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Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

This Festival iSfntended to be comprehensive
series OF an the most rational enioymen that can
Ge available. Is .T-Sf' - = eAt = SA H
The spacious Hall will be brilliantly ilIum mated
and PTotuEely ornAmented with eYeTRreens flower
an9 drapery, and decorative gas, and water, and
Eocn WoEk: Refreshments, boquets and useful and
nancy articles viii be offered for sale capacions
stage VIII erected and recherche amusements aud
entertainments Of various kinds win be introdpce5
each evening. An viii be made redolent with 1ST.
tIme. Music and melody Will abound, and every
thing possible will be done to male It worthy the
sacred object whose cause It pleads. - 80
S9ontn6gtions Of money, goods useful and fancy
articles labor, fruit, flowers curiOsitfes nafionSI
EeIe &C. &c, are solicited and will be thankfuliy
received BY any OF the officers or committee
me assistance and cooperation of the Ladies' Il
especially invoked. -
Patriotic citizens of neighboring communities are
earnestly requested to assist this great labor OF Ioys
and send contributions and delegations to its sHp
+. me following named gentlemen from neiRhborinp
so9s and cities have been appointed agents to for
NAr1 any contributions that may be Contributed tn
then, and also to nse any and all means IA Tbsir5
power to further the good work on behalf Of the
y. L. Hobbs, RitehietoUn. ,.ss
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
Law and Miscellaneous Lii
bal.V for Sale.

WILL VIII offer At public sale, on Thursday, July
street, two doors below the Court HouSe' nov ~
SuPied by A. B Caldwell and g. P. wheeler. he
!sW and miscellaneous library OF the late NofGan
exon. me said library Is full and complete bang
one o. the largest in the State. . = -H
~ GEH SSi OF sALE--An sums under my dollara
and approved security ,''e' -sa 4A'ss EsS'
Wheeling, June p, 1854. Al. oRcn, Admir-
OlaG5IksbuEg Telegraph, ParkerSburg Gazette and
81 Oi51lLs!lHe Chronicle, copy-t8, and send bfIa
IoE Conecuoe. ie-S5
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
Something New,

nR. j. A. BoICE's ANTI-DYsPEPTIo Ann.
~ ARTI-ASTHMATIC-The only certain cuFe
for Dyspepsia Liver Complaint, Ja1ndice, Diseases
OF. the Kidneys, Chronic or Nervous Debility, and
Stomach or Liver, such as Constipation, HeartbuFn
Nausea Eullness and Weight In the Stomach SonF
or FlutteEtng at the Pit of the Stomach FIutteFin
and PaIpttation Of the Heart Dull Pain In the HeSd
Deficient Precipitation, Burning Of the PaInS Of tIS
Hands and SOleS Of the Feet, ABthma NeurSIEiS
and TWttching Of the Nerves. Also an RdectISi
kemedy In Female Suppressions, Irregularities And
Weaknesses. sTTE 80 NA
Many testimonials Of its cures might be given.
but the best evidence is trial of its virtues Sold
oy an me pEnggists In Wheeling and Bridgeport,
PREPARED by Bn1CE { WILLIAMS,
JeLl.d Wheeling Island, West Virginia.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28


W htlat war is raging south and East
The Yankees on their goodies feast
And worlds Of notions keep to sell,
But none 50 cheap e. PRANK CALpvmI.
snop on Main sIreet, number EIonT
The sign i9 on both door and gata
near the Stone Bridge, for baFaSina 90
opposite the Baltimore depot
Cau, every mothers s0n, and trV
the prices, and you're sure 70 6uy-
Inc ladies' too each TOmpIuR elf s..
VII eomethtDg find to please heraalf ,.-
ahhere everything that's ever bean
Made from iron, brass, or tin - I-4.. 4
SAs cutters lamps, and washing bowls ~
BBueNsta, clippers, and candle mo1IdG
51nS LOT pies and pans for loaves,
franklin, Shop, and Cooking Stoves.
VI Wen tubes, and pipes for gas.
Mlth fancy toys, Of tin and bFass f.l
6nl9 season brings uB lots Of fFuIt
ne mas THE CANS" put up to sniff
'SAPanned and plain, both thick and thin
ana sausage suffers, made from tin
.Mlt1 copper ware, q Il shaped and 4izOa
Wash Kettles, cast and galvanized - d. :
Let everybody bring his vile III. .fi ,
ne can supply them all for life ..7=
from WaAhinR boards and dinner halls f 10
~ knives and forks and coffee raiIlS
Ihtngs In whole or things in partSs1-' arf
Jams Tor mtlk-Wagons, gigs or caTts- IS
falnteo neatly light blue and deep
ana you can 6ny them very cheap
Al hU46ER HIGHT. Remember we'll
'S4s'AW B. ?. CALDWELL
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
GEN. HAMPToN's ylcroRY IN LOUISA.

The Charlottesville Chronicle contains the
following in relation to the recent bril-.
liant victory over Sheridan near Travilan's
by Gen. Wade Hampton:- - a.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28


the firinB was slow but constant, at regular
intervals Of a few minutes each. A few
minutes before eight o'clock A. II. the in.
hsbitsnts Of BollingbroOk street were star
tied by the unannounee arrival of a three
inch she'll which glanced against Mr.. Viii.
cOx's house, two doors east OF the telegraph
office. indentiug the bricks aud striking
and passing through the granite coping of
the cellar door, exploded below, without
damage. Several other shells felliWithout
damage on the same street, in the neigh
borhood Of the wayside hospital. Another
of the Union missills came shFieking disgo-
nally across the court house aud entered
the. second story of Mr.. Browns house, on
Sycamore street. 1t exploded as it struck
the rear wall, making an aperture large
enough for the admission of mans body
A brickbat struck Mrs. McGregor, who was
10 the room, on the head, inflictiug-a severe
cut which bled profusely no other damage
was done, the fragments of the shell fall
ing with the rubbish on the floor. The
most distressing casualties that occurred is
the wonnding of two slave children belong
ing to Mr.. James Hall. They we're in bed
at their mothers dwelling, in Blanford.
when shell exploded over the bed A
girl aged four years had her left arm brok-
en-, temporal artery cut, and the 'capof the
right knee and fingers Of the left hand in
jured. A boy aged six years, suffered more
severely. His left leg had to be amputated
half way between the knee aud ankle, and
his right foot lost the toes aud a portion of
the instep. The necessary operations for
the relief of the sufferers were performed
by DR.. Smith, assisted by Dire. Walsh and
May. &5eA So -EG D4H $500
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
Th,C0pper & ShestIfOn Ware,

HAVING increased my facilities for the mann.
\ y, tAeture of the above articles, am prepared
70 MI an orders promptly. and as cheap or cheaper
IMAM tnen can pc had at any ether house in tho CITY,
Keep the latest patterns Of STOVES, both Wood and
sN y, and Ni warrant every Stove am prepared
and will give such Jobs my personsi attentidIS'
SPonting and GutterfnE ofall kinds always on hand
copper and Brass Kettles and Fruit CanSof the bet
ing the city. do well to give me a call
JSSd ra-a..5H B. p OALDwRIT
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

o NC IOH. SECRETARY OF Wdr:- =
dispatch from New London states that
an assault was made on our lines at
Lynchburg last night. and repulsed by
troops that had arrived When the rest
of our force comes up, preparations were
made to attack this morning, but the enc
my retreated in confusion! Oar troops
in pursuit. R. E LEE, General.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
VICTORY.

VICTORY. SO GHft
. We publish elsewhere the IMPORTANT
news from the battle field near TreVilan's,
The enemy is not only beaten-it ia fight.
The prisoners being captured by the hun
dreds. The victory is at last decisive. God
be thankful. maze IF'se 800 ~ = -
In the words of the satnted jackson.
.God has blessed our arms With another
victoryt' one of the most important of the
campaign. The terror of our RAILROADS.
the thorn in the side of Gen. Lee-the
sword of Gen. GRANTS at last TACKLED
What announcement SO grateful, so oppor
tune, as that "SEeridaf is living in eon /.
fusion" That splendid cavalryis broken.
Prisoners, horses. arms-sdch are the Re.
suits of three days fighting-and with
trihiug loss. Such are the fruits of con-
centration. Such the effect Of a combined
movement between Hampton and Lee
Where was Sheridan going? nobody know 8.
But heavy hand was laid on his shout.
der at Vests Mill, near Trevilau's depot,
Imagiue his CONSERVATION But he fought
bravely. 1t took three days to crush him.
II the telegraph does not mislead us he is
crushed-his force flying about and scat.
teriug. Oh, this is sweet! r
Strike, Hampton! strike, Fitz Lee
strike, and spare not! May the last man
perish. a'57i iaai i7l2 f1ff1o5 - ~
Aud now for Msjor General Pope. Have
We troops at Lynchburg. Can Breckin-E.
ridge fall upon this venturesome column.
and sweep it from the earth? Then, thanks
for the defeat of Piedmont. The comb.
ned armies of Pope, Hunter and Crook
seem to be marching on Lynchburg. We
presume we have achievements 1t this
point, which will effect a JUNCTION with
Breckenridge. The move of the hour is
concentration to overWhelm this body d
the enemy as We have overwhelmed sher.
| The following is list of the Yankee
prisoners brought to this place yesterday
Two hundred and seventy. one broueb,
in this evening, twenty six yesterday, one
hundred and fifty do, twenty two DO, four
hundred and sixty-four from Treviian's
twenty three from Hunters army-foul
hundred and seventy eight privates in all
b OHicers-one adj1tant general, one lieu.
tenant colonel, one captain, one lieuten-
ant, ons chaplain, one surgeon, one speciaI
correspondent from Hunters army for the
Cincinnati Commercial and Wheeling IN.
te'IigeHeer, and Dr.. Lester Lloyd, of Fair.
fax county, charged with pilodpg the en-
lemy. rs ~
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
Special Notice

:. = = - NVAOOo -
WIZ COMMITTEES on the Eating Department. :,
Pest 70 the public for contributions but fesi oIiIi
. SS e nom ths act that response has Yet ben
for the Great Supper, &c !" and V6icI -
the DOM unity will yet read +eH VIC Eequest
IN orc STaeE, Therefore, to reduce all to sySt and
We have made the following arranQs5sStl SSbjc6 S1
tnestly request all 10 comply Vim. VIZ Contri
I'M p IoE the INST days eAiables iof an kinS
IRON tS me lst and 1th Wards, on Tuesday;
.af a. Snd Ward, on Wednesday; = 3 Tsill
9Th Ward, on Friday: 4 EsfEfHia Il
no - +" 5th Ward, on SaturdSv. M y il 5s..H-,fs
!" -" 9th Ward, on Monday s r..
II VIII be very desirable for the CyLatrr,,, - Al,
cem@ittee to know the day before nom aeS n VIZ
'Hnat ne can expect from various uSTtieE s"'
sle-ze J. < BoTsFoRD, Chairman.
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

You roll II on % as md n, allied with healing
baltna and oPlntual eAAA1 AtionA, Il shall be rolled
again to the aide q the sick aud the manglsd the
FELL0 W-oITIzENs,
One and all come lip along this benevolent under
taking; Becau9e on feel secure, don't forget thgs
war walks ahroAa J the land, that war must have
its ytcttn.s sla that bri. for these for whom We
plead war might 'eVep now be upon you and yours.
Don't wait to b called upon, Committees viii moi
have time but " luntarily and cheerfuIIy come OF
to TIL! FEAST OF love. and there laying your gid
nPon its altar plight Afresh yonr tTotii to yoni
bleeding oOuntr and zach other, and rush 10 ave
oh save from lingering wounds, disease and death
these brave de- lenders Of your all : :. 7
II every mn n. woman and child among us would
but one tlOllartO the cause what incense would
Contributions Of money should be made To ~
JOHN D0NLoN, Chairman,
JSO. 2. HOPKINS, GEO ADAMS
ALEX. La UGHLIN, MORg An +! nTST
Finance Committee
Contributions, other thar money. al,opld he San,
t. the w1reh ouse Of Jno 2. Hopkfns No So DISir
| street where they will be properly cared for Al
articles should have card attached diving 0EneFS
| name and residence, and probable value OF sape
and stating whether donated, or loaned for the en-
Oeltl1nnen! o. ne Hall' mr. - jelO
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

VIZ have the Atlantic Monthly for July
"a choice number, too. McKelvy has it
for sale at his news depot,
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
Wanted to Rent.

A SMALL HOUSE containing two or three
IA rooms, either in the city or on the Island.
Any person having such a house can ind tenant
by Addressing Box ISL P. o., or calling at s. N.
Prather's Hat Store, No. 50 Main street, between
Monroe and Quincy. an lSs ras je2s 2t%
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
NOTTOE.

II d J. N. ERsINGEER.
q : Of MINERAL WATER ana sARsIPHR1IEIItIi..IIS
Sn l ~, 5gLtttE ~. IA9Ak BEER, have opened a
Aonse on MARKET street, between MSdison SSS
4 eI 55i oEs T6sFs they v supply The tde
hot1OB.-An bottles branded vritb fhs ,,.,,S "a
snSi tIg Oaoo, ,: = M RnEnEer, j. Lukans Ioris
i \, ana y. Crawford, belong exclusfvelV q
- aud all perSons are h0rebT No
ln4s tne5e bottles are naVer sold but mISt -
Je221V L4LM EHstSerR
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

The Most Complete Establishment
NOW TRAVELLING IN sAMERIcAi8 In
FIVE DAsHIHG RQUEsTR1ENNEs. la slaa sia
TWO CLOWNS. AT EACH PERFORMANCE.
HIRAM DAY. '.-
PETE RIVERS, ~ - 80 :
Tie Quaint, Quizz.eaI, Extempore vocalist.
4 s.I liliAn Uueqalled COlleetionof neg
HIGHLY TRAINED ARABIAN HORSES,
ed GATED MULES, ~ sli .aCt4 80
70 DANCING HORSES, and F1=
PIGMH TRICK PONIES.
The following Ladies and Gentlemen eomp6ae tI,s
troupe ofthis Mammoth Company: no. ITf7 b
M AID MN ARIE ROBINSON, gla
,v And md her EOqderiql Dancing Horses aTAAIbiA
M AD'LLE ANNIE,
The Youthful Prima Donna Of tn Arena.
LLEISABELLR, 63 ~
The Charming Danseuss. E.5 81
LA RAIRIR AI.ICR
BE- The Poetry Of Motion. ,..# i-i-
MR., n. "A. KINGKADE ..
RI In his PETE GENKINS,
tSEGENANT.
Rider - The most accomplished Dramatic Scenic
hA6TER HERNANDEZ, 1850 sd
ersault on the bare back stsed. : '----S |'----
MIR. OLIVER DODGE,
The ChAmpiyn -Four and Six Horne Rider
che steed.: -fs - - ''S S1'aAH-
MR. CHARLES ROSS. .is--.f. u
The hero of turning three somersaults
Ds'ore IAIhghting on the ground, aud known Is the
man OF leo somerSaults. q 3 90 - y i5S1
The World Renowned ,rsE Fal -.sa s4ta4e
yWHETToNY BROTHERS, 81
s's Leonard and James, @ 80
Ti appear in their unapproa enable acts OF the
and the Merry Menl 80 - -A-U'tlus
THE GRAND PROCESSION
9Ition AZ 10 O'Clock, led by the SWAN CHIRT0T
drawn BY elegantly marked horses, contSi1fne -
LUDWIG's CoRNET BAND.
Two Exhibitions each day. Afternoon and Ev.,.
ing. Doors open at and p NJ PerfornSsno ~
commence half an hour later - = ~ '-'1A'' 70
win Exhibit At 49, = 0ATS4 81
w HE ELM q afslg
MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURS.
GEo.W. STEVENS, gHug
ge1S - ---L-E General business Agent
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
VICTORY HEAR LYHOHBuRG

Fromthe Richmond Examiner, of the 18th.
The following was received at the War
office on yesterday, and indicates that
Hunters career has been suddenly stop
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

: We publish elsewhere the important
news from the battle field near Trevilan's.
The enemyis not only beaten-it ia a flight.
The prisoners being captured by the hun
dreds. The victory is at last decisive. God
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

The Communication clause of the Enrolment
Aet-DisloyaI Speech of Fernando Wood
-BxtraordiaGry Excitement in the House,
W,sy,vc,o,, T,o oE
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28

ITO his EzesEtemey Jefferson Davis sr
THE army and country this morning
had the calamity to lose Lieut.. Gen. Polk,
who fell by a cannon ball directed at one
of our batteries. sg2s ~
(sigued) "J. E. JouSsrox.''
Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1864-06-28
ATLANTA, Wednesday, Jupe Is.

?. The remains Of Gen. Polk arrived here
this morning, and were deposited IN St.
Luke's Church. The funeral service and
a sermon by Rev. DR.. Qaintard were de-
liVered before q great assembly. The re.
mains were then escorted to the Moose
train for Augusta, with military honors. if
THE YouHG MEE's CHRISTIAN COMMISSION.
an Appeal TO the People of the Confederate
The Shasta courier., 1864-03-12
Origin of Property.

The first objects of Property. were the
fruits which man gathered, and the wild
animals he caught; next to these, the tents
and houses which he built the tools he made
use of to catch and prepare his food and,
afterwards, weapons of war and offence
Many of the savage tribes of North America
have advanced no farther than this, yet; for
they are said to reap their haryests, and re-
turn the produce of their market with for
eigners into the common hoard or treasury Of
the tribe.
Flocks and herds of tame animals soon
became property; Abel, the son of Adam,
was a keeper of sheep; sheep and oxen, cam
els and asses, composed the wealth of the
Jewish Patriarchs, as they DO still of the
modern Arabs. As the world was first peo
pied in the East, where there existed great
scarcity of water, ,ceils probably were next
made property, as we learn from the frequent
and serious mention of them in the Bible,
and contentious and treaties about them. and
from its being recorded among the most mem
orable achievements of very eminent men,
that they dug or discovered well.
Land, which is now so important a part of
property, which alone our laws call real
property, and regard upon oil occasions with
sdch peculiar attention, was probably not
made property in any country till long after
| the institution of many other species of pro
perty; that is, .iil the country became pop
ulous. and tillage began to be thought Of
| The first partition of an estate which we read
of was that which took place between Abra-
ham and Lot, and was one of the simplest
imaginable: s'If thou wilt take the left
hand, then | will go to the right; or if thou
depart to the right hand, then | will go to
[ the left. )"
There are no traces of property in land in
Caesars account of Britain bIt little of it
in the History Of the Jewish Patriarchs
none oft found among the Nations of North
America: the Scythians are expressly said
to have appropriated their cattle and houses,
but to have left their land in common.
Property in immovables continued, at first.
no longer than the occupation, that is, so
long as mans family continued in posses
sion of cave, or his fiocks be pastured upon
a neighboring hill. no one attempted or
though he had a right to disturb or drive
them out but when man quilted the cave.
or chang d his pasture, the first who found
them unoccuped entered upon them by the
same title as his predecessor, and made way,
in his turn fer any one that happened to
succeed him. All more permanent property
in land was probably posterior to civil gov
ernment and laws and, therefore, settled by
these, or according to the will of the reign
ING chief
The Shasta courier., 1864-03-12
NUMBER 2.
ROCK ME TO SLEEP.
BY LIZZIE 4. CHASE.

BACKWARD, turn backward, time, in your aight,
Make me a child again. just for tonight
Mother come back from the eeholess shore,
Take me again to yovr heart, as of yore;
Kiss from my forehead the farross of care,
Smooth the few silver threads ont Of my hair;
Over my slumbers your loving watch keep,
Rock me TO sleep, mother, rock me TO sleep.
Rs.axsard, iiow back wsssis O tide Of the yeaasi
| weary of tolls and Of tears
Toll without recompense, tears all in vain
Take them and give me my childhood again !
have grown weary of dust and decay,
Weary of finging my soul wealth away,
Weary of sowing for others to reap;
Rock ne to sleep, mother, rock me to slesp!
Fired ofthe hollow. the base, the untrue,
Mother, 0 mother. my heart calls for yoai
Many summer the grass has grown green,
Blossomed and faded, faces between,
Yet with strong yearnng and passionate pala,
Long tonight for your presence again;
Come from the silence so long and so deep;
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleepl
Over my heart in days that have flown,
No love like mother-love ever was shown,
No other worship abdes and endures,
Faithful, unselfsh. and patient, like yours
None like mother can charm away pain
From the sick soul and the world-weary brain;
Slumber's soft calm Ger my heavy lids creep!
Rock me to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep.
Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with gold,
Fall on your shoulders again, as Of old,
Let il fall over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light,
For with its sunny-edged SHADOWS once more,
HAPPY viii throng the sweet visions of yore
Lovingly, softly, its bright billows sleeps
Rock me 70 sleep, mother, rock me to sleep!
Mother, dear mother the years have been long
Since last hushed to your lullaby songl
Since then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanhoods years have been bnt dream.
Clasped to your arms in loving embrace, e
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter TO wake to weep;
Rock NE to sleep, mother, rock me to sleep
The Shasta courier., 1864-03-12
Hon. John Conness.

| Washington, D. c., January 10th, 1884,
John Conness, Senator in Congress from the
State of California, Democrat of the radical
type, educated in the school of Slas Wright
and William Leggett, is a fitting representa-
tive OF the principles and courage Of the il
lustrious Broderick. He may be called the
pioneer of the important movements which
prevented California from falling into the
hands of the Copperheads. and SO saved it
from being carried out of the Union by the
Seeessionists. Those who have done me the
honor to read these letters will recollect how
much confidence 1reposed in the great man
who was killed in a duel with Terry, in the
Fall of 1859. Broderick was in every sense,
hero. He had moral as we'll as physical in
| trepidity. Because he was a thorough DEM
ocrat, he became thorough Abolitionist Be-
cause he hated the oppressors of the white
man, he hated the oppressors of the black
man. Because his whole soul revolted from
every manner Of tyranny and intolerance, he
was conducted, by the logical force of his con-
viction, to the point that the institution of
slavery must be forever put down. And be-
cause he believed these things, he gave up
his life, and his murderer is now arrayed
in arms against that country which he so
feryently loved. 1t is satisfactory and COM
pensating truth that there is in the Senate
to-day sincere and thorough successor Of
David G. Broderick-one whose career great
ly resembles his-one who, full of the same
profound attachment to principle, and, if pos
sibie, more hostile to slavery, seems to feel
as if he were commissioned to carry out, and
to complete the great work to which Broder-
lex would have dedicated himself if he had
lived. John Conness. like Broierick, is of
Irish descent, and | think a member of the
Catholic Church. The intensity of his deyo-
ton to the Republic and his enmity to trsason
cannot be described. Without the slightest
pretension. never obtruding his opinions upon
others. be is, at the same time, one of the
open and ablest friends of the Government
now in the Congress of the United States.
His speech on Thursday afternoon startled
all who heard it. 1t was full of intellect,
thought and passion. He seemed to feel
that the struggle in which his country was en-
gagged was one that did not belong to party,
and that it demanded the efforts and the sac
rifces of all patriotic men, Such patriots as
Conness will render the Administration of
Mr., Lincoln irresistible, unless some great
accident should overtake ou- arms. or some
great act of treachery should cover US with
DISASTER Var Press.