Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 3, Number 5, Plymouth, Marshall County, 27 February 1862 — Page 1

EM 1 HERE LET THE PRESS THE PEOPLE'S RIGHTS MAINTAIN; UNA W E D BY INFLUENCE AND UNBOUGHT BY GAIN VOLUME 8 XKW SERIES. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBHÜAKY 27, 1862. XUMHEU 5 WHOLE So. 10'J.

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INM1W DEMOrRATir PLATFORM. herkam, The Democratic party having, from the date of its organization, hven in favor of the inii.tenancc of the Union und the preservation of

the Constitution, and ceing iu the present condi-1 . ! . . .. T 1 . . . .1 . 1 t 1 nc i i lion of the country the deploraMe effects of ttrj);rn:rir iron, us iimf innoreu ana conservative principles, and the triumph of sectionalism; and lirmly bihevinj that the Union and tue Ccr:stitu tion can be preserved alone by the restoration of that pnrtj to power, we invite all the Union men throughout the lar.d to unite with i in sustaining tti organization aud carrying out its principle?. "Therefore. Itcmlrtd, 1 . That we reaffirm and endorse the political principles that from time to time have been put forth by the National Conventions of the Democrat!,; party, 2 That wo are unalterably attached to the Constitution, by which the Union of th se States wai formed r.nd esfc.b'i' : and that a faithful observance of its princ" van alone continue the existence of the Unit and ;h permanent happi-ocs-j of the people. 3. That the pros, il -ar has mainly resulted from the loir !, unwise, and faCtfttical agitation, in . .Ii, of the qnetion of domestic shivery, the consequent organization of a geographical party, guided by the P-tioiKd jlatfrmns adopted at TlufTalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago , and the development thereby of sectional hate and jealousy. pr.Mli,cirtjt (a? had' terpen in the South of m cession,' disunion, and I arnW reüieUncc to the General Government, and j should have been forever bound to-ether hy fra"

ternal hnivU, thmbrininj pon the whole conn 0f the bureau, as the late Secretary said, trr a calami r which we are now t meet a hva' . citizen, striving for the adoption of that mode of ! buf- J" its express order, and refused to settlement best calculated to ai; tin restore union j be made until SO ordered. I refer to the aud harmony. i , , . 4. That in rejecting 11 proportions likely to j contract to purchase one thousand horses, result in a satisfactory adjustment of the matters I to be delivered at Huntington, Peonsylvain dispute between tho North and the rVnith, and I . , , , , . ..peciaV.y tlo;e measures which would h ive e- j nu- ,,c "0Ts market the world never cured the border slave States to the Union, and h sawr. The first inspector an honeSt man hartj ro-oc ration on their part in all constitution-, . . r aland !ccl mures to procure a return of the I " 1 first hundred rejected three in fcaie Southeni. States to their allecianee. the Ue j five 'fl.o next day owners refused to puTTx. piirtT assumed a fearful responsibility, j , . ad artful "in total direr td of the Iwst interest' present ilinisclvei, and by some legerde-

oftheirlole country. i. i nai ii ino parly m fowfr r.:ii fimwm internal dimensions befoTi' hostilities had nctullv i commenced, that the Administration has rT'ii"ly climated to avoid a war with our avcient en'niT. "ireat r.ritahi, we confidently Wlit;vr llt pence and haruiony would ne reiira throughout all our! border-;. b. lhatth? mairi?Tiancem the Fifjon upon , - - . . . , . , . - ... , r- 1 , 1 the principle of the r ederal Constitution should be the controlling object of all wno profess loyal- j tj to the r.overnmw.t-.in.l m n..r Ju,lpn.rt Aw purpoc can only !-o accomplished, by tne n-een-lencyfa Union partv m the Southern Srate, which bhall. by a eonnr n-ToWlon.di-T.lace those I rho control anl oireci the i.reent Tibi-ifiou. Tht .

no ctfort to create or sustain such a party ran be I drive them away if possible. Horses with .ucee9sf,l which is n.--.t r.ed up,,, a deiinire s.r j runuin , eor which were seen by the intlerrjent of the questions at i.-sue between the two o j tactions; and we therefore demand that some snc. ; spectors, vrere brxndod, and if one outrasettlement be mad" by addrtioriil eonstitutionol ; ,,1 1 . 111 . purantr. either iniu,'ted l.y art of C-onsrr. or ' " A com,Ron decency he would be rejectthrough the medium of a National Convention. . ted, and an opportunity sought the same

That the Kepuhliean pnrtv liasbnlv l"ninnfitrated its inability to condui-t the fiovrcment throujjli its present ditlieulties. ". 'I liui t " are Klrlv ojipoced to the twin hresici, iorfn:Tn sectionalism and Southern see tsmKL, as inimical to the Constitution and that freemen, as they value the boon of civil liVrrfy ittid the peace of (he country, shouM frown intTignanfiy upn them. 9. Th:t in thi-s national vmersrency tlie Democcac of Indiana, bardsliine; all feeling of passion aafi resentment, will recollect only therr dirty to tbe whole country; that this war should not be I : .i . : -c a. t i nor for thepnrpie of over'hrwinir or ir.terferin? I Tva'-en in nie ?:'ira oj coin me or STir.TrtTlion. i wrtl; rc rijrhts or instit' tior,s of tne t.it"S, hut to flrfenfi and maint air. the supremey of the Con titutton. and to preserve the Union with all the lipnlty, erjuality ai.d rights of the several States xriimpiSred; and that as. soon as these objects arc accomplished the war 0112h t, to ceiie. H. '"Hiat we will sustain, with all our cniries, ft war f r the maintenance, of the Cointution, and of the in'ejrrity of th Union fin'Ier tha Cortuhtutton ; lut we -,t opposed to a war for the em inei- atin of the ncrrovs, or the ?ubjuj. ation of heSouthciL States 11 the purpose avowed and advocated by 1 1 d'nunioRrsis, to liberate and arm tlf 5, is a disgrace to the ap, calcula te. .!ie suppression of tlie rebellion and tnc pulitcd condemnation. 1 .be total disrejrerd of the writ of hat oy the authorities, over us, and the i . imprisonment of the citizens of hyal Stat ere the judiciary is in full operation, wit varrant or law and without assieninjr any atne or ?ivin to the party arrested any opportunity of defense, are flagrant violations of the Con stitution and most alarming acts of usurpation of power, which should receive tho stern rebuke of overy lover of his country :.nd of every man who prizdä the security and blessings of life, liberty and property. - 13. That the liberty of peech and of the pros arc guaranteed to the people by the Constif nfion, and non but a usurper would deprive them of thcee rights ; they are inestimable to the citizen and formidable to tyrant only. And the attempt which have been made dnee our present unfortu nate trouble, to muzzle ihe press, and ftille free ilisctniion, are excrete of despotic power against which freedom revolts and whieh c.in not be tole-t rated without converting freemen into slavey 14. That the seizure of Mason and Slidell ,on board a neutral vessel, ,n the hi-h seas, wa cither in accord 1 nee with international law, and mo leal; or else in violation of such law, and so illef 1 . If the f rmer, we lamcr.t that our nation lia been hurniliaVd by their surrender, tinder a threat ; If the latter, it was the duty of tlie Administration at otice to have dmvowed the act of their ofliet-r. and instead of incarceratinir the captives in Foit Warren, to have immdiately repaired the wronby placing them, as far as practicable, in the satn" condition in which that oiH ctr found them. In either event, the action of the Administration was vacillating and cowardly anddegnditig to the dignity of a great nation 15. That the action of the Republican party, as manifc-ted in the partisan character ol all ap pointmenfi of the Administration to ciril i.Jfieo ; aud, in holding party cauens-es by the Republican member of Cnngre- for the purpose of impressing upon the legi-dativc action of that body the -'culiir dogmas of that party, have !emoutrate,l tfMt Üifir pro ft--sions of "sacrificing party pUtf.,rnn, and party organizations, upon the altar of their country," are but ..o many hypocritical and false pretenses by which they l.ope to ;dupe the unwary aiUo their support ;and we warn all loyal prrsoin, they he llieir country, not t ba dec-.üve! thercfy. HI. That the disclosures mule bv t!u inveeii. fating coiuniitteu in , Congress of the enoi uiotis j fraud that hae ft ilkcd into the army and n ivv Apartments, implicating the heads ,,i those .l.-' ' partmei.ts , , a conti ivanc.j at, if not an actual j particitMUon in a 9yf. ,., of corruption, and in I which our brave sohhe have heen defrauded of I ened n ,tl. Innkniptry, ,,nvm,U A l u . tUaUou into ad our n.Vllurc Ut,, g National, an- that a .cly an-l ln.lrkl.d fx impIo be made ot all such "bird of prcv .1. . V - , - WHO, t lidll" advantage of the mwt of o,lr Cotrr uv; fed ar.. fattened upon public plunder. 17. Tlutthe meritorious conduct of the Indiana troops, in every battlefield where tieory na perched upon the national banner, has filled ti.

people of thi.sSute with the highe.tgriiitnde toichanical ingenuity, evidently takes it 9 a hvr gallant sons, and that we send our bet wished I . . . . . to olücc and men, disj.er.sid throughout the gi)-cu,al,ü"; takes it to enrich himself, or

country, and the heartfelt grcctingsof every c,oerat for their further brilliant achieyment. in the coming coutts fe.r the m lintcn a.-ieu d the Con itiüition and the I'liin. i

Speech of I!Ir. Van Wiek, f Xciv York. Mr. Van Wick, Rep., chairman of the committee appointed to investigate gov-

aiernment frauds, recently made a speech in Congress, relative to ihn frauds which had been perpetrated on the government, from which we make a few extracts: TENXSYLVAMA HOUSES. Kentucky is proverbial for her splendid horses. Her loyal citizens would have been benefitted by sales to the Government. Who will pretend that the public exigency required that, when cavalry regiments wero to be forwarded from the State of Pennsylvania to the land of the 4 dark and bloody ground, it wag necessary to transport, at great expense, the remaining disabled, diseased horses left in the Keystone State? My colleague- on the committee (Mr. Dawes) a few days since spoke of the peace offerings to Pennsylvania politicians, ""d referred to the horses of Col. William's regiment. There 13 yet another case a cmtrai?t nut made upon tho responsibility j main he was removed and others substi'.uted; tlt;n horses of all aires, from two to ibirti' f ull iIkpi and A(nta ccrit and op-n were from day to day received. TIiA ahn!e npirIiliirIiitoil Wtim in arms. 1 1"; r-sopl remcnstrated. LaTvers and l, . .1 :

men r3 incariii tue uioiicviii'ii, , l.niwunu. Willi aOOUl IOTtY ItlPIl Cllt It 1 . iui it men, tut 11 and sought to deter the buccaneering crewjdowu, tore up the stars and Stripes and by condemnation; the inspectors carried oiF the banner a a troohv One of J 1 m r aw a iro'jiiy, one Ol

heeded not this clamor, but ordered the. tho ringleaders of that mob is this day in A r:,i(ipn ,,nnn tixa rrttV(l ,J,u .t. n

' day to pass and brand him. Immediately the. horses were subsisted by private con tract to favorites at thirty-nine cents per day, and ihoy sub-let t-3 farmers from 21 to Over four hundred of these horses were sent wilh Colonel Wynkoop's regiment, and the papers at Pittsburg report some rciually so worthless they were left on the docks. Tlw remaining 500 were o left at IIuntino;tcn far the benefit ?f the contractors. In tivat tinM tranerction over tilty thousand dollars vere stolen from the Government. Such fiends iu human shape care not for erposure: a felon's doom thiough lifo should bj theirs; and the labors ( vour committeo will be of little practical value unless Congress shall by law punish with severe penalties such onoimilies. CONTRACT BKOKEKAGE. At one time it would seem there was an j intention to establish a huge contract brokerage system. The testimony of Mr. John Smith, of Kingstown, New York powder manufacturer, shows that in the month of May he proposed to give Mr. w 1 . c 1 j NV eed a Per Centage for a powder contract; I that he went to tho Aetor House, met Mr. Davidson, whom he had never seen before, and inquired of him for Mr. Thurlow Weed. During the conversation he asked what Mr. Smith wanted of Mr. Weed ; on being told, he inquired of Mr. Smith what he could afford to pay; he replied five per , u -if , . ... u'jni.; .nr. smuii aiso Eays mat Mr. Weed asked him what ho could afford to pay. That afterwards, at Washington, he handed h's propositions for powder t Mr. Weed, who took them to Mr. Cameron. The result was that Mr. We 2d was authorized to wr.te a letter to General Kipley, the head of the Ordinance Department, to divide the contracts for powder between the States manufacturing. It is somewhat strange that the Secretary should appoint Mr. Weed as I113 messenger to cany his wishes to the different Lureaus. Mr. Smith understood that he was to pay Mr. Weed five per cent. Mr. Lallin also testüied that his powder firm demurred to paying Mr. WA five per cent.; that Mr. Weed gave them authority to make one thousand barrels of powder, but they preferred having the nuthority directly from the government. Ho also testifies that th patriotic Dwyre, who figurad in tho cattle ...nil net in M..., t . a 1 lrU" M'lX r t Washington to'd him if lie would "ire him fivo per f.ftnf h wmiM .11 ! 1 1 ,, l,,e P0W(lur M make, but Ratlin declined. Favorites ob tained contracts when frequently they have not iho pecuniary resources of the ai tides lz b) delivered. The professional politician or the retired ex-member of Congress, who has a large contract which requires much machinery and great me. to extort l.om the pockets of honest in I 1 ,. . 1 . 1 1,ui5lryi it to sub let '.o skillful manu Tic ficturors at reduced prices. The depart-

ments which give contracts to men, knowing that they have not in and of themselves the facilities for executing them are reprehensible, and deserve severe censure. What excuse ia there for an honest department to pension this gang of middlemen? All the ill-gotten jain found in their pockets is so much stolen from the treasury, liven in tho Treasury Department pure and upright as I beliovo the Secretary to be what business man could

justify, or who, in his own transactions, would allow that a contract of over half a million expenditure should be competed for by only two firm, who could combine and unite? It is no answer to say that the work is done as cheaply as ever. The spirit of the law has been violated, and the millionaire enriched. Besides, the products of all departments of labor are cheapened by the stagnation of business. In this matter of the bank note contracts, as in some other, underlines control the affair of the department. They say who shall approach within the charmed circle? They say whose papers shall bo put on file, and whose shall be gladdened by the yes of the Secretary? The soldier who, borne down by disease and overcome by fatigue, is found sleeping at his post, you punish with death, while the miscreant who holds festival at this carnival cf blood, rides in his carriage, drinks champagne and dines with Cabinet Ministers, you treat with deferental respect. Do you 6av Government can not banish treason and punish crime. On the 4th day of July, 1C60, at Occoquan, Virginia, Mr. Underwood raised a pole, unfurled the American llag and a banner with the names of Linj coin and Hamlin. Jackson, the slayer of i en .1. 1 . , . . tho employ of the Government in this city. The laboring men who testify against officials are removed, while the wretch who lias been robbing the Covernment is worthy a better place. Is it possible that this monstrous system ol wrong, extending from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, from the Potomac to the Lakes, can not be stopped or even checked? If that bo so, better diaband our armies, and let tho oligarchs of tho South rule and reign over us. MK. MORGAN'S AGEXCT IX rURCIIASlNO VE36KL9. S:uce this report has been submitted to the House, Mr. George D. Morgan has prepared an elaborate paper showing the benefits of his agency, and relies upon the fact that in nearly every instance ho paid a less price than the owners asked: We j can test the strength of his position by the Stars and Stripes. To build her cost $3G,000; by her charter her owners rnalized 815,000 from Government; they then asked SGO,000. Mr. Moigan paid 55,-000--$5,000 less than they asked, but 519,000 more than she cost, owners reciered 53,000, the Government paid SG0.000, although Mr. Morgen's papers allege he was asked 380.000. This seems the reverse of the position. The Onward was offered to private parties for 820,000; Mr. Morgan was asked 830,000 and paid 27,000. These an, not the only instances, as tho committee will show by a further examination, to which they are invited by the Secretary, and directed by a resolution of tho House. Secretary Wells, a man estimable in all the relations of private life, honest himself, and who wuuld not take a farthing from the Treasury, seeks to justify Mr. .Morgan by bhowing that the Government in times past was imposed upon by impositions on the regular officers; and he employs an agent with no salary, yet putting him in the position of antagonism to his Government, making bis interest against it, for the greatest number of vessels bough', and the highest price paid nets him the most money. For the credit of the Government euch practices should cease. We have not only a right to Mr. Morgan's skill, experience, and shrewdness, but we have a right to the benefit ofthat ruling feeling wilh many business men tint of interest for his employers. It is no answer to say that Mr. Morgan is honest. Grant it. Mr. Morgan is fond o( money, or he would not he could not, con-ent to take nearly 8f)0,000 of the money which has been initio to him in about five months. A man who is thus greedy of gain evTdently is more zealous of hia own than Iiis country's interest. Uesidcff, if tha Secretarv needs tho nativo ingenuity and business capacity, which I admit Is of higher order, why not employ him, nnd give him a fair remuno- ; rative salary, as other men aro employed? j He says that 900,000 was taken from ' tho pockets of tho aellars. Not eo; Mr.. Morgan always notified on the purchaso ; that they must pay the lowest cash prico, and add two and a half percent, thereto. If Mr. Morgan possesses the business ability which the Secretary claims, and which I do not doubt, he cerUinlv could

have obtained all tho vessels at the price he did, less the two and a half per centr Who doubts it? Why should not the sellers as readily have given the two and a half per cent, to the Government as to Mr. Morgan? No, sir; that fallacy may suit the Secretary, but it will not deceive the people. In September last, when Mr. Morgan had made over 50,000, representation was made to the Cabinet in leregard to this matter, and the attention o the Secretary directed to it. Had he changed the policy, no censure could have been charged upon him; but he persistentlv refused, and in December Mr. Morgan had increased his fortunes to the enormous sura of about 90,000 at the rate of a quarter of a million per annum. Mr. Morgan's service could have been secured at 5,000 annually and thi3 enormous sum saved to the treasury; but if this be not so and men owning vessels have been compelled or induced to sell them at small prices, what right has the Secretary to allow his brother in-law to rut his hands in the pocket of each seller ar.d realize the immense sum of 90,000 in a fjvr months? That money really belonged to the Government. As an agent ho tales it; and if it bo an unconscionable amount it belongs to his employers. Tho Secretary should know that the rules of the Chamber of Commorce in New York, as to commissions, do not apply whera tho value of the vessel exceeds 30,000; beyond that sum the per centage is left to bargain between seller and broker. Can the Secretary find a solitary case where merchants have allowed two and a-half per cent, on a vessel worth 100,000? The rule in Boston is one per cent, when tho value is over 20,-000.

.V Inciter from Secretary Hantoii. To the Editor of the N. Y. Tribune: Sir I cannot suffer unduo merit to bo ascribed to my official action. The glory of our recent victories belor gs to the trallant officers and soldiers that fought the battles. No share of it belongs to mo. Much has been said of military combinations and organizing a victory. I hear such phrases with apprepension. They commenced in infidel France with the Iialian campaign, and resulted in Water loo. Who can organize victory? Wboj can combine the elements of success on the battle-field? Wo owe our recent victories to tho spirit of tho Lord, that moved our soldiers to rush into battle, and filled the hearts of our enemieg with terror and dismay. The inspiralion that conquered in battle was in the hearts of the 'soldiers and from on high ; and wherever ther is tho same inspiration there will be the same results. Patriotic spirit, with resolute courage in officers and mn, is a a military combination that never failed. We may well rejoice at tho recent victories, for they teach us that battles aro to be won now and by us in tho same and only manner that they wero ever won by any people or in any age since the days of Joshua, by boldly pursuing and striking the foo. What, under the blessing of Providence, I conceive lo he the true organization of victory and military combination to end this war was declared in a a few words by Gen. Grani's message to Gen. Buckner "I propose io move inlined'mtebj on your works." Yours, truly, KD WIN M. STANTON. IVImt in in a Xanic t There is a confounded deal in a name. You are at a public dinner table. Smith, the grocer, says Rice is down again. 4 Is Uico down again ?' asked a mini, ter, ' I am sorry to hear it. I was in hopes that he nad permanently reformed.' I was speaking of rice, tho vegetable replied the grocer. Oh, indeed !' exclaimed the minister, and I was speaking of Uico tho man. IIa! he!' 44 Wool has advanced,' says a daler in that article. 4 Has ho,' asked a military man; 4which way is he marching now.?' I was speaking of the wool of the sheep,' is the reply. I beg your pardon, I supposed you was speaking of Wool, tho man.' What is butter worth?' asked some one of the grocer. 4 Butter worth is a Hard Shell Democrat,' responded a politician, whose thoughts are wholly eugrossod with party matters. . - - . - 4A laugh.' says Charles Limb, is worth a hundred groans iu ary state of tho market.' Sparo that you may speed, fast that yo i may feast; labor that you may live: and run that you may rest. In whatever shape evil comes, wo aro apt to exclaim, with Hamlet, 'Tako any shape but that.' Ingratitude is so deadly a poison that it destroys the very bosom iu which it is liAiboii'd.

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The public generally will be interested in the information which I shall proceed to imparl, viz: that my patronymic is Stokes G. W. Stokes George Washington Stokes. Ihe authors of my existence probably named me afier the fathor ol my country, because of certain indications which they were said to discover in my placid countenance when an 4 infant,' of an intense regard for truth and a penchant for firecrackers. Perhaps they fondly imagined that, in my journey through thi3 4 vale of tears as some gentleman . feelingly remarks I would take, for a motto, the story of tho youthful G. Washington and his hatchet, which is related with 6uch telling effect in McGuffy'a Second Header, second edition. Notwithstanding my euphonous cognomen, and the prestige of high moral excellence with which it unavoidably clothes its wearer, I have been unfortunate. My 4 star' ha3 been undergoing a painful eclipse, for some time, and has finally ceased to 4 twinkle.' That eminently useful organ in the human anatoror, the heart, has in my case, undergone horrid mutilation. Soma time since, I received a letter from my only remaining aunt, requesting mo to 4 come out and stay a mouth or so.' Business being particularly dull at that time, I concluded to accept the invitation forthwith ; and, wishing to give ray venerable relative an agreeable as I flattered myself surprise, I determined on answering her letter in person. After arranging roy business affairs for a piotracted absence, and informing the folks at 4 home 'as I dismally termed ray boarding-house I took the cars, one pleasant afternoon, en route for my aunt's. Owing, possibly, to my usual ill luck, the cars ran off the track, and were otherwise detained, until it was near midnight when they arrived at the little station where I was to cjet off. The distance from this station to ray aunta residence, was something ever a mile, but the moon shone cheerily, and I soon accomplished it ; arriving just io time to find that aunt, cousins, and all had retired. Not wishing to arouso the inmates, I determined on entering tho house at a back window, which, on -former visits, Iliad noticed was usually unfastened; forgetting, in my anxiety to avoid making any disturbance, that my aunt usually kept a large mastiff which she facetiously called 4 Beauty' in tho room I intended entering. Raising the window slowly and carefully, I succeeded in getting my head, one shoulder and foot through the ap2rture, when, with a bound, 4Beauty' fastened on my foot and proceeded to shako it vigorously. Not daring to scream, I endeavored, in my most confidential and persuasive tones, to induce his dogship to let go his hold ; hut all to no purpose. Ho c.nly shook tho harder. A happy thought struck me, I would caress that dog ! pat him on the head ! Brilliant idea ! He certainly could not withstand such demonstrations of affection. Why had I not thought of it before? I reached out my hand to commence tho work of conciliation, when, chug ! down carao tho window on my ribs, breaking, as I piously believed, every bone in my body, and eliciting yells rivaling in sweetness those of a prima donna in the most extatic operatic flights. Presently I heatd quite a commotion in tho main part of tho houso ; and before I could think what to say or do, one of my cousins, a young gentleman of eighteen winters, appeared in the door, with a candle in one hand and an old Revolutionary musket in the other. No sooner had he recognized me than but I forbear describing the scene that ensued. I shall not lower ray character for veraoity bv attempting it. Next morning at th hr-.L-ft l,h aunt mado the following pleasant remark: 4 Miss Ashland, permit mo to introduce you to my nephew, Mr. Stoke.' That young lady did permit it, and I was happy. Miss Genevieve Ashland was a school girl acquaintance of one of my cousins', intelligent, well informed, and witty; and what, with a fine personnel, and easy, graceful manners, it ia not strange that my (Stokes) heart was forced to succumb before my visit ended. Fivo weeks I stayed at my aunt's. During that time my cousins and 4 Genie as that young lady sentimentally gave her devoted Stokes leave to rail her instituted a 6eries of parties, pic nics, itc, that were, as tho ladies expressed it ' perfectly delightful.' Genie always managed to havo me at her 6ide , it was I who had tho exquisite pleasure of gathering and presenting outlandish nosegays to that estimable young woman; nobody but I, de - li.ded Stokes, could pick up her glove or handkerchief. Kvory day I walked with her, rode wilh her, quoted sentimental

poetry at hei. uutil I was confident that she liked, perhaps loved me 1 4 Lucky man,' thought I, at the end of my fourth week, here is a young lady angel, rather who has 11 the qualifications to make you happy, wha does now, or doubtless will, love you ; many ier. Stokes, and be happy. Thinking thus, I resolved, the first opportunity that presented itself, to fill to overflowing the cup of Miss Genie's joys, fcy making her an offer of my hand. But, ah ! All my bright imaginings, anticipations, and gothic air-castles, were destined to be unceremoniously upset. Kven now, when I think of that mournful episode in mj life, tears, idle tears, as A. Tennyson correctly observes, unavoidably obscure my vision. I, G. Washington Stokes, weep. " Oh, ever Unit, from childhood's hoof I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; 1 never loved a tree nor flower, But 'twas the first to fade awi.' But I anticipate. About a week after I had so magnanimously resolved on making Miss Genie happy, wre were "Walking slowly homeward from a pic nie, which had been giv-

tn by the young people as a vrt of fare well, I having fixed that evening for my return home. Coming to a large oak tree, Genie expressed herself weary with the walk, and wished to rest. Accordingly, she sat down at the foot of the tree, on a Urge root, which had grown out of the ground, and I, nothing loth, followed her example, thinking that 4 now or never ' was the time to 4 pop ' the momentous question. Ye powers ! what an udertaking ! Old gentleman, as you read this, havo you entirely forgotton your teelings when Vtfu asked that demure old lady over there in tho corner, to be yours through life, in sickness and in health, in prosperity and adversity? No. Tho faintlike feeling in your stomach, trembling in tho knees, and the uncertainty of utterance which vou experienced on that mo mentous occasion, can never be obliterate from your memory; I digress. Finally, alter the conversation had been flagging some minutes, by a mighty effort I arose, and in a tone of voice suited to tho occasion, commenced: Genie, there are moments in one's life, when, if the lips refused utterance to the feelinirs of the heart, that indispensable i article iroald undoubtedlv break into everal distinct pieces. I was confident that speech would tell. She remained 6ilent and I proceeded: 4 Five weeks. Genie, I have been with you almost constantly ; and in those five weeks my heart has experienced now feelingsnew sensations and' 4Oh, Ür. Stokes! what "a funny man ! rieasc get me that wild rose that looks so pretty, over there by the stream, saying which, the young lady proceeded to make herself as comfortable as possible. I walked off, feelirg very savage, procared the 4 wild lose that looked so pretty,' and presented it in a very lofty man ner to Miss Genie. My confidence was considerably shaken by this little incident, but, like the tenacious Mr. Brown, I thought it would 4 never do to give it up so.' 4 Genie,' faltered I, 4 can you think kindly of one luve the very atmosphere which you breathe, the grass upon which you tread, and yourself dearer than life? can you will you be my wife ! ' By this time I was in a beautiful state of trepidation, and stood before her in one of ray most awkward attitudes, awaiting my (Stokes) doom. La ! no, Mr. Stokes, how would it ound Mrs. Genet ieve Stokes ! Could not think of such ajhing, possibly.' Heavens, how refreshing ! Three months after my earthly happi ness had undergone tho above mournful j infliction, I received a paper containing j I fh. f.,IUw;...r ehnie hit nf inr,.rmii..i.- ' ,r .A . , i Maiikied On the 21st inst.. at the i r.,ehm.. f .U l.n,!.'. f,thr I,. : Nathaniel Ding, Mr. Abraham Snodgiass to Miss Genevieve Afchland.1' Mentally wishing my name had been 4 Snodgrass, we carefully laid the paper containing the notice into an adjacent water-bucket. Lucky man Snodgrass ! Senllnient or the Army. Captain Ptttmam of the 31st Ohio, in a letter dated Somerset, Kentucky, December 30, addressed to Waldo Taylor, Esq., of Newark, says: 44 Tell Mr. Morgan that he can state on authority that the North American was mistaken when it said the army was in tavorof the policy of Cameron and Cochran. American soldiers will not allow themselves to be degraded by being inarched in the ranks wi.h ne groes, and all tho officers of my acquam- j Stance would resign rather than participate in such a brutal warfare. If that policy is settled upon, you may look for m in Ncwaik iu short meter.

Are You for tlie Union i Go out, reader, among your republican acquaintances, male or female, in any city, town or neighborhood in Ohio; tell them that yea are for the Constitution and the (Jnion, and, if they suspect you of Democratic tendencias, the question will be instantly put : Do you prefer slavery to the Union ?' If you allege that there is jo such issue before the country, and an swi'f their question, Yankee-lile, by propounding another, namelv: Do you prefer the abolition of slavery to the Ut.bu V you will be answered by toss of the heal and an indignant frown : If slavery must be preserved, let the Union go to grass.' If you affirm thru you would preserve slavery only so far as it is guaranteed by the Constitution, you will be met by thi or a sitmbr rebuff A Constitution which guarantees slavery is not worth preserving.' We do not exaggerate. Kvery man can readily test the truth of what we assert. This anti-Union nnti-Constitution radicalism is rife in the Republican party i wide spread, active and controlling is it, that ven the more staid and conservative portion of the party are so infested by it, that no Republican man or journal, with here and there an honorable exception, dare oppose its bold disunion assumptions, ave in a half-earnest-milk and-water-way. Not long since, these self same radicals were vociferous in their shouts for the Union and unrelent ng in stigmatizing every man who counseled moderation and forbearance, ns a secessionist. Now, they declare they would not consent to a restoration of the Union as it was a year ago, with slavery In it. They are doing all th -.j can to discourage and prevent such restoration by saying that unless slavery is abolished by the act of Congress or th Federal Government, the rebellion can never be put down, or as Greoley in his Tribune words it that we can never conquer twelve millions of Southerners, but

j!t,nl wllh the aiJ of ftmr mi,lion b,k?we may be able to overcome eight millions of whites. It is not necessary to e:tpoo the falsity or the treasonable character of these assumptions. We believe the mass of the people will not be misled by them. They I will soon come to regard, as they are al ready begiuning to do, every om; who derides the Union our fathers made or sPnrn8 M& to tho Constituti-.n they formed, as a secessionist and a traitor ! Stutana)i. Abolition Treason Hani resting Itself 1iimaskecl. We have repeatedly and oft told our readers that Abolitionism was treason . Some have not believed it; some few have In addition to the many evidences adduced by us from time to time in support of this allegiance, we produce an editorial article from the New York Tribune of the 28th ült.. Which leaves no responsible toom for t'oubt on the question involved, so far as the Tribune is regarded as an organ of Abolitionism. Here is tha article We a-k for it a dispassionate penisal : 44 Speaking for ourselves, we can honestly say that for that old Union which was kept In existenco by southern menances and northern concessions, we have no regrets and no wish for its reconstruction. Who wants any Union which can only be preserved by ystematic wrong and organized political blunders? Who wants anr Union which is nothing but a sentiment o lacker Fourth of July orations withal? Who wants to see represented in tlie next quarter of a century, the trials, torments, insults and embarrassments to which we have already been subjected; and especially this continually impending and always convenient threat of treason, whenever an obnoxious policy is to bo forced, in the intoresl of fc!v'rJ upen us-wlio wants to 8ee -estoml to its old and magical Pole intimidating it.e weak, tierpersuading I lie peaccrul, seducing the J . . ' ' honest ami the honorable, making mri i .1 a a I Iwkotllf.ttcll f II nilllll S-T . X V I lt I I lni.il a... I ucaiiiuuiiii juiiiuic vi uui l I m ll.l 1 1 1 1 J , .Mill mere temporary subterfuge of our Uwi.? Who want a Union maintained only at th capricious will of a South Carolina aiistocracy a Union which we are bound to respect, but which ftlavcholdern nre chartered to disregard at sovero'gn pleasuie? Union, that tho man-owning oligarchy may crawl comfortably along in th fat slime of its indolence and injuslico, whilo we keep watch and ward, with obseqtiioti fidelity ovwr its lazy interests, and Mihmil without a murmur to its whimsicaliti- a of selfishness or passion?" If any no wants more or stronger eidence than th foregoing that Abolitionists do not want the Union as it existed to ho restored, then no proof can convince ihem. What Abolitionists d.eMie is the jbolihment of slavery, not the restoration of the receded States to the Union, not the preservation of our present Cot stitution, but the substitution thereof of Sewardism developed in hia higher law doctrines and I as manifested in his higher law ptaclice.