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Character of Thad. Stevens.

ALTHOUGH the dictatorial sway Of
Thad. Stevens over the majority in Con-
gress appears yet unbroken, few Repub-
lican speak or write of him in terms of
respect, and he always had a plentiful
lack of those qualities which reach the
hearts of the people. 1t is, perhaps, to
the credit of those who openly oppose
him, that they refrain from allusion to
these personal deformities and the gross
dissipation to which the maligRity of his
character is doubtless to be attributed.
Forney, who, in the changes of political
life, is now his coadjutor, in better times
spoke of him as a Oillian at heart, "
1ohose escape from Pennsylvania might not
be permitted By the lars.
In the days of FOrney's less corrupted
innocence, in 1888, he wrote, and, in the
Lancaster IdteLigencer, laid before the
public the following verbal portrait of
the present Chief of Dis1nion:
Thaddeus Stevens, we are glad to say,
is not Pennsylvania. His own history
proves that he came hither stranger to
her people, and has continued, at all
times, consistently adverse to her inter
ests. He has been, since his unfortunate
presence in the Legislature, Pennsylva-
MAS evil genius, and if she has degener-
ated at all-and the three past years of
her life prove that she has-he planned
the misfortune. We will not repeat here
his utter destitution of reputation, for
his career is one of that kind which could
only have been run by a UilIaiB at heart
has three blemishes upon
her escutcheOn: The Masonic inquisi-
ton, the chartering of the United States
Bank, and the present outrageous condi
tion of affairs. The first, it is not requi-
site to say, he originated and completed.
The second was the fitting offspring of
his brain; for he read the infamous bill
before the Ritner House of Representa-
tives. The last (the Buckshot war; is
has oaOn by every law Of right. He began
HE aaarchy-it is the sad consequences
of his own plans. He dissolved the Gov
He is now urging the Senate
to go on in its path of destruction. He
is emphaticalIy the power behind the
throne" The last is a desperate and
final plunge. It will either make or un-
make him. If it is successful he can
cover up the fostering infamy OF his life,
and save himself and his companions
from impending ruin. If he is unsuc-
eessful he will be spurned, not only from
the halls of the Legislature, but from the
very State-f the la,cs permit his escape. !
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but there is no illusory pretenSe of cover
ing them) The poor creature we saw
seemed to be such a one, with a huge
clothes-line strung around her, on a
frame, on which she seemed to be carry
ing various gewgaw dresses for different
people. She seemed to be the humble
errand girl of some dress-maker's estab-
lishment. On passing the unhappy
creature, We notice that she was sailing
along with the idea that the dresses
hanging around her shoulders were her
own, and she looked as modest and un-
concerned as if she were really decently
covered Speaking of it to those more
an fat in such matters, we found that
such kind of dress is "all the rage" for
some time past tits effected Oh purpose,
by having hoops made with a sharp and
stiff curve at the foot, that will tilt the
dress above, and expose the legs to the
knee. Another "progress keeps pace
with it. It has been told in the daily
papers, but we rarely believe anything
We see in them. A very truthful woman,
however, living, says those are the " fine
ladies who display their rich brocades,
and jewelry, and gaudy dresses on the
streets, and in public conveyances, and
at the hotel tables. So harZots are set
ing the fashion of dress and behavior 70.
the daughters of this people. It seems
it is enough to say it is the fashion"
to make it plea for following it. One
Of the latest "fashions " has been to have
dancing Soirses at De}monico's, in Four
teenth street. e for young people," A
rule of this fashin is that no parents or
guardians are to be admitted. We did
not believe the statement when it was
first made in some of our city papers,
But we have it now on good authority
that it is true, and that this past winter,
fathers and mothers have permitted their
daughters to 90 to those SOirefs with
young men, to sup and dance, and to
come home with them at three or four
o'clock in the morning. Just put it in
plain language young girls in this city
do not find it a blot on their character to
go with young men, unaccompanied by
their parents, toa public tavern, to dance
and eat and drink with them, and to come
home with them toward daylight!
We are not the least in the world as
tonished to hear that-in what it must he
by irony-are called " the better classes
of society, there has been a prodigious
falling off Of marriages. The marvel is,
among any classes Of society that DO not
draw sharp lines Of non-intUrcourse with |
this whole world of indecencies and with /
I'll that tolerate them, that so foolish a
thing as marriage is ever dreamed of
Among such people it is not surprising |
that the number of divorces should ex-
ceed the number Of marriages.
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An.odoto of Nicholas LOngworth.

SOME eight or ten years ago the winter
was very cold, the river was frozen, and all
the wharf rats in Rat row and elsewhere
along the river shore, were thrown out Of
work. 4 near relation of the old gentleman
came to the city, and passed the night at his
house. After tea he sauntered to the Office
TO take a quiet cigar To his surprise he
found it filed with a crowd-=more than fifty
of brawney, beastly-looking men. The
presence of the child-like old man, his face
beaming with shrewdness and kindly humor,
seemed alone to keep them from being mob
His manner to them said: =" You poor
wretches, know how reckless you are yet
I am not sure but should be as bad, had I
been exposed to the same bad influences"
These houseless vagrants had been coming
every night, while the uver was frozen, to
get a dime for nights lodging.
The young nan had been forced, from
the unplessantness of the crowd, to 90 and
enjoy his cigar outside. AS he sat there, the
ugly crowd Sled out quietly, each with his
dime the clerk distributibg,} till the last
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The New Militia Law.

THE Columbus correspondent Of the Gin
cinnati Gazette states that Col. Schneideris
militia bill which has now passed both Houses
Of the Legislature, provides for the enroll
ment Of the militia every Eve years, or often
er if deemed advisable by the Governor
The following persons are absolutely exempt
ed from enrolment:
l. All persons in the army or navy, or vol
unteer forces of the United States, and per
sons who may be exempt from service in the
militia by laws.of the United States, at the
time of making the enrolment.
2. Every person who, by reason Of per-
manent physical disability, mny be unit for
the performance of military duty, and who
shall be in possession Of the statement of a
reputable physician or surgeon, certifying to
such permanent disability, and describing the
nature thereof
8. Idiots, lunatics, and felons, convicted
of Infamous crimes, unless pardoned.
4. All members of religions denominations
whose articles of faith prohibit their perform
ing military duty.
The following persons shall be enrolled
but shall be exempt from service in the mill
tia, except IN case of war, insurrection, in
vasion, on the reasonable apprehension there
Of unless they shall voluntarily enlist in the
organized militia, when they shall be subject
to duty therein
I. Persons who have been or hereafter may
be honorable discharged from the army and
navy of the United States. after having per-
formed military duty for one year or more
during the late rebellion.
O. Every person who shall have served FIVE
years in the militia of this Strte but no Of
dcer shall be exempt unless after such term
of service he shall be honOrably discharged
in some lawful manner.
3. Every member of the National Guard
of this State, who enlisted in the military
service Of the United States, under the call
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sHISErEs.-Mr. Thayer, Of PENN. in 1
speech in Congress last week on the Ourfsn.
eY Printing Bureau, and the different fsseS.
engraved on the various notes, declared thaS
the aTithmeticians would soon be Obliged 70
do away with the old tables Of Federal suf.
reneyr and substitute one running thus:
Two Clarks make one Washington.
Two Washingtoas and one Clarks tsks
one Fessenden.
Two Fesssendens make one Spinner n
Two Spinners make one Chase.
Two Ohases make one Hamilton.
Five Chases make one Madison.
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An Honest Coat-of-Arms.

THERE is in New York a gentleman
of ample fortune, which he received by
inheritance. His wife recently ordered
a new carriage, and was anxious that the
" family cOat-of-arms should lie cmbla-
zoned upon its panels. This the husband
consented to, and taking a pen, the mil
lionarie drew something resembling a
small mound by it was stuck q manure
fork and upon the fork was perched chan
tileer, rampant. Why what is this /"
asked madam, in amazement. This"
said the man of money, " is our family
" is our family coat of-arms. Ny grand
father made his money carting manure
in Brooklyn, and invested it in real estate
in New York. Now listen to the ezpla-
nation Of the arms. This mound and
fork represent my grandfather's occupa-
ton the cock perched upon the top of
the fork represents myself, who have
done nothing but flap my wings and crow
ever since" The carriage stilIha plain
panels.
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OLD usages of modern slang words
turn up in unexpected quarters some
times. Most of US think that the word
" jolly" in the sense of very, extremely,
is of recent date but in a serious theo-
logical work of two hundred years ago
John Traps documentary on the
Old and New Testaments," (London,
1856 D--we read "All was jolly quiet
at Ephesus before st. Paul came thither. Z"
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The Next BEsT TH1xa.zA little pifi II
Washington had been promised 10 20 and zee
the next circus that showed in that vio;Di,-.
The other day Mr.. Stevens was to tnesI- I,
congress- She got tired waiting for the elf:
Gus, and said. while her little face lighted uy
with animation: Mamma, il there amt
any more circuses coming round, / want I'd
go to congress to see the 1henageris:d
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A Motley CRowD.-The Mariposa Fres
Press gives an account Of dog-6ght which
occurred in that Fegion, and says; We count.
ed twenty-five Americans, Eve Fenians, thres
Dutehman, four Cinnamon, three Sausws.
two Contrabands, three Printers, an Editor.
the Devil, and woman peepihg out form
behind door who thought nobody could see
her-all assembled to see that fight and hslJ
make an item.
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THE WIND.

THE wind is a bachelor,
Merry and free;
He roves at his pleasure
Ger land and DER sea;
He rufiies the lake
And kisses the flower,
And he sleeps when he lists
In a jessamine bower.
He gives to the cheek
Ofthe maiden its bloom
He takes their warm kisses,
Enjoys their perfume;
But, truant like, often
The sweets that he sips
Are lavished next moment
On lovelier lips.
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BRTaEAN YoUNe's GARDEx.-Ths sditot sF
the Salt Lake Telegraph says that on two sDd
half acres President Young raised lsss vsSF
seven hundred and fifty bushels of BeGSba1.
tour hundred bushels Of apples. t#eptv-tvZS
bushels Of plums, twenty-five bushels of
strawberries two bushels of pears. tvFs1t1-
i've pounds Of cherries. 1875 pounds of pTsns.-
and goosseberriesi raspberries and currants ia
multtudes.
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A MAMMOTH STEER.-The largest steer Ia
II largest in America-and prob
aoly the largest in the world, is now IN Sbel.
ooy county. and is owned BY George W.
Spurrer; He IS six years old, weighs four
thousand pounds, and was purchased on tbs
ss1t5 ult by Mr.. Spurrier for elsven hum
dred and hfty dollars He is dnd6ubtedlS
the Gaest animal in America.
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TERMS :

tDVERTISE in the URBA11A UNION ifyou wish
"A to secure the trade Of Country Dealers.
LY Advertising in the UNION you may secure New
ID Customers,
71AsH Customers read the Advertisements in the
DRIVE your Business by Advertising in the UR-
~ BANA UNION
EVERYBODY Reads the UNION advertise in it
FARMERS Take the UNION and Read the Adver-
- i tisemeuts-
GRoelEERRIIlEs maybe sold BY Advertising in the
HOUSES may be Sold by Advertising in the
D ii UNION.
IRON, Tin and cogPerware may be Sold by Adver-
i tisiRg in the UNION.
--TEWELRY could be Sold by Advertising in the UR-
d BANA UNION.
KABBAGE, Krout and Corn Meal ought to be Ad-
n vertisedin the UNION.
7 UNDER might be Sold by Advertising in the IN
q A. ION.
MONEY win be made by Advertising in the UR.
N BANA UNION.
NOTICES Of Various Kinds will be inserted in
~ the UNION
GLD Goods can be Sold BY Advertising in the
VI UNION.
pURCHAsERs always Read the Advertisements in
i the UNION.
QUEENS VI AdE ana ArOekery could be Sold by
U Advertising in the UNION.
DIFLEs, Revolvers, &C, could be sold BY Adver-
II tising in the UNION.
OTOVEs, Shoes. Sugar and Soap should be Ad-
y Yertised in the UNION,
rTTNIYERsAL Yankee Notions can be Advertised
u in The UNION.
VALUABLE Property may be Bought Sold or TX
changed, by AdEertising in the UNION.
WHENEVER you want to ''sen Out" Advertise in
w the UNION.
VACTLY what you Want can be obtained by Ad-
3 "A .Eertising in the UNION.
YOUNG Men might get Situations by Advertising
In the UNION.
7EALOUsLY Advertise your business in the UNION
Il Il will pay.
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Atso.-"It It is hardly necessary for ne ID
inform Congress that, in my own judgement, /,
most Of those States so far at least, as de-
pends upon Their own action, have already
been fully restored, and are TO be deemed,
to be entitled to enjoy their Constitutional
rights as members Of the Union. ~ Presidsui
Ighnson,s geio nasssaas.
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A letter from Florence Nightingale, datsd
at London, Feb. 2S, speaks Of her health e
even more delicate than it has been. ShS
say: ! am always and entirely prisoner
to my room, and latterly to one p0sition.S
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4 HUssASDSiAE in the neighborhood Of Ey.
ons, France, has at this time, growing on tAS.
same plant, and each presenting the sane de-
gree Of ripeness, black grapes, white gE6DSa
peaches and spTieots.
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TIE viii of Mad Jumel, Aaron Burf6
widow, leaves most Other property (amounts
ing to 81 100000 to benevolent associations,
1t has been contested by her heirs at law.
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IAw HEwsPAPERsi

- eoseriDers who do not give express notice
the contrary, are considered as wishingto con.
anRetheirs INSCRIPTIONS to the paper.
=: At subscribers order the discontinuance OF
,Aelr periodicals, the publisher may continue to
aend them until all arrearages are paid.
S.1fsuhscribers neglect or refuse to take their
Pertoaiealsfrom the Office to which they were di-
fscted, they are heldresponsibl tillthey haveset
k4edthe btlland ordered them discontinued.
Ar1I subscribers remove to other places with
Autinforming the publisher, and the papers are
sent TO thetorm erdirectiOn, they eheldrespOn-
Iible.
S. The Courtshavedeeidedtha thatrefUsingto take
oeriodicalsfrom the Office, orremoving and leav-
lhgthem uucahedfor,Is priBsa Jaeie evidence Of
aatentioHalfraud.
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A WOOL grower made a statement at latE
convention in Vermont, held on d bitter cold
day, that every rag Of clothes be had on wns
made of foreign wool, while he had at hons
three clips of wool from his own hoeks which
he could not sell.
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ACCORDING to the Home Journal, the fss=
son why 80 many Americans are going abroad
is in the fact that family can live in Eng5
land and France on the rent of their house il
New York.
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Executive Mansion, March Is, 1866.

They use a new drink, called "turpentin.
punch now, in some European hospitals, in
low stages of feaver. 1t is composed Of two
ounces OF brandy, eight Of boiling water, one
of turpentine, and sugar enough to swesten.
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No Lottery No Gift Enterprise

The plan is this: Certificates naming every article
of our stock put into blank envelopes sealed and
mixed; and when ordered are taken out without re-
gard to choice and forwarded as directed The hold
er Of any eerthcate ls emitted to whatever article it
that article is a $3.50 Watch, $75 Diamond OF a S9
Bosom Pin. Having purchased five, ten or twenty
Certificates you can take just many or Just as few
Of the articles they severally describe You please
You gust pay One Dollar piece for all Jon send for
however.
To reimburse 1sfO the cost Ofprnting mailing and
Advertising we charge for certificates and the time
and trouble OfpropeTy attending TO the business
follows; For five 81; eleven 81; eighteen 49,; twen-
weight "a: thirtyve IS; fifty $780, siKty-six $40;
one hundred s15; and two hundred $50.
An Elegant Premium with each Club Of
-Four Dollars or upward,
will be forwarded with the Certificates.
N B-See full lists of Premiums and special terms
to Agents in our circulars Address
nS05-lm. 7. s Il. GAUGHAM & co.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1866-04-18

An indianapolis bridegroom paid his mars
risge fee in bologna sausages.
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.URBANA UNION
.. y. -, rRor,R.

OFFIoE:-Coulson' Building, second floor,
Westside North Main-street, near the Square
zFERMs.-S2 90 per annum, invariably in ad,
rance. 81 ,25 for Six Months.
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Endorsement ofthe President

The independence exhibited by the
writer in resisting the attempt to levy a
tax upon him as an oficeholder under
the Federal Government, and his just
statement of the correct principles, en-
title him to respect and appreciation. I,
therefore, as an evidence of my appre-
citation OF the qualities manifested in the
letter, recommend him to the Paymaster
General for an early promotion.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
EXECUTIVE Mansion, March IS, 1866.
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Remarkable COrregpcndenoo.

Washington Clerk Refuses to be " Bled He
Gives His Opinion of the Radicals and De
nOunces them rs PresidentJ Ohm
son IndOrses the Clerk and Recommends his
Promotion, Etc.
The following remarkable correspond
ence we find among the Washington
specials to the Cincinnati Gazette, of the
22d inst. The letter and the indorse-
ment speak for themselves, therefore,
comment from us is unnecessary:
PAYNAsTER GENERALS OFFICE.
WASHINGTON, March %.
To Hon z. T. Rollins, United States House Represeu-
tGtires
SIR:-I have just received a circular
Of the New Hampshire Union Club, re-
questing me to remit a sum equal to one
and one-half per cent. of my annual salary
for the purpose of defraying the expenses
of the approaching election. The cir
cular states that such persons as go home
to vote at said elections are hereby ex-
cused from complying with this request.
As I an not a voter, must, according
to this circular, remit a sum equal to one
and one-half per cent. of my annual
salary. I am against all measures which
tend to destroy the purity of the ballot
box, and this I regard as one. I have
never given a cent for the purpose of
bribing voters to vote contrary to their
judgment, and I never shall Any man
who sells his vote deserves to be dis
I have watched the doings
of Congress during the present session,
and in SO doing have noticed that you
have acted with that disuuionist, Thad.
Stevens, and therefore am led to believe
you and your party partake Of his cup
which contains this essence of disunion.
Upon the principle that like begets like,
I am led to believe this money so raised,
will be expended for the purpose Of ele-
vating more disunionsts to power. As
student of the Constitution, have been
taught that all efforts made for the pur-
pose Of procuring power and Office by
unfair means, are contrary to thespirit of
liberty and justice. I do not believe
that, during the present session, you
acted in accordance with the will of the
of ofthepeople of New Hampshire;
and confidently hope that you and your
lisunion copartnership will, at the next
election, meet with that rebuke you so
Justly deserve. Your appeal for funds
argues the weakness of your cause.
I am yours, respectfully,
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Business gastitatf.
s. S. cALKEBTs & c. P. aRIFrTrJ,

Principals Of the Commercial Department, Instrue.
tors In the Science Of Acc0GHts, Commercial
Arithmetic. Commercial Law, and
Lecturers on Business Gus
toms. Correspon-
dpnee SEC
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-19
The Cleveland Convention.

THE conservative Soldiers Convention at
Cleveland, tor which such great preparations
had been made, and from which so much was
expected, has proved to be very slim affair.
The attendance was small, the reception by the
people of Cleveland was cool, the weather was
disagreeable, and the proceedings were tame.
Poor old General Wool, who is superannuated,
and was laid on the shelf during the war,
made a speech which had about as much
reference to the real issues of the day as
Agassiz's last dissertation upon the fishes Of
Brazil had. The only enthusiastic thing
about the Convention was the exchange Of
congratulations with the Rebel General For
rest, the hero Of the Fort PiLLoa0 massacre
The chief actor and speaker seems to have
been Tom Ewing, Jr., formerly of Kansas
but lately of Secretary Browning's law Office
and claim agency in Washington.
This Tom Ewing is son of old Tom Ewing
of Ohio, and that is the only remarkable
thing about him except his love Of Office. He
entered the service late in 1862, and resigned
before the war was over. He was mainly en-
ployed on the border in Kansas and Missouri
He will live in the history OF the war as the
author of General Order No. II )" by which
he depopulated the main portion of several
counties in Western Missouri, and as the
officer in command through whose lines the
guerilla Quantrell marched for some sixty
miles, perpetrated the Lawrence massacre,
and returned, passing again through Ewing's
lines, without the loss of single man. Tom
at that time was very radical, and especially
upon those very points which he now so i'm
moderately assails However, he was then, in
addition to his other duties, a candidate for
the United States Senate from the State of
Kansas. Tom is of the chameleon order in
politics. He went to Kansas originally con-
servative, and changed to a radical; he was
for a while bitter anti-Lane man, and
changed to a supporter OF Lane; he was
Republican when IN Kansas, but has become
a Democrat since he removed to Washington.
His only misfortune has been that he has
generally changed Just at the aorong time.
He has one principle, however, which he
sticks to with commendable fidelity, and that
is the advancement of Tom Ewing, Jr.
The Cleveland Convention is failure. The
most of the officers of distinction whose
names were announced as delegates did not
attend, never authorized the use of their
names, and had no sympathy with the move
ment.