Richmond Palladium (Weekly), Volume 35, Number 49, 1 February 1866 — Page 2

Rfcfemond Palladium. Thursday, Pebuary 1,1266. To I'nion Mm il li din; n. The l.tiio!i nx-ii (.1 !.! a : r.- I.cri.r ra!'-d to uwt In Delritc Cuiivei.tion, iV 'tti- II. ,u-- in ft city f I.i -n 1 Lnr-aU v the 23.1 day "I FvLruriry, ' M, el l' o lo4., A. M., IV. r th -iir;o.e i f ni.inmatin? i'n lid!-- ( r Rii -.. It in w(mm.,iK!i'.t Muliiii t-l.rU at Cr e.uu;y tcl ot the several ronntiro on i'-- n Sturd v of IVbruarv. to sr"ire t'lll rcpre. n'stw.n i" ;f : C-.nrent;..n, mil a litoroinrh orjraniT fii.-n i . . . Ii.-onntv. J. T. -WRIGHT. Cliaiiaian I ewm State Central Committee. J. C. Ill bsktt, Secretary. Union Mass Convention. Purnant to reeommendatior. or" tile State Central Committee, ti e 1'iiU.n v..ters o( Wayne C unty will s-isernlde in ! Convention at Cer.trcvillc, on Snturtlnr, February lOlli, at 11 o'clock A. M., f.r the purpos) nf thoosinj? delegates to the State Convention to be held at Indiana poii on the 22nd of February uct; and to t.ae mtimi for securing a thorough organization of the County. Chas. H. IlriwnnMAt., Chairman. Jan. lli'iti. Wayne Co., Central Cuminittce.

JT'T"Cd. T. M. i.nowxK, i announced in tlie Raadolph County Journal si a csndnlate for Congress in t h i i ritritt. ffTl.e constitutional amendment pas-ir-d the House yesterday, 120 to 4n. It provides for t! e bMi of representation on the entire population, deductions being made in ease any clai of people are excluded from vot-uir on account of race or color. lui:xili:vr joiinsox. In another column we give breif sketches of the early trial and triii--Ii nt political views of President Johnson', which our reader will, we are sure, pcrj with deep inferet. Frcia the humble walksof li'e, be baa ari.cn by his honest and c nsistect courne - hi indomitable energy ami perse verunce hi manly, (traiehfc-forward and candid sdvcra.-y of tl.erit.il principle on tMch our Republican institution" .iro t'oan'icd: the I'apahilily of man f ir "elf government: the administration of e.jual and -"xait justice to ail Men, to th" hi-;b':t and ni't responsible poiti..n in the world. Jin is onk of the I'cip!, and he know cod appreciate their mMi, and the mai have thnt hojieful and rel ing rotiUdenra in the sterling honesty and nnwarerinjf intt-nrity of Asor .loiivov, that t!.i-y had in his iltustrioux predac.-nsor, th- lamented I.I '- i'uI.k. They will stand by hiui and su-tjiu l.ia a 1iiiiniatration, in doapite ot tho opposition arid lianior of one iilead deman'tu a, who, to carry out their u"ra ohms, would ink the I'nion party, which i the hope jtid salration of the country, to periliti.m. Y clip the following of tho President on i 'im-titutionaI aniendrm nt.s and tiie folly id picking the threat CbarWr to piece.", ,tr., from tlie Aisociatfd I'lc dispatches of Jan. It is s.iid to he th'; sub stance of a couvrrlion between the 1'resideiil and a di"iitif;ui.ht.d Svuatur. l!ty.ic the scntimr'nts of an holiest man and putrid; an I. .- it r iv, we c( inuiend the ok ' "The J'restiilunt Sitid that ho doubted ttif jiropriety at this time of intikinr any further auicndments to tlie Constitution. One prcat atiittndiuvnt had already been made, by which slavery had been forever j .'tnoiisueti witi.ui the limits ot tlie I nitetl ; States, and a national puranteethus oiv- j en that tint institution should never! Ajjain exist in the land. Propositions to I amend the Constitution were becoming j rts numerous as preambles and resolu- i tions at town meetings called to consid- i er the mot ordinary question connec ted ! with the administration of local affairs. I All this, in his opinion, had a tendency i to diminish the dignity and prestige at- i t ached to the Constitution of the coun- ! try, and to lessen the respect and conlulence of the people in their grent char- ; tor of freedom. J If, however, amendment.- ai to be i ni'ide to the Constitution nansmg the basis of representation and taxation, i (and he did not deem them at all l-eces- j sary at tlie present time), ho knew of) none better than a simple proposition, t embraced in a few lines, making in each tate the number of qualified voters the ! basis of representation, and the value of' ; roperty the basis of direct taxation ' Sr;eh a roposition could be embraced ' in the following tettns: Representa- : lives shall be apportioned among the sev- 1 eral States which may be included with

in the Union according to the number of ' is highly prized, and is, so far as our acquaintance nqualified Voters in eachStJLa Direct ! tends, always filled to its uttr.ost capacity.

tMXeS Shall be aptiiTir,n,.I mnn., fhl' tionod among t tit,1 - hn C,rln.Y 1 1 several States lOr-li r.,-t- !. hicln.lul i within tl t. nion nccorutnir to the val- ; in each ' ii - i the taxable property rtstte. " An nmenument of this kind t would, in his opinion, place the basis oft representation and direct taxation upon correct principles. ' The qualified voters were, for the most part, nun who were subject to the ' draft and enlistment, when necessary to repel invasion, suppress rebellion, and quell domestic violence End insurrection. They risked their lives, sited their blood and spent their all to uphold the Govenruentand give protection, security and v.lue to property. It seems but j ist that this property should compensate for the benefits thus conferred by defraying the expenses incident to its protection and enjoyment. Such au amendment, the President suggested, would remove from Congress all i'ssue in reference to the political equality of the races. It would leave the States to determine ab solutely the qualifications of their own ' voters with regard to color, end thus the , number cf Representative to which they ; would be entitled in Congress would do- i potd w2on the number upon which they ' conferred the light of suifrage. The President, in this connection, expiessed the opinion that the agitation of? the negro franchise qtiestiou in the Dis t.k-t of Columbia, at this time, was the mere entering wedge to the agitation of the question throughout the States, and j was ill-timed, uncalled for, and calcula- . ted to do great harm. He believed it ; would engender enmity aud stiife between the two races, and lead to a war i between them, which would result in ; great injury to bth, and the certain ex- . termination of the negro population. ' Precedence, he thought, should be gir- . en to more important ani1"urgei:t mat- j tcrp, legislation upon which wasessen-' tial for the restoration of tho Union, the 1 peace of the country and the prosperity of the people. " " ! The execution of Mrs. Grinder took place on Friday, notwithstanding re- : ports to the contrary. She acknowledged ' that she deserved death. She confessed to the poisoning of IMrs. Garuthers and : Miss Buchanan, but denied all knowl- i edge of the other charges against her.; Her depcrtmcnt on the scarTold was calm and collected. Charity covers a multitude of sins ; the tatilor a multitude of sinnees.

STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. Orcarttzalion of Board of Trustees. (IRl l tAH or tiik obj.

In compliance with aection X. 4 of an act approved December 30, 1Vk, providins for State -Norcjal Schotd.tbe TroaU-eu jppninte-1 in puraaauee of said act met in the office of the S i: peri o ten lent of I'ublie Instruction, January 1--V. and organ i by elctirijr Joi n li'rfie, of Kvan:lle, President, and Iaac Kii.lt-,', of Riehmnnd, Secretary. I;y rote of the Board it vi' nrdere.1 1st. Tbat b'X.ks V; ojH-ned to rect-ire proptfa'a for he location of the .Vi-rmal Schrxd until tte lith day et May, l-ti't, and if the proposed d -natious trom any one place amount to i0 U0(J or its equivalent, that do proposai" received aiwc that dale shaii be considered ; that notices of the opecing of books for this p3lX s U fiuninlmii Ui tie In lianaf jlis Joutnal and Herald, fr poUiication, w;th a raqueit that pa-ers throujj'rjout the Sule c py tlie same; tht a circular be aljresel In tlie people of the State on the f'jhject of the ioeitioa of tbe Normal School. Boari ajdjn-.rne 1 to met t j-m jrrow at o'clock A. M. JlKTiaT !0tb. Board met. Tlie Mtowinjr cirra'ar was prear.!.l ftir public t ion : PBOVlalOVS FO-. 181 BsTALl!UM.VT r a T1TS WBsai. cuool. Fellow e:tirns : You are, perhaps, already aware that the tiencral Assembly at its recent session, pass ed in act for the establishment and maintenance of a " Mate Normal School." Amonj other things this act provides that the school shall be located at that place whose inhabitants stall make the larett donation for aaid sc'iool. Section sixth of the act, which provides for the location, reads as follows : " Tli lioard of Trusalees shall locate said sch'ol at such place as shall obligate it.-elf for the largest donation ; provided " First that said donation shall not be lesa in cash value than fifty thousand dollars. " Second- that such place ahall furnish reasonable facilities for the success of said sohool." This act f urther provides that the Hoard shall, on tbe second Tues lav in January, 108, open bock to receive pr-o?als f r donations of grounds and buildinga or funds for tbe procuring of grounds and erec tiou of building for.aid Normal Scho,d. ! In accordance with tbes. two provisions, the Board would hereby announce to the eitirens of the State. ; i books have tins day been opened to receive such pro- I posols as above contemplate! ; these books to remain j open until the lithdayof May, IS06, but not longer i anlm it shall turn out thai uu prooaal has teen ; made, wiiicli in the rtimteof the lioard bhall fill toe ' conditions set forth in the tti.ilh acctiou, as aijovo : pioud. lu tiiij ronnet tion the lloarl would express i its earnest !--ir that the.r fe'.tuw citizens n.ay give! the 'ib;.' t oi" the locsti'm of tvis ii:stitutiou early I a:ilc.r-ful tentioa. It is not deeni.d necesiiry at I this time to present e!ob?rte statements as to t'. r.ature, objects, t,r advant ifs !." :ir; ?iornjl Sch'-1.-- ! It is d -e:o : 1 n"es.irr only to state bnefijT : I. Tl:it norma! school iy a s-' 1 in which per- ! son are prep tn-d for teach't'i; ; such a school doin 1 for the j.ri fc-inn of tenchit g, what the law school d : ;.t the profession of law ; the medical school ' i- n: .r . 4:..:.. . ! for the profession or calling of rncdicii 2. That t'.9 a '.vsutsgea to tMe can of elucation in ff-.wrl ara fairly inferahle, first, from the- above sf!itein"nt: seeoml, from the act of the legislature providing for this school ; third, a "d more strong-ty from the notinlai.t testimony in all the States in wbi(h Nlirnl : l 3cil !kltU hlT(J a BStauhed, (none of which b tauouv can here be given, because of limited space'). Concerning' the lodl advat.tae of this school, it seems prOwr t say that they are worthy the attention of any prosciou3 towaorcity. 'fhrea advantages n:v be euiim?i atel thus: 1st. The hoped tor attendance of from two hundred to four hundred people of tLat earnest and most worthy class cf youog ivouicn a:;d young mjn who have chosen the teacher 'a profession as a business. Th presence of such a btdy -jf jout s in any comuiuuity is a inattor of importance, an importance which we think evt-rv community w ill at once appreciate. 2d. This act provides that the board shall open a nitnlel school in connection with the Normal School. This feature theTvoard feels safc ia declaring a matter of essential value to the community ia which the schoi 1 shall be located. This value lies in the pe culiar character of tii school, namely: its model i character. The teaching in this school ii to be, so far as possible, of the best type. This school will be composed principally of pupils of primary grades, hence will be composed largely of pupils of tlie community in which it is located, or at ail events it will always be open t the extent of its capacity for the admission of the pupils of said community ; not necessarily free but on the cheapest terms possible, considering the amount of fund which may bo under the control of the Hoard. This department of Normal Schools in other States 1 l his department in the Ihincis school is, as we are i int;r.mmt, now ti.iea to us extreme urn: '1 The Air."' Report ersev formal School for l ..;:,-?,? the following language : "This! lieparimcTit i the MxU-1 SchoU) was last term texed j to its utmost csp.icity. although the rates of tuition i wero advanced to $22 per year." i Fellow -cit'zens: Ia tfcw ot the above and many j ki-.i lred facts, we believe the Normal School, and its ! accompany m aiiMel rcnooi ; present claims tual merit v:u;r early ar.d careful consideration. To this : end t'.'e above is respectfully submitted, and earnestly ! rom.neaji! J to your attention. j Proposal for donations should be addressed to the ' Superintun lent of Public Instruction. Inquires ask- j ing additional information should be addressed to the ) same officer . j Rev?t fully snd obediently, 1 j'oai Imt.LK, Jk, President, ii so. W. ttoss, Sup't Publio In Isaao Kinlev, Secretary. IarJ adiourned to meet on tha lJth dar o May, 1S65, or earlier, on tit ea'l of the President of tha Boar.J. Jobs Isglb, President, Isa to Ktxt ky. Secretary. P. S. It is b-lieved that "papers would enhance the Norma! School interests and possibly accommodate their readers, if tbey would cvpy or notice the above. State Items. The house of a Mr. J. K. Pica, at Santa Bend was struck by light. u:: !it week, sad his wife slightly injured. H w. J.l.n ti. Pav;?. lonj ft saemSer of Congress from th? 7th Plstrict, this Stat?, died last Thursday at his horr. in Torre Haute. Mjvstis.- Javb aa.5 CLar'.ea Creok, of I'nion cun".v, sold two tog Oinciaaati this seasco, which weighe.1 1.1 i- lb. lb, each. Mr. tie". V. Orr, 9!d ' jur hea.1 of hog ia Liberty, n Monday of last weei, whici wt bal lb. sveraira, lil ' j i;i. Tea heps f dm litter, sold by Mr. Orr, sre'iflieu 4,f76 lb. W learn that lite wheat is much damJ, by tha freeiinz- weather, and unprotected, as it was. by raw. Our farmer nr prepara fars hgh crop cext krrest, ardf.-evstc.uH supply tba place of tiat.hich is f-rxen ont he anriDir wheat.-Moeticello Herald. frozen out by spring wheat. iloattcello Herald. j An accter:t occurred on Vtc In-iiaaapolis Jt Ciacin- i aati RaPnad, on last Friday aigt- rear Delhi J- f kb. fj account of tbe kwousotiva of the train brand j a st, striking a box car which tb heavv wind had i blow a frem the switch, upon tfca main track. The engineer, Charles Tully, saw tha danger snd leaped trom ! tha laccmotive to sar- k life, bet was strock and lu c and ho, The body mangled in a mc$t shocking Banner man was injured a'sc, but we believe co other peracn No hi a ace caa be attached to any person, Kufns Choate, the only on of the late distinguished lawyer of that name, died near Boston, a day or two since.

PRESIDENT JOHNSON. HIS EARLY STRI'CJLKS.

Sorae nionth ago we gave at soiae i lncth extracts from the public addresses ; of President Johnson, as a comprehen- j ' sive account of hia political opinio:)?. Mr. John Savag !ia just prepared a Id- : sography of the President, which deals j i with hi private as well as public life and ; history, and from it we extract bviow ome iuterstin jarticulars concerning ; the v on tli ainl earlv manhood of our chief , magistrate. . Mr. -Savage" book, which is published ' by Derbj' d: Miller, No. o Spruce street, ; New York, is entitled, " The Life and ' Public Services of Andrew Jonson. Seventeenth President of the I'nited Slates, including his State Papers, Speeches and Addresses." It has a portrait of the President and several illustrations , : of scenes of his earlv life, and is contain- : ed i.i a volume of five hundred and lit'ty paijes. tub president's fatiikk. : Andrew Johnson was born at Releih, North Carolina, on the 20th of Decern- ; ber. I4'')?. J I The following obituary notice of the ' father of the President is taken from an old Releigu (N. ('.) paper, dated Jacu- ! '; ary 10, 11 2 : "Died, in this tit;,-, on Saturday last, j ; Jacob Johnson, who Lad for years occu- ' 1 pied a hunibl but useful station in society. lie was city constable, sexton, ; and porter to the State Rank. In his j ' last illness he was visited by the princi- j ! pal inhabitants of the vily, by all of; j whom he was esteemed for his honesty, ; ! industry-, and humane and friendly dis j I position. Among all to whom he was j Known ...u c-strcu.., ..ov- ......u ...... , "lore ctni peiuap., i than the publisher of this paper; for he owes his life, on a particular occasion, j lo the boldness and humaultv of John 1 son. " iKDRKtT JOHNSOS AS AN APPRENTICE. Mr. Lttchford, an old journeyman tailor of Releigh, thinks it wat in 181S that " Andy," as he called him, was bound apprentice to J. J. Selby. He is de scribed as a wild, "harum scaruin toy." Rut had no " unhonotable traits about him. " He was exceedingly restless, anil his activity in climbing fences, trees, ifcc, with the natural sequence thereof of ' tearing his clotht-s, was a great source ! of trouble to his mistress. On account Qf propensities in this direction, sho . .. , t - . " once made him a coarse heavy sunt oi homespun goods, and the young gentle- I man for a short tiino was obliged to wear a whole under garment. In li!4 he " cut, " not because he was sent to a cornfield to work, as some has said, hut on account of a scrape with a lady by the name of Wells, " who had two ight smart daughters. " With another boy named Grayson, an Apprentice in ft rival shop, Andy "chunked the old lady's, house" one Saturday night. Next day she heard who it was, and threatened lo "persecute them on Monday." They, heard of it and " cut. " Mr." Lite!. ford believe " be knew his A. I. C's when he came to the shop, but I think I taught him to read." Mr. 1itchford continued, and he deserves nnabounded credit, for some people say as how they had a grand start, and I recon he started underground." He went to South Carolina, and returned after a year and a half, durinir which time he had earned uj8 Jivi;- with a needle. On his arrival he applied to Mr. Litchford, then keeping an establishment of his own, tor work, but he didn't get it because he had been "advertised" as a runaway, and the law prevented any one from liar- ; borinsi him. Mr. Selby had, during Andy a absence, sold out and moved in to the country; but, with a desire to, make due amends for his misdemeanor, , the runaway walked twenty miles ti see him, and tried to make arrangements to pay him for his lime. Mr. Selby reoyfrl ed securitv, and Andy could noV-ict it ! I f - that he 'wouldn't a x c a - i let him be security if he would, and so he departed again, this time going to Tennessee. Mr. Litchford next heard of him as a member of Congress from that State, but didn't believe it was " lii-; fcov Andy " until he saw it advertised jn the papers about the mechanics in Congress, and saw the word 4 after his name. " A pamphlet tailor ' . eopv of : one of his speeches, seut to Mr. Lite! j ford under his Congressional frank, is j yet in the possession of the latter, j After his first session he returned to i Releigh and made a speech, "patching ! into Parson Rrownlow, and Gales, the ! editor of the Register. " It seems that j Brownlow, a political opponent of John I son at that time, had sent to Gales for family items." Gales furnished them. -' : i i. T-.u - - t- i,; .... 5 i a iiente .iuui.sui. au y ...... j Brownlow. The citizens of Releigh at j that time thought it something rerartrka- , ble that the "tailor's apprentice" of i their recollection -chould be able to n.liie SUCh a Speech, but Johnson told Mr. ' Litchford "how it was." His wife had "learned him" while he was on ttu tailor's board working for his bread in Tennessee During tips visit Mr. John- : sou asked Litchford to show him his father's grave, and he did so. It has ; but a plain, grey stone slab at the head, and simply marked " J. J.." and is nearly hidden from view by the overgrowth j of weeds and brambles. The house in winch President Johnson was born is still standing, and is an : ( object of no little curiosity to the mr.ny 1 strangers wso visit Keleigu. It is s , small frame building, a story and a fealf j high, containing only two or three rooms, i Relic mongers have already commenced j tearing orf the weather-beaten siding. In 132S Mr. Johnson was elected al- ! derman ef Greenville, in Tennessee, . ; , , . . , 'rh"e he hJ settled himself ; he became Mayor, and 13 lo4 in 1630 i he was ! sent to the legislatne. THE PBBS1PS.XT ON " ISTESNaL IMPROVEMKXTS AXD CENTRALIZATION. In the Congress of 145 C, Mr. John- ; eon introduced and carried through a bill providing a tax to a certain amount i j f " rCw0Ue- upoa aIl fcailk, state and ! government" stock, and other capita!. - j He also, in the debate on the River and Harbor Improvement bill, took genen grounds against the insane policy of i pending the public money on internal improvements, not in their ebsrseter na- i

tion! but entirely local In this speech Mr. JohnOQ portrayed with a masterly hand the evil consequences which would flow froiii such an indiscriminate expenditure: and demonstrated that national

bankruptcy, crime and speculation must j fu'lnw in the tra;n of such legislation. He proceeded to show that it would break down the risjhU of the States, sal r.kiniaU -ly terminate ij a great cectr.d poTrer. too weak and too corrr.pt to meet anv of the legitimate objects of tha Gov ernment. " L't the States thus become dependent," sai 1 he, - o:i the Federal Government, and the sovereignties of which this glorious I'nion i composed will ere long aink into petty corporation. tlie cringing footstools of the federal power, the mendicant recipient of the 1 ou:::ics of the federal government; and this federal government itself will become a great consolidated power, around which the Slates will revolve as mere satellites : receiving from its scorching rays their light, heat, and mo t'.oa. Are we prepared for such a state of things ': Is the Congress of the United States, I ask. ready to adopt a system which will inevitably bring along with it such a crushing calamity, such overwhelming and disastrous ruin t " These utterances on free trade, internal improvements and centralization, may give useful hints to tho politicians in Congress, concerning the probable fate of some of their pet schemes of leg is'ati. n in favor of special interests. They will do well to remember that Mr. Johnson once made a great speech ia favor of the exercise of the veto power by the President, in the course, of which he said : It will be seen, from the origin of the government to the present time, this power has been exercised twenty-fivo times. The whole number of laws pass ed from the organization of the government and approved is about seven thousand, which would make one veto to every two hundred and eighty a very small proportion ; and I think I may appeal with confidence to all those who are conversant with legislation here, whether it would not have been better to the people and the country if five thousand out of the seven thousand had been vetoed. I have been thus particular in giving the origin and exercise of the veto power, to prove that whenever it has been exercised in compliance with the popular will by a tribune or president, or any other nanio you may think proper to call him, so that he is immediately responsible to the people, it operates well. " ROWlt TIMkS IN TKNNKSSEK. " When we were at Nashville, seven years aoo, anecdotes of the coolness and courage of Governor Johnson were nmong the current coin of conversation. One gentleman, a political opponent of the Governor, an eye witness of the occurrence, told us that a placard was posted in the town one morning announcing, in the well known language of old Tennessee, that Andy Johnson was to be shot " on sight." Friends of the Governor assembled at his house, desirous to form a body-guard to escort him to the State House. " No, " said he, " gentlemen, if I am to be shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet. "' He walked clone, with his usual deliberation, through the streets to his orticial apartments at Capitol Hill. Another e3-e witness related a similar story. Johnson was announced to sni-ak on one of the exciting question of the j day; r.tel loud threats were uttered that j if he dared to appear, he should not j leave the hail alive. At the appointed j hour he ascended lo the platform, and j advancing to the desk, laid his pistol upon it. He then addressed the audience, ! in terms sis near like tlie following as j our informant could recollect: " Fellow citizens : It is proper when ; freemen assemble for the discussion of J itnK?rtflnt public interests that every- ; thing should be done decently and in ! order. I have been informed that part of the business to be transacted on tlie ! present occasion is the assassination ot : the individual who now has the honor of j addressing you. I beg respectfully to propose that this be the first business in j order. Therefore, if any man has come here to-night for the purpose indicated, i I do not say to him let him speak, but j let him shoot. "' j Here he paused, with his right hand ! -m his pistol and the other holding opeu ! his coat, while with his eyes ho blandly j surrey ed the assembly. After a pause of half a minute, he resumed : ! "Gentlemen, it appears that I have ! been misinformed. I will now proceed i to addtess you on the subject that has j called us together. " j Which he did, with his accustomed j boldcess. i i MS. JOUNSON ON THS 1'RESIDENCT. j Ia the Senate he once gave his opinion of the too prevalent tendency I amongst politicians to seek the Presi- j dency. It was in a reply to Jefferson j Davis, singular enough, that he made up- i on that ambitious politician this retort: j " VTe have got to making Presidents j ia modern times, so that nobodj' knows j who is safe. I do assure the senator J ! that I prefer to discharge my duty faith- i fully as an honest representative of the : states or the people. Occupying this j position the Senate will pardon me for j j the expression, and I do not use it in a j profane sense when contrasted with being President of the United States. I I say d3mn the Presidency ! it is not wor- ' thy of the aspirations of a man who ! l believes ia doing good, and is in a posij tiou to serve h':s"country by popuiariz- ; ing her free institutions. "The Presidency! I would rather be an honest man, an honest representative, than President of the United States forty times ? The Presidency is the absorbing idea, the great Aaron's rod that swallows rjp every other thing: and hence we see the best legislatioulor the country impaired, ruined and blasted. Tne idea of President making ought to be scouted out of the halls of 'Coneress. Our legislation shod 1 be for the country, and let president makino- alone. Let the people attend to that. "Confer the great privilege, the Constitutional right, upon tne people to make their own President?, and not have thein made bv national conventions or bv Conreo"- let the people make them themselves 'and ! wf j "tnistrat.on. . J we -man i-.b oeuer fresidents, better more eeonomv. mnw everything, that tPn.i to constitute an upright government." I r. CAMPBELL, jIINISTER TO XEXICO. The President remembers Lis friends Tbe Donwraiioo cf Mr. Cml,K.!!.

Miaiater to Mexico, gives interest to the ! following extract from a private journal, which Mr. Savage prints : "April 20. IxS-J. An interesting event of to-day h-s been the arrival of the 69th Ohio, under command of Colo nel Lewis I. Camp-il, ex Congressman from Oido. They drew up in front of the St. Cloud Hotel, and shortly after. Governor Johnson appeared. He wj.s enthusiastically received, and delivered a patriotic address. He cordially welcomed Colonel Campbell and his" regiment to the soil of Tennessee, in behalf of the Union men. and earnestly wished them God speed in marching through the State on this miasioii to maintain th Uuion and the Constitution, and to put down treason. He avowed that whvti the sentiment of tbe people of Tennessee could be heard, the state would stand disenthralled from secession, and become ; again a aovereign member of the I'nion." MR JOHNSON l'SO A It sir. " It was about eleven o'clock, tbe ; company hr.d retired, when the host whisperingly informed him that Colonel ; Lister of the Tidnl Minnesota, had just sent word by a courier that threats of j an attempt to capture the Governor were ' rife ia to-n, and that for the purpose ; some six hundred cavalry, supposed to j be Morgan's men, were within six miles ; at sunset. The Colonel quietly sent i three companies out to surround the j house and wait in ambush for the ap- ; proaeh of the rebels. " There need be no fears for the Governor's saft-ty, " : ! said Mr. Spenee. "if we keep quiet ' i Earnesth- cautioning Mr. Glenn not to j disclose the matter to any one until

morning, tne latter was left to ttte enjoyment of the agreeable reflection for the j remainder of the night that he might at any moment hear the rattle of musketry, j the din and clash of arms, with no other I defence than a " bolster and a clear conscience. " The night passed wearily away, and by the bursting light of a j bright May morning in sunny Tennes- j see, the journalist welcomed again the i sight of green swards and masaea of brilliant flowers undisturbed by the tread j of hostile footsteps. The eneni- had probably got wind of the movement of ! Colonel Lister, and had judiciously concluded to defer for the present the attempt to capture so valuable a prize as Governor Johnson. " 0;i visiting the camp of Colonel Lister next morning, Governor Johnson ini quired why he had not been informed of ! the alarm of the previous night, in order i that he and his party might have come j into town and secured better protection. " Oh, " replied Colonel Lister, with all ; the coolness of an oi 1 grenadier, " I 1 knew they could not capture you. Governor ; and I wanted to use you as a j bait. " Neither the Governor nor his part- saw the precise necessity of using such valuable bait to catch such a bad style of fish. " Resolutions upon the Death of S. B. Schlagie. On Monday of last week, a committee from the members of the bar, assembled at Centreville, were appointed to draft resolutions in regard to the death of the County Clerk. The committee reported the following on Wednesday morning : Whereas, Lieutenant Samuel 15. Schlagie, Clerk of this Court, departed this life on the "Its hist , and whereas the disease which caused his death had its origin in the military services which he rendered his country, in many a battle for National I'nion, and wiiekeas we recognize in him another patriotic victim to the maintenance of National Supremacy, THkKKFOKE, Resolved, That we join with his atflicted telatives in depdoring his early death, and in the regret that he was not permitted to enjoy the benefits of a restond Union, to which he contributed his best energies. lie sol red. That in his death we lose a brave soldier, a good officer, a kind neighbor and a worthy citizen. Jit molted, That these resolutions be entered on the records of this Court, and that a copy of the same be presented to tho parents of the deceased. Jbsse P. Siidall, Wm. A. Pkeli.e, j M. Wilson, J Com. Wm. S. Rallengkr, j James Pekp.v. J The resolutions were spread upon the Order Book, and a certified copy forwarded to the parents of Lieut. Son la - GI.K. Mr. John D. Meredith, living near Terre Haute, on Saturday morning, found on his premises a man so badly frozen that he died in less than an hour after he was taken to the house. His name could not be ascertained, or where he belonged. A Sad Occckrencs. On last Saturday a distressing casualty occurred at the Crossing, which resulted finally in the death of a man named Scott, living some where in Michigan. It appears that when the train coming east from Chicago stopped ci the Crossing, this man stepped o:f to talk with some out, and stood there un'il the train was in motion, when he made an effort to jump on the platform of the: car. The ground being very icy, he slipped and fell across the track, when the tar passed over hi:n, crushing one leg from the knee aown, off near the ! and cutting he othjr one j ankle joint. He was brought to Lporte on tiia same train ana taken to tae lee garden House, where he died sometime during the following night. A coroner's inquest was held over him, and the Railroad Company exonerated from all blame. Laport Union. Among the names of the soldiers lost on the ill fated steamer General Lyon, we find those of tlie following Indianians : J. Wilmick, private. Fifth regiment; A. J. Lookinkill, private. Sixth regiment; H. 11. Brown, private, Seventh regiment, and A. B. Cook. Serg't, 5th cavalry, of Richmond, Ind. Hon. Thomas Stillwell has procure an order for mustering oat the 34th Ind. It will soon be five years since this regiment went into service. Several attempts at burglary are reported in the Lafayette papers. A fire in Terre Haute early on Monday .Morning, destroyed seven frame buildings, valued at di.K'O each. -fhe Government has notified our officers on the Rio Grande that strict D"itraTitv roast b preserved.

Krvm t.e Albany Ymoerri!. Letter from Governor Morton.

Through the kin.lness of Mr. Jcise J. Brown, of the First National Bank of thi t-itv, we are permitted to publish the following interesting letter from Gov. Morton : Pa&is, J an. 3. Mi Deo? Friend : We arrived in Liverpool on the l'4th of December, after i stormy and uncomfortable passage of eleven day. I was sick from the first to the list day. a,t one timi not leaving my berth for four .ioys, and when landed wm very weak indeed ; but I am much better and stronger again, although the condition of my limbs is not improved or materially changed. Tho physicttn here have decided that I mut submit to the -moa." which is burning upon the back wi'Ji fire, and the operation is to be performed to-morrow. As I was anxious for medical advice, I remained in England but two days, one being spent in Chester, and one in London. The old wall surrounding Chester is in a good preservation. The project in i buttresses are armed with spikes or covered with looking glass firmly set in cement, to prevent the ascent of besiegers, t )n the top there is a continuous, smooth-stone walk around the city, from three to eight feet in with, which is the favorite promenade of the citizens. This wall was first built in 61 of our era u:id rebuilt in 906. The cathedral, it is claimed, is nine hundred years old, and is a gloomy, but grand edifice. We at tended devine service in it on Christmas day. and the ceremonies, time, place, dimly lighted arches, and solemn music, made the scene very impressive. The day we were in Loudon was mostly spent in Westminister Abbey. Although I had been reading about it all my life, 1 had failed to get any conception of it. Age and death seemed to reign throughout its vast halls and many chapels. On every hand, crowned together, are the tombs, monuments, etligies and statues of the great men and women who occupy the greatest space in English history. Tlie climate in England is moist and mild, the pastures green and fresh, and the farmers were everywhere plowing. The country seemed very beautiful as wo glided rapidly by hill and dale, cottage and mansion, and that little poem of Mrs. I Ionian's came into my mind, which begins thus : The stotwly homes of Fns'.aud, H;iw beautifully they stand. The passage across the channel from Dover to Calais was very rough, and made everybody sick. The country from Calais to Paris disappointed my expectations very much, although it is well cultivate. i and ever)- foot of land is employed in some way, but the cultivation is far inferior to that of England, and the landscape not near so pleasing. Along the whole way I saw not one fine looking house or stately mansion, but innumerable small, low cottages, with high pointed roofs covered with thatch or red earthen tiles, low, narrow windows, projecting eaves and floors below the level of the ground, without gardens or fences around them, and appearing to stand out In the commons. The villages are mere collections of these cottages. The streets are narrow, irregular and crooked, and totally without plat or plan, but with the inevitable church and high steeple. How changed is everything in Paris. When you see the country you will understand why " Paris is Franco. " So far as I have scon, it is far more elegantly built than New York or London, and the public squares, gardens and edifices are truly magnificent. The streets are 1 well paved and kept very dean ; some of them are covered with a cement made of pitch and sand, and are elastic, and smooth as a floor. ; The ahove is written by the Govern- ; or's son. The following is in his own 1 handwriting. FA. Commercial. 1 write this by the hand of my son, as my arms are so much affected that I hold : the pen with difficulty. I hope you will write to me, directing to the care of the i American Minister. A letter frem yon -will give me great pleasure, and I will write to you as often as I can. Ever vour friend, 6. P. Morton. Hogs. A large number of hogs have ! been sold, and are being 6old in this county at prices ranging from 87 to 310 . gross. The quality and weight compare : favorably with any previous seasons. j llogs were fed much longer than usual, 1 for the reason that corn is plenty and hogs scarce. Jay Countj- Republican. XSfThe Government has recognized Judge Walker a constitutionally elected Governor of Florida. MARRIED -Or Sun 1t erenrojr last. ry Jm-nr M. Poe . ,).. Mr. William M. Hsnsna.t.-f this township, to liis iiebeca Jsne Trimble ; of tiiis city. On Tues lay evening lait.by the same, Mr. Wiliram J. Smiili, to Miss Charlotte Carvr ; all of this city. maszzsaaaaasaBmBwm D?CD Oa Monday nijjlst a. S.AVt'El K. Mitchix". 11 o'cloci, tJ dropr. The deceased was a very etaoal.'e g-ent'.eiuau awl citizen ; and during the last Sire years connected with the ity sshoo!, in t'i ? capacity of tearher. He leaves a Isr-jre circle of frier. -fs, to w hom he a enleirad i-jr his V.rn-1 i.rvositkn, tonourn his ur Lia.e eath. IV :!K1I()KIA1I. Ett,M.jir Lobes, So. 1S2 c,p F. k A. Ma, si, , January Cth, loo5. . The Comm'ttee appointed to dr-vft resolutions in repard to the death of IJro. Joseph Williitis, respectfully presented fcr adoption the tollowinj : We!BIu, In the Providence ef God, we are called apon to pay the lt tribute of our estem to a decaed Brother. WnavBAS, By thia Eaaaifeataticn of the will of ocr I r:t ttin4, frimt ,n:J.4 .1.. . . .J ' - , 1 ' -. -f- - - - - - ' , t, own ;s Irr ; coi&:Ma lot of ail ; " and ws bow in he rob1 submiticisiioa, whilst we naoarn tbe l.-wa of ear wnrihr. HrolSr. Jff)h Wiiliam. vim V . a R., . n v . j . r ' " ....u..rj -r- - "j . , liuaieet, I tat in u:s deeui, tte Lode has lost a devoted and lealooa member, tha c&a.outity aa Lowest ! and eoterpriaic eit:zen, arki hla faaoilv a war; dura- j t-d, j a:est a&i friend. flr-J rl Tr.at mm V i mrm mrl.! ' -k spt and esteem the tnay of dece.aa-1 Brother anJ as aa eaxr est of thw, taat tae Lodge be drape in monrrt;cfr. -t the spi-c uf iiirty cays. Rrm-JvM, That we tender Vj the bereaved c.-Epaajia id family, ci-ir sincere sod tart-tVit svmratbv ia . . and this their sai hour of moan-ins: and bereavcv-it. AWr-J, That tteae reaolcrion be plaeei apcts the record of the Lodge, a c -py preheated to tbe famHy of toe dc-eaa-yl. i ad t -at the saaa be pgblif bed is the Rich-cond PAJ-LArim ani Rasdolph Conoty Jerral A. J. Hawt.it, ) ! J. W. Good, . Can-u Je" Wtr. )

2sVw Advertisemonts. X!S TiLSTtT KM EXT fim L!F IHSURIHCE CO., rTnrtlorci, Conn.

Total income for 165, $1,683,039 57 Expenses, including losses 527,805 24 llalar ce to surplus fund, $1,155,234 32 Assetts cu January 1st, 1866: Oiaiileur! !er Inrt-tl, ! ble t I'otic) !toliieii: . 50 Per Cent. 3L New FOR Lolioiex THE YEAR Issued, 1865. B. B. MYRICKi State Agent for Indiana. WILLIAM BELL, Loral Agent, HichmonJ, InJ. CABINET FURNITURE! A Purchase and Removal, RKXJ. W. FI.I.IOTT ana GUY 11 LOO V, haring-pnrchaaed theeitenaive atock of Cabinet Furniture, teifether wiia, all the fixtures. Tools, Ac., for inanntaoturinK the same, from Tliomaa Mason, are now ivruprinu his beautiful and courenient WaraKooms, on the S. W. Cor. Main & Front. Streets, Where tliev are prepared to sell may article in their Una The united st.yks of Furniture of H. V. Elliott and Mr. M.i'n, mA the assortment of Elliott A It loom theliLSTaud LAKUEST from hirh to make acleetums, erer liefore off red in th ia t'Ur, and tha l'eoplo are lespccttulljr inviied to eall aud ezamina before making pnrrhaaes elsewhere. KI.LtOTT A ULOOM. Richmond, Ind., FU. 1, lo6. 4tftf ELIZA M. KNOWL.ES, M. D., Having located in IllCII.I(I, offers her pmffeaonal services to tbe families of this citr. Special attention given to Obstetrics and Diaense of Women. Office, ill .Main-Ht, Opposite Huntington House; Residence, at Major Kinler's, ilain-at. Second door east of Kiphth. RFFERKNCES : IW. A. O. 1ft air, Meiical College. Cleveland, O. S. Ii. TuiTER, SI. I)., Detroit, Michigan, lion. EiTi s lli ssiv, Hattla Creek, " Charles Mekritt, ' " Dr. G. II., aud Mrs. U. II. Stocebax, Lafayette, Ind. Royal Havana Lottery of Cuba. Conducted by the Spaniah (JnTernroent. 3tO,OoO I. GOLD DHAH.V KVFKV IT HAYS. tIUZI'" cached and information furnished; tha hii.ent'rates paid for Doubloons and all kinds of Gold aud ."-'liver: ! for all irovernment Securities. TAYLOIl 4 CO.. Bankers, Feb. I, 'CI. 9:lr 16 W all Sr., .Nsw Voai. Attachment Notice. avjOTlCE is hereby given, that on the 28th dsy of 1 Dectinuer, a writ of attachment was issued l.w .no T. II... t i . 1,11),. I.I K. Ptt.. in . n.l j for Wayne Township', Wayna conntT, Indiana, at the inatanca an 1 boon the a'fidavitof Christopher C. Da viditou avaint the good and chatties aud credits and eff'ctn of Cicero Huron, by virtue of which wr.t. tha follon in;; ils and chatties were attAched to-wit : 1 Cook Siovo and triniing, 1 IWd Stead, I .VLi'teraas, I Feather Bod, i lx.t Irishes, 1 Basket and contents, I Itoz and content, 3 Chairs and 1 Wash Board, ao t that on Friday the 251 day of February, 1H65, at 2 o'clock, p. in. at my oflic in the city of Kiel) mood, ia Wayne Tnwnah'p and county aforesaid, I will proceed to hear and decide npoa the claim of the said Ciiristo pher C. Davidson, whereof the claim of Cicero Burcb, and afl other perrons concerneJ, will take notice. JAMES M. FOE. Kich m.md, Jan. 30 th, 1-66. State of Indiana, Wayne County, S. S. 1 la the Warn i Common Pleas Court V May Term, A. D., 166. MARY WOTF V JAMES W. WOLF j Divorce, Ko. 2448. Bt: IT KXOWN, Thst.on this 3tli dar of Jannary, lS, the above named Plaintiff, by John U. 1'opp. her Attorney, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Wavne Common Pleas Court her complaint ajrainst sai 1 defendant in the above er.tillvl cause, together with ths affidavit of a cc.rop?tent person that sai l defendant, James W. Wolf is n it a resident of the State of Indian 4. Said defwlant, James W. Waif is theerore, hereby notified of the n!inrend peoicncy of Saul coca plain aam.M him an t that, unless he appears ao l answers orileutnres thereto, at the calling; of the said cause oa the second dav of the next Term of sail Court, to be bepnn 'id h-fd at the Court II usa in Centreville, on theSeote) Monday of May nest, anil compUmt and the matters and things therein con'.aitisrl arvi al'erd, wiil t taken as tme aud tbe said causa wiil be beard and determined in his absence. ) Wiines MOSES D.LFF.SOV, and tha ' ea! - Seal of said Court, at Centreville, this ( ) 30th dav of Jannarv. ISM. MOSES D. Lr. E.SOX, Clerk By K. C. Corbaley, Deputy. 43-4---ptf-i 50.J Notice. fS hereby given to the citizens of Wayne township, Wayne county, Indiana, tbat I intend lo app'y at ( lite nxt o res of the Cosmissioners Court ot Wave ; cuntr, r laairiicinjf on the firt Monday ia March j 1-sjj. tors ij..T4! to se.l intoxication lienor in less j qua r.titie than a quart at a time anl suffer th same to U) draak n toe premises, in accordance with ttte : A-: .proved itii Htrrh, HiV. 7H-9 premises oo i lii- h I propse to e',! aid intoxicating Ij'ior. ar I lo-a"d as follows : On tha Nortir part of I. No. 7i, in that pan of said City laid not by J4.a hilh, eva i the Went side of Psrart Street, between .Svcsmore anl i ;1' ."Mrr-l, hi Buiid-ng St ii3, and now occupied by ma as a Grocerv ?tore. ilATTAIA-S WALTEKMAX. Feb. !,ivt. 4i-w. Notice fS httrehr -iveu to the citizens ef Waroe towntiup, Waya conoty, Iadi.tna, tbat 1 inte-vl ta aoolv at tse next Term of the lorcoi.ssiaoer Curt of V"ar.-e e4'.rT,ef ir.aienein; on toe 6r Monday is Karc!, H-,. 'r a License to sell intozManaz ivaors ia Icaa i r;,.'ij a Lwn? to in -m )..'. ii.,u . -JJH..1. . au j n:j tae Same vj 5r.L tn i.e pretuwea. ia ae-r laie with the Aet approved 5th iianr!.. Iti9. Toa pewuaea oa which I propose to sell mtoxicat-o Ltqaors are locate 1 sa fellows : Iterap part of U.t Xo. 2a, in the dtr f R ehn.Ed. ii tha. part ot said eitv la d oat by Jere--n yo, on u? east i-J of Pesrt afreet, sorth of i fgZlJlZL" mJr , Set. 1, Ih&i. 4-4w jd-n.inc nr.d T.czodoat, S,l tv r-u.. For t Taetr PLCMMEIi A r-iLL-r' ml ther t osters, For aale,rhea-v at rLCMMER A KELLY'S. Mil

&?OE BRiSUES, a very Co, lot of very fir : brsahe. For sale btr ' . PLCMMZB KELIT,