Paoli Weekly News, Volume 7, Number 22, Paoli, Orange County, 12 February 1879 — Page 1

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t i I i ! '1 1 - 1 ss. ! : r. ,' 1. 1 T. I - it-. v i ...r-d mvr-rr.'V.t play, f r!h c - . . . ... .. i ... ! U 1 VOLUME Vil l rlt f' PAOLI, ORANGE CO., INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1870. NUMBER 22. i in 1 rf hi j I th ; 1 ;t, r ' -.(. h - i i . -, i d : - f . - i r : t ! m t--. i . 1 c 1 I i . L.i ' .... ... , . - , 1 u ! . . I - V.

-; t ifjt v. nr. is ' hic-li i ! 1. .. rrj i . Mi l i.i of a 'U V f M 1 i " . v., l ... . .a .n j. V 1 '"'lot KMutftY-ni t v . , r,4 t .r- d.cjt J , , 1 1 (.r,- ian pw-ta Ran.;. I with r:-tes aDwii, , - . j i- cve a liviu:? trr'.-n .j, itif.i ins.i.-i3 cUoiunltt',.., . , . , . c, ,irt bea-tty t-j Uaixbalcr. .., ,.riin,.ia orb a; r. --ia wor.arch - of ow 6" ; tl .... i ,- r- of lit'it we -rai'f .. .-v. r-lip? bswatfc j-our rays. . ! i i ke th vaulted isle; r ... ... . WrnP.i p"-nal 44ie uatmCB force. . r -.. fc.-.jrf ri'i r lie--" wnnw to rend , bm y a'hn art and var'irs send t. t i ;-.-. t" uif.n tnadncxH pivca, A' . -', t3 burn the tlirone of baveo. lr ftftt r s bmndinsr ppace. r - i, n i , If un.s a faoe . . ...l,,,.i:,.. pinunni: cr-isrts fed r - r r f lii'ht w-'no led t i ni pr i id ;.rr,r, iii-.iuicd t-tortial day. f i t It rut i i it i t - fancy frameworks!I - 3 t i T jtik r pat( a ajar, i a' a' tur u iJing ftxr. iu in r: ii n:is. n, t' r.'f 1- " 'lis I would rj!j ji.M ,Wi',s s Willi a burning pen, i.r; . - r.f ( t-rral !:!it, -j-fi,e. j,f a..t.s o rncn. Z. : I T'.it.'i rlottds puvirou round, i. . - . 1 " l.i l- ? lipr f:u's in scorn, X ' : it 1 1 " from thy brow; .iE.:';t but Imh in morn! !'..'(' Jaita! W!ii-rt:':r thy bark Is driven, . 7 ' " ? O.-soit. the tcnipf"5fB n;irth, S -l r . (i il rii'i.1 the bost if licavon, - . . -vi'M of r irtli. i;. : . 1 N..; )op a1o":e for one, Shi! 2;n. a ffian, tb v bmtlifr col!, til -i::ct. Lkc the circling nun, ; . T:, o::ir:f:i-s ra all. Tt.at '"sx'3 tliose lessons on thy soul T-I"j. fiilh iiul love and thou pl.aU find htt-.k bt-n life's mtr'-es rudest rail, Lp.it uttHi tlioa else wert blind ! A TEKIIIIILE JlE J'i:XG.n .In IWir?-:iif of tkf JFrrtirh liei-nfu tion. The Onntess de la Floret was one of ' i" t It uutiful and accomplished oaca ia franco, and tho Count, her k:'a:J, was of the very flower of the c'J 3-Lk .se. I-;'-re her marriage she had the mis.fere to become acquainted with a J' 1"? oSecr, mimed Pierre Duhem, tonce conceived for her the most j pucate attachment. " i Iks attentions were, of course, dis--s-aVy the lady; but nevertheless t asked upon making her a tender 'ftahu:,, which1 she declined with fcnaness, lt, at the same time, great h-:hs and consideration, assuring Ilia that felt deeply grateful for his eanvIy-expresml admiration, and hop-i"-,?k tobL! yet find one more worthy t-yi te-rsrlf to become his bride. Iueta listened with apparent calni1 "'iu, out a Keen observer ! bre Wen prepared by the deadly J b-rtliat overspread his brow and the , -uiag oi tae tarn, liloodlesa i vP; !t t!ie foarful outbreak that fob I "CJ-. t . . .. ymT naal, irrevocable deter- i -T-tia, bat he interrupted her :; ' t) i-:V 10 crhd, wad the .. trtrdlirr f. th- r.ll. i.n Ui'wV " . T ! .. I A . ' "' i r.rv-; 1 ltj j rr-. T ;y d.V '-' J. I carte yen h. a ih -1 SIT l .-.'i r r. 1 . t. 1 " -1 ' o--r t i .i . t t : -e-.r-. If JO,, rVtr Wt5i i'l j i ut i;,tt t"..o dyir-T r r.mks cf ti jr I -' et e : . v.f.'Uhcl , d I i. v J . - S.:V. hthl htr white jir-i tihc-rl i i." 1 h; - 1 c - i i I r 1 1 i-k tht '-p :vr i ,L' th. .' . i 1 c i ' h.r.u tcrril.l tiulh a . . it ! '. i , ...... d h t ' ' " ' i ;' h : . . 1 rT M .- r f- - ' .. . ij - -.j; 1 i 1 ( t:. r . ' - n ii f i j 9 . - i r i

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' nskod' m a Iow tiding w ,; uuai' l"u":;V , i the heart of a ity that is where t the same time seizing her white lie anfletcd upon, his victim, how he , gheU iL 3 M-n'.tw I Irtlillfsrf'ifol-V RTOft'.- lll T11TV. JlTld i - - - - . - .

n. ' ,,."'.' i The soldier discharges the order of i4i she answered 1 i i,t- anon drink his wine or eat ins food, , , , t , . rv., , , trea, aiia Moula nave v ! the ofheer, and the order of the oiacer 4 '"- 6t further in her attemnt to he caused to bo brougat out to, lAie. '

once more on i -ir j..r.raeytoward ihe.coahi, when ni.i-u l.!y, at t!io '

ontskiri4 of t - ' was topped by a pl.ttooa.of 1 II rs ihrvwn 1 up before the hors.es' heads. Count do hi Timet spoke 'a 'word of viicomcgeinvaw to it-rriiica wile, and j t i 1 - , .-. a . was aooat Iq spring out. to .Inquire why j they wrra stopped when they carried j pa.3st8 from the National Assembly,! wheu suddenly the coach door "wrs thrown open a Lardi voice commandibjj tl era ixnu to aught. ... ' , i rereciviiig that resistance wa worse than uselefs, the Count stop?ed out and assisted his wife? to' follow. ' 'Almost instantly he was rudely seized by two .soldiers, while lie who had conducted the outrage, approaching close to the unhax.py Countess, threw aside hisplunied hat, brushed the tangled masses of hair back from his dark brow, and, standing full in the light of the rising sun, demanded of her if fdie had any recollection of ever meeting him before. She looked up earnestly in his face for one instant, and - then, with a cry -of anguish, fell on her knees before him: Yes yes we lave met . before. Spare us ; oh, spare us ! " j The wretch answered, with a brutal i langll : - . I ' So the beautiful and proud Countess de la Floret kneels kneels to me ! It was I who knelt when we last met." She only replied through her tears : "Do be generous. Forget the past, j and save us." ...... Tdv name is Pierre Duhem, once a poor Captain in the King's army now General under the glorious republic. I swore an oath that, if you ever married a man except me, I would revel in his j dying agonies. The time for the ful--rilhnejit has arrived. " j "Oh, ' unsay those terrible words, i Have mercy ! In Heaven's name, have ! mercy!" shrieked tho Countess, clasp- j ing his knees and turning her streaming eyes up to him. " " j 'llise, love; do not debase yourself

by suing to such a wretch," the Count J away from other- people, they keep it; said, struggling in vain as he spoke to j they are very cruel to time, however, for free himself. "We are protected by t they beat it frequently, letters from the National Assembly.! Soldiers have napsacks, but they do Let him violate them at iiis peril." ! not sleep in. them. They never slumDuhcm looked around at the speaker ber, for their sleep is in tents. They with a fierce sneer. "That for your j pitch their tents to make them waterpass," ho cried, snapping his fingers. proof. As a rule, soldiers ore water- " Soldiers, away with the aristocrat, proof when camped near a distillery; Obey the orders I gave you an hour of course soldiers will frequently take

apro. ! a At the word, the wretches, who panted for the blood ot a noble urngged the Count a short distance toward a frame barn, and, having torn his clothing from his body, they actually, in broad day-j light, and before, the face of his agon- j ized wife, nailed, or rather crucified him on the wall of the barn; and a company of soldier-citizens amused themselves firing at him as a target for eight hours before death made him icsensible to their atrocities; for, by their comwander's st?r:x orders, they took aim only at the Count's legs, thighs, feet, neck and ritrht side of the breast, and, to J make the agony more lingering, tea Uo men only were permitted to tire during cacli nonr, ana at a msurace oi eiguty steps. . ,! ' During all this time, Duhem remained j . -1 ... tul il I'"" "-o - Lira in order that he might not lose one ! throe: f.'d, t Joll t the horror, the il Cii.ISt.H,l 1 Lit; i,'-c.wiii.. -t.il u. v it r s.trf. reitlv d tditd in full icw of the .cx in i'-h x b'dr. o w .5 l..r::e . 1 - ( ,1 "-I ' tho c.r c I r f .1' f vho did i t r; i r ia m T i ow .-r it rh1 I tf "rj the iris. - itl - '.to her crj 1 . X. .:!v a v, . h . h Tf i II. I .1 vitr - d; but ' il , - t f i a -.-.I 1 ,h ;t. lv , 1 tV.t had ! ' i 1 I - th 1 'he L 1 th , d! i il - -o itit n ' I ii - .S- I t :, 1 id, , 1 If i 1 t -i

only ia pantaloons aisd shirt, was led by two rens d'armes into the field. As ho

passed the coach the Counter shirtcd. passed her hand over her eves end then ! looked forth inteutlv. Great heaven!" she nrarraured, "what does all this mean? I have seen that man before; was it not a' dream then? " 'With a wild, lieart-rending shriek she broke away from her friends, and sprung from the carriage. - By this time the criminal had been forced to kneel down before the platoon of soldiers, . and a bandage was being placed over his eyes. Breakirg like a tigress through the barrier, the Countess darted forward and tore 'away the handkerchief from the doomed man's face ; then, gazing at him for an instant with a fixedness absolutely appalling," she cried : " Pierre Buhem, is it thou?, "Heaven be praised, we meet 'again !" Then, without pausing, she crossed quickly to the commanding omeer, and asked in an exeited voice, " Is he to die? " "He. is; spare yourself the trouble, for no entreaties can save him, thief and murderer that he is." Save himsave him !" she shrieked, r t.r. - """-""J miveuim lumj mercy, nn. - l vrtn clioll con -1,vn T ni 1,; "Fire ! " cried the commanding ofSeer." A volley of musketry echoed around the walls of Paris, and over a dozen I bullets riddled the heart of Duhem. " Avenged, avenged! " the Countess murmured, as she fell into the arms of her friends, and then from her lips poured a stream of crimson blood. Her dream and her life, were over. things iisottt sozimsns. The soldiers are the seasoning "of the Government, for they are mastered in its service. They are great slovens, for they dress up, only when ordered to do so. They are not sown broadcast, but are drilled in straight lines, and they are sometimes mowed down. They mark time so that, while it slips cola, but tney will more irequentiy take a drink, if they can get it as easily. They have always welcomed the month of April after they left a bleak march. Soldiers are fond of . dancing, and Lavo many baIls in tteir camp. but tllpy nre aw-arJ fellows, for they fall into line. Those on the inside belong to the corps, while those on the outside stand there" to picket. Some weapons, used by soldiers are never paid for - bayemets are always charged : they are frequently out of :ora?r too soldiers ordered to j fix them. The cavalry soldier frees ,a ai if i, tt i,oQ.TifnKTo rrht see theTcharger shot from under his ri(jw If you treat the officers to much bad whisky before the battle opens, the sol- , , . . . ... diers will likely retreat before the battle roscs. ' Soldiers freouentlr take onlv they Many an old veteran has been caught in lyia c .b.ittle, af"cr the nar w.;s over. W. J. NitjKXoc. 1 Celisa, Ohio. A ASSAcnrsi:ns riroscs t to.it. Tl e-1 .wv-Tsfre'iucntlvhove:'" - laut-. :or tinorce wlj give ii'iu' gTv-un'..s r ir thtir p':tith-n, 1 -.1 ths r. c t f - -r one came l.i.-1 week, vhca a yourj or", '.a of Vo t:hl 1 r ed for r, dive re , frora a r newly-: :a I? hr-': .:: I 1 c.v-e 1 1 !'- v"y V"Ll- 1:K TTTt . 1 V.' h-.'.vvtr .. I t '-ir - - cc .ii r VA h1 - " t. - u a t.iN ji-"-? - - 1 t: ; .t hi::l cf V StT V t - nir!iA. 1. -'- town " 11 ia o i ti , ,

1. t-li e a - i. - n 're mrj" to C"i'.;.ty cfli.r 1 T- froiu c -n mating tti " rt t-rra frora in. favor of : r. ' oir 1 1 i v ; ti in T it a r f Einor; i n ' -r-' 1 i j i imoa irv tV . to ht" iaCouncil....! ho Jn( trnctcd to prepare a Liu to prevent tue Insane .sjium iteiug tised as a rejonattory for drunkards. . . .A comrmi.Kscati.on was received from tbe Bupcruitendeat of ' PaWic la-striit-tjon in relation t tbe reduction cf losal school levies, lie recommeaua a redaction m tbe levy allowed for the purpose of building achool-bonscs, etc., nud also a 'redaction in several- of the otiier levies now allowed by law. House. A bill was introduced by Mr. Works providing for tho appointment of Trustees of all reformatory and benevolent institutions by the Governor!'. . .Mr. Faulkner introduced a bill for the appoia'ment. of a joint committee to investigate the buwinens of tho State , every . two years. .. .Gtiior bills were introduced as follows: To establish a State militia,; providing for a cmnvdativo system of voting for Senators and Representatives; rppeabtifr the law appropriating money to the State Normal School; fixing the lime of "election for the ratification of the constitutional amendments : to make hanging public; for the election of County Superintendents, and preventing their acting as book agents; regulatiug the salo of liquor. . . 3Ioxdat, Fob. 3. Senate. The Senate met at 2 p. m., and, on motion of Mr. Streight, took np bills on second reading. After several bills had been read a second time and the reports of committees thoreon acted upon, an amendment to a peuclmg bill wat; onered and the ayes and noes demanded thereon. The call of the roll "showed no quorum present, and the Senate adjourned. House. The House tins afternoon had before tlu-m three reports from the Judiciary Committee upon the right of this Assembly to elect full Boards of Trustees for tho benevolent institutions, deaf and dumb, ..tho blind, and tho inBane. The Democrats hold the election of ISV7 by the Republicans in joint convention to be null and void, and therefore treat the Presidency of the boards and one of the Trusteeships as vacancies, while for the other Trustee this is tha regular time of election. The law provides that the elections shall bo by concurrent voto of the two houses, and, as the election of two years ago was in joint convention, they hold it illegal and Void. The Republicans claim that the olection was a substantial compliance with the statute; that no fraud violated it; that . the Legislative will was properly expressed, and, although the Governor refused to commission the persons so elected, they were, notwithstanding, duly elected and qualified, and are entitled to hold for the full term of four years. The X;tional member of the committee makes a second minority report, taking the ground that the election of 1877 was null and void, but that each bienniil General Assembly can onlv elect one member of the board. In his conclusion he sides with tho Republicans. The debate was by Representative Sleeth for the Republicans, Chairman Osborne for the Democrats, and by Mr. Works for himself. At a late hour the majority jeport of the Democratic members of t lie committee was adopted by yeas, 48; nays, SO. Tuesday, . Feb. 4. Sexate. Bills introduced: To prohibit the marriage of drank ards; repealing the act for the appointment of studenta"to 1'urduo University ; lor the appointment of public administrators, to have control of all estates in each county; providing for a system of cumtdative voting; giving laborers preferred liens; regulating the practice of dentistry ; abolishing the office oi State Geologist. .... At tho closo of a protracted afternoon's debate, tho Senate ordered to engrossment a bill allowing to medical colleges properly incorporated the bodies of all persons who die in the public hospitals, asylums or poor-houses, which are left unclaimed by the relatives for twentyfour hours after death. Sheriffs are also directed to give over to the authorities of such colleges the bodies of executed criminals. A provision to make this a part of the sentence of the court was stricken out The vote on the bill was yeas, 27 ; nays, 13. -,. IIouss. Little business was transacted in the House, the entire session being occupied in disposing of committee reports. .. .The bill prohibiting appeals . frora Justices, when the amount is less than 20 was ordered engrossed. A communication was received from the Superintendent of Public Instruction, showing where local school levies might be reduced from 24 to 50 per cent A bill was introduced authorizing ' the - State of Maryland to transfer all the titld of the State of Indiana to the national cemetery at Antietam to the General Government. .. .Mr. Humphreys' Legislative Apportionment bill was ntado the special order for Friday The joint resolution favoring resumoiion was reported back with the recommendation tbat.it be indeHmtt-ly postponed. On fv call of yeas and nays on the question of concurring ih the report no quorum voted, and tho House' adjourned. Wednesday, Feb. 5. Senate. Senator Wiriterbotham occupied considerable time upon a question-of privilege, tho charges of the Indianapolis Journal that he was the head of a ring controlling the Northern prison. Ho denied the charges, and courted . investigation . . . . The Senate then passed Senator Streight's resolution asking Congress for the pass-ago of the Intor-State Commerce bid regulating, the charges of railway transportation. - llousn Indiana members of Concress were i -l. "meted to Vv-to for & LJ t j the F.ovei.ue taw so as to ft "low f.i i"-.;-s , to e ill tobacco n 1 1 y th-;.i i i l-.f cr t Tip--) it Hi: c-ip. 1 0 1 to t.d-e out tno ni-u.d Govri.'ncT.t h 'en-,-, t : 1 t rc Jo.-? the f- s at.d e-I.ir: . of i' ' " 1 .. ,.'.iVt -i 11 3 I. I Till- ' T V" t;- : vj . a ii.i-...j of t"ra Via-s o. dtre 1 t uro- -1 A r-'ilrr of aratrl" o r: v r')r.oi iv . 1 p . a."- I on. -rt Jr;M C. NVXV1I0N. 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r-t e a rf" - lit 1' 1 n a i r 1 1 r i I : 1 .u,i ir . fi -o 1 To. K 111-". 1 t I y rcf !r v c .j- ea - t.L. 1 11- 1 j ' b1 n ps.i 1 Hti .1 r i ii i 1 ? ; t ii-, n Vi , .1 TO 1 . O. t.LlJ. trodnced. House. Tlie bill fislcg tho first TrC3diy of March as the date for a special election upon the araoodmcnta failed to pass. . . .The balance of the day was passed in discussion of the Apportionment bi1!, which was the special order for this time. Tho bill was ordered ec-grossed. BENEDICT AIIXOLD. Unrtcoritrl Jilt of History. The recent death of Mrs. Ann LTinnian Kellogg, ! of Fairfield, Ct., in the 93d year of her age, recalls aa unrecorded incident of the war of the U evolution. Mrs. Kellogg was the .daughter of Capt. Elisha Ilinman, of the United States navy, and her mother was the only American who remained in New .London when the town was destroyed by the traitor Benedict Arnold in 1781. At that time Capt. Hinman's ship was hourly expected to arrive at New London, and it was hoped that he might come in time to save the town. Mrs. LTinrnan was well accpiainfed with Arnold, a3 he had often dined at her house, and had been a friend of her husband. Induced by anxiety for her husband's safety, she remained after all others had fled, and watched the entry of the British from tho doorway of her house. As Arnold rode up he saw and saluted her, and said if she would point out her own property it should be spared. She pointed out the houses of several of her neighbors as her own, . and thus saved them from destruction. Arnold remained oa horseback near her house all day, noting the . battle- that was raging at Fort Griswold, on the Groton side of the river, where the tall., monument commemorating the event now stands. Three times were the British driven down the hill by tho deadly fire from the fort. Then the ammunition of the defenders became exhausted, and they were obliged to surreneler. The British ofllecr in command of the storming party was so enraged at the desperate defense of the fort that, as he entered, he asked, "Who commands here?" Col. Ledyard replied, "I did, but you do now," at the same time surrendering his sword. The officer received the sword and instantly plunged it into the heart of the gallant Colonel. An American ofileer standing beside his Colonel snatched his own sword from its scabbard, and ia a moment the cowardly Briton lay dead beside his victim. An indiscriminate massacre of all within the fort followed, and thirty of the wounded Americans were piled into a wragon that was rolled down a steep hillside to the bottom, where it was dashed to pieces against a . tree. Then hurried preparations . were made to evacuate their position by the British, Arnold having learned of the expected arrival of Capt. Ilinman. Mrs. Ilinman, hating witnessed these outrages from her housetop, became so incensed against the " traitor that she hurriedly descended from the roof, took a musket from a closet where it had been left the day beforeby an American soldier, and leveled it at Arnold as he sat on his horse in front of the house. Taking a lorg, steady aim, she pulled the trigger, but the piece missed fire. Hearing the snap of the lock, Arnold turned and asked her what that noise was. With great presence of mind she had dropped the gun, so he did not see it, and she answered that it was -the breaking of a chair. . ZviJBOM AX2 CA.P1TA C ... There is a gror.t deal of tom-fcolcry extant in the world about the relations t-f c.-'pitt-l and labor. A Bo.-ton workincTcan v, ho:-e eyes are cl illy oj encu to the Let.? of tho die, L.hrs a t.'!-t that cover the whl i grcund. lie s.ys: " C. i without iJLcr Is hhe f ith vitho i votl s dead. Iidcr vithout c: A ."::! i- hhe v.. v. :':her.t ' ifh. vrdjeh-js." In the I.. it: ire cf thh "i i: re: p' r'ret h .t: " . y between the", and Ft If. -hue rI rif firrr i t y t t. L! t c ! 11. .:.:o 1 ' -t it a' eu. ;.. - I.-U. r. J.k t h.' or 1 .c-; re t ' .h L.t c i Itl i . y ' I r, l it x t . 1 JL c r r i Ir, "I v. hd, 1 -t h mo 1 the - 111' i : C v , -Ira"l h-v . . I i d-. I t i- ay i . . ; i.s ' i : ... hi y t :' . 1 1 jt t: e t. 5 j f I . t I . 1 w f . h. t Li 1 i ,

UTfl AI.10UT THE south. A Qummto of XorVhera Sf t!lr Without l:-fereiu to I'ulilit-H In Ts'ortli t'arc.lUi.u , Cliarlottd (X. C.) Cor. Now York Worl.1. Tliero met in this city to-day a convention, which, frora the singularity of its character and from the results expected to flow from it, lias attracted a great deal of attention throughout the Southern States, more especially in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The convention is composed , of Northern gentlemen ttLo have settled in tho South since the war. Tliero . are living in this county, engaged in farming, mining and mercantile pursuits, about fifty citizens of thh description, among whoxa, is Mr. Dumont, a native of Massachusetts, an exFederal soldier, and an ofileer of the United States signal service, lie has prospered in business, established him self in the confidence of the people, ana learned to like them. In view of the frequent.- and gross misrepresentations of the South on the part of Tiepublican politicians and newspapers, it occurred to him and the other Northern settlers in this section that a convent ion, composed of the class of , citizens indicated, called together without distinction of party, religion, or iocal lines, might put forth an utterance which would go far toward convincing the Northern people of the true situation of afiairs m this section of the country. Accordingly, about a month ago, Mr. Dumont, as the prime mover in the matter, put forth a circular letter, of wdiich the following is a copy, directing copies of it to every Northern man in the South of whom he could learn: Mr Dear Sir: I have consulted with a number of gentlemen who have removed from New York, New Hampshire and other Northern States and settled in this State, South Carolina and Georgia since the war, many of them ex-Union soldiers. I myself am from Springfield, Mass. Tho conclusion we have arrived at is that Northern men who have settled in the Souih have in their hands the solution of the question as to whether any considerable number of Northern men and active Northern capital can be diverted to the South. Many of the Northern papers are giving wrong notions a to howNorthern people are received. Yon know many of onr friends will not put much faith in what Southern men or papers say on this head. We who have consulted upon this matter deem it wise to hold a convention of Northern men onrv who have settled South since the war good, fair, representative men. Your name has been given as such an one. It is desired in the convention to preparo a statement for publication in Northern papers, setting "fori a tho soil, climate, prices, ease of making a living and social treatment of the individual Northern man. It is not desired to cover any question of politics or extreme views of any kind. In your letter, whether of acceptance or declination, please state if yon were ia the Federal army, company' and regiment; where you moved from to your present residence, and how long you Lave resided at your present whereabouts. As a matter of course, comparatively few people could be reached directly by this circular : therefore, 800 copies of it were sent out ; but the press took hold of it and has been pursuing it with a great deal of energy. This has been especially true of this State, Virginia, South Carolina and Georgia, and by this means the movement lias been not only thoroughly advertised in the States named, but "there has been built up in its behalf' a strong sentiment among the people. ' " ' - t It is not to be denied that in the beginning failure stared the project in the face. ' It is no small matter for a lot of men to quit their business and gather from long distances in convention, the results of which, however fruitful it might be of results, could not redound to any advantage to them in any direct manner, and which offered but little indirectly. But somehow- or other the movement struck a popular chord. It was less than a week from the time the call was issued that responses began to pour in. Some of these letters were from Democrats and seme from Bepub lie ".is ; some from those who were Federal soldiers end some from those who were not; but the letters came from the Northern settlers until every pigeonhole in Mr. Dumont's office was full of them. 'With four exceptions (and I have examined all tire letters) they are of the same general tenor. 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