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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
a French Story,

An amusing story is told of young
Partisan artist, who lately painted por-
trait Of duchess, with which her friends
were not satisfied, declaring that it was
totally unlike her. The painter, how
ever, was convinced that he had succeed
ed admirably, and proposed that the ques-
tion of resemblance or no resemblance
should be left to little dog belonging to
the duchess, which was agreed to. Ac-
cordingly the picture was sent to the ho-
tel of the lady the next day, and large
party assembled to witness the test. The
dog was called in and no sooner did he
see the portrait than he sprang upon it,
licked it all over and showed every de-
monstration of the greatest joy. The
triumph of the painter was complete and
all present insisted that the picture had
been retouched during the night which
was actually so, the artist having rubbed
it over with a thin coating of lard The.
dogs's nose was sharper than the critics
eyes.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
A Frightful Fashion.

An observant correspondent of the
Chambersburg Repository writing from
the city Of New York, thus describes one
of the prevailing fashions in that town ::
zone sees on the street some queer
styles of hair dressing, among which the
ugliest is the waterfall. 1t is matter of
surprise to the uninitiated how the wo-
men can raise so much hair but if those
same innocents would only notice the
store windows, they would see enormous
rolls of horse hair, etc., for the purpose
of filling out the thin hair of the fair sex;
and waterfalls ready made, to be pinned
on the occiput. What set of humbugs
we are A favorite style of wearing the
hair can readily be initiated by our bright
checked country girls thus: Comb out
their hair carefully, then tangle it all
they know how rub it full of burrs, and
sleep in it without cap for fortnight.
This will be sufficiently close imitation
to pass on Broadway. IF it should not,
however, be quite the thing, an attempt
to get through very large rose bush,
head foremost, would make the similitude'
perfect"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
An Enoch Arden of the Day.

An Iowa paper has the following story,
which recalls the incidents of Tennyson's 8
poem: "Thirty months ago, German,
living on White street, in Dubuqo, Iowa,
volunteered with the 2lst Iowa Infantry,
and went to the war. We shall call him
Schmidt for short. He left wife who
was rather good looking, quite industri-
Gus, very frugal, and childless. Time
rolled on, and Schmidt, says the Dubuque
Times, went with his regiment to Vicks-
burg. There he was shot one day, and
was left for dead on the field. The sad
intelligence was sent to his wife by his
captain, and she Immediately obtained
the assistance of lawyer, and secured
his back pay and widows pension. She
drew the latter regularly, and, with what
she earned, managed to live comfortably
In few months she attracted the atten'
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01

tion of one Schones a miller by oc
| cupation. He wooed and won, and fo
him she gave up the pension. They were
married last summer. The course of true
love ran smooth with them until las
Saturday morning, when, just after they
had finished breakfast, Mr.. Schmidt, the
first husband opened the door and walked
in
"Here was fix! Mrs.-what would
her name be in such a case ?-shrieked /;
Mr.. Schones turned pale and trembled,
for Schmidt looked vengeance after he
had surveyed the scene a moment and ta-
ken all its meaning in. After several
minutes OF silence, Schones revived, and
boldly asked, "What is to be done ?'-
Schmidt sat down and told his story He
was wounded, not severely, near Vicks-
burg, and taken prisoner, and the rebels
carried him away with them. From time
to time he had been in Southern prisons
until three weeks since when he was ex-
changed. He came to Dubuque as soon
as he could, and fastened to his home
lie received no intimation of his wife's
until he entered the house that
morning, As he concluded his story, his
feelings overcame him; and he wept, and
she wept also. But it all ended in the
second husbands refusal to give the wife
up. She, we are informed, refused to
express preference, and said the two
men might settle the matter between
For four days both men
kept very close to the house, and had
many ardent discussions over the difficult
y. But the matter ended on Wednes-
lay last. The returned husband offered
ochones twenty-five dollars to evacuate
he premises and leave him in possession
If Annie Schones accepted the offer,
oocketed the money, and left. Schmidt
s now with his wife,"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
A Sheriff Badly Sold.

The following incident took place in
the court of B county, Ohio, Judge
McF- presiding
A new Sheriff had just been elected,
aud the Judge wishing to have everything
done in order, called the newly elected
official into his room to instruct him in
his duties, and finding said Official deci-
dedly vordant as to the proper manner OF
opening court, wrote out the entire proc
lamation and gave him all the necessary
instructions in relation thereto. Now 1t
so happened that p, of P Coun-
ty, fun-loving attorney, was sitting by
at the time and seeing chance for fun
ahead, prepared another proclamation, and
by little legerdemain succeeded in sub
stituting it in the sherif's hat for the one
given him by the Judge. Eleven o'clock
came and so did the order from Judge
McF-: Sheriff, open court" Draw
ing his instructions deliberately from his
hat he commenced in stentorian voice
"Hear ye hear ye +! hear yel The Hon
orable District Court of the County of b
is wound up and all ready to grind. Al
having grists may pitch in, and theil
grists shall be ground !" The laugh tha
came in can only be appreciated by Wes
tern men.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01

and moro exacting trials. Would he
prove adequate to the enormous labor ?
he not be spoiled by promotion, or ruined
as SO many before have been, by the diff
fculties Corporations Virginia? Above
all, would he not be sacrificed by the
chickering's of the Potomac generals p
Such were the questions asked on every
hand. The Lieutenant General, howev-
er, needed them not, and went on his
way as taciturn, as silent, as self-concen-
trated, as tenacious and as indomitable
as the brigadier and major-general had
been. He made no speeches on his way
to the east he did not address the troops
lying in winter quarters at Culpepper;
but he took hold of his work at once and
| by the handle.
Under his eyes the campaign which
began last May has been uninterruptedly
successful. His first blow at Lee, in
those prodigious and terrible battles of
the Wilderness, so crippled the principal
army of the rebels that it could do moth
ing for eleven months afterwards but lie in
strong works, and maintain the defensive
BY this mastery stroke Sherman and
Thomas were furnished with the oppor-
tunity Of action which they we'll knew
how to improve. All the while the dear
old Army of the Potomac, which had
been so often battered and broken, but
never overcome, was assigned to the dis
agreeable and seemingly inglorious func-
tion of holding Lee still before Peters
burg; but the General in Chief shared
their burden, and left to his distant lieu
tenants the more promising and satisfac-
tory task Of active movement and battle.
Sherman and Sheridan and Thomas were
allowed to reap very harvest of laurels.
But the, moment at length came for
which Grant had waited so many weary
months, enduring the taunts of the whole
semi-rebel press at home and abroad,
which denounced him as Butcher Grant, |
and demonstrated triumphantly that his
game was blocked, and that he was fore
ed to lie idle by the superior prowess and
strategy Of Lee. He sent forth on the
2Gth of March the potent command to
move. One mighty week of battle COM
PEELED the surrender of third army of |
the rebels, and with it the fall of Rich
mond, the capitol of the confederacy, the
of the government, and the
termination Of the struggle as an organic
ed and vital contest.
N. 7. EUeainq Post.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
A animation,

Some thirty years ago, in Washington
county, N. Y, before ready made shoes
came In vogue, venerable shoemaker,
old Phoenix, was in the habit of going.
from house to house, and there making
up boots and shoes for the families under
his jurisdiction. Among the rest of his
customers, he visited the family of one
Mr.. Parish, and shod- old and young
One of the boys was endowed with big
pair of stogy boots, and on the succeed,
ing Sabbath went to church much more
occupied with the boots than the sermon.
At the noon intermission, when good old
DIR. Proudfit came around, as was his Gus
tom, to catechise the youngsters, the
boys thoughts still ran downward. The
old doctor coming up to the boy, in his
turn, inquired of him: "John, who made
you?" Daddy found the leather, and
Old Phoenix did the work ?" was the.
natural but unexpected reply.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
Apt Reply.

A veteran relates the following 1t
had happened that mule driver was
engaged in leading an unruly mule for a
short distance, which job proved as much
as he could do, and gave full employment
for both of his hands AS he was thus
engaged, a newly appointed brigadier
general rode by near him, in all the conse-
quential radiancy of his starlight, when
the mule driver hailed him as follows:
81 say, wish you would send couple
of men down here to help me manage this
ere mule"
The baigadior, indignant at being SO
familiarly addressed, sternly replied
"Do you know what | am sir p
eyes" was the reply you are Gen.
| believe"
"Thon why do you not salute me be-
fore addressing me! :" inquired the brig
adler.
81 will, responded the NJ. D., eff you
will get off and hold the mule"
The brigadier retired in good order.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01

A clergyman was lately depicting before
a deeply interested audience, the alarming
increase ofintemperance, when he astonish-
ed his hearers by exclaiming: "a young
woman in my neighborhood died very
suddenly in a last Sabbath, while was
preaching the gospel in state of beastly
intoxication p Moral mind your stops,
and how you construct you sentences.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01
From Alabama.

Alabama has been divided into three
internal revenue districts, but no appoint
ments of assessors or collectors have yet
been made.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1865-06-01

'The last ditch" in which JEFF. Davis
proposed to make his fiual staod, has
been discovered. 1t was his wife's pet
ticoat.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07
of about lO5, OOOsquare miles. Her population in

of about lO5, OOOsquare miles. Her population in
1860 was returned at "a ,23l; and we doubt that
it now much if any exceeds $4,000. good
many of her first visitors grew homesick before
they reached it, and returned without ever
striking pick into her soil. Many have been
drawn away by the superior attractions of Ne
vada Idaho and Montana so that her total
vote. which was 1924 in 1861, was but
S,72l in 90. We have no later returns
at hand, but shall soon have those
of the recent vote as basis of comparison.
She has an abundance of lodes or veins Of gold
bearing quartz; but we do not believe many OF
them can be worked with profit while nearly
all her food, powder, implements, machinery,
&C., must be hauled by animals at least 7oo
miles. or from the Missouri River. With the
Pacific Railroad constructed to Denver, she
could produce Gold at half the present cost
and then she might advantageously run thou-
sand stamps where she now can dozen. ms
is the only railroad we ever heard OF that VIII
paw dividends when but third constructed.
1t is stated that the u. S. Mint at Phlla-
delpha received from Colorado Gold to the
value of 81, 900 in 80, 5000, 600 in go, 200,
900 in 81, and Sc, 600, 600 in '62. We presume
the last item an exaggeration. We have esti-
mates that the product reached Sl3,5OOoOO IN
'63, which we do not at all credit. In fact, we
doubt that there has been any increase SiIce
'62, or will be till the Pacific Railroad has been
pushed up to the forks of the Platte or beyond
That road once brought within sight of the
Rocky Mountains the annual aggregate may
easily be swelled to 100000.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

We question the statement embodied III a
letter from DR.. MCGOWAN at Fort Scott, Kan
sas that Mr.. Butterfield, agent of the Overland
Dispatch Company, has discovered new route
across the Plains, which saves 100 to 100 miles
between the Missouri and Denver. Because, J..
The Smoky Hill route is not new. 1t was tray
ersed by hundreds if not thousands in the
Spring of 1859, and was not then considered
superior to the other route up the Kansas, b.
the Solomon's Fork and Republican. The
Leavenworth stages never saw fit to take the
Smoky Hill route.
Yet we presume there is something III the
new discovery, though not so much as Is al
legged. We presume Mr.. Butterfeld has found
the Southern fork Of the Smoky Hill more IN
yiting than the Northern which the emigrants
followed in 1889. And the grass is better on the
Smoky Hill than on the Republican, though
not quite fortnight earlier, as Mr.. B. reports.
We shall be glad to learn that the Smoky
Hill route is the best, for the sake OF middle
Kansas, aud especially Lawrence, which 1t Will
signally benefit. And when we hear how Mr.
b. made his way from the hcad-springs OF the
Smoky Hill to Denver, we can better estimate
the value of his discovery.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07
MIR. ORATOR PUFF.

The Dalu Nens has long maintained pre-
eminence among the journals which gloriiy the
condition of n slave He Is fat and sleek; he
has no pecuniary or family cares; be Is well
fed well clad. well housed and altogether
favored of fortune beyond those who JoStle each
other in the Labor market, soliciting oppOr-
tunity to earn their daily bread. We were
slightly amazed, therefore, at finding this same
Nens-now that it seems necessary to prejudice
White against Black free laborers-talk in TINS
strain:
.The emplover in the North has been established In
the mastery lie can regulate wages to SUIT nun
self He can say his empOye, Thus much shat tnou
have and no more If the empoye oDJeets' tneIe
stands the inevitable negro 10 take his place. The
employer can say Well If you are not satshed 10 take
the wages which Offer here are many needy negroes
from the South who will be glad TO take your place
In this WAY capital can put the thumb screw upon
labor The negro Is ignorant Of the Nalue oi iaDor
lie has been accustomed 10 serrtude and prirdion' ms
rants are fep. Small pdgss niH safiJy nus hecess''
The Laborine hite man on the other hand has been dccus
toned 10 good cages He has learned 10 appreciate me
rom fors Of lUe He desires to educate ms chdre,
He has aspirations which he cannot reamii IoIesD
will be terrible struggle to surrender all these hu' M
ages But what can he dor He is Donnu manu- anu
foot There stands the rapacious employer on le ons
hand and the hungry negro on the other-"Ilu noaty
heart, ne Will De L-..,o.,,
true DEVELOPMENT OF the rrepressibe conflict between
the white and negro races"
Such drivel would be ludicrous if its i'm
pulse were not so hagrantly base. Can there
be man, White or Black, fool enough not to
know that Labor, like everything else, generally
sells for what it is worth THAT whatever III
crcases its efficiency or value enhances Its
recompense and that nothing else permanently
will or can do it, The stupid villains who
burned the Grain Elevator at Brooklyn two
years ago must have deduced their political
economy from the editorials of The Ners
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

Mr. G. II. Winfield of Orange as temporary
Chairman. This was, as the result proved
presently, movement in favor of Tam
many. After Mr.. Winfield had made his
little speech, Mr. j. b, Haskin said that as the
last Democratic State Convention decided that
the Tammany delegation were the only repre-
sentatveS of the Democrats of this city, he
offered resolution giving their seats
to the delegates of that Organiza-
ton. Upon this resolution he called
the previous question and was sustained
by the Chair. The yeas and nays were ordered
ard the resolution passed. So the Mozart and
Mckeon Delegations were left TO grind
their teeth in outer darkness. The Kings
County delegates, headed by Tunis q.
Bergen, were also admitted. The permanent
organization was then made with MIR. j. Nj.
Humphrey of Erie as Chairman. No resolu'
tons have yet been adopted, but if the speech OF
the Chairman foreshadowS their character
they will maintain the right OF the
Southern States "tO resume their proper re-
lations with the General Government in then
own way, will oppose Negro Suffrage or any
interference with the question by Congress, anc
will insist upon the taxation of property in Ma
tional securities. The Convention adjourned tC
to-day. when the nominations for State officers
| will be made.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07
THE CENSUS AGAIN.

Our City Supervisors seem to follow the con-
venient theory that when the laws do not suit
them special laws should be made. Because
the census of Mr.. Secretary Depew did not
carry out the estimates OF that OF Mr. Marshal
Rynders, taken ten years ago, some OF our
Democratic newspapers began to howl and
shout and cry" fraud" Well, the difference
was very marked, especially when we consider
what manner of man Mr.. RyDders il, and the
manner Of man we have in Mr.. Depew. Mr..
Rynders being a disciple of the philosophy that
labors to extract the largest number of votes
from the smallest given number of voters, he
made as much of Democratic New-lork az
possible, and ran up a good show for all future
appointments. Mr.. Depew went over his
work. and not following Rynders's philosophy,
arrived at safer and more accurate
results. These, however, did not satisfy Mr..
Supervisor Tweed who addresses letter to
Mr.. Depew, and endeavoring to back his de-
mand by calling in The TRIBUNE offers to have
new census taken by his Board. So far as we
are concerned Mr.. Tweed Is right in saying that
we desired an invcstgation-not what he pro-
posed exactly, but a general scrutiny, an exam
nation of Ggures-corrccting errors aud doing
Justice TO all. We did not care about having
Mr.. Tweed and his Supervisors going over New
York on the Rynders plan and giving Ryndcrs
results. The census as it stands is fair-it has
no more mistakes than any other human work.
. tod ttshn md,
but we do not want new enumeration from
Mr.. Tweed.
The letter of Mr.. Depew is plain and explicit.
He is an officer of the law and must obey the
law. The Constitution fixes ways and means
for State enumeration, and these ways and
means he has observed. The Secretary of State
appoints his agents-and takes their work sworn
to under oath There his labor ends. He may
ask them to rectify errors where they are mani
fest but beyond this that sworn report is
supreme. lie merely reports it to the Legis-
lature He cannot appoint new enumerators.
If he were to allow Mr.. Tweed to 90 over the
whole city and make an enumeration, that
gentlcman's report would be Of no more value
in legal sense, than that of reporter for
morning newspaper. This being Mr.. De-
pew's position, he explains very clearly what
he has done to make the census perfect. Not
wthstanding the hullaballoo of our Copperhead
papers but one complaint has been made from
New.York. The difficulties Of taking census
are great. AS Mr.. Depew says " Officers of the
draft and revenue have 80 frequently and re-
Gently canyasscd the State that many people
seem to regard the man with book and pencil
as q natural enemy" If any of our Copper.
head friends are not fully enumerated it is be-
cause they treated the ccnsus-taier treated
the Assessor and Provost Notwithstanding false
returns or keeping out Of the way. We by no
means make this as a charge. But tits the only
argument We can imagine on the other side that
has any plausibility. We are satisfied that Mr..
Depew has done his duty, and especially in
keeping out of the company of NJ. Tweed aud
his Supervisors.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

1.-THE Democratic party have been foremost In up
holding the credit OF the Federal Government"
Albany Argus.
Why then is this same party, through its
organs, assailing the credit of the Government
Why did it sneer at every measure OF Mr..
Chase, and, particularly, dcnounce the payment
of interest on National loans in National money
And why does that same party now hold up TO
CONTEMPT and scorn every owner Of National
bond as an aristocrat, coming his money OUT vi
the blood of the people.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

A Coppcrhead journal calls on the Democrats
TO the rescue. The wealthy masses are trying
to crush the poor ma SEES. Universal Suffrage
they treat as mockery in their deliberate at
tempts to ovorrule it by ohicane." Dreadful
Sound the alarm 70 the rescue! Universal
Suffrage mockery! Heaven forbid. We de-
mand it, aud our Democratic friends oppose 1t.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

They want it for men who have certain colors
of complexion. We say, away with color-no
test but manhood and labor. AS long as the
boot is on one leg, the Democrats chirp about
constitutional rights and duties. But when
they fancy it pinches their own, they arouse the
country to the danger.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

The Thomas NJ. Key, running rs Demo-
CRITIC candidate for some office in Ohio, Is not
tbe Moor Kew dismissed from Hallecks staff
for disloyal conversation. Thomas Nj. Key was
a colonel on McClclan's staff, and was that
Generals particular friend and champion. lie
left the army when Mcclellan did.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07
NEWS OF THE DAY.
FOREIGN NEWS.

A late number Of the MatamoraS Monitor an
noupces the arrival Of Gen Beourcs0lG al Vera Cruz
Fbe Liberals on the border are again recruiting large
foroe and several forces OF Imperasts have recently
bsen attacked and driven back by the Liberals
At ball given at Brownsville in honor Of Maxnlians
Minister Con Steele is said 70 have toasted the En-.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

M.C.R.is informed that one who writes to an
editor on matters Of public or general and whholds
hi, name fespecsy II he f. soliciting favor ud llkiug Of
bi, perfect confidence" 81 that editors ability, Judgment
Lc seems hard comprehension The rae That IN anony
nous writer If nn attempting TO stab m The darh' 10
unworthy Of attention Is which journalists have found by
,onv eYpedeuce 10 admit Of scarcely Al exception.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

Book reviews. literary items and the proceed
ings of the Board of Supervisors at their la t
session will be found Oh the sixth and seventh
pages Of to-day's paper.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07
Terms OF the TTibunr.
To (orrcsDOuilCufS.

No rotce ran he taken O. Arouympu, communications;
Wbsteyer I. intended insertion must d" anentlcaea
h., m. name ana address Of The wrei' Necessarily Io'
pnbicssou but a. a fOl ms 1000 iai'. mi,
An business letters this obce oui &c aides'edo Ane
TRBrNE," New-fork. ...;...
W. cannot undertake return re- sted touhehca'lonA
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-09-07

The Democratic STATE Convent on met yes
.srlsy at Albany and organized ~ choosing