, 1876-08-14
How tho Southern States Arc to
De Carricd...Republic-
ans Thrcatonod. .
A Ku-Klux Democratic Candidate for
Congress in North Carolina,
Congressman Burchard, Of tIIi-
nois, on the Bank Of
Venice.
OHIO.

EGElCNkutE bltu 0IEEuHIaH+ vi LnO3Q VINO uOt
the majority probably labor under the imprca.
sion that be departed this life long ago. True,
he appeared at the vt. Louis Convention. Dut
among the resurrcctol there assembled, whofc
toco seemed still turned towards tho stars. he
was scarcely identified - tho remains Of Ills
former self. Twenty~odd years ago, Jamcs b.
Stocdman wus power In the then almost otn-
nipotent Democratic posty III Northern Ohio
lie might probably hayo secured tho place In
the United Btatcs Senate 10 wIicl, tho brilliant
and crrat'c George Z. Phgh nas elected. stecl-
INN then had hls acore To settle with thu mn
elcnt Allen, and lle settled 1t by hiding in Al
lcus overthrow. Twenty yenrs later, when Al
len had beon e1humcd and set In The Hubcrna-
torial Chair, there to daudle tic g-Daby, jim
etecdmAn,-
liz Was oaLY "JIM" ROW,
and altogether scetly specimen,-t Is told,
was nh applicant for appointment as q Door
keeper to tho Ohio Senate; and tho Democracy
of this latter day, wllIch know him not, rujcctcd
him. Whether the exhumcd Allen had q sharo
in bringing this about, l can't say. But In grin,
tushso,l, doubtless, hc4poudcred on wilut re-
osio sol,iiers vi recall stcclman Us gallant
oeer, intrepid to tho point Of recklessaess, ii,-
poksr-playcr, who played for heavy stakes, aud
u fellow Of spleldfd appearance, who mada nut
lre's havoc nltoug tic tir Rchels In the recon-
4uosed districts tlnaii by SPREAD anlnng tie
Rebels III urtns who skcladdlctl bcforo Ills
brigade. For years 10 conic, Veterans Of hts
consnlnnd will tell how at 1rIuue, Trn,,., uftor
Stonu River, and when daily there was mighty
ltvciy sIrmtshipg along The line, well-sneatt
ing missionary u1ltted l,l 1ot the snnrch mll.
Of
rRHrAn1so TO DIE.
Ho depicted the awful peril to. which they
were subjected, not knowing at what mornclt
speed them to another world, the greater peril
whereof It uchove them BtratghtWay to seek
retugo from. steedman listened until hc SAW
tnt ta airng Of awf thoughts On aamasttoh
boys., Then l.o stopped the missionary, mud said
he'd do son,e preaching hnself, which lie prp-
ctcdcl to do after the spirit, II not according to
tl,e LITTER, Of t.,s Army hcgnl,a!tlons, In which
any peril Ills sermon WINS about to this clfect:
tBuys, We haye lust oliu duty to perform. Tint
Is to lick them l--d Rebels, Let's fight like
I ~ vi DO it Thsa Ssi We a ~ oo and s"d
That scr,tI.:. strengthened the buys w no other
sermon Oh that day could hav1 dono.
These Ohio Veterans will recall, too, that It
was stesyman WIG, 9t chlenaauga2, Yes left Il,
fro.n 1.oHccsana 70 hold Tho lltl. House brldga
u Ut all hazards" All through tho frat days
| fight, whi1o no Rebel column allvanced 10 t1ke
possession Of tho bridge. stcetnlan, With 800
advanu,--tlle sn.oko nlarklng tho ltlls Of battlo
showing that the Union columns wrre bclslx
broken. ConHrrs wcre dispatched to !losecais
ask!ng pertuiHston 10 ndyellsc- One foil on tho
part Tint he ha.ln't found leosucrans; nor, iu
fAct, though no word came of tllat, WIS Rose
cr,.,s TO found In that direction, for LIE hwl
hcc. carried back to Chattanooga III tho rout
| et1ctlnan,
IL pErlANcs or HIS oNpAHs,
ordered hts men TO inoyc u the field, netting
fire to The bri1ge beioro he started, uul ren,Ar-
Ing To m officer who denurrcd, that "Nono Of
r. cSaa h." IL asi Sss Lone % u
assss sss,sd e s WIFI ss sseena % sa y erays a
glad tu See YOU; hut noYcr was ~ glud to ste
You ~ ut this nomcnt.' Posstlon was assigned
stecdna.,'s brigade at once, ami, within au hour
after, abuut lilo out Of thu 1850 VI lIa com.
| maud huA fallcn 80 hot was the light. For that
days work steedman WIN breveticd Major.
Washington correspondents may yet recall
| 6teelnlnn as the Unful heneral who !l1dorsed
the "I0yulty" and tho claim Ut thnt lnost fraud.
ulent 1t female lrauds, tho Wall!ngford, for
over ssOo, goo worth of cotton, and pianos, and
laceSlsta1ns, anl ,,nahoKuny- ny-t,edateads, etc,
lcatroyed by thu unioi. armies near Dalton. But
the WalllnHiord, In tAosc 1uys, wasn't tllu wnru
aud battered specimen saw llur ut Washington
last winter, hut a splendid beauty ot t!lu warn,
Southern type, and might have lRhtle casy con.
guust Of man Of aterncr virtue .than btee1-
| man.
On tho boot1s Of tho Treasury Department
stees'.nan VIII 70 down to posterty ~ tle DE-
li so4 sestly sf "p p. 81 lw u'ts o
cash account. lie 10 aall L, have gn,liblc.l It
away; that he ase1 to tie ny q plle 0. green.
backs ~ lIandkercLief, and 50 out ot night
fy,n nr1,,rtr In thu " ~