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ADMIRAL FARRAGUT.
His Outrageous Treatment by General
Grant and His Administration.

The death of the greatest officer eve,
connected with the American navy, ha.
revived afresh his unexampled services In
de-cnse OF the honor and integrity Of his
country.
But, while it brings before US a contem
plation Of his illustrious career. it also call.
to memory the insults heaped upon hiul
by Gen. Grant and bis Administrations
insults which we're continued up to the
hour of his death.
The Brooklyn Eagle, published 10 a city
where is located one Of the great navy
yards, where facilities are afforded to
make the Acquaintance of our naval officers
refers to the death of the admiral mos,
sincere and eloquent. 1t speaks of the
great man from long personal acquain>
lance, and speaks of his wrongs from a
more intimate knowledge than gained from
the ordinary observations of q journalist.
At the close of the war Congress created
the rank of admiral especially for Farra-
gut, and President johnson appointed him
at once. It was contemporaneous with
the elevation of Grant to the rank Of gen.
eral: The Eagle says:
The two men stood out then 40 the con
cedediy fit recipients of honors greater
than our republicans bad ever before con-
ferred. Their positions we're not expected
to be nominal or ornamental. The nation
felt as entitled to their wisdom in each
branch of the service ~ it felt entitled to
the fame they had won. From his high
place as FIRST officer and righttul chief ad-
wiser of the navy. Admiral Farragut never
descended during the administration of
Mr. johnson. Secretary Welies the ables.
secretary our navy ever had, deferred to
him - an officer, loved him as friend, and
felt glad to impress his ideas and euRges-
tons upon the department. His duties
were such ~ his rank called for, such ~
his prestige prescribed, such as worth and
wisdom dictated.
with the advent Of this administration
begsp the practical suppression and the
studiooa series of grand and petty insults to
this extraordinary man. The president of
of the United States led off. About to be
inaugurated, he solicited the admiral to
name . person suitable to secretary of the
navy. ani promised to appoint the states
man the admiral indicated. At the same
time bespeakins that Fsrragut shouH CON-
tinue to reside in Washington, and praeii-
oally supervise the department himself:--
This very proper request was also acoeded
10 By Farrsgut, who interpreted every sx>
eeutivs suggestion a. general order
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FROM TWO RIVERS.
and Lake Survey
The Lake Shore Railroad, &c.

Correspondence of TEE PILor.
Two RIVERS, August 26th, 1870.
Editor Pilot:
audience very respectable in numbers. The
entertainment was fully up to the promises
contained in the bills, and all were satisfied
that they got their moneys worth, while
some, tie lucky holders of the winning tick
cts. made good thing on. Of it. TIE Pro-
fe.sor will continue the eshibi ions here for
the remainder of this week, and next v eek
your citizens will have An opportunity 10
Judge for themselves. Those who avail hem
selves Of it will ind that it has true merit.
A party Of surveyors have just left Two
Eivers, after spending nearly two weeks tax
ing sorndinc. m OUT rivers enG in the lake
opposite This ely N embryo. They repor' an
avsrag &c depth in the channel o. the west river
Of over ,weuty fee. and IN the east nearly The
seine. O. The object o. This survey, which l
believe has been conducted by engineers in
the servive o. the general government, your
correspondent is ignorant
What a magnificent place ibis would make,
with very small outlay of money, for the
location O? the government naval station for
the lakes, SO long 'alLcd of. stretch OF
over 20 miles in bob 'vers deep enough and
wide enough for The largest ocean crafts; will
timber Oh the bcrks sufficient for the con-
struction o" vessels o. any desired dimensions!
{, supply O. wood and stone ad Hbtum; with
essy and cheap access to the iron OF Superior!
VIII; po'nt S here IN the whole country pos.
sessi,e lie p2tu1al advantages for naval
station that Ibis place afordsl If the ques-
ton we've admitted TO vote here i would
be decided in The affirmative unanimously.
The work on the cisterns Tor the use OF the
FIRE department is progressing finely. The
sub-contrac,ors, Messrs. McGavin and Crock
er, have "a this da,e nearly completed one Of
them OF the following dimensions: 80 feet
long, 10 feet wide and feet dep,h in The
elear iy'nS supply OF water which 1t is
believed will MOI be easily exhausted. The
friends O. these gentlemen will be pleased to
know ttct thev are going 10 make good
thing Tor themselves as well as for the public
Your correspondent. although a resident Of
Two niveYs, regrets the suspension OF work
Oh lie LIE slo:e Railroad, and hopes if not
alrea " resumed, ii soon VIII be. A work o.
this kind sho1d receive The careful attention
OF the whole couniv; and upou the assurance
con. lined in the frs, number OF THE PILOT.
under present management, that your city
would see % the equalization o. the burden
unused to secrre it. there ought to ne no
fur he. opposition. NV attention has just
been called 20 tie I. ct that work he's been re-
sumed on lie -, Shore Road, ard il seems
to ne that = the.e are any differences OF
opinion rs 10 iLe pop ley o. pushing the
work 10, wa 4 10 an early comp elton, now is
the tine to have them reconciled and all work
together for he early success Of an enter
prise that is to benefit all. Yours truly,
Sw1 FLEwCE.
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The WOrkingmen's Platform.

The national labor congress has been in
session some days, and the result of its la
bors is the adoption Of . platform, which
in very many respects will command the
appreciation and active support Of the in
telligent laboring population of the west.
After . lengthy preamble, in which the
claims OF labor and the duties OF govern
ment are set forth in general ter.as, the
resolutions declare:
l. That laborers in all departments of
Industry are suffering from . system of
monetary laws, adopted during the war
and continued now, in the interest of bank
ers ana segregated capital, to restrain aud
Cypress tbs rights IF labor.
2. That the rate Of interest is the gov.
erning power in the distribution of the
products Of industry; that the presen: rates
a'e excessive and oppressive to the pro-
duciDg classes.
3. That the national banking system is
inimical to the spirit of liberty. subversive
OF justice, unconstitutional, and ought to
be abolished.
4. That the national bank notes and
grecnbacks now in circulation ought to be
Withdrawn and notes substituted for them,
based on the wealth Of the nation, made !
legal tender for oil debts, public and pri-
vale, convertible into 3 per cent. gold
bearing bonds being also convertible into
lawful money at the option of the holder.
5. That the claim Of the holders of our
20 bonds to be paid. principal and inter-
est, IN gold, is dishonest and extortionate
6. That the exemption from taxation OF
government bonds is q violation of all jus,
principles Of revenue law.
7. That congress should so modify the
tariff as to admit free the necessaries OF
life and such articles Of common use as We
can neither produce nor grow, and lay du.
lies for revenue mainly upon articles oil
luxury and such manufactures IS, having
abundant RAJ material, will develop the
resources of the country, increase faci orics,
give employment to more meo, maintain
more wages, create permane Mt home mar
ket tor agricultural products, destroy the
necessity for internal taxation, and enable
our manufactures TO compete with those
of other countries.
8. That the public lands belong to the
people should be sold or given to actua
settlers.
9. That the treaty making power ha,
not authority to dispose of the public
lands.
1t is not to be presumed that all these
measures can be adopted at once, but some
of them, and those the most necessary and
desirable are within immediate reach and
will be insisted upon at the coming Novem
Der elections,
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WH-s l see leaves drop off from the trees
in the reg inning Of autumn, just such'think l.,
is the friendship of the world. While the sap Of
ms intenance lasts, my friends swarm in
sbundar e, but in the winter of my need they
leav. le naked. He is happy man that hath
true friend at his need but he il more
truly happy that hath no need Of his friends.
The time will come when the cloud which
for the present prevents us Distinguishing our
friends and our foes will be separated. even
that day in which the secrets Of all hearts will
be disclosed to view of all. In the meantime let
Us think as favorably ~ possible of all men.
our particular opponents not excepted, and
therefore be careful to conduct al hostility
with the pleasing prospect that one day it will
give place to the most perfect amity II Dr..
jos. Prisstly
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BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
tn u 4 ecer1Olv Oi.tTC+.

A Democret:c Conven ion o the Third As
seab,v piziric. vii be 81 Be se-s Ean, n
Two r:vers, on Sstu-d Y, sep e1,oe2 Ia,
$50 Ter the purpose Of e.ec.s~g lee Dee
gees 20 he Co1gress:oncl Convention 10 lie
Leld Ell Oshkosh Sep.embec q. The difeg-
ent towns VII De emf ed 10 De,eg-.es as o.
low: Town o. hIcr;.ovoc !: c. v o Mar; o.
woc-F:Ist Ward 2; Second Weird l. Third
Tald |; Fourth Ward /; Two E;ve-s 6; ,t:sh-
ico.t 3; { ;b5o, ]. Two CleeLs /.
BY ORDER OF Count ZEE.
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THE longest lived persons in the world
appear to be f-rench Generals. Think of
paraguay d Killers growing furious under
his seventy five years at not being sent
to the front; Chapgarnicr, at seventy seven
lamenting in q published card his bitter
sorrow at not receiving command; and
lastly, the old Duke de Montemart Offering
himself and the "stirrups wore At jena
in the first Dragons" The patriotic faith
Of such irascible old gentlemen has some
thing sublime in it.
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Second Assembly District.

Delnocrf@ic Conven: ion Of the Second
As.e1b'v Dis,.ic. will be he'd Ii the House o.
&. krpz in Branch Nils, on Sturdy, Sept.
I1.h 1870. al - O'Clock Nj, FOR the prrpose
o. elec.;ng tee Delegates to the Congress
sionel Convent ION 10 be held al Os Josh
Sep1embe- 81 The d;sereDt towns are en-
titied to Delegates as follows: C2,o l: Mani
towoc Rapids .; Maple Grove .; Franklin 2;
Ko.s2 % CoopeEs own /
By ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
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NORTH CAROLINA elects five Conserva.
tive Congressman out of the seven, has
thirty.three out Of tho ffty.three State
Senators, and eighty-two out of the one
hundred and twenty members of the
House. which insures q Democratic United
States Senator, vice Abbott, Of New
Hampshire, retired. Grant backed Hold.
en-, but who backed Grant? 1t WAS not
Uni.eI States Judge Brooks.
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A CONTEMPORARY tells Of "shrewd Jer-
sey farmer" who doesn't shoot the bows
tina. steal his melons, but lets them eat al
they want and take his revenge when read
ing their obituary notices in the paper the
next day"
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The New You, Posi- nrlnis the following
kind of news item: Young ladies' should
not go rowing with gentlemen unless they
are capable Of managing a boat. A lad6
was upset in the water recently, and dress
costing six dollars yard was completely
ruined. The lady was drowned.
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IT is a good thing to be pr her. Il
is an excellent good thing to be preacher.
A man in that line Of business can get =
large salary, and have a vacation iu hot
weather. and the sisters all like him 10 cold
weather, and he can have big stone
church luxuliously furnished to preach in,
and he can have parsonage with all of
the luxuries and elegancies of lie, and
make trip to Europe every year, and have
donation party, and have his library
filed with costly books which cost him
nothing, and his sermons printed in the
newspapers, and his name on the tongues of
all men, and be lauded as a saint.
We advise all parents who have boys, to
educate them for the ministry. The busi-
ne IS may be overdone 10 lew years, but
at this time there is an excellent prospect
that man may have "a precious season"
III that vocation. When it is considered
that an innumerable host of ft-brained
men are getting rich and living on the fat
of the land IS preachers, and are autocrats
in the churches in which they oficiats, it
seems to be almost criminal for . parent
to permit his boy to follow any other call
ing. AT present, there il scarcity of
preachers. A little more competition
might make things lively Chicago
Times.
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HON. CHAS. A. ELDRlDCE.

The democracy OF the fourth Congress
sional District nominated this gentleman
for Congress on last Wednesday, Thee is
no man in the State Cor whom the Demo-
Gratis have greater love than Cor NJ. 81
bridge. He was ore Of me few wao. in
Congress, stood true to his parry aad those
whom he represented; ald while his COZ Sc
as a public mau has always been consistent,
1t at the same time com nanded re respect
OF his opponents. Tie Democrats of his
district could not have done less h n to
renominate him, an honor wr'cl b.
richly deserved: and may they return hi III
with an increased majority
A CoLoRED man in Flantio:t, Kv.,
voted the Democratic ticket at & e r-cel
election held in that State. Upon the
fact being known among the Radicals, an
assault was made upon the colored Demo
crat and an attempt made to take MS life
The white people rescued him from the
mob and found hiln to be a CT; )ple, and
blacksmith by trade, wherelpon they
made up the sum Of three hundred dollars.
bought lot and put up shop on it, and
made him present OF it. Did Radicals
ever do as much?
Says Democratic paper: IF Grent
can interfere in the affairs of South Caro-.
lima by sending troops to aid in control
ling an election, what is to hinder him in
pursuing the same course in all he S. ties?
OHly let him fee. that his dynssty is in
danger in any of the States and sway goes
the order tor the military occupation
We have already had one example. The
holder the usnrper, tie more prompt the
assistance from Grant Wnich is the next
State he will attempt to grapple by the
throat p
The NEXT CONGRESS- The democratic
estimates by which they figure up a majori-
ty in the next House of Representatives,
appear in an article copied from the New
York Tribune. While their estimates are
clearly to liberal for their side, it is we'll
enough to admit the fact, which is plainly
to be seen, that there is work ahead for
the republicans to save the next Congress.
But two States, Oregon and North Carroll.
ma, have yet chosen Congressman, but in
these two the democrats stand a couple
better than their own estimates left them.
Il Portage Register.
In noticing our article week before last on
the North Pacific Railroad, the Wisconsin
Pinery, published at Stevens Point, gravely
asks:
ave notice this article, only to ask the
Pilot what is h.eant by the Land Grant Road
to New Londonn We have never heard of
1t. Will the Pilot c1plsin2'
Nor you never will hear of it only to your
great loss and sorrow We mean the Land
Grant Road promised US by Geo. Reed. our
worthy { y President, for the last six or seven
years. Clear as mud,
NORTH CAROLINA elects five Conserva.
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DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS
First Assembly District.

A Democratic Convention OF the FRS. As
SEN 1lv District will be he'd at the House Of
A. wslterbcch. in Mecme, on S, turday,
September 11,h, 1870, al u O'Clock NJ. for
the purpoee OF electing three Delegstes to the
Congressional Convention, to he acid ct Osh-
kosf. Sep cmber 81 The differen' towns ere
entitled TO DeleGs tes IS follows: schlcsvig
a: Meeme 3; Cen.revilie Q; Eston 8; Liberty
/; Newton / Rocklard J.
BY ORDER OF COMMITTEE.
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FROM MEME.
Library MISUNDERSTANDING, sc

Correspondence o? The PILOT.
Mss.IE, Aug. 2sth 1870.
EdittT Pilot:
write this week more to redeem nv word
then co. ~. ling Of Importance l have to
colnmur c~,e.
Meme. VII her brcry Association and
Debating Society, is becoming such a highly
no'al and respectable tow :, and her people
Ia. ....o,,~-.--. --,.------A-..-.
a very poor locality in Which 10 pick up
':items::' and even the luxury of bar.room
fehts are like 'angel visits few and far be-
tween.
Formers are busily engaged in threshing
and are agieeably surprised at the yield
Wheat yields from fifteen TO twenty bushels
20 the acre. To the farmers usual D eyer for
rain, is added p: yer for the continuation
o. the European war, as they hole it will
raise The price Of wheat.
4 span of horses ran away here a few days
ago. ,l-owing TWO gentlemen named Dennis
Mccarthy and James Driscol or, OF the wagon,
b, 'ng the latter severely. Tbe consequences
0ol'd l.. We been more serious but for the
presence OF mind evinced by young lady
presen:. N.
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Horrible Suicide-"Uncle John" Crawford
Cut His Throat.

From the Chiffon Times.
On Sunday evening last the 2lst inst =,
our citizens we're shocked to learn that
John j. Crawford, we'll and favorably
known in this section Of the country, and
who resided six miles north OF this village,
had deliberately committed selfmurder
that afternoon, with a razor. The facts
IS We learned are as follows
For few days prior he felt slightly un-
we'll and nervous and few hours before he
committed the rash act, he spoke to his
wife in the barn, in relation to his financial
affairs; told her who was owing him and
also to WHOM he was indebted, remarking
that he was not going to live long that he
was going to be very sick but she needn't
send for doctor, as be could not help him
any. He further said that when he died
he wanted Messrs. Robinson and Hume to
settle up his affairs. He then went into
the house and lay down on the floor. In a
short time he complained that the flies
bothered him and that it was too warm 10
the house and he would 60 out in the woods
and lay in under the trees. His wife pro-
posed to accompany him but he declined
saving that it was not necessary; but fear
ing that something was the matter sent
his daughter Lorinda, aged about Is years,
20 watch him. He went into the woods
but Lorinda soon lost sight of him, and
when she found him be was lying on bis
face. She spoke to him and he replied -
fopd 1 She ffaaiised hin Il up and seeing FIAT
was bleeding gave ,he alarm, which vas
loon responded TO by Mrs. Crawford, and
Dav; d Coy. SON n-law. When they ar
rived he tried to speak but was unable to
DO so, and in about ten minutes life was
extinct. Upon invest aa,ion it was found
that he had severed The jugular veins.
The deceased was SO years old and =
native Of New York, and Tor number OF
years lived near Brownsville, in Jefferson
county. Aoop: seventeen years ago he re-
moved to Wisconsin and chose this county
Tor home. He was social in his habits
a0d very kind hearted and remarkably
honess man, and those who knew him lttIe
thought that he would take his own life
Ii is easy to snrmise what was she cause of
the act, but He a one who seest the Utmost
iecesses of The heart knows the true reason.
Of course he had his faults who has not !?
Out they were more than overshadOwed by
his macy virtues and We but express the
general verdict Of the community when
we record that 10 the death of 'Unce
John" a NOBLE example of honesty and IN.
tea,lty has passed away.
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&los,831.372
370,934,747
l669-70 fGrant)
1869 Johnson)
427,087 ,625
Excess of Grant

EXeeSS OF Grant HS7,00s ,o2o
1t will thus be seen that the only virtue
that the radicals claim - IN extenuation of
their numerous crimes has really no foun-
dstion whatever; that 80 far from the
peoples paying less in taxes under the
Grant administration, they have tho FIRST
year. paid nearly $3S, 600, 900 more than
under the last year of Johnson's adminis-
sTa.ion.-EDet7oit Free Press.
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The Romantic Life Of an Actress.

The Ne~ Yors Sun gives the following
history OF Matilda G. seely, aged "a years
who was arrested in that city. Sunday, on
a charge OF sealing nearly 500 worth OF
ladies' clothing from one Mary H. Fulgraff:
Some years ago she was popular actress
in Charleston, South Carolina. Among
her admirers was a wealthy southern gcn>
tlemap, also named Seely, who had an only
daughter, strongly resembling Matilda.
this only daueh er was suddenly taken sick.
The best medical aid was called, but to no
avail, for she died. Matilda, who was then
young and pretty was adopted by the grief
stricko n parent. who bad Der so thorough>
ly educated that she was mastery of FIVE
languages, besEowing upon her all that
wealth could afford. Her foster father,
however, died, leaving her large legacy.
She took to opium ea'ing then to drinking,
and in slor. time squandered her fortune.
She came TO New York 10 delirious state
wandered about the streets. She attra ed
the attention Of Mrs, Fnlgraff, discovering
her genius, tried to find some way by
which her pro,ege could earn her livelihood
and succeeded SO we'll that she was soon to
nave appeared at Saratoga as a dramatic
reader. Last Thursday, however. Matilda
disappeared, and the stolen articles were
missing. Complaint was made to the 20
lice, who arrested Miss Seely. She claims
that the property was her own. She was
held for examination.
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Reducing Taxes.

Reducing Taxes.
The radicals are continually claiming
that taxes have been largely reduced since
Grant came into power. This is one Of
the apologies which Senator Harlan makes
on behalf of the Grant administration.
1t is ako the chief burden of the
song of the radical press of tie country.
They we'll know there is no truth 10 the
statement, else they are most inexcusably
ignorant. The Rochester Union meets
them with the figures to show that their
assumption is uufoundsd That paper
1Eys:
The present administration came into
power March 4th. 1862 Two-shirds of the
fiscal year ending juno 80. 1869. had al
ready elapsed under Andrew Johnson's
administration: From June 30, 1869 10
June 30 1870. We have the 6rst clear fiscal
year of the Grant administration. And
how does the tax levied on tbs people
during that year compare with the tax lev
led during the year handed down by
Andrew johnson? Look 1t the Official
statement of government lsvies just put
forth BY Mr. Boutwell,
ls69.70 fGrant) S4os, 1871 .372
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Correspondence o? rHE PILOT.
M.sLE Aug. 29th 1870
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