Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 28, Number 27, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1880 — Page 2

THE INDIANA STATE -SENTINEL, "WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1880.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7. How much did Mr. Garfield give to the Chicago fire? - - - Democrats every where ere enthusiastic far the ticket.

EirrBLicAss begin to realize that Hancock won't be counted out Thosb who know best claim Pennsylvania lor Hancock and English. Trass colored Hancock Clubs have already been formed In Atlanta, Ga. The Democrats don't talk of less than 50,000 majority for Hancock in Sew York State. The Chicago Inter Ocean will have the bloody shirt. It will haTe a lonely time of it thifl leaeon. GASnELD should be withdrawn If there is to be a lively contest It ia growing dietreasingly monotonous. The Globe-Democrat, aince its master was slaughtered at Chicago, eeema to be making a race (or an insane asylum. The Southern outrage business has been quietly and eweetly laid to rest enveloped in the ample folds of "the bloody shirt" Tee Republicans are finding out that good -war records are not all on one side, as Democracy baa determined to show them. The Waechter am Erie, the leading German Republican organ of Cleveland, has deserted Garfield and run up the Hancock and English flag. The Democrat of New York are taking active steps to effect a union of forces in accordance with the reconciliation scenes enacted in the Convention at Cincinnati. Will the National Republican Committee, which meets this week in New York, decide to take Girfiald off the ticket? It is the last and forlorn hope of the Radical party. . It must be painful to the average Republican, who fights the war over every year so valiantly, to see how limp the bloody shirt hargs as a banner since the nomination of General Hancock at Cincinnati. Tarring and feathering a woman in Vermont Is one of the latest horrors. It is quite equal to the new Ohio "idee' that of blowins up the houses of objectionable citizens with, kegs of gunpowder Yazoo out-Ya-zed, as it were. Mr. Schuyler Colfax is out In another letter, which we reproduce this morning. He evidently has came to the conclusion that il Mr. Garfield, his partner in the Credit Mobilier enterprise, is nominated for the Presidency, it Is about time for him to be crawling ont of his political grave. Hos. William H. Exulisii has decided to retain the Chairmanship of the Democratic State Central Committee, and will associate with him as the Executive Committee exGovernor T. A. Hendricks, Senator J. E. McDonald, Hon. Franklin Landers, Hon. Win. Fleming, O. O. Stealey, Esq., and J. M. Cropsey, Esq. Don't let us forget Arthur in the Hancock boom. He might get away in the great flood that is sweeping away Radicalism. This legend will be found tacked to his coat tall, with Pw B. Hayes' name signed to it: With a deep sense of my obligations under the Constitution, I regard It as my plain duty to suspend you, in order that the office may be honestly administered. The question now is whether Garfield shall be withdrawn or cot. It should be definitely settled by the National Republican Committee, which meets in New York this week. We hope that this uncertainty will not prevail much longer. Garfield stands defeated already. Yet we have time enough to lay out another Republican on the cooling board before the November election. . Tme Cincinnati Gazette, under the editorial charge of some one whose soul must have all the deformities that partisan hates ever shaped, refers to the escape of Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, from the burning steamer Seawanhaka, by saying that "Satan came near foreclosing upon Charles A. Dana, Monday evening. Another warning. It may be the last" Mr. Chaikmah New, now on his Eastern pilgrimage for campaign funds, represents Indiana in good condition for the Radical candidates. We can not account for the rumors which are being wired West on any other ground than that Mr. New wants money very badly. He is certainly giving the Eastern Radicals "taffy," and wants money, or else he is not posted. Mr. Porter, according to a Cincinnati special, aays that he expects a "hot and laborious campaign." He also states that the Democrats will have "a great deal of money this year for campaign purposes." As to the first statement he is undoubtedly correct. He may expect hot campaign. He trill find it altogether more laborious than fattening and basking himself in a handtome Government position, with a good, fat salary attachment As to the amount of money the Democrats will have, we sincerely hope he Is correct. They must have money to meet the effect of the immense amount of corruption that will now from the $2,000,. 000 and more which the Rsdical party will surely get from the assessment of Government officers. GrcxKAL Haxoock's record on finance is demanded by the Republican press, coupled with the intimation, of course, that their man Garfield is a giant on all matters con Bected with the intricate question. Well, perhaps, he soars into the Infinite and dives into the unfathomable of monetary affairs, but, 11 his friends are to be believed, he never pays cash. They say he borrowed money to build a modest house in Washington worth only a few thousand dollars. He borrowed money to pay his rent, or, as Donn Piatt put it, he 'shinned around Washing

ton trying to raise rent money;" and another account, and perhaps hi i own, was that he borrowed money to pay the expenses of a European trip. What a brilliant "financier" the Radical candidate for the Presidency must be. Borrowing borrowing money all the time to meet his individual expenditures.

The Republican papers are walking up to the defense of Mr. Gartield. They see plainly that they can not make oat their case by abuse of the other candidate, and knowing that the charges against their candidate are damaging as well as true, they accept the inevitable, though with many grimaces and much misgiving. The Journal has entered the field, and now the smaller fry will follow suit. They may now be relied to keep on the defense until the "melancholy duys of November," of which their candidate spoke so despondingi y. The New York Radicals are already trembling in their boots, ss is evident from the report which comes from New York that the Radical Governor of that Commonwealth proposes to call the Legislature together for tie purpose of carrying through tht desperate scheme of last winter to select Presidential Electors by Congressional Districts. This will save Garfield about seventeen of the electors, which is decidedly better than losing the entire thirty-five. Nothing, however, can save Mr. Garfield from defeat, unless he withdraws voluntarily from the ticket or is taken from it at the meeting of the National Republican Committee in New York this week. THE FRAUD ISSUE PRESERVED. The sentiment of the country expressed since the Presidential nominations demonstrates very conclusively that the people have not forgotten that the Presidency was conferred four years ago upon a man who was not elected; that the highest Court in the country was prostituted to the service of the vilest partisanship, and that all the men who were engaged in the commission of that great wrong have been rewarded for their work by high and lucrative offices in both the State and Federal Governments. This question, as Mr. Tilden truly said in his farewell letter, "transcends all others in importance." It was a wrong done to the country, and not to men. Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas A. Hendricks, as the representatives of the people, were, it is true, deprived of the high offices to which they had been chosen by a majority of more than a quarter of a million of their countrymen, in accordance with the laws of the country, and they were deprived of them by fraud and perjury and conspiracy on the part of men who were willing to become criminals in order to retain power. But the moral sentiment cf the country suffered to a degree which renders the wrong to individuals ins!gaicant in comparison. Fraud first triumphant in American history by the efforts and with the support of a great party, rendered doubtful the final success of republican institutions. Great abuses, which had seemiDgly become a part of our syetem ot government, were continued and aggravated. Great reforms which might have been carried out were ignored and trampled upon and their realization, upon which the American people had set their hearts, was postponed. Cheap and economical government gave way to the glitter and show of a central, strong government. Reform of the civil service, which would have come naturally with the return to cheap, unostentatious government, and with the advent of a great man into the Presidential chair, was put aside, and places In the civil service became the prostituted reward of theft and wrong ss well as of partisanship. Jealousy between the sections, the era of hate, the use of the army in elections, continued to remind the country of past ill feelings, which neither existed nor bad cause to longer exist in the hearts of the people. So, there remained not only the recollection of one great wrong, not only the realisation that it had shown Its serpent hiss and bad been neither scotched nor killed, and that the return to simpler, better ways was postponed, but a great capacity for good had also been postponed. It was seen that prosperity would have been hastened and increased in measure by satisfaction and confidence. Nothing, therefore, could destroy the fraud issue for this canvass. Its effects were too far reaching to be dependent upon the will of any one man, or to be dissipated by the folly of a great party, if that party had even pof seesed nothing else than the inheritance and the ways of folly. The issue was here in the country. It was a fixed fact, and here it must stay. And when Mr. Tilden and Mr. Hendricks declined to assume the lead in the coming contest, the American people, in their eoverelgn capacity, selected others as the representatives of this greatest of issues. The men had taken themselves from the field, but the question still remained. It holds the field to-day, and it will hold it until the close of this campaign. For four years the American people not a mere party have condemned the men and the methods of 1S77. They condemn them to day, and they will condemn them in the coming canvass in such tones as ehail not be mistaken. One of the perpetrators of that great crime has come forwsrd to represent and champion and defend it. Upon the vote of James A. Garfield depended the success of that great conspiracy, and that vote It received. He planned, sanctioned and abetted the wrong:, and gave hia assistance to insure its success. He must now stand by It while the country tries, condemns and executes him for that crime. The great wrorg represents destruction to the principle of free government. It sought to make a failure of popular institutions. It overthrew the popular will It annulled the power of great State. Its exponent and its defender was the Republican party. Its victim was the canse of free Government the liberty of a whole people. Its avenger Is the Democratic party, backed by the voice of the country. The . fraud issue Is supreme. To it, tariff and revenue and mere policies are as nothing, because it represents them all. The country would have no need for tariff and revenues and a circulating medium if the Government were to be again subverted by the setting aside of the will of the people 'A their chosen representatives are to be put away by conspiracy and perjury. It inot the only issue, but it

is the greatest one, and it has been made a vital one by the Democratic party. It will ring again and again In the ears of the guilty men who made it. It was not made by the Democratic party, but came against its will, against its protest It submitted to it for the sake of that peace and prosperity, as the exponent of which it has always stood forth, and it now appeals in the came and behalf of these forces for the righting ot a great wrong, for swift retribution upon its perpetrators, and for the power, which was wrested from it, to do a great good. No one claims that it has been thrown aside, except those who made iL They hoped that it might be lost, as the felon hopes the indictment and the witnesses Against him may disappear, but the country has IneUted upon its preservation, and it Is now In court, and there it will stay. Let the wrong doers meet it and plead to it, and then let them be condemned by it and executed under it, as they deserve.

A RADICAL "QUADRILATERAL." The Journal builds a very handsome Indiana "quadrilateral" from leading Democrats. Let us see what luck we will have in making a quadrilateral of Indiana Radicals. Well! we suppose Ben Harrison should occupy one angle, principally for the reason that he has been defeated for the Governorship, and again for the United States Senate. These defeats have forced him into prominence. One corner for Ben. Then Colonel Streight should have an angle, because being a repreeenta tive Radical he was inhumanly slaughtered in the State Convention another Radical forced into prominence by defeat. Give Streight a corner. He is hardly entitled to a place, but we can do no better. Now, who shall we have next We confess we are nearly at the nd of our string. Colfax, Coburn and Cumback are all sleeping quietly in the political cjmetery. We can get nothing from that brilliant (?) triumvirate. Well, let us see further. Now, there is the gushing Gordon, bat he seems to be tabooed by his party and "out of whack" generally. No! Gordon won't do. Orth will hardly rill the bill. The party deliberately crucified him, and thus we are driven to a smaller set of fish in our search minnows who are beginning to nibble around the political hook. Hawkins, Dudley, or perhaps "that ardent Republican, John B. El am Prosecuting Attorney," aa the Journal calls him. He might do, but he has too much of the overgrown school urchin look, tuggestive of "the boy who stood on the burning deck, when all but him had lied." N j! "that ardent Republican, John B. Elsra, Prosecuting Attorney," won't do. Dudley or Ilawkics? No! Then comes John Overmyer and the Hannas, Harry Adams and a doz?n or two other ring fellows about the city here, but they all have serious objections they are not "available," and all are too vealy and lack fiber. Welt, we are forced to give up ! the job. There are not fonr Radicals in Indiana who are brainy and big enough, to bo placed in the angles of our quadrilateral When Morton died, the brains and greatness cf the party died with him. Those who are left &re a mere batch of ecrimmaging, scrabbling, second and third rate fellows, quarrdling and fussing over the few loaves and fishes lefc here and there to appease a depraved and vitiated political appetite. A genteel Republican "quadrilateral" can not be built in Indiana The Journal, however, bad no trouble in finding four stalwart Democrats to make up Its "quadrilateral" a few days since. We congratulate our esteemed sontemporary upon its success, and the Democratic party that it has a big and brainy "quadrilateral." E3INEW TELLS ALL ABOUT INDIANA. Washington, DC, June 2S. John C. New, ex-rresurer of the United mates, editor of tue lnllanapoiis Journal aud Chairmau of the Indiana lU'pubncan tat- Committee, arrived in Washington last night. Mr. New has ex cellent opportunities of snowing the political situation in his Hiate. He nys u.at the nomination of Hancock: and Kugli-jh fell fiat. special io-cin,cinnati rimes. The above is a sample of the "swash" that Is being telegraphed over the country. The meetiDg at the Wigwam on Monday night told the story, and none were quicker to realize the language of the meeting than the Radicals of Indianapolis. That language was as plain to their understanding as that which appeared at Belshazzar's feast, telling the corrupt old rascal that his end bad come. Old citizens but voics tne sentiment of the entire community when they ray that never in the history of the city has such a meeting been held at the beginning of a campaign, and but seldom during the heat of a canvass. Hancock's Fainout Order. The following famous order of General Hancock's reveals a more intimate knowledge of the genius ot American institutions than Garfield's entire civil career: Headquarters Fifth Military District, New Okleans La., November 1867. j General Orders, To. 40. 1. In accordance with General Orders No. 81, headquarters of the army, Adjutant General's office. Washington, D. C, August 27, 18ti7, Major Jeneral W !S. Hancock hereby assume command of the Fifth Military District and of the department eomposed of the States of Louisiana and Texas. 2. The General commanding la gratified to learn that peace and quiet reign in this department. It will be his purpose to preserve this condition of things, as a means to this great end, be regards the maintenance ot the civil authorities in ihe faithful execution of the laws as the mot efficient under existing circumstances. in war it Is indispensable to repel force by force, and overthrow and destroy opposition to lawful authority. But when insurrectionary force has been overthrown and peace established, and the civil authorities are ready and willing to perform their duties, the military power should cease to lead, and the civil nJminlstra Hon resume Its natural and rightful dominion. (Solemnly impressed wltti them views, the General announces that the great principles of American liberty are still the lawful inheritance of this people, and ever should be. Tne right of trial by Jury, the habe?, corpus, the liberty Of the press, the freedom of speech, the natural righ's of persons and the rights' of property mul bj prexerved. Free lnalliutlons, while they are essential to the prosperity and happiness of the people, always furnish the strongest Inducements to peace and order. Crimes and offenses committed in this District mast be referred to the consideration and Judgment of the civil tribunals, and those tribunals will be supported in their lawful J arlsdlction. Hhould there be violations of existing laws which are not inquired Into by the civil magistrates, or should failures in the administration of Justice by the Courts be complained cf, the cases will be reported to these headquarters, when such orders will be made as may be deemed necessary. While the General thuslndlcates his purpose to respect the liberties oi the people, be wishes all to understand that armed Insurrection or forcible resistance to the law will be Instantly suppressed by arms. By command of .. Major gkxkrax W. S. Hahoock. Official 1 Fourth of July has no business to come on Sundsy, and it wouldn't if almanac makers had any patriotism. - . , , :

HRS. SUBIUTT'S EXECUTION

General James A, Ekln's Recollections and Two Letters Bearing Upon the Case. Did President Johnson Suppress the Com mission's Recommendation far Mercj? Geueral Ekln Thinks Hancock's Actions in the Matter Thoe of a Soldier and a Gentleman, and Gives Ills Reasons. Courier-Journal, June 30. A reporter visited General James A. Ekin yesterday morning at the Jeffersonville Depot ot the Quartermaster's Department, of which be has charge, and obtained the General's account of the trial and execution of Ida. Surratt, General Ekin was one of the Military Commission of nine who formed the Court that tried the case, and, consequently, he probably knows as much of that celebrated rase as any man in the world. The General was found in his handsome office in the renter of the beautiful inclosure within the Depot. The grounds are very tastefully laid off with gravel paths, and are planted with trees and beds of flowers, making a garden that is surpassed in taste and beauty by few. The General's office is in a low. square building in the center, and is large and airy and handsomely decorated with flags and pictures. General Eiin met the reporter with his usual courteousness, and kindly consented to give all the information in his power when the subject was msde known to him. He first called attention to a very handsome painting of the CELEBRATED MILITARY COMMISSION, all In full uniform, just as they sat when trying the great case. Beeide the nine officers of the Commission, the picture contained the portraits of Hon. J. Holt. Judge Advocate General; Hon. John A. Bingham, special Judge Advocate, now Minister to Japan, and the chief attorney for the prosecution in the case, and Colonel H. L. Burnett, Judge Advocate. The picture was a large painted photograph, and the likenesses are said to be striking in each case. The reporter commenced the conversation by asking, the General if he was not a member of the Military Commission for the trial of the assassins of President Lincoln. v The General replied: "On the 9.h of May. 1SG5. 1 was detailed, by order of the President of the United States, as a member of the Military Commission appointed by paragraph fcur of erecfal orders, War Department, No. 211. May C, 1805. for the trial of the assassins of President Lincoln. The Court WAS COMPOSED A3 FOLLOWS '. President Major General D. Hunter. Members: Major Gennl Lew Wallace, Msjor General August V. Keutz, Brigadier General Albion P. Howe, Brigadier General It. 8. Foster, Brigadier General Jam? s A. Ekin, Brigadier General Thomai M. Harris, Brigadier General Charles H. Tompkins, Brevet Colonel D. R. Clendennin. "Who were the persons cbsrged with the anamination of President Lincoln?' "Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Atzerot, Harold, Arnold, Spangler and Dr. Mudd. The four former were tried and sentenced to death, and were executed; the others were sentenced to imprisonment for lite, and were sent to the Dry Tortuges. There they remained in prison for a time, when they were pardoned by Andrew Johnson. Arnold and Spangler are dead. Dr. Mudd is still living in the State ot Maryland " "How long was the Court in session?" "About forty days, I think." "Where were its sessions held?" "In- the Washington Arsenal, near the Potomac River." "After the testimony was closed, and the argument of counsel heard, was the Court any length of lime in coming to a conclusion as to the guilt or innocence of the accused pjrties," asked the reporter. "Yes, sir; a considerable length of time. Involving as it did the question of life and death, and fully realizing the solemnity of the occasion and the awful responsibility of the situation, the case was fully and carefull and conscientiously considered by the Commission, and it was after many hours of serious deliberation that the result was determined." "Tht was the date of the execution of the assassins?'' Mrs. Surratt, Payne, Aizerot and Harold were EXECUTED WITHIN THE ARSEXAL ISCLOSrBK, on the 7th of July, 1SG5, almost fifteen years ago, saia the ueneral musingly. "Booth s body lay buried within fifty feet of the scat fold on which the conspirators died. His body was buried there In an obscure Discs for awhile, with the location of the grave known to only a fsw. It wss afterward, at the solicitation of Edwin Booth, taken to rairmont, Baltim ire, and placed beside his father, the great Junius Brutus Booth." "Did you see the eiecution, General?" inquired the reporter. "No; I did not witness the execution itself. but I was on the ground immediately after the bodies were buried, which was as soon as they were cot down. The bodies were buried near the eciffjlds, tbe graves having been previously made. When I visited the scene the scaffolds were still standing and the traps were all sprung, having not been touched after tbe execution. Eich of the four had separate scaffold." "Did you favor a commutation of the death sentence of Mrs. Surratt?" "For certain reasons, which it would be Improper for me to mention, I did favor a commutation oi the death sentence of Mrs. Surratt by the Court, and. so soon as the findings were recorded, and before the adjournment of the Court I prepared a paper in tne presence oi the jommiasion recommending Executive clemency in her case. This was attached to the proceedings and findings, and, in mv own handwriting, is now a part of the official record in the case." "By bow many members was this paper Bigned?" "By five members, including myself, viz: Major General David Hunter, the President of the Commission, Msjor General August tt. Kautz, Brigadier Geueral Foster, Brigadier General James A. Ekin and Brigadier General Tompkins. In making this appeal to the President, the majority of the Court were influenced by considerations of humanity and mercy." "To whom was this memorial addressed?" "To the President of tbe United States, who has to ratify or approve every action of a military court before its sentence can be carried into execution." "Have you a copy ot this paper?" "I have THI KOUvJH ORIGINAL from which the copy attached to the pro ceedings was drafted. It has been misplaced, however, much to my regret, or I would let yon have a copy of it. It la a paper that I value very highly, and it is so carefully preserved among my papers that I can not at present lay my hand upon iL It was once published, however, in connection with the trial of John H. Surratt in the Civil Courts in Washington. "Can you rive me a synopsis of the rater from memory T asked the note-taker. Yes. I think Drobablr I can. It read something like this: 'We the undersigned members of the Military Commission. detailed to try the assassins of President Lincoln, are constrained, in view of tbe evidence presented to us In the ease, to find the parties guilty as set forthin the proceedings. In the case of Mrs. Surratt, however, we wish to retpecuuuy suomit ana .suggest to yon, '

on account of the age and sex of tbe prisoner, that, if possibly consistent with your view of the case, you commute the sentence from that ot death to that of Imprisonment for life.' That is the substance of it, although not the exact phraseology." "Do you know, General, that this petition waj ever submitted to President Johnson?'1 "No, sir; I have no personal knowledge on tbe subject, but I have every reason to believe that IT WAS SUBMITTED. On the afternoon of the execution of the conspirators I called on General Holt, Judge Advocate General of the Army, and held a conversation with him relative to the matter, and he informed me that he bad submitted the memorial to the President, together with the records of the case, but that it bad not been favorably considered." "Did not President Johnson claim that he never saw the petition?" asked the scribe. "Yes, sir; it was alleged by President Johnson atterward that the memorial had never been seen by him." "What do you think individually on this point?" . "I never doubted for a single moment the statement of Judge Advocate General Holt. It was confirmed and proven to my mind by a vsnety of circumstances and incidents. Much might be said on this branch ot the subject, but it is neither necessary nor advisoble." "There was some talk of this afterward, was there not?" "Oh, yes. In 1807. after President Johnson had so materially changed his views, the question was broncht up acl disenssed in public. General Holt maintained that he bad presented tbe paper in person, and President Johnson said that HE HAD SEVER SEES IT. It was during this discussion that General Holt wrote me the following letter concerning the interview that I had with him on tbe day of the execution, and, as it waa still fresh in my mind, I wrote to him and embodied the substance of the conversation," Here General Ekin read the following letter from General Holt: "War Depabtmest, ") Bureau of military Jcstick, v Washington, 1. C , Aug. 21, 1887. J General James A. Ekin: GESERAL-Recallirjg to your attention an Interview which took: plac; between ns soon after t be close of the trial of tbe assasins of tne Presiiier t, la whicn trial you aa a member of the Military Commission had participated. I beg that you will be sa good as to state, as you muyrememtx-r it, tne the time of this Interview, also tbe circumstance which led to It, and our conversation, especially In relation to the petition to the President for the commutation of Mrs. Burratt's sentence, whicb had been signed by yourself aud four other members of the Commission. Very respectfully your obedient servant,

J. HOLT. To which he replied ss follows: Washington, D. C A ngust 26, 1867. Brigadier General J. Holt, U. 8. A., Judge Ad vocate General, Washington, D. C: Deak General I have respectfully to acknowledge the receipt late upon last Saturday evening oi your letter of the 24th Inst., calllDg to my attention an interview which toot place between us soon after the close of the trial of the assassins of President Lincoln, and re questing me to state my lemembrance of said Interview, efioeciallv lu r-iatlon to the netitlon to the President for the commutation of Mr?, burrults sentence, which petition had neen signed by nve members of the toinmls ston, including myself. Of the Interview to wnicn you reler I nave nodlstlnct recollection. It occurred at your oltice either upon the day of the execution of the assassins or within a day or two thereafter. Having been a member oi iue uommistion aetailea to try Mrs. Surratt ad Others, I felt desirous of learning the Impression made upon Ills Excellency, the president, Dy tne records and papers of the in&i. wuicn naa oeea suomittea lor als Jadg ment and approved. "In the course of the Interview yoa re marked tome that the entire cute. Including Mi. ijt;eb, uiua uwa piHctiu oeiore mo president, and that his particular attention Had Deen directed to tne recommendation of cer tain member for the commutation of the sentence of Mrs. tiurratt; tbat ne (ihe President) bad caref ully scrutinized and considered the case, including the recommendation of mercy on behalf of Mrs. Surralt. but that he could not accede to or grant the petition for wie reason inai mere was no ciass in tne Sou tu more virulent In the expression and practice of treasonable sentiments than the Rebel women ; that he, by his residence in that sect leu of the country, has been better able to lodge of and appreciate, and thathe (the Pres ldent) M as better informed as to the disloyalty of such women than tbe members of the Commission could be, and that be, with all respect lor tbe judgment ot certain members of the Commission, considered that the Interests of tne country demanded tbat an example should De maae wnicn would act as a summary checb: npon and corrective of lemaie uisloralty. and that he had therefore approved the findings oi me jom mission, a nu naa ordered tne exe cution of Mrs. Surratt. -The foregoing includes the substance of the conversation to which you reler. "With sentiments of high esteem, I remain your ooeuieni servant. jamesa. kin." "What official position did General Han cock bold at the time of the trial?" "He was simply the officer in command of the Department of Washington." "Did it devolve upon him to carry out the sentence of the Commission, or could he have escaped it? GENERAL HANCOCK'S POSITION. "General Hancock was orderad by the President, tbe Commander-in Chief, to exe cute the sentence of the Commission, and he did so. There was no alternative for him and no way of escaping tbe duty, save by resigning his position in the army." 'What do you think of General Han coca's action In the matter?" "I am utterly at a loss, sir, to understand how or why any unfavorable criticism can or should be made relative to General Hancock's action. He simply ter ormed his duty under the orders of superior autnoniy, ana should oe commended, as he certainly is by all who thoroughly understand the case. He had not the slightest discretion in the matter; he simply executed the mandate of the Court, aa directed by the President." "You have probably noticed the position taken by Mrs. Sarratt's daughter. She says that she visited General Hancock before the execution, and that his treatment was not only unnecessarily rongh, but positively ungentlemanly. What do you think of that statement?" "I know nothing whatever of the interview between the two, but what I know of General Hancock would lead me to aisbelieve the rumor. He is noted everywhere for his extremely courteous manner and gentlemvnly bearing, and my acquaintance with him has led me to believe tbat such treatment could not have happened." Thanking the General for his kind indulgence, the reporter then turned homeward, the leaves of his note book swelling with the facts of the celebrated crime and swift punishment Pleasures of Politics. This Is the way John Quincy Adams consoled himself: August 31. "The bitterness and violence ot Presidential electioneering increases as the time advances. It seems as if every liar in the country waa at work day and night to destroy my character. It does not surprise me, because I have seen the same species of ribaldry year after year heaped npon my father, and for a long time npon Washington. I have finally coocioded to take a month of holiday to visit mv father and d smlss can." The First President. IStw York World. The first President of this ennnfrv was named Hancock for John Hancock was not only the first signer of the Declaration of Indenesdence. but the President nf th flrt Continental Congress, and its President, with certain necessary executive functions, when the articles of confederation were adopted, If TOUT habv la nffartnv with (knu troubles that nearlr always attend tdathm don't delay, but use at once Dr. Boll's Rabv Syrup, Price 25 cents.

HEALTH IS WEALTH

HealcfBcä7jsfealcf,M RADWAY'S km Pure blood makes sound flesh strong bone and a clear skin. If you would have your flesh firm your bones sound, without carles, and ACfSNnÄlERWAY ö BAaA Grateful Recognition. "To cure a chronic or long-standing disease la truly a victory in the healing art: that reasoning power that clearly discerns defect and supplies a remedy; that reetoreastep by step oy degree the body which baa been slowly attacked and weakened by an Insidious disease, not only commands ear respect but deserves our gratitude. Dr. Rad way has furnished mankind with that wondertul remedy, Radway'a Sarse.partlllan Resolvent, which accomplishes this result, and suffering humanity, who drag out aa existence of pain and disease, through long daya and long nlgbta, owe him their gratitude." Medical Messenger. FALSE AND TRÜH We extract from Dr. Radway'a "Treatise oa Disease and Its Cure," as follows: LIST Or DISEASES CURED BT Baäiaj's Saraiarlai Eesolrat Chronic Bkln Diseases, Caries or the Bone, Humors In the Blood, Ucrofulous Diseases, Bad or Unnatural Habit of Body, Syphilis and Venereal, Keyer Sores, Chronic or Old Ulcere, Halt Itlieum, Rickets White BwelltDg, cald Head, Uterine Affections, Canker. Uiandular Swellings, 'odes. Wasting aud Decay of the Body, Pimples and Blotches, Tumors, Dyepep. si a. Kidney and Bladder fviseases, Chronle Rheumatism and Goat, Consumption, U ravel and Calculous Deposits, and varieties of the above complaints to which sometimes are given specious names. We atxiert that there la no known remedy that possesses the curative power over thea diseases that Rad way's Resolvent furnishes. It cures step by step, snrely, from the foundation, and restorea the injured ptrtsto their sound condition. The waste or tbe bod y are slopped aud healthy blood Is supplied to the system, from which new material is formed, lb Is Is the first corrective power of Rad way's Reeolvent. If those who are taking theae medicine for the cure of chronic, croiulous or Syphllltlo diseases, however slow may be the cure, "feel better" and find their general health Improving, their flesh and weight Increasing, or even Sleeping Its own. it is a sure sign that the cur Is progressing. In these diseases the patient either get better or worse the virus of the dloease Is not inactive; If not arrested and driven from the blood It will spreal and con tinue to undermine the constitution, as soon as the Sarsaparllllan makes the patient "feel better," every hour you will grow better, and lucre as 9 In health strength and flesh, OVARIAH TUr.lQHS. The removal of these tumors by Radway'a Resolvent is now so certainly eet&bllfihed that what was once considered almost miraculous Is now a common recognised fact by all parties. Witness the cases of Ilannah P. Knapp, Mrs. C. Krapf, Mrs. J. H. Jolly and Mrs. P. f, Hendrix, published In onr Almanac for 1879: also, that of Mrs. C. 8. Bibbing, In the present edition of oar "False and True." One bottle contains more of the active princlblesof Medicines than any other Preparation. Taken In Teaspoonfol dotses. while others require five or six times as much. Otae Doilw Fer Bottle. MINUTE REMEDY, Only reqnlres mlnntea, not hours, to relieve pain and cure acute disease. RADWAY'S READY RELIEF In from one to 30 minutes, never falls to relieve PAIN with one thorough application So matter how violent or excruciating the pain, tbe RHEUMATIC, Bed-ridden. Infirm Crippled, ervous, Neuralgic, or prostrated with disease may suffer, RADWAY'S RfciADY RELIEF vill afford Instant ease. Inflammation of tbe Kidneys, Inflammation of the Blacder, Inflammation of the Bowels, Congestion of the Lungs, Sore Throat, Difficult Breathing, Palpitation of the Heart, Hysterics, Croup, Diphtheria, Catarrh, Influenza, Headache, Toothache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism ' Cold Chills, Ague Chill s, ChQfelalns, Frost Bites, Bruises, Summer Complaints, Coughs, Colds Hpralna, Pains In the Cheat, Back or Limbs, are Instantly relieved. FEVER AGUE. Fever and Ague cured for 60 cents. There la not a remedial agent Is the world that will cure fever and ague and all other malarious. Bilious, Scarlet, Typhoid, Yellow and other fevers, (aided by Radway'a PUla) ee quick; as Kadway's Ready Relief. It will in a few moments, when taken according to directions, cure Cramps, Spasms, Sour Biomach, Heartburn, Hick Headache, Ularrha'a. Dysentery, Celle, Wind In the Bowels, and all Internal Pains. Travelers should always carry at bottle ef Radway'a Ready Relief with them. A few drops in water will prevent alckneas or pains from change of water. It Is better than Freach brandy or bitters as a stimulant. Miners and Lumbermen should always be provided with it. CAUTIOK. All remedial agents capable of destroying life by an overdose should be avoided, Morphine, opium, strychnine, arnica, byoeclamus) and other powerful remedies, does at ctrtain times, in very small doses, relieve tne patient during their action in the system. But perhaps the second dose. If repeated, may aggravate and Increase tbe t Unering, and another üoee cause denih. There is no necessity for using these uncertain agent, when a positive remedy like Radway'a Ready Reuef will stop the most excruciating pain Quicker, without entailing the least difficulty in either infant or adult. THE TRUE RELIEF. Kadway's Ready Relief la the only remedial agent in voeue that will instantly stop pain, Fifty Cents per Bottle. RADWAY'S Regulating- JPills. Perfect Pnra-aktlT, Soothing Aperients. hie and Natural la their Operation, A Vegetable Substitute For Calomeie Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated with sweet gum, purge, regulate, purify, clean and strengthen. Kadway's Puis for theenr of all disorders of the 8 to mach, Liver, Bowel sj Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Headacne, uonasupauon, uoeuveneas, indigestion. Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Fever. Inflammatlnn nf the Bowf-ii, Piles and all derangements of the Internal Viscera. Warranted to effect a perfect eure. Purely vegetable, containing no mercury, minerals or deleterious dragm. swobeerve the following rm duo ins ra raiting from Diseases of the Digestive Organs: Constipation, Inward Piles, fullness ol Blood In tbe Head, Acidity of the Stomach, Mmw, Heartburn, disgust or food, rullness or weight In the stomach, eocr eructations, linking or nniienng at wie nearx, enoxmg or sneering ennUoiii when In a 1-vinv imtum iiimi. of vision, dots or web before the sight, fever - and dull pain In the head, deficiency of per splratlon, yellowness of the skin and eyes, pain in the aide, chest, limbs, and sudden hushes of heat, burning In the flesh. A few doses of Rad way's Pius wlli free the. system from all the above named disorder mw zo vrttwm per nx. BOLD BY DUUGrUISrS. Bead "J ALSE AND TRUE. Bend a letter ttamo to RADWAV rv nr S3 Warren, corner Chnrcn street. nw v,t wInformaUoa worth thousands win ha eat yon. TO TI2 PUDLIC. There can be no better guarantee of the val ne of Dr. Radway's old established R. R. R. Rkmediks than the baas and worthless lmltsx Hons of them, as there are False Recolvent. Reliefs and Pills. Be sure and ask for Rad way's, and see that the name "Radwav" is on.

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