Indiana American, Volume 7, Number 24, Brookville, Franklin County, 12 June 1868 — Page 1

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PUBL1UKD XVERY FRIDAY BT C. H. BINGHAM, proprietor.

Q3.C9 in tie National Bank ' (third story.) Building, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION! t2,50 Pfc'Il YEAH, IK abtacx. 1 $3,00 " If WOT filU 1 ADfAKtS. Jo puiug OQ papers delivered within thii . Count. OUR CANDIDATES. Gen, U. S.Grant. .Eight years ago when, a Republican Couveotion at Chicago nominated Abraham Lincoln, a man not altogether unknown, and wherever known respected, the country was taken by surprise but rallied to hid tuppurt as no old favorite bad ever been supported, and in the tcr ribla years that followed pave him a placo in the popular heart never accorded to any except Washington. Now the country is tiotonly surprised at, . but actually demand the nouiiuatioa of a man then living at Galena, whose name the people bad never heard when 'Lincoln was called from hi quiet lilo at Spriogfield. Doth Western uien. aud both resident of Illi nois, though born the one in Kentucky and l ie otner in uniii, iuct were i ...n nated tor the first .Ti.e in the neup-fs grit by National Convention held in the me tropolis of their adopted State. Lincoln bad a mission to perform, and the Convention of 1SC0 called him forth to perform if; Grant bas that work to complete, and the Jouvention of 1SJS asks him to complete it. ilia record in the past chows the (singleness of purpose with which he will pursue the task allotted to hi id in the Juture. . Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27, lb--t at Point Pleasant, Clermoat County, Ohio. Like Lincoln, bis early intellectual advantages wer of the most or diuary kind, but he was enabled to educate himself sufficiently tu enter the Military Academy ui West I'oiut, to which Le was Jortuuate io procuring a cudetihip, though at the expense of his name, Uiium U I ) sses, which was given hitu in infancy for the one by which he has becou.o known II over the world. If the clerical blunder hieb inscribed him Ulysses 6. could not be erased from the records of the Academy, Leither can that name be blotted fretu iho K-roll or honorable history, lie graduated in 1813 and was breveted Hi L'eu. in the 4th Infantry. He served through the Mexican war receiving brcvets ut First Lieutenant aud Captain for Uienloiiuus conduct at' the buttles of Molino del Key and Chepultpce. Atter the war with Mexicu he continued in the arm) for a tew ye.tr, and vtbilo serving in Utegou in ls3-. was prouioted to a -uptamey. Tho next ycr ho resigned, .going into business at St. Louis, and in lb."U he removed to Galena, 111 , where he was conducting au extensive tannery when the late war broke out. Capt. Grant was -among the first to offer his services to the Government, and was given command of a regiment by the Governor of Illinois. viih which ho went into active service in Missouri. It was not long until he was appointed a Rtigadier tienerul of Volunteers (Aug., Ihlil) and assigned to the Command of the District of Cairo. The unfortunate battle of Hull linn and ihr vary ing fortunes in theSouth-West had --depreceiiii; effect upon tho country, and ll. llUllll P P d 1.1 Ulli,. I . I- u 1a.jI..M . Ii 1 1 it 1 ! on trim! it Ii nun Kl milv (iiiiim lii-rilili'it . , . ... 1 k , I .J .. r Ikicli .viountain give .UcLlellan cinmanu mf the Armies of tho United Statu-; the unfortunate expedition to Deltnont doom--cd üraut to comparative obscurity at i Cairo, until uear the eloso of tho first year; of vf-he war. Then the brilliant victories v( Fort Donelsou and Pittsburgh Laud ing', the first of any Mgiiifi.-unce gained j bv a Union army, could d little for him, and while the former tnadu him a MujorGt neral the latter denrived him of a coininand. All eyes were turned toward ti e i 4iraiu'Arn.y of the Pjtomae, in anticipation of the great things it would acc'omplish when its leader chose to move u 14 u Leu at Maltas.an: anil iIhc h vd he. tions upou the Cumberland and .Tcnnese were not considered, while people were amused with promises never to bo realized, aud kept in constant expectation by assurances that a(i was quiet along lines & little nearer home. It were useless to attempt a . description of these actions now, hut when Grant completed a victory that had begun as a dcfe.it, by leading iu person a charge of six regiments, he showed that a General might promise little and yet accomplish much. Soon after he had worsted the ablest Rebel leader in the South, who was killed in that fierce eng'jgttiient at Miiloh Church, Hallcck as turned command iu the South-West, and and the victor was rewarded for bis two successes by subsequent neglect until Sep. t ember, lbü"J. 1 1 u was then appointed tu the command of tho Army of West Ten-nest-ee, ma lorcca constituting; tho loth Alliiy Corps and fixed bis headquarters i at Jackson iu that otate. In the meantimu McClellan had been driven from b-! fore Richmond, Pope had been defeated j at tho second battle of ljuil Run, and an uncertain victory at Antietaiu had closed the career of a General whj was calied to, the head of the army in thefervor of non I t. u u i h . .! . . ... '...11.-1 i . I command it. a tuiuent of popular dc.pair. Duiin the dark. nd terrible Win. j H-l ...KurnriUj UU UaU UtCII U-niUrCU IU ter that ollowed. the Arm of tlt !., totuac under its successive cotiimaiidcis ! lay on th banks of the Happahaitonck, and fought the ill latcd- battles ut Fred ericksburg and ChanccHorsville. while 1 Grant aud Sherman were tiuietly working 1

cut their plans on the Mississippi and tho "ur w Yazoo. When Lee moved northward in If Gen. Grant was appointed to the tb Spring aud Summer of 1SÜ3, and command of the armies with a rank nevMeade was enabled to gaiu bis great vie-j er held by any untrbefore except Wushtory at. Gettysburg, the capitulation of j iugton, a greater honor if possible was in Petubertori added Vicksburg to Gettys- j 'ore for hitu. He is now simply Gencrburg in the associations connected with , al of the United States Army , and soon

the ever glorious rourth of July. Iu ; detailing the appois tmenta of Major Generals which had been made in the regular army, Grant once modestly raid: "After tbe capitulation of Vicksburg I was addtd'asif himself unconscious of tho itu. portauce of au event that bad given the army a leaucr wno connuerea a peace lor . the country, and makes him to-day the vaudidate of tho great Republican party for . President of tho great Republican party for President, an office which he

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would not desire were not the' pcopla in lO he wab placed in a mercantile establishtent On giving hi in this last tuatk of their nicnt where he remained for three years, confidence and esteem. contributing materially from bis small Oue who was within the. Rebel lines 'salary to the support of both himself and during the invasiou of Pennsylvania iu mother. I ISM. ho and his mother, in l&blJ, was told by an orrogant Southerner, company with others, left their home in whose deserted home was near the spot bis city and settled in St. Joseph County, wbere Grant's army lay, that tho dark and Indiana. Shortly after his arrival in the fetid waters of the Yazoo would destroy West, ho was appointed Deputy County his men even if thero were do intrenched Auditor for St. Joseph County, and cirenetuy in front to pick theui off io detail." r'oyed his leisuru hours in tho study of Hut the same flash of the lightning that S' 'w. ' which ho is said noon to have brough too news of Meade's victory at become an acknowedeged expounder. 1 1 0 Gettysburg brought word of Pemberton's -tend law pretty thoroughly during these defeat at Vicksburg. As a reward for leisure hours, but not with a view to udopthis victory, Grant, in bis own modest ting it as a profession. He had but little words, was added to tho Major Generals ! d ' hat great beneßt tho information already appointed fur the regular army, j b was heu gamin? would prove to him in but unlike- the time when he waS comiuis-! "f'er years. In lfiio ho started a weekly sioned a Major-General ot Volunteer, 110 ' j"tlnml at South bend, the cmnty Kest if '.rtune now c.uld doom him to iuactiviiy. ' St. Joseph County, called 7he Ut. Joseph

lore he was ordered tu n'suHi; com mind .''!... . L .... ' .1 at Chattanooga, after the unfortunate bat tle at Chickamuuga, President Linco'u wrote bim a characteristic letter. It wast dated July 13 lfcCJ, and was a followr: "My dear General. I do not retuember ! that you and 1 ever met personally. I write l hi now as a grateful acknowledge for the almost iuestituable service you have done tbe country. 1 wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you dually did 111 arch the troops across the ueck, run the batteries with the transports, aud thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope tint yuu knew butter titan I, that the l'azoo expedition and the like coma succ-ve-i. n Ii; you cot below ana ! 1 1 i took l'ort Gibson, (.iraul Uulf, and vi i cinity, I thought you should go down the river und join lien. Hanks, and heu you

turned northward, Cast of the Dig Dlack.jably edited and was a I thought it was a mistake. 1 now wisl ij and dignity. Every

to inuko the pertoual acknowledgement tlut jou wcte right aud I was wjong." A victory which could call forth such a letter as this from President Lincoln would produce in the mind of tho Executive the most unbounded confidence in the capacity ot tho commander by whom it whs gained. It is gratifying that that confidence wus r.cver betrayed and never disaj pointed. He lir.-t justified the l'res idcnl's failli. soon alter he assumed tho chief command in Tcnnes.-ec; by the brilliant victory at Lookout Mountain,' dtivitig the lehel G'cu. llr.igg iroui the Chatiauovga Valley aud Mi.-sion llidge, and opcitiiig up the way for Sherman' 1 Great .Mürel to the Sea Then the Na tional H(use of l.'c! resen tuiives t nsed a unanimous vote ot thanks to General Graut for his victories and ordert d a medal to bn struck in his honor, while both Hou.-es of Congress concurred in the passaic of an act reviving the xraoc of Lieutenant General, a rank never held by a,ny one except Washington, and Graut Wis recommended for the pof, it b.'iij pre sciihcd that I ho Licutciiant-Gencnl should havj commutid ot the armies. President Lincoln formally presented him with his comtnisj-ion March ü. 1SGL and haviiiL' opened ui llio lath to tl:e linal victory in I ... ' J the South- est, ho at once tjroeteiled to I. avti the waV to success in Ihipave the way to success in the i?outh E ist, The Grand Army of tho Potomac, smarting under its misfortunes, notwith standing the bright spot of Gettysburg UI,U, i,s banners, and its imperishable rtcorJ lwr l-eroiam. needed the prestige of Gen. Grant to gtvc it confidence in itself j 1 llOMJ I,ol,l veterans ielt that suci cs,. was i .,,,,1 I ,i. I. ti: HIMIIU Ulli IUI I l"UUI nun niMIHU to ioin his tireat fame with tl.eir.. a,,,! .,. link his eltstiiiies wiihll.cii fortune. lie receteu ins ci mmi-s.oii Horn the hatiUs u' 'he President, with but fw wonis. and without .indicating his purpo-e left tho Executive presence to begin his advance U Oil ItTcliUIOItU. I lie Jiat'lJail Was cross cd, und Le fought iu the teriible battle of tho Wilderness, then he advanced to the North Anna River, and making a flank movement upou Cold Harbor, fought another sanguinary battle, the assault upou the. Rebel works ut that place; and then swinging around tho intrenched lines of the enemy, he crossed the James and invested l'etershurg. Desperate engHgometits followed, and, during tho investment, he mined and blew up Fort Hell, a Rebel stronghold, with the view of taking the town by ussaulf; tut tho operation failed, with severvo punishment mi our side, and heavy losses to tho enemy. This together with the desperate strait to which Lt'O was reduced, emboldened hint to take the offensive, and on the night of the 27lh of Match, 1S05, he moved three divisiot.s of his troops before Fort hteadman. and surpiiscd and capluied the position Ho ,ore "'-''t it had been retaken, and at the MlC ,mo ho battle ot Hatchers Run "M fouuht. continuing until evening, ü" ,h0 -J vi' Al"il 'ho Rebel intrench " tuH " WW '"n at Rig Five Porks, we,e captured, and an attscli was ordered ttl,M,n' w,,olo line, under Grunt's direeiiou, which elided in driving Lee from ... ... ... , h i Win L a h ml ihn !,. ,i ,.e ii-i ' " iiuhih I 1ICII I ' "treat was cut off by the rapid UioyemcntS which Grant instituted, and on the Utb ut Ai.ril .1st oue week ""cr "'0 I ist great battle, tho Northern Virgini capitnlat ter the Rebel Gen. Johnston 1(1 t,c"- M'ermati, on tho satnu terms granteJ b Grant to Lee, and tho Great Civil bo will bo 1 resident of tho Uuited States. The Hon. Schuyler Colfax. Schuyler Colfax, the popular candidate of the National Union Republican patty for the olllee of Vice President, is a ti tivc of New York City. He was born in ' iNorth Moore-st March .3. Ib.J. his . , , . - i I

i.i.ivi uu.nunu uui a euori limn previous. With but limited means, his wid-innd

owed mother could afford to keep bita at 'for all the dangers and hardships he passschool but a short time, and at the age of ed thron-h. This trip prepared hiia for

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."THE UN ION, TIIK CONSTITUTION, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS

Ytuny iitywcr, Dccoming its soic proprietor and editor . A writer in the lndi (iri'ipolit Jtiurnul correc's a mi-Jake into which the public has fallen relative to Mr Colfax's connection with the printing business. Mr. Lanman, in his Dictionary of Congress, saye: ''lie was bred a printer." He never was apprenticed to the printing business, and knew nothing of the practical part of tho "art preservative of all urts" until after he had commenced the publication of Tie HtgUter. With his ready tact and quick perception, however, and tireat anxiety to economise, for bis means were yet very limited, he soon mastered the ort sufficiently to "help out of the dra.'," but be never attaiuod to any great prnticiency iu the business, his cditoiial ll... .l.-L...: ...r.i-.rr:... .1 A.u laoors, wiu uusitiess ui ttiu niauu aim uiuerdu'ien oaq claiuiiti hiscntiro attention. Ike Jqistir prost'ercd. and soon became a source of profit to its proprietor. It was model of courtesy a a paragraph however small, seemed t havo passed under the supervision of and to reflect the mind and elevated thoughts of its editor. lie Continued his connection with this paper until three or four years ago, writing a regu lar weekly letter for its columns during Iiis firt two terms in Congress. It was during the early days of J hi ll'-jit'cr that Mr. olfax wus dying the found itioti for ihn reputation he has since attained ns a debater. A debating club was formed, which held regular weekly meetings during the Winter season, and it was u rare cczurrente indeed to find Mr. Colfax ubsei't from one of these slated gatherings. Po!i tics, the temperance reform, and other ulje ts were often as ably delated in this society as kindred questions are in many delibt rate bodies of much greater pretensions of the present day. The Hon. John I) Do frees, now Superintendent of Government Piinting. and for many years editor and proprie'r of The Intliunnpolia Journal to which Mr. Colfax was also attached as Senate Reporter for some time alter he commenced the publication of 7he Jt'ffiftir, whs also a pniticipant in these dehnte. They were boih Whigs, both ardent and sincre advocates of, and believed in the temperance re form, and wnte consequently seldom pitted against neb other in these debates The attach

ment tormed at this curly day between thoso tue preservation et the Union, and placing I hal,ds upon thousands. Should we not gentlemen still continues with unabated , & Christain reliance in that providence j d,en tC faithless to the dead if we did not fervor. In 1SI3, Mr. Colfax w chosen ; with guide.! aud shapes the destiny of ua- j,rutcct ihcir living brethren in full enjoyu a delegate, and elected as Secretary of. lions, great reverses, which caused others , lCnt j- ,iat nationality for which, side by the Convention which nominated Gen. to fear and tremble, at times, almost to cle- ' ;,- ft ith the tiaiiv e born, our soldiers of

. T.t..- r..r 1 residency, in lSo'l he a . . . represented St. Joseph County in the oiivt'ution which framed the present Con Miiurionoi in. nana. in tin Convention t I -I III- 1-f I , ' ' r auiiiry, me auap tion of the clau-c prohibiting free colored tuen 1ri in settling in the State. His op position to this measure was the cauo of his uefeiit the following year when nominated for Congress, in, opposition to Dr. Filch. Rut with all tho uhility. tact, and shrewdness of this old political wire-worker he only dist.ineed his young competitor 21 0 votes, in a district which bad been strongly Democratic for years. In 1SÖ2 he was again a dclcgato to the Whig National Convention. lie took an active part in tho campaign which followed, speaking often 1831 wl eh the and writing much. In 'great deep'' of Indiana Democracy was broken up. and the old Hunkers laid in a grave in which it is hoped they may never be resurrected, he was renominated und elected to Congress, and was vonriucntly more active than ever before His experience as a debater, and fariliaiity with Stute and National politics, render him an overmatch for his opponents, whom ho was always noxious to meet in an open and fair discussion boioro thfl people where hn was always cortnin of a victory, In lS3(i he was" again riomitin'cd for Congress, and re elected by a handsome majority. His entrance into Congress was in the midst of the great struggle over the Lccntnton swindle A writer say of his maiden speech iu tho House: "His first speech iu Congress went forth to repel the tide of terror w hich . . . .. . i- iIV 11 III I'lllll II I. liril. t!l.l.v .11. ... II j n J ....il , .""i"" " . ' - "cioiiiy siioweil that even tlien ho was ono i. i . . . , - ,, ' n llV,,w, M7u,e !! 7 . T

tl'O urtllY of' '''I''' "cvt'r bct'oro received ty any tnemi e ! her of Congress. lift Was first fhosCi ed. ootm at , ..7. w(mih i i i n surrendered S'C,!kcV:,',,ü X11.111

vm.iihum en by a vote of P1 to 81. He has been thrieo elected to the same position, each timo b an increased majority. Ho was appointed Chairman of the Committee on Post Offices and Post-Unat) on the organization td' the XXX V I Ith Congress and did much to extend mail facilities throughout the West He was ono of the first advocates, and is slill one of tho warmest friends of the Pacific Railroad. Indeed, be lakes a warm interest in any movement looking to the di'velopeinent of the boundless resources of tho great West. It was, doubtles, the interest be feels in this section of the country which induced him to lake his celebrate I trip "Across tho Continent." His trip was a Perilous one but bis welcome, at "the nthr r ml ot' tlm 1 - ---- ... . v line. was. so spontaneous, truly genuine, heartfelt tht it mm tl.-n i t,:..,' mviw itiiiii itiaia iiiui

brookyillg;- ind., Friday, jone 12, iscs.

ono of the most entcrtaiuing lectures ever dclivored in this country. It has been listened to with wrapt attention by' the people of almost every city of the North. Pecuniarily, however, it has profited hitu but little, for with that liberality which has ever been a marked trait of his character, the entire proceeds of a lecturo havo as often been donated to sorno charitable object as they havo foind their way into bis own pocket. lie has now served in succession 11 years in the House. He wus urged but ho declined to accept a seat in tho United States Senate, preferring bis presiding chair in tho (louse. Asa presiding otBccr he whs one of the most popular the House has hadrinco Henry Clay. A writer in "Putnam's Magazine" truly observes that Mr. Cplfix '"has no eccen tricities, but great jact. His talents are administrative and txccutivt, ratr than deliberative. He would iako good appointments, and adopt ehure poljts. He would make a better President, or ipeaker of tho House, than Senator. He knows men well, estimates them correctly, treats them alt fairly and candidly.! No man will get through his business with you in fewer minutes, and yet none is jmore freo from the horid Lrunjuem ts of busy ' men. There are heart and kindness i Mr Col fax's politeness. Men leave bis presence wim nie impression inai ne is ai oure an able, honest, and kind man. Po'itical i i i i 1 1 opponents iiko turn personally, as wen as ms poiuicai jnenus. e nave never heard that be has any enemies.' The breath of, slander has been silent totvarJs his fair, spotless fame. The wife tf his youth, alter being for a long time an invalid, sank to her final rest several lyears ui'i ivu 'Kip uiiu vniiuiirei a i is aji'iittrr and sister preside at his receptions, vhich for many years liaVc been, not the most brilliant, but the most popular of anygiven at the Capital. Socially, Mr. ColfiX is trank, lively, jolly. It may bo tbif be feels his oats iu sumo degree, but iignity hasn't spoiled bim. The everlastng 1hood and Us-ness of great men is forgotten in his presence. His manners are not quite so familiar as those of Lincolu but nearly so. They are gentle, ratural, graceful, with a liid l.ko or busintss liko quickness of thought and luotior. Hut

they ate very lar from tho hi-h and J weakest of its people, and vindicates mighty stylo of Sumner, or the judicial jije rjgM,ts of the poor and tho powerless coldness of Fesscndeti, Sherman, and a faiThfuIly us those of the mighty and Trumbull. Though manly, they arc j the powerful. genial and winning. American aiothetsj I rejoice, too, in this connection, to find believe in feehuyler Colfax. Tlere are ! J,, juur ,datrrni the frank and fearless more babies named lor him than for any j aVÜval that naturalis citizens must be public man since Clay." The Lititnacy j protected abroad at every hazard as though and confidential relations of Mr.. Colfax j lney were a,jVo born. Our whole people with Mr. Lincolu are well known; They are foreigners or descendants of foreigners, labored hand in hand as brothers in tho J our fathers established by arms their rij;lit cause of the Union, holding frequent and t0 be called a nation. . It" remains for us to

protactea interviews on all euhjeets look-1 ing to the overthrow of Mie Rebellion, for there was no divisions between tie execu tive and legislative brauchCs of the Government as there arc now. Daring the darkest hours of that bloody drama, wbic' shall ever remain -Tfprouclf .upou the people of one section of thenation, they were ever cheerlul ana hor.elul. tunncheerlul and horelul dent iu the justness of tho war waged for i t t . . spair, seemed only to insnne thcisi witu 'greater zeal aud u firmer belief iu tho ulti mate triumph ot our cause. Mr. Colfax is rather under the medium bight, with a loriti firmly and compactly molded. 11 is hair is brown, now slightly sptinkled with grey; eyes blue; forehead high aud arching, indicating great perceptive faculties, and deep veneration. Ills fa co is opeu and frank, and as yet unmarked by age. lie possesses great vitality, and can endure au extraordinary amount of labor with but little fatigue. This, coupled with bis tcuipcrato habits, has caused him to wear his ago so well that but (cw persons would place him even at 40. He is yet in the primo and vigor of manhood, with ull his cares und re ! M'onsiUlitics, us buoyant as mutt people at Ü0. The man that was told tho census I embraces seventeen woman, wanted to bo a census immediately. When can a tional' When tiou. road bo said to bo ctnoit has a positive incliuaAdvict. loa VofMi Men. "In selecting a wife, gel a piece of calico that will wash." An English piper his discovered t lie line of which divides a distinc tion from a difference: 4,A little tlifference frequently makes many enemies;'' while a little distinction attracts hosts of friends to the peraou oti whom it is conferred." A very pertinent question it was which it wise elder put to a certain young man who insisted, iu spite of many apparently providential indications to the contrary, that he had n call to preach "Hast tliDu noticed whether peoplo seem to havo a call to hear thee?" Sumo timo ago lluntsville, Alabama, was under municipal law permitting only druggists to sell intoxicating liquors, und then only by a written order from a physician. It happened on a cold, rainy day, that a fast chap, whose name might havo been Johnson, u drummer from a New York dry-go. ids' house, dropped into lluntsville, aud after stopping at the hotel, wrote a noto and sent a little datkey to the drug-store for a bottle of whisky. The hoy returned minus the whisky, but, with Information tlut a physician's order would bring it: It only requited a moment to add ''M. D." to Johnson's name . attached to the note, and whisky was forth- , 'coming. The next day, in conversation u'!lli .1ilinmn tlm ilpu.n.ijt n .1 , 1 rsu ...! I.im ,.iVV ..a.... I. ...v Ulll. .-I HUUlbü.-V'J UHU, as "doctor. "iieg pardon, ' said Join-; son, "Rut I am no doctor." "Hut tho M. D. to your uatuo yesterday?" 'Ooly stood for ' Mighty Dry!" ho cool reply, a.

Colfax's Letter of Acceptance. The following is the reply of Speaker Colfax to tie committee announcing bis nomination by tho Chicago Convention; Washington, D: C; May 30, 1SGS. Tj lion. J. It. Ilawlj, Prethhnl oftheNa. tiiinal Union. Republican, Convention: Dear Sir: Tho platform adopted by the patriotic Convention over which you presided, and the resolutions which so happily supplement it, so entirely agreo with my views as to a just national policy, that , my thanks are duo to tho delegates as j much for this clear and auspicious decjara- I tion of principles, as for the nomination with which 1 have been . honored, aud which I gratefully accept. When a great rebellion which imperiled tho national existence was at last over-, thrown, the duty of all others devolving! on those intrusted with tho responsibilities j of legislation evidently was to require that j the revolted States should bo re-admitted. into participation in the üorernment against which they erred only on such a basis as to increase and fortify, not to weaken or endanger the strength and power of the nation. Certainly no one ought to have claimed that they should bo re admitted under such a rule' that their orionization as States could ever ogain bei j used ot the opening vt a war to dely the i national authority or to destroy natlonul . - unity This principle has been the pole star of those who havo infiexinlv insisted on the j Congressional policy your Convention so eordially indorsed. Hailled by Executive opposition and by persistent refusals' to accept any plan of reconstruction proposed by Congress, justice and public safety, at last combined to teach us that only by an enlargement of suffrage in those Stutcs could the desired end bo attained, and that it was even more safe to give tho ballot to those who loved the Union than to thoso who had sought ineffectually to destroy it. The assured, success of this legislation is being written on the adamant of history, and will bo our triumphant vindication. More clearly, too, than ever before does the nation uuw recognize that the greatest glory of a republic is that it throws the shield of its protection over the humblest establish the right, and welcome to oisr chores all who desire, by oaths of alle- j giatice, to becomo American citizens. Perpetual allegiance, as claimed abroad, is only another name for perpetual bondage, and would make nil slaves to the soil w here first t bey saw" tho" light. ' Our national cemeteries prove how faithfully ti,, ti,. ,.r fi.lnlit tn iI.a n,l,.ntf..M:.ii.l I iaVtf .ce-. ,.taci ;n ,l0 life Llood of thouforeign birth laid down their lives? It was fitting, too, that the representatives. of a party which had proved so true to national duty in time of war, should speak so clearly iu timo of pcaco of tho maintenance untarnished of the national honor and the national credit and good faith os regards its debt, the cost of our national existence. I do not need to extend this reply by furthercotiimcnt on a platform which has elicited such hearty approval throughout the land; the debt of gratitude- it acknowledges to tho brave men who saved the Union from destru -tiou; the frank approval of amnesty, based on repontanco and loyalty; tho demand for the most rigid economy and honesty in the government; tho sympathy of the party of liberty with all throughout the world who long for the liberty wo here enjoy, and tho recognition of tho cublitno principle of the Declaration of Independence are worthy of the organization 011 whoso banners they tiro to lo written in tho coming contest. Its past record can not be blotted out or forgotten. If there had been no Republican parly, slavery would to duy ccst its baleful shadow over the Republic. If there had been no Republican party, fice press and free speech would be as uo'enown, from tho Potomac to tic Rio Crandcus ten jcursngo. If the Republican party could havo been stricken from existence when the bannerol' rebellion was unfurled, and when tho response of "no coercion" was heard ut the North, wo would have had no nation today. Rut for tho Republican party dar ing to lisk, and the odium ol tax aud dralt , laws, our nag could not have been kept flying in the field until the long hoped for victory came. Without a Republican party tho Civil Rights bills, l Im guarantee of equality under (ho law lo the humble and tho defenseless, us well as to the strong, would not bo to day upon our national statute book. . With such inspiration from the past, and following the example of the founders of tho Republic who called tho victorious General of tho Revolution to preside over the land his triumphs had saved from its enemies, I can not doubt that our la bors will be crowned with success, and it will be n success that shall bring restored hope, confidence, prosperity und progress South as well us North, West as well us East, and ahovo all, the blessings under Providcucc, of national concord aud peace. Very truly, yours, Schuyler Colfax. A doting mother of a waggish boy, hav ing bottled a lot of ntco preserves, labeled I il.oin "I'nf tin liv Mm I)'' .Tiihnriv having discovered them, soon M9 tho con tents of otio bottla, and wrote on tho bot torn of tho label, "Put down by Johnny p " 1 a a. a . I , UV Uli . t. - Ml' I . w . u. y w .. a. , ,

WHOLE NO. 3J7. Around tho World. The Shanghai Recorder mention ai a noteworthy fact that a message has been sent around the world. The news of the appointment of the Hon. Anson Hurlingame as Chinese Ambassador was sent from Pekin eighteen thotisahd mile?, to Kiatuha,-by a special courior of the Russian Governments. From Kiatcha to San Francisco by telegram, by way of St. Petersburg, the Atlantic cable aud overland route. A Pacific steamer conveyed the in e isb age from San Francisco to China, the whole being accomplished in eighty oue days. This leads us to hopo and, ex pect that at no distant day the magnetic chain will eDcirclo the sarth and render the transmission of intelligence between the nations speedy and certain. That so much has been done is a triumph of mind over matter which we may enjoy in common with tho whole readiog world. The dream of a brotherly communion of tho nations is soon to be fulfilled. Europe, Asia and America clasp hands, äs it were. Vast oceans roll between, but already one is traversed by a wonderfully elender and powerful Hue which unites the continents and "makes the world akin." As Americans we may iudulgoin honest pride that two of our countrymen, the immortal Franklin and Morsebavo thought and labored to effectually iu this great woiL". Too Much Name. A young dentist was lately overtaken by a rain storm at midnight, in the pine woods of North Carolina. Kuocking at the door of tho little tavern, the wiudow was raised, and the inn-keeper asked, suspiciously, "Who's there?" "John Smith, M.. D.D. D.B. F. C. D. answeied the dentiii. , "Aie you a teamster?" asked tho landlord, who did not hear for the rain. "No!" bawled the dentist with dignity, "I am John Smith, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Dental Surgery, and Fellow of the College of Dentists." "Can't let you in," said the inn-keep-pr "Tn ln.-ititf fit" von. T have onlv J .1 . . , room lor ono mau. ana aiammeu the window. The young man had to ride twelve miles in the mud, when he announced himself as plain Johu Smith, and bad a bed lur himself and horse. The Newspaper. A newspaper can drop the same thought into a thousand minds at the same moment. A newspaper is au adviser who does not require to be sought, but comes to you without distracting your private affairs. Newspapers, therefore, become more necessary, in proportion as men bocome moro equal individuals, and more to be feared. To suppose that they only serve to protect freedom is to diminish their importance: they maintain civilization. Do Tocqucville. . When Mr. 1 Moody (Handkerchief Moody) was on a journey in the western part of Massachusetts, he called on a brother iu the ministry, on Saturday, thinking to spend tho Sabbath with him if agreeable. Tho man appeared very glad to see him, and said: "I should be very glad to havo you stop and preach for me to-morrow, but I feel almost ashamed to ask you." "Why, what is the aiatter?" said Mr. Moody. ' . "Why, our people have got into such a habit of going out before meeting is closed, that itsccuis to bo an impusiiiuu ou a stranger." "If that is all, I mutt and vill atop and preach for you," was Mr. Moody's reply. When the Sabbath day came, aud Mr. Moody had opened the meeting aud named his text, ho looked round outhoassciu bly, tmd said: "My hearers, I am going to speak to two sorts of folks to day mind, and timing Siiiucis, I am going to give your porliou first, and I would havo you give good attention." Whcnjhe had preached to them as long as he thought b.'st, he paused, and said: , "There, sinners, I luve done with you now; you may take your huts and get out of the meeting house as soon as you please," Hut all tarried and heard him through, The SriutT ov tiik'Aoe Rourbon. A young woman's conundrum Who is our favorite Roman hero? Marius. To tho benevolent Judy knows of a man so bard up that he sleeps on tick. Honyto I m rat) vk a Lady's Looks Put one hundred thousand dollars iu her pocket, A ''great brute of h husband'' advertised in the morning papers fur a strong, able-bodied man lo hold his wile's tongue. Fruit trees chould bo nllowcd to about out their branches near tho grouud, protecting tho soil aud trunk from changes of moistiiro ond temperature. Applo trees, especially, bear better wheu the top branches ore cut away, aad tbe limbs permitted to grow lower down on the truuk. Maiiuyixq Sisteus. Lord Dundreary has given his opinion in regard to that much vexed question marriage with a duceiued wile's sister. "I thiuk," he says, "marriago with a dctheathed wife's thither is very proper and very economical, because when a fellah marrieth his detheathed wile's thithtcr, bo bo bath only one mother-in-law." At a pnblio school exhibition in a Michigan villagj, one of the visitors made a brief ai dross to the pupils, on tho necessity of obeying their teachers and growing up loyal and useful citizens. To give emphasis to bis remarks, ho pointed lo a largo national flag, spread on one side of tho room, and inquired, "Hoys, what is that flag foi? ' A little urchin promptly j answered. To cover up the dirt, sir."

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Trsfuleet advsrtittattui th! It all W ptil f:Ma 3ttas. U&Um a particular tlut It psoit! vksa ktd la, atlvniiieni will b pblli4 aatil rdered oat sad chid aooordiaglj. -- ' ' Copperhead Honors Declined by 1 Sol '.. ". . .1 dier." ' - ;" Canton, Stabic Cot jtTr, Ü , May 26f To tin' Editor if iht CintinhUti VnzttUi A lato State Couveutioo at Columbus, baa appointed me as a delegate, from tla Seventeenth Congressional District, to tbe "National Conservative Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention," to be held in tbe city of New Yotk, ou the -Ith of July. Willy Ott help to relieve me from the result of such uumerited insult by peimitting me through you, to say that 1 do not piopose to attend that Couventiou? I aiu not, and never have been, in sympathy with tba objects it seeks to accomplish. . I bare nut yet forgotten the cause for which ''our bravest fell," and am not so objectionably geuetous that I am ready to give up tbe' fruits of victory so barily won. 1 can not but ask myself of what mean thing I have been guilty, that I should be tbe recipient of the piaisu implied by sucivappoiutmcut, at the haiitis of meu who Lv' deserted the flag under which they one fought? The cool impudence of tbe iusult wm not fully sppieciated by me Qutil, ou read' ing the proceedings, it appeared I was appointed au udciikiiy member. Let luv overcome my dietante to touch pitch and be dc filled for a moment, by accepting that udcituiy position; . I udcict that if there be tuch scarcity of material among tho late Federal sol' diery of Uhi , that the CouveUion is forced to go into Radical ranks to select representatives, Jhat it goes into one of 'our erring sister State" and uialet choice of some who wore the gray, to fef pond ou tie 4th day of July, at New York, wheu tho roll of the delegation from Ohio is called. 1 u deine that (he itbel Korttht the Uiod crn Ilerod, who iuusacicd in innocent at Foil Pillow, and whose name was cheered by Conservative Demociatic. soldiers, iu convention assembled at Cleveland, would be a pioper msti lo teprcscut Conservatism. I ud cite tlut, "for the cultivation of fr..,-....! ( !... .. aud complete forgeti,",v'""" 'vv""t-t f.,..is.. .1 I .... I ... 1 1 . luiiaas ui 1 11 v iiiv nine uuiiciriuiuin, there be a uuiou of thui-e ihre Conservative societies the White Russin HI tie, the Knights uf the Gulden CircU aud tb Ku-Klux Klan ' I udiiitt that Democratic Conservatism forms its ranks lhi fall to make the fight against' Grant and Coital under the vM color, "tie stars ami bars" and under tbd old leaueis, the lebel Geuerai Lee aud Jeff. Davis. . Lastly let me JtVt', that I propose to continue to fight ou the old Hue aud vote and work for Graut, Colfax aud victory. The Democratic papers throughout the State, in compliance with a itsolutivo, have given publicity to the fact that I have bceu adopted by those who cry for bread,' as a delegate and '-advisory uieui bcr." Do I ask too much tu request that they give as much publicity to (be fact that 1 repudiate association with those who, once westing the pattiutic bUejJuvo defied it for the ribtl gray? Iu tbe hope and full conviction that true soldiers, every wbeir, will coutiuue tu stand by their colors aud the right of Rad icaliaiu. lam, truly yours, C ha tats F. Mandeusom. CcuNtj ox tiu Hr-LAVfs A jovial, 1. t . fat friend of ouis who swiui occasionally drops into the Sanctum, is always briuifull and running over with stories aud from whom we propose to filch, without giving bim an opportunity to obtaiu a writ of. ipu K(trrittt relates the following: Jones wus, or believed be was near hie death, and the Doctor calling, b held a long and Cat test conversation with bim about bis chances of life. "Why man,' said the physician, "you are likely to die any hour. You have been living for the last fifteen years without a i-oiisti'utiou, lung gone, liver diseased, aud all that sort of thiug." 4,You duii't uuan lo ssy,' tcplicd Jones, questionitigly, tlat a man can live for lifter ti vcaia wilhiut a toiisiituiioii?" Yes, I do," retorted ihe Doctor, 'ahd you are au example." "Then, Doctor,'' at.d a bright smile illuminated the palid f ee of the doomed man, 'then, Doctot, I'll go it leu years tuoru eti the by In ks," and he did! Parties de-hing to become all iu all to each other would do well tu ascertain whether there it any obvious obstacle fort the mailing ceremony is commenced. An expected weuding Ca ma to an abrupt termination a few weeks since, iu cou sequence ol'the piosptetivu biide putting iu a stipulation ll at tba lo h biidegti-oui should thciiieloithcst hew his cigar. Tho young in a ii very absurd'y teplied that lid could get along vuy much n.oie i-tru. fortaby without a wile than he could with out his Wi.d. and consequently the proposed mart ingc 'ended in smoke.' In this connection we may quote the advice which an Albany editor gives bia tenders: -'If you want o keep poor buy twoglas-ca of alecvciy day at live cents each, amount ing in one jcar to $UG 0t; smoke three cigitrt-, one utter each meul, counting up in the couiic of the ycaf to t'JUj, and keep a big dog.' Ilovr to Wohk. "Sukey, you've got an easy life of it," grumbled the Pot to ihe Kettle, ' sitting (bete like a lady ill day long, w'nh nothing to do but boil little water and sing a pretty songi'1 "1 do what is given me to do, and d) il ! cheerfully," said Sukey. ' Uoe tan but i bo employed, and you, when you are sput tonng over your pudding or potatoes and the Fryiugpao. when ho is spitting with his cakes, are on no harder service really than I Hin; but every thing depends on tbe way you take work. I ting vier mine.". Wuo.InDEKD! We beard Ihe other dar of a gentleman who died without a will. "Died without a will," forsooth I whoever heard of a person who died ''with will."