The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1876-10-12
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. /, '7G.

W shS ~h"y VI tuS iSuhSs"SS, "hN
the unwilling of the Mcpherson
Statue, much interest is manifested
and anxiety expressed that the GER
emonies may be creditable to the
citizens of Washington, to the So
ciety, and do BETTING honor to the
memory of the gallant commander
who gave up his life in the perform
ance of his duty to his country.
The society will meet on the 18th
inst. a large number ofinvitations
have been sent out to distinguished
soldiers and civilians, the greater
part of whom it is expected will be
present on the occasion.
Every arrangement hasbccn made
for the accommodation of invited
guests. A welcome will be extend
cd, Oh their arrival, by Gov. Den
nison. A special invitation will be
extended to Sergeant Geo. +. Rcy-
nolds, the soldier who found the
body of his commander upon the
field of battle. Those who will be
requested to be present will include
the President of the United States
and his Cabinet, Justices of the SUI
prcme Court. the War Governors of
the States, the classmates of Gen.
Mcpherson, both Union and Con-
tolerate, and all the members Of
his family and personal friends.
Gen. Logan will deliver an address,
after which the statue will be un-
yelled. This will close the ccrc-
monies ut the monument. The pro-
cccdings of the society will occupy
two days.
Efforts arc being made to keep
the Centennial Exhibition, (thc close
of which had been arranged for the
10th Of Novcmbcr), open until the
Both proximo. 1t will depend upon
the exhibitors whether this prolong-
alton of the time will be made or
not. 1t is understood that many
have already consented. 1t is to
be hoped that the desired extension
will be effected so that no one in
the whole country who desires to
visit this magnificent display ofthc
works of art, and the productions
of the mine and soil, need be de-
privcd of the qualification for want
of time, always provided he has the
financial means required for the trip.
Tildcn's chief hcnchman, that
scrupled not to sell financial columns
while "sillcr' was to be made there
by, the N. Y. WORTH, says that cx-
Governor Morgan of that city, while
acting in that capacity, drew 81, 3G4
as Major General L. $. a., and that
the commission was issued ''for no
earthly purpose than to enable him
to draw double pay" The same
paper, on January B, 1868, repeats
this assertion, but twenty lines be-
low it distinctly states that 'Gov.
Morgan had not drawn his pay as a
Major General" In which para
graph was this lie located! And
yet this vcracious journal asks US
| to believe that Tildcn made out an
honest income return; that Dorshei-
mcr acted honestly in drawing mil
age on distances never travelled; the
Confcd. House in buying second.
hand kilograms to "smut Blaine;
that Hendricks acted honorably in
purchasing a disallowed fraudulent
mule claim, and by force of his po-
sition, crowding it through the De-
partmcnts by adding his own asscv.
crations where the testimony proved
| weak, now asks the voters of that
Safe to support Robinson for Coy
crnor, with his pockets filed with
Canal Ring stcalings, as proven il
the courts! ~ildcn, Hendricks
Pcndlcton, Phelps, Robinson, llamp'
ton, Dorsheimcr, thieves, rcrj'rers
gamblers. The devils cast out o.
the swine can he heard exclaimine
piteously, "Oh! Lord; Oh. Lord, how
long?'
The Richmond (Va.) Dispatch
hcsithtcs not to charge that the Re,
publican party, since the death OF
Mr.. Lincoln, "has lived upon the
| sorrows and troubles of the coun.
| try" Who occasioncd these sor-
! rows and troubles? Who diggcd a
| pit and fell therein? Who by tho
horrors of Libby and Andcrsonvillc
gave a sting to these sorrows| and
troubles that even the windowlcss
chambers Of the grave fail to hide
its incxprcssible grief, or allay the
scorpion-t ongued fever Of its mem.
cries? Tire maid. tho widow, the
fatherlcss, the MANNED, the relics
of prison-pens with one foot in the
grave, would stake courage and be
happy" if they could forget the
years of agony and the later years
Of striving and hunger and loncli.
ness, aye, and even find the "namc.
less graves on the hill'' where lies
their lost ones, but they cannot
Those hours and years of longings
| and strivings can not be suppressed
while wasted forms and manned
bodies and fathcrless orphans con.
front us in every household.
The Republican party lives no
upon the sorrows and troubles OF
the country, hnt, rather, the sor-
rows and troubles OF the country
will not, dare not permit that par.
ty to pass away; for the Same rebel
yell rcsounds through the land as
of yore; the rebel rag 1ount in the
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