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Select Poetry.
SANDALPHON.
nv Losarmow.
Havo you readln thoTriinud of old,
In the legends the Rnbblns have told
Of tin limitless realms of tho air;
Havo you read It the marvellous story
Of Bandalphon, the Angel of Glory,
Sandolphon, tho Angel of Prayer ?
How, erect, at the outermost gates
Of the City Celestial ho waits,
With his feet on the ladder of light,
That, crowded with angels unnumbered,
Ily Jacob was seen, as ho slumbered
Atone In ths desert at night ?
The Angels of wind and of Fire
Chant only one hymn, and expire
With tho song's irresistible stress
Expire In their rapturo nnd wonder,
As harp'strlngs art broken asunder
By the music they throb to espresi.
Hat serene in the rapturous throng,
Unmoved ly the rush of the song,
With eyes unlmpnstlnneil and slow,
Among the dead angels, the deathless
Bandalphon stands listening, breathless,
To sounds that ascend from below
I'romtlie spirits on earth that adore,
I'roio the souls tint entreat and imploro
In the frenzy nnd p.is.'lon of prayer
I'rom the hearts that are broken with losses,
And weary with dragging the crosses
Too heavy for mortals to bear.
And he gathers the prayers as ho stands.
And they change Into (lowers in his hands,
Into garlands of purple nnd red ;
iml beneath tho great arch ol the portal,
Through the streets of the City Immortnl,
Is wafted the fragrnatc they shed.
It is but a legend, I know
A fable, n phantom, n show
Of the ancient Rabbinical lore ;
Yet the old mediaeval tradition,
Tho beautiful, strange sup "rslitlon,
Hut haunts mc nnd holds me the more.
When I look from my window at night,
And the welkin above is all white,
Allthrobbing and panting with stats,
Among them mnjei-tic is standing
Bandalphon, the uiigel, expanding
His pinions in nebulous bars.
And the legend, I feci, is a part
Of tho hungeriind thirst oftho heart,
Tho frenzy and (Ire or the brain.
That grasps at the fruitage forbidden,
And golden pomegranates ofEdiui,
To ipiict Its feverand pain,
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT;
EDITED IVt LEVI L. TATE, PROPRIETOR
OHIO DEMOCRATIC STATE
CONVENTION.
Immense Gathering.
V.'ilIaiMlig'linm Nominated for
Govcyuoa' hy Acclamation.
CeorgoE. rugh for Lieutenant Governor by
Acclamation.
Fro.11 tho New York Daily News
Columbus, Ohio, June 11, 1803. The
Democratic St to Convention was organ-
l ized this morning in this city. The atten-
-i 111 i- n
dailCCIS immense All preceding Lonven-
of all parties sink into insignificance
compatcd with this. Probably ono Imn-
red thousand persons arc here. Speeches
havo been made from almost every avail
able position in tho city.
Tho feeling in Vallandigham3 favor is
overwhelming, and no ono elso is talked of.
There have been no unploasant incidents,
Tho military arc invisiblo, and many of
tho soldiers in the crowd arc shouting for
Vallandigham.
The excitement continued oven without
regard to the roeess. No ono seemed to
care for anything more than tho graud re
sult which will be known this afternoon.
SECOND DlSl'ATCll.
Tlio Convention rc-assombled at two
! o'clock P. M. The committee on Perma
nent Organization reportod Ex-Governor
Modill, of Fairfield, who was uelected as
' the President ai the Convention, and his
' appearance Upon the Stand Wai Cl'CCtOll
i '. . , T
with prolonged cheers, AuiOS Lyon was
I , . ., , ,
Uiado Secretary. OUC VlCC PfCSllleut and
1 - , ,-, ,
OUC Scoretarv 1 10 111 caCtl COUgrCSSlOlial
1 t-.. ... ", . . ,
JJlStl'lCt W.1S tUCIl appOIUtCU.
i ,-, Vl, , ... ., , .
Gov. jUcdlll, Upon takllli' the chair.
:.i ii ... i. ,,., ft.:, .
s l""I'u'u "i ima vnai uasum
blageto show that there is no cowardice
in the people of which power could take
advantage, and to place Ohio upon the
same platform with the State of New York
which she would havo always occupied
but for the subserviency of their Stato
officials. Prolouged chcors for New
York. It was tho purpose of this Con
vention to bring back the gallant Vallan
digham, imm -nso cheering and ho be
lieved that the power; that bo would quake
and recede before this mighty, terrific do
moustraliou, as they did iu Chicago the
other day.
Mr. James, of Muskiugham, tho friend
of Jowett, thou nominated Clement L.
Vallandigham as tho candidate for Gover
nor. Tho nominations was immediately
made unanimous, amid the prolonged
cheers of tho crowd. Tho oounties woro
called, and Vallandigham heceived the
60MD VOTE OF EVERY COUNTY. TllO
whole city rang with cheois upon tho an-
nounccmcnt of this rosult. When the en
thusiasm had comparatively eubsidod,cx
United Statc3 Senator George E. Pugh
mounted tho stand and addressed tho mill
titudc in a thrilling speech, which was
received with cheer after chocr. He could
not bccxpccicd to agree upon terms of peaco
or upon anything clse,without freedom of
discusion, which was denied in Rurnsido's
infamous Order No. 38. Wo cannot un
dertake to decido for poacc or war until
wo aohiovo our own liberties. If Mr.
Vallandigham can convince rao that we
can settle this quarrel, I am with him
heart and hand ; but until wc havo heard
him wc cannot speak, it is a farce lo talk
of free government. The Democracy aro
not responsible for this war. Our adver
saries are slaves. They say the quarrel
could not have been settled, but I know
that it could, and tho Union maintained in
its integrity. They shall bo held rcspon
for all this bloodshed in tho face of God,
in tho face of men and money, all they
want; but if they fail to accomplish the
restoration of tho Union the judgement of
Gotl, of man, anil of history will bo against
them. lie would uttcrd no woid (or
which they could construe into an excuse
their failure. If they rcstoro the
Union ho was ,t false prophet ; if they fail
they shall not put on us any excuse for
llicir failure. Rut lie would not submit to
arbitary ami tyramnil power, Tlio Dem
ocracy have borne more outrago than was
ever borne by a people before. If ihoy
insist on martial law. if wo aro to hold
our property, and the right to protect our! tion i,s P""0"00 proved to be neocs
. t , ... sary to maintain th.it instrument in the
wives and children, at the whim of mill- sp;r'it nml ,nc!11;1)g inlmioi by hil founilRrs
tary commanders like Rurnside, it is timo j and to provide against future convulsions
to call a convention that never will adjourn , anu" wars ; that the arrest imprisonment
until our own liberties aro achieved. A ! antl l"'otlJdjl1 trial and actual banishment
n ,ii !. i i . ofC'L Vallandigham. citizen of tho State
man can die but once, and it is clorious to e o. . i i .
' o of Oluo, not belonging to the nulitta in
pay the penalty oflifo in defence of liber- actual service, by alleged military author
ty. I spurn Rurnsido's Order No 33. I , ity, for no other pretended crime than
trample it under foot. Come what will that of uttoiing word-of legitimate criti-
mprironnacnt. exile or death I defy tho
.... ...
ro'ver anu its minions. Wo wi l not hold
I ,,.
our rights -it the whim of any man. Ij
may not agrcs with Mr. Val!andigliam,bu'
I maintain his rights to express his opiu-
. - ... . . I
ions. Iwi lexnrcsj mino at tie hazard
of life. This despotism must be stopped
peaceably, if possible but stopped at
all events. If we had a Governor in Ohio,
wo would have been saved this disgrace ; '
i"
I but wo have a creature, a thins that sold
himself for a great offico, which ho has
dragged in tko dust. An honest man can ,
bu pardoned tor changing
Governor Tod's infamy is
his belief, but
indescribable. !
Ho has tho audacity to say ho will
;..
, . 1" i . 1 l e 1
ueiung tu inu jeinouraiii; paity, uuv it uu
ever appears in a Democratio Convention J
I will move to expel him. Mr. Pugh de
nounced tho cowardice and prcjury of
Judges Leavitt and Sway no as infamous.
Mr. Vallandigham had authorized him to
say that tho choice of imprisonment had
not boon allowed to him, as ho would
rather a thousand times havo gone to Fort
Warren than into the lines of those in
rebellion against tho Constitution. Mr.
Pugh concluded his speech by saying ho
would listen to nothing, think of nothing,
consent to nothing until Vallandigham
was returned to us. If wo failed at tho
ballot-box in Ootobcr, ho counsoled free
men to seek in somo other and happier
country tho liberties they could no longer
enj y in this. At tho conclusion of Mr.
Pugh's speech he was nominated as Lieu
tenant Governor, and in spite of his earn
est and sincere protections against it,the
nomination was couferrod unanimously,
and tho people carried off tho orator upon
their sh juhiers in triumph. A resolutiou
was passed that tho members of this Con
vention would maintain and defend tho
seutimonts uttered by Mr. Pugh, if it re
quired every man to carry a musket upon
his shoulder.
Tho enthusiasm of tho multitude at this
point was so groat, that tho business of tho
Convention was for tho timo being sus
pended. After tho tumult 'abated, tho
Convention proceeded to nominate the
following gentlemen to complete tho Stato
ticket.
Auditor of Stato Wm. IIuhhard.
Supremo Judge Peter Van Trump.
Treasurer of Stato 11. S. Knapp.
Public Works J. II IIe.vto.v.
These nominations wero mado unani
mous. Tho president of tho Convention
wa3 instructed to telegraph Mr3. Vallan
dighaui of the nomination of her busbaudfor
Governor. A dispatch from Judge Par
ker of New York was read, counseling
the Domooraoy to rebuko despotism by
electing Mr. Vallandigham Governor,
Tho committco on resolutions mado a
lenghty and unnanimou3 report sotting
forth tho principles of iho Democracy o'
Ohio, by which they wore to be guided.
They protest against tho emancipation
proclamation and tho cnliro negro policy
of the war, and tho dogma that tho Ad
ministration is tho Government. Among
others the following resolutions woro of
forcd and adopted.
"That wo doolarc tho power which has
rccoutly boon assumed by the President
of tho United Statos, whereby, under the
guise oi millitary necessity, ho has pro
claimed and extended, or asserts the right
to proclaim or extend martial law over
States' whore war docs not exist, and has
suspended tho writ of habeas corpus, is
unwarranted by the Constitution and its
tendency is to subordinate civil to military
authority, and to subvert our system of
free government that wo deem it proper
further to declare that wo, together with
tho truly loyal people of tho State, would
hail with pleasure and delight any mani
festations of a desire on the part of the
seceded States to return to their allegiance
to the Goveonment of the Union, and in
such an event wo would cordially and
earnestly co-oppcratc with them in the
rcstoraii in of peace and tho procurement
of such proper guarantees as would give
securely, to all their interests and rights ;
that the soldiers composing our armies
merit the warmest thanks ol the nation;
their country called and nobly d d they
respond ; living, they shall know a nation's
gratitaile ; wounded, a nation's care j and
dying, they shall livo in our memories,
anil monuments shall bo raised to teach
posterity to honor the paliiots and heroes
who offered their lives at their country's
altar; that whenever it becomes practica
ble to obtain a Convention of all or three
fourths of the State, such body should be
convened f'ir the purpos" of proposing
such amendments to the Federal Consti-
."m ul'?n tl,c c'"lUu':t 01 tuo AUiniuutra-
tion. mill nntii-alinrf tn llm n.illnt. liny fur n
i e Mr i . i
e iiinrffi nt nnhnl' cowl ni-rnal nnit mi itnii
rial taking place of law, where tho courts
aro open and unobstructed, and for no act
done within tlio sphere of aetivc military
ftnni'f. Iinna in nn ti'lnrf rn flirt n.in im
"r ."' '"p . w"
ln carrying on
regard as a palpable violation of the Con
stltution of the United States : and we
furthermore denounce said nrrcst, trial
and baniihnieut, as a direct insult offered
to the sovereignty of tho people of Ohio,
Dy wnose organization anu law u is uo
clarcd that uo person shall bu trausportod
nut ot'llin Stain fnr nnv ofFinnr emtiiii'ir.nil
TO;ti,in thn same . that C. 17 Vallantltrshrtm
was, at the time of his arrest, a prominent
oaudidate for nomination by tlie Demo-
cratie party was fully competent to decide
WUl.Lll.1 UL. Mil' u lib I11U11 IV! L11U UUllllllil-
I inn nnd rlinr. lltn ntlninnt tn fliinritm rlmm
0f tiiat .mlit. by his arrest and banish-
nient, was autunmcricd imputation upon
their intelligenco and. loyalty, as well as
a violation of tho Constitution ; that wo
respectfully, but most earnestly call upon
the President of the United States to re
store 0 L. Vallandigham to his homo iu
Ohio, and that a Committee of ouc from
each Congressional District of tho State,
to be selected by tho presiding officer of
this Convention, is hereby appointed to
present this application to the President ;
that the thanks of this Convention aro
hereby tendered to Horatio Seymour,
Governor of New York, for his noblo
letter in relation to the arrest of Mr. Val
Liudigham, and the President of the Con
vention is hereby directed to communicate
a copy of this resolution to Governor
Seymour; that t s ll o sworn duty of the
Governors of fciiates to protect their citi
zens in tho jnjoymont and exercise of all
their Constitutional rights; and wo havo
beheld with deep humiliation, and regret
not only tliu failure of David Tod, Gov
ornor ot Uh.o, to porlorm mat dnty, nut
what is worse, his active participation in
violation of those rights; that wo denounce
as traifors to the country the Abolition
Jacobins who arc seeking to brinj,' about
civil war in iho loyal States, with the view
ol turning, if possible, the' bayonets of tho
army against the breasts of the fathers.
brothers and friends of tho soldiers, and
subjecting tho.c States to a military sur
veillance and dominion ; that the conduct'
ofDrig. Geo. Mason, military coinmaud-
ant at Columbus, and ot tho ollioer com
manding tho Provost Guaul, tu prevent
ing nil appearance of military restraint
upon the proceedings of this Convention,
show that they have a just appreciation
of the 0ou3titution of their couutry and
tho rights of tho people, ami that thoy aro
wise, patriotic offioors, and thai their con
duct on Hus occasion is in striking contrast
with fi contrary conduct oftho military
autho ines upon the occasion ol tho late
Demi' utie meotin:' at Indinonlis tako
pleas.i o in expressing our conlidoneo of
Gen. Mason, and tho officers aud soldiers
under his command.
Thn resolutions wero uuauimously adopt
ed, amid tho wildest enthusiasm. After
some further business, tho Convention
adjourned sine die.
JOSS" A Westorn cotompoiary, iu com
paring tho Loyal hoague to tho Know-
Nothings, s&ya "it is tho same old Skunk,
in a now hole."
A Homo Thrust.
Judge Hu3sell, of Now Yotk, having
been invited to political brotherhood with
tho associations styling thomsolvos "Loyal
Leagues,'' took tho oocasiou to send the
following destructive bomb shell among
them. Ho understands tho matter thor
oughly :
No. 39 Wall Street,
March 24th, 1803,
To Otis D. Swan, Esq., Secretary of tho
Union League:
Sir: lam in receipt of your circular
letter of the 10th insl., informing tnc that
1 have been elected a member of the
"Union League, " and asking mo to signify,
in writing, my acceptance of membership
without delay, ttc
I know not lo whom I am indebted for
the mistaken kindness shown in my elec
tion as a member of the association, Bat I
hasten to say that I decline to bo become
a member, or to transmit the initiation feo
and annual dues (amounting to 830) for
reasons which I will briefly state :
To tlio abstract principles of the
"League," as enunciated in the circular
sent me, I certainly do not dissent, but I
havo no confidence in the political Joop
Surface, who expressed these ''excellent
sentiments." Among tho list of your
officers and Executive Cmmittcc, I rec
ognize but few with whom I should be
will 'nij to associate politically, tho groat
majority of them being well known Abo
lition agitators, who cannot, in my hum
ble opinion, bo "loyal" to any prineiplo of
the Federal Conf titutiou. Tho Constitu
tion is tho Union, and without it the
Utiion is neither possible nor desirable.
Your league is principally made up of a
c'ass of politicians who havo for years
been advocates of that "higher law,"which
has contributed so largely to bring about
the war. The President of the Execulivc
Committee was an endorser and circulator
of that infamous publication, the "Helper
Hook'' one ot your most distinguished
members lately preached a sermon which
abounded not only with treason, but witli
sentiments abhorrent to humanity ; and
whilst you as a body, endeavor to conceal
the cloven foot of Abolitionism beneath
cunningly worded asseverations of fidelity
to th Constitution, most of you arc known
to endorse the sentiments of Thadtus
Stevens, tho late leader of your party in
the lower House of Congress, who declar
ed : "Never, with my consent, shall tho
Union bo restored as it was under the Con
stitution !"
In conclusion, without desiring to be
uncharitable, I think that there is a large
African in your A League," and that its
ohjects aro to induce Damocrats to con
tribute money to be secretly used against
their friends in the coming Connecticut
election, and to reinaugiuatc a reign of
terror, such as existed in tho spring of
1801, when every man was denounced as
a traitor who dare to think for himself ;
and when "loyal" Abolitionists (!) paraded
tho streets decorated with badges, to dis-
i tinguisli themselves, just as bhow beef
is marked in market.
Your obedient ser-
vant,
S. P. Russel.
A Backing Down.
A few days ago General Durnsido issued
an order suppressing the Chicago Times
for publishing tho truth, and tho same
time, and for tho same reason, prohibited
' tuo circulnrion oftho New York Worldxn
w Military Department. The issuance of
, . . , , ,
tyranuical mandate caused an intense
excitement in Illinois, and tho danger ol
nn outbreak of popular indignation was
imminel)t in Qhica-o. Tho Legislature ot
.. ,
lllino1 alao took actl0n 111 tho matter, and
the arbitary proceedings nfUurnsidc were
denounced in unmeasured tonus in that
body, and by tho people every where.
This being the stato of the cass the Ad
ministration at Washington becamo alarm
ed at tlio threatening aspect of affairs, aud
acting upon the maxim tiiat "discretion is
tho better part of volor," tho President
was constrained to revoke tho unconstitu
tional act of his pet GciiGi-al, and thus riot
and bloodshed havo beon prevented in
Chicago and elsewhere in tho Northwest
Uut is it not a humiliating position for tho
tVdminititratiou to bo placed iu? Either
Uurnsido was right or wrong in issuing tho j sion to tho Democratic portion of bis audi
offensive order. If right, bo should havo designating them as ''Ooppciisli"
been sustained by tha President, regard- about tho hoad, was as unbecoming tho
less of consequoDces if wrong, (and no 'character of his sacred office as it was in
sano man doubts it,) Mr. Linooln should , suiting to thoso roforod to.
havo coucliatcd public opinion by prompt- j Such sermons raoy build up Republicans
v d smissinc h m from tho armv. Ho has
dono neither, and thoroforo tho Adminis
tration will bo held responsible for this
J and all tho other tyrannioal aotsof its sub-
j ordinals.
Thc Coming Draft.
There is a very general misapprehension (
regarding the number of men whoso terms
of sorvico will expiro in our armies by the J
close oftho present year. It is supposed .
that thoro nro at least 50,000 two years ,
men and 300,000 nine months men, when
tho fact is tiio numbor of two years men ,
all told, will not amount to more than 12,
000, of which tho great majority aro from
this state, while there aro not over 150,
000 niuo months men now in tho fiold.
It will bo remembered that tho last call
was for 300,000 three years men and an
equal number of nino months men ; but
moro wise than the administration, no less
than Qvo of our northern provinces bent
all their energies to recruiting three years
men almost exclusively. Only two nine
months regiments wore raised in this stale,
but wo had a largo excess of tbrco years
men over other states, Wo were nearly
30,000 behind on tho full quotas, but the
longer term for which our citizens woro
recruited was allowed in thctfinal count.
The governors of Ohio, ludiana, Illinois
and Iawa also discountenanced tho raising
of nine months troops.
It foil iws, therefore, that our armies
will not bo so much reduced by the terms
of service of the soldiers expiring as is
generally supposed. Taking into account
the discharged for disability, tho deserters,
and thoso killed in battle, wc do not be
lieve that our armies in ths field will ac
tually lose moro than 100,000 effective
men by tho expiration ol the terms of sor
vico of soldiers during the present year.
True, this is a very largo number, but
who can doubt but that there will still bo
left men enough to boat down tho rebel
armies, if they aro only propsrly hand
led ?
This matter is important in view of the
conscription about to be enforced. It is
given out that three hundred thousand
men will probably bo the number called
for. Should a new army of that size be
raised, it will bc'moro than enough to fill
up the gaps in tbc ranks of our armies iu
the field, and will, in addition, furnish a
reserve largo enough for all practical
purposes.
In tho future army of tbc United States
allowance must bo made for tho negro ele
ment. It is estimated that there arc now
about 31,000 colored men in tlio United
States uuiform, distributed as follows:
General 'I nomas, en the Mississippi 11.000
General Rosecraiis
(ieucral Hanks
General Huntur
General Foster
Massachusetts regiments
lu Missouri nud Kansas
District of Columbia
S,0W
4,W)U
a.ouu
:i,uou
BJIOO
3.000
300
Total ' 31,300
With the raids going on iu tho southern
territory it is safe to assume that by Oc
tober next nearly 100,000 negroes will
have boon added to the number of our for
ces in the field. It is not unlikely that to
make the draft more palatable and to help
mollify tho prejudice against negro soldiers
that tho number of black troops secured
will bo deducted from tho 300.000 men to
be drafted.
That Si-mon.
It may be expected that wo should take
some notice of the political sermon (!) do
livored last Sabbath morning in the Mctho
dist Church, by the llev. Thomas M
llceso, P. E. of this district. The ltev.
politician himself seemed by bis remarks
to anticipate it, but wc cannot consent to
gratify bis vanity. If wc wero disposed
to givo any portion of our columus to the
subject, wo should bu compelled' to express
our senso oftho ulter unfitness of tho time
(tho holy Sabbath) tho place, (a church)
and the character of tho speaker, (a min
ister of the Gospel) for a political abolition
harangue, which he ehoso to dignify by
the name of "sermon." That wo may not
bo guilty of passing it by entirely unno
ticed, wc remark that it had all thecharac
toristics of a "stump speech," in stylo,
manner and matter; and so far were the
audienco made to forget tho Bacrodncss of
ot the day and tho proprieties of the pLco.
that when the speaker intimated that lie
had probably said enough thoy broke uut
in tho regular club-room stylo with cric3
of "go on, go on." His undignified allu-
but thoy will never convert sinnors.
Danville Intelligencer,
o-
tSyTho Selinserovo Literary Inslitu
tlons had their Spring closing exeroiscs
I Is s LninninM T 4 1 t nvAl
iho beginning of this week.
Tho Case oi Mr. Vallandfghaiu.
Now that tho ease of the Chicago Twits
has been decided, let tho pcopla ouco incro
turn to that of Mr. VALLANDianAM
Tho outrago committed, in bis case, on
tho libcrtv of sncech. on thn nnrsnnnl i,l,
crty of tho citizen, and on tho laws of tho
land, is unparalleled in tho history of
constitutional Governments. He was ar
rested at dead cf night by military force,
dragged, against tho law oftho land, and
the law passed by tho last Congress, and
and approved by the President, beforo a
drum-head court-martial, tried, convicted
and sentenced. Auil to all these outrage
ous proceeding the President added his
own unconstitutional act, of banishing him
to a country over which he exercises no
jurisdiction, and to which he had no more
right to scnl him then to drop him in tho
middle of the ocean. The President ha3
no right to banish any citizen from a loyal
Su.tj. The law does not recognize such
a punishment, and the act cannot ovon bo
apologized for by tho misorablo and naw
threadbare plea of "military necessity."
It was a mere act of vengeance or of cow
ardly fear, which if the people of Ohio
had acted with the same resolutions no
those of Illinois, and especially of Chicago,
would have been as promptly reversed as
the order suppressing tho Chicago Times.
The history of the last fortnight has
shown the peoplo what they must do to
preserve their liberty from the encroach
ments of arbitary power, and what canb
they must play to prevent an unprincipled
Jacobinical faction from winning the trick.
The hypocritical plea of "military nccess-
ty, in extenuation of a crime committed
against Hie laws and institutions of thn
ouutry, must bo promptly mot by tho
people's pica oftho "necessity of protec
ting their rights," and each lawless act of
tho Administration, or its satraps, must
bo opposed and pursued to the last con-
equenco.
Lot not tho people forgot the oaso of
Mr. Vatlasdioiiam. Let not their
memory of the outrage bolullod to sleep.
The men guilty of that outrago must bo
made to atone for it, and the people, in
depositing their ballot at tho next election,
must remember that they have to resent
tho greatest insult which has yet been off
ered to a free people.
JBS7"IIinton Rowan Helper, whoso in
cendiary book, endorsed by so many great
but blind (Abolition) men, sot us on firo,
in civil war, is now rusticating, our readers
have boon told, in tho pleasant city of
Bueocos Ayres, as Consul, on a good sal
ary, doubtless, far removed from tho firo
ho created. A Fast correspondent from
that quarter, perhaps Helper himself.
writes :
"Tho Americans, besides the interest
they feel in the news from home, have a
weddiug iu the diplomatic circle. Mr. Hel
per marries Miss Mary Rodngouz. I
givo her name becauso alio is so well
known in diplomatic circle here. Sho is
a native of this city, but was educated iu
New York, and she has many acquaintan
ces in various parts of the United States.
alio is beautiful, accomplished and rich,
and her brilliant eyes and varied gifts
havo led scores ofhearts in thrall boforo
the 'Crisis.' Tho wedding is wholly pri
vate, early this morning, and tho happy
pair aro away to the couutry residence of
the brido's father."
Office wife while others blo?d and
die in agony, on Colds of struggle.
Appointed Cleric. Thomas Urown,
a brother of old John Drown, the hero of
the Harper's Ferry massacre, has been
appointed to a 82,00 clorkship in tho
Treasury Department, ho having become
tired of the army and resigned. Wash
ington paper.
Wo think tho Riowns (tho sons and
brother of c'old John,")are now provided
for, all of them havitig boon quartered ou
tho Government at very snug salariss.
After 'old John Drown,' had made bis
murderous raid upon tho women and chil
dren of Harpers Ferry, tho Republicans or
Abolitionists, began to think they had
gone too far, and attempted to divest
themselves oftho responsibility of that act;
but no sooner wero thoy in power than
they exhibited the most marked rffection
lor the Drowus and tho favors of the ad
ministration have bcon extended to thorn
everfiinco. The Drown raid was a por
tion oftho plan adopted by tho Abolition
ists to involvo our couutry in civil stnto.
tSyLot demoorats cheer up, tho pros
pects for a oomploto vtotory at the stato
clootion were never bettor thau at present.
Greenbacks, Contracts and Usurpations
cannot prevent the triumph of Domooraoy
tins tali.
Tlso Editor of n paper out Went
says ''that ho wouldn't mind tho hioli prico
- of wood so rouoh, if all tho noichbors
hadn't taken to tlio disgusting habit ot
ftfl'mf t Yt 1 1 If-.tM .Imiinn .Imams a i ! 1. 4
.locking their w-ood-liowe door nt night.