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Dana's Opinion OG Gen. Grant BE-
fare lie vvaS II. fused the
Custom. House.
From the Sun. Friday. NV %, 1868,

Grants name is doubtless a tower OF
strength to the Republicans, for he has a
firm and abiding hold upon the confidence OF
the people, irrespective of parties. From
the hour when, amid the thvkest gloom OF
the war, the victory Of Donelson revived the
dropping spirits of those who were struggling
to preserve the Union, he has had lodg-
ment in the popular heart from which neither
calumny, nor clamor, nor prejudice, nor fac
ton, has been able to drive him. Though
calculating political leaders may have averted
their faces from him, the unselfish sentiment
of the nation has never hesitated to regafd
him as the soldier to whose genius, skill, and
firmness arc due in large measure the saliva
ton of the Republic. Since the close of the
war his conduct in the discharge of difficult
and delicate trusts has convinced rejecting
minds that he is a wise and prudent con-
selor, not prone to extreme views, but mod
crate and conciliatory in his policy, and,
while clothed with almost autocratic powers
over a conquered and PROSTATE section of the
country, so exercising his authority that no
citizen has felt the undue pressure OF his hand.
Throughout this turbulent and trying period
he has been scrupulously observant of the
laws, never seeking to evadc their require
mcnts, but always striving to fulfill their in
functions in the spirit of an urbane and con-
siderate Magistrate.
In the midst of widespread venality and
corruption, no man has ever doubted his hon
esty, though he has had almost unlimited
control over millions of the public money!
His administration as Gencral-in-Ch of the
army, and as Secretary Of War al interim, is
not only marked with eminent ability, but
distinguished for retrenchment and economy.
The President-nO partial witness--in his
Message of December last to the Senate, says
that "salutary reforms have been introduced
by the Secretary al interim, and great reduc-
tons of expenses have been effected under
his administration of the War Department, to
the saving of millions tn the Treasury.
Gen. Grant is not politician, but patriot
Ever since the downfall of the rebellion he
has been anxious for the earliest possible
restoration of the insurgcnt States TO their
former relations to the Union. He has de-
precated the quarels between the Executive
and Legislative departments of the Govern
ment, which have tended to retard this work,
while on his part he has labored assiduously
to bring it to successful and harmonious
close. In this he has exhibited the sterling
qualities of a wise and liberal statesman. If
he should be elected to the Presidency, all
impartial and unprecedented men, whether
Radicals or Conservatives, and whether
dwelling at the North or South, would feel
that the Union and the Constitution were
safe in his hands.
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An Undecided Democrat.

Hon. ID. w. voorhees,, of Indiana, speaks
the sentiments of thousand tens of thousands
of Democrats in the following letter from
Washington to Captain Briggs of his State :
No honest and intelligent Democrat can
support either Grant or Greeley without first
abandoning his principles. Fire and water
can mngle more easily and consistently than
l could become an adherent of either of them.
| shall stand by my sincere and lifelong
principles. If l did otherwise would be a
dishonest man, unworthy of my own respect,
or the respect of anybody else. If for this
course l am to be condemned, am entirely
content; would not take any other for all
the honOrs the world has to give. i conf
IDENTIFY believe, however, that the great Ma
tional Democratic party will not commit a
disgraceful suicide at Baltimore on the 9th of
July. believe it will be guided by principle
and honor, and present candidates for whom
the true and honest masses of the Democracy
can vote with self-respect. / shall labor to
bring about such a result; Others are labor
ing to nominate Greeley, the most odious
man to the Democratic party in the United
States. 1 am willing that the public may
Judge between them and me, and determine
who has been true to himself, to his party,
and to his convictions.
"Yours truly, d. w. VOORHEES,"
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senator Poneroy on the situation

Senator PomerOy, who has been travelling
in New England and New York, and has OBJ
served the drift of political currents, regards
the canvass with cOmplacency. He says that
most of the prominent Republicans whom he
has met look upon the assured Endorsement of
the Cincinnati ticket at Baltimore with entire
satisfaction, on the ground that large mum.
Der of Democrats will refuse to support that
ticket despite that Endorsement, while it will
drive back to the regular ranks many Repub-
licans who would otherwise have stood with
the Liberals.
The colored people, he says, will rally to
Grant en- D,asse, because he has insisted upon
a rigid enforcement of the reconstruction
acts, suspended the writ of habeas corpus to
suppress Ku-Klux violence, and protected
them at the ballOt-bOx, while Greeley has
softened toward their formerly treacherous
masters; advocated leniency and amnesty
and bailed jeff. Davis, when they thought
that many of them should be hanged for trea-
son.
In relation to the position of financiers and
business men he expressed the same views
heretofore reported as the opinions of others
upon that question. Both at Boston and
New York men of this class say that they
can't afford a change; that Grant will con-
time the present financial policy, which rem
ders business steady and safe ; while Greeley,
by inauguratng spirit of change, would
produce fiuctuation in the money market, to
be followed by all its attending evils. They
consider the latter unreliable, and that sharp
ers would impose upon and "put up jobs on
him." In the hands of designing Democrats,
they say, he would be worse than a Demo-
crat. We have our national debt and cur
rency where we can control it, and we mean
to keep it there. But Grants great
strength" says the Senator, "lays in the
fact that behind him are the loyal, fighting
Union men, who saved the country and its
financial credit, while behind Greeley are the
odds and ends, the discordant elements Of
the community, the worst of the Democrats,
and the impractical Republicans and, be-
sides that, the women are down on him.
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Ten Years Of Henry wilson.

The following presents brief view of hi
services during the last ten years
At the close of the called session of Con
gres' in 1861, Lieut.-Gen. Scott emphaticall,
declared, "That Senator Wilson had dom
more work in that short session than all tn,
chailnen of the Military Committee had don,
for the last twenty years"
After the first Bull Run battle he returned
to Massachusetts, and by his personal Labor
raised 2 300 men.
Among the numerous bills introduced b,
Henry Wilson was one to raise 500, 900 mei
for three years to enforce the laws
! One to increase the pay of private soldiers
One to facilitate the discharge of disabled
soldiers.
! One to improve the organization of the
cavalry forces.
! One Ga second biln to increase the paw OF
! soldiers. This bill caused an increase OF =
! per month.
! One to incorporate national military and
naval asylum for disabled officers and sol
diers.
One tn accept, organize, and arm colored
men for military purposes, and to make free
the mothers, wives, and children of all c0lored
soldiers
| One providing that all colored persons
should, on being mustered into the United
| One to incorporate National Freedman s
Bank.
He introduced bill which abolished slay-
cry in the District of Columbia, and which
became law in April IL, 1862, thereby
making 1900 slaves free forever, and slavery
forever impossible in the national capital.
The bill to make colored persons part of
the militia, and to authorize the President
to receive them into the military and naval
service, and to make free the mothers, wives,
and children Of all such persons, was intro
duced by Henry Wilson, and passed July IL,
1862
He advocated the emancipation of the
slaves OF the South as far back as 1885.
lie introduced provision, which became a
law on the 2lst of May, 1862, providing that
persons of color in the District of Columbi.,
should be subject to the same laws to which
white persons were subject; that they should
be tried for of1enses against the laws in the
same manner in which white persons are
tried, and, If convicted, to be liable to the
same penalty, and no other, that white per-
sons would be liable to for the same otlense
This act nulified the brutalizing, degrading,
and inhuman black code of the District.
lie introduced innumerable bills securing
to the soldiers their bounties, pensions, back
pay, and all other rights which they had so
dearly earned.
In addition to his vast labors in Congress,
he travelled through the States and delivered
more than 100 speeches in support of the war,
and in vindication of the anti-slavery policy
of the Government.
During the beginning of the war he spent
his time and money in franking, writing let
tiers, and giving money to assist the wives and
families of soldiers who called upon him in
Washington.
For thirty-two years he has toled in public
life for the right, the culture, and elevation of
all men, without distinction of race or color
Mr.. Wilson was a prominent candidate be-
fore the Chicago Convention of 1868 for the
Vice Presidency, but was beaten by Mr.. Col
fax. He gains now what he lost then.
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It is well known that Mr.. Greeley was at
the time of its passage one OF the most out
snoLen and earnest advocates Of the kn-
Kmx law, While it was under discussion in
Congress he strenuously urged its enactment,
as both constitutional measure and an inn
perative necessity for the proper protection
Of the rights of the people. On the 2ist OF
April. 1877, the New York Tribune published
in full the Ku-Klux bill, as it passed the two
Houses of Congress, accompanying it with
the following editorial comment:
at Il q great point gained that there has
been Legislation of any character upon this
question. The lawlessness at the South mas
been greatly fostered by the heretofore seem,
to the .outrages committed upon loyal citi-
zens. Legislation, however imperfect, was
calculated to restore the confidence OF the
friends of the Union and to warn It's enc
mics. The bill now become law, should be
enforced with such power and firmness as to
intimidate those who seek to regain political
power by outrage and crime, and to protect
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Ku.Klux for Greeley.

GREENSBORO, N. c., June 27.-Judge Set.
tie. Republican candidate for Congress in the
5th District, addressed the citizens of Caswell
county at Yanceyvllle on Saturday last
Some of his opponents attempted to stop his
speaking. They went to the stage and
threatened him if he continued his speech.
He defied them, and by his rcsolute manner
prevented them from using personal violence
Others of his opponents insisted on fair
hearing. This brought on general fight
among the anti-Grant men, in which rotten
eggs were thrown at the American flag with
the names of Grant and Wilson and Settle
printed upon it. The Judge finally made his
speech. Yanoeyville is the place where Sem
ator stephens was murdered three years ago
by the Ku-Klux.
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Another Type-Setiing Machine.

The New York correspondent of the Read
ing Times and Dispatch writes thus enthusiast
tically of a type-setting machine just brought
to perfection:
- Just as the great Morse, forty years ago,
was developing his system of telegraph in
secret and alone just as Fulton created his
steam engine in the solitude of humble
apartment, so have l to-day seen man in
New York who, for thirty years, has given
his life to one grand idea, and at last exhibits
the happy cOnsmmmation of his labors to wit:
The setting of type by machinery. Old,
wrinkled, and bent with thought unable to
speak word of English; poor in this worlds
possessions; the inhabitant of an attic, and
sharing his room with the curious creature Of
his brain, there he sits at this moment in
front Of row OF piano keys, sending a type
into its place at each touch, and reproducing
the column of a newspaper at the rate of
G,000 ems an hour, or in other words doing
more than the average work of four compost
tors. To describe the machine here in detail
is impossible. Suffice it to say that it occu-
pies not more space than an ordinary bureau,
is operated by treadle, and is simple in
constiuc ton. Attached to it is an apparatus
for uetifying,' and accompanying the whole
is n machine for distributing Each of these
processes is performed rapidly and correctly.
The beauty OF the invention Is its utility and
economy--the estimated cost not more than
5000 sum that will enable well-to-do COM
positors to own the apparatus, and thus save
the wear and tear of both body and mind.
None have yet been manufactured for sale,
but the largest publisher in New York has
given his order for forty as soon as a conf
pany is organized for their introduction. 1t
may be months or years before practical use
is made of the little revolutionary entirety;
but there it is, the successful solution of a
problem that has worried the minds of men
for a century"
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The COrpses Of the Great.

The embainng of MazzIni's body recalls
the singular fate which has attended the re-
mains of SO many distinguished men. In fact.
an extremely interesting volume might be
made of the pOsthumous adventures of the
bodies of those whose memory the world has
sought to keep alive. There is but little
doubt that the tombs in the Pantheon at
Paris, which are shown to contain the re-
mains ct Noltaire and Rousseau, are, in fact,
empty, having been ritied during one of the
periods of conservative reaction in France.
Millions head is said to be in possession of a
private collector in London. So is Cromwell,s.
Jeremy Bentham's body, by his direction.
was stuffed, and, dressed in his usual suit Of
clothes, with his hat on, his stick in his hand.
and seated in his chair, is now preserved in a
glass case. A few years ago there was sold
ut auction in London what was said to be the
head of Confucius, the Chinese sage. 1t was
a skull mounted in gold, and was said to have
been taken by an English sailor from the
summer Palace in Pekin when the building
was sacked. In lie Chemin des Eeoliers. .
by Saintine, there is an illustration by Dore,
drawn with the imaginative realism of that
artist. representing the skeleton of Charlie
magne, seated in his tomb at Aix-la-C hapelle.
with crown upon his skeleton head and his
bones wrapped in the imperial robes. This
tomb was built by Charicmacne for himself.
and he was buried there. In 997 Ohio Ill.
had the tomb opened, and found the skeleton
as Dore has depicted it, seated upon the
marble chair, which is still shown to the curl
Gus. Ohio found the body and the imperial
robes much dccayed, but, bowling respectfully
before the remains of the great King, retired
and had the doors sealed again. In lI65,
however, they were opened again by Fred
erick Barbarossa, more for plumber than for
curiosity. Having possessed himself OF the
treasure the tomb contained, he removed the
skeleton and distributed its fragments as rel
les, and the skull and some of the bones can
still be seen at Aix-la-C hapelle, where, with
other curiosities, they are shown for five
francs head.-From - O,T Monthly Gossip,n
in he LtiIn number of Lir,nincoit,s Mnnnzin.
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One night a trombone player wisbad

One night trombone player wished to
be absent from the orchestra, and as there
was another trombone, instead of asking
leave of the conductor he resorted to the ex-
pedient OF getting a friend to go in and take
his seat. watch the other trombone"
said he to his friend" puff out your cheeks
well, and keep your fingers active, look alive,
and you will pass muster" All went we'll
until passage for two trombones was
reached. Not sound from the instruments
1t turned out that both trombone players had
resorted to the same use.
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The Chicago Times (Dem.) says: "The
fact is that Tammany is as corrupt and its
purposes as dishonest and vile as ever.
Tammany steps forward as the most off,
cious champion of Mr.. Greeley, because it
recognizes In him, If not a Tamnianyite by ma
ture, a man whom Tammany expects to be
able to use for its infamous purposes. Next
to villain of their own gang, the men
through whom villains can best achieve their
ends are those weak in principle, infirm of
purpose, and imbecile of character. Such
men easily become the tools of rogues."
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HYSON HOTEL.

Will be removed from 42l Ninth stree. to 709
G street, between Seventh and Eighth streets,
opposite the Patent Office, on the first day Of
July, 1872.
This Hote! is centrally located, being in the
immediate vicinity of the Patent aud Post Office
street railway with all Government Departments,
which renders this one Of the most desirable 10.
cali,ies in the city.
The parlors and bedrooms are large and well
ventilated, and admirably adapted to the use of
families or private parties.
This Hotel has fine dining saloon with ,pri-
vate apartments for ladies, where meals will be
served on the European plan at all hours, and
where no. distinction will be made on account of
race or color. First-claSs bathing and hair
dressing rooms attached.
julya4t] HENRY HYs0N, PROPRIETOR
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Mr.. GREELEY, it will be remembered, was
opposed to the denomination of Mr.. Lincoln.
The following extract from the New York
Eoeniag Post, an anti-Grant paper, but never
theless one of the most respectable and trust
worthy journals in the United States, shows
how his extreme partisanship colors and de-
tracts from the value of his work, no matter
how far removed from partisanship it should
be:
In the " American contlict'--a book which
some Of our readers may remember as written
by Mr.. Greeley-though consisting of two
large volumes, and meant to be an exhaustive
history of the war, the name of Abraham
Lincoln never appears, except as it was alb
sOlutely necessary to use it in its offici"' re-
lations. If the student hundref We. RS
hence should resort to that work--ii sncl. a
case is supposable-fo information in regard
to the war, he would never gather from it
that the President had anything to do with
its successful termination; that the people
and their posterity forever owed it to him
more than to any other man that freedom
had not yelled her face in sorrow, and civil
ization had not turned her footsteps backward
in the re-establishment Of personal seryitude
and the triumph Of political despotism.
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Honest lIOrace's Managers.

:" If l be not ashamed of my soldiers am
a soused gurnet" exclaimed Falstaif, with
much less reason than has Mr.. Greeley for
similar lamentatiOn. 1t was only suspected
by the Knight that his recruits walked rs if
used to gives, but the Sage may be sure that
his managers cannot be mistaken for better
men than they are.
RefOmer Fenton, whose capacity for
bed-making has rarely been equalcd, finds a
cOngenal companion in the rioter John u.
Andrews, who, having done the State some
service at Sing Sing, is naturally anxious to
have something more profitable under the
auspices of the Sage. Then we have B. F..
Mudgett, with his great ability in denying
his signature, and the man Coachmon, with
great liking for silks. These are, however,
but base artists compared with such sup
porters of the Sage as VIM. NJ. Tweed, Peter
IL. Sweeny, Harry Genet, BENJAMIN Wood,
A. Oakley Hall, and, in short, the whole
Tammany crew In addition, the Sage can
boast that such men rs Waldo Hutchins,
John Cochrane, General Palmer, and Frank
Leslie, proprietor Of an obscene paper, are
working I" like beavers " in his behalf.
All these men are heartily for Greeley.
Why? They know the man know how
weak he is :; know rs well as Mr.. Bowles how
open he is to flattery, and they scent un-
limited plunder in his election. Judge
Mathews knew who surrounded Mr.. Greeley
when he said that his election would mean
an organized raid upon the Treasury. There
is not single one of the men by whom Mr..
Greeley is hemmed in from public sympathy,
that the country does not distrust, and with
good reason. The cry for " Reform " from
such crowd can delude no one, and the ad-
venturers may as well save their breath for
the walls of disappointment which they must
set up in November.--N. Y. Times
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The st. Paul Press says the boom of a
company below the mouth of the Chippewa
was cut by some malicious person the other
night, and the logs, which were very numer-
Gus, sent adrift into the Mississippi. The
owners, assuming that the mischief was done
by people from the mines above, went up the
stream and retaliated adj I'D. The conse-
quence is there are mighty few logs left in
the Chippewa river, and an immense number
floating down the Mississippi on their own
hook.
While Waterbury Conn., farmer was
moving his door-yard, a sly puppy hid in the
grass and then jumped out to take the scythe
by surprise. But the puppy turned out to be
more surprised than the scythe, for he found
himself in two places at the same time.
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Referring to the current rumor that Mr.
Hendricks will decline a seat in the United
States Senate--in the highly improbable
event of his election as Governor of Indiana
and getting legislative majority willing &c
offer him the compliment-the Indianapolis
Journal says: 1.-THE American Talleyrand
will accept any thing the coner-grocery poll
ticians OF the Democratic party may feel inn
PEELED to urge upon him. All he needs is q
little judicious coaxing."