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nation. tisfe
Carpenter. in his picture Of this
notable event, depicts President
Lincoln, with his sad, grave face,
sitting, pen in hand, as if even after
long counsel and meditation be-
still hesitated; Chase, then Score
tary Of the Treasury, stands behind
the chair he hopes one day to ell,
q very monument of dignity, look
ing hopefully into the glorious,
future; Stanton, fierce and deter
mined, las pushed his chair back
as If he had said all he had to say;
Seward in profile, and Weiles OPP
posite, are evidently talking; while
Smith, Blair, and Bates stand re-
spectfu1ly back; Look at the pic
tpre wel-note its solemni.y, the
air Of serious and anxious though
not unduly studied, dramatic Now
I will tell you how that thing really
happened, Two days before the
proclamation WAS issued, there had
been q Cabinet meeting in which no
business of On unusual character
was transacted, and the SECRETARIES
were surprised to- receive next
morning summons to q special
meeting to be held that day They,
met promptly at the White Honse,
at -, and. going to Mr.. IincolnBl
room found him sitting il his great
arm chair, his long legs CROSSED,
an open book in his hand, ana d
peculiarly amused look on his faces
sSit down." said he to the gent
lemen, as they came in; 81 want to
read you something funny" And
then he went on and read aloud
one Of Orphesis @. Kerr's war lets
ters from the Makerel Brigade,
convulsing himself and his hearers
with laughter. But every nowand
then they would look at eachoth@,
rather wondering what it aikmnn4.
lincoln watched the nuts Inquirer
slyly, hut he gave no sign Of dis
eovery, finished his reading, and
talked about it's absurditieslf for I
few minutes; then suddenly he drew
his chair up to the table and nd
dressed the Cabinet: japor34.
HaGentlemen," said he, ssof course
you know this liant what I seni
after you for, I have a proclamation
here, he continued, opening q pa
per that had been lying carelessly
folded on the table, 1sand I'd like
you to see il. You need mot ex
press your opinion upon it Eve
| written it myself, and I mean "a
publish il tomorrow, but I thought
it would be proper to break it b
you first" eii5 fl8 gqi
They read it, he signed it thsn
and that is the true STORY of 'sSign
ing the Emancipation Proclama-
ticn. ''olii. s5a.i sa4ns s,fas
iCarpenter is probably ~ faithful
to- facts ~ any artist of kstoril
| scenes. The truth is, that grea,
events are rarely formal-it ID only
in tfiAes that We can stop To- thinl
Of the appr0pfiate ceremonies. oa
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Il ,YuI-----.---- .--.------- ysdai
sGSenators Morton and Pratt hay,
united ID recommending the nomi
nation of Gen. Ben. Spooner TO
United States MarshAl for Indiana
The nomination will be sent 1,
the Senate with the first lot. Their,
has been no opposition. The dela.
&r been caused by the piesgire o
other important businessp ns saq
A member Of Congress suggest
that as . neans Of preventing nae
less debates, The cost OF printing
the speechee be deducted iron
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/ The greatest cataractin the world
is the Falls of Niagara, The great
est cave in the world is the Nam
moth Cave Of Kentucky. The great
est river, in the workl is the Missis-
sippi, H100 miles long, The larg
est valley in the world is the valley
OF the Mississippi. The largest lake
in the world is Lake Superior: which
is truly an inland sea, being four
hundred and thirty miles long and
one thousand feet deep. The long
est railroad in the world is the Pa
cific Railroad, which is over three
thousand miles in length. The
greatest natural bridge in the world
is the natural bridge over Cedar
creek in Virginia. The greatest
mass of solid iron in the world is
the great Iron Mountain in Mis-.
souri,. The largest deposits of an
thracite coal in the world are in
PENNSYLVANIA. fI I,25rt5Gai
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Alta fire at Evansville outhe Issns
ing of the 5th, Mr. MSdR sudg wi1hs
and three children we're burned TO
death.
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A German peddler sold a. man q
liquid for The determination 81 bugs.
.sAud how do you use it," inquired
the man after he had bought it.
a.Ketch te bug, IN drop Won lettle
drop into his mout, answered the
peddler. 1.-THE duce you dor ex
claimed the purchaser. 81 could
kill it in half the time by stamping
on it. "vell" calmly exclaimed
the German, sdat is q good vay,
too" ','..' ''''4'a . ,'aoia
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Tor legal services Ills well known
here that the ladys injunction was
just in time to save the land from
going into his possession through
the General Land Office, where he
had secured large part Of the
clerical force of the Office to aid him
in hnrrying up the patsntA before
she coul,f take the required steps
to stop him, She il, however, al
ways found to be irrepressible and
. match for Caleb. aiitHl
The Senate yesterday passed the
bounty, bin and the bill supple
msntry to theact for the develop
ment Of the mining resources Of
the United States. Abilf for the,
settlement of claims Of the Gov
ernment with the purchasers of the
Harper's Ferry properly by the
Attorney General, was referred to
the Judiciary Committee. iia;3
In the House, yesterday, the
bankrupt bill was considered and
amended; the bill granting The right
Of way TO the Hampton and For
tress Monroe Railway from Eliza
beth City, Virginia, to Old Point
Comfort, and = large number Of
relief and other private bills were
passed. d4a
An effort is being inaugurated by
, Committee Of the Washington
Monument Association TO procure
such legislation st the present SEES
sionlof Congress, ~ will secure the
completion Of this already immense
pile Of marble before the centennial
of the Declaration of Independ-
ence is held. It is unaccountable
that the great Government Of the
United States which has grown ten
fold, and become . hundred fold
AZ - w A.. Az Mio'p.tous s.1ce
of his country, should still allow
this unfinished shaft to stand as q
monument to their ingratitude.
+;on hv H. 1870 NJ. 1870 ~. '; :. az.
a., - co., s;t-..S - - s ~,
sr; 1 :; 49,, -ss t tbat ,a sni
;rr o.rtarr;.I TLo 49, e..
our; educational exhibition as indi-
Gated by the committee appointed
on that subject Il carried out, viii
result IN agrand md thorough dir
Play OF otr, Confessional progress.
The committees, IN their soiutions,
propose tnat eacn ntate, Territory
and city, prepare representation
OF their eedueefaonaa condshon. I'M
clu0ng 2 nnsofice! reconaof shsl.
educatsenM grown; ana inst eech
sdacatlonai insriuaon MAKE nrn
alal n'ss 81, ana snC we q iss Pro
etess, VIA QUIZ A'OOO acedemaea
ana $50 coiieges, ana the many
more tnas win cone INTO existence
before 1870, the eaucsaonal feature
VII De = Rrom 1,,l one N the OK
m9it uea Inc ne, silumni OF our ins a
tutlonA ana the undergriduate q
0C0r6, ana Al concerned, 6hOulC
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A temperance crusade by the logan
sport ladies is impending.
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Baez, ex-President Of Sen Do,
mingo, who arrived in New York a
few days ago, avows that the object
of his visit is to further the annex
alton of that island to The United
States. He does not come at q
particularly opportune moment fof
such a mission, but still, as he has
lost his hold Of the Government of
San Domingo, it was rather neces-
sary for him to go somewhere. He
can bide his time here, al q safe
distance from the scene OF his late
reverses. .s3A 1.is-fs jig isibnslqs
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By adopting the ssone- cent a day
plan, small but jealous parish in
Ohio has paid all the, incidental
expenses of the church, the quota
assigned for missionary purposes,
various sums for other benevolent
purposes, and the convention asses
ments, and yet manages to keep Q
balance on hand The congrega-
ton pledges Itself, young and old,
to lay by one cent . day per mem
Der for all Church purposes. q.eT.
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IL
Died

In the vicinity az Centreville, Thursday
mornlng last. Daniel Commons, aged about
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of their constituents. Any man can 60
to Congress if the people will send
him, but to properly discharge the du-
ties 10 quite another affair. Any man
could sit in the chair occupied by
Senator Morton, Senator Pratt, Rep
resentative Wilson, Tyner or Orth,
but there are few who can grasp the
great questions with which they have
to deal.
It is not time that the people should
soberly consider this subject? It must
be very discouraging to Senator or
Member who has worked hard all day
up to one or two o'clock at night, who
worn out by his toll, takes up home
paper to glance at the local news for
one minute before retiring, reads first
column article of abuse of himself.
IF there are lazy, ignorant men in
Congress, the people who send them
are to blame. t.@s s.
We have frequently visited, Wash
ington during sessions of Congress,
and while we always found busy hands
ut work never have We seen such mani
festations Of industry and energy as at
this time. Upon the important question
of the times-the fnancial-there is a
conflict Of opinion between the east
and the west. Indiana's Senators and
Members stand foremost in this con
test ON the side of the west. Shall we
hold up their hands and encourage
them or will we discourage and weak
en- by abuse based upon local prefer
ences for this man or thaH To us, the
former course seems the right one
We shall fight our political battles
during the summer canvass. It is oul
candid opinion that there are gentle.
| men in Congress, from Indiana, Of
both political parties, who are earnest
| in their desire to secure legislation in
the interest Of the country and the
great west. We know they ere work.
ing like harvest hands. We know it is
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WASHINGTON LETTER.
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WAsHmoros, D. C&F t,1s74.
It is admitted BIZ = friends Of

WASHINGTON, D. C&FSb. E,1874.
II is admitted b. IT, MIends Of
Senator Carpenters bill requiring
. new State election in Louisiana
that there are not enough votes in
either House of Congress to pass it,
and that after the Senator shall
have made his speech in favor of it,
. reference TO the Committee on
Privileges and Elections win be its
death knell - il i known that the
committee are opposed to holding
An election there by Federal su-
thority. M
Mrs. Mira Clark Gaines has made
quite sensation in the publication
of her bill against Caleb Cushing
on which she procured an injunc-
ton against his receiving the patent
to certain lands the right to which
she inherited Caleb has fled q
cross bill, however, and now the
old lady and old gentleman stand
face to face in . cat and dog fight
over Caleb attorney fees for which
he claims the rather liberal guam
tity Of $4,000 acres Of land to be
patented to him in trust for MIR.
Gaines, but subject to . lien in
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1874-01-17
NUMBER 8
labor Reform Party.

From the Nashville Banner of the 4ih
We give rs follows the preamble
and resolutions adopted at 4 meet
ing of the executive members Of the
Labor Reform party of Tennessee,
held in this city yesterday, to-wit :
The present unnecessary financial
calamity, the result of u combina-
tiOn of Eastern capitalists and mo-
nopOlists 10 rob labor and impose
burdens and hardships upon the la
boring and producing classes of the
West and South, together with the
experience of the past few years,
leaves with US no lenger any hope
thatthe Eastern bOndholders, capital
lists and mOnopOlists will consent to
such material changes in our finan-
cial and transportation system as
will secure 10 the Western and
Southern wOrkingmen and prOdu-
GERS an equitable right to the en-
joyment of the fruits OF their indus
try; and,
Whereas, these unjust combina-
tions of capitalists and monopOlists
of the Eastern States are imposing
burdens and hardships upon the in
dustry Of the West and South more
intolerable and unjust than thoss
imposed by African slavery; and
Whereas, the law of self-preserva-
tion is the first in nature and the
most important TO man, il is there
fore the duty of the labOring ard
producing classes Of the West and
South TO unite in an effort 10 free
themselves from combinations so
unjust and oppressive, therefore,
Resolved, that we recommend to
the laboring classes of the West
and South the propriety of calling a
convention for the purpose of free
ing themselves from expressions
and injustices of the Eastern States.
Resolved, that we invite our brother
labOrers and farmers of the Wes-
and South, TO take measures for cali
ing a convention TO be composed ex-
clusively of the laboring and pro-
ducing classes, TO meet at St. Louis, |
Mo-, on or about the 22nd of Feb |
ruary, 1874, to interchange opinions |
as to the best mode of accomplish |
ing this end, and 10 do such other |
acts as they may deem polite and |
necessary for their future protec- |
tion and security in the premises.
b. +. &. BROOKS, Chm.
j. I. MCKENZIE, Sec'y.
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a SAD DEETn
Died in prison.

II
Annie Mills, who had often figured
before the court at Evansville, Ind,
as q witness, in cases Of prosecution
Of persons for keeping dens of infa-
my, was lodged in the city prison IN
til morning, when she was released.
On Sunday morning she was found
again IN the streets unable to walk,
and was again taken to jail, and from
that time was unable to leave her place
/ of confinement. She was addicted to
the use of spirituous iquours and of
morphine, and was supposed to be un-
der the influence OF both at the time
1 she was lodged in prison. She was
once a pretty girl, and rapidly de-
scended from bad to worse on the road
to ruin, till Wednesday night, when
death claimed its victim. She died
alone and in prison, with no friends,
and was taken to her last resting place
to be forgotten. She was more prov
ident than those of her class usually
are, for she had purchased lot in the
Evansville Cemetery where her re-
mains were deposited, one Of her COM
panions in sin defraying her burial
expenses. On her person were found
she following lines: H V.
1t rains so hard, this gloomy night,
The iron floor is freezing cold,
What brought me here, so chill and white,
This shameful heavy heart TO hold,
1 think, and think, and cannot tell;
Ive been wretch undone for years;
And why in Jail I've come TO dwells
You must not ask me,-ask these tears.
Pve had such strange and feye-ish dreams,
About nay life and what I've done:
They've almost stopped my thought 1t
seems,
And blood in veins will scarcely run.
So base am 1. Not fit TO live!
And yet do not wish to die,
Pity ne; time and pardon give,
And do not . Death come so nigh.
Ten years AGO, not far from here,
l went to school and had home;
left the hearth with all so dear,
The thorny path OF vice to roam.
When building castles in the air,
never dreamed that devils stood
With hand to blast my beauty fair,
And virtue sink in ruins flood.
The night before ran away,
My father took me on his knee;
lie told me that he wished to say,
None earthly did he love like me.
He asked me if I'd not be good,
Ard make his happy hours bright;
With tears, l told him that would
Deep grief and tears stole all that night.
My memory here begins to fail,
My head is dizzy, heart is sick,
These struggles are of no avail,
Death steals upon me, Oh. so quick.
Can this be death. And in this place,
Where neither love nor pity dwells.
He grimly looks me in the face,
Farewell! cold, friendless world, farewell!
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a Ministerial Brute.

The worst case OF brutality upon the
[ part of a father that we have been
called upon to chronicle, is that of an
old man by the name of Reynolds, q
minister of the gospel, and who lives
near the line of the counties Of Muhl.
enburg and Mclean, his residence be-
ing in the former county. This old
man, who has heretofore borne a good
character among his brethren, been
lOng-winded III the pulpit, and vocif-
erous in prayer, is the father of a
handsome daughter, to whom young
gentleman IN the ueighborhood, a few
weeks since, made proposals of mar
riage. I'VE suppress his name because
of his entire ignorance of the nature
OF the case.) This young man Is of a
good family, and the owner of some
property, but from some cause, Of
which she had the sole right to be
judge, he was utterly repugnant TO
her fancy, or her idea of 4 husband.
The old man, however, was anxious
that she should receive his proposals,
and from her own statements, after re-
peated persuasions TO this effect, all
Of which she answered IN the mega
tive, he gathered q horse-Whip aud
forced her to take her dress from her
fair young shoulders, which he then
lacerated with cruel blows from the
whip until she promised to accept
this man as her companion for life:
which she accordingly did that even
ing, knowing that the old william had
taken q seat near the door to hear that
she made good her promise. As the
preparations for the wedding pro-
gressed, twice did this daughter i'm
plore mercy of her inhuman father,
but Just so often did she have the
wounds upon her fair shoulders again
laid open with the lash. The evening
before the one appointed for the we'd
ding, she contrived to convey a note
TO gentleman in the neighborhood,
informing him of her troubles. He,
with several others, went that night
to her rescue. and carried her to
Greenville, where she threw herself
upon the mercies of the court. A
gentleman in high standing promptly
executed bond and was appointed her
guardian Mclean Co., (Ky.) Pro
g1'esg
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The True Legislature
bishop CanmIns,

NEW YORK Jan. 4.-The inaugural
services of the Reformed Episcopal
Church were held at Steinway Hall
this morning. The congregation was
large.
With the exception of the adoption
of the prayer book of 1885, there was
little difference from the ritual of the
Episcopal Church. Bishop Cummins,
who wore no yestments of any kind,
preached from the 1st Corinthians, Sd
chapher, 11th verse: "For other foun-
dations can no man lay than that is
laid, which is Jesus Christ" He says
they inscribed on their banner only
the name of Jesus Christ. This was
their corner stone, laid in Zion. They
built on the God-head of Jesus, not
on his Divinity. They built also on
the humanity of Jesus, and on him as
our mediator between man and God.
They Proclaimed Jesus the sole priest
of the Christian Church, and when
any man proclaims himself priest he
robbed the son of God of His prerog-
ative. They built OH the truth of
Christ's presence with this people. by
His people, by His spirit, not IN q
carnal sense, or that man can make
his God by conservation. It was the
intention of the Reformed Episcopal
Church TO preach only the gospel.
They established no new foundation,
but were casting aside the assump-
tion which had grown into the churcn
instead of the old foundation. They
had no ill-feeling toward any one.
In conclusion, Bishop Cummins ap.
pealed to the throne of God to guard
the Reformed Episcopal Church.
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From Temple Bari
Napoleon dhe First.


History has not represented the
First Napoleon as he was in reality.
Poets, private secretaries, courtiers,
enthusiasts, enemies and clamorers
have drawn the portrait. We pro-
pose to examine his character from
the point of view of Psychologist and
positivist. Napoleon was neither dark
nor fair. He had dark chestnut hair,
eyes gray, com plexion of a pale brown,
without any red IN it, and smooth
skin. The brain large; the skull be-
longed TO the largest development
ever known; his circulation was slow,
his pulse counting forty beats a min
ute; he perspired little, and was in
sensible alike to heat and cold, hun
ger and thirst; his chest was promi-
nent, and his limbs well proportioned;
his height was five feet two inches.
Of a lymphatic temperament, he could
support alike excess iof physical and
intellectual exertion. It was a consti-
tuition of granite. Warm baths, cof-
fee and strong wines restored his cir
culatiOn. His intellect was vast and
many-sided, applying itself to details
and generalization; made up of n
prodigious memory that rapidly took
account of place, number and cause,
and the bearing of things; a genius,
i'll fine. eminently practical and posi-
twist, Discrimination. an extraOrdin-
ary power Of generalization, and
sluggish temperament, make up this
wonderful man; these qualities are the
sources of his greatness. He was
fatalist. Events are brought about
by power superior TO human will, he
said. There is neither good nor bad
in the world. The morality of an ac-
tion is to be judged by its expedi-
ency. Religions are human institu-
tions, serving as a sort of vaccine to
protect us against lower superstition
to be defended not in the interests of
society, but in the interests of the
priest. Such was his creed, and he
naturally hated those who possessed a
higher one. Consul, Emperor, pris-
oner and exile, he hated philosophy
nd philosophers from the first to the
last, and ABUSED them of the miSfor-
tunes lhe had himself brought Ndpc1
France-the failure of the Russian ex-
pedition, the sore discomfort of the
nation. and so on. 1t was natural
that being, as he eminently was,
mystifer of the people, dazzling them
with charlatanry and words, he should
fear and hate the spirit of inquiry
and independence. For the exalta-
ton of C@sarism he wanted the RO-
man history to be written over again,
and maintained a host of litterateltrS
for that purpose. Authors who ven
tured upon criticism were either ex-
lied or thrown into prison. Foreign
books and journals were prohibited
and quite logically. Free thought
treads down the structure of false
hood and mvstification called Bona
partarism. He loved noise, mO7e-
ment, martial life, drums, trumpets
and the destruction of life upon q
large scale.
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TIE POSSIBLE POLITICAL ISSUE OF
1S76.-A rumOr is ahoat here that be-
fore the lapse of many days a Repub-
hcan member of the House will sub
nit to that body a somewhat bold and
startling proposition for the relief of
the Southern States from their pres
ent disheartening financial embarrass-
ments. This proposition, it is said,
will be to advance to the Southern
States several hundred millions of
cash, or It's equivalent, and partly in
consideration of the heavy losses suf-
fered by the Southern States in the
loss Of their slave property. OF
course there is no hope of the success
! of any such scheme this side OF the
Presidential election of 1876; but
suppose you have an ambitious Re
publican or two intent upon a ne q
departure for 1876, you will perceive
that, in gaining the good viii of the
South, through the proposition sug-
| gested, the Republican leading off in
this movement viii secure some capi-
tai to build upon. 1t seems to be I'M
/ derstoOd here that n powerful bolt
from the administration party is
bound to be made for the campaign
of 1876, and so if some leading Re
pUbhcans during this session of Con-
| gress shall lead off in some movement
| for the Southern vote not set down
in the administration programme You
need not be surprsed.-N !. Ter.