Plymouth Weekly Democrat, Volume 13, Number 40, Plymouth, Marshall County, 4 June 1868 — Page 1

PLYMOUTH WEEKLY DEMOCRAT.

PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1868. VOLUME 13. NUMBER 40.

A CKILVS DREAM OF A STAR. BY CHARLZ3 PICKENS. There was once a child, and he strolled about a g:od deal, aod thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child too, and his constant companion. The-:e two were used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers ; they wondered at tho highth aud blueness of the sky ; they wondered at the depth of the blue water ; they wondered at the goodness and power of God

who made tne lovely world They used to say to one another, some- j times, supposing all the children on earth were to die, would the flowors, and the water, and sky be sorry ? For. said they, .he buds are tho children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gambol down the hill side are the children ot the water ; and the smallest bright specks placing at hide and seek in the sky all right ronst be the children of the stars ; an 1 they would all be grieved to see their playmate!, the children of men, no more. There was one clear, shining star, that! would come out in the sky before the rest, near the church spire, above the graves. Jt was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than all the others, and every right they watched for it standing hand in band a. the window. Whoever saw it first cr.öd out, " I see the star," and otten th?y cried out both together, knowing so well when it wuuld rise aud where. So ihey grew to be such friouds with it, that, before lying down in their beds, they al way locked out once again, to bid it good nu bt ; and when thev were turned arouud to & leep they use to bay M God bit as the stir B-it whits she was very young, oh, very, very young, tV.z sKer drooped, aod come to be 60 weak that she could no longer stand in the window at night ; and then the chi' 1 looted sadly out by himself, and when he saw ibastar, tern Oil r-Mtnd and mid to Ike patient pale lace on the bed. ; 1 seo :he star .' ' aud tuen a smile would c.'iD? upon the face, and a lite 1c we.ik voice used to say, " lod blcs my brother and the ait.v ' And so the time all too goon ! when the child looked out alone, and when there WM no pa! face on .hc bed ; and when there was a little grave among the trrii'. es r. jt there before ; and wheu ihe star ma !o long rays down toward him, as he saw ii .hrouii his silent tears. , ow these rays were so bri and i uuy aoemea to maicc sucn a seining way ! fraei eartn tu heaven, and when the child j

went t his solitary bod ho dreamed that, t. Johnson's general policy, but he did make lying eWre he Was, lit- s.r.v a train ef peo- !a fair agreement with the president that pie taken up thai sparkling road by angels. J he would hold on to the war office and deAnd t;? star, opening. sh 1 him i en . it i t'v the senate and the iseobin nartv in case

ror kl of life, where many more such U waited to receive thciu. er? manv more such anaii ;..ee nngcis v, no were waning. ; turned thuir beamins; eves upn the peo4.. .1 l t ia j t wlio were eirried up iate the star an 1 sotae eanM oul :nto the long rows in which I the to!, and fell ao:i tho peoples ! necks, and kissed them tenderly and vent way wtt.l I neat down avenues oi light, and neve tu happy in their company, that 1 Iviri- i'J his he I he venc tor joy, Bal tlicre were esanj sngefa who did n ' j j with them, an J among them one he knew. The patient lace that onee had lain npofl the bed wee glorified end radienttbnt his heart found out hi.- sister ssaong all th, bent. His sister! sage) lingeicl near the ent ranee ot the st ir, and sii.i to the lea !, i among those who had brought the people , hither : ; 1- my brother come And he - ud " no.' .Stio w is tamiag hopefnltjf away, when the cnild stretched out his arms, and eric J, ' Ö, my bister, L am here. Tak me!" And then she turned her beaming eyes upon hiss, and it was night, and Ihfl htar eras shining into the room, unking cn-z r-s toward him as he saw it through h tears. h' BS this hour forth, the child looked f ut iinesj the star as the home he was to tro to, sjtseu hts time should come ; and he i nought that he did not beloog to the earth alone, but the star too, because of his ui.ter's angel gone before. Thre waä a buby born to be a brother to the child ; and while he was o little that he never yet had spoken a word, he ! fciretchc i Lis tiny form upon his bed and died. A2in the child dreamed of the open tar, and of the company of angels, and the train of people, and the row of angels with their beaming eyes all turned upon those i.ooie s !e's faces. ftaid the sister'g angel to the leader ' Is my brother here ? " And he said : u Not that one, but auother." As hc child behel l Lis brother's angel in his arms, he cried: M O sister, I am here '. take me ! ' And she turned and s; ; led on him. and the star was shitting. fie grew to be a young man, and was busy a', his hooks, when an old servant came to him and said : M Thy Bttothet is uo more. I bring her blessing uon her darling son." Again, at nigh, he saw the star and all the tortus company. S lid his sister's angel to the leader It BBJ brother come ? " And be aid, M Thy mother.'' And a mighty cry of jy went forth ihr Ui;H all tiiat tar, because tuo mother wa re-un.ted to her two children. And he tned. u O, mothr, ister and brother. I I ' - L - IM i.i l aiu nre . i.ae uie . AUU t ipv .in,. iiev wervd him, M Not yet," uvl the star was shitüng. He prew to be a man, whoe hair was turi.iuir trray. and he was sitting in his chair by the fireside, heavy with grief, sad with his faco bedewed with i:ars, when the tar opened again. Said his sister s angel to the leader u in my brother come ? Ar.J he eaid, sv, but hij maide dau-hter." AnU tiie str.r was shining Thus the child came to be an old 'rao. nd his once moothe face was wrinkled, .r 1 his steps werC slow aud feeble, and pi bat w-: beti. And one ni'ht as h lay rjn hit bed, hi:, childuw standing rounJ, be cnfd. as long

ago, k l see tne star i

They whispered one to another, he is dying." And he said, " I am. My age is falling from me like a garment, and I move toward the star as a child. And, oh, my father, now I tank thee that it has fo oftea cpene 1 to receive those dear ones who await me." And the star was shining and it shines upon his grave. Grant as a Politician. No man has ever dabbled in politics in this country who has proved himseli to be more of a demagogue, or has committed more plunders as a politician, than Grant. He has shown a lamentable want of sagacity and of honor, and has been treacherous to the president, to conservative republicans, to the democrats, and the Jacobins. He went into the war a democrat, and was one up to the close of the contest. When Johnson became president Grant was a Johnson man. He sustained Johnson's policy of restoration, and wanted the freedmen's bureau abolished and its matters placed in the hands of the military officers in the soush. lie traveled through the southern states to gather matter for the report upon which Johnson based what Sumner called " the whitewashing message." Grant furnished the whitewash, and the report gave evidence that it was to him a labor of love. The report stirred up the malevolence of every jacobin in the senate, and gave aid and comfort to every conservative and democratic scuator. When Johnson made the attempt to get up a third party, Grant backed the movement. lie stood by the side of the presideut wheu the latter received the delegation from Philadelphia Johnsonite conveutioo. To further prove his attach neat j fur Johnson, he swunr roun 1 the circle" ! with him, until symptoms of gastric fever that is what they call it now compelled him to detach humelf from tho excur - &ion It is nrobable that Johnson, in making Grant secretary of war, did intend to ' couiuit him to conservatism in such a manner that he c .uld not allv himself with the I jaiobies. The radical press all over the country alleged that Grant's acceptance of i

the war department was an act of hostility ?nny and intolerance of opinion they are to the " party of freedom," and one of en- ; an admirably matched pair, and go e ;ceedcouraement to its opponents. He had j iogly well together on a ticket. Both not sufficient s-nse to understand Johnson'si have shown their willingness to be the

Strategy. Lie cot only consented to be ; an iustrumeut to oust Stanton, and to become a member of Johnson's cabinet, which he?ould not do decently it opposed to tne senate saouiu reiuse io concur in tne sosnensioa ot Star ton. When he dcter- . t 1. II ! . t . .1 1. 1 T 1 SBa L1. mineo to et ray rionnsou -inu vioiaio uns this agreement, he was such a silly and 'stupid blunderer that he left in the hands i of Johnson the proof that be had beeu I gniite of a falsehood and had meanly! end most dishonorably betrayed his j trust. ! Had (irant paid no atte; ;ntiou to the ( newspaper rumors concerning the question ot veracity at the issue between him and him and Johnson, the proofs of falsehood and treachery would sot have been given to the public in the form thev were. He undertook to free himself from the suspicion that he had acted meanly and treacherously by wading deeper into untruth, with every reason to believe Ines tnereoj tne suspicion would he changed into certainty, In this his want of tact and discretion was as noteworthy as truth and honor. Iiis want of regard for He drove the president to the procurement of the testimony of all the members of the cabinet establishing the fact of his dishonorable violation of his word. Where, in all the course as a politician of this democratic-Johnsonian-conserva-tivc-Jacobin, is there a particle of evidence that he possesses the integrity or capacity to deal with politieans important political issues ? If he were wax in the hands j of Johnson, and putty in the hands ot I Stanton, what would he be in dealing with the intrigues and intriguers surrounding the presidency? His latest movemeut as a politician was to join the impeachers : and they have just been disgracefully defeated. Considering his nosition. his action in the matter was as indecent as that 01 Wade voting on the verdict. Rccoffnlzliig the mistake. The Washington correspondent cf the Chicago Times, in noticing the feeling in relation to the failure of Impeachment in that city says : But it was reserved for me to-day to listen, in the presence ot several other gentlemen, to the following remark by one of Grant's fetrongest supporters in the 4 house, who voted in favor of the impeachment: ' We made a big mistake," said this gentleman, u aod we've been taught a lesson a good oae. For my part, I'd rather see men of the cast of Pitt Fesseuden, 8 P. Chae and Lyman Trumbull at the head of the republican party during the next campaign than to oust a dozen Johnsons. We've been going ahead too fast. We need steady engineers from now to November or the whole party will go utterly to the dogs I am a radical,but I am not radical euouh not to admit the prudence and propriety of leavening progress with a little conservatism, for the -ake of insuring a success at the next election, which will enable us to proceed with the work we have began." Tottering Thurlow Weed acknowleges that republicanism i tottering. He says : Large eities like Chicago, Philadelphia, Hoston, Cincinnati, San Francisco and Rochester j have been wrested from our grasp. Nor is i this ail. Entire states have faltered bw the way, sad withdrawn their support irom the republican party. New York, inst-id of bei.igin the republican column, writhes under the incubus of a fitty thousand democratic majority, Pennsylvania, California, Connectitut and New jersey, so isieiy piucaea like a brand from the burning, hsve hkewiee relaxed." T 11 1 I 11...

Scnuyler Coltax His Resolution to Expel Mr. Long. It is uoiversally conceded by all who know anything of this man, that he has done a larger amount of political business on a small capital thau other man in the country. Nature has been extremely limited in the bestowal of intellectual faculties to him. He was gotten up on the smallest scale, and yet he has been fourteen years in congress, is now speaker of the house, and candidate tor vice president of the United States. It is said that a young hopeful, who had emigrated from the east to the west, after arriving in the land of promise, wrote his father substantially thus: ' Dad Come right out at once, for mighty mean men get office here." If for mean we substitute small, we might suppose that Colfax was thus invited westward. The most noticeable thing that was ever performed by Colfax was his leaving the speaker's chair of the house to offer a resolution, in 1863, of expulsion against Alexander Long, a member of congress from this county, who had delivered a political speech, whose sentiments did not agree with the illustrious Colfax's. It was not pretended that Mr. Long had said any thing that was personal, or that he had in any manner infringed the courtesy of debate. On the contrary he was exceeding grave and decorous throughout. Colfax thought that he ought to be expelled for his opinions for the opinions of his constituents which he represented. This principle reduces a representative body to very simple elements indeed, as can be readily perceived. A more disgraceful act was never sought to be perpetrated in congress au act that

struck down all liberty of discussion, and rendered the deliberations in that body the merest tarce. Had it not been tor the vig or of Mr. Pendleton and othar leading democratic members, this resolution of 1 Colfax s would have been adopted. As 'General Graut claimed, by a general der. which we published a day or two ago, the right to suppress any newspaper whose j sentiments dd not asrree with his high-1 migtiness, so Colfax would expel from con-' gress all his political opponents who dared j to differ with him in debate. In tyr- j aenis anu 1001s oi uespousm. ivrcmmhi Lnquirer. Cause of llie lireak Down. I'lie Washington correspondent of the Chicaaro Tribune, thus onens his last lettcr : Why did the impeachment managers tail to convict r If you let u mere looker on nt the trial j answer this and whether conviction be J yet probable or not, no matter cither way, 1 will accouut for it thus , articles. o Tjame managers, 8. Doubtful consequences. The fact is, republicans, im pcachmcnt was hastily, rashly, boyishly resolved upon ! It was carried up to the senate bv a storminir rjartv senate by a storming party, its mauagers f w - - wcro not all eaual to the business. Its lobby was too great and too visible. It treated the senate and '. presiding officer as a co-conspiring body, with a M isouic co-understanding ; and the senate, holding to its independence and self respect, rejected any such collusion. Mr Johnson was, therefore, not convicted. Now. who shall be excommunicated ? If anybody, the noisy aud vulgar people who brought up to the scuate the manners of a rebel democratic convention. TIic Ohio Soldier Voting BUI. The radical papers have raised a terrible howl over a bill which has passed the Ohio legislature, and which they falsely renresent. disfranchises a number of soljiers in that state. We publish the bill CDtjre, so that the people can see what niiscrable falsehoods the radical journals will stoop to to gain their ends. It will be seen that there is nothing in the bill interfering with the right of any qualified voter exercising the elective franchinse : A BILL To amend an act ocding to the United States of America jurisdiction over certain lands and their appurtenances of the national asylum for disabled soldiers, and exempting the same irom taxation, passed April 13, 1867 ; volume 04, pages 149 and 150. Section 1. Be it enacted by the general assembly of the state of Ohio, that section one, after the preamble in said recited act, read as follows : Section 1. That jurisdiction of the lands and their appurtenances, which may be acquired bv donation or purchase bv the managers of the national asylum for disa bled volunteer soldiers within the state of Ohio for tho uses and purposes of the said asylum, be and is hereby ceded to the l nited States of America ; provided however that all civil and criminal process issued under the authority of tho state of Ohio, or anyoffiicer thereof, may be executed on said lands and in the buildings which may be located thereon, in the same way aud manner as if jurisdiction had not been eeded as .foresaid ; and provided further that nothing in this act shall bo so construed as to prevent the officers, employees, and inmates of said asylum, who are legally qualified voters of this state, and of the county and township in which said asylum is located, from exercising the right of suffrage at all township, county, and state elections in the township iu which said national asylum shall be located. Sec. 2. That the said original section 1, passed April 13, 1867, is hereby repealed. This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Passed May 1, 1868. Four boy of Indianapolis are said to hav- mysteriously disappeared from that city, and a horse dealer is suspected of havu p enticed them away, for what purpose !ocs not appear.

Is the President Bound to Execute an Unconstitutional Lawf-An Unpublished Letter of Jefferson's. From the NeW York WorM, May 13 By the civility and public spirit of the f. - 1 Uft. - i.

possessor we are ,uru sue w.iu vraus- , cnpi oi cue louowiug .euer . x resiueui I a ffpatn r iff-k f-wi ri rc i- n 'i y nt nia ' administration. It is superscribed vuuciouu will u au t. uv u i o w u a v a (Free ) Th. Jefferson, j Edward Livingston, Esq., Mayor, New York Mr. Livingston was at that time Lnited States district attorney at .New ork,as wen as mayor oi tne city, ine peruueui bearing of the letter on the impeachment of President Johnson will be manifest on perusal : WAsniNOTON, Nov. 1, 1801. Dear Sir : I some days ago reeceived a letter from Messrs. Dennison & Chetham, of the most friendly kind, asking the general grounds on which the nolle prosequi in Duanne's case ought tobe presented to the public, which they propose to do. You are sensible I must avoid committing myself in that channel of justification, and that were I to do ;t in this case, I might be called on by other printers iu other cases where it might be inexpedient to say anything. Yet to so civil an application, I cannot reconcile myself to the incivility ot giving no answer. I have thought, therefore, of laying your friendship under contribution, and a.kiug permission of you to take the trouble of seeing them and of saying to them, that the question being in the line of the law, I had desired you to give them the explanation necessary. My text of explanation would be this : The president is to have the laws executed. He may order an offence then to be prosecuted. If he sees a prosecution put into a train which is not law ful he may order it to be discontinued and put iüto legal train. I found a prosecu-

, tion going on against JJuane tor an oüence or-iaaiust the senate, founded on the sedi-

tion act. I affirm that act to be no law, because in opposition to the constitution, and I shall treat it as a nullity wherever it comes in the way of my functions therefore directed that prosecution tobe discontinued and a new one to be commenced, founded on whatsoever other law might be in existence against the offence. This was done, and the grand jury finding no other law against it, declined doing anything against the bill. There appears to me to be no weak part in any of thee positions or inferences. There is, however, iu the application to you to trouble yourself with the question. For this I owe apology, and build it ou your goodness and friendship. Th. Jefferson. Edward Livingston, Esq. Feet vs. Head. Scene a railroad depot train about to start engine bell ringing for the last time -conductor cries ' all aboard ! " A yell heard down the road leading to the village horse attached to a lumber wagon eosaing at a heavy gallop boy driving and laying on the lash man standiug up. swinging a white hat and yelling : " Hold on with them kecrs ! " h iir trunk, with with brass nails, in back cud of wagon, bobbing up and down, standing on his head and throwing flip-flap. Conductor holds on a minute man with white hat jumps out before the wagon reaches the l latforni jams his hat ou his head, side to the front grabs hair trunk aud rushes to the kcers trunk pitched into the baggage car, aud white hat tumbled aboard by several accommodating individuals on the platform as the train moves away. White hat disheveled, out of breath and perspiring, drops into a seat beside a crusty looking passenger, who is reading a paper. White Hat " Whew ! right smart chase they gave me. Reckon this train's head of time, ain't it, stranger? " Crusty " Humph ! Do' no." White Hat " Hurried so hadn't time to check my ha'r trunk. Think it's safe j 'thout one of them thingumbobs onto it, hey ? " Crusty (shrinking deep into his coat collar, and drawing impatiently away) can't say." White hat (Determined to make himself agreeable) M Live fur around here ?" Crusty (Very gruff) " No ! " White Hat "Ben trav'liu' long?" Crusty (Burying himself still deep in his collar " No, I hain't." Whito Hat (Peering carefully at Crusty 's paper) see you're reading the N. Y. Tribune. Up in our parts, we think Mister Brooks' paper 'bout right. Ever read Express ? " Crusty (Very enappish) M No.wipe my feet on the Express." White Hat (Taking big chew of tobacco) 11 Well, stranger, you jes' keep rcadin' the Tribune and wiping your feet on the Express, and your feet 11 know more than your head does." Crusty gathered himself up with a growl, and made for another scat, amidst the laughing of the passengers. If Vol, Why ot f Some time ago a sensible republican mechanic, meeting a brother mechanic, said : My friend, if I owed you a debt, and offered you its amount in greenbacks, would you call it 41 repudiation i" Or, if I offerod you in return the same kind of mouey that I borrowed of you, would I bo a " peuitentiary bird ?" The other could phik no flaw in the reasoning, and admitted that Iiis Intelligent friend w is right. The radical bondholders with Ben. Wade at their head assert that greenbacks arc good euough for the people in the transaction of their ordinary business ; good onouh to give and receive in payment for lands, tenements and labor, but not good enough to redeem the bonds. Greenbacks were good enough to give in payment for United States bonds, but wo are told it is sheer impudence and repudiation to talk of redeeming them in the same currency. To repay iu greenbacks is a crime so great that Ben. Wade says it is not only " repudiation, but tho advocates of it are " penitentiary birds' This is the radical idea of justice. Franktin Gazette.

Weak Spots In the Record ot the Radical Parly.

The New York Times, a leading repubi j- . - ncau paper, in aiscussing me inicago platform, thus shows uP some of its weak LZ.7L 'a -i - ic iL i. : jh'iul.t, au a atsu ion ui tue n can. suuta 111 radical . . Ag matter of ,egg thaa . HCl Ul UUUCV UUl 1US9 luau Ul - priety, we think that the whole subject of 1 - ' . - impeachment should be avoided. There was no necessity for an allusion to it, and juiy 00ne for 8pecjuC endorsement of tne proceeding, or au implied censure OI those who refused to concur in the desired reguU SM would have bs than t0 c,ert the whole weicht c en easier ght of the con vention in the support of congress and its policy as opposed to the president and his course, without raising a question about the merits of which the ablest and most useful members of the party honestly differ. The resolution touching the subject might, perhaps, have been worse. The incorporation of the amendment suggested by Mr. Cochrane and withdrawn in terms censuring the senators who were unable to convict on the 11th article would have rendered what is injudicious and in bad taste absolutely offensive. It would have been, in effect, a sentence of proscription against estimable aud influential men, aud would have tended to impair the unity and weaken the moral 3trength tf the party in the contest. Perhaps we ought to be thankful, if not sur prised, that this threatened difficulty has . i , r.. i i.:.. rr" i. .i- :.: vims lut uci'u uuviuicu. iuc uinuvninuu bs sMfa. it U tkM in fron. fW, and the resolution as adopted probably cxpres es the best attainable compromise. If it does, the sentiment of Carl Schurz, that " victory will be true to the republican party as long as the republican party is true to itself," has in the resolution a very equivocal commentary. That party is not " true to itself" which confounds judicial forms with partisan ends, or brands a conscicntous difference of opinion on questions of legal construction as recreancy to right and principle. In certain otner respects the platform sounj!, roujcaiu Declarations a in lavor of a rapid reduction of taxation and the i the governraeut) . - ' iiiiici i i iiiiitiiiv. : I ill .ill ill Ii I ill inn ill J .w,; ,V.1 k stract propDsitions. Every man not fed at L ' . . the public expense wMlhold up both hands for them. But a republican convention in 1mö ought to have been able to prcseut something more effective than promises. The party has been in power long enough to have gathered a rich store of performances. It should have been able to go before the country with a record of services rendered in regard both to retrenchment and taxation. The public purse has been for years altogether in its hands. It has had exclusive management of the appropriations aud exclusive power over the forms and amount of taxation. How happens it, then, that in a platform iuteuded to set forth its claims to coutinued confidence it has uothing better to offer than resolves in favor of reforms which it has obstinately an,d culpably neglected t Why is it that no serious attempt has been made to enforce even moderate economy, aud that, ic consequence, the abolition of taxes must be fallowed by their reimposition or by a large addition to tho debt ? These are weak spots in the party's record. They are a coudcmnafion of its recent congressional career, and a sorry exemplification of its fidelity aud capacity in fiscal and financial affairs. Of course its shortcomings in the past" are not a reason for omittiug a pledge for the future. But they detract somewhat from the strength of no much of the platform as relates to these subjects, and may also serve to modcrate tho confideuce every repubilcau is supposed to feel in the hold of his party upon the inceiligence and patriotism of t he country. To tho Point. Mr. Ralph W. Newton, a broken iu New York, was brought before the guano managers ol impeachment, and interrogated for hours by JJuiler. The private letters and telegrams of Newton had been seized by order of Butler. The witness was asked by Butler if he had not written a certain letter to Mr. Smythe, collector of the port at New York, aud indicated the contents of the letter referred to. Mr. Newton auswered that he had, aud that he happened to leave the letter on the table in his room unfolded, and that it was stolen from there. " Who stole it ? " inquired Butler. 41 Iexpect you did," responded Newton. The witness was put under arrest four times by Butler before he was dismissed. Ten Hi Congressional Oistrlct. It is said that th congressional convention for the 10th district will be held at Ligoniersome time in July, We have seen no names suggested by any of the papers of tho district, as to who are likely to ba eandidates for congressional honors, but there arc quite a number of democrats in this county who would be well satisfied with Mr. J, B. Stroll, editor of the Ligonier Banners as their standard bearer iu the approaching campaign. Goshen Democrat, We see that our friend J. B, Stroll, editor of the Ligonier Hanner, is mentioned as a candidate for congress in the lUth congressional district. Hope he will get elected, for he is the man to walk into the 11 trooly loil " aud handle them without gloves. '. HfyjM Dem erat. TheKu Klux Klu and the Loyal League. The New York Times ( Republican ) says: " It wi) not do to say that the loyal league men are right and the Ku Klux wrong," and adds: 14 The Ku Klux, it is said, have shielded their members when criminals, against punishment by law ; we know that the same thing has been done in South Carolina and other states by loyal league clubs." That paper forgets, however that it is proper and lawful to till, rob, murder, or do any other act of the old times considered heinous and pun ishable, in tho name of loyalty, but it is

not lawful for disloyal people to sport withjan Wells, was held at Newville, Wells i the superstitious fears of the ruhog race, county, on Saturday May 2Ht l6g. 1

Blasphemous Prayers. The clergy of the United States com-

j mT the MresPcc.t confidence of the people ot the United Stales onlv so lou? , ... . z ,J , . f 3 Y" eeP hin.tb bounds of their legitimate ofhee as ministers of the eeenel spel : p t . nL ti-u 1 J j of Jesus Christ. When they descend into the arena of party politics, and play the I I n 1 . - , I .7 .r , "Ty8? J in liar t.il'a f Ii - lr t r a n,J aiiHj r uauk tui, tue rk.iv.rk.-3 OUU guua UCSl'JMVM I'U party rascality aud corruption. There is a convocation in session at n,;,. u c u rv I 1 - . i , . , . r-r ... . , ouisi cnurcn nortn. we win not unuertake to say that it is a conclave of radical politicians. We quote the following from the report of tho proceediogs on Wednesday : Bishop Simpson offered the following resolutions which were adopted, the action of yesterday being rescinded : Whereas There is now pending in the senate of the United States the most im portant question its attention : which has ever engaged Whereas, evidence and pleadings in this case have been fully onened by the people; so that all may form an enlightened opinion ; and Whereas. We are deeply impressed that upon its rightful decision will largely depend the safety and prosperity of the nation, as well as the religious privileges of our ministers and members in many parts of the south ; and Whereas, Painful rumors arc in circu lation that partly by unworthy jealousies, , , .11 . n aDd rrtly by corrupt influences, pecuniary and otherwise, most actively employed, efforts are being made to influence senators improperly, aod to prevent them from performing their high duty ; therefore Kesolved, That we hereby appoint an hour of prayer from 9 to 10 o'clock a. m. - : I. rr J

lu-iuuiiuw, iu luvuive uierey irjiu tjtou un- ; on our nation, and to beseech him to save :i t have passed through great hardour senators from errors, and so influence ships," as the schooner said after passing them that their decision shall be in truth through a fleet of iron-clad.

' and righteousness, and shall increase se- . i 1, j cuniv aud prosperity to our beloved unj r r j Vn . . , c . ho doe? not see in this an echo of the i ii,n ir.nCA , .11-.. i .. i.t .. leal abuse poured out upon the heads ot ', . . . I Snnitfiro I rum .n I- ., r, . I . . I ...,, . ' Kvncuuca, vuuuu. , Henderson iinr! others hv fliA f:liiMvA .- T . J l -iT a i : 111 til tm lie I n ; I ii ii 'i t i. i-w nt hri Korr oni-rliil I jealousy aod base motives appeared in that K , 77 I. :

paper. Ihe revcrened calumniators of the ; or where she bought her bonnets." conference take up and give a qausi in- J dorsement to the defamation of honorable ! One fellow is making a uice thing out men and sworn judges, and propose io go of the impeachment case the scrgeant-at-to the throne of grace with these damning I ar,u3 of senate. He summons all the imputations against their fellow men unon 'witnesses by telegraph, and charges ten

their lips, What did these pious detainere desire? That Cod would iuflnenee i j senators to render a tru? verdict ? Would not an honest confession show that they had framed their own verdict, and wishel God to endorse it ? Oue of their own as sociales administered to them the following pungent rebuke : .My understanding is that impeachment is a judicial proceeding, and that senators are acting under an oath. Are we to prav to the Almighty that their oaths ? uej may wouie . 1 I A i ot .cserevereneMpo.,t.,Mar.s e' tamers believe in auswers to prayer : Have they faith in fervent supplieation ? !. . i i And nnce, between 9 aud 10 o clo ck Tbursaay morning, they besought (rod to save our senators from error, and so iu fluence them that their decision shall be in truth and righteousness, we wonder what they think of the vote of Saturday, by which the cleveuih article was slaughtered and the president acquitted ? We accept that as God's answer to the prayers of the conference. We wonder if the reverend political supplicators do so, too ? A FniOHTFUL Execution. An attempt has been made at Naples to terrify the brigands and their supporters by an example of se verity, Two brigands having been captured and condemned to death, two of their comrades had to perforin the office of executioners. The crowd that stood by jeered the latter, telling that they had an opportunity of showing their prowess. Oue of the executioners, stung by the taunt, accomplished his task at one blow, and the severed head of his wretched colleague rolled down the side of the hill. The second execution was a horrible scene. The blow had to be repeated ttn times, aud still without putting an end to the sufferings of the heipless victim. Derided by the other brigands, Pizzuti threw himself, like a famished beast, upon the body of the still breathing Sera, plunging the dagger into every part of his body. It was the most terrib'e scene ever wit nessed, but, with all this, Sera was not yet dead. At last the captain thought fit to interfere, and a revolver discharged iu the car of the mutilated wretch brought the dreadful proceedings to a close. We clip the following item from the New York Trifmw: The man who has done more than all other, unless in I pecuniary vay, to secure this result, is Chief Justice Ohasc. He decided the vote of Mr. Van Winkle. He did his utmost happily in vain to carry off Messrs. Anthony and Sprague. We doubt that Mr. Heuderson would have voted as he did but for the chief justice's exertiocs. Those exertions saved Audrcw Johnson from the verdict which we feel he has worked hard aud successfully to sj deserve. Well ! Mr. Johnson remains is the White House. The Xlth was deliberately, and we doubt not judiciously, selected as the Tins failing all fail. There may bo those article that would command most votes. who deem it wise and well to admit senators from tho reconstructed states and force a verdict of guilty by their votes ; but we cannot concur. It might have beeu well to defer the Impeachment until those states should be represented in the senate; but, having initiated it, we think it would not do to admit new senators to vote upon it after the testimony was taken and argument closed. By mutual arrangement the democratic representative convention, for the district composed ot the counties of Adams

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Language is part of a man's character. A hi ü renta ln tUe crowa uf ' Jvul What is often found where it is not Fault. ; Long Nines six-footers. A baje-ball club of A Pittsburg widower under arre.t for poi.ioniog his wife. Action is happiness here, and without action there can be no heaven. One of our exchanges enough to call a sick baker is heartless "an ili-brel mi:n. Olive Logan says that Mrs. Caudie I was the only really successful female lec turer. -Many a fool who has sense enough to qct a irood wife, lacks the wit to know it I . u K- a i. ii ,i u v- any 3 uuiici win pv iiiiv Grant's cabinet. No doubt, if it isn't kept locked. When you hear a man say. M life is a dream," tread on his corns and wako him up. Life is real. He who receives a good turn should never forget it : he who docs one should never remember it. What dress shall a lady procure in order to keep her wardrobe jlean. A laundress (lawn-dress.) Yaue the friendship of him who stands by you in the storm : swarms ot m- ; sects will surround you in the sunshine. I T. . i i,i . t- r ii nas neen asceriaiceu tnai iigutning ., u .u strikes more women each year than men. Their attractions are the death of them. Fanny Fern expresses a doubt wheth:r 1 1 1 U I e Cr II lUUieb 5IIOUIU .CiJTU !'J XUJJ;', -Jlif OI ,m irnuli i nr rr ,i.t.-r. i.mii. " w. rTT 7i . ,u V . . i P. . ,. I. T ... . I , . , , !..... . eed, or knowing who her dressmaker was, . m m. "6 'u,cents a mile to and Irom their places ot residence ! In one one case his fees arti $1,600, for lending a dispatch for a witness in Oregon. That's the way tho peo ple s money fi IiA. western union negro moke, ou State street, lat met sitther evening, an 1 hailed him as follows Say, Jim. hero you heard the news? "' "No, what i- it ?" replied the other ''man hood. N "Why, dev has nominated Useless I rant for :e , ;l)eQt and all the colored folks for ice president." West union doubtless thottcht CölfaX WU equivalent to all the eolorod : f.jjg Th Vow Vnrlr JUm Ii....!.- r..-rL--reference to the national fiuances The mongrel journals are humbugging j the tax-payers, by parading the debt ?-itc-i mcnt made on the 5th int , as a it oof of j the gradual ixtricati on of the c untry j from the incubus of the great debt. The figures are mide to show a decrease in tho debt of some $18,000,000. This declaration is an imposition upon the tax-paver. It is the Wall street game of making dividends' upon a stock tthieh is a sinking i concern ; a concern not earning a dollar ot profit. The income of the gooOTttSSettt to-day is not equal to its expenditures by at least twenty-five to forty millions a year; and when the BOttth of January, lt)(J camcs round, it will be found that the great debt will not have been reduced one dollar below the figures of January, 18G8. We ask the careful attention of evry qualified voter of either party to the following questions : Why is the burden of taxation so oppressive and employment scarce ? Why are there to-day huudreds and thousands of white meu and woman in the north liviug in dread of starvation withiu the present year ? Why are there thirty millions of white men taxed for the special beuefit of a class who pay no taxes on the great bulk of their property ? Why should there be over two thousand millions of dollars exempt from taxation 7 1 f negroes are fit for f reedom why has a great poor house system lor their support to be kept up at the expense of northern industry ? If the war was prosecuted for the preservation of the uuion, why are ten states kept out of it I Let the answer as your own heart and intelligence suggest, ic given next October and Novembei. It has been frequently asserted that the result of impeachment would be the M executioa of the populartvepiict." Terhaps the assertion is proven correct. The result of iinpeac hnieut has executed the popular verdict up M a number of well known political scalawags It has killed Stantou, Wade, Butler, Bingham, Boutwell, and Ashley, besides putting some others in the course of ultimate extinction. Perhaps the deadest uiau of the lot ts poor oia tsou. adc. 1 oudemucd by j people of his state, dismissed from hit seat in the scuate, rejeetd by the eonven tion cf his party, and defeated iu his aspiratious to the executive chair, the impeachment business has done for him what it was iutended to do tor A. Johnson, it has consiguad him to political oblivion forever. The popular judgment thus executed through the attempt at partisan impeachment upon Ben. Wade and Edwin M. Stanton will be extended in good time to -'he r partisan criminals who have given aid and comfort to an attempt to convert the United States into another Mexico. And not tt least among them, in present prominence will be U. S Great.