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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09
The Causes Of Power.

The Cincinnati newspapers. in discuss
ing the philosophy of the resent elec
tions, have arrived at the conclusion that
the overthrow of the Democratic part,
is due to the active exertions OF the
mechanics. When they are apathctic
the election is pretty sure TO be carried
by the Democratic party. 1t is aptly
suggested that if the Democracy in Ohio
had succeeded last year, Cincinnati
would now be overlooked 10y the borders
of hostile Confederacy, capital and
trade would be taking flight, and city
property collapse" Philadelphia is
even a stronger instance than Cincinnati.
That city is pre- eminently the home Of
the manufacturers and mechanics.--
They control its elections, and according
as they are active or quiet the elections
go. They took Philadelphia from the
Copperheads in the beginning of the war,
and Notwithstanding n temporary re.
pulse in 1862, have held il since. They
saw that the war was identified with
their best interests. It's failure would
have degraded labor. The great me.
tropolis of Pennsylvania would have
been on the borders of n hostile Con
federacy, and the vast interest of the
State would have been destroyed.
The strength of the old Democratic
party consisted in the alliance it formed
with the manufacturers and mechanics
The brawny arm was the emblem of its
power and now when every vestigc Of
devotion to labor and manhood has
vanished, the brawny arm remains. 1t
is said that the banished Bourbons who
live at Rome and in private dwellings on
the Thames practice all the forms of
royalty, and hang the feur de-lis around
their drawing rooms and parlor walls
The Democratic party is as much the
champion of labor as the Bourbons are
the rulers of France. Their alliance
with labor was dissolved when they be.
came the slaves of Slavery. They have
been true to that second friendship.
They served their master with restless
and INSCRIPTIONS energy. When South
ern capital demanded that the labor OF
the North should be destroyed that
Southeren Slavery might have control
of the markets of the world, the Demo
cratic party relaxed its brawny arm, and
made war upon protection. Iron,
coal, lumber, must all be sacrificed to
propitate the electoral votes of the
Cotton States. For the time this sub
serviency escaped the eye Of the labor
ing classes, but eventually The degrade.
tion was apparent and they rebelled
The real strength of the Republican
party-the cause Of its successful de
fense OF the Union through good and evil
report-arose from its sympathy with
labor and manhood. That is why it is
strong to day 1t will continue strong so
long as it manifests this sympathy. The
manufacturer knows that when English
capital makes an assault upon Am erican
industry, he may depend upon votes Of
the Republican party to protect him -
The mechanic saw when the Democracy
proposed to make purchasable negro
his rival at the forge and the loom, the
Republican party destroyed Slavery.
It's mission is TO advance the interests
that the manufacturer and mechanic re-
present. SO long as it remains true 70
that mission it will remain powerful
" y Tribune
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

The September reports to the Freed
mems Bureau show q continually de
creasing number Of those receiving ra.
tions from the government There are
more than "a 900 freedmen in the district
comprising Washington. Alexandria.
DC, out of which number only o64 sick
and destitute were fed at Government
expense Many Of those are wives and
children Of colored soldiers killed or
disabled in the service of the country.
In the Department Of Tennessee and
Kentucky, there were 979 persons sub
sisted by the Bureau September goth
at present there are none.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09
DIR. Snow adds !:

The causes of cholera arc, first. the
mysterious atmospheric condition Of
which we have spoken, and second.
local conditions of filth and impure air.
The disease cannot prevail without the
combined presence Of these two causes.
The first cause is beyond human control:
il advances and recsdes in obedience To
the laws of which we know nothing; il
crosses continents and oceans As freely
as the winds of heaven, and it would be
as reasonable to attempt to control the
movements of the east wind, as to con
troll the movements or this cause of
cholera by quarantine restrictions. But
the second cause of cholera, and without
which the first would be comparatively
powerless for evil, is, to a very great eN
tent, within our control, and here Is
where our duty lies.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

The rebel State Of Georgia owes four
teen million, seven hundred and seventy
seven thousand, two hundred and seven
ty- four dollars and eighty five cents.
payable six months after q treaty of
peace has been ratified between the Con-
federate States and the United States of
America The Comptroller of the State
reports among the assets notes of Messrs
H. Bighsm, d Fl. Baldwin, Andrew Low.
A Wilbur and Warren Mitchell. with
interest, amounting 20 eight hundr ed and
nine hundred thousand dollars, The
above notes are payable in Confederate
treasury notes
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09
THE CHOLERA.
The Disease Not Contagious-.Its Depend.
encn on Atmospheric cConditiOns-Useless-
ness of Quarantine.

In a report made by DR. Edwin NJ
Snow, of Providence, Rhode Island, to
the Board of Alderman of that city, the
doctor says:
So far as the city of Providence is
concerned. if quarantine regulations
were of any value, they would be useless
here while we have communication a
dozen times daily with New York and
other cities but there is no principle
more certainly established in the minds
of all intelligent observers of the dis
ease than that quarantine regulations are
absolutely and utterly useless TO prevent
the introduction and spread of Asiatic
cholera
The cholera cannot prevail as an cpl
demic without The presence of certain
mysterious condition of the atmosphere
Of this atmospheric condition little is
known; but it is known that its presence
or absence IS not affected or regulated in
the slightest possible degree by quaran-
tine measures. Vessels may have the
cholera on board, and may land the sick
on our shores, but the disease will never
become epidemic. nor spread among the
people, until that mysterious atmospheric
condition is presented But that atrnos-
pheric canse may come and be pres
ent, and the disease may spread
epidemically, without any connection
with the arrival of vessels from ports
where the disease exists.
II not single vessel should arrive in
our ports during the next five years il
would not make single days difference
in the presence or absence Of the cholera
as an epidemic.
The doctrine stated so positively in
the document from the United States
Legation at Constantinople, that cholera
is contagious, is equally opposed to the
opinions of physicians and others who
have seen the disease, and is calculated
TO work most serious injury, il fully
believed, in any community where the
disease exists. If the cholera WAS actu-
ally contagious, in the ordinary accep-
ton Of the term panic would exist,
and it would be difficult to obtain nurses,
or medical attendance for the sick But
no intelligent medical observer Of the
disease in This country. IT the present
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

Pity millions year-that Is about
what New England pays in internal rev
enue taxes TO the Govsrnmeut-the ex.
act figures are e47 $50. .560.-and OF tha,
amount Massachusetts pays e26, ,752,S ,S35.
Pretty we'll, thinks local paper, for a
section which Horatio Seymour and hi
set proposed To leave out In the co'a
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

In an article entitled IAN Hour in the
Freedmen's Court" the Richmond Times
says: 8 We saw enough Of this court 10
convince US it was conducted on strict
principle. of justice and equity. II simi
lar tribunals throughout the country arc
similarly conducted, the Freedmen =
Court will soon be everywhere recog
nized as a wise and benedceut institution.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

day, believes that cholera is contagious.
l nave, myself, in two epidemics of
cholera in this country, seen great
number of cases of the disease, and
have carefully observed and studied its
causes and progress, and l may say, in
common with many others who have
made similar observations, that re ksosr
that cholera Is MOI conto9ioas.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

Nor is the end yet. At the great fair in
Chicago last summer, an enterprising
gentleman invited Abe to attend He
had colored photographs of the old hero
struck off, and sold $4,000 worth for
the benefit of poor and sick soldiers
Has not the American eagle done its
part: K.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-11-09

The unkindest cut of all to James
Buchanan, who served the Southern
traitors with servility unsurpassed in
the history of the country. is given in a
late letter of Hon. Kenneth Raynor to
DR.. VIM Elder, of Washington, Ray
nor puts his deliberate opinion on record
thus:
Il must say that l regard James Bu-
chauan "a more responsible for the dis
asters and horrors of the last four years
than any man in the nation. The peo
pie of the south had very kindly feelings
for him. In fact, he was more popular
with the ultra men Of the South. on &C
count OF his conDivance at the Kansas
outrages, his dogmas about having no
power to coeree a state. etc. than he
was with the Union men. 4 remon- :
strace from him, warning. q declaration
that he must maintain the authority OF
the Government and see that the LAWS
were executed-this. coming from a
friend. would have induced the seces-
sionists to pause and consider. at least,
ii would have given confidence To the
Union element of the South. It would,
in nv opinion, have averted the conflict
But he stood still and did nothing.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25
n1 JOHN 9. WHITTIER.

BY JOHN g. WHITTIER.
It is done!
ClAne Of bell and roar Of gun
Send the tidings up and down.
How the bel1fies rock and reel,
How the great guns. peal on peal,
Fling the joy from town to town!
Ring. O bells!
Every stroke exulting tells
OF the buYial.h0ur Of crime.
LoId and long that all may hear,
Ring FOR every listening eAr
Oi Eternity and Ttmel
Let as kneel:
Gods own voice is in that peel,
And This spot 10 holy ground.
Lord forgive us! What are We,
That our eyes this glory see,
That Cur ears have heard tee sound
For the Lord
On the whirlwind is abroad;
In the earthquake He has spoken:
He mas smltiep with his thunder
t The iron walls asunder,
A0d the gates Of brass are broken!
@ Loud and long.
Lift the old exultiDg song:
Sing with Miriam by the sea
He hath cast the mighty down:
6orSe and rider sink and drown:
He hath triumphed Hlorioasly!
gli Did we dare
In our agony of prayer
ASK for more than He has done?
When was ever His right hand
Over any time or land
Stretched as now beneath the sun!
How they pale,
Z Ancient myth and song, and tale,
In this wonder Of our days,
When the cruel rod Of war
Blossoms white and riRhteOus law.
And the wrath Of man ID praise
va s Blotted ont!
f AL within and all about
Shah 4 fresher life begin;
Freer breathe the universe
1I AS It rolls his heavy curse
,rs On the deaG and buried sin!
Il 10 done!
IN the circuit Of the sun
Shall the sound thereof 20 forth.
- shall bid the sd rejoice,
n It shall give the dumb q voice,
1t shall belt with joy the earth!
Ring and swing
Bells Of Joy on m0rning'o wing
Send the song ef praise abroad:
With q sound OF broken chains
5 Tell the nations that He reigns
Who alone is Lord and God!
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

A lady writing TO the I,,slependent the
bill in Missouri, dropped the following lit
tie moroccan of prose- poetry and sentiment:
~ Last Eight was q still, white night. The
snow lay over all this Southern land. and
moonlight on the snow. It was . meet
'adoYning Of our beautiful Missouri for the
eve Of her bridal with Freedom. We sang
4s.s,3orY Halleiuiah p
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

tekally mixt,) reflex the stait NV mind Nv
tie Democracy Of this section.
Heart-sick, weary, alone, bruised.
Gone up, hayed, skinned, hung out.
Smashed. pulverized, shivered, scatter
Physikt, puked, bled, blistered.
| Sich is Democracy!
Alone / sit, Like Maries, among tho
rockins!
Alone sit and cuss, and this ia nv cuss.
Cussed be Calhoun. for he interdoost us
to that painted hs1lot, Stait Rights, who
seduced us.
| Cussed be Peerse, who consented to the
Nebrasky bill, which husiid us.
Cussed be Bookhanan, who favored Le-
compton, which peeled US.
| Cnssed be Breckinrige, who woodent
support Dnglas, and elected Linkin. which
gave our Post Oritices to Ablishiniste.
become suddenly insane, and wildly go to
trusten out postage stamps to Dimek rats
Cussed be Grant and Sheridan, and Rose.
GRANGE, for they are dun fer Democracy.
| Cussed be them az went in the armv
Dlmekrats, and cum out ablishnists.-
(Which is epidemic)
| Cussed be Vellandigham, which went a
prectisin law, levin me in the Dimocracv
bissness alone, without any cappytile to
run on.
/ (sPEsHLY HoT.)
Cussed he Sherman, fer he took Atlanta
And he marched through the Konfed-
risy, and he respected not the feelins Nv
any body.
His path was like Moses, lit with pillars
OF fire and smoke, OILY the FIRE and smoke
wuz behind him.
His path is a desert-lo the voice Of the
shanghai is heerd not in all The land.
/ And the people Of the South lift up their
| voices and weep, because their niggers are
not.
And he took Savannah and cotton
enough to have satisfied Bookhsnan's cab~
met.
And he turns his eyes toward Charleston
ard is surely thinkin Nv Richmond.
He star.eth with three score Thousand hnt
| stoppeth With three score and len.
The wind blcweth where ne listeth-he
Gsteth where be goeth.
As the loadstone is to steel, SO is his
steel to the Georgia nigger-it drAweth on
him.
Who will save Us from the fury Of this
Sherman?
johnson he beat, Hood he fooled, and
Wheeler he fogged.
Lee wood do il, but he's hol0in Grant,
and cant let so nv him.
So he cavorts as he wills, like yearlin
70 ule with d chestnut bur under his TAIL
Bitter in the mouth of Dimecrat il quiz
nine, bitterer is gall, but moro. bitteyer is
Federal victorye.
We hev bin fed on victories lately, and
our stomach turns.
Played out is Davis, and Dimccracy has
foIered suit.
The Dimocracy is turnin war men-they
ere bowin The knee to Link un.
Voorhees, will yet be B1igadeer. And
Vallandygnm win yet cry aloud fer war
nv extermirashun, and Fernandy Wood
will howl fer drafts.
Fer John Browns body lies all moulder-
ing in the grave, and his soul is marching
on.
! amt the rose nv Shercn, nor the lily
NV the valley m the last nv the Hopper
beds!
] bilt my political howse en- sand-it has
fell, and Pm under i!s ruins.
Nv poilytcks wash my hands, shake
its last orr my few remainin garmence.
PETRoLEUN ". NAsBY,
Lait Pnster nv the Church nv he Moo Dis
pensashen. a6
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

The New York Amsi..Slavery ssantlurd
agrees with Mr.. Garrison in advising the
dissolution Of the ant;-slavery societies.
because slavery is virtually dead. and
mast be legally so in few months. Phil-
lips wants to keep the societies together to
90 in for the enfranchisement Of women,
under his Iced.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

f A letter from st. Petersburg, in An Eng
lish paper, mentions an extraordinary at
fair which lately occurred in the tp1n o1
iO1el, in Russia. A great local land.owneI
had : large snm (foTty-three thousand sill
yer ronblesl to receive through the police
Office Of that town. On applying for the
amount he was told that the money could
not be handed over to him unless he pre-
sented the ofice with five thousand silver
roubles. He refused, and Immediately re-
ported the case to st. Petersburg, and the
money was. paid over to him. But on the
smoking in his study, u lond ring was
heard ii the bell. The servant on OPEN
ing the door Was instantly pinioned, and
four men, their faces covered with black
Grape, rushed into the room. The land
owner asked them what they wanted ;
they plainly told hum he must hand over
his torty-three thousand renbles. With
the greatest coolness he went over to his
strong box, opened it, seized revolver,
which was laid on top shelf; and shot two
OF the robbers dead, the other two taking
TO their heels. He then sent for assistance,
the police, de-, and on the Grape being re-
moved from the faces Of the dead men they
were recognized az the head of the police
and his secretary. The body Of the former
mas been removed to Nice for interment.
{ ST. Louis 10 DE LEFT INLAND.-The St.
Lou,s Press learns that . wager Of $500 Q
side was made in Alton last week that II
the rise in the river is az great this spring
as 1t Was In 1858, the Mississippi would
nreak through into Long Lake, opposite
the mouth OF the Missouri, and thus leave
ST. louis eleven miles from tneriver. The
gentleman who offered the bet is the own
or OF the land which is being cnt through
BY the current Of the Missouri, and he
states that . quarter Of mile breadth cf
Land only is left az barrier,
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

!. President Lincoln attended Bishop Simp-
pn's lecture on our 'sNati0nal Conflict
y Warrington, the other night. The Bish-
Alifornia gold, the invention Of the tele-
Nph, Improvements in ordnance, and
Tany other solid things, as special provi-
oences designed BY Deity to help US thro'
Nlth the National Conflict" foreseen and
IMPAIRED for by him. After the Bishop was
through, Mr.. Lincoln walked up, shook
nands and addressed him thus: "bishop,
tnAt was good lectures very good lee
.ose; bat one thing you omitted. Among
=. an your special .Providences. you never
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25


There has hardly ever happened, in the
history of the world, moro dreadful inci-
dent than that in Philadelphia, when three
thousand barrels Of coal oil, stored in q
yard, took FIRE in the micdle of u dark
stormy night. It il thus described in the
Philadelphia Bulletin
This morning 1t about half.past two o..
clock, q fire broke out among this Oil, and
The flames spread through greater part o!
it.with almost az much rapidity as though
it had been gunpowder.s About 2, 900 barr
rels Of the iafammable1 were soon
ablaze, and sending mp into the sky huge
column. Of fame. The families in the
neighborhood5sp from their beds and
without stopping to secure even .. single
article OF clothing. rushed into the streets,
which were covered with snow and slush.
Those that were most prompt to escape
from their threatened homes got of with
their lives; but those nearer the spot where
the confagration first commenced, and
who were not prompt to escape from their
homes, we're met by q terrible scene. The
hlaIing oil that escaped from the burning
barrels poured over into Ninth street and
down to Federal, filling the entire street
upon both sides Of Ninth street, for two
squares, and carrying devastation into
Washin9ton, Ellsworth and Federal
streets, both above and below Ninth street.
An eyewitness who was upon the spot
when the oil poured out in the street, de-
scribes the fierce body Of flame ~ resem-
Ding 2 screw In its progress; it first
Wh1rled mp Ninth street, and then the fiery
torrent rushed down the street for q dis
lance Of two squares, and then back again
at the caprice Of the wind, destroying all
living things that came in its way, burn.
ing dwellings and their contents q though
toey were 20 much straw, and even split
ing into fragments the paving stones In the
street with the intense heat. Fully Eve
squares of houses, had been placed in q
row, were on fire at once. and the scene
Vas one to make the stouteet heert onsil.
People escaping their blazing homes. VIII
70 covering but their night. clothes: m.
rents seeing their children, and terrified
little ones looking for safety in the horrid
turmoil, were AL dreadful enough; but
their were still more terrible scenes Wit
nesssd. Men, women and children were
itArally roasted alive in the streets.
This event should warn people every.
where Of the dan0erous indammabilitv a.
Petroleum. It burns like the ssmines Of
sulphur" flows like water, and Greek fire
ita II is not more unmanageable. People
whowould be sleepless with terror if in the
vicinity Of vast magazines Of RunpoWder
man unprotected condition, are quite COM
placent residents in the neighbOrhood of
lmmense stores of petroleum. In the
hearts Of many Of our great cities, this ex.
plosive oil is piled by the thousand bar.
rels. The Philadelphia calamity serves
notice upon all concerned Of what be ex.
peCted. sss4
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

Richmond papers say the manner in
tSaNcn tWSacn the Clay statue has been defaced
mere. il shameful.
The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-25

BUYING GOLD MAKES ONE REEL
There is instruction and example in the
following incident narrated to US by q
Pennsylvania friend.
. An honest Schuylkil county German
merchant, who had been prospered and
had accumulated more money than he
could employ as capital in his business,
came to potriotic banker in Philadelphia
and said:
II have got some moneys, and I want
why, Schultz. what do you want gold
for? That is NIT thing you sell in Your
store.'' hs.gs
ST knows dat-but want to make some
money on de rise Of gold. Beoples say it is
going up, and tink may make to1 o1sand
dollars"
"schultz, you dear old fellow, don't you
know that if you buy gold you will be a
mop said Schultz, with tone Of re-
sentiment in his wonder.
Suppose you buy $4,000 Of gold. Sup
pose that some morning you read in the
papers in big letters: sTerrible disaster to
the Union cause! Grants army routed
and deetr0yedM The Rebels marching on
Washington!!p'
II should say dat was tam pad news"
excitedly interrupted the German.
B eyes, but wouldn't you say right OF dis
however, will put up gold-pad for the Un-
lon cause, tam pad, but It is goot for my ten
thousand? Don't you see, Schultz, that
in buying gold yon instantly make the in-
you bribe yourself to wish them to sue. sue.
Eceed, and to wish your country and your
countrymen to fail! And if theke unholy
desires, Schultz, don't define a rebel. there
Is no language to define one. Don't you
see that buying gold inevitably turns hon
EST, patriotic men like you away from the
cause which they ought 10 support, and
which they think they do support; but
which they cannot support because they
have made it for their interest not 10 sup.
1ow?'' q
''Be shure do" said the honest man,
with gravity Of manner and humility !;
''.and I ax pardon Of the war. Put de
whole OF dat in seven-thirties. My money
goes NIT my PRINCIPLES. w = Tribune.
Not IN THE was q scene
behind the scenes in the amateur Hamlet
performances, which our dramatic critics
failed to mention. The Eaertes Of the
evening was accompanied to the theatre
Of few years and full Of mischief, who, af.
ter assisting his master to dress and gazing
for few moments at the novel surrounds
ings, went to sleep and slumbered soundly
until the noise and confusion of the death
scene awakened him. At tnat moment
Hamlet was pushing Laertes 70 the last
ditch, with such vigor that Americanized
young Africa, not understand the me-
cessities Of the play, conceived the idea
that his masters life was in danger. He,
started up suddenly, ffantically pulled his
cap-a fur cap-over his ears, seized q MON
key wrench which happened to be lying
near, and was about to transform thetrag-
edy into farce, when the manager sAizea
him and compelled him to witness, with
eyes distended in 1t Of speechless horror
the nntimely taking off Of the amateur
Lnertes.-GN. Cp7nnaeTclGF,