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From Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.

BROOKLYN. May 8, 1854
Dr. y. C. Ptamer.-Dear Sir,-Had my Boots been
BORN on me they could not have fitted me better
ihey were more comforts BILE the very first day than
my boots generally are after months of usage
cannot praise them too highly. They have but
uncomfortable.
Iy the way, You carried of my lasts They were
the rigtt ones, and took them out with my own
hands and know they fitted. Please send them 10
me again BY express. am, very truly,
Your obliged servant, Ii. w. BEECHER
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Notice.

rIyHE Trustees ofwestbrook Seminary are hershv
IL notified that their Annual Meeting will be held
on "Wednesday. the ltth inst. at three O'Clock IN
the afternoon, AZ the Seminary Building in West
brook for the choice of officers for the ensuing wear
and TO transact any other busines IS that NAV esslI
como before them AZ said meetirv s-s
GRANVILLE NJ. STEVENS
Secretary Board Trustees
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~ applying Immediately at 30 Danforth street
ma! h'h' mayl2dtf
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GREEN HOUSE
AND BEDDING OUT PLANTS,
respectfully inform the public that have On
- hand large assortRsnt of Green House and
Bedding-out Plants. foFSpriag sale. Of superior
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uMs, PANsEs and RosEs. Also a fine collected
OF AsrER fLANTs sc, &c., sc.
A selection may always be found at Randall q
Wtitney's, Market Square. Orders len there win
be promptly attended to.
ALBERT DIRwANGER, Horst
corner Of North and Montreal Streets.
Portland, Me. aprSOtf
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SEWING MACHINES.

SECOND-HAND WHEELER ( WILSON'S
- sewing Machine wanted. that owner has no use
Tor. 40 matter nos much been usei. Apply az BAR
TLEiT's Needle and Sewing Mashin. furnishing
dsUet. ~! Dg0adWty. W
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PAISTERS AND FINISHERS On FINE
- flannel shirts wanted at 40 kishth ave. his.
MURPHY. os
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DIAPER BONES-WANTED SEVERAL
girls IN axe piper Loxes: only nands G'cus
u 10 lane volk nec4 apply, OF JOHN Pf I'm ER
CO.'S, Warren q, NJ sta
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STOUT BOYS WANTED TO LEARN THE
~ boat BUILDER, taee, from 10 TO II years Of s.c
must come we'd seCoinuendcJ. Also DO. 10 learn
1, the painting tTaIt. Appiy TO .. k. lNGERsCLL2A
" South 81. KS
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SKIRTS AND CORSETS-SKIRT HANDS
Nsnd co set bai-tofs wanted; Glso q young ladv o.
aaeswonau. ArILy II 800 NlW,ry. y
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A FEW OPERATORS ON GROVER AND
q IlBakel's machine, Tor quilting, &c. nome but frt
el.e. hands need apply. ERskINE a Co, W Prince
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OLD LEAD OR TYPE METAL OF ALL
~ de,ei1pt ON boiaht ~ the hgtes' Nsih prices.
W " NJ NAA9AE.' l'l WILLIAM u w
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A NUMBER OF COOKS, WALTERS,
lhhouse and up stains girls Wantel for good si;us
tons At J. wELPLl'S office, Whitehall st. oppo-
site the Washington Hotel A great lush for IL g.c
and female help lately landed rs
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ERRAND BOYS WANTED AT J. |
IL BIRDS, "a Cortiandt -. 20
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IGIRLS OUT OF EMPLOYMENT AND Hav
" Ing Go home, may apply AZ the G'fls' todgin
A, House, 90 Canal a. y. Y Dlc.smakins tausht ~
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IF SOLD SOON $500 CASH AND s2S
quarterly tn balance iu paid viii buy a new Two
stony Frame Houre with font and back basemant
and sub-cear, on graded and paved street. Lear Two
liues OF cans. Apply " WA. EDWARDS on 18th ~.
Btooklyn Leir llh ave. 1GT
\HTANTED-TO RENT A MODERATE
w sized Wsrelous Ee4r the wharyes, iu "a,
Or North River STATE situation and Rent 10 Puat
Once boz g54 S4i
S00O CASH-FOR SALE A 3-STORY
VOW hou uId 90 allied IN. Marble Iusptals
Cars ~ the iC.lIe. lie las 10 suit tha ulrcbaser
App ~ r. AeCABE 18th 1t and 7th ave, brook,
I'm, SIS
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AUCTION NOTICES.

4 UCTION SALE OF SUPERB HOUSE
4 hold luruiture-lhis afternoon, At . O'Clock. Ut
10y Wet 2lst 81, comprarg fu.niu.e of ali dc Grip
ug.c, rain VI shile. Is
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\kfM. Writer'S, AuCT'R, WILL SELL
w THE day, Ut 45i Canal ltfcct ut o'cock larpe
guhnti'y o. lew and secondhand furniture, tine va.
h0gany AM walnut 10 bteldr, bureaus, tables and
,hAiIs. tpcstr, brussels, 5-py uui Other carpets,
Lsgtcl al Oyt, lace curtaiuf &c, wood, tin Gni ?.
Sa.o, anu all goods icr hOuteketpcrs' use, l2s
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FIRST CLASS LAUNDRY
} w woman none but the beat h'Inds n.ed apply II
R59 West 18th IT., uea Sth avenue. ~
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FOR SALE-A FINE COTTAGE, GAK.
l. den, out'hulldings, and acles Of vel improved
land, situated GU Long Iaiand 2 y hours ride Price
t2,GyJ; part down, Aso fine lg.acit lot unlmproy-
ed for s5OOi 3or s-JJ, Also comfortable housa
aud ~ tcTes % ui TO lease tor years ut 500, With
the pTiyi'ese oi pa hlsing Apply 70 A. hcC0TTER.
l4z fulton st. 255
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A GIRL WANTED TO OPERATE on ONE
IA OF singers sewing marhiues luluire VI CIi.
fEITZINGER, Huron o., rear Franklin, q reeupo,nt,
L. l. Is
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MACHINIST WANTEn-A FtRST-CLASS
. 1'1 workman only need apply 10 JOHN Nat.
: THEWS, 4SI first ave cor. of 10Th ". II
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WANTED.

NJANTEU-A MAN AND HIS WIFE 4
w short distance iiom the city. The man
ierTtAnd tanning and the vie Tor house ork Eu.-
ash scotch, or German Preferred Cali At SiS sixth
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WANTED.
TILE GIRL. RETwEr,N 9 AND 70

. A 5 SECOND BARTENDER, WITH Instruc-
a tions wanted by young man With frr elias.
city reference, ha been In the business in the old
country. Address or call on J. b.. neptune sbaScs.
D spnng Of, between and O'Clock. los
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GENERAL BUSINESS.

A PAwNBRoKEI's TICKETS WANTED
al viii pay 80 per cent more than any other PEI non
li ms city tor ticken OF Diamonds vsfnkea eveiry,
hlverwars, gunS p.s;ols &C. 81 " Bicenksr sLs4s
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A GOOD FASTER WANTED ON BAL
n morals at 81 wes, Warrington Place. Noue
need apply but competent person. 70
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by BlABf, as 9Th av, NY. 4l2
pAWNBROkERS' TICKETS BOUGHT OF
Il diamonds wStehrs sih erwaie, guns pistols dry
goods ld e. and feuts cOthinl und al Olher goods
OvcrUoais wanted. las Cana Ut, uoaT loWoly, undo.
Bank. yly
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TO BE SOLD AT A BARGAIE-THK
good-will AMI fixtures Of coruor liquor store, in
The beat caOn oi the 9Th Ward, and more than rent
fec Call at /. GA!FNLl's Oinoe, S5J ErhIp
ave. qT6
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DAWNDROKEK,S sALE THIs nAY-AT
II GAFFNEY, AUCTR., SALESROOM $50

T
4 -'h ave, 1915 O'CLOCK, the stock AM iiHurs o
the VINO c.ae and retail liquor store, i2i West 1911
81 9TH ave, consisting Of an eNcelleut rufeWOc,
counter, Stand cAaks, nCadoTs, beer pumps, r'oyer
chgiIr, gaB fixture, Hc. Is
, 1864-11-18

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.l
SpnS0rIup, Thursdny, Nor. II.
Gen. OgIcsby made q strong speech at the
Union jubilce in the State House last night
It was over Two hours In length. He said
among other things, that the fight was no.
bic one, and accept the victory and Its SOL
einn responsibilities with a grateful and hum
bic heart. To those who were opposed to u,
but not to our cause aud country, appeal to
eiye to us aud the country their cordial sup
port and earnest encouragement. 10 those
of them, if any, who were opposed to Us md
to our cause and country, appeal and assure
them that an honest and outraged people Will
not always submit to the taunts OF
traitors and the insolence Of trca-
son. Let them he warned IN
time to speedily mend their ways or dy the
country, for 1t is manifest that the people
intend to sayc the country even at the peril
of their lives aud' Of the lives of those who OPP
pose them.
The result of the election he thought WIS
the sevcrcst stab tho rebellion had received,
and it's leaders we're in prcdicameut not
knowing whether it was best to cali out the
negro o. not to save them. 1t was very diff
fcrcnt with the honest man at Washington.
He was endorsed By the people, and the re-
suit shows that they were wiser than the pol
tIc:an. He thought Mr.. Lincoln was raised
.ieyed the rebellion near its end. and
the time not fur distant when the Union
would be restored. In the present crisis the
people must sustain the credit Of the Govern
1ment, the cur: cncy and the soldiers, md pun
'sh traitors and treason fir the sovereign peo-
1,roud State Of Illinois spoke in thirty tn ,u-
sand majorities, but she has done so IN this
, 1864-11-18

--latest and Important Ncxys from Re.
,..,. bel Sources.

NEW YORK. Thursday, November 17.-The
Richmond IYAH contains ruuors that Hood
took Decatur, Ala., and captured the garri.
son Of s, eco troops, half Of whom were color,
ed, on the sth ultImo. A rebel attack on
Huntsville, Ala, is disc. reported.
The MontgomeEy ataa Of the .7th is expect,
Sherman. Tie Richmond Examiner repudi.
ates the idea Of any such movement.
The rebel newspapers hare an amusing. dis
patch in reference to the last cavalry fight in
the Shenandoah Vail y, in which the rebels
were sent whrling through Front Royal; and
patch says that Sheridan's men were driven
back with heavy loss, including 200 prisoners
captured, while EarlS's loss was slight.
Rebel newspaper flies contain Gen. Forests
ofhcia! account of the destruction Of Union
river, near Johnsonyillc. -Four gunboats,
fourteen steamers and twenty barges are
claimed rs having been set on fire and burned
up, consuming an Immense amount Of Yalua-
BILE property. We may well doubt Il good
portion Of tllis, as it Is stated that a1l the i'm
mensc storchouses and stores at Jo1nsonvillc
had also been destroyed, for We hare since
Union forces, and that but very smau por-
lion, il any, Of the army supplies there were
burned.
The bombardment of Charleston, 8. G., and
Fort Sumter, is reported as being still contin-
ued with stcadiucss and severity.
Ten Union war vessels and seycnty-cight
transports are reported ut Hilton Head.
The Richmond Sentinel of the 18th says:
4 Union Brigadicr General deserted from
the Potomac Army on the 18th, ana reached
the rebel lines, and that Lincoln has called
for million Of men," The Sentinel don't
youch for these rlrmors.
Richmond papers Of Monday say that on
9th Hoods army WIS at Tuscumbia, and Sher-
mans Mt Atlanta.
NASHVILLE, Thursday, Nov. 17.-Richmond
papers Of Tuesday nuke no mention Of Sher-
mans movements, which fact is regarded here
as evidence that he has met with success.
The rebel Senate aud House had secret
session on Monday at which 1t is surmised
The question Of armfng slaves was discussed.
, 1864-11-18

that denies marriage to human mothers, and
assosts young children with the Dnrhams and
Aidcsneys Of the estate. He who trcmblcd
for bis country when 1c remembered that
God was just, looked ont over the hills of the
Old Dominion, and his words were those Of q
sad seer. Richmond is now fenced city.
ringed round with double lines Of steel The
tread Of armies has made IT'S suburbs dust,
and desolate heaps. Within, the iron hand Of
military rule, without, frowning cannon and
the blue line Of tie foe getting
nearer and nearer But most significant of nil
the label Of q rebel Congress, 4 fierce pabblc
among men given up to their own devices !;
TIC intensified passions Of debates, whose
sole purpose is TO save man-scl1ing; the ran
cor and rows tllat once disgraced our res
cued Washington, swept as the rejected
sediment Of our civilization to he fought over
in the lust arena OF Human Chattelism. The
rebellion will presently die raying mad, and
in the Old Dominion, tearing its own flesh in
den,oniac rage A better day will rise in Vir-
Einla when liberty reigns throughout all her
Lorders, but it will to nbcve her buried past,
rs vineyards have smlIeo and homes Of men
multiplied above where old time cities lie
buried. The Old Dominion of slavery will be
extinct save in history, accursed Of God, and a
warning among men, that the cries Of Gods
children do not fall On dull ears.
, 1864-11-18
FROM DE$1IDHNES.
Local I1nproVen1entxHIOw Political
Newk-sE Kasi0uss Dlsp1teh.ss

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.1
DEsAoyEs, Town, Thursday, Nov II.
The City Council have granted to William
Ashley, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, the ex-
elusive right to erect and operate water works
within the city limits for the next thirty years,
to supply water for the use Of the citizens
and the fire department. The water will be
furnished from the Raccoon River, which is
.ve1S cleAr and pure, and the reservoir will be
erected on the Bluffs in tie western part Of
the city, at point two hundred feet above
the bed Of the river. The works will be CON-
menced early in the coming spring.
The proposition submitted TO the people Of
this county atthe last election, to nppropri
ate money to build a free bridge over the
Desmoines River, abutting on Walnut street,
was adopted By an almost unanimous vote. A
contract for the building Of the bridge will be
let in time for its completion in tie fall Of
1865.
Hon. John A. Kasson Is reelected to Con-
grcss from this, the Fifth District, by 900
majority on The home vote, and carries every
one Of The twcnty-three counties in his dis
trict- Ills majority two years ago was eleven
hundred. Davis county, which used to give
eight hundred Democratic majority before the
war, gave twenty majority for Old Abe on the
home vote, and her soldiers always 60 for the
Union at the polls as well Us on the field.
Deputy Provost Marshal Burton arrived to-
day with nine rebel raiders taken In Decatur
taken, and confess that they left Prfce's army
ut Bonneville with commissions to recruit,
but claim that their time had expired, md
being tired of the rebel service, were on their
wny to Idaho when arrested No in7estlys.-
tion has yet been had.
, 1864-11-18
rExEwARI IN TENNESSEE.
Latest from the Rebel ArHalcs-EGr-
rests Exnggerations.

NEW YoRK, Thursday, Nov. 17.-Thc New
York 1fmes'e Nashville correspondent Of the
18th says: Bcauregard's headquarters arc at
Corinth. Hood, viii, Cheatllanl's corps, is ut
Florence The camp extends on the north
side Of the river as fur as Tuscunbia. S. D.
Lees corps Is at jackson. Stewards corps is
at Corinth, jackson, and Rienzi, fifteen miles
from each other, on the Mobile and Oh'o
Road. The entire rebel army, which year
ago numbered Il, 900 veterans, cannot now
muster 10000, including Forests and
Wheeler's cavalry and Dick Taylor's men,"
The same correspondent says the reports Of
the fight ut Johnsonyille, IN which Forrest
claims such victory, arc tho most unleard
Of exaggerations. Instead Of tie Government
suffering six million Of dollars loss, one mil
lion will exceed the total Government loss.
The facts arc, that Forrest, on the night Of
the 9TH, planted o battery Of ten guns oppo-
site Johnsonyille, and next morning knocked
to pieces three tin-clads and seven Transports.
Next day he shclled tue town for forty.cight
hours, and tllen left. Meanwhile, a portion
Of NTlieeler's cavalry and brigade OF mounted
infantry appeared south of the fort, but find
ing 1t strong and well garrisoncd they return
ed to Florence. During the shelling every
bridge but one was struck, and only two
burned. What little stores were there were
only slightly damaged.
, 1864-11-18

Especial Dispatch to the Chicago Tribunc.]
ST. LOUIS, Thursday, Nov. II.
Lincoln's majority in ffty-two counties is
19,Ss2.
VanHorn'e election to Congress gives us the
entire delegation, save the one lost by party
split in St. Louis.
John G. Nicolay, Esq, Private Secretary Of
by severe Illness.
We learn ut District Headquarters that the
!, 500 gucrillas reported to be in force south Of
Patterson, hare dwiudled down to some 500
bushwlackers, who arc operating principally
in Wayne County.
The Merinlac bridges on the southwest
branch ofthe Pacific Railroad, are to be COM
pletcd this afternoon, and tomorrow trains
will run through to Rolia. This is quick
work, rejecting credit upon the military au-
thorities, by whom the work was accom-
plished.
ST. LoU1s, Nov. T.-Passengers from North
Missouri report that detachment Of General
Fsk's forces had surrounded a gang Of bush
whackcrs in the Persia Hills, ten miles south
Of Huntsville. The bushWhackers had taken
refuge in log house occupied by the family
OF o Union man, anu held the women and
children Us. hostages. Our troops had not
fired into the house, for fear Of killing the
women and children. At last accounts tho
bushwhac6ers were blowing horns for REIN
forcements, and our troops had sent for as
sistauce.
Election rcturns from Kansas indicate the
election Of Clarke, the Lane candidate for
Congress, by one thousand to one thousand
fire hundred majority. Major. Crawford the
Lane candidate for Governor, will probably
havc from 5000 to 1900 majority. The re-
mainder OF the State ticket about the same.
It is estimated that the Senate will stand
Lane 10, anti-Lane 0. House, Lane, 81, anti
Lane 24.
ST. LOUIS, Thursday, Nov. ia rumor
prevailed on 'Change today, that Sherman i
in Aususta, Gcorgia, and that Vice President
Stephens and Governor Brown have declared
for the old Government. The ruInor is, no
doubt, untrue, but it created panic anon.
gold d-holders here, many offering to sell rs low
as ITO premium.
MILWAUKEE, Thursday, Nov. 17.-To~day's g
Stntina says: We have before us private
letter from Atlanta, dated Nov. 6th. The
writer says: I have only time to write ! few
words, as tho last train going North leaves
in few minutes. I lam assigned to General
Howard's headquarters. and will leave this
place on Friday, the 1lth, with the General
1or the South. When you hear from me again,
It will be from some scanOFt town,
, 1864-11-18

case, and eha meant something. We ha5
scmc Is, 900 thousand soldiers In the field, wht
had notyoted in this election. Had they t,c31
permitted to vote the majority would hare
Col. T. J. Turner Of Frceport, Judge scatcs
and Hon. G. NJ. Gull m also made good
speeches. The Springfield glee Club
sang an original song, written by Ad
jutant Allen Of the clnb, to tile air
Of John Brown. The Union majorities
come in larger and larger. Col. Loomis Sec
retary Of the National Union Executive Com
Oglcsby's at over IS 600. Reliable returns to
this effect have been received from 101 coun-
tics.
Gentlemen who had Mr.. Lincoln's conf
dence before the election state since that
he then said in the event Of his reelection he
would offer another amnesty proclamation to
the South. Il 1t was rejected the Wnr would
most radical Union men would not find the
President behind them in carrying out any
measure It would be found necessary to adopt
if the people, by IN emphatic vote fully en-
dorse3 the administration. Mr. Lincoln fnr-
thcr stated that all he desired was to carry
ont in good faith the wishes Of the loynl
masses OF the country
Three copperllcad papers, the &tate Rsgiaer,
Bloomington Democrat aud Central 1uinoix D.u.o-
eraf, have departed since election.
Saline gives FeTill, Union, In Sd Represen-
tativc District, $50 majority. He rms ahead
Of his ticket. This certainly elects him over
Burnett, Copperhcad, and gives the Union
men II majority in the House.
Nothing official is yet received as to DR..
Green in the LIST Senatorial District. His
election is still In doubt.
Henry Austin, Of the 14Gth regiment, who
had just arrived from Chicago, was robbed Of
Sl13 in the Owen House IL this city.
Tie following letter from Gov. Yates, now
in your city, was received with tumultuous
applause at,the Union jubilee last evening":
CHICAGO, November 1G, 1864.
To the Pycs'de1t Of the Union Neftiay, Spraag-
field, H.:
Important business prevents my being at
your meeting tonight, Please permit me
to say that rejoice in the glorious Union
vict0ry which has crowned our l0bors- Let
ou. hearts be glad that wc hnyc both the Ma
tional and Statc Governments safe for the
Union. Let Springfield rejoice that the Nj
tion has again honorcd her great citizen,
Abraham Lincoln. Let the State rejoice that
We have for our next Governor, the able,
gallant and noble Dick Oglesby, and that we
hare for Congress the talented, wh01c-souled
and glorious Cnllom, and eleven Congressman
to three; that the State officers are oil ours
that we have Union Legislature-that the
White House is ours, the Capitol. Of the Ma
tion is ours, the State House Is nil ours. from
turrct to foundati0n-stone, and above all, that
our glorious Union is safe. And now, "Three
cheers !! for Liberty and Union," and al1
our " brave boys in blte"!!!
, 1864-11-18

Ter Dcputatfon ygaits on the Presi-
dent-1!tH Spccch-1I1cit:cnts of the
WASHINGTON. Thursday, Nov. I7.-This af:
ternOon the Maryland Union State Central
Committee formally called upon President
Lincoln, to congratulate him on his re.elec-
tion. ". II. Purnen, their Chairman, in his
address said they felt under deep obligations
to him, because, BY the exercise Of rlre dis
cretiun on his part, Maryland today occupied
the proud position of Free State, and they
Government, rs the past, might result In the
restoration Of the Union, with freedom as its
inlmuti bic basis.'
The Itesident in reply said he would not
attempt to conceal his qualification at tue re-
suit Of the election. He had exercised his
best Judgment for the good of tile whole
country, and to hare the seal Of appreciation
placed On bis course, was exceedingly gratify-
ing to Ills feelings. He expressed his belief
that the policy he had pursued was the best
and only one which could save the country.
indu]ged In no feeling Of triumph over any
one who had thought or voted different from
him. He had no such feeling toward any
living mnn.
He thought the adoption Of free State
constitution for Maryland big thing, and 4
victory for right, and worth great deal more
than the part Of Maryland In the election,
although Of. the latter be thought well.
IN conclusion, lie repeated what he Ind pre-.
ytously said, namely, that those Who differed
from and opposed us, will see that defeat was
hcttcr for their own Ebod thnn il they had
been successful.
Some time was spent In pleasant inter-
course, the President relating several ancc-
dotes appropriate to the occasion.