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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! PER YF.AK, I ABTAKCI. 12,50 (3,00 (i it If HOT fAID 1 ADfAXCt No pottage oa papers dslivsred County. Ithio tbi GEN. GRANT'S MILITARY CAREER. Dacfeau'e Now Volume. tnm tb 5tw York Evtatag'Post. Tht publio haft, for iom time, teen aware of tht fact that a full and complete memoir of the military career of General Grant, since the beginning of the Ute rar, baa been in preparation bj a member of hie peraooat atatf. The fact that it waa to be written under the immediate eye of ita tubject, naturally enhanced the intereat felt in the anticipated work. With the ad fa nee aheeta of the first volume before us, we are able to Inform our readera aa to the quality of the book, and to form a pretty fair estimate aa to the historical value that will bo attached to it when completed, , , The first paragraph of the author' a preface aeta forth very clearly and forcibly Ike ground on which hit book ia entitled , fo the attention and con&detico of the ublic. lie aaya: The fact that I became a member of General Grant'a personal staff before he "assumed command of the a r mica of the United States, and that I havo ainco re maioed with him, ia the voucher that I offer for the correctness oT this history. I hafe not meant to etate one ict, unless it ciut under my own personal observation, cr hae been told me by the General of the army.orona of hia important officer, or un lea I know it from oflicial paper. When I deflate from thie.rule, I make the dovia tion known." It ia a matter of course that whatover documentary information could be availatie to anybody ha bceo open to Col. Hadeau'e inspection; that he ha had the oral viewa of the tout oüicera in the army; that, in the preparation of hia map, he had the beit assistance to be procured Id the Kngineer department of the scrvico, ad, in a word, that he haa had all the aid and facilities that any one could hafe fur Li work. Under auch circutnatancei he would t atupid, Indeed, were he not able to prepare a book of great bitoiiol value. That he haa been. trusted ao thoroughly by o excellent a judge of wen aa Ueu. Graut, I the beat jn'mi facie evidence that ho Lad an aptasa fur hi task. grant's itrr ntrotu tue war. Horn on the 27th Point l'lcaiunt, in of April. 182:.. at Ohio, Hiram UlyK0i limit entered the Military Academy, at West l'oint, In hia seventeenth year, where he received, through the error of

the Congtessmati who noiulnalod him, tho name of Uly 8. Grant. The young cudct In vein tried to get hi baptismal initial restored, but the omtnou "U. S." - rould not to shaken vir, aa If lliare wa an 1 I ,.......11.1.. .)-.! - .1 -u-.. . ....II ..

uinviiiiiis viiiini luuui VTVll pv F III 1 1 inattar as lliia. Ilia military career buforo the) war ia briefly disposod of by Colonel Hadceu in a einöle pge. In htjO he wa in the leather buMimM, with hi brother and father, in Galena, Illiuoi. Uoloual Hadeau aaya: "Thus, when the civil war broko out, Giant waa a private ciiitcn earning hi bread In an Insignificant iutand town. He waa of aim pie habit and taste, without Influence, and unaiulliioua. Having nev er been brought In contact with men of eminence, he had no peraonal knowledge of great affair, lie had never commanded more than a company of soldier, and although he had aerved under both Scott end Taylor, it wa a a subaltern, and without any opportunity of intercourse with those commander, lie had never voted fur a President but once; he knew no politician, lur hia acquaintance , wa limned to army officers and western trader; even In the town where he lived, ho had not tuet tho member of Congress, who represouted tho district for nine a urceaaive year, and who afterward became one of hi moat intimate personal friend. Uf hi four children, the eldest waa cloven yean old. lie lived in a little house at the top of one of the picturesque hill on which Galena i built, and went lailv to the warehouad of hi father and brother, where leather waa aold bv tho , wholesale and retail, lie waa thirty-m no year of age befure hi oountrymett became acquainted with hia oinio-" ma rutsT cuMMia.siox. When tho war broke out he offered hia acrricc aa an educated aoldier, to the Government, but no notice wa taken of the offer. A singular fact, which wo do oot remember to havo heard before, ii that who Mct'lcllan, as Major General ot Ohij voluntcora. waa organizing troops in that State, Grant went to Cincinnati in the hope that McClellan, aa aa old army acqnaintanoe, unht offer him a place on hi ataff. Tho modet ex-captain went twice to eee the Major General, but the latter waa "not in, and the former returned to Illinois, where a Colonel commission waa gifeo bitu by Governor .Valoa, who had been aware of Grant'a qualities, while assisting htm in the organization of folun teer troops. First assigned to General Tope, commanding the District of .North Missouri, he received hia commission aa Hrigadier General of Volunteera on the 7th of August, lbOl. For thi promotion he waa tuaioly indebted to Mr. E. II. Washburne, a townsman who bad uercr exchanged a word with him until the full of Fort Sumter. From that time, a after ward with that of Sherman, tho names of Grant and Washburno became associated, uotil the last and highest raok in the army waa bestowed on tin lormer at the urgent request of the latter. We mention thia merely a showing Low firmly the two men who know Grant best one a civilian, tho other a aoldier, and both men of ability and judgment- adhered to him through every phase of a career which had aoiuo pretty dark experience. II Ii riR3T COMMAND. Grant's first command of any importance was the military district of South utera Missouri, which included 'what little foothold he might get in Western Kentucky and Tennessee, aa well a bia headquarter! at the ceatral station of Cairo. It comprised the junction of four great

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VOL. 7. NO. 2. rivera, tho Tennessee Cumberland, Ohio and Mississippi. The atratcgio impor tancoofthi obscure command waa but little appreciated at tho time, hut Grant aaw it, and began to work out the fulfill tuent of Logan's angry threat that "the men of the Northwest would hew their way with their aword down tho Mississippi to the Gulf." Vet nearly all but tho ardent leal and determine!! purpose of theso improvised troop waa lacking to the fulfillment of tbi threat. Inexperience and lack of discipline were but two of the many diflicultie in tho way of tho achieve Dient. Then, however, a atterward, Grant appreciated at once the nature of tho war, and did not let tho grans grow under hi feet to perfect hi men in drill, or to tench them the use of the spado, lie first disturla the luiachiavoua 'neutra'ity" of Kentucky by the aeixuro of Tuducah, commanding tho navigation of tho Ohio and of the Tenue-tsee. Ilesiuiply nolificaGen. Fremont, hi immediato auperior at tit. Louii, that he i going to move, 'Should no telcgrum arrive prevention the movement." Then, a utterward, ho seems to make hi own plana and ataightway to execute them, provided no auperior officer restrain him from 'moving oh the enemy'a work,' which he generally did. There i something rather lingular and suggestive in tbi fact. A AJISUNDKHSTOOD UATTLE. The only exception to thi wa occasioned by the criticism mado on hi correspondence with the Legislature of Kentucky, just alter the seiiure of l'adueuh. Still he kept making suggestion of active operatioua. Early in November, lbil, however, Grant wa ordered to muko demoustrationa on tho west aido of the Mississippi, fiom Columbus, to prevent the movemem of rebel troops from the east aido to tho heln of Frice, then confronting Fremont in Missouri. Thus originated the much misunderstood battle of IMmont, which fully answered iu atrutegic purpose. Kven there Grant' (juslitie were conspicuous. When in formed that hia small foico of raw volunteer wa surrounded, bo replied: ''Well, it that is ao, we must cut our way out a wo cut our way In." Again ho auid: "Wo hau whipped them once, and I think we van whip them again." IIALLKC1C AM) OKA NT. Thia battle wna fonuht on tho 7th of November. On the tMh, Major General llallack tunersedod Fremont, and Grant rrccived a new superior. Tha aubftjuent relation betweiMi these twj ( Hirers, as narrated by l-'olonel Itsdeau, wcro sonic what peculiar, and havo never bcloro hci'ti at on o clearly and accurately sluted Krom the time f aunnii;t, t'omtuatid of the Iq iirtti.snt of tho West, until bis ti mo vat to NVashlntiton as General in I'i icf -with tho exception of hia brief and not glotiou field experience in tho Cniinth eauipalxn llallwck appeara in the atlitinlo of a grand atratelst, who asutnes to lirtrt all the opeiMtinna within hi vust command, hut does not Inspire any single forward inuumcnt. Hi order to bis subordinate General leave on them tho responsibility of failure, while be reserves the chance of participating in the glories of success. It waa so with l'xptf, in his Island 10 campaign, It was so with Grant, In hi movement up the Tenncssc and Cumberland. rnllTM lir.Nltr AND l)Mtr.tN. lly order from MeClellan, thru Ge nrrul in Chief, 1 1 m (lock direct Getterul (i runt to make a movement in Western Kenlucky todivert combination apiiimt Ituell, rust of the CumberUtnl Thorns thus enabled to win tho vlcto.of Mill Cieek, in it timo a telling uebievement, and an ausjiiclou beginning of a liohlo tsrenr. Thi accomplished, Grunt telcruphs to llalleek, for pemii-flon to take IVrt Henry, with tho aid of the navy, wlioa co operation lid had fur sou o time ug!tt and at length obisined, Kort Henry U easily taken, but Tort Honelson is not so Readily won. l'rompily moving, however, by land and water, tho placo is invested and the long and lloouy fiht begins. Grunt' hure in the honor of tho great victory which followed hu been much do cried, but unjustly, if Colonel lladeau's very cleur account i true, a wo must suppose it to bo. Hero again wo seo Grant' characteristic coolnos and iood vense. He find tho havcraueka of the rebel prisoner wicked with ration for thro days, and at once concludes, con trary to tho general opinion, thut "they I mean to cut their way out; they have no idea of staying hero to Oghl u," and then, looking at liia own Uisordeiud men, exclaims: "Whichever first attack now will whip, and the rebel will havo to be very quick, if they beat me," and at onuo ordered tho general assault which decided victory on the Union side, and broko the first great fttrate'io line of tho rebel. BUUlirsTlVK INCIDENT. Some of the Incidont preceding and juat following thi great viotorv nre suggestive. After tho cunturo of Fort Henry, and beforo that of UonclHon, Hulleck'a instructions were of an entirely defensive character. "Hold on and strengthen your rosiiiou," is the spirit of llallcck'a order. Ficka and shovels wero sent, but not needed for a movement "on the enemy's worka.'' As to the often reported story that tho gallant General C. F. Smith made the decisive churgo on the worka at Donol aon without order from Grant, it U entirely exploded by the disclaimer of General Juiitli himself, who replied, after tho battle, to Central Huckner'a congratulations: "No congratulations are due mo. I simply obeyed order." Tho Government seemed to agree with General Smith, for Halleck'a request that Smith bo made Major-Uencral instead of Grant, a a reward for the victorv. wa disregarded, and

the honor went where it belonged. ()nf aaving the resource and sparing tho thi occasion Sccretarv Stanton t,s.n an I property of the South," and abaudoued

emphatio support of (irant which uorcr failed. Another friend and supporter at - SS- I . . least equally important bad before becu found ia Ueo. Sherman, who. with charac-

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tcrisiio soldierly iccling fl'ercd, before the Donclsun fight, to waive rank and help Grant in the projected campaign, in a let tcr full of good will. Thi, followed by marvelous activity in forwarding men and fupplicto (irant, began the beautiful friendship which hna since never faltered, and waa destined, ai Colonel lUdcutt snys, "to remain firm under trial such aa few friendships were ever subjected to, to become warmer aa often as it waa aouuht to be interrupted, ond in hour of extraordinary anxiety and responsibility and care, to afford a aolaco and a support that wu never lucking when the need arose." fltlANT IN DIBORACK. Tho capture of Donelson gave us Ken tucky and Tenneesets. All that remained wa to tuko- possession, which Grunt and Ituell proceeded to do, without delay, llalleek than decide that Grant shall 0 tack down tho Cumberland and up tho Tcnnessco aa far as possible toward Corinth. Grunt recciwd tho ordor on tho 2d of March, and on tha 1th hi army wn embarked and on its way. Then, without having given (irant any intimation of dissatisfaction, Hallack begin to com plain of him to Wnshingtou. The atmy i demoralized by victory, and so i ita couimundcr. No return or information can t o got from Grant. Ho, llalleek, ia "worn out and tired by this ncirlocl and

tnetucicncy, ' at hi comfortable quarters . Una time, and would probubly navo suein St. Louis. Tho next day, alter send- cceded in his first movement from tho in a uisputch to the obove ctTct, ho p'a- north, by land, but for tho disgracelul and era C. F. niiib in command of tho expo needless surrender of the mott importaut dition, while Grant i to remain in dis- post in hi line of operation by a demor grace at I'oit Henry. Such i tho reward alitod Colonel. To Grant'a trouble from boslowed ou a fighting by a sedentary thi source were added thost occasioned General. Grunt make no quarrel, but by a politicui General, who hud been hia states his side of the case clearly, and subordinate, but hud aufJlcwnt political calmly, and doc ull in hi power to for in flue no to obtain from the l'rcsidcnt a ward Kuiiih'a movement. That true old promiso that he should either lupcrseJo soldier writes kindly to Grant, and hopes Grant, or bo allowed to raise troop for an he will soon "rcttiuio your old command, independent expedition. llalleek, on from which you were so unceremoniously, tbi occasion, fought thi sort of mcddlcaud, a 1 think, so unjustly stricken." some interference with Grant's plan and Tho opinion of the model soldier of tho operation, Kcnponsiblo for tho whole, old army waa some consolation, at all be wu too much of a soldier to quietly events. allow an important part of our operation RUU.nit. to to aucriuced for political or pcraonnl

On tho 13th of March Grant ws rclirv eon.ldcraiion. He wa overborne, bowed from whatever diagraco llalleek could "r. ,lJ ,,ttd l ublu,,, hile ,'r,M w" imposaon him, and removed hi bead- forced to euduto the reproach arising quarter to tfav.uuuh, twclvo mile by rif ro,u , failure of operation ho could cr below Smith', headquarter at Pitt ,,üt loly l"n,110, V' ,n.cJ' ,,,ü burg Lending. It was there ihut tha us- atruclion of Holly Spring, hl secondary sigunier.t t.f troop at tho Landing-wan base of supplies, compelled him to give up made, and there that Hucll wa to join lao.elal overland cumpuuu tt) tho rear With his command. llu.U's msieh, us fol f Vicksburg, he could hafe k nown the onrl HuiIchu tltinks, wu too slow. J he aubscqoently learned l ibility of llvlnK ImhIo of Shiloh, which wu surptiso ond c.Qpmy. ' b'irg would havo been shock to tho hol country, occurred I k without much delay. Hut, si lol. within a few v-cfk aficr tho artlval of i 1Jttdtau M 7Nu ,ur'ntf former (Jen. Grant at Savannah. The main fact I ,,or 1110 r ' IHO rebellion, i.f (Iiis l.silhi are alrvady loo luiilir to . warranted him In supposing ihcould

med even allu.u .w.und ho ahull only meutioii thosd brought out by Colonel lindes!! to defend Gnu. Gmut from liurtf c of suiptise and miiiiutiiigcmeut, A to tl.a tlrst, tbepfl fict uro sullicicnt: There wa daily skirmUliing after the 2d of April, and on tho Ith the enemy felt Sherman' front in force, but Sherman thought nothing ertoii would come iT it, The rebel attack wa made on the üth. l'ienliss' division wis 11 ist usssilsd, not utterly surprised, n ha been believed, but after u strong picket line hud been diivsti In front a lit If u luilu in front. A soon as Grunt, nt Savannah, heard the firhi, ho sent an order to lluoll to billig up ' his eoinmuiid, iliiecied NsUon to mov hi ! division from Sti vu n n li up to rittsbtirg Landing, and ordered Wallace at Crump' l. ii 'I I ii a-, to niovo wuen the attack above should prove to be action, Ho then went to the trout, arriving at H o'clock. Word was iiihUully scut buck to Nelson and Wallace, (irant did what he could dur Inn (In confused (llit which followed, and saved Sliermaii by persoimlly hurry inn the ammunition do in tho r 1 vir. Unfoitu uutoly, NeUnii did not start until half-pust one, und Wall n o secmud to have dutvr mined to bo behind him, taking six hour to march ti v o miles towurd tho sound of tho buttle. HAl.l.H'K AOAIN Dl.si'l.KASKD. In tho worst nf tho confusion Grant did tint uo hi bead. lo Ituell' qucMion, "What preprutiou have you mado for retreat,' ho doggedly exclaim. "I haven't despaited of whipping them et," He gathered his artillory near the Lmdiug, and in mid a final stand about & o'clock, i I -1 i ii . from which the. rebel 'churls could not drive Is i ita. '1 ho rebel strength was broken, and tho next day' (lht, with ltaoll reinforcements, was an vay mutter. The battlo wit indecisive of anuliini! except tho splendid lighting qualities" of tho WcHtern tronps. The lirplcuuro of Hal leck wu at once itiiitiif cstetl after thi fight, by Iii personal us..utiiptioti uf coin liiand us soon as ho could gel on tho spot. With hi urrivul Grunt wu again under tho shade, for although nominally second iu command, ho was pructinally disregarded by llalleek, und by llulluck' army commanders, lVp3, Ducll and Thomua. He was accused of tho grossest careless UCS4. bud gencrainhip, und personal failing needle-. to mentiou. Still ho did not complain, but kept silent and obeyed or der. mANT'a mr.Art. Puring tho easy and ingloriom cntnpaijiti of tho diners, which followed, he had leisuro for reviewing Iii general notion a to how tho war hould bo prosecuted notions which ho afterward carried out. Hi conclusions were tint the possession of strong pl.ice and extended territory wa not what should be sought; that armies and men must be the objects of attack, and 'hut urmic must not only ba defeated, but destroyed. A Col. IUde.'iu inya: ''Ho believed, indeed, that lifo rupidly expended in a vigorous campaign would prove an economy uf life iu tho ond." llo. olso, then "guvo up tho idea all desiro to protect the institution of slavery." active command aoai.v. When, ou the 17lh of July, ISC2, Hal-

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leek was ordered to Washington to become Gencral-in Chief, he oflVicd tho command of the Army of tho Tcnntssco to Colonel Uobcrt Allen, a Quartermaster of gre.t ability, who declined thi honor. Ilm fuct is now to us. but the statement I on the unquestionable authority of Colonel Allen himself. Thi wal llallcck'a last alur upon Grant. After that tho former generally austained the latter, finding, perhnp. thut Gtantwa a man not essily killed or put down, Grant thereupon aaaumed active command of a large territorial department, atrctching down the Miiissippi as far aa we had poaensior. Vor a lime he ws obliged to boon tho defensive, ami protoct several - important position and lines of railroad In Tennmco and Northern Mississippi. The defenses of Corinth aainat ra dotrmi'd attack wa the main incident. The treachery or cowardice of a Colonel holding ao import' ant pusitiou, and tho iion-fulfilluient of order bj IloHCcrau. wcie only saved from leading to aerioun disaster by Grant'a activity and skillful movement. Then begsn his distrust of Uosecruti, which was decpfiued by aubsequcut CU'UtJ. MOVEMENTS TOWAltD VICKSUt'Rfl. The movement which preceded tho final campaign on Vicksburg ware numerous, and cannot hero be allude J to. Grant wa incessant in hia activity during all , l "rm eiuMeiy uo.rn.o uuuiitry." (JKANT'n ltlNMlASCr.A. Tho various unstirccMlul attempt to tale Vicksburg, which 1'ollowed, need not to bo mentioned, nor I heir cause invent! ' gated. Grant hud to contend with im meiiso physical obstacles; Ith diversion of troops on useless or unimportant expeditions; with the annoyance of "inJcpendent" commanders; with the Isilure of expected movement in co operation, and with all manner of other drawback. It wu not until the 'Hh of January, lHill, that he gained full control and immediate commund of the expedition against Vi k buru. Dufinir tho lew month which followed, the eoplo and the Government became impatient. Colonel lUdeau auy, however, that when Mr. Lincoln wn urged to remove Grant, ubout thi time, the President renlied: "1 rather like the man; 1 think we'll try him u little longrr." Hut for this persistent faith of Mr. Lincoln, McClcruuiid would have bu put in Grunt' place. OKA NT TAKINd TUR It r.SI'ONsUUMT V, While the country wa well nigh hopeless of the cupturo of Vicksburg, Grunt mulmud a new plan of operations, as brilliant und during u tho history of war re. cords, which wu no Us than to slip bo low ihn t'orircfts. inuLe a Imidin, cut loosu ('rum knii.!iri mill mi in in ii n i nil in ns. and invest Vicksbor from the rear. It U the i...., t- a' i.i l, ...i.iul tn.rw.. : lll I'll'UI VI III "H'pUl"! '."' nil; I f, ,rt i il .1 .1 I h:it iihiHi.fh sfier sobmitlin Ihl Man to such daring soldier a Sherman, MclMiorsoii und Loan, lie SSV IVMIiU'lV MIW MHMHH -- wu met with opposition, ho still persisted. ci... ... i . ...!..!. it- nur in u ii it vii Win, iu mr 10 ruumii written protest, couched in the friendliest term, but all tho more untitled to re-peef ou thi account. Thi is a fact which Im long been kuown in Western army circles, but hu never beforo been made publio. Indeed, but for Sherman' ma jnsniinous iiiBjnsnimous ; UI.'CIOSUIU SIICI IUC UUIMUIV Ot I UHHUUI, ...i . ' . ..: .. i ' .i: .i .1.. ... . -IT.!. i wncu ino uriiiiuut sucLCii wu auriuuieu to him, tho fact tuiht never have been made publio at all, so great wa Grant' kinuly consideration for Ins dearest friend. Til K UKAND CAlll'AlON. If Grunt's subordinate questioned his plan of campaign, they dovotcd themselves with tha most unreserved heartiness t ) it execution, when their chief had nnnoun ced hi determination. lie only had trouble with one prominent subordinate, whom he managed a bent ho could, until ho wu able to utt rid of him forever.

I lie execution o: the unul ickshurg cam-1 tho C ommissioner of Agriculture, embracpain waa on superb a ita conception wa iug humorou essays on cattle, gout and dann, und the glory thereof belong pe- j merino sheep, printed copies of the auid U. cnliurly to Gntnt. Hin pnraoual direction j Washington Julian's invuluublo spccchc, wa piven to every movement, and tho (('oncres having, to tho grout detriment full record, now fur tho first timo piven'of tho welfure ot the country, refund to

by Colonel Hudcuu, shows conclusively Grant'a possession ot the qualities ot a great soldier, and more than justifies the mngnanimou dispatch of llalleek to Grant, in which tho former sovs: "In boldnea of plan, rapidity of execution and brilliancy of routes, theso operations compare most favorably with thoso of Napoleon about Ulm." Ötill tuoio important waa Mr. Lincoln' characteristically frank acknowledgment: "When you got below and took Tort Gibson, Grand Gulf ami vicinity, I thought you should go down tho river and Joiu General Hanks; and when you turned oorthwurd, cast of tho

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Uiir. liluck, 1 feared It wa a mtslake. I now wish to make personal acknowledge , men, that you were right and I waa , wrong.' CONCLL'PIO.V. . The , Vickvburg campaign made Grant a Major General in tho regular army, and placed him at the head of all our Genrl in tho t'oruUr esteem. Not at all sVÜstied with hi ereat achievement, on tho - . ' 18th of July, only a few dava after the capture, he auggeata the capture of Mobile, but Ilaüeck think it will "firt bo hia to clean up a little." Graut' plan, promptly executed, might luve shortened tho war a oar. Instead, tho scattering of troop waa the policy, and the "cleaning up" work waa done, including Hank' disastrous lied Ilivcr campaign. In the fall of 1803 tho disaster at Chickaruiuga settled the determination nf tho Govern ment to remove ltosecrans, and Grant waa j called on to asaumo command of oil the Western armies for tho purpose of an aggressive campaign. The policy of con ccntration under a single head, aupecsted by Grant a yer before, wa followed, liow brilliant were tho rexult, every one now knowaby heart. They justified the further promotion of Graut to the Lieutenant Generalship and to tho command of all tho armies of the United States, in cccordanco with tho unanimous wishes of oil our armies and of all the loyal people in the laud. Petty, Impotent Malignity. Our rciders will recollect tho remarks of our Heprcscntatif e, published in our last issue, mildly rebuking the Washinjr ton Correspondent of tho New York Trib une for hi almost unexampled impudenco in assuming to state tho mutivn of the Indiana dclctzution in coin bo unani mously for the Impeachment of the l'rei idetit. They will recollect, elo, that the great bnilor of Jeff I'uvia wu incidentally referred to, by another member, in the courao of the dicusioti. It is a melon chuly illustration of the fact, that a great Institution cun descend to a very low and incut) bii'infrfH, when wo find tho lrifanr, not only lucking the magnanimity to cor rcct it correspondent, but seeking ro vengo upon our Representative by the following editorial, tho foundation, or rather tho hick of foundation, of which is ahown in our Washington letter ou tho first pnge. It uys: "Healer Iu second-hand books and rn por stock arc Informed that tho Hon. Mr. Julian, of Indiana, and some other members of Cotigrc, are badly in want of old documents, reports, speeches, and mlscella neon rubbish printed by order of tho a js k . A..IAtu vongrt's. A resolution wua ollctvd in tho lluus of HepreMutallves the other dy, to nuko good lo those gontlemrn. 'dooumcnts' of theirs lost or stolen from tho mail several y;ara ago, We Profoundly regret lo learn that tho reso lut Ion waa not passed. Mr. Julian, like craay little Miss Flitn in 'Hloak House,' cannot get along without hi 'documents, ' Hut if bo will come on to New York ho may perhup insko good tho lose which tho pursimoniou Cotigre refuse to repair. Tlune are many extremely well conducted book stall in Nassau st. where jou run buy faded copies nf tho Patent Ollico ltcports, photograph of the Hlack Crook, Mr. Cobb novels; back volume of ihn Commerce and Navigation Hcpnrt, and a choice collection of old almanacs, for -J rent apiece; and if Mr. Julian, after a duy'a ruuniiuging among theso literary dust bin, cannot find document old enough fur hi purpose, we will cheer fully give him two or three hundred weight out of our own collection, Including all tho brilliant fisays'on cuts, cows, Indian corn, ru'pbcrrio, guano and ngora gout, printed under tho supervision f the Commissioner of Agriculture, end a full sut of The Cunjrttimuil (J lube, folio edition, Hut be must pay postage or freight; we cannot allow him to frank them by mail to Indiana. " Tho above u quite roey, and lack but one slluht element r of bcinir a good tin nil! In its way Of course it ha l'. " will copiud by nil the paper ol thi reuiou chrouioallv onnoxed to Mr. . ' Julian. Hut not content with tha comparativrly genteel stylo of tho Tribune urlicle, some d. d. who write letters from Wushingtou to tho Iudiuiipoll Juiiriinf, one day la t week rehnshod the Cicely or tiulo alter tho following faohion: "TO TIIK t'LIII.lC. ''You would greatly ublij; that eminent humnnutarian, conciliatory Republican and dirtiutcrcsicd patriot, tho Hon. G. ... , ........ I..,-.. ' M.... ,' ..eg, '.. I , V n 11 I lll u II u UII4II, .UVUlur, l V.VIII VTB ,l Iroin tho ril'th ludutia Distnct, by in j Bertin;: herewith tho following advertisc- , tue nt: frit) TllK.nJlll.lC The Chairman of T the Committco on l'ublio Lands being desirous ot bettering hi present dyspeptic prospect lor a re-nominatioti for Congress in hi new district being extremely and unselfishly desirous of continuing indefinitely in the re" of a thrifty theoretical humanitarian having a great repugnance to retiring to private life, and being somewhat short of publio documents, Futent Office Reports, Kcnort of muko good to him tho los of such uocu incuts wlnlo it O'i'isi to hia dear con stitucnt,) dcsirei everybody to rend him any of such old documents, report, speech os, etc., a they limy be reconciled to do prive thvuisolve of for the public good, and the eminent humanitarian, G. Washington Julian. Send, freight or postago prepaid, (an observance of thia direction ia important) to G. Washington Julian, Washington, 1. C, or to the Editor of the Julian Family Organ, llichmoud, Ia diana.1 If you can make room in Ihe Jourmal for this udvertieeiucof, you would confer a

M WIIOLK NO.olö. great benefit on tho subscriber, who i an ardent friend of ti, Wnshincton J., and would directly greutly lenrfittle cause of universal philanthropy, and incidentally facilitate Mr. Julian in hi search for needful document. Your paper dealcra and rag manufacturer could doubtles afford bcv era! ton of the desired docu ment, etc., and nearly every well ordered . library micht be despoiled of such volusai a t Va aalt a ble addition for the Public's and 0. Washington' ßood' It must havo teen something of a 'deadener" on thia fellow when, a dy or two la'or, the editor cf the Jvunml put in the following disclaimer: HON. OF.O. W. JULIAN. 'In our Washington correspondence a parsgrsph appeared in referent In Hon (jeo, W. Julian, the member u Congress from tho f'tfth District ot Indiana, the publication of which we deeply repiet. The letter enmo to hand lute at uipht, and waa passed into the composing room without Lei nt seen by tho editor of the Journal. We disclaim the iulentiori of joining in any personal warfare upon Mr. J., and regret tho publication of that portiou of the letter." The editor of the Journal, (and It will bo conceded he ought to be familiar with the indicutiona,) justly regards the repetition of this stuff aa evidence of a de sign to wuwe "personal warfare" upon Mr. Julian. Thi i verified by the fact that auch semi-Copperhead sheets aa tho 1'allatlittm. of thi city, and the Muncie Ouirdinn, Kilgore's organ, have already para ded this foolish abuse in their column. Nobody will be surprised at this; but what decent excuse the Shelby ville L'nwn can havo for following suit, we confess ia beyond our comprehension. Wo don't know but we should apologize for devoting any spuco to thi "much ado about nothing;" but it afford so happy an illustration of the ago nixing desire tf certain nartics to pick a flaw in the record, political or jcrsotial, of our lteprcsentalive, and their total failure in their labor of love, that we could not refrain f rom

compiling a chapter of the characteristic detail, for tile entertainment of our read-!1,

era. llichmoud True Republican. A Daahful Young Man. Cousin Kato waa a sweet, wide awake beauty, about seventeen, and she look il into her head lo go down to Long Island to seo some relative of hern who had the misfortuuo to live there. Among these there chanced lo bo a young swain who had seen Kato on a previous occasion, and Bering, fell deeply iu iovo with her. Ho calied at the hous on tht evening of her arrival, and ho met him on the piaxia, where she wa enjoying the evening air In conipauy with two ot their funds. The ioor follow was so bashful ho could not 1 nd hi tonguo for some time, At length ie stammered out: 'llow'a your tiiolhci?'' 'Quito well, thank you." Another silence on the part of Josh, during w hich Kate and her lilctnl did the best they could lo relievo the monotony. After waiting tbout ten minutes lur hint to commeni'o making himself agreeable, he egalii broke tho silence by 'How' jour father?" which was snawored much after tho fashion of the first one, and then followed another alienee like tho other, ''How' your father and mothei?" again pul In Ihe bashful lover. .. . ua aa atM a "Uuito well, both of them.' i ins was followed by an exehango of glances and a supprcMcd smile, Ihi lusted some leu minute more, during which Josh was fidgeting in hi scut and stroking hi Hun day hat, Hut at length another question came; "llow'a your purr nt7" Thi produced nn cxplosiou that tnado tho wood ritiL'. Owning a Home, llenrv Ward Hceciier recently said if be wa a Hope -no, a King be thought hu should make a better King than a I'i pe no yuuiig man should be a journeyman without having a piece ol land, ihcre ii nothing that anchor a man like ground A young man that ha gut a plat in the city, orau ucio in the country, with a good adviser ou it, givus n mortgage to the State that lie will be thiitly, honest, sober, i.. i.. 0....1. ..i - muuairii'ua. ouou a muu mu uni cun abandons. Whciu you have a whole torn in unity of laborer, society begins in approach the ideal of Aineiieuti industry. lie liked riiiliiuel iiliin Letter than iaw York or any other city iu ibo country, not bc.'uuso it hu cleaner streets or broad er brims, but because there was n lsrer per centNge of tho house owned by those peoplo who occupy them tltuu iu any other oily iu tht world. That is the truo idea of American industry. It must also be virtuous, and must be deeply looted in prosperity iu the household. . ' Say the N. Y. Nationi Tho cry of 'infidel,' which i rained against the (ermans for their disregard of the Christian Sabbath, i not love.le l to by any honest man who knows what he i talking about. In tho countries from which Uermsti come, pious I'rotestaut ministers of high standing do, without cruplo or scandal, the very thing the New York Germans want to be allowed to do go to beer gar den on Sunday aftcruoona aud pus it in drinking and smoking. The practice in their cuse prove nothing whatever either as to a mau' lifo or doctrine. Green streaked marblo i to bo found in the largest abuuduueo in .Masks', ai well as aomu of the liehest auril'ciou aud iu the world. Wton, before reaching Chicago, rereived a great uiany pleasant yiouymous letters, including oue tendciing tho use of a coffin to get into Chicago with. The World think that a lady resident Of Quiocy, 111., ia a fjuiovcss.

TERMS OF ADV CUT IblflQ. ' TRA58IKKT. ' On sqosrs, (IS tins,) ess lsitrti:.w....tt )d iquar, t"o lartlosi . eats eweae I at .as suuars, ihr Inssrtloas. ....... .. I SO All iBatiat lassrtlnsa, par ijsirs It 7 1 AR LT. On coloma, ekanfssVI rlrtt-......7l 9$ Thr quirisra sf a seltne a M tt Oaa half af a eelama ... IS St On qsarisr of a sotanta I S Oae slf bib tf a evlwica tee eaaaM M Traaslsat adrarilssBsat absali la II te 11 " for la sätest t'alsit f rtlculsr Ilms la ptti was laai. d In, adtariUsmsata will tt tlita4 aadl tr drl eat aod ebaixtd atstrdisf j.

Getting Railroads Without Rendering an Equivalent. Various plans have bteo reaorteJ to for the puipose of inducing lorcigti capitalist and corporations to build a Hailmad from thi city to Ft. Wayne, and have failed. Common ee people oojtkt I tffisj tv see that lb lest way to build thsl road ia for the paitiea ditetlly Interested to draw their wallet and tome down with the money. That plan will work. If 'tWe men iiitetested do bot sre proper t adopt thnt plan, the road should lift be built. We aie informed by the office re cf tbw Company that two hundred thousand dollar will complete the road from Hithinoiid to Itiileville, a distance of thiily mile, and tkal when tha completed there need bo no boudidor any other kind uf a dell on ihe road, and that it tu tire earnings, alter paying lb cost of iperaiing it. will be lelt a a dividend to the) owner of the road. Under tkese ir euurMai.c-s i it not the beat iking tht city of llitbmond tsa lo Iv advance lhia amount t f money and build end run the rosii? Would it not be better lor Richmond to psy tw hundred ibooaand dollaia and ba secured Hi the whole amount of a quarter id a million that will Iben bo iuvvsted in the mad, than te put in tbt one hundred and filly thousand dullai that hu alicsdy been piopoicd. and then stand a thanco of having the whole of tine last named amount swallowed up by tha hsslem capitalists that advance the money lo buy the iron tor the road? If the Kail road company will give the city nf Hieb mond a first mortgage on. the entire rosd, it teem lo us that il ia clearly the interess of cur city to take hold of the rosd and complete it a far aa Kidjteville. We will tLcti bo placed in dimt venuectioti with two Kast and Wtat lines, the Uelltfou taine and the I.t gunsport atd Union, and all the bent fita ihut will accrue directly to the mmhaiii and manufacturere of Uichmond by tho building of a Northara Hsilroad will h sveured. If Fort Wayne doca not eo pioper to take any stock in the eninprire, that ia no business of ours. i Aa w said in an arlieU three week NOW is the time to io whatever ia in be done. A rmid i beini built frbtu ('ambiidge City in lh dnsetion of Ft. Wayor, by a patty that talks very little and worka a great deal. If we hold atill twelve month ihe question will be ettlfd. Lord's road trout Cincinnati to Ft. Wsyna will be iu 0 tratioii, and the road from Kiihmohd will never be heard of, alter that, except as a page of folly in tbt bia lory of lliclmuiiid. The building of this road would add a million of dollars lo the value of tht troperty of Uichmond. Thi fact I welt nown to every inttlligviit person who ha thought upon and eaaiwintd lk Jcct. Ii our pcopla are not willing to pay ono lourth of the amount named In secure auch a bent tit, it I their own busl lies and nobody eis'. If we want to see a rival city built up within a few miles of ua, and are dispostd tc make no effort to maintain our position a the ccwtie of liade and business In Kaateru Indiana, then let thia Hallroad enterprise die and our future will be filed. Capital and busline ever rck ihelr home whtrt pioperiy i increasing in value, and traJt paitake of tho epiiit that surrounds II, We havo the finest inland city in the West. It Is prosperous and rapidly increasing n population. Hhsll these conditions tfo oo, or shell they be reversed? Tt it for tht (iroperty owner of Hichiuond to decide. Hicbmotid Telegram, Sumner Pnd Temperance In a correspondence of ihe W'rUlUlt J'utt, of M Louis, from Hloomingtou, Illinois, the following anecdote ia told of Senator humner: On (lie evening of October lil, Cbsile tSuuinar lectured In Hloomingioii, and the hall in hchioeder'e Optra Hour wa filled to ofeiflowicf , Ou thi occasion Mr, Huumer gtlntl many friends, .rspeeially among the Geilnaus, on account ol hi impartial criticism of the temperance mofemeai, Over a bottle of Catawba wine, shortly before ihe lecture, he gave hia Amtrleau friend the following account of hi chabgt of view: ''1 wa edueatrd strict Furitan, ae you were. Twanty sis yeara ago 1 viait ed ('rmuny, and spent my first ISundny in Aix I a Cliapelle. Ignorant of (iermau, 1 hardly knew how lo rjend the day, when a crowd moving in a rtttain üi reetioii uttiuctrd my attention. 1 lot lowed tha luultiiuu and fund myself in an i peu space. Cu a little bill some huppy old men weit pi) lug ot some uiumcmI iusti uinviiis, end ou ihe gras children wcie merrily pl)ing. Kvcry body w happy. I wa completely charmed and aakrd myself the question, why can not American enjoy toe Hab balli in a similar wa)7 Flum that houf tiM l'urilaii coat Wa too atnall lor me) it split, and since lhat day 1 have had higher and broader views of things." Jheu Mr, Humnir praised ihe wine thai glow ou the bank of the MuseUnd and the lthinc, as well a tht re mat kable sobriety of it inhabitant: "Alter 1 had lhatlatal encounter wllb II rook." and bore the Senator showed lle old scar upon bia Lead waa German air and Otrmau wine that cured me. If my couutrymeu nuuld visit Ger 0 many, and become acquainted with the , inhubitauta and their customs, they would have other notions regarding temperance) aud Sunday laws." At Qtiinry, III., is a German with a furious blond mal k, in the form of a perfect derr, about ihe size of a silver dollar, aJ on Lis right check. A New Yotk Jenkins says: 'The wife of the editor of oue of onr ihtrf morning paper had a dre maker's lilt Isst year which smountrd to ten thourand dollar. Thia ia mure than the a!arv teceived by Mr. Grly as dntr cf tte Tribune