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The Richmond Press.


The Richmond press is pursuing very
! imprudent course. The following we
! find among the newspaper dispatches of
! last week:
The Whig urges President johnson to
call together Congress composed of
members from all the States of the Union,
as well those of the South as those of the
North, and that if the Radical members
should refuse to attend, that he shall re-
organize the Northern Conservative
members and the Southern members, as
the lawful Congress to sit in the Capitol
and legislate for the country. The Wig
does not see how this programme could
be accomplished peacefully, and sup
poses that the Radical sectional Congress,
as it terms it, would continue its sessions,
appeal to the people and proceed to mus
ter an army, if the United States army
should not side with il. In that case the
Whig believes that the President would
be prepared to meet force with force.
The Enquirer, discoursing on the same
subject, says il is evident indeed that a
violent collision between Congress and
the President is inevitable and is immi-
nent, if the true spirit aud intent of the
Constitution shall remain true, and its
forms abused for the usurpaiion of power.
In this issue the President has thus far
been altogether in the right, and has
evinced all the moderation. Congress
has been wholly in the wrong, and has
displayed corresponding violence.
That the public peace is yet unbroken is
due to the President IL depends upon
Congress whether it can be permanently
maintained for we take it for granted
that the President will not yield himself
an unresistiHg victim 10 revolutionary
violence, whatever garb 1t may wear, or
allow the Constitution, to defend which
the sword has been given him, TO be
overturned or destroyed A congress
sional coup d etdf can be met by Pres
idential coup d efaf, and in the collision
the hardest must fend of as TO what
should be the President policy.
The Charleston Is. c. AarS says
there are obvious steps 10 the more firm
establishment of this Government in the
call Of n Congress 10 be composed OF the
members Of the Southern States and
such members Of the present Congress
as are ready TO sustain his policy. In
such a Congress there would he rs large
Senate and nearly as large q House,
while with such body to sustain him he
can even more justly represent the Gov
ernment, and throw the Radicals, who
shall accept the issue, into the defensive
attitude Of an adversary faction
The Richmond Times. ia an editorial
urging the release Of JEFF Davis. says:
The time has arrived, and the public
sentiment Of Christendom demands that
the President shall crown his noble policy
of paci6cation BY the pardon Of JEFF
Davis, who is immured in Fortress Mon 4
roe without q warrant Of commitment
from a civil tribunal Of competent juris-
diction
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The Canadian Confederation.


If the Canadian Confederation is
bility, all details Of its government will
be of interest in the United States. The
capital is to be Ottawa, and the Parlia-
ment will be composed of Legislative
Council and House of Commons The
Council is to consist of &c members, to
be appointed by the Crown. and to hold
Office for life "a are to be appointed
from Upper Canada; "a from Lower
Canada; "a from Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick and Prince Edwards Island,
and four from Newfoundland. The
House of Commons will consist of 1914
members, to be apportioned among the
provinces according to their respective
numbers. The members of the House of
Commons are TO be elected by the peo-
pie, and will hold office for FIVE years.
The first House of Commons will be
divided among the provinces, thus: Up
per Canada, 81; Lower Canada, 65;
Nova Scotia, 10; New Brunswick, Is;
Newfoundland, s; and Prince Edwards
Island, 3. This proportion gives one
member to every l7,0S7 inhabitants, and
is to continue in force until ISL, when
a census is to be taken, by which the APP
portlonment will be re-adjusied. After
that a census is to be taken every ten
years. What the Supreme Executive
shall be, whether Vieeroy or
a Governor General, is not yet decided
upon.
There is, however, a strong opposition
10 the formation of Canadian Confed
Grafton in the British maritime pro-
vinces By the above exhibit Of the
spportionment 1t will be
seen that Canada has the majority of
Nova Scotia, New Bruins
wick, New Foundland, and Prince Ed
wards Island are opposed to the scheme,
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An odorous Comparison.

The venerable Leslie Combs, of Ken
tucky, thus alluded, in a public speech,
to the proposition for social equality of
whites and negroes:
Other candidates may do as they please,
but so far as am concerned, will do
nothing TO weaken or divide those op-
posed to the monstrous and unnatural
doctrine rampant at Washington, of ne
gro social and political equality God s
curse has stamped the negro with an in
effaceable black skin and woolly head (;
and in His providence, has kept him for
six thousand years in close proximity to
other races, but always Subordindte-in
mind and body, as well as civilization
and refinement; and yet we have the
spectacle now before us of deliberate
conspiracy in The North TO bring down
our favored race to the negro level, in
violation of Gods law, and all written
history. The idea of elerdting the odor-
ous sons Of Africa to the Caucasian sta
tns, is about as absurd as trying to per
filme dog tenRel by tying it up in bou-
quet with pinks and roses.
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because they fear this heavy preponder-
ance of Canadian members will leopard
ize their interests In New Brunswick
the Ministry and Upper House of Par
lament favor Confederation, but the
majority of the members of the Lower
House oppose it, and the people endorse
the course of the latter The contest
between the Ministry and the people
upon the subject is very animated, and
some fear it may lead to an open rup-
ture. In Newfoundland the majority Of
the Parliament have passed anti-confed-
GRAFTON resolutions, and have taken issue
with the Governor of that Province upon
the question. The feeling of the people
in all these maritime provinces is very
strong, and some even prefer annexation
to the United States to being forced into
a confederation in which Canada will
rule them. What the policy of the Brit
ish Government will be, in view of the
strosg opposition thus shown, is not yet
developed. -Phila. Ledger.
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The Elephant.

The Philadelphia public have been ex-
cited over a remarkable contest between
sn elephant and his keeper The ami
NAL having become unmanageable, was
secured by chains in the middle Of his
iuclosure, and deprived Of food and drink.
This only seeming TO make him more re-
fractory las would seem very natural),
his attempts to escape were met by firing
a dozen loads into his head from a rife.
One of them destroyed his right eye, but
this is lamented as an accident Then
an apparatus was rigged to throw him
from his feet, and he was laid on his side
and kept there until be became entirely
docile he is now as good as new, with
the exception of the loss Of an eye. The
elephant, who is called Romeo, is now
the largest in the country, being nearly
ten feet high, and weighing over i've tons.
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&fIO.OI3 81

LOSSES ADJUSTED AND PAID during the
year 1867, in very marked and striking man :
ner exhibits the solid, substantial. and faithful
as its ability to pass through seasons prolific OF
conflagratiOns,. with honor and profit TO those
most interested.
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A Mysterious Death

From the Chicago Republican, 18th
\ singular fatality, and one which might
be regarded as special visitation of the
Almighty, occurred yesterday afternoon in
this city The circumstance is verified by
several persons who were present, including
the physician who was called in to examine
the stricken person. We give the circum-
stances as related to our reporter by the at
tending physician, leaving the reader to
draw his own differences:
About 4 week ago Q mechanic, boarding
at No. IA Burnside street, was robbed in
the night Of about $50. The money was
taken out of his pants pockets after be had
retired. In the morning discovering his
loss he made it kncwn to the analady.-
She enioined silence upon him. and told
him that she herself had been vctimized.
but by whom she did not know, although
her suspicious rested upon hoarder named
RoSencriSt, a tailor. This RosencriSt had
been an inmate Of the house for some time,
and the woman did not Ike to accuse him
directly Of the crime, although his actions
for some time past, and the extravaganza
OF his expenditures, justified her In enter
tanning suspicious as to his integrity Yes
tcrday morning another bOarier reported
the mysterious disappearance Of his pOk ct
book. and the landlady, after due dclirrra-
ton, determined to take Rosencrist aside
and question him. Going into the par.or.
and calling in the boarders whose money
had been purloined, the woman accused
him ofthe theft. Rosencrist turned deadly
pale upon hearing the accusation, and
grasping a table near him, lie TUNED to-
wards bis acen59rs, and denied all knowl-
edge ofthc theft They insisting up0n his
being the cuIprit, the man repeated the
reservations OF his innocence, and. placing
his hand upon his heart, he appealed to
to Heaven to verify his rectituie saving
that if he was guilty he hoped his tongue
would cleayc 30 his mouth, the top Of his
head.fall in and drop from his shoulders,
and that God would strike him dead" As
he uttered the last word he was observed to
staggcr, a ghaStly palcness o ersproad his
features, and, throwing up bis arms he
dropped dead on the floor. to the horror If
those in the room. A physician was immc-
diately summoned, who, after examination.
pronounced life extinct.
The affair has created intense excitement
in the neighbOrhood, and numerous are the
opinions advanced relative to the superin-
duclvc cause OF the man 5 dcat!i-scmc in
sisting that his death was manifestation
Of the dispeaSure of God at the mans APP
peal conscious as he was of his guilt
Others attribute the mans delaisc 20 apo
picXy, heart disease, or some other aliMcnt
occasioned by The abruptness OF the accusa-
ton operating upon a sensitive tempera-
ment and occasioning a sudden cessation of
the functions Of the vital organs
1t is said on searching HIM afterwards,
the money was discovered in his pockets
The affair caused intense excitement and
the most profound awe among those cogui-
zant of it.
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The Com ing State Elections.

Pennsylvania October O. Governor
twenty-four members Of Congress, and
members of Legislature; a United States
Senator to elect.
Ohio October Q. -Ninetecn members of
Congress.
Indiana-Octobcr 0.-State officers, ciev-
en- members Of Congress, and members of
Legislature; a United States Senator to be
elected in place of Henry s Lane.
Iowa-October 9.-State officers, six
members OF Congress, and members Of leg
islaturc
New IoYl-November G.-Governor,
thjrty-one members of Congress, and one
hundred AMI twenty-five members of the
Assembly -Scnatc holding over. United
States Senator to elect in place Of Ira liar-
lis
Ms-sachusetts-Novcnber G.-Govcr
nor, ten members of Congress, and State
Legislature,
New Jersey November Give mem
hcrs Of Congress, and members Of the State
Legislature United States Senator to elect
in place Of Richard f. Stockton.
Mjuhigan November 6.-GovcrnOr, siy
members Of Congress, and members Of
LEGISLATURE
Illinois November G-State officers,
fourteen members Of Congress, ard mem
bcrs of Legislature. United States Senator
TO elect in place Of Lyman Trumbull.
Wisconsin-Novemhcr G.-County off
GERS, six members Of Congress, and mem
bcrs of Legislature United States Senator
to eject in place Of Timothy .. Howe.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Ex-Governor,
two members of Congress, and members Of
legislature
Observation-Disclosures disappointment
cnt Of Public Instruction, nine members of
Congress. and members Of Legislature =
United States Senator to elect III place Of
b. Graz Blown
Kan>aS-N November Ex-Governor, mem
Der Of Congress, and members Of I4cgiSla-
ture. Two United States Senators to elect
in place Of James II. Lane and Samuel G.
PomerOy.
Nevada-NovcmGer 6.-Governor mem
Der Of Congress, and members Of I4eeisla-
ture. United States Senator to elect .in
place Of James W. Nye
MaryIand-November Give members
Of Congress, and members Of Legislature
United States Senator to elect IN place Of
John A. j. Cresswcll.
Delaware November Ex-Governor,
members of Congress- and Legislature
Elections next spring in Connecticut,
Kentucky, Tennessee and New Hampshire.
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" III I IN VN II u Il 7 Z
TWILIGHT MUSINGS.

W hen the shades of evening lower over valley,
glade and hill
And fold in dim obscurity, the river, lake. and
rill;
When the busy cares of day are o'er-with sad
and thoughtful mien,
often sit in the cleaning, and muse on what
I've seen.
I've seen the sun rise brightly on a morning
fresh and fair,
And zephyrs watt from rose-beds their odor on
the air;
But, ere night, the red bolt flashed athwart a
sky so late serene,
And the deluge pour its torrent where the
fragrant flowers had been.
I've seen stately oak that stood upon q
strcamlet's side,
And children played beneath its shade and
parents gazed with pride
But Death has called the parents homc-thc
children play no more
The oak is fallen and withered now-twas
rotten at the core.
I've seen blooming maiden in the flush and
glow of youth,
Whose heart was fond and guileless-the seat
Of love and truth
Called on her bridal day unto the portals of
the tomb,
And not ray of hope remained to cheer her
,vloo
I've seen son-his fathers hope-and fortune
on him smiled
A youth of noble attributes-but evil friends
beguiled
He lived-to break his fathers heart-o' CT
blighted opes to mourn,
And to see tie friends of sunny days now
leave him, all forlorn.
And thus has disappointment lurkcd meath
all that l have seen,
The storm sweeps over rose-beds and clouds
the mornings sheen
The oak must fall--th, maidcN lic--thc son be-
tray his trust
And disappointment haunt us till we mingle
with the dust NJ. X.
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told Charlotte mot to bring her out for
Cod sake, and she would make it all right
with her" to which Charlotte asseHted
and agreed never to divulge the secret
Charlotte made this confession at the Jail
on the Sunday after her arrest, in the pres
eEcc Of the son and son-in-law of Mr.
Post and several officers, after having de-
MED in their presence, with great GOODNESS.
all knowledge of any foul means used
against the old man. Some minutes after
giving her first version If the affair, she
broke completely down aul sobIod violent
~, and said she would tell all that she
felt as though she could not keep it any
longer, and then went out and gave the
statement above, which was rot made pub
Il: for some days, for prudential reasons
Mrs w. having found out that Charlotte
had confessed, said to the .iailor that 1T
was Charlotte that poisoned the old man,
and that she (W.) knew it at the time,
but agreed not to tell it." She however,
says bnt little about it, refusing to go at all
into details. One condition of the will
was, that he should be buried beside his
first wife in Palmyra, n. Y, which condi-
ton she complied with, going there with
the body, and taking witness with her
from London. At Palmyra she saw the
aged mother of Mr.. Post, and said to her
that she was POST wife, but that they
passed by the name of Howell, living at
London. This the mother knew to be
false, as Posts second wife was yet alive
and with her friends in Hillsdale county, to
whom she Immediately wrote, they going
at once to London, revealing the whole
matter, the inquest in the meantime hav-
ing been concluded with a verdict of death
by poisoning, and the woman having es,
capped. Thus the simple provision of the
will that the body should be buried at Pal
myra was undoubtedly the means of uncov-
ering one of the largest contemplated and
most heartless murders ever committed =
She says she has converted two 81 900 Uni
ted States bonds into money, $1,000 Of
which she has spent. An administrator
has been appointed here, who has taken
the money and new clothing into his Gus
tody.
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Death Of Colonel George II. Walker

Death Of Colonel George II. Walker
We regret 10 announce the death, at Mil
waukee on the morning Of the Goth, of Col.
GEo. II. WALKER, well known through
out the state a5 one Of our oldest and most
esteemed citizens The Colonel has been a
resident of Milwaukee for thirty three wears
from the time the first building was cree
ted, and therefore has not been unfrequent
ly designated as the Old Pioneer. Colonel
W. was native Of Virginia. and always ex.
hlbited the manners Of high toned and
well bred gentleman. He was genial and
popular IN his address, and was blessed
with good common sense, which made him
appear well in every position. Few men
who have lived in Milwaukee had warmer
friends; enemies he had none. In his Lou-
homntc Of manner be very much rcscmbled
the lamcntcd Preston King, Of New York
OF late years, his health has not been good,
which had retired him from public life but
still, his pleasant face and kindly manners
will be missed by almost every one in Nil
waukcc
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PerilCus Adventure.

From the Oswego Com. Adv, t0th.
The schooner Eureka, Captain Sylvester,
left Toronto for this port, Saturday morn
ing, with cargo of lumber When about
forty miles out she encountered a heavy
gale, in the course of which several thous-
and feet Of lumber were washed overheard,
together with a sailor, whose name we have
been unable to ascertain. The night was
very dark, and the gale so heavy that she
could not stop to pick him up, but was
driven irresistibly onward. The man man
aged to get three boards together, making
sort of raft, on which he got, and, drench-
ed and benumbed with cod, he hoated for
sixteen hours, on the surging bosom of the
lake. Meantime the vessel hove to under
lee-shore, and when the gale subsidized she
put back in the direction of the place
where the man was lost overheard, but
with little hope of finding him, however -
But he was discovered not far from the
same spot, the only visible object in the
wide waste Of water Getting him aboard,
the Eureka proceeded on her way, arriving
here this morning.
This is at once one of the most periIous
adventures and narrowest escapes from
death that has come to our notice in long
time, and, indeed, it is little less than
miraculous.
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FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS,
MORGAN L. MARTIN
OF BROWN COUNTY.
Our Candidate for Congress.

A our masthead we place the name of
MORGAN l.. MARTIN as a candidate for
Congress from this District, who was unani-
mousIy nominated for that position by both
the Democratic and National Union Con
vcn;ions which assembled at Appleton on
the i9.n inst, 1t is unnecessary to inform
,he people as 20 Mr. MARTIN He has
ten Ic>IdrAt Of .wn county for nearly
fl years, represented the Territory Of
" onsin in Congress as long ago as 1916
and lS41 President Of the Convention
which framed our present Constitution, and
has always been more identified with our
interests than any man in the District
OF the election Of Mr. MARTIN there
ought to be no serious question I'm per
sonal qualifications for the place of Repre-
sentative he stands foremost among tic
citizens Of The State. One Of the oldest
residents Of this section, no one is more
familiar than he with the interests of the
people, or more wiling and able to promote
them. As business man, few possess a
e"~ "''',t" or 4 more unconqucralIt
"at.sy. i" every imagi"ab'c particular, he
4..l" 80 no + -, radical Compel
tu.,-. Az defeat By the later would be a
dlsgra.c n ne whole State.