NORTH. t nn H Jin A Two Dollars per Annum In Adrariccs JACCBX.& IKELER, PnMisberi. TRUTH AND RrQHT :GOD AND OUR COUNTRY. BLOOMSBURG. COLUMBIA CO., PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1866. ISEtT SERIES j VOL. I- NO- 17- . VOI,. XXX. 1 SERIES. AMD STAR 0 t " - the .DEMOCRAT "AND STAR, PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, . IN BLOOMSBURG, PA., BY . J AGO BY 8c IKELER. TERMS, $2 00 in advance. If not paid till the "Vnd of In year. 58 rent additional will, be charged. E7 No paper discontinued until all arrearage re paid except at the opi ion of the editors. ; - RATES l)F advertising. ' 1H LIKi CONSn-TUTH A it)0R. One square "ne or three intertioni ....... Every subsequent inaertion lea. tuao 13.. spacc. . Ik. 2a. - 3m. 6k, . l 50 50 lY. j I0W 14.U0 One square. Two squares. Three- -Four squares. Half rol iimn. One column, 2.C0 3.0o 3,00 6.10 10. Oo 15 00 I 3 CO I 4 3 00 j 6 00 6 on 8,0i) lMO M,0D 18 00 30 00 6,10 'I 7.00 8,j0 18.00 SO 00 30 00 50 00 6.0 1-2 00 IK 00 I0,fo 14.00 2'J.UO Executor' and Adioiuislrator's Notice. "3.00 .2.00 Auditor's Notice Other advancements inserted according to special contract. - Business notices, without advertisement, twenty, certs per line. Transient advertisements payable in adtanee, altl others doe after the flrst insertion. OFFICE -In Suive'a Block, Corner of M.iin And Iron Streets. ' Address. JACOBY A. IKELER. , " Cloomsburg. Columbia County, Pa. A Patriot if You Succeed A Rebel if You Fail. . '.'. BT TETER PEPPERCORN'. j Oet th flats eyes : And, like scurvy politician, scorn .- To see the tbmrs thou dost int. (King Lear: ct iv ; Seen 6. Where the Elisabeth and James Their flawing streams unite, . -Within lb Fortress of Monroe Appeared, tlia other night, ' s v bit darned if 1 can stats' , flow fee got in . at any rata He walked straightway to Carroll Hall, .. And gave the door a rap. Which roused the drowsy sentinel - Out of It is dreamy nap. And made him tremble like a leaf, J" It waa so sadden and ao brief. However, he '.Mocked, the dnor. And, Baiat Peter ve us I Ilia Ghost said. -I'm George Washington , And eoane tsee Jeff. Daviv Now. point hi room out. and ri;ht away Bi quick, be. silent, and obey !" The George stalked inta JeflV's room . - ' . Aud said, "friend Jcfl '. how aro you f -t I se they have not kilted you yet -. I hop. I do not scare ycu I" , "CU, no," said Jrff.. -but pray be seated. Tour visit is appreciated." , .. 7 Indeed." sii J George. ''I'm Glad of that 1 . tt give, urn eooiol itioii ; But tell me, Jeff, what do you tLiak . . About your situation f I bear that Congress, in due seaion. - Intend (o have you tried for treason." - i J . .. There's not a doubt of that." says Jeff., ' "They'll have me put on trial; For since your time the Yamcass Bavu ' BlCOKC aXTSKMCLT LOTAL Their taxes pay. without a wtti. . . For which they dauined old George the Third. ."But tell me. George, how is it you Are praited and me derided ? Ton went in for secession. And held slaves as welt as I did. -' I must confess, 1 cannot see The difference 'twin you and mi." '2 "Pooh, pooh'." says George. "I wondsr at A mail of your discretion ; New England, in my day held slaves, , ' And went in for secession ; "And would have been the same to day. But, don't you see it would not pay. "Besides, yon kndw, lo tarn their coats The saints are mighty bandy, . Andarw as fond of power and cash. As girls are fond of candy. I always found those shoe-peg peddlers. A caotiug set of knavish meddlers. Republics are ungrateful, Jeff, Yoa knew it. to yonr cost ; They praised me because I an, Oaiaa y keeniwe you lost ; " 1 bat's all the difference I can soe". r Friend Jeff., there is 'twixt you and me. "However, Jeff,, take my arfvxe, . ' - ' If they should prosecute you, Your conduct justify by mine ; The knaves can not refute yoa. Be this the burden of your ong, .-. It Ge.rg. via. light, Jeff., was not wrong. Bnt should the bigots now in power All human right, deny you. Then meet your fate like, brave man, '1 be world will, justify yu . Bol hare our eoolrece must end ; Ii candid and be firm, my friend " The ghost then walked out of the room With military precision, And 1 awoke aad rubbed uiy eyes. And found it but a virion. Brought on by sleeping on my back, -Aad drinking too much applejack. COMMUiNIOATlUiNS. . . Gubernatorial. No. 8. Editors Democrat & Star: I anxious ly await the trial and eagerly anticipate the result of the Gubernatorial contest in Penn sylvania. The indications of success 'are certainly upon the side of the Democracy, and that good old party will again anchor the noble ship of State safely in its destined haven.' Defeated, oft they realize the say ing, that ."Truth, crushed tearth will rls again, . The eternal years of God are hers; But error, wounded, wri'hes in pJtn, And dies amidst her follower. " Every lover of the Law," the Union, and the Constitution, in this great Commonwealth desires the election of IIiester Clymer. Every sycophant at the foot of power", ac ' customed to "bending the pregnant hinges of.the.knee that thriftmay follow fa wning," on the other hand, will support John V. Geary. It will, indeed, be a gontest betwixt the fritfnds of free government and the ene mies of our common liberties. ' Speaking of white men's right?, I would ask where are. they, and what is our hope in the interest of the Curtin-Cameron-Forney-li3unionist3? The last disunion Legislature of this State passed a bill in direct rvtla tvon of all Constitutions -dirfranchiang de serters and non-reporting drafted men. This iniquitiouabill has been signed by Gov. Cur-tin- What now will those of our democrat ic members of that body say. who, just be fore the adjornment, recorded their votes ap ;proving of Curtin's administration? This act of abolition legislation, like their rnnnort of the negro-suffrage bill, is another egregious wrong upon the rights-of white j Citizens, ana gives tuc ue iJ i hicu jucic-ii- ded partiality for " impartial suffrage." It "matters little, however, that thousands of iionestmen may be deprived of their just rights, as citizens, at the ballot box, so far -as'Geary'g chance3 are concerned next fall. The disunion .candidate will be defeated next fall by an immense majority, every species of rascality, disunion, and outrage, by the Yv innetago tribe, to the contrary not withstanding. " FeSow Democrat charge upot our wick ed and treacherous enemies. Yours is a co.t..m cause. "Charge . side by side ban 1 in hand ana in arm, and with a bold front. Stand fim, and organize early for the fiht.' Down with the fanatics. Shoulder to shoulder Hearts firm, strong, and true. We never wlil be conquered. By tae L'nioa hating crew." 7a arms Li th? riAt, trastin? to God for Abolitionists and Abolitionism. NO 7. When the bill for the division of Virginia was before the National House of Repre sentatives, the leader of the disunionists, Thad. Stevens, eaid : "Iwillnot stultify myself by supposing that we haveany warrant in the Constitu tion for this proceeding. This talk of restor ing the Union as it was, and under the Con stitution as it is, is one of the absurdities that I have heard repeated, until I am sick of it. The Union never shall, with my consent, be restored under the Constitution as it is." Yet in violation of his oath to support the Constitution he did all he could to sever the OM Dominion, and by the aid of his disunion co-workers accomplished that gross outrage. Wrhen he was in the reform Convention of Pennsylvania, in 1838, he was bitterly op posed to any change, or amendments to the State Constitution ; and among other things said : "But why do I attemptto stay the ruthless efforts of those who would tear up the deep foundations of the government under which Pennsylvania has so long prospered and be come great, happly and respected 1 Its fate is sealed. It is a doomed instrument. The destructives have possession of this halL This Constitution ichuh tcise' modern reformers pronounced old, obsolete and decrepid, is bmind hand and foot and delivered over to the uncircumctied Philistines, andit will inevita bly be shorn of its locks of strength vnlesthe people come to its rescue. But, whatever may be done here, it is my duty to warn the peo ple of the attempts noio malcing to unsettle and confuse the laws tchich have so long pro tected, them, that need; and desperate adven turers may fatten on the plunder. I have full confidence in a steady and disinter ested people disinterested as to the fate of parties, but dephf interested in tJte welfare oftloe State and the protection of thclivcs,thr. liberty a nd the property of its cit izeyis. Sen d forth to them thit mangled, mutilated and ctejormed Constitution, and the? wul put their seal of condemnation vpon it; and tli'y will still live and prosper under the tccll-tried charter ichich their wise and honest fajhers left them." . In view of all this we may ask, why does this wretch and his corrupt company of Con gressional tinkers now attempt to tear and patch the National Constitution of our Fa thers, under which, by Democratic rule, the Republic long prospered and become great, happy and respected ; simply because he is a traitor, as the President said in his speech on the 22d of last . February. But 1 enter tain no doubt that the "mangled, mutilated ami deformed Constitution," upon which he and his followers have been testing the qual ity of their knives and strength of their bludgeons, will find no favor among the masses of the people ; but that thy will tive a united and effective support to the nion, and Andy Johnson in his noble strug gle to maintain inviolate 'the well-tried char tar which their wise and honest Fathers k-ft thou.' But the next traitor named by the Presi dent in the speech referred to above is Chas. Sumncr2 from whom I could quote many declarations that he owed no obedience to the Constitution of the United fcitates, but will give one only, which is sufficiently ex plicit to serve as a specimen to the rest : "Let me say that the Constitution of the United States, as I understand it, exacts no passive obedience, and no inan, who is not wholly lost to self -respect and ready to aban don the manhood which is shown in the heaven-directed countenance, will voluntarily aid in enforcing a "judgment" which, in his consv'ience,he solemnly believes to be against the fundamental law. The whole dogma of pat sive obedience must be rejected in what ever guise it may assume, aud under what ever alias it may skulk j whether in the ty rannical usurpation of King, Parliament, or judicial tribunal." Wendell Phillip?, the third traitor named by the President, and from whom I gave tome extracts in my number 2, published in man lor President, we should have put down the rebellion in ninety day3 and left slavery where it was." This provos that he and his friends urged on the war, not to preserve the Constitution and the Union,but to destroy both, and thus set the negroes free ! Hence President Johnson was just right in calling those men traitors. He conld not truthfully speak of them and call them any thing else. It may be well to add, in this place, some extracts from the speeches and writings of the prominent apologists and defenders of the "traitors" explictly named by the President. Foremost among these is Mr. Benjamin F. Wade, who said, in 18G0, referring to the secession movements of the southern lead ers : " I am not one of those who would ask them to contiune,in such a Union. It would be doing violence to the platform of the par ty to which I belong. A e have adopted the old Declaration of Independence as the basis of our political movements, which declares that men. when their Government ceases to protect their rights when it is so subverted from the true purposes of government as to oppose them, have the right to recur to fun damental principles, and, if need be, to de stroy the Government under which they live, and to erect on its ruins another more con ducive to their welfare. I hold that they have this right whenever they think the con tingency has come. You cannot forcibly hold men in this Union, for the at tempt to do so, it seems to me, would sub vert the first principles of the Government under which we live." Fred. Douglass, under the auspices of Mr. Chase, has recently undertaken to berate the President for disloyalty. The qualifications of this negro critic to sit in judgment on Mr. Johnson-will be understood by a siagle sen tence taken from a speech he made in New York in 1860 : " From this time forth, I consecrate the labors of my life to the dissolution of the Union ; and I care not whetherthe bolt shall come from heaven or from hell !" Mr. William Lloyd Garrison ha? a!o ta ken it upon himself to denounce the Presi dent as the vilest of traitors, and has made a speech in which, this idea is embodied with every embellishment of scurrility. This se vere and exacting patriot said, in 1855 : "I have said, and say again, that in pro portion to the growth of disunioni'm will be the growth of Republicanism. The Union is a lie." As late as 1S63, Mr. Garrison declared in las newspaper, the Liberator : "No act of ours do we regard with more vour paper ot May 2d, lgC, said m a pub lic speech : "Thank God for McC'leHan, for Cameron thank God for defeat. ith a kind, than when, sevend years ago, on the Fourth of July, in the presence- of a great assembly, we committed to the flames the Constitution of the United States." Mr. Horace Greeley is also among the glo rious company of patriots who have been shocked at the treasonable utterances of the President. Long ago Mr. Greeley said : "All nations have their superstitions, and that of our people is the Constitution." And in his Tribune, of June 13th, 1854, published the following "ode to the Ameri can flag." "All hnil the flitirting He I The stars grow pale and dim. The stripes are hi c oily scars, A lie the vauiuiug hymn. It shie'ds a pirates deck. It hinds a man in chains. Ittoke. the captive's neck. 1 And wipes the bloody stains. Tear down the flanntinc lie ; Half mast the starry flag ; Insult no snnny sl.y V ith hates polluted rag 1 Destroy it. ye who can. Deep sink it in the wives. It bears a fellow man To groan with fellow-slaves. Turl tho boasted l.e Till freedom lives agnin. To rule once more in truth. Among untramn elled men. Roll up the starry shepn. Conceal Its bloody stains ; For in its folds ar! seen The stamp of rustling chains !" Now all these leading Abolition Traitors are pretending great veneration for the Hag. and act with, what is mis-called the 'Union but truly named the disunion party. May the people read Democratic papers, speeches, ic., then will they get their eyes open and see clearly. Jefferson. A Civil Necessity. Office holders and these dependent upon their smiles, affect to be much embarrassed to ascertain which side honor requires them to take in the contest between Radicalism and the President. Strange, that they sicfuld mi-understand the practical workings of the maxim "to the victors belong the spoils." Since 1861, the Republicans iave had a just claim to the en joyment of office, and most valliantly have they asserted their right The records show that twice as many appointments were made in the civil service under Mr. Lincoln as had been made by all of his predecessors. Of this, Democrats have no righj to com plain, and for five years they have patiently "stood out in the cold," and despite the. subtle acts of a despotic foe have gallantly maintained their principles and their organization. Suppose their is difficulty in deciding which ! wing of the Republicans is the party that tri umphed in 1S61 and 1804. it still does not aff ect the Democracy, andean in no manner en title them to claim the spoils of office. If the President would assume to dictate to Congress whom they should select to fill the offices at their disposal he would justly merit and would undoubtedly receive the se verest rebuke, and yet he has precisely the same right -to do this that Congress has to dictate to bun the recipients of hi official fa vors. Upon this subject the Radicals have themselves settled the question. Who does not remember that within a brief two years the Radical shibboleth was, "TiiErrvEsiiE;rr ISTUE government. Oppose the President and j-ou oppose the Government. All men are traitoiswhodonotsupportthe President." Such were the daily utte;ancc3 of the choddy loyalists; Mr. Lincoln himself sectioned the doctrine, and their whole party acted upon it The unlawful seizure arid imprisonment of thousands of Democrats have indelibly im pressed upon our minds this doctrine in all its length and breadth. If then, Lincoln as Presi dent was the Government, so Johnson as President is the Government, and we com mend to their lips the chalice so rudely press ed to ours. The offices arc in the gift of the Execu tive. If he believes his policy .will restore the Union and give prosperity to the whole people, and if he believes he can strengthen his cause through tho offices Tit hs disposal, he should at once and determinedly use the means the Constitution and laws have given him. Three fifths of the Republicans are with the President, but through the controlling influence of th'ir machinery their voice is stifled, they are induced to be silent by the fdse assurance that all vrill yet be well ; that the differences will yet be healed. They forget that A-nprfiy Johnson proulalmcd from the steps of the Presidential mansion, that TnnsE men "ark traitors." The hour for fraternization, lias past, the breach is irreparable, thcseperationis final. Upon the question of rc-construction the Democracy in solid phalanx are supporting the policy of the President They seek none of the offices. They have no just claim to them. They regard the contest as one of principle one of greater importance was never submitted to the American people. Its defeat will forever sink the last hope of our free institutions, its triumph will make a glorious future possible for our noble coun try. The influence of office holders for-good is but slight ; for evil they may le all powerful. As supporters of a measure they weigh but little; as its opposers they are always felt. In a close contest, their opposition may turn the scale. In a deadly struggle with "trai tors," can it be that the President will per mit his office holders to range themcejves under the banner of treason and throw into the breach against hiuithe influence and po sition they hold at his pleasure ? Measur ing the vigor of the foe and the magnitude of the issue, 13 it not plainly his duty to use with unsparing hand every means that the Constitution and laws have cast upon hini. Under the sway of the Radicals, "Mili tary NECESSITY" washeldto iustifyany vio lation of the Constitution and laws, and now we hold that "Civil Nzcessity" enjoins the vigorous use of every means that are vested in the Executive under the plain terms of the organic and statute laws. The union of the ctatcs is the life of the nation. Let the law of the land be wielded to preserve that life. The foe is a dangerous one and must be vanquished. The disease is desper ate and efficient remedies must be resorted to. Halting measures will not answer. A clean sweep must be made. Pretended sup port of the President will not do. Works must show the faith of these gentlemen. They cannot support Johnson and Stevens, they must love the one and hate the other. They must support the Presidents policy, they must speak favorably of jt, they must support those who Eupport it and oppose those who oppose it. ' Determined, prompt and energetic action on the part of tie Ex ecutive, is vitally essential, lie can afford to be bold in sustaining ti e right GT The Boston Advertiser refers to the A Widow's Soliloquy. How dreary ! Shiver in heart and tremble in body 1 How cold the world is ! There is no sun, ho hope, for my life lies buried be neath the xl of a warmer country than this. Once I had a happy home. Once I was a loved wife. The morn and the noon and the night came, and with each came a kiss of love a strong arm a strong heart, a fresh blossom from the buds of hope. The birds sang in the trees the rivulet went laughing on its way the grass nodded to grain and the grain nodded back to the grass the flowers climbed up the lattice as my chidren clambered up into my lap or romped with their father as he rolled on the floor in play with pets after the work of the day was done for him. And I sang as I worked. And I was hap py in m' loves and my hopes. We labored and prospered. The fields grew in size our home became more beautiful my boys grew to be young men and my heart swelled with pride a I looked upon the home and loved ones. We earned more than was required to support us the cattle lowed in the pastures the horses stamped in the stables the chickens chased each other in the yard our cellar and pantry were full there was grain in the barn, and strong hands to gather more. The fife and the drum I To save the Union I Our flag was insulted ! Our country was in danger ! Our liberties were in j)eril ! Oh merciful God, how my heart rebelled against the unnatural strife ! I listened to glib tongues I was told by spe cious pleaders that the Union was m danger it was pounded into my brain from the pulpit it was prayed into me Ly a so-called man of God I was educated to hate tho-e who had never harmed me or mine I grew wild and helped buckle the sword upon my husband's side, and filled the knapsajk for my son. The horrid fife and drum ! Men with glib tongues said the men must fo but the men with glib tongues went not ! The fife and drum drowned the song of the bird.'. The long lines of blue tramped by huzzas fent the air my husband, whose arms had in love encircled me ; my son, whoc life was my life, went forth to preserve the Union! I wept! In the stillness of my room I wept and Iiraj-ed. My pillow was wet with tears my ieart grew sad the dust seemed like powder the days were so long ! the nights were so full of horrid dreams. The horrid fife and drum ! They drowned the song of my birds they made my heart wild. The lightning seemed like flashes of bay onets ! The thunder was but the echo of bursting shells ! The hollow wind was the groaning of those who were dear to me who were stolen from my arms to preserve the Un ion ! - I prayed! But my minister was off in the army, or at the hustings. J wept ! Bat tears would not still my aching heart. I asked those who enticed my loved ones away but they were too busy counting mocoy to answer me ! " ' (Hone! Vend! Alone! I knew it ! I dreamed it 1 The newscome, but never a husband never a son ! One died in a hospital, with no one to care for him. My husband, whose lips so oft were pressed to mine whose heart Jiad been so close to mine. My husftand who knew me and who I knew so well he died where iny arms could not enfold him where my kis could not give him new life where my hand could not smooth back the hair from his forehead ! Oh, the horrid fife and drum! And my sort ! lie died he was killed on the battle field. A bursting shell tore his head open, that head I so often r-etted and looked upon with pride. It tore away the lins 1 had often kissed. And he fell on the sod he lay so stdl in death, side by side with the ones I was taught to hate the ones who were not our natural enemies ! And the iron-shod foot of a cavalry horse went crash ing through the heart of my dead boy, as he lay dead on that bloody field ! That heart which held my image that heart which was lost to me forever. On, God! Howl wept and prayed! I gave them to my country. They were sent forth by me I helped prepare them for the sacrifice I heard the horrid fife and drum they said my country called 1 believed and sent them forth. And they said 'twas well that they died lo preserve the Union! Now they tell me the Union is not pre served! Then why was I robbed of my treasures? The ones who wanted my loved ones to go are still here but they say the War typrescite the Union was a failure. I am but a woman I know not much of pol iticsbut I Jcnow I am a widow that my loved ones are gone that my heart is dark with sorrow that the tax-gatherer is taking all that we earned before the war that I am called upon to pay taxes, expenses and even interest money to support the bond holders who were enric hed by the blood of my loved ones, and to hear night and morn ing the echo of the honid liie and drum, and to a.-k myself and ethers what we. what you or I have gained hy giving our loved ones to the sacrifice which we are told divid ed, instead of restored the Union ? I am a poor widow I do not understand politics, but I want someone to tell me what I have gained, and why I must bear all the taxation as I have borne the sorrow? La Crosst Democrat. Young America Wonders. Wonder why mamma keepsBi idgethomefrom church to work all day, and then say3 it is wickedpto build my rabbit house on Sunday? Wonder why our minister bought that pretty cane with the yellow lion's head on the top, and then asks me for my cent to put in the missionary box? Don't I want a jewsharpjust as well as he wanted a cane ? Wonder what makes papa tell such nice stories about hiding the master's rattin when he went to school, and about his running away from the school mistress when she was. going to whip him, then shut me up all day in a dark room because I tried just once to be as smart as he was? Wonder what made papa say that wicked word when Betey upset the ink all over his papers, and then slap my ears because I said the same thing when my kite string broke? Wonder why mamma told Bridget to say that she was not at home when Tommy Day's mother called and then puts me to bed with- Bill Arp is Called Before the Reconstruction Committee Suppressed Testimony. Mr. Editor: Mnrder will out, and so will evidence. Having seen Dan Rice's tes timonv before the Destruction Committee, I have felt sorter slighted because no mention aint been made of mine. I suppose it has been suppressed, but I am not to be hid out in obscurity. Our country is the special jury and by and by this business will go up before it on appeal. The "record must go up fair and complete.and therefore I'll take occasion to make public what I swore to. I said a good deal more than I can put down, Mr. Editor, and at times my language was con sidered impudent, but they thought that was all the better for their side, for it illus trated the rebellious spirit I heard one of 'em say : "Let him go on the ruling pas sion strong in death. He's good States evidence." When I was put on the stand old Bout well swore me most fiercely and solemnly to s$bak the truth, the whole truth, and noth ing But the truth, and I observed that he was then entertaining about a quart of dou ble rectified and it looked like it had soured on his stomach. Old Blow was settin off on one side with a memorandum book, getting ready to note down some "garbled extracts.' Old Iron Works was Chairman, and when he nodded his Republican head, old Bout well, says he: "j'our name is Arp, I believe, sir?' "?o called," Fays I. "You reside in the State - of Georgia, do you ? "I can't say exactly," says I. "I live in Rome, rifiht in the fork of two injun rivers." "In the State of Georgia?" says he fiercely. "In a state of uncertainty about that," says I. "We don't know whether Georgia is a State or not. I would like for you to state yourself, if you know. The state of the country requires that this matter should be settled, and I would proceed to state " "N'vcr mind, sir," hays he. How old are you. Mr. Arp?" "That depends on circumstances," says I. "I don't know whether you count the last five years or not. Durin the war your folks said that a State couldn't secede, but that while she was in a state of rebellion she ceased to exist. Now you say we got out, and we shant go back again until 1870. A man's age has got something to do with his; rights, and if we are not to vote, I don't think we ought to count the time. That's about as near as I can come to my age, sir." "Well, sir," says he, "are you familiar with the political sentiments of the citizens of your Suite?" "Got no citizens yet, sir, that wo know of. I wi'l thank you to speak of us as 'people.' " "Well, sir," says he, "I'll humor your obstinacy. Are the people Of 3'our State" "Don't speak of "it asa State, sir, if jrou please. I'm on oath now, and you must excuse me for being particular. Call it a 'section.'". "Mr. Arp, are the people of your section sufficiently humbled and repentant to come back into the Union on such terms as we may think proper to impose?" "Not much they ain't," says T. "I dn't think they are prepared for it yet. They wouldn't voluntarily go it blind against your hand. They say the deal wasn't fair and you've marked the cards and stole the trumps, but at the same time they don't care a darn what vou do. They've become indifferent, and don't care nothing about Your Guv i awkes business, l mean no re spect to you. gentlemen, but I was swore to teil the whole truth. Our people ain t a noticin vou onlv out of curiosty. They dou't exper t any thing decent or honorable, or no ble from you, and they've gone to work diggin and piowin and plantin and raisin bov children. ' Riedit here the man with a memorandum scratched down a garbled extract, and old Boutwell savs he: "What do you mean by that, sir? What inference do you intend?" "I'm statin' facts," savs I. "You must draw vour own inferences. Thev are raisin' boy children. Any harm about that ? Any treason ? Can't a man raise bov children ? Perhaps you'd like to amend the Constitu tion .mi 1 stop it ! Old Pharaoh tried toste-j it among the Israelites, but it didn't pay. He finally caught the dropsy in the Red Sea. We are raisin boy children fir the fun of it They are a good thing to have in the house, as Mrs. Toodlt-s would saT." "Mr. Arp, are not the feelings of your people very bitter against the North ?" "I beg your pardon, sir, but you'll have to split the question, or else I'll have to split the answer. Our people have a very -high regard for honorable men. brave men, noble hearted men, ami there's a heap of 'em North, sir, and there's a heap of widows and orphans there we are sorry for ; but as for this here Radical party, they look upon 'em like they washyenasa scratchin' up the dead for a livin'. It's as natural to hate 'em as it is to kill a snake. It's utterly impossible for me to tell the strength, and length, and hight, depth and breadth of their contempt lor that part'. They look upon a Radical as as a well, as a beggar on horseback a buzzard sailin' round a dead eagle a suck egg dog crcepin' up to the tail of a dead lion. They talk about hnin' Browulow to abuse 'em, to u.-e language on 'eiii like he did a few years ago when he spoke against Prync. If thev d hire Brownlow, he'll spatter 'em, he'il daub 'em all over, and slime 'em and slubber on 'cm about right, and it will stick, for the I'ores are open and thtiir morals spongy. I'd like to stand off about ten rods and hear him spread himself. It would be worse than a squirt-gun full of cow-slop.and, I have no doubt, would give general satis faction." "That's sufficient, sir," saysold Boutwell. "Ef it was in their power to do so, would j our people renew the fight ?" "Not unless thev could fight the Radicals all alone, and all the world agree to "hands off." Even there wouldn't be no fight, for we couldn't cotch you." 4What do your people say upon the sub ject of negro equality ?" "They say it's a lie, sir it don't exist ly nature and never can in practice. Folks were not created free and equal. That may be a theoretical truth, but It s always been a prac tical lie. There's grades of society every where. There's men I give the sidewalk to, and there's men that gives it to me. There's men that I vote, and men that vote me, and the grades up, up, step by step, from my sort to Mr. Davis and Mr. Stephens, and Gener al Lee, and Howell Cobb, and Ben. Hill and their sort ; for they arc the highest in the nation : and then again, it goes from me down, down, down to the niggers and( the Republicans and the Radicals, and that's as low as they run. There aint no equality, and you don't make one. We'll vote the niggers certain. I'll vote Tip, and Tip's a head center. He II vote about lorty, and do it certain, seven of era eighteen carats strong, with African musk, lhe other rebel States will do the same thing, and you'll have about fiftv of 'em to draw seats with, and you can all stick your legs upon your desks together and swap lies and vermin, ana be shampooed at the same shop, and the fair sexes can set together in the galleries and mix odors, and fan their scent about promis cuous. We give you a full benefit of your Civil Rights Bill, see if we don't You go on play your cards.. We are bidinour time. We are paying your taxes and your duties and back rations for 1804, and licenses, and j-our internal revenue, and obeyin j-our laws without navin any nana inmakin cm, and we are cut off from pensions, and public lands ; and you sold a poor man's still in my country the other day because he couldn't pay your tax on some peach brandy he still rd for his neishbors two years ago : and soon you'll be sellin the land for the land tax,and you're trying yur st lW tne dCTU SCQ- erallv ; but you 11 eaten it in tne-Jong run. See if you don't. Talk aboutFenians. When the good men of the North and the South all get together, they'll walk over the track so fast that you wont have time to get out of the way. You'll subside into obscurity, and j-our children will deny that their daddies ever belonged to such a party. Excuse me, gentlemen, but I'm a httle excited. Five cents a pound on cotton will excite anybody that makes it Tax on industry on sweat and toil. Protection tariff for Pennsylvania, and five cents a pound tax on Southern cot ton half its average worth and your folks will manage some way or other to steal the other half. My advice to you is to quit this foolishness and begin to travel the only road to peace." Old Blow couldn't keep up with hi? garb led extracts. "What makes the President so popular at the South?" "Contrast, sir contrast. The more he ain't like your paily, the more popular he is. lie would treat us about right. I reckon, if you would let hini alone, but j-ou bedevil so that sometimes he don't understand himself. I don't think he knew for a while whether his peace proclamation restored the writ of habeas corpus or not. But do you go on and impeach him, and that will bring matters to a f,icus. I'll bet you'd be in Fort Delaware in a week, and the Southern members be here in their scats, and they'll look round at the political wreck and ruin and plunder and stealage that's been going on, and they might exclaim, in the language of the poet, 'Who's pin here since I'sh pin gone V "Mr. Arp, suppose we should have a war with England or France, what would the rebels do?" "They'd follow.General Lee and General Johnston," and Longstreet, and Bragg aud old Borj'. My opinion is that, General Lee would head the Union army, and General Grant would be his chief of staff, and Gen eral Buell would rank mighty high, and" "What would j-ou do with General Sher- "Sorry j-ou mentioned him. u c d have to hire him, I reckon, as a camp fiddler,and make him sing "II til Columbia." by fire light, as a warning to the boys how mean it is to burn cities and tows and make war upon dele-useless women and children. No sir, our boys wouldn't fight under 110 such.' At this time the man with the memoran dum put down some more garbled extracts. "Do you think, Mr. Arp, that if the South should ever hold the balance of power they would demand pay for their negroes ?" "I can't say, sir. But I don't think the South has lost anything that waj-. We got their labor before the war for the vittejs and clothes and doctor's bills and we get it now for about the same. It's all settled down that wav ami vour Bureau could' nt help it. The only difference is in the distribution. Some of us d ui't own as many a3 we used to, but everybody has got a nigger or two now, and they'll all vote 'cm ortura'ein off. A nigeror that wouldn't vote as I told him, shouldn't black mj' boots." At this time the committee looked at one another, seemin' to be bothered and aston ished. Garbled extracts were put down with a vim. Mr. Boutwc'.l says he, "Mr. Chairman, I think, sir, we are about through with the witness ; I think, sir, his testimony settles the question what we ought to do with South ern traitors." The Chairman gave me a Republican nod and remarked, "Yes, sir, 1 think we do. The scoundrels burnt mj- ironworks." Whereupon I retired, havin? general sat isfaction. Yours, trulj-, BILL ARP. Husbands and their SiYes. Some husbands never leave home in the morning without kissing their wivesand bid ding them "good bje, in the tones of un wearied love ; and whether it be- policy or fact, it has the effect of fact, and those homes are generally pleasant ones, providing always that'the wives are appreciative, and welcome the discipline in a kindly spirit. We know an old gentleman who lived with his wife over fif ty years, and never left home without the ki.-sand the "good-bj-e, dear." Some husbands, before leaving home, ask very tenderly, "What would you like for dinner, my dear?" knowing all the while that she will telect something for his particular palate, and off he goes. . Some husbands will leave home without saving anything at all, but thinking a good deal, as evinced by their turningrqund at the la-t point of observation, and waving an adieu at the pleasant face or facesat the win dow. Some husbands never say a word, ris imr from the breakfast table with the lofty indifference of a lord, and going out with a heartless disregard of those left behind. It is a fortunate tiling for their wives that they can find sympathy elsewhere. Some hus bands never leave home without some unkind word or look, apparently thinking4hat such a course will keep things straight in their ab smice. Then, on returning, some husbands come home jolly and harpy, unsoured by the world, some sulky and surly with disap pointments. Some husbands bring home a newsparer or a book, and buiy themselves for the eve ning in its contents. Some husbands are called away every evening-by business or so cial engagements; some doze in speechless sofa until bedtime. Some hus bands are curious to learn of their wives what has transpired through the day; others are attracted at nothing short of a child's falling rt-urn stairs r.T the house takinc fire. De penduponit," saysDr. Spooner, "thatlionie is the happiest where kindness, interest, po lifpn and attention is shown of course all the responsibilities rest with them, and temptation nnus no iooung mete. The best toast of the season was given by a typo a Kbnrt time since, viz '. Y oman A Dastardly Criminal. Yesterday morning, on the testimony of Mr. Edmonds, a warrant was issued by J udge Moore, State vs. David Egbert and Mary Dayis, on the charge of open, illicit and no torious lewdness. The specifications are, that some time last year, probably some six or eicrht months ago, Egbert came to this city from some Northern State where "ccow" is proper, and brought with him a handsome little wife. On his arrival, he hired a house on Linden street, between St. Martin's and Mulberry, the property of Mr. A. N. Ed monds, and put up a grocery store. Thus everything progressed finely fyr a months or two, when the accused began cohabiting with Mary Davis, a very dark, copper colored wench, who had rented a small house in the rear of the grocery store. This, of course, came to Mrs. Egbert's ears, and created some little difficulty in the family circle, on which account Mrs. Egbert bade her liege lord adieu, and left for her family in the NTorthi As soon as this event transpired, Mr. Egbert sold his household furniture and took up lodging with the black wench, carried water, wood, &c, for her, and in fact lived in every s-nse, legally excepted, as man and wife. This was not denied on triaL The parties were bound over to the Criminal Court to be held iu this city next week, in a bond of ' $1,000 each, when a thorough investigation will be had, and it is to be liojed, justice meted out to this contemptible villain, who has forsaken a beautiful and perhaps devot ed wife, for the embrace of a black wench. That is the kind of morality that these Northern Radicals wish to force, upon us. We don't take. Memphis Bulletin. Want of Decision. A great deal of labor is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number 01 obscure men, who have only remained in obscurity because their timidity has prevented them f rom making a first effort, and who, if they had only been induced to begin, would in all probability have trone great lengths in the ca reer ot lame. J he iact is, that in aoing anj-thing in the world worth doing, we must not stand shivering on the bank, thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in and scram ble through as well as we can. It will not do to be perpetually calculating risks and ad- lusting nice changes; it aia an very weu before the flood, when a man could- consult his friends upon an intended publication for a hundred and fifty years, and live to see its success for six or seven centuries afterwards: ; but at present a man waits and doubts, .arid V consults his brothers, and uncles, andp"ar- ticular friends, till one day he finds that he is sixty-five years of age, and thathehas-lost ' so much time in consulting first cousins and ; particular friends that he finds he has no more rf time to follow their advice. There is so lit-, tie time for over squeamishness atpresent, that the opportunity slips away; The very " period of life at which a man chooses to ven ture if ever, is so confined that it is no bad, rule to preach up the necessity, in such in stances, of a little violence done to the 'feel ings, and efforts made in defiance of strict and 6ober calculations. . Returlican Journals on Cltmer. The Pittsburg Gazette, one of the most rabid negro suffrage journals in lennsylvania, speakinir of the nomination of Horn IIiester Clj-merXy the Democratic Convention,-pays him the following compliment: "His family have for several generations been settled in this Commonwealth and members thereof have at times borne con spicuous parts in public affairs. One of them was a signer of the Declaration of In dependence, and under tho articles of Con federation served as a member of Congress. "He is possessed of wealth and enjoj's a high social position. An active business man, he has participated wisely and liberally in in tny enterprises for the development ana prosperity of that portion of the State in which he resides. Though a leading man in his party his abilities are not extraordinary. He has, however, a pleasing presence and address and a reputation that does riot con nect him with unclean legislation." The Philadelphia Ledger,foT several years identified with the so-called "Union" party, in announcing in its issue of last Tuesday the nomination by the Democratic State Con vention xf Hon. IIiester Cbuer for Gov ernor saj-s : : 1 "Mr. Clymer belongs to one of the oldest Fcnnsj lvania families. He is a lawj-er and a citizen of excellent reputation, and ha3for several years represented Berks county in the State Senate." The New York Tiibune speaks well of his abilities, savs he is a "good citizen of reput able character." The Philadelphia North A mcrxcan says: "For Mr. Clymer personally we entertain the kindest feelings." The Philadelphia Evening Telegraph says: "No word of dishonorable reproach has ever been breathed against him." Dan.Rice's ELErnANT on a "Tear." Our readers will remember the elephant "Romeo," with Dan Rice'i show, which was in this city a week agtf. This animal lor some time has been shewing inaications of a spirit of insubordination. He showed a bad disposition on the r'obd between Car- bondale and Mt Pleasant, refusing to turn out for teams, &c. Arriving at New Milford, and still being unruly, Rice concluded to ubdue hini. and for this purpose they chain ed his hind logs to a tree, and endeavored to -fasten a rope to his, .fore leg. and by this means throw him. After many fruitless attempts, the effort was successful.. The rope was at tached to a tackle, and sixteen men combined their strength to pull him down. He fooled them. With a blow of histrunk he released his fore leg. and by a tremendous effort broke tlie. chains. The rrren scattered in all directions pursued by the animal. One of them saved his life by bounding over a tence, and the elephant, for ; satisfaction, threw down a long span of it At 11 o'clock they had managed to throw him, and with clubs and spikes were endeav oring to subdue him. Some fifty shots were fired and took effect.i his trunk- and other Corrions of his body but they were only flea ites, and were 'but ibkin deep. Scranton, Herald, June 9 t f-. Let it be noted ihat all the acts of the President most loudly complained of by the politicians, are in the direction of leaving power in the hands of the people, where it rightfully belongs. The President says "you must trust the people;" the Radicals say you must not One hundred and thirty horses were roasted to death lsHhe burning of the sta blesof the St LourfStreet Railroad Company, on Saturday last EST "I hate dctetor bills," as the man said!
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