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FROM WASHINGTON.

The ostensible cause for the postpone
ment of the vote to- day was Howard
illness; but it was mere pretext, for
Colfax said in the House yesterday il
might be postponed, and Edmunds, a
bitter impeacher, last night prepared the
way for it by a proposition to rescind
the resolution, fixing the time at twelve
o'clock to day. Moreover, in caucus
of the conspirators this morning, ac-
quittal was conceded.
The report that Howard was seriously
i'll was false, yet Chandler rose in his
place and made the statement Howard
was seen in the street on yesterday.
If 1T we're advisable to impeach Chan
dler as a liar and demagogue, there
would not be dissenting voice.
Speculation is rife as to how the post
ponement will affect the question. The
general conviction is, the delay will be
to the advantage of the President
The impeachers seem to think that
during the interval, home public senti-
ment can be brought TO bear upon Sena-
tors and dispatches signed by Schenck,
Chairman of the National Republican
Committee, have been sent to leading
Radicals in Maine, Iowa, Illinois and
Missouri, to bring all possible appliances
to affect and secure Senator'S Tennes-
see Radicals are already nursing Fowler
The four leading Senators who have
struck dismay to the heart of the Radical
cohorts by their bold and patriotic course,
cannot be moved, but arrangements are
already concluded, as / intimated last
night, to secure the wavering Senators.
If it fails, the vote will be postponed
again Saturday on some other pretext.
But in spite of all calculations, i'm
parchment is very sick to night
General Preston was among the spec
tators in the gallery.
The tax bill reported to day conforms
mainly with what / have autographed
Whisky, two dollars; chewing tobacco
forty cents; smoking, and other inferior
sixteen cents sales of merchandise taxed
ene-ffth of one per cent. ovei
five thousand dollars sale; dealers
in leaf tobacco, fifty dollars, when
sales are not over twenty-five thousand
annually; distilleries, two hundred dol
lars; breweries, one hundred dollars
bankers, with capital of fifty thousand
dollars, two hundred, and two dollars fol
each additional thousand; brokers, one
hundred dollars. The bill provides for
an internal revenue department, which
shall be independent and under the
present commissioner. A fine scheme
and fine chance for political engineering.
From data before the Reconstruction
Committee, it appears that in the South
Carolina carpet-bag Legislature one
hundred and twenty members pay
altogether less than one thousand dollars
taxes. One hundred and ten members
pay in all only one hundred and sixty
dollars Louisville Courier Special
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Montana and California.

The following is extracted from letter
from Katsas City, Missouri, just received
from reliable gentleman who formerly
resided here, and who has lately returned
from Montana and California. 1t is in
keeping with many other letters which
have met our eye, and may do some good
for those who have the California and
Brazil fever on the brain. We doubt
whether any Of our young friends will
soon find a paradise away from home,
Nhere the condition of life is not that q
nan shall live by the sweat Of his brow.
A man in Brazil who should read some
of our own glowing accounts of the
"Sunny South" with all its former fer
tility, flowers, beauty and unrivaled ex-
ports and wealth, would be inclined TO
depart from California, Montana, or
any where else in the wide world and
come here, especially if he was a little
restless and wild with the love of novel
adventure. To such people it may not
be advantageous to give counsel But 1t
always will be true that prosperity will
depend on the energy devoted to the
business OF life, far more than on the
place which may be selected for exertion.
IL our young friends want to see the
sights, and have a small frolic, it may
pay them literally in the long run to
take q tour round the world. But il
their object is pecuniary success, com.
fort, aud respectability, we would advise
them to work where they are, while they
are young, that when they are old and
weak they may be able to travel and TAXI
their ease. Travel may be pleasant ant
instructive, but il is not pecuniaril,
profitable. And the vealthiest, as wei
AZ the most highly respected men Of Al
countries, are those who move little, an
have remained on the soil which CAV
them birth:
Iuouid have written 70 you before nov
"A not received your letter, OF my re
,nrn rom Nsbrzska.a at 81 Joseph. satin
,I.r Won would not 90 jost nov 70 Non
,sna have made the Trial, ny boy
80 a. noel rlori'us retreat TO tn
-o 49, sod shaiI-sffek until i sonelode Il
- s1,ns o,hsr point Its al IN q.
~ about Montana or California, N
-. rer.on has capital 70 start on 70
t;-s-lf Arj. n yoa wi take ny a.
80 ~ou Vii remain contentt the bAiane
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WASHINGTON.


WAsHISoToy, May l4.-The following
telegram was received yesterday:
ST.. LOUIS, May Is, 1868.
Hon. J. B. Henderson:
There is intense excitement here: A
meeting was called for tomorrow night
Can your friends hope that you will vote
for the Eleventh Article2 If so, all will
be well. Il. W. FOX.
To which Senator Henderson replied :
WASHINGTON. May ID.
z. W. Fox. st. Louis;
Say to my friends that am sworn to
do impartial justice, according to law
and evidence, and | will try to do 1t like
an honest man. j. B. HENDERSON,.
Senator.G Grimes was, yesterday, attacked
with sickness while at the Senate Cham
Der. 1t is supposed, from the symptoms,
to be premonitory paralysis. He was,
however, able to converse with his
friends last night.
Senator Conkling is confined to his
lodging by sickness.
The symptoms Of Senator Howard
were not so favorable last night as in the
morning He had more fever.
1t is not true, as reported last night,
that Senators Nye and Morton are also
sick
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what VIII be the Erect ?

In summing up the facts pertaining to
Reconstruction, and on calculation Of
causes, AMI the number of registered
voters, the New York Herald conjectures
favorable result to the reconstructed
States from their admission on any terms
whatever. 1t says:
Once in, something viii, perhaps, be seen
in those States that will astonish the Rad
icals. We have no doubt that every
Southern State that votes on the Presl-
dency will go against the Republican
candidate. Every electioa shows that
only q fraction Of the registered vote is
cast. More men are registered in every
State than vote; and in Alabama there
were seventy thousand votes legally on
the register that were not brought out in
the contest for the constitution. This is
so much unused power of the opposition I;
for all the votes not cast are against the
Radicals. Radicalism brings out its en-
tire vote everywhere, but the opposition
does not use its strength against these
constitutions. 1t waits to get IN,
sure that the constitutions can be
taken care Of in the future. But q strug-
gle that will certainly call out all the
powers of the opposition that is for the
Presidency. In the Presidential can
yass it is certain that full vote will be
thrown; all the opposition will be
brought out, all that reserved power that
appears in the difference between the
returns Of registered voters and the
returns Of votes cast will be employed,
and the result will be the defeat Of the
Republican candidate in every Southern
State. We shall yet see this party OF
fanatics put down by the combined action
Of a united South and a Northern
minority.-Nep York Herald.
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az your days, At least ns far ns the above
named countries are concerned as being
the best places for young men 70 com
mence in business. IL 10 MI io,'y'
Blackiston and | went as far ns omnna'
some two thousand miles from 81 Louis,
ON The Missouri river, there we had oil The
sdyanta yes Of finding out or securing
suoh information as % impress upon our
minds the delusiye, fattering prospects
nublished 10 the world by real estate
bolders in those regions; and thus thou
sands are induced 10 leave their places OF
business TO risk the. uncertainties OF q
new and, you may say, uncivilized coun-
try mean Montana for California Is
rammed. crammed, checked, and run
over. Thousands Of young men are 10
Omaha and Cheyenne City who are more
than willing TO work for their board and,
Of course, but few can succeed in pro-
curing such good and desirable situations
in proportion TO the number who are out
Of money, business and friends. Bad
ola country. thatl But l am more
than satisfied, for by my making
the trip. / can remain perfectly salts
ueu anu CoutttNtNf
"a Montana on the brain " again; and !
would never have forgiven myself had l
not gone AMI seen the elephant. Besides,
il will be the means Of q good number OF
Young men remaining at their business,
and not take their chances in the Western
world. for it is world within itself, but
who land you with them) are waiting to
hear my report before leaving. III were
able, / would take pleasure in writing
to some Virginia paper, and detail
truthfully how young men are powerfully
deceived in leaving their homes for the
gold mines OF Colorado and Montana
Pardon me for trespassing on your
patience SO long but enough OF It,
Kansas City is growing rapidly. Ire,
mendous business is done here; and
next year there will be by connection
seven railroads, thus giving, with the
river, nine passages for shipping and
produce. Predictions say she
will, in the next ten years, rival 81
i NJ.
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F0rPresidentand VicePresident
OF the United States,
THE NOMINEES OF THE DEMO
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TIE NEWS.

large meeting was held at Lewistown,
Maine. on the 18th instant. to protest against
sworn Senators of the Republican party voting
not guilty" when they believed such to be
the right verdict. Senator Fessenden's brother
was one of those who called the meeting. Sim
liar resolutions were adopted by the Union
Republican Committee of New York.
- The wheat crop Of California for this year is
estimated at twenty million bushels. barley ten
and oats two and half millions.
Senator Howard is improving. Surratt was
refused bail.
Trial by jury is now guaranteed in Austria.
In one half the territory of the United States
It is refused. and military commissions and the
Dry Tortugas substituted.
The fu-eral of Lord Brougham took place at
Carnes. France yesterday.
The new Tammauy Hall in New York will
be ready for the Democratic Convention.
The bark Freehempel. from Antwerp. is at
quar- milne in the New York harbor with nine
teen small pox cases.
The New York Board of Trade favor paying
the national debt in gold, funding sreenbachs
and resuming specie payments.
The American Anti-Slavery Society, with
1900 persons present, proposes to join johnson
If acquitted, demand an ultra Radical at Chi
cago, negro franchise, schools and HOMESTEAD,
and denounces the churches and the Demo-
cratic party.
The New York Times is out in favor Of the
views of Fetsenden, Trumbu1 and Grimes,
and says the Republican party will be saved
by them from self-destruction. The Poa de-
nounces the threats against these men, and
urges acquittal, with sharp censure of the
President. The Tribune says what the country
wants is a speedy verdict, and says Grimes
must be made an example to renegades for all
time. A Washington special says the canvass
yesterday indicated conviction. and that the
Missouri delegation had succeeded in ezaeiing
from Henderson a pledge to convict on the
eleventh article. Wade is expected to vote
and help on the exaction.
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FOREIGN.

LONDON, May 13.-Charles Francis
Adams, United States Minister to the
Court Of St. James, took leave Of the
Queen at a special audience yesterday.
Mr.. Adams left London soon afterward
for the Continent, leaving Mr.. Moran in
charge of the American Legation in this
city.
MONTREAL, May IA man named
Dupgan, saloon keeper, and two accom-
plicss we're arrested yesterday morning.
charged with being implicated in the
blot for the assassination Of McGee.
The prisoners were examined before
Judge Coursal, with doors closed. A
witness testified TO being pres
ent in Duggan's house in December
last, when the conspiracy was hatched.
Twelve American and twelve Canadian
Feniaus were also present One man.
called Smith, was selected 70 do a
certain job; witness could not say
What job, but heard one Of the men
saving, "God il Niece only knew
What he has in store for him,
vouldn't be leavs the country 2 Wit
ness also beard another man say /:
. smith, you did that JOB Of burning the
Orange Lodge hrst-rate. Witness has
Identified Whalen ss the man be heard
called Smith. The prisoners leave Tor
Ottawa to-morrOE morning in charge Of
an officer.
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MISSISSIPPI.

JACKSON, May l4-The Democratic
Convention renominated Governor Hum
phreys by reclamation; X. Falconer for
Lieut.. Governor; c. E. Hooker, Attorney
General; and G. K. Marshall, Supsrin-
tendent of immigration. Harmony pre-
vailed. A mass meeting took place last
night Ii was addressed by the nomi-
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Arkansas. The new South Cafohnh
Senators are expected soon TO arrive. IL
Is anticipated that Republicans Trough
out the North will. upon the appearance
of these men, break forth in songs OF
thanksgiving over a restored Union, and
Of praise at the faithful action OF this
wise Congress. We beg to call a
halt on that proposition. DO we
want any more rotten borough
States in the Union2 Could anything
be moro fatal to our perpetual public
content and good order than the admis-
sion of such Staies2 We have enough
of them now. Nevada and Nebraska,
that should yet for years have been
Territories, are as weighiy IN that
Senate that proposes TO rule the
nation, as New York and Ohio. Now,
there is no reason 10 believe that
the persons presenting themselves here
as Senators Of the United States from Ar
kansas and South Caroline, represent
even the negroes in these States. They
are adyenturers, representatives OF little
more than their audaciiyi and they
will become, IL permitted to enter
the Senate, the most abject OF party
serfs. because they will have no possible
vitality outside their party. This may
be a recommendation TO Congress, but
/ do not believe it is to the peo-
ple. II the Arkansas and South Caro-
ina reconstruction is the sort Of thing
Rem. Wade is wanted in the White House
to promote, the less we have OF 1t the
haitian
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CINCINNATI.

C1ycISSATI, May l4.-Joe Coburn yes
terday, after his release, proceeded to La
tonia Springs, on the Kentucky side,
where he will finish his training. 1t is
understood that McCool will not come
to the city, but will soon locate him
self in the vicinity of the battle ground.
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ALABAMA.

SELMA, May 1.-Two men, named
Barker and Weller, were brought here
yesterday in irons, by the military, from
Sumter county. They are charged with
lynching the murderers of Burns, who
was killed in Menago county, some
waaku aoo r.H
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HARRISBURG, PA.

HARRISBURG, May 1.-THE Fenian
Brotherhood, of Pennsylvania, met in
the Senate committee rooms yesterday.
Forty.nine circles were represented.
Officers we're elected, and secret session
of three hours held last evening. A large
and enthusiastic meeting took place.
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CaIIingaH Halt.

Mr.. H2lstead, senior editor Of the Gin.
cinnad Commercial, and a true repre-
sentative Of the more moderate Republic
can wing, speaks bis mind thus freely as
10 the admission Of the reconstructed
Southern mongrels TO sit in Congress as
the peers Of Ohio, New York aud the
other Northern States. His view Of the
carpet baggers will be seen TO be true &c
the life:
There are already Senators here from
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CONNECTICUT.

HARTFORD, May l4-The Republican
legislative caucus had twenty-onS bal
lots at New Haven last evening without
making choice of candidate for United
States Senator. The last ballot stood:
Buckingham, SO; Hawley, 54; Plat, IL.
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BY TELEGRAPH.
NEW YORK.
Gold and Cotton Reports.
Latest to Noon To-day.

Special 10 the PUBLIC LKDGER.l
New YoRK. May Ia, IL NJ Gold
opened at 1897; at 1925 am. was 1891,
and is now l4Ol. Exchange is steady at
l0i@lOs.
Cotton is in fair demand and prices are
firm; soc is bid for middling.
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Mound city. wednesday. May 40. 'ss.

THE STEAMER DIES ARC WILL LEAVE
L the foot Of Monroe and Adams streets every
'i Fare for tn. round trIp, 81 GO. 90
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CREEKS PATENT
Clothes Frame and Dryer |!
Holds ~ Much Clothes as Line 100
Feet Long, and only Occupies
n space Of Six Feet.

u,HFLAprEs ARE RESPECTFULLY M
/ rifel n eaII and eramine this much needed
and useful ariicis-iusi the Ting Ter housa-
keepers. and The price Hitnin ne rtacn 81 Al.
81 Samples can Be seen a.
No. ass second strees. IrvIns BIoek.
s-zh Z. PECAN Assnt
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COncOrdia Garden !

MR.. SOL. RICE, THE PROPRIETOR OF
INl the above delightful suburban pleasure
retreat, wishes TO inform the public that his
HALL is at the disposal Of Pleasure Parties,
Of RESPECTABLE and RESPONSIBLE
PEOPLE,
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THESE MACHINES ARE A WONDER
i full achievement Of Mechanical Skill and
Inventive Genius, and for Simplicity. Dura-
bilty and Beauty. they stand unrivaled.
that will not rip or ravel. A CHILD CAN USE
THEM. satisfar ton guaranteed. Every Ma
chine WARRANTED FOR THREE YEARS. Where
we have no established Agency. we will send
either pric ed Machine, ready for use. on re-
ceipt Of CASH ORDER, with frll and explicit in
sstructio'ns. Further particulars and Sample
Work furnished on application.
se- Good Agents Wanted.
Address M. M. BEACH d CO.,
No. 294 Second street.
$3.50 Memphis, Tom.
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LARGEST ESTABLISHMENT

OF the kInd:ibs,hs southwesl We employ
none bat Capable worknsr and turn out the
best Of vork;ais,hs most psasonAbis prices.
WHITsIORE a CO..
l2S-t No. ls.sihdisonisi.
, 1868-11-06
JOHNNY,S LESSON.

Johnny, come here aud look at the cat
Notice how nicely she washes her face
Now rubbing this cheek, now rubbing that,
Carefully putting each hair in its place.
Johnny, you dear, little, dirty elf,
Don't you feel II little ashamed OF yourselff
Her hands she takes next-now, Johnny look
Carefuly--daintily see her scrubl there
Now she arrtuges her SOFT silken hair,
And her tail and her ears have an extra rub
She owns neither looking glass, towel nor comb
Yet she keeps herself neat, abroad and al
home.
Johnny, what DO you think of this
With that smile on your bright, little, smutty
| declare there is not spot can kiss face
And you know that your hair is never in place
No wonder that your hands in your pockets go;
You're ashamed of them, Johnny you are,
you know
Playing with marbles, down on your knees,
Grubbing for angle-worms under the ground
Riding the fences and climbing the trees,
You're the dirtiest fellow anywhere round
You know you are, Johnny you need not look
hurt
You know you delight to play in the dirt.
o, Johnny dear Johnny what shall l do,
Is a question that puzzles me evening and
morn,
With DEAR loving, little fellow, like you,
Who is always dirty, and tumbled and torn
Johnny, if you don't do better than that,
believe | shall send you to school to the cat.
, 1868-11-06
THE REIGN OF AUTUMN.

The rust is over the red of the clover,
The green is under the gray,
And down the hollow the fleet winged swallow
Is flying away and away.
Fled are the roses, dead are the roses,
The glow and the glory done,
And down the hollow the heet-wiuged swallow
Flying the way o the sun.
In place of summer a dread newcomer,
His solemn state renews;
crimson spleudor instead of the tender
Daisy, aud the darling dews
But oh the sweetness, the full completeness
That under his reign are born
Russet and yellow in apples mellow,
His rAds}s gB B1f5affgg t88diIJIG t88diIJIGL sRtdd eq5pt
Maple and oak and thorn
And rising aRd falling, his winds are calling,
Like hunter through his horn.
No thrifty sower, but just a mower,
That comes when the day is DONE
With warmth a beaming and gold a-gleamiug,
Like sunset after the sun.
Aud while fair weather and frost together
Color the woods so gay,
We must remember that chill December,
Has turned his steps this way.
And say, as we gather in the house together,
And pile the logs on the hearth,
Help us to follow the light little swallow,
E en- to the ends of the earth.
, 1868-11-06
The Harvest of the Sea.

There is q pillow that hath no share,
But Golfer that paTteth keen and fair.
The burrows rise
To a terrible size,
Or ever the plow hath touched them there
'Gainst horse and plow in wrath they shake;
The horses are fierce but the pillow will break.
And the seed that is dropped in these burrows Of
Will lift the sun neither blade nor ear. fear,
Down it drops plumb
Where no spring time GOMEZ
Nor needeth it any narrowing gear;
Wheat nor poppy nor any leaf
Will cover this naked ground of grief.
But harvest day will come at last,
When the watery winter all is past
The burrows SO gray
Shall be sbOrn away.
By the angels sickles keen and fast;
And the buried harvest of the sea
Stored in the barns of eternity