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Year: 1868




by HIS HOME ARTIST.


The Burlington HdtVkeye, published
at the home of Senator Grimes, in its
issue of Wednesday morning, thus
portrays the many virtues of the de,
ceased:


"Here at his home. among those who
know him well, his habits, his ability,
his aims, and desires, he was always
personally unpopular, and only found
supporters on party grounds. His
election to a responsible office gave NO
one here any individual satisfaction
No one rejoiced on his account. 1t was
always among intelligent men mat
ter ofregret that some ADLER, truer. no.
bier, more patriotic and disinterested
man did not possess the same hold on
State, and I'LL the place which Grimes
occupied, but could not honor. Every
body in this vicinity was thorough
Jy posted in the meanness which
always characterized Grimes in
private life. All knew that he sought
nothing but personal ends, and that
these were of the lowest and most sor-
did kind. All men knew that he would
do nothing on public grounds, and that
disinterestedness was virtue utterly
beyond his conception. In word,
even those persons who most consorted
with him, who might be styled hiscom-
panions, for friend he never had, never
accused him of being moved either
to public or private action by any
honorable and noble impulse. What
was the motive of this Iowa Judas, we
are unable to say; whether 1t was his
hate, or envy of others whom the peo-
pie have preferred before him; whether
his role is one OF needless perVerseness,
mere malice, wanton ingratitude, NOR
bid ana insane jealousy, or the result
of such corruption as the New York
World advised, we are unable to de-
eide. We hand him over to the future
as an example to be avoided. We
leave him to his own reflections, and
hope he will live long 10 enjoy the sc9rn
and detestation of the party he has
betrayed, the country he has wronged ,
and even OF the men whose treason he
endorses and the Copperheads whom
his baseness justifies. If he can hnd
satisfaction in such life he is welcome
to 1t. There ia will he prove himself
baser than Judas, for Judas could not
himself But whatever Grimes may
do in the future 1t is n satisfaction to
know that his public career is nearly
ended. IF he was manly enough to re-
sign the position he has so dishonored
and retire to his native obscurity, hide
himself from the public gaze, and at
last go to his grave like leper, solita-
ry, and where no man could be found
to bury him, he would evince some
appreciation of the adherence which
all honest men feel toward him. But
we do not expect anything like this
from him. His nature is too base for
conduct so manly as that BE will in
sist upon betraying the State and de-
filing the Senate" -
Year: 1868

Ex-Governor Horato Seymour ad-
dressed largo meeting at Bridgeport,
Conn, last week From his speech
we make the following extract, and
ASK for it the attention of every read
er:


81 ventured to ask to-day very
intelligent man, whose position in life
ls prooi' of his capacity and saga ,ity,
how much it would cost tho laborlng
man, or how many hours laboring
man would have TO toll in order TO
support himself if no had no such
thing rs taxation; If, for example, n
working man could procure his food
and clothing at first cost, how many
hours he wo uld have 20 toll To sup~
port himself? and the answer was,
"siX hours" which we may consider n
very fair estimate. Now you are to
remember how much the cost Of cvery
thing is multiplied by taxation in its
various forms. Now, all labor above
six hours is put upon you by the tax
gatherer. 1t is put upon you by tho
policy Of the Government. OF course
wo can not lift the load OF taxation
altogether from the people. You can
not reduce the hours of labor to six
hours per day but tell you, those OF
you VINO toll in tho workshops, whom
you have laborod your six hours,
when you are beginning to fe,l your
arms weary, and you desire either
mental occupation or enjoyment with
your families, the tax -gathorer comes
in and says: No, VIC own four hours
OF your labor yot-You must pay them
to us [Applause.] Now | ask you,
laborng men, can you afford all that
in order that these. gentlemen may
amuse themselves with their policy Of
Southern reconstruction
Year: 1868

A sEEDY looking fellow once rushed
up to gentleman on the street, and said,
with great solemnity: "For the love OF
God give me half n crown, or /
shall do deed my soul abhors |" Touch
ed with HIS seeming carnestness, the
gentleman gave tho money, add then
from avery natural curiosity said, ,'well
now my poor man, toll mo the deed
from the commission of which just
delivered your Said the follow with
a polite bow, "But for this half-caown,
/ should have had TO go TO work, your
honorw
Year: 1868

A correspondent at Alexandria, writ
ing on the 7th ult., alludes to the Cir
cumstances mentioned in recent letters
from Cairo, commonly referred to as the
"palace tragedies" which continue to
form the chief local topic. What is
current (he says) is that "the Viceroy,
under supposed apprehension of in
tended harm to himself, inspired from a
quarter SO near in relationship to
him as to have raised doubt whether
mental delusion in this respect may
not have weakened responsible
ity for what he did, introduced into
the inner apartments of his palace four
young officers, for the purpose of keep
ing guard in an ante-chamber to an
apartment in which he slept. Scandal
reports that they soon turned their at
tention to pleasanter objects than the
sleeping Pacha. The latter was led to
suspect improperly, and confirmed, by
discovery, the truth of his suspicious.


The officers, unnerved by his High
ness presence, were secured wlthoutre-
sistance, and have been sent to the
White Nile, or to the wretched and un-
wholesome settlement of Fazokly, on
the Blue Nile-with what iDjunctioAs
as to their disposal, the person in charge
of them probably only knows. This
was, perhaps, more prudent course
than making an example of them on the
spot, which his Highness might
have thought likely to produce dis
affection. The unfortunate though
guilty companions of the officers were,
however, beyond the influence of out
side sympathy, and are said to the num-
Der of six to have suffered the last pen
atty of their infdelity; one who had
stood in particular relation to the
Pacha himself-the report goes-haying
met her fate at his own hands. There
was yet another act in the fatal drama.
At least three eunuchs are said to have
also been disposed of-how is not pre-
cisely stated, but fogging till all suffer
ing was past, and then the inevitable
river are both mentioned.
Year: 1868

The eldest daughter of Queen Isabel
la, who is about to be married to a
scion of King Bomba's family, is "a
chip of the old tree" She is rather
good looking, but wayward, imperious
and ill-tempered. Some time ago one
of the priests offended her, and she
thenceforth refused to attend mass at
the royal chapel. None of her gsver-
nesses could stay longer with her than
a couple of months, and she laughs at
her mother when Isabella exhorts her
to behave herself. As for her father,
be has no authority over her whatever.
In Madrid, people believe that if she
does not like her intended husband, she
will tell him to his face in the presence
of the whole court.
Year: 1868

And then there were the car peddlers.
| bought out the popcorn boy to get rid
of him, because was trying to COM
pose poem for young lady's album,
and did not want to be disturbed. But
he came right back with stock ofpea-
nuts. l took few and hurried him
away, and he returned with some ice
cream candy and peanuts together; but
l invested at once, because an
Inspired rhyme had been born
to me, and l wanted to set it
down before it slipped my mind.
Then the scoundrel came back to me
with tobacco and cigars, and afterward
with oranges, imitation ivory whistles,
fg-paste and apples; and then he went
away and was gone some time, and l
was encouraged to hope the train had
run over him. He was only keeping his
malignant outrage to the last. He was
getting his literature ready. And from
that time forward that degraded youth
did nothing but march from one car to
another, and afflict the passengers
with specimen copies of the vilest
blood and thunder romances on
earth. 'The Perjurer's DOOM" and
"The Desperado's Revenge" were
some of the mildest works; and
on their backs were pictures of
stabbing ARRAYS and duels, and peo-
pie showing other people over precipices,
and wretched wood.cuts of women be-
ing rescued from terrific perils of all
kinds-and they are always women so
criminally homely that any right
minded man would take a placid salts
faction in seeing them suffer a sudden
aud violent death. But that peddler
boy peddled these precious books right
along for hours together, and l gave up
my poem at last, and devoted all my en-
ergies to driving him away, and trying
to say things that would make him un'
happy.
Year: 1868




The Baltimore Gazette, in commenting
upon the fact that the Chicago Con-
vention selected both Republican can
didates from the West, says:


"Whether it was the popularity OF
Mr.. Pendleton that led the Chicago
Convention to take both its candidates
from the West we are unable to say.
But its action has certainly given a
strength to its ticket in the Western
States which it would not otherwise
have had there, and if the contest is to
be decided, as many believe, by the
votes of those States, good Judgment,
we think, would suggest that the
candidate of the Democratic party
be selected from the same quarter.
In New York the Democratic
party had at the last election majori-
ty of between forty and fifty thousand
votes, and it is not in the least degree
probable that this can be overcome by
the Radicals ia November. Many of the
other Northeastern States have given
indubitable evidence of their weari-
ness OF Radical rule, and may be safely
relied on. One-half of Pennsylvania is
thoroughly in sympathy with the West
and would prefer a candidate from that
section to any one else except a Penn
sylvanian. In the Western States
which cast heavy electoral votes the
struggle may be close. The great gains
made by the Democratic party inspire
us with the utmost confidence in the re-
suit of the canvass. Nevertheless, moth
-, Il, La 1af indiana IN la
cess a certainty. The move of the Rad
icals is a shrewder one than we were at
first inclined to regard it. They know
the necessity to the Democratic party
of carrying some of the larger Western
States, and they have determined to
stake everything on the effort to defeat
it at that particular point. Their plat
form proposes to pay the Government
debt according to the letter and spirit
of the law, which in the West is under
stood to mean the redemption of
the five-twenty bonds in green
backs. though in the East it is diff
ferently interpreted: Then, too, the
selection of two Western men will
arouse the pride of that section and
draw to the ticket that not incensider-
able number of people who are luke
warm in political matters. Now, while
we see no reason why the example of
the Radicals should be followed to the
extent of making up ticket wholly in
the West, it does appear to us to be en-
inently judicious, if not positively
necessary, that strong Western can
didate for the Presidency should be
opposed to the Radical ticket. As
we have avowed our preference
fer Mr.. Pendleton over the gen.
tlemen who have been thus far named
in this connection, we hope we shall
not be so far misunderstood as to be
supposed to be merely advocating his
interests while considering those of the
party upon whose success the safety
and prosperity of the country now hang,
Apart from any personal predictions,
it really seems to us that the action of
the Radicals has rendered it now incum-
bent on the Democratic party to pursue
the course we have indicated.
Year: 1868

We give up much of our space this
morning to an .epit0me of the record
made by HoRATIo SEYMOUR, Demo
cratic candidate for President, during
the most eventful period In the his
tory of the country. We urge every
Republican to read it carefully today.
and from it learn the necessity of
doing double t0Ork MORROW, to
prevent his precinct, his county aad
his State, from indOrsing that record.
During the war the city of Evans
vile, the county of Vanderburgh and
the State of Indiana, were all famous
for their fidelity to the flag, and their
zeal in defense Of the Government.
Why should they now east a reproach
upon their past conduct by voting for
a man who did SO much to defeat
them then, aud the-aDoble cause for
which they contended and triumphed.


We submit Mr.. SEYMoUR's record
TO the calm aud dispassionate good
sense of every voter. If, after reading
it, any of them remain of the
opinion that he is worthy of eleva
tion to the head of tie Government
he sousht to destroy, let them vote for
-him5 and may-fhey,- TO the fullest -ex-
tent, enjoy the harvest of sorrow and
shame the casting of such ballot is
certain to produce. 1
Year: 1868

REPUBLICANS must not forget that
active work TO day and tomorrow is
demanded Of them all. Two more
days and the fate of the nation is
sealed for four years, if not for all
time. What are private or personal
matters when compared with these
,uomentous issues? Therefore, let
every Republican. to some extent,
NEGLECT his own private interests and
devote the two days to seeing that
the Republic suffers no harm at the
hands of its wicked and misguided
children.
Year: 1868

LET Us HAVE PEACE is the proud
motto of the Repa5licap party. Every
man who woes for GRANT and COL
FAX endorses the sentiment, aud does
much to incorporate it into the very
being of the Government.
Year: 1868




10 ne Editor OF The Tribune


SIR: My name has been quoted by you and
many others connection with the Managers
ton without the benefit of statement Of my owl
dcnee The statement, with which the Managers
expressed their entire satisfaction 20 the effect that
had been asked by Mr. WoOley 10 take retainer
lawyer 10 influence some legislation lie required for the
relief OF himself clients In reference to Revenue mat
ter without ascertainng what he desired at once told
him had rule made after leaving Congress not 10 act
as lobbyist for any consideration desired to adhere
20 IT, and did lie requested me to write the telegraph to
Mr.. Weed-wheh did under his dctation. / signed 1t,
because he thought the parties would at in
stance This telegraph, so far as knew had reference
10 the business he desired to aid in accomplishing It
had no reference whatever TO Impeachment know Of
nothing connected with that matter which reflects upon
any Senator other persons No scheme TO influence
any Senator by money otherwise, broached
to Mr. WOoley ought TO testify at once. 50 far as "
Year: 1868




AS for Mr. Wade he has taken it very phll-
osophcally-more than many OF his friends ne mas
had only kind words and earnest expressions 0r e uc
cess of the party under its chosen leaders lie mas n.
upon BOTH assured them Of his hearty support WIN
his abOrs for them in the coming campaign ms Pupuo
will close. Eighteen years OF stern patue III Ie
halls Of Congress- and upon the stump VIII De tle
of his old age. 1t has been orc eontnuous concI hn
all those years guns have not been SILENT nor mas tne
smoke lifted from the field where with constantly in
creasing army the party OF liberty was advancing It's
banners The country knows his record and even those
whose ambition not brook his success know ana honor
it, He has seen his party grow, from little handiul
upon whom nearly every mans hand, every press anu
every pulpit ready TO do violence, and against when
at last eight millions OF people took up arms, TIL ~ mas
crushed opponents and taken possession OF contLen
Honest he been through ALL courageous through Az
taking step backward, uncorrupted In the mldst OF
corruption. blunt, unpublished as lifetime newer % %i.
the battle AK would inevitably be, and yet TOT whch


deness SO acquired some Of the carpet knights OF our
latter day battles who flash their dainty ana Doodess
swords so gracefully might well exchange something OF
their elegant manners and all Of their cool calculating,
legal treacheres Well will II be for them IT, when they
are laid aside they can hold mp TO their countrynen
record as pure as honest honorable and as lasting IL
the sacred history Of Freedoms wars as BENJAMIN wade
has lClhclhhaV NaHe'Vc'
Year: 1868

PARIS, May 2s-All the leading journals of this city
have editorials on the result of the Impeachment of
the President of the United States The MoRitew
says the Radical party has lost ground without gain
ing the end which it proposed The Prase thinks the
result is not final and believes the nation will decide
the issue in the coming Presidential election
LOpiHion regrets the vote of the seven Republican
Senator's for aoqutta and attributes their action to
fears that the conviction of the President might pre-
ciptate a crisis
Year: 1868

relieve me Of any unjust reflections growing out OF my
accommodating telegraph. The Managers were satisfied
with my explanation and any one else is interested IN
it, they will be satisfied when the testimony is pnDsheu


S. 8. Cox.
Year: 1868

NEW ORLEANS May 2S.-Judge Durrell has
decided that the United States Marshal Is liable for
property seized by him and destroyed while In his pos
Session Under this decision Judgment has been rem
dered against Marshal Heron for the amount OF the libel
ON the steamship Southerner which was burned while In
the Marshals possession
Year: 1868

A PHILADELPHIA PoLIrIoIAN.-George Al
fred Townsend writing from philadelphia TO
the Hartford Post thus describes the notorious
alderman McMullin, whose reputation as a
sporting man is wider than that which he has
gained in the performance of his official du-
ties:


McMullin is an outlaw and yet magistrate
bullet-headed, willy desperate, raised in a
hose house, cradled in bank, suokled at fine
plug. In fireman's fight he will whip out a
knife, slice piece out OF an antagonists rump,
and behave like a demon of mischief. Next
day he will try, in his capacity of Judge, all
his associates in the riot.


Last Tuesday he was "chucking" men up to
the polls, making farce of suffrage, acting
like slave oVerseer in the name of franchise,
and at the same time marking" any irregular
Republicans who came to vote and issuing his
warrant for them. He is a referee at prize
fights, leader of swell mobs, ferocious and
incarnate relic of a civilization that should
have expired with the hand fire engine, butlives
on upon the prize fight and the rat worry.
Year: 1868

Tie uTblushing impudence of General
Butler in standing up as one of the
Managers aud advocating the cOnvic-
ton ol the President "at railroad
speed" was fitting prelude to the
mock tral which opened Tuesday.
There is foregone determination that
the President shall not have justice,
and it is vain to expect for him auy in
diligence. But we must bear in mind
that those who control the proceedings
during the trial, will not determine the
result. The HGuso iApeaches, but it
cannot condemn; and the Managers ap-
pointed TO carry out it's wishes display,
IN their role Of prosecuting officers,
4 forward and unrclenting hostility
which wOuld be unbecOming in the
csurt. We arc not warranted in infer
ring the result from the relentless tenn
per of the Managers. 1t would have
been a great mistake to have inferred
the condemnation Of Warren Hastings
from the headlong virulence displayed
by Burke aud his associates at the be-
ginning Of the trial. Ii would have
been equally n mistake to have inferred
the condemnation of Judge Chase from
the temper in which John Randolph
and his associate managers conducted
the prosecution. And so, in the present
trial. we thus far see only the heat and
venom of the prosecutors, aud not the
hnal state Of mind in which the con-
cluSiOn of the trial will leave the
Judges.


The attempt to hurry the trial through
at railroad speed" is certainly unfa-
yorable to the President; but, at the
same time, il is a symptom of conscious
Weakness on the part of the prosecu-
tors. They act on the maxim of strik-
lng while the iron is hot. fearing that if
tim" is allowed for the passions
OF tue hour TO subSide, the i'm
peachment will fall Hat. In this
they Judge correctly, for nothing but
the exaggerations of impasioned excite
ment could magnify the attempted re-
moval of Stanton into an impeachable
offence. The Senate did not evidently
consider it as impeachable when it was
committed, for they would not have
visited it with an immediate ex-
preston of censure if they
had had any expectation of being called
on to try it as judges. The action of
ihe Senate on impeachable matter fol-
lows that of the House; and the fact
mat IN the present case the Senate took
The conduct of the President in hand
INST, and passed a judgment on it in ad-
vance, proves that they did not at that
time expect to sit in trial upon it as a
court; that is, it proves that even in
Their hostile estimation it was not i'm
Peaehable. 1t is only party tempest
mat has borne it aloft into the region of
nigh crimes and misdemeanors and if
The railroad speed" of the trial should
Oe slackened for the tempest to subside,
and senators recover their reason, the
impeachrrs themselves would have no
hope of success.
Year: 1868

A one-legged soldier at Harrisburg,
Pa, who is mechanic, has likeness
of Grant hanging in his shop, and every
time the General commits an act show
ing himself the guilty tool Of the Rump,
the soldier makes black mark OF his
face. Il is needless TO say that Grants
face is as black as a negro's.
Year: 1868

The snow problem on the Central Pacific
Road Is not yet solved, we learn from the
Rocky Mountain News. The company last
winter built sheds for the protection of their
tracks over the Sierra Nevada They were,
however, crushed by snow. The company are
now engaged in constructing new Sheds with
frame work of heavy timber and pointed roofs.
About forty miles of track will require to be
covered, and it is stated that twenty-five saw
mills. most of them worked by steam, are rum
ming night and day, employing nearly two
thousand men, and six more are building 1t
is estimated that it will require 100000 feet Of
timber to the mile for the sheds.
Year: 1868

WIN. Fl. HARMAN Il Co., Sole Agents for
the State of Maryland. This Reaper and
Mower stands unsurpassed in this country
or Europe. We ask nothing more of any
honest farmer than to give them a fair trial;
where true merit will show itself beyond
doubt. We know they will work and give
entire satisfaction, under all circumstances.
Messrs. Mccormick 4 Bro. say to all who
need or intend to buy Reaper or Mower,
stake their machine and try 1t to your sat
isfaction through the Harvest with any other
machine YOU can get, and keep which ever
Won like best, These machines combine
all modern improvements of any value.
Year: 1868

DERSONS desiring anything in the above


line will find upon examination oneoI
the most complete stocks OF goods KEPT IN
any retail Drug Store in the Stats,5 and to
enable the constant demand TO be met, Is
be,ne increased. The following standard
Liniments always ON hand: $3.50 q.
Year: 1868

effect that sound mind and body are the lAost
necessary requisites to promote connubial hap
piness Indeed, without these the journey
through life becomes weary pilgrimage; the
prospect hourly darkens to the Wow, the mind
becomes shadoWed with despair and filed W.T.!
the melancholy reflection that the happiness q
another becomes blighted with your own.