten to accuse Grant of unfitness for the
management of civil government, they at
tho same timo underrate his military genius,
so that tho burden of proof applios to that
point as well as to his civil capacity.
We ask candid men, who intend to vote
independently in the ensuing election, to
ponder over thit. What weight ought to
be attachod to a denial of Grant'a civil
capacity, when made by parties who ridi
cule bis abilities a a general t If we should
not notice tbo assault upon his mental
endowments for administration at all, this
fact that the depreciation comes fiom those
who bold him inferior as a general to any
other of our great heroes, ought to be suf
ficient to induce patriotic citizens to disre
gard all such partisan sneers, and to rep pec t
and trust the object of them. We do not
claim for Grsnt any more credit than is
justly his duo, and when men choose rather
to dwell upon the achievements of Sherman
and others, we humbly suggest what is the
indisputable fact, that Sherman, McPher
son, Wilson and Sheridan wote tho subordi
nates of Grant, and acted by hit orders. In
the case of a general like George U. Thomas,
who won so brilliant a victory at Miil
Spring before be came under tbe order of
Rosecrans, Sherman or Graut, no one can
question that tho merit of bis two great
victories belongs to himself. But until
Graut got them under bis command, no ono
heard of any brilliant achievements of Sher
man, Sheridan, Mcpherson or Wilson.
Tho same malicious detraction that at
tempts lo take away tbe credit of Grant's
campaigns triad to give McPhcrson the
praise for planning Sherman's. Yet it was
after McPhcrson's death that Sherman exe
cuted bis march to fbe sea and bis cam
paign though the Carolina. As regards
Sherman's abilities, his campaign against
VickBburg was a miserable failure, and bis
great reconuoissauce through Mississippi
aud Alabama from tbo river eastward re
sulted ia nothing at all. Grant, ia fact,
trained up these great commundcrs, and
they learned the art of war under his direc
tion. He found Chattanooga beleaguered by a
victorious euemy, and be relieved both it
and Knoxville so effectually that tho rebels
never returned upon them again. He
planned the campaign through Georgia, and
directed it as long as telegraphic communi
cations were kept up. It is said that Grant's
final campaign was only successful inclosing
the war because of the great work that had
been previously done, which it true enough.
But who did that groat work ? Hi battlo
of Belmont broke up a whole rebel plan of
campaign in southeastern Missouri, and con
fined their operations to .the Mississippi
river. His campaign of Donelson freed
Kentucky and Tennessee, and relieved the
Mississippi from Cairo to Memphis. His
campaign of Vicksburg opened the great
valley and cut tbe rebellion in twain, and
his csmpaign of Chattanooga relieved East
Tennessee and drove the war into Georgia.
It may be convenient now for Democratio
politicians to forget these things, but his
tory will not
So much for bit military science. As to
bis administrative capacity, we submit that
no great commander who has wielded, as ho
bas, tbe entire management of an atmy of a
million of men, over a field covering tho
whole south, could bs devoid of that faculty.
The chief command of tuch a force requires
fur itt successful conduct this very admin
istrative capacity of which so much is suid.
That is pait of the essential elements of
military success. During tha war wo were
constantly confronted by this consideration
when selecting men to command reginieuts,
tbe objection to great numbers of candidates
being that they bad no administrative capa
city. The health, discipline, harmony,
cleanliness, clothing, arms, food, munitious
of war, tactics, courage and good oonduct
of the regiraout rest with its colonel. Huw
much more onerous, then, must be the
duties of the chiof commander, who in ad
dition to these has to plau campaigns,
maintain communications, supervise every
department, obtain information of the ene
my' movements, provide transportation,
aud do a thousand other indispensable
things.
It was the experience gathered in their
campaigut that made great civil adminis
trators of Wasbiugtou and Jackson. During
the time that Grant acted as Secretary of
War ad interim, by dircotion of President
Johnson, the department wa admirably
managed. Johnson, without intending it,
furnished Grant with an opportunity of pro
ving his ability to manage bil affair that
had previously been entrusted ouly to states
men. In that brief period Grant saved
million of dollar to the government by hi
economical reduction, and thus be demon
strated hi detir to avoid a military
government, and to bring everything down
to the old peace standard.
Gint stood by Pope, Sheridan, and all
bis other subordinates entrusted at tbe south
with reconstruction under tbe law of Con
gress, and earnestly remonstrsted against
their removal. His military experience taught
bim how perilou It always wa to change
front in th fac of th enemy. Johnwn,
a ignorant of statesmanship a of military
science, knew nothing of this. H removed
tha commanders, snd ths reaction grew.
Again, in Johnson's desperate effort to got
possession of tb War Department, be pur
posely placed Grant in a very awkward
predicament, so a to compel him sithsr to
beooms tbe instrument of thwarting Con
grew or to disobey tb President, his
superior officer. Ths result proved that
Grant waa completely master of tb situation.
H adapted tniilitarv strategy to tbs occa
sion, and defeated tha iniquitous intention
of tbs prsaidantla! nutlifler. Johnson ha
triad all tort of trick and sxpedient to
gtt th btUtf of Ortut, ial tU bv Isiltd.
Other general of the civil war have proved
more pliable. They bat U-an willing
enough to d.i all that Juhueon ooiuniaudMd.
whether to disobry tliej lawa or out. But
Grant distinctly informed the President br
letter that be nicaut to obey tbs law uu
dor all ciroutnsunocs, and would not be in
strumental is auy scbauie of usurpation or
of lawless defiance of th authority. Wo
think this make nut our case. It show ex.
actly tbo peculiar merits the people da
mand when they elevate a military hero in
the Presidency of the republic. We bad
these thing in our mind when w wrote - -Philadelphia
Ninth American and United
Statt Gazette.
When tbe Impeachment question waa
ponding in Congress, tbe Ntw York H'cir.V,
(Copperhead,) proposed tb following vil
lainous plan to defeat Impeachment :
There are fourteen Radioal Senators whoaa terma
of office expire in 18iit Bojond that time they ara
sure of no political position ; to far as they kuow
now, they are certain of do "paring pi noes " Burs
ty as many aa eight nf these moo would rather ba
sure of a suillioa eaoh In hand than to wait f ir tba
uncertainty of a $5,000 oflloe by and by. Lbt ca
BUT TBEia VOTXS AT TBR1XOWM TRICB.
)
Let the men of wealth In this oity,wlthont regard
to party, assemble at theKxohange or in the Cooper
Iu.litute, and subscribe a tuffiuienl iuu ton mil
lion of dollars if nesd be To buy a ravoBABi
vitamer.
There is not tbo least doubt but that tho
seven Senators were purchased by ths
frauds of the Liquor Ring office, and th
Foreigu interests in favor of free Trade.
We boliere every ono of these seven are
either mean Reveuuo Tariff men or Free
Trader.
The terrible volcanio phenomena which
broke out in the Sandwich Islands on th
37th of March still continued up to tha
date of tbe latest advices, 24th of April. Tbe
island were still shaken with continuous
vibrations, and violent shocks were fre
quent A fissure bad opened in the earth
three miles in length, from which lav
poured down into the sea, forming a pro
monotory an eighth of a mile long.
The famine and pestilence in Algeria bat
destroyed one hundred thousand Arabs
within the last six months. The suffering
of the people are as horrible as those of the
inhabitant of the Italian cities io the mid
die ages, accounts of which have been Land
ed down to us with strict attention to all
the minutice. The Arabs have been reducod
to suou straits that they bave greediiy eaten
offal and tbe putrefying bodies of animal
that have died of tbe plague, which afflicts
both man and beast Two French mission
aries have arrived in New York for tbe pur
pose of obtaining aid and relief from the
citizens of the United States.
The fruit crop of the West, so far, is sub
stantially safe. The late flurry of snow and
frost was supposed lo bave destroyed the)
germs, but as a general thiug they escaped,
Decause not tar enougn advanced to be nip
ped in the bud. The Cincinnati Commer.
cial has reliable report from various suc
tion of Ohio, Indiana, Southern Illinois,
Missouri and Kansas. All agreo that fruit
will be plenty this summer if it escape
further vicissitudes. Tennessee seems to
have suffered more from tho unseasonable
frost tbay any other section, except, perhaps,
Northern Georgia and Alabama.
ii.li -
Cukb Foa Focndkr. Tbe Rural World
proposes to cure founder in horses in this
way : Take tbe horse into a brook or
stream of water deepenough to nearly reach
bia body, and fasteu bim there with his bead
so high that be canuut drink. If the weather
is warm keep him there several hour. Then
remove him and rub his legs to promote
circulation. If still lumo repeat the process
two or three times and a cure will be effected
In the wiuter twenty minute will be long
enough to keep the horse in th water,
when ho should be taken out and rubbed
as in the other case repeating the operation
if necessary. This is suid to cure all cases
of founder, when not of long standing.
The following is a literal copy of tbe list
of questions proposed for discussion in a
debating club out West : Subgechs of dis
kushiou : Is dar.siu morralle rong I Is the
reading of fictishus wurks commendiblet
Is it necessary that fcuiails shud receate
thorough litsrrary educashun t Ort femails
to take part in politikes f Duz dress con
stitute the moral part of wimtnen t
A man with a very large bajd head was
complimented on tho fact that hi caput
wa analagotit to Greeuland. "Why so V
be asked, "Because it is a great wbite bear
place," was tbe reply.
"Pa," said Charlie to bis paternal a ace
tor, holding a Sunday school picture book,
"What ia that !" "That, my son, la Jacob
wrestlinsr with the anzels." "Aud which
licked I" inquired tbe yotfug hopeful
A lady in lui vicinity boast oi tne
possession of a pair of eardrop mad from
"liver" brought from Mount "Vociferous"
during th recent "disruption."
Suppose a man owns a skiff, he fasteu
tbe ski If to the shore with a rope made of
ttraw ; aloDg comes a cow ; cow gets into
tbo boat ; turns arouud and eats th rope,
the skiff thus let loose, with the cow on
board, stalls down stream, and on it pu
ssge I upset ; ths cow is drowned. Now,
has the man that owns the cow got to pay
for the boat, or the man that owns tb
boat got to pay for tbe cow I
"The man who raised a cabbage-head ha
done more good tbanll tbe metaphysics in
the world," said stump orator at a meeting.
"Then," replied a wag. "your mother ought
to bare the premium."
A writer, dwelling upon tb important
of small things, y that "b lwaj take
note even of straw, especially if there bap
pens to be s sherry cobbler at one snd of
it,"
"Grandma," said a sharp child, "do you
want soma candy I" "Yes, desr, I should
like soma." "Then if you bay mo soms I
will give you s part."
When yoa hoar a man aty. "Life is but a
dream," tread on his corn and wak him
up. Life ia real.
Social Anomalies Th mors a woman
undresses herself, tbs mors ths is sapposad
to bs dressed.
Scrutinis s lawysr closely when ha ad vle
you to avoid litigation, ana a doctor vha
b drink your health.
Th ancient Scandinavians used ths
sutlers of stag for drinking cup. Tbi is
tvidtntly ths origU oi lbs pbra, "taking
Ths individual who got up a atnutioa
grew dizzy and tumblsd down.
Idaho sdvicct ttatt that ths greuhoprxtt
threaten grsat havoc there The bioidj
reports at good, tad Ubot it in dtattul