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The Column I'm the Place Ven.
dome.


The Column in tile Place vendome,
which has Ieen destroyed lately BY Van
dai hordes in Paris, was thus construct
ed; "a t
.The interior shaft was Of stone, and
the exterior of bronze covered WITH
bas relicfs,portrnying the marked events
of the war Twelve hundred cannon
taken in battle furnished the bronze, and
The completion Of the elaborate orna.
smentatien Of this part of the structnre
occupied nearly five years. 1t was 6t'
ished in 1870 The design was maini
ly copied from the pillar of Trajan,1;
the French column, however, being 1876
feet in height, surmounted by, a colossa!
statue Of the first Napoleon. The diam,
etcr of the monument was sufficient To-
permit the introduction of a stairway Of
$50 steps, by which visitors reached the
summit The whole :, structure cost
1894, ,0O0 From the summit of the
monument the best view of Paris could
be obtained tile magnificent Church of
the Madelaine displaying its handsome
columns to the north west, the Dbelisk,
OF Luxor in the Place dc la Concordc
being visible at the south west, and far
away westward, over, :, the beautiful
Champs Elysees, prominent oyer all
other objects, rose the celebrated Arc.
de Triomphe de rEtoile The dome of.
the Hotel DIES Invalides. the Chamber Of
Deputies, the Pantheon, and a score Of
other objects Of exceeding interest were
within the range of this magnificent
monument, :. -. Y n .s.sst ..e,r.a -
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The Ku.kIux Committee.

+ HTbereport Of the proceedings of the
joint committee, appointed 10 inquire
into heealleged outrages al the South,
which was sent out from here by steIe.
graph on Friday, is imperfect in many
important. particulars, and conceals ma
terial facts, which are necessary to a
perfect understanding of the case. Mr..
Bayard offered a resolution to this effect
That the true objects and intent with
which this joint committee was appoint
ed was to ascertain, by personal exam
ination and The testimony. Of witnesses
taken at the respective localities, the
true condition of affairs in the States
lately in insurrection, and that any re-
port to he made to Congress should be
based upon knowledge and information
so obtained
This fair and frank proposition,~ pre-.
dicated upon tine action of Congress, was
voted down by strict party division,
II Republicans to I Democrats. a .!
Mr.. Voorhees, proposed that the legal
rules of evidence which prevail in the
courts of the United States should gov
ern the. committee and subcommittee
in theil Investigations.
The Republicans refused, by the same
vote, to be governed by any such rules
of evidence as are universally recogniz-
ed, but claimed the right to make their
own regulations, and to take testimony
as they deemed most expedient for par
ty purposes,
Mr. Van Trump then offered reso
fution declaring that mere rumor, and
what is known as hearsay testimony in
the courts, should be excluded.
q. This motion was defeated, as the 9th
ers had been, because the Radicals rely
entirely upon fabricated reports and ru
mors to make up their catalogue o.
f"oaitrages" for political consumption.
These illustrations will serve to show
the spirit which animates the majority
after their refusal to 60 South, and theil
appointment of committee to sit her,
and manufacture testimony, as was done
last winter, by summoning the very ruf
fans and vagabonds who had committed
the only crimes which had disfguret
certain localities in North. Carolina :
/ Hence, it is easy to forcshadow wha
course this subcommittee will pursue
which has taken recess until the 1st o
June, when Mr.. Scott and bis associate
will repeat the discrcditable proceeding
4 which are already embodied in a re3oF
remarkable only for the absence of can
dor, common justice, and truthfulness
This crusade against ten millions Q
white men-;"our Southern brethren,
as they are hypocriticaliy called in som
quarters-is organized with an .,animu
of hostility, and with design to mis-
represent. Hence, they are denied til
common rules of justice, an6 are to b
tried by jury of partisans, expressl
packed to convict " Washington Patrio
22d inst. ,-,p =,
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- &.
EThe Radical Governor Bullock,
of Georgia, has been intesyiewed by a
correspondent of the Cincinnati Com
merciat. Being asked what. he thought
of the Ku Klux bill, the Governor an;
swered: ----...--.-.
"Oh, it's. all a humbuSg Congress
seems to have exerted itself to get it up
in such shape as to be powerful cam
paign document in the hands'of the De.
mocracy, without doing the Ku Klux
much harm. They will never catch a
half dozen with it. It's not the thing
wanted at ALL 1t is an ill-timed, bun
Cling piece of business. For instance,it
applies to. Georgia. and I'm snrs,we don't
want it or neel it here: Itswilt furnish
the Democracy an excellent !, campaign
document -even better than the Broad
head letter furnished US m.IS6S, and do
no good whatever. There are just two
ways to deal with the Ku Kllx-7lct them
alone, and leave the evils to be correct
ed by an enlightened publiosentiment,or
pass Ku Klux bill that amounts to
something" II ~; d.F
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1t will be seen, therefore, that While
the slavcholding States, under the cen.
sus of 1860, had one less than one third
of the whole number Of Representatives,
they will, under the census of 1870, have
ten members more than one-third Of the
whole House. And what is more, this
increase of Congressman gives the South
a corresponding increase in the electoral
college for President and Vice Presi
dent. The effect of this on the politics
of the country when the South comes to
be ruled by Southern men-say about
1S72-will be very marked, and possibly
productive of repentance in New En-
gland,a section that is on the retrosaae.
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NT The Hon. John Quincy Adams,
who was lately the candidate Of the
Democracy Of Massachusetts for Gov
ernor of the State, being asked his opin-
ion about the Fifteenth Amendment and
other matters, in his reply said: ~
Now, the hostility Of the Fifteenth
Amendment is the stock ir trade of the
fomentors Of strife; is it worth sfatify-
ing at the risk of permanent subsection
The South is CALLED to day, not by
the presence Of that amendment to the
Constitution, but by the utter absence
of the Constitution itself. They feel a
Congress which assaults them, but they
find no Constitution torprotect them. q
Is it not silly, then, to squabble about
an amendment which would cease to be
obnoxious if it was not detached from
its context? - =
1t is quibbling upon technically. of
law, and relinquishing the substance of
llDclly. 20 go -,-i-- s-sre.- -s.-fssrr
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"Strife 10 Insure It's Success"

Hon. JOHN Quincy ADAMS, in a recent
letter to gentleman in Missouri, says
of the party in power:
'efhe dominant party can retain q
power which has grown too great for
the public welfare only by an indefinite
extension Of the moral conditions of the
civil war. The Republican organization
can rally to no cry but slogan and con-
quer under no standard but spear
That party needs strife to insure its sue
cess, but good feeling is necessary fol
good government" .f.
Let the people remember the above
words. s,y. -, ..-
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The South and the New census.

An estimate is made in the Chicago
Tribune, showing the gain in Congress
sional representation, which will accrue
to the Southern States under the new
census. BY the emancipation of the
slave population two fifths of that ag-
gregate, or say 1,6S0,00O, have been ad-
ded to the representive basis of these
States. If the number of Representa-
tives in Congress be fixed at 2SO, the ra-
ito of population to Representative in
Congress will be 136,093, and the old
slaveholding States will be represented
under the new census, allowing amen
her for each fraction over one-half ra-
tio, somewhat as follows, compared with
the representation in 1860:
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BEing on Your outrages.

:
The Committee appointed by Con-
grsss, 10 spfrecure outrage stories with
which to highten the timid Republican
,votcr. from voting the Democratic ticket,
has commenced its labdrs.
A list :of the prices to he paid for
thrilling romances has not been made
public, but there is no dou3t that we'll
wrought fiendish outrage, will commend
the narrator to the favorable notice OF
GKlSr and secure him grab at the
Treasury. But the highest premium, the
capital grand prize, is reserved for the
genius who can furnish a hideous horror
warranted tolgive the nightmare to every
one who swallows it. Y aeu~
The lucky inventor Of the most effec-
tive roorback will probably be made pro-
:v.sional governor of San Domingo, and
Others viii be rev arded in proportion to
their merits.
No stories paid for unless used. Per.
sensidesiring their manuscript returned
must send stamps to prepay postage.
NCAuTIoN: Use only fictitious names !;
real ones might lead to detection.
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Question 10 be Yoted ON.

At the State election to be held on the
10th of October next, the, electors will
vote upon the question, "Shall there be
a Convention TO revise, alter or amend"
the Constitution of Ohio3 Tic Act di-
recting this action by the. electors was
passed March 90, 1871, and is in accor-
dance with g provision Of the present
constitution.
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AZ GRANT is manoayering to make
rfiendsi with The FEXroN faction of the
Radical party in New York. He didn't
care continental euss for FENroN while
che latter seemed-to he with the minori-
ty., Every appointee in the New York
'easta9ppp ton y house. who had received his
place through FENroN's influence, was
unceremoniorsly kicked out. But cir.
clfnstances alter cases. Two or three
tests OF strength showed that FENroN' S
friends were in the majority, and could
control the delegation to the Radical Ma
tionat Convention
J. GRANfs eyes became suddenly and
widely open to Mr.. FENroN's merits, and
ne sent for him to have a consultation at
the. White House. An interview of sew
eral hours resulted in FESroS laying
: down bis xlstsaatam that GRANT should
pitch out, Leck- and heels, the present in
!, enmbents,of tile custe m house, and re.
store FExrox's friends 1t is a very
|. 1lssty dose, and GRANT hesitates but he
win shut his eyes and swallow itin time
togain FENToSs inhaence in the nation
al convention.
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Belleville. The troops arc moved down
by the fire from windows, ,baFTicades and
mitrail lleuses, but steadily gain ground.
The Slaughter is awful. t z
VERSAILLES FIRE BRIeApE GONE TO PARIS.
VERSAILLES, May 24-The Versailles
Fire Brigade has gone to Paris, and
Thiers has gone to superintend their
operations. There is every symptom
that the fire was caused by petroleum.
There are reasons to fear that the Palais
Royale, Hotel de Vile and other State
edifices have been prepared by the Com
munists for destruction by fire. 90
WOUNDED LYING IN THE STREETS.
OUTSIDE PARIS, May 27.-The dead
remain unbured. and the wounded lie
unattended in the streets.
HOTEL DE VILE BURNING.
VERSAILLES, May 24.-In the Assem-
bly, this afternoon Thiers announced
that the Hotel de Vile was in fames.-
expressed his horror at these acts of
vandalism, and declared that it was the
determination of the Government to
punish the perpetrators without mercy
WASHINGTON, May 24-The follow
ing dispatch was received at the State
Department this afternoon: "Tbe Tuil-
lcIies is entirely consumed. The Louvre
is threatened The palaces of the Min
istry of Finance, Etats, Major Legion
of Honor and other buildings are on
fire The fighting continues"
[Signed WAsHBuRNE,
At Versailles.
THE ARCHBISHOP AND FIFTY PRIESTS MUIR
DERED. .....-
VERSAILLES, May 25.-Archbishop
Darboy, ten hostages and nearly fifty
RESTS were murdered in cold blood al
Mazas Prison Tuesday night. Several
leaders Of the Commune were shot to-
day. after being tried by drum-hea6
court martial. -. ,.
vERSAILIsTS IN COMPLETE POSSESSION OF
PARIS.
ST. DENIS, May 25.-Fighting ha.
ceased. The Vefsaillists have complet,
possession of the city. The confagra
tons have nearly all been extinguished
They were in FALL cases caused by tn
shells of the Versaillists, and not by th'
Communists. A portion of the Louvr,
was saved. The most precious work
are safe in vaults.
Last night and to day the troops re
fused to give quarter, and killed all wit
fell into their hands.
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Population OF Ohio.

CINCINNATI, May 24-The Times and
Chronicles Columbus special this even
ing says: "The entire population Of
Ohio, according to the recent census, is
2,665,000. OF this number s09,75 are
native born, and $4,000 foreign. There
are 2,60l,735 white persons in the State
and 63,267 colored persons, including
the Indians. One man is returned as a
Chinaman named Daniel Webster, born
in Alabama. Twenty-three counties
have over 100 colored residents. In
1850 the population Of the State was / ;
9S0,96O. ~ -'.-- y ~ -
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The Treaty Ratified.

WASHINGTON, May "a The Senate,
after continuous session of thirteen
hours, ratified the Treaty Of Washington
at IL O'Clock to o-night, by so to II, being
nine moro than the required two thirds
vote. Some twenty amendments were
voted down, and the treaty was ratified
just as it came from the hands of the
Joint High Commission. OF the II neg
ative votes about half are Democrats.
The official detailed result, it is said, will
be made public tomorrow. ,,: ..t
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EgGRANr has fully determined that
he will make the Republican party the
GRANT party, or he won't leave enough
of it to be of much use to anybody else.
He has already succeeded in reducing all
its energies to the accomplishment of his
own denomination and reelection
GRANT is intensely selfish; nearly every
statesman in his party despises him; but
they all have to truckle to him to keep
him from exploding their party.
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ETA correspondent of Reputlica

ETA correspondent Of Republican
paper, who has lately been travelling in
South Carolina, and visited the Iruinsidf
the residences Of the .Hamptons, R6etts,
Prestons, and other great families, says:
"Thc Prestons, Middletons, Pinkneys
and Rhetts have all been reduced from
their high estates. They arc no longer
the rulers of South Carolina. But let
US pass everything to their credit that
is due, and say that, through the long
years that these families ruled the State.
they stolenone of its revenues, nor Dis
graced its high places by ignorant and,
corrupt men. Faulty as line old-timer
Southern Democratic politicians we're,
they we're honest Whatever thavi did,
they did not steal.l' 8, -, :
Upon the dynasty that . sueceedeit
them no suclnpraise can be paiiss They
all steal, and steal largely le 81
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HH Hero are figures showing the ex
tent of the inpoyerishmens of the South
by the five years rule Of the carpet-bag-
gers: North Carolina has been plunged
into debt of sl9.00o,Ooo Georgia into
a debt of $4,000, 600; Florida, ,ooO,-
600; South Carolina, nearly 10000, 900; /;
Louisiana, sl2,Ooo,OOoi Arkansas, s5,,
100000; Mississippi, SIS, ,o96,Q6o Texas,
s7,0OO,OOo; Alabama, 's5.ae0, ,000;7 Vir-
ginia, $50, 100000; and Tennessee, $780,
oDo,ooo, A'debt Of nearly. ss00,0Oo,o 600,
most Of which is itue tooahecorruption
and speculation of the ayafifa6 adyep-
turers -who. have had acntstaot'.of the
Southern State gq'verpnlssfasts lsfs sssln'cse the
close Of the war xg:nsai "a.
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HThere was no sense in the effort {

~ There was no sense in the effort of
the Senate to keep the exact terms Of the
Treaty of Washington secret. The
country has a right to know the precise
terms of the Treaty before its ratification.
We have performed public service in
printing the Treaty, Notwithstanding the
stupidity Of the Senate. Now the little
men in the Senate are noisy about this,
and the senators are hiding themselves
while discussing the Treaty. There. is a
good deal of the jackass in the present
composition of the Senate of the United
States.-Cin Com.
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~The amount of the "Alabama
claims" is $12,662,00O. On the other
hand. the amount of the claims of Brit
ish subjects against us is estimated at
S20,O00,00O. Most Of this is to be paid
for cotton seized 10y our Government
which had been previously assigned BY
the Rebel Government or the owners TO
British subjects during the late civil war,
As a compromise the Commissioners
will,probably,agree that both claims shall
be paid, bringing the United States in
debt to England to the tune of $780,
900. Such is the great Alabama treaty.
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NThe leading Red Republicans who
forced Napoleon into exile are now, by
the progress of events, themselves in
the same position. A common misfor-
tune has overtaken them both Such is
the nature of French revolutions. The
victors of today are the defeated and
eXiled of tomorrow; like succeeding
waves upon q shore, they break and lose
their crest. II Napoleon had desired
any revenge upon Rochefort and .the
men Of September he has it now.
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Seine inquisitive fellow who thinks
Horace Greeley knows everything, asked
him howto stop the crevasse. s,Dam it,
sir; don't ask me" was the characteristic,
not t9 say appropriate reply. .-New Or
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Despotism and Repnhiicanism.


Senator TRUMBULL, of Illinois, stated
in few words the issue, which his Re-
publican friends in Congress made up
for the next campaign when he said:
"THE QUESTION IS WHETHER WE ARE
TO REyoLUTroNIzE THIS GoyERN,IENT, AND
NO LONGER HAVE REPURLIc COMPOSED OF
SEPARATE STATES, BUT A., cENTRALIzED,
CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTAL STRIKE
OUT rHIRTY-sEvEN STATES AND HAVE But
ONE" ,,g..,..
There is the issue clearlyand succinct-
ly stated, and upon = it the Democracy
will go to the country.
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Gy The Franklin County delegation
to the Democratic State Convention are
instructed to vote for Gen. THOMAS Ew-
ING as nominee for Governor. The con-
test seems to be narrowed down to Ew
ING and GEORGE w. McCcoK, with the
chances in favor of the latter.
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ESrBccause the general diGasion of
wealth among the masses is better than
its rapid increase in the hands of a IA
vored fesi few is one onassoqa reason why protective
tariffs should be abolished =, s-..i~,, +, :,
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~Under the Ku Klux act GIANT
can imprison troublesome political ene-
mics, and denying them the constitu-
tional right of speedy trial by am i'm
partial jury, keep them in confinement as
long as it may suit his purposes.
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EEThe President has laid ont his

Et The President has laid out his
plans for summer of ease and enjoy
ment. The public business, he says,must
take care of itself, as he intends going to
Long Branch in ten days, and remaining
there until the middle of August, when he
proposes a trip to California. This jun
keting costs the country pretty dearly /;
but as "His Excellency" will dance,
somebody must pay the piper.
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Major General Badly Smith and the
Prince and Princess de Lynar sailed for
Europe on the Oath inst XIX
The Napoleon Northwest says of Sam
Galloway: "He is ninety-four years old,
and has lost much of the beauty Of his
youth" l,3 i,is s
Robert Work, a soldier of 1912, died
at Bremen, Fairfield County, ou the 9th
inst, eighty two years old. His friends
had just procured pension for him un-
der the recent act Of Congress. 10
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.Ey President GRANT takes up his
Summer abode at Long Branch, this
week That gigantic intellect of his
will be-. employed for some months in
talking "hoss' to stable boys and jocE-
cys. As he gets twenty five thousand
dollars a year, besides perquisites, for
his services he ought to gabblc off jock
ey-slans at lively gait r. Y a&s, =
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"The postmaster at Lake, Wis,
wants to sell internal revenue stamps on
commission, as the following letter re.
ceived from him at the Internal Revenue
Office in relation to that matter will show
Lake, Wis, May7, 1871.
To the Eternal Commissioner at Washington:
l wish som eternal revenue stamp. Sew.
rel co.'s for them.
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gBoUrwELL's S new loan is not selling
to the amount of 100000 a day.. His
plan is an utter failure.
If he is ve.y desirous of getting in the
live-twenty bonds let him hire BUTLER to
steal them. '
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How They Intend to DO Ii.

The kind of dish with which the Rad
ical majority of the outrage comu,itt' G
propose to stnR their credulous breth-
ren may be plainly foreseen. The rules
adopted for governing theifproceedings
show that they are preparing to receive
and endorse every wild rulnor that may
be discovered Or invented.
A resolution was offered by a Demo-
cratic member that the Testimony con
cerning any alleged outrage should be
taken at the place where such outrage
was located This the Radical majority
voted down, pieferring to select their
own witnesses, and have them brought
to Washington 10 do the requisite swear
ing.
Another Democratic member propos-
ed that the same rules should be observ-
cd in taking testimony, :hat usually pre-
vail in courts of justice This the Radi-
cal majority votea'down,i n,ia order.to give
their hired story tellers the widest lati-
tude for the exercise OF their: genius.
Still another Democratic member of.
fered resolution that me;e. rumor and
bearsay testimony bo excluded. This
. =.
too, the Radical majority voted down.
Under this arrangement A, will tell B q
frightful yarn, and Byyil- come before
the committcc,repeat tllsstSry,and swear
that he heard-it, carefully conceaiing the
fact that the whole thing was made and
told to him for the eSlaess pnrpose ol
getting it into the commitsee's'report.
These extraordinary proceedings show
that the Committee don't believe thai
they can make much Of a showing if re
stricted to legal evidence, and4that they
are determined, by fair means or foul, to
furnish some sort of evidence to sub
stantiate the favorite Radical charge o
lawlcssness in the South.
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Historical verdicts.

MORTON.
Pious IS Robespierre, comcly as Couthon.
Tender as Maran is tricky Morton, --..-
BUTLER.
All crimes of men exhausted, he apcd Haynau,
And roams without the pale of man, alike, and
law. rs ~
e aaa ~ sF
"ontside the Constitution hasmoto his foes,
Reckless and merciless-to his account he goes.
.rs3-,3s - ht.trTsA. "a
SUMNER
A shining serpent. He bears his head aloft
When safe-when bruised, be shams it very
"soft." =
Mrs. BEEcnER STOWE (. !. r.
Female Mokanna! Thy Silver Veil of Love
May find its dupes below-but not above!
SEWARD. - tH;sv> 4 !"
Not Alaska, nor China, Japan, or the Pole,
Can give. sleep to thy pillow -or peace to thy
soul! -
- Washington Patriot. - ;..;--