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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-06-28
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From the World.
The examination of Luther B. Baker and
Colonel Conger at the Surratt trial leaves
the question, who mutilated Booths diary'Y
as unsettled as ever. Conger testifes that
che thinks he took the diary from Booths
person." that he examined it on the steamer
coming up to Washington; that ''the leaves
in many parts were cut out; and from
appearances they appeared to have been
cut out at different times;'' that "the diary
is now in the same condition it was then"
and that sit was given to Mr.. Stanton,
the Secretary of War" When subsequently
asked by the counsel, Mr.. Bradley, to
'exam inc the diary and state if some of the
leaves did not appear to have been cut out
after others were," Conger stultifes himself
by responding that she cannot see any differ
ence in the cutting"
On the other hand, Baker swears that it was
he, and not Conger, who took the diary from
the body of Booth; that he chad the diary in
his hand about minute, and then handed it
to Colonel Conger."
Now it is notorious fact that neither
Baker nor young Garrett in whose fathers
barn Booth was shot, who went into the barn
with Baker, as he now testifies, after the shot
was fired, and who was, therefore, present
during the overhauling of Booths effects
were called upon to testify at the conspiracy
trial at all. II is also to be observed in the
testimony of Conger in the present trial, that
at the trial before he "was not interrogated as
to all the articles taken from Booth. was
shown" he says, certain articles, and
asked if had taken them from Booths per-
son; was not asked to name all the articles
took from Booths person, and do not
recollect that / was examined about the
diary" Neither was this witness asked
whether he made copy of the diary on the
steamer, which the IiIbune'S Washington cor
respondent says it is declared he did,
nor was the accuracy of his statement
that the diary was the same as when he got it
Fut to any test beyond his simple recollection
of its appearance" If Baker, instead of
Conger, took the diary from Booths pocket,
how is Conger to know that nothing happened
to it before he got it If Conger did not make
copy of it, or explicit memoranda of its con-
dition while it was in his hands-nether of
which were shown to the Court-how can he
or any one else be certain that nothing hap
| pened to it from the time he handed it to
the Secretary of War and the time when he
saw it afterwards before the Judiciary Com
mittee Finally, what is really known be-
tween these three men, Baker, Conger, and
Stanton, which no other person, except per
haps young Garrett, who may suspect, does
! know?
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OF framing codes for allowing the gorilla and
for The baBoon and the ouranR-outang TO testify
in courts Of equity Let the binnderlng and
bsneful two tn irds majority Of the black Com
gress both blush and beware"
Mr.. Helper leaves no reader in doubt as
to his utter detestation of the Republican
party and all its works and ways. His denun-
Citations OF the great majority in Congress for
their efforts to secure justice and fair play to
the blacks are scarcely less sweeping and
furious than those he hurls at the blacks
themselves; though he (somewhat incon-
sistently) seems willing to let the members of
Congress live, but only in Obscurity and utter
disgrace. He says;--,
Let there be a full and settled determination
on the part of the American people-on the
part OF the people of each slate respectively
that with few honorable exceptions no mem.
Der of the Senate, no member of the House of
Hepres sentatiyes, who voted for the Negro Bu-
reau bill, or for any one of the thousa nd.and-
one other black abominations OF the Black
Congress, shall ever again be elevated to any
office of honor or trust under the Government
CT the United States. on the contrary, let those
guileful and nefarious trainers of black statutes
be made TO see that treason in themselves lust
the same as treason in others. is thing to be
specifically detested and punished; and further,
that so much greater is the enorinity of their
own treason than the treason of the traitor
JEFF Davis; that, whereas his perfidious pur-
poses were practised only against the Circas-
aD-blooded inhabitants of single Common
wealth (and few negroes. whether few or
many. not worth the mention) their wicked
oes3gns nave oeen leVeneu against tne general
world"
We have copied quite enough of this
wretched farrago; but with purpose. Care
less, easy people say, "The Republican party
has fulfilled its mission. Slavery being
abolished, it may now give place to other
organizations, based on fresh and living
issues" Helper shows the futility and peril
of such calculations-shows that great and
generous party of liberty based not on wrath
and hate but on justice and generosity, is
to-day indispensable-that its disappearance
would involve the whole land in anarchy and
bloodshed through warfare Of race upon race
of color against color. Whatever its errors,
the Republican party cannot yet be spared,
even if it had no higher use than to hold in
check and keep the Democratic party from
committing itself to such insane and brutal
rawlings as those of Hinton Rowan Helper.
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New ideas OF the Age-Speeches Of Wade
and Train, and a Letter from WikOn.
From The Herald.
We published yesterday the speeches and OPT
Mons of three of the greatest statesmen of the
e-Munchausen, Miss Nancy, and Machia-
velli. Which is Munchausen, which is Miss
Nancy, and which is Machiavelli, we leave the
public to judge for themselves.
4 Two members Of the Congressional Western
Ecursion party have lately exhibited feats of
And and lofty tumbling, strange antics, and
lstio tricks, which put to the blush both
Japanese and the Arab acrobats, with all
marvellous vitality and suppleness. Ac-
Ito the prediction of the Merry Andrew
.si ~, the newspapers have enabled FIVE
millior reader to assist at the curious
speotilele
All s,awrens,e, IN Kansas, Senator Wade, Vice
presiaept of ithe United States, after saying
that lie had 4kept in advance Of the people in
the great strife between freedom and slavery,
declared that he meant to do the same thing
in the contest which had just commenced for
extending the right of suffrage to women. He
repeated that he Intended to keep in advance
Of the people on this subject, and that she was
now ready to take another jump forward, il
necessary" Whereupon he Jumped. He
thought that radicalism upon this and all
ether questions was righteousness, while CON
servatism was hypocrisy and cowardice: He
unfolded his views upon the new order of the
day. The question of slavery has been dis.
posed Of, and 'now that of labor and capital
must pass the ordeal" property was moi
equally divided, and more equal distribution
of capital must be wrought out. In short
without citing the text which Proudhon Dor
rowed and made famous--la propri6t6 c'est
UOl, property is theft-he yet boldly proclaimed
himself an ultra radical and Preached as right
eousness the widest and most agrarian doc
trines of French socialism.
In the great radical game OF leatfrog h
cleared the heads of Thad. Stevens and WeRdel
Phillips at a single Jump. He now wants In
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20

About daybreak yesterday morning
on the Mobile and Great Northern
railroad, some thirty. six miles above
Tensas, u portion Of the train was
thrown from the track, resulting in
the death Of one man, Mr. Willis
Burroughs, driver of the hand car
riage, and tho wounding, more or less
severely, Of u dozen others.
The accident was caused by the
breaking Of u rail- The engine, ten
der, and three FIRST cars passed safely
over, but the two next, truck cars,
containing four cages, in which were
the royal Bengal tigress, the hyena,
two bears, and the tapir, were thrown
of, the cages smashed and the ami
mails released. Two other box cars,
containing twehty.six horses and
ponies, shared the misfortune, the
horses being piled together and upon
each other in utter confusion. Only
one was killed however, and several
others suffered contusions.
The animals released did no damage
to each other, with the exception thue
one Of the bears killed fawn The
tigress ard orc Of the bears at frst
manifested hostile disposition towards
each other, the bear assumed an up.
right position, and stood upon his
gurad in regular fstiana style, and
when the striped beast came smelling
about him acuff or two was exchan-
ed, which seemed to satisfy both par.
ties. The bear amused himself by
ascending some Of the neighboring
trees, and the tigrees roamed about ia
the neighborhood, showing no die
position, however, to GO very far away.
They were all re.caged without diff
fieuIty. t4 aar.
The accident. occurred on a high
cmbankment, but the couplings of tho
rear cars that remained on the track
prevented the others from rolling GU.
lirely to the bOttom.-Ao5ils Register,
27th ult. -...-
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The Land Owner.

When 1 come within sight of my
farm, after having been away, d
pleasant sensation rises within me
that no other feeling can equul. lam
at home--On my own laBd. These
are my acres, which the combined
power of the country, has guaranteed
to me. 1T is mine and my heirs for
ever. Here is security, If there is
anything stable in the world this is it
My tireside, therefore, is built upon a
firm foundation 4 and my children
are safe. We are not intraded upon
no one has a right to do this the
strong arm of the kw is ever ready to
defend us. Here | have mysworship
undistnrbedj attend to my con-
Germs unmolested. In u word, am at
home. v. .sa.
And when my acres wave with
grain, that grain and those acres are
mine | own them, and Il feel them
They are part OF myself. Ny cattle
not the cattle ofa thousand hills
are mine /; l have raised them, aud
know every one, as | know my house
hold" Bess," and {" Brindle," and
kitty They come at my call-they
know mo, The old COW has face as
intelligent as many = person, and
much more sympathy in it--honest
old fitce--I could not well do without
it. Thus my fields are stocked with
this Intelligence, and the gIeeful antics
Of tho heiters and steers remind me
of my youthful holidays And for
" innocence" !" the lambs, and the quiet
inoffensivo sheep Even the "grunter"
has something ! do not want to dis
ponse with, and the chickens and the
stately rooster, who is lord of the
barnyard, rs | am oftho premises.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20
A HardShell Sermon.

fAnd when they riz up carly in the
mornin behold they was all dead cor.
pusses.'
My frens and hearers, will preach
unto you this day-win and weather
permilten - from the thirty-sov.
inth chapter Nv Isaiy, thirty-sixth
verse. An the destroying angel
smote in the camp NV tho Syarenians
a hundred and forescore and i've thou
sand men ali
'And when they riz up early in the
mornin' behold they was all dead cor.
puscs.'
An thus it ls, my unconverted frers
and hearers, that tho destroyin' angel
stalks abroad with his meat.axe ready
to sen US to the boneyard befo we can
sat down to breakfast ah An it IL
said my frens, that roses are red and
viOlets are blue alb, but it is no use a
tryin' to honey yfuggle round the angel
Gabriel when he toots his hOan fur you
to tuck your tails and git under dirt
ali. ....
AN when they riz up early in the
mornin' behold they was all dead cor
pusses.'
My wretched brethcring ard sister.
ing, as / was ridin along the road one
day, | seen man settin on the top of
his fence with double barrel shot
gun on his lap sh, and swettin and
fannin Nv himself with an old straw
hat, and a cussin OF the forth ug July.
and North Ameriky and the Constitu-
tion, an the Supreme Court. and the
bird Nv liberty, an tho President of
the United States an, and whom ]
hearn that man q cusnin an seen that
big shot gun, thinks I TO myself, in
the words Of the text alb.
fAnd when the riS up early in the
nornin behold they we're all dead cor
pn ses.' 20 si-r.P rT
And | told Roam 10 wo, and sed /,
my ungodly fren, II you swear in that
air way you will forever and eternal
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20
Indian Corn and lis llSes.

A bushel of Indiau corn contains
more nutriment than bushe Of
wheat; but corn meal should not be
ground fine orit will not keep sweet
There is no grain that can be put to
so many uses and served up in 50
many different ways, as corn and corn
meal. .. I.aa..
First we have the green corn, roast
ing ear and soup in the early, and
the dried corn soup and hOminy the
balance of the year. These dishes
every good housckeeper knows how
to prepare, being among the most sim
pie in the culinary art.
And then BY grinding it into meal
what visions of delicious eating float
before our eyes, First we have the
corn cake, made of meal and water,
and q little salt, If you are too poor
to use eggs and milk, mixed into a
dough or batter and bake on a grid
die Then corn bread or pone, which
can only be made properly by about
one housekeeper in ten. Then mush
and milk and fried mush. We have
never seen the individual that did not
like one or tho other. Many fail in
making good mush by not boiling it
enough. When it ris merely scalded
it has raw taste. Then there is
very good corn meal pudding, made
By stirring the meal into scalded skim
milk till it's aszfthiek as cruel, and
when cool, add ginger, cinnamon, nut
meg, salt and sweetening to suit the
taste, and little fine cut suot and
some raisins or dried peaches, and a.
fine cut apple. II should bake an.
hour or more, according to size. This
is good pudding. Aud then SEQ into
how many dishes corn becomes a pa
latable and iavorite mixtdr. And it
is tile cheapest and most wholesome
food that man can live on, and should
be on the table Of both rich and poor
more frequently that it now Is, in
some one Of its many forms.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20
EmlneFs0n ON 'sFhe BabE,n

One Of tho sweetest -and prettiest
of Emersonb latest writings is the
following, who knows not the
beautiful group of babe and mother,
sacred il nature, saced also in the
! religious associations Of half the globeH
Welcome to the parents is. the puny
little struggler, strong in its weak
ness, his little arms more Irresistible
than the soldiers, his lips, touched
with pefs1asi0n which, Chatham and
Pericles in manhood had not. The
small despot asks so little that all
nature and reason are on his SIDE.
His ignorance is more charming thaR
all knowledge, and his little sins more
itching than all virtue All day
between his three or four sleeps he
coos like q pigeon house, sputters and
spurns and puts on faces of import
ance and when he fasts, the httls
Pharisee fails not to sound his trum.
pet before him. Out of blocks, thread
spools, cards and checkers, he win
build his pyramid with the gravity Of
Palladio. With an acoustic apparatus
Of whistle he explores the laws of
sound, Bat chiefly like his senior
countrymen, the young American
studies new and speedier modes of
transportation. Mistrusting the cum
ming Of his small legs, he wishes to
ride on the necks and shoulders of
all flesh. The small enehantcr moth.
ing can withstand--no seniority Of
age, nor gravity of'character; nncles,
aunts, cousins, grandsires, grandmas
AL fall an easy prey he conforms
TO nobody; all conform TO him, all
caPer and make mouths, and babblo
and cIlirrap TO him. On the strong.
est sholdiers be rides, and pulls the
hair of laureled heads.
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20

CAIRo, December 6.-Colonel B. b.
G, Twyman, consul to Mexico under
Buchanan, and formerly editor of
several newspapers in Kentucky, com
mitted suicide at the Sc. Charles
Hotel id this city, this morning, by
taking solution of arsenic. lie had
been for some weeks quite depressed
from pecuniary embarrassments, and
on several occasions had hinted his
desire to die. what Is the use for
man to i've" said he, "when all
undertakings crumbIe at his touch,
And re is hurdensome to irionds?"
Last night he removed from the Con.
tinental to the St. Charles Hotel, re-
tifing early, and was not missed un.
I'll this afternoon, when he was found
10 have been dead some hours A
touching and eloquent letter 70 George
D. Prentice Of the Louisville Journal,
dated several days ago, was on table.
In IL hO declares his.intentiOn and ita
causes. His vile and 6Ye grown sons
and daughters reside at Paducah and
in tho neighborhood, and move in
the highest circles. Ton years aao
no was worth ffty thousand dollars
but since that period every business
he has attempted "crumbied at his
touch" and he died poor.
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3 q e q R y =.
Rock Me to Sleep.

Backward, turn backward, o Time, in your flight,
Make me child again just for the night
Mother, come back from the echoleSs shore,
Take me again to your heart as OF yore;
Kiss from my forehead the furrows Of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out Of my hair;
Over my Snmbcrs your loving watch keep
Rock mo to sleep, mother-FOck me to slsopl
Backward, flow backward, o tide Of the years
l am GO weary of toll and of tears 80.
Toll without recompense-tears all in vain
Take them, and give me my childhood again
/ have grown weary Of dust and decay
Weary of hinsing my soul wealth away;
Weary Of sowing for others to reap
Rock mo to sleep, mother rock me to sleep
Tired of the hollow, the base, the untrue;
Mother, o mother, my heart calls for you
Many summer the grass has grown green,
bloSS0med and faded, our faces between
Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain,
Long I tonight for your presence again.
Come from the silence so long aud so deep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to Sleepl
Over my heart, In the days that are hown,
No love like mother love ever has shone
No other worship abdes ndendures--
Faithful, uhselhsh, and patient like yours
None like smother can charm away pain
From the sick soul and the world-weary brain.
Slumber's soft caIms DER my heavy lids creep
Rock me to Sloep hiother-rook me to sloepl
Come, lot your brown hair, just lighted with gold,
Fall on your shoulders again as Of old;
Let 1t drop over my forehead tonight, .
Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
For with its Sunny.sdged shadows once moro
Haply will throng tue sweet visions Of yoro-
Lovingly, softly, its bright billowS sweep
Rock me sleep, mother-rock me to sleepl
Mother, dear mother the years have been long
Since l last listened TO your lullaby song; - .,
Sing then, and unto my soul II shall seCm
womanhoOds years have been only dream.
Clasped to your heart in loving embrace,
With your light lashes just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter TO wake or to weep
Rock me sleep, mOlhsr--rock me to sleep
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20
Mother.

Young man, thy mother is thy best
earthly friend The world may for.
get thee, thy mother never the world
may wilfully do thee many wrongs,
mother never the world may perse.
cute thee vhile.livingj and whom dead
plant the ivy and the uightshado Of
slandcr upon the grassless grave. but
thy mother will love and cherish thse
while living. and il she snrvivs thee,
will weep for thee when dead, sueh
tears rs none but a mother knows how
to weep. Love thy mother! r..
The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1867-12-20
Warm Feet.

Many Of tho colds which people arc
said to catch, commence at the feet
To keep these extremities warm,
therefore, is TO effect an insur-
anee against the almost interminable
list of disorders which spring but.of a
" slight cold" First, never be tight
ly shod. Boots or shoes, when they
fit closely, press against t. Q foot, and
prevent the free circulation of the
blood When onthe contrary they do
not en- race the foot too tightly, the
blood gels fair play. and the spaces
left between the leather and the stock
ing are 6l!ed with q comfortable sup.
ply of warm air The second rule is,
never sit in damp shoes. IL is often
imagined that unless they are posi-
livcly wet it is not necessary TO change
them while the feet are at rest. This
il fallacy; for when tho least damp
ness il absorbed into the sole, il ia at
trarted further to the foot itself by
its own heat, and thus Precipitation is
dangerously checked. Any person
NAV prove this by trying the expert
ment of ncglecting the rule, and hiS
feet will become cold and damp after
a few moments although, on taking
of the shoe and examining it, it will
appear quite dry. ..,
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