, 1869-06-12


Stokes aud the Senter parties, when Stokes h!tn-
Relf appeared In the body here, az member Of the
Census Committee Stokes, or General Stokes, Is
baldish, plauslblc daredevil demsgogue, loudeat
In a orawL topuost In anarchy, and resolved to
get up somewhere where he can be seen- whether
he climbs church steeple or m clubhouse. The
Rrowplow family have deep dtellke Of Stokes,
who, they saF, Is mutterer and e1vlous and who
went into the Union army az business toss-penny,
while looking both ways to see where his interest
lay. have known Brownlow for eight years, aud
while an bound to think he is himself ambitious
and unspa1lng, believe that he is "sqaare"
man In his relations to his I1ends and his enemies.
Among the Radical party OF Tennessee I would
rather stand By him than by any other man, for II
I could not trust to his moderation might to hts
magnantmi:y. It Ia curious to observe how unlike
are the two mountain governments Of East Ten
nessee and West Virginia In both there are large
disiranchtsed classes In soth the Republicans are
uppetnost; but the government Of Tennessee Is
almost q pure aE1etocracy. Who Is Governor is
King and he personally, or By his registers, revises
the voting Lists, contracts or expands the number
Of electors as he chooses, and maintains a stand
Ing militia, under asIns- There Is no such bar
barous dictatorship IN West Virginia, and, with
temperate officers, patient minority, and poIit-
ical spirit subordinate to materla, ambition, the
young State seems to be Initiating tho example OF
her elder brother, the Old Dominion, which,
though Territory, Is behaving decently andetr.y-
ing to right herself up, Ike buoyant wreck.
PmkersbWg ia nzed Us the new capital Of West
vtgfna and 1t Is to be hoped that the presence Of
the government will not paralyze II, a. generally
happens with capital towns, In virginia furious
campaign ts going on between the Wells and
Walker men; for every FirHlnian Is politician by
tradition and temper. The little dry town OF
Alexandria ls the scene Of stump speeches aud
professions almost nightly and It Is to be hoped
that before the next Congress meets We shall not
Sec the scandal Of State within eight OF the Capl-
to, held In the condition Of territorial vnssalage
Senator Ross. Of Kansas, tells ne curious
story about a probable coalition Ia Tennessee, be-
tween Andrew johnson, Parson R1owniow and
Scnter, The ant[-Stokes candidate lie saya tlat
johnson Is making long hcadwaJ tovnrd return
ing to tie Senate and that he will come here witt,
EIoTnioEs conOironce, the latter having ceased
hH o:rN- -!:iu- to the oX-PFC silent. The persona,
rcla1iur9 between ex-senator Patterson untl
B-uwnlow were noticed to be ln1abie ut the be
GLans uf ;te las: Congress- The combatve par
con, moreover, ia now severely ccnsorions upon
GeCeral Grant, and says that - this administration
makes Johnson's rcspeclable.'' apnrchcnd 10
excitement, except On the part OF the Queen q
English, when johnson returns here. save, per
hars, our venerable constitution, which Anuy has
punched through aud through with cunning rho
aomontote. Nc must have dcmagogucs, and
therefore
"Oh,why should the spirit Of mortal be proud ~
HARyEy's SALARY.
It has come to Hight that while Congress, under
the pressure OF the ceiebrnted Gght with Andrew
johnson, cut OF the appropriation for Minister
lihTey's salary. the same was being quietly paid
bt Secretary Seward all the while 1t 20 con,c,
ont that the conscious meanness most OF us have
felt for several years at the apparent woe-hcgonc
condition Of one Of our Ministers, left without an
cxchc7uer in foreign land, has been MI the while
espated by a sly Secretary Of State. Harvey has
drawn on the RartnQs with monthly punctaality,
bearing ont John Phenix's encomium on
George Washington, that he drew his
salary With mastery precision. In
the light OF this development what sympathy
shall We not extend TO the vulgar wits who have
enjoyed themselycs With taunts upon uasveyH
beGEary and re1norsc-some OF them In Congress,
son" e. ts".r n the c.uc2c newspaper Tse
offence OF Mr. Harvey was beneath the notice Of a
girl, bu, large enough for Congress to punish 1t
was In writing private letter to ME. Seward c1-
pressing Lis sympathy H.ts the fountain Of his
bread and butter. This letter Seward exhibited
TO dohuso1, who meany p1lntel Il. At o2ce the
legislative 1lt struck Portugal on Its i!>t O; mis-
s!ens, and thnurnt It 9Ct'r as ccb'2 revenge cs
Mocrhcal aud Kelley 5--:s....11, At the ss!-zY OF
David y. Wells. There + ae.AAS IN pul,iic life
Viii. h q vulgar man ca1 al srcta:c except tho
| SALARY.
"If yoE sauce mo-" SAD q aof!c Congressman
70 bon platt. "IL hey ,yun put OIL sc=r COZ l.
| mttec::"
| "WelL" eaM Don. II scnt sauce you.
| There's not enough pudding In you 10 make sauce
| npon.'
ills wortA making inquiry about whether any
! low feluw III Congress should have the power to
do t1istau: revenge like this upon Harvey, ru:~
ting llis hand b, special and instantaneous enact
Ment lntn the routine affairs Of the State Depart
meur-tnte:Turtlr. perhaps, the course Of some
Important dinlomar:-to satisfy bis miserable
rfquc, and in THIS case The crime wss cxaEgerate!
| because fllr State Department gives nobody HI
| outfit. F;.'l Harvey not been befrended ny Sew
n.d It Is Quit. possible thnt he might have hecont
i'nuper al:rad, as h. Is u man without fortuna
WHO lives U:' ID ~ 5aary. Altogether, 1t Is sub
lect Of concentration that the poor devil got his
Stipend, aut that one broad mark OF uationa
bmai1ness IL ssileta or our Official history.
ANEW !-ACF AluET TIRE ASSASSIN PAYNE
| Some time aEo friend introduced me to Fred
er.ek Stone Of lori Topacco Qndinn Ia,topaea!, OF
| the lower Potomac, who was counsel 70 Dr.. Mu.id
| the surgeon II Juhn WILKES Booth. Stone Is NOV
member Of Congress from the Ftfth District o.
MARYLAND, ara l. O modest, semi-lttcsarJ law yer
lie w.nt IN his professional capacity to see Payne
or Powell, the Attempted assassin OF VIM. II. Sew
ARD md rcturaed to Ely introducer With this state
| 1ncnt:
uTn,, fercN IA the most extraordinary nnl irre
oeeunb1e 1,.au In Chr1sten,ism. lie IA built lit
c.san,Ic s1yae.c. has no idea Of fear. possesse
/ no ser sih,ljtie. md wants tn dIe with nromntt
| tide
| are sa,a n rna. IT dan. want n TRIAL. ,fe
! serve to be hanged, and expected H. dou't WA
to be led out into court every day, With chains OF
my legs anu daily husrah- ! meant to Kill tbs
he,,cva ,yns right in trying TO xiii him. and nl1
rccrr, IA TIA; / dldnr ki1l hin, Frst I vent a
h;1, ut,h mr. trt,e an, then with mr. n{sto1.hutt
| II hal possessed anything else, should have IN
ished him.
Stone asked him the cxtlat and nature Of th
conspiracy.
"It was plan to ca1ry Lincoln autl give hin
IN to the confedern,cs." said Payne; "but wher
rhn, failed, Booth, who was the only one IN car
nest proposed 10 I'LL Lincoln and all the Cabinet
All the rest backed out, aud scattered like = lot o
he2Sa1s. We never heard Of sor1ntt, Of Arnold
OF any OF them ngain- told Booth that woult
80 u with him, and he preferred to Kill Lincoln
while was set upon Seward II Atzerodt or HA1
Old were IN the matter they were mere hangers
on 4acserfc 10 DC Killed and so does Booth
1ue test Hele women ana oaoaes
Anoasss Iue Pscollatlues ol toat time Of assaa
s'nahon may oe mentioned the feet that poe
VINO recently agnred N some Of the floral decors
oa Ie1t9uoules u LUIS 'lclnlts, had been invited
py Wilkes Boom 10 come to his room on the nigh
ol me mutdct. hh'le on hts Way there he ncaEt
OF the ASSASSINATION at Fords Theatre, and to hl:
CONSERVATION heard the name Of his anticipated
most mentioned In connection with the crime.
II dare say. he said frequently afterwarl
"that If had left my card at Booths room that
night should have been scat to the Dry To,tu
gas Stone Is . grandson Of sgner OF The
Declaration Of Independence from Maryland, and
a great g:ea. grandson Of Lord Baltimore S fa1noo
| Protestant ViGginlan Governor Of the SAME Com