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The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15
Speech of Henry Ward Beecher.

Rev Henry Ward Beecher addressed
an immense meeting in the Academy Of
Music, Brooklyn, n. Y, Monday even
ing, Oct. 18th.
In opening his speech he laid down the
following as the things necessary to be
done in reeonstructing the Union:
First The utter destruction of slavery,
root and branch, which has been the
fundamental cause of national discord,
treason, and war.
Second, The purgation of the Consti-
tuition of all influences derived from
slavery, and the purgation of the laws
and civil courts of all customs aud pro-
ceedings derived from slavery or infected
with it.
9hird The readjustment of the sun
dered political relations of the States,
long in the condition of suspended ami
nation.
Fourth. The security, the education,
and the enfranchisement of the negro
population, happily now made free.
FIFTH. The establishment of good
will anli eordiality among alienated citi-
zens; the revival of the sentiment of
unity in national life; the renewal of
enterprise. industry, and commerce,
which, like the circulation of the blood
in the body, places the whole nation
under the influence Of one common.
central, vital life.
Some might be inclined, perhaps, to
add a sixth head to the duties of to day,
namely. our foreign relations, and their
adjustment, but SO long as we are at
peace at home, we have no foreign re-
lations.
AT a stage he said:
But l have great faith in the honor
and the good intention of the South, and
| am not ashamed to say that my heart
goes out to them. l am not ashamed,
when ten years shall have passed away,
to have it understood that there was one
man here, and he an abolitionist Of the
darkest dye, who, after the war was all
over, had a yearning for that part of the
country also, and who was sorry for their
SOTTOWS auu tuelT MISTAKES, ana VINO,
although indignant at their crimes and
as eager as any one to vindicate judg
ment and Government during the war,
yet yearned at its close for their restora-
tion as part of the Union, and believed
every honorable mans mind and inten-
tion who pledged in that matter.
Not that he would leave the restora-
ton to be accomplished without law, but
that he would so surround the necessary
legal enactments with testimonies Of
sympathy and kindness rs to make in the
South beginning of that public senti-
ment which maintains and makes opera
tive all living laws. This is my faith
and my heresy."
Mr.. Beecher closed by expressing his
belief that it was necessary to give the
testimony of the North now with vol
ume, vastness, and decisiveness that
shall admit Of no misunderstanding, and
that when they who represent the people
again take their places it shall be with
all the North behind them and inGorsing
them.
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A Righteous Judge,

The extract below is from charge
recently delivered to the Grand Jury
of Henrieo county (Richmond) Virgin
ia, by Judge Christian, of the Circuit
Court:
And now having instructed you to
present all offenses committed by freed
men within the jurisdiction of this court,
| should be recreant to my plainest duty
and the high responsibilities of my po-
sition if L failed to remind you that it is
also your sworn duty to present all Often
ses committed against them. You will
remember, gentlemen, that these people
are not clothed by our laws and Consti-
tuition with certain civil and personal
rights which you and l, in administering
the laws of the land, are bound to recog-
nize and respect And while we hold
them amenable to our laws, We must at
the same time afford them the protection
of the laws in all the rights of person
and property which have been conferred
upon them. They have become free
without anv agency of their own. Du-
ring the long and bloody struggle
through which we have passed, the re
markable spectacle vas exhibited, with
out a parallel in history, of a serylle race,
in many sections largely outnuInbering
the dominant race, not passive specta-
tors of the mighty struggle IL which
they were taught to believe their hber
ties were involved, but in many instances
exhibiting singular fidelity TO the mas
ter, So that the wife and the daughter,
the mother and the sister of the Conted-
ate soldier were often left to the care
and protection of the faithful slave. We
must admit that the horrors of the re
cent war, full of horror and crime as it
was, full of deeds and dark and damning
atrocity and outrage upon humanity and
civilization. would have increased a
thousand fold if the fires of insurrec-
ton had been lighted up throughout our
land, and the brutal passions of servile
race let loose upon ihe weak and help
less. But nowhere did the docile and
faithful slave lift his hand against his
master, but maintained a passive specta.
tor to the end Of the great strue gle, and
only accepted freedom when it was for
ced upon him. Having thus become free
without any agency of their own, butby
the inevitable logic of events, they
strongly appeal to US, the dominant
race, their former masters, for protection
in the rights which their new condition
has conferred upon them. Let us cheer
fully and heartily accord to them shat
protection in all their civil and personal
rights
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A Noble Negro Boy.

The following incident in the fatal
collision of the Niagara with the Post
boy, on the Mi.sippi, was related to me
by an eye witness:
The two steamers struck, and the Nj
agara Immediately careened and began
to sink. The widest CONSERVATION was
at once universal Ladies rushed to and
fro with piercing screams, imploring the
men to help them. But no means seem
ed on hand, and each sought his individ-
ual rescue.
AT this fearful moment negro boy
one of the crew-was seen quietly lash
ing a long and stout rope around his
body, at the other end tying a stick of
wood in its center.
Instantly, with this apparatus, he
threw himself into the river. Turning
upon his back, the stick, drifted to the
ropes end; and, calling upon two ladies
who stood upon the edge of the boat
one with a child in her arms-he urged
them to spring, and catch either end Of
the stick. Horror stricken, they hcsita-
ted. The negro lay calmly on the waves,
and, in tones of confidence, told them it
was their only hope, insisting that he
would carry them safely to the shore. For
another instant they hesitated; but, gath
ering courage from his self-possession,
and realizing that it was their last mo
ment. they took the leap, and both sue
ceeded in grasping the stick. Turning
quickly, to prevent their seizing him,
the heroic fellow struck out, with strong
muscles, for the land The rapid current
was well nigh resstless; but be wrestled
manfully with his burden. The energy
of despair kept them to their hold, and
at length their feet touched the bottom
3oth ladies with the clinging little one,
were saved Many witnessed this feat.
1t exhibited not only cool, nnparallel
ed bravery, but was wholly uninterested,
as both ladies were strangers. 1t should
be added. that the boy left his own trunk,
with his best clothing, and three hundred
dollars III money to sink with the wreck.
T Rev. j. ". Aluord
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General William SchouIer and General
B r. Butler

General William Schouler, formerly
editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. and now
Adiutant General in Massachusetts, is
out in letter against General b. f. But
Ter. He says that he is Republican,
but he Garnet vote for Butler, because
he is pledged to impeach the President.
General Schouler, in his letter, says:
The President will decline to be de-
posed. and he will call upon the army
and navy to support him. Congress
will call upon the militia to support Con
gress Tue issue is made partizan-
The heat becomes every moment intense.
People divide politically; the militia hes
itates: the army hesitate which authority
to acknowledge. This breeds dissen-
sion, fight takes place, blood is shed =
Who can see the end of it? Who can
count the cost?
And yet it is to produce this condition
of affairs that we are to send General
Butler to Congress. l beg to be excused
Should Andrew johnson or any success
sor of his ever commit acts which would
make Impeachment necessity, l have
faith that Congress would meet the ext
gency in proper form and in n right
spirit; but save me from being a party
to sending. year in advance. 4 repre-
sentative pledged to Impeachment, and
who labors under the deIusion that he is
appointed under God to act the part.
am also opposed to the election of Gen
eral Butler because have most devo-
ted regard for General Grant. l be-
lieve in him l hope and believe that
he will be candidate of all true patri
otic men for the President two wears
hence. He is our best and hrayest and
should have our highest place. 1t is
said and believed he has no more bitter
enemy than General Butler, aud it is also
believed that one of the reasons next to
the impeachment which General Butler
has to get into Congress; is to head of
General Grant and uncork the bottle in
which General Grants reports placed
him for the part he acted at Bermuda
Hundred, and his failure to act at Fort
Fisher"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15
How Much Makes a Man Rich Z?

ssTo be rich" said Mr.. Marcy, for
merIy Secretary of State, requires only
a salts factory condition of mind. One
NAV be rich with hundred dollars,
while another in the possession of mil
lions. NAV think himself poor; and if
necessities of life are enjoyed by each,
it is evident that the man who is best
/ satisfied with his possession Is the rich
est.
To illustrate this idea Mr.. Marcy re
| lated the following aueedote:
While l was Governor of the State of
New York, said he, | was called upon
| one morning, at my office, by a rough
specimen of backwoodsman who stalk
ed in and commenced by inquiring if
this was Mr. Marcy
I told him that was my name.
Billy Marcy ? said he.
l nodded assent.
Used to live in Southport didn't YEP
answered in the affirmative, and be-
| gan to feel little curious to know who
nv visitor was, and what he was dri-
wing at.
That's what 1 told EN- cried the
| backwoodsman, bring his hand down
upon his thigh with tremendous force
L told 'em you was the same Bill Marcy
who used to live in Southport; but they
| wouldn't believe it, and l promised the
next time l came to Albany, to come and
see YOU, and find olt for sartin- Why,
you know me, don't yon Bill 2
did not exactly like to ignore his
acquaintance altogether, but for the life
of me, could not recollect having seen
him before; and so replied that he had
a familiar countenance, but that l was
II ~ l..
NV name is Jack Smith, answered
the backwoodsman, and we used to 20
to school thirty years ago, in the red
schoolhouse in Southport. Well, times
has changed since then, and you have
become great man, and got rich, /
suppose
contradict the impression, when he
broke in
sOh yes you are, / know you are rich;
no use denying it. you was comptroller
for-for long time; and the next time
we heard of you, you were Governor.
You must have had heap of money,
and am glad of it-glad to see you
getting along SO smart. You was al
ways a smart lad at school, and l knew
YOU would come to something.
l thanked him for his good wishes
and opinion, and told him that political
life did not pay as well as he imagined
4 suppose, said I, fortune has smiled
upon you since you left Southport
'Oh, yes,' said he, 1 haint got moth
ing to complain of. l must say I have
got along right smart. You see, shortly
after you left Southport, our whole fam
lily moved up into Vermont, and put
right into the Woods, and / reckon our
family cut down more trees and cleared
more land than any other in the whole
State
And so you have made good thing
of it. How much do you consider your
self WORTH I asked. feeling little Gu
rious to know what he considered a
fortune, as he seemed to be satisfied
with his.
W en,' he replied, I don't know how
much l am worth; but think (straight-
ening himself up, il all my debts were
paid, | should be worth three hundred
dollars clear cash = He was rich for he
WAS satisfied
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15

KINGS AND PRINCES ON THE RETIRED
LIST. A German journal gives a list of
det hroned Princes who now live in diff
ferent parts Of Europe. First there is
Don Miguel, dethroned in 1880, who re
sides in Germany, having married a
German princess; next the Count de
Chambord, in exile since 1880. residing
generally in Austria. With him may be
joined the Orleanist Princes, who reside e
mostly in England Leopold and Fer
dinand of Tuscany, Francis V. of Mo
dena, and Robert of Parma. were driven
from their State in 1850 The first three
reside in Austria, the last in Switzerland
The following year Francis II. was sent
to increase the list of retired kings. In
1862 King Otho of Greece was driven
from his throne, King George of Han
over, the Elector Frederick William of
Hesse. the Duke Adolph of Nassau,
have just been added to the list which
may be further augmented by the addi-
ton of Prince Couzs, who now resides
, in Paris, and the Prince of Augusten-
berg, who lives in Bavaria
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15

I THE Boston Journals New York cor
respondent Gays of A. t. Stewart: "He
=. seldom looks at . subscription paper.
+. With him begging is at . distance. He
has little sympathy with vsgrancy. Men
and women who seek his presence seldom
gain much by an interview IL money is
the object. Indeed it is very dinheult to
gain access to him any way. He is in
tensely devoted to his business, and
works more hours, probably, than any
merchant in New York. He controls
, his own affairs with despotic sway. His
!, partners have no control over the bust
1. ness, but are interested merely in profits.
/; He buys and sells as he pleases without
consulting any one. but, on great oc.
casions, the donations OF Mr.. Stewart
are princely. He proposes now to devote
million, to build houses for the poor: If
the city refuses to give the site he will
still carry out his plan" The same
writer says Of Mr.. Astor: "Unlike Mr..
Stewart, William B. Astor is always ac-
cessible His rooms are on Prince street,
door or two from, Broadway. They
arc the same that were occupied by his
father. He has front and back Office,
where the business of his great estate is
carried on. The door is wide open be-
tween the two offices. A person asking
for Mr.. Astor is directed at once to the
rear room. Alta common desk, crowded
with papers, sits German looking man,
about seventy, heavy nodded, tall and
stout. His eyes, which are small with
an expression bordering on stupidity,
are fastened on the visitor, and Mr.
Astor waits his utterances. He wastes
no words. His answers are yes or no.
| with an air that admits Of no debate. All
the day long, from 10 to 5. Mr.. Astor sits
in his office and secs all corners. He is
master Of his business. He knows the
rent of every house. the duration of
every lease, the times and terms OF pay
ment, with every foot Of land. At 5
o'clock he rises, and with slow and
sluggish gait, turns into Broadway and
walks to Lafayette Place, where he re-
sides, for dinner -
He has two sons, John jacob and
William B., jr. These young men are in
business with their father. No bankers
in New York attend more closely TO their
| calling. They are modest, retiring. and
without afectation. John Jacob 10 tall,
large, heavily built, with sandy hair and
complexion, resembling his father. He
went to the field in 1861. and did good
| service for the National cause. William
B., jr., is tall and slim, with black hair.
Of genteel build, and i said 70 resem.
| BILE his mother.
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THE FAMILY.
LINES BY NJ. X. n.

LINES BY NJ. X. NJ
DAYS of youth, forever fed,
Flowers of summer faded now;
Scar tho Autumn leaf and dead,
Violets hidden meath the snow
Pale the cheeks of those once gay,
Hands crossed gently, gone to rest,
Golden locks have chang d to gray,
And folded wings are 'mong the blest.
Out on tn waves, from land,
We view a brighter, better shore,
Strive we hard to gain the strand.
Where we Will watch and weep no more
We catch tn strains of angel choirs,
We hear the harp's enhancing tone
We see the hands that strike th Tyres,
And gaze on each jeweied crown.
Fled are earth's sorrows and pain,
We're safe from the perels of lite,
The longiost we join again,
Farley over the oceans strife.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15

One of the greatest female heroes of
this country IS Miss Della Webstor, who
re ides in Trimhle county. Ky nearly
opposite Madison, Ind. Some years be-
fore the war she procured 6ne estate.
and made it her home. Being = strong
Aholitionist, she soon involved herself
in trouble on account Of the negro, and
since the abolition Of slavery. she con,
tinues in hot water on account of tho
same distinguished parsonage. Before
the war she desired to help as many of
them North as possible, and since tie
war she is anxious to educate them as
much as possible. She recentiy got to-
gethcr some lumber. which wac being
seasoned for a colorest school hoase.
which she was building ct her own ex-
pense. sssa
Accordingly, Last Thursday thesnar
barians of that county and vicinity set
FIRE to her barn and other outbuildings.
as we'll as to this lumber which she had
consecratcd to education and civiii-
zation.
This is about the twentieth time shc
has been served in that way. She has
had seventeen dwelling houses and four
barns destroyed from time to time by
her neighbors. Her farm produces an
immense crop Of blackberries, which her
neEhbors annually plumber, going % far
as to seize upon such as she succeeds in
gathering, on their way TO market. A
year ago last August they upset whole
load in the river. ,..s ss,gsss
But she holds on desperately. How
she stands all these losses we do not
know. But che is brave woman. whose
autobiography should be written, and
- = n h.a
bly, receive, q monument. 9 stee
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15

A young man named Smith who re-
sides in Wells county, Indiana, was en-.
gagged to a young lady in Michigan A
few days since he went to that State fol
the purpose of wedding her. After his
arrival in her native town she refused
most emphatically to marry him, and hs
was brought back raving maniac.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15

pounds No honors to the dead can
atone for neglect of the living, but honor
is all that remains now Let Scotland
be the purchaser Let her purify 1t
of its associations as a roadside Inn,
and make it shrine for his true lovers
foreyermore .-Iadepeadsnt.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15

The majority of General Logan, Of
Illinois, will be in the neighborhood Of
so 900, which is quite large enough for
all practical purposes. Tie Legislature,
on joint ballot, will stand politically q
follows: Republicans 76; Democrats 36.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-15
from the New York Mercury
MY NATIVE HOME.
BYs. McLAIs HARfEs-

II IS.
Give back to me my native home
Though low!y il may be,
I've never found a spot on earth
That's half SO dear TO me.
The stars in spiendor Ger me shine,
And friends are by TO cheer;
But memory takes me back again
To other SCIENCES more dear.
Far, far from home though | may roam,
'MiI scenes of pleasure bright,
And strangers smile along my way,
And cause me much delight,
Yet, still my memory brings me back
To youths delightful dream,
To tell now dear some cherished friend,
Who early crossed deaths stream.
Give back, give back those hills and vales'
And / shall cease 10 roam;
OIL give me back the friends of yo''th
And my beloved home;
Affection like chain doth bind
Me to that sacred spot
Ny home, my youth, nv early friends,
Can never be forgot.
MUTUAL, Ono
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II you wish TO recsllect mans name, 90 security
for his house rent. For keeping your Esmory fresh
there i nothing Ike it.
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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-06-29

Copperhead Democracy. 1t shows
just how the rebel press regard any
and all who fought for the suppress
sion of the rebellion. The only rea-
son that the Herald man has to quar-
rel with Rousseau, is the fact that
he was Federal soldier, and as such,
he, with all others, is hated by all
the rebel press editors of the South,
as well as the Copperheads in the
North. All the hypocritical cant Of
the Northern Copperheads, about the
love for soldiers, means just this. They
love them to accomplish their own
purposes, after which, they hate and
ridicule them. IA 81