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Year: 1865

speedy and easy n he ofioeholders and yaes'
bins put no obstruction In the way Of the Pro
sident's plans, as they seem determined to do.


President johnson ought to look to thess
man1uvres, and relieve himself Of the incubus
by clearing out the whole Custom House. He
should also look after the Internal Revenus
Department, or else 1t will become, and, In
fact, is fast becoming, as rotten and corrupt -
the city government Several members Of the
Corporation have already got in there, and
they are introducing the honest practices ol
the Corporation into the Department Of Inter
nal Revenue.
Year: 1865

thousand arc democrat-in fhct, the great
bulk. tho rank and Hle, Of our population Is
democratic. During the great patriot war Of
the last four years the rank and ale of our
population furnished more troops than any
other class. Yet It Is q singular fact that the
leaders Of this democratic rank and flle have
always been the worst foes the Union ever had.
and the most base and obsequious toadies 70
the power Of JEFF Davis. We allude to the
Tammany, Mozart and Gunther factions. There
was only one issue during the war, and
that was the war; This issue the bulk
of the democracy maintained until It
ceased to be an issue by the close Of
the war. Now that the war is over, II
Is time for those who have been working for
the three rebel machines-the Tammany, Mo
zart and Gunther factions-t0 cut loose from
their copperhead and secession leaders, and
organize a new democratic party that will


sweep the island from the Battery to Spuyten
Duyvel creek. Let them come out in favor OF
Andy johnson, oppose the Boston Jacobins,


organize upon an independent basis, and they


will soon get the niger worshipper and their


influence out of the Custom House, out Of the


Internal Revenue Department, and out Of all
those departments Of the government where
they have found place, pickings and plunder
according to the hue Of their politics. Now is
the time for the rank and fle Of the democracy
of New York-seventy or eighty thousand
strong-to come out organize, fight and con-
Year: 1865

We make the following extracts from
letter of our New York correspondent
concerning the issues of the ensuing can
vass in this State:


see by the papers that the Minnesota DEM
ocratic Convention is to come off on the 18th
of next month. trust that the convention
will evince wisdom and true patriotism in the
selection of its men. Remember nothing can
defeat the Democratic party but Democrats
themselves.


The soldiers vote at home will be very differ
ent from what 1t was in the field. They have
returned weary and warworn, utterly sick of
the negro, and they will not consent that the
great interests which they so nobly fought
and bled for should be put in jeopardy by
miserable faction, who taint the public air by
keeping the corpse of slavery over ground, and
rattle its bones in order to make political capt.
tai for themselves.


But am most anxious to see what course
the conservative Republicans of Minnesota
such men as the Hon. James Smith, of st.
Paul, and others:-will take now. Will they
go in for Wendell Phillips, Chief Justice Chase
Che should be called Chase Justice y, and for
enfranchising the negro ?-not in Minnesota,
for that is of very little moment, but in the
Southern States, against the wish of their citi-
zens! If you do this, gentlemen you will
strike at the keystone of the arch that supports
the whole structure of your republican form of
government.


Our correspondent will not get much
satisfaction from the action of the conserv-
ative Republicans of this State. They are
completely under the thumbs of the radi-
Gals, and dare not wag their tongues, save
in private, against any fanatical measures
that are proposed.
Year: 1865

From the Detroit Tribune, July 81.


When we look back upon the many
scan. mag. cases that have been brought
to light in this city during several months
past, we find that Saginaw has had full
share. Notwithstanding this, however,
we find that the land of salt is apparently
not content, and now furnishes another
still more scandalous than any similar
transaction, the particulars of which will
be found below, as obtained from an appa-
rently reliable source.


Several days ago George Carter left bis
wife and family at Saginaw and came to
this city with woman of bad character.
They put up at the Garrison House, where
they registered themselves as man and
wife, and enjoyed themselves seeing the
sights, visiting places Of amusement, etc.
On Saturday, Mrs. Carter-a lady of cul-
tivatiOn and efnement-arrived here in
pursuit of her liege lord, and made the
matter known to the police. Garter was
easily found, but it was thought best to
make a sure thing of his crime before
making the arrest. An officer was de-
tailed to watch, and Carter was followed
from the circus to the hotel above named.
The guilty pair occupied front room, and
as they did not take the precaution to
close the blinds when they retired, their
movements were easily discernible from
the street.


After the pair had been snugly ensconced
in bed about an hour, a fearless band OF
policemen assembled the stairs, and noise
lessly placing table in front of the bed
room door, view was had of the interior
of the apartment, into which lurid glare
was thrown from a lantern. The refec-
tons of the light upon Carter's face awoke
him, and about the time he commenced to
make inquiries relative to .he intrusion, he
and the woman were in custody. A trip
on foot to the lookup was made, and Car
ter and his paramount furnished with sepa-
rate apartments for the night.


On Sunday morning Carter had an in
terview with bis wife, and promised faith
fully that be would reform, 60 home, and
behave himself properly in future. Un-
der the circumstances, Mrs. @ agreed to
let him off, and he was discharged with
the expectation that he would leave for
Saginaw to-day. Instead of doing so,
however, it has been ascertained that this
morning he had paid his bill at the Garri-
son House and left the city with the
woman he came here with, going no one
knows where.
Year: 1865

Goos ADvICE.--Wm. Cullen Bryant
gave the following excellent advice to a
young man who offered him an article for
the Evening Post:


My young friend. observe that you have
think if you will study the English language,
that you will find it capable OF expressing all
the ideas you may have. have always found
it so, and in all that have written, / do not
recall an Instance when was tempted to use
foreign word, but that on searching l found
better one in my own language.
Year: 1865

LEcrURE.-Go 10 the P. Q. Book
store aad buy ticket for the course of Lee
tIres in aid of the Sanitary fund, The sec
end Lecture Of the course will be delivered
at the Congregational Church on T~esdsy
evening next
Year: 1865

clared q dividend OF elk per cent and the Hartford
City Fire Insurance Company five per cont


The following comparative statement shows the
average condition OF the leading items Of the Phila
delphia banks for the past and previous week:-
Year: 1865

JoHy BRIGHT on TIE AMERICAN UNIoN.-1n
one of his recent magnificent speeches the great
English Commoner said


Look at the power which the United States
have developed They have brought more men
into the field, they have built more ships for their
navy, they have shown greater resources than
any nation in Europe at this moment is capable
Of. Look at their industry. Notwith-
standing this terrific struggle, their agriculture,
their manufactures and commerce, proceed with
an uninterrupted success. They ruled by a
President chosen, it is true, not from some worn
out royal or noble blood, but from the people,
and the one whose truthfulness and spotlesS honor
have claimed him universal praise and now
the country that has been vllifed through halt
the organs of the press in England during the
last three years, and was pointed out, too, as an
example to be shunned by many of your states
men, that country, now in mortal strife, affords
a heaven and home for multitudes flying from
the burdens and the neglect Of the old govern
mentS of Europe. and, when this mortal strife Is
over, when peace is restored, when slavery is
destroyed, when the Union is cemented afresh.
for would say. in the language of one of our
own poets, addressing his country:


The graves not dug where traitor hands shall lay,


In fearful haste thy murdered corpse away"


then Europe and England may learn that an in
structed democracy is the surest foundation OF
government and that education and freedom are
the only sources of true greatness and true hap
pness among any people
Year: 1865

1t has been whispered around that movement
is on foot to have General Mcdowell removed
from the post of Commanding General on this
Coast, by representations, or rather misrepre-
sentatiOns to the Government at Washington in
regard to him. If any such attempt is beng
made by schemers and sorcheads in our midst
the loyal men of San Francisco and of the State
siluuld take immediate steps to counteract it
There is no Just cause why it should be done,
and the constant and uncalled for assaults upon
that officer are only subversive of good order and
discipline. at time when the men OF the Union
should present an unbroken front. General Nc
Dowell has done his duty, fearlessly, faithfully
and honestly, since he has been on this Coast
He has watched the interests of his Government
with that unfnching solicitude which marks the
true soldier. consistent patriot, and executive
officer, and we doubt that if any man coming
among Il strange people under the conflicting cir
cumstances which marked his introduction here
could speedily have won the respect. esteem
and confidence of all classes as General Mcdowell
has. Whatever may be connected with his name


in the early annals of the war, it must be said of
him here, that he applies himself most studious-


y to a proper fulfllment of the business intrust-
ed to him, and that by his diligence, foresight,
good Judgment, and discrimination. the entire
scope of the military district under his command


is in tourishing condition.


Under such state of affairs it is gross wrong
against the people. an imposition upon the Gov
ernment and highly dangerous to the peace,
prosperity ard happiness of the masses who are
dependent upon the wise administration of the
Commanding Genelnl on this Coast for protection
for their fnmilies and property, to be continually
hamperng him by indecent assaults, by melting
! in subordination among those upon whom he
must rely in the event of danger throwing OBJ
stscles in his way, un ust as they are ungenerous
and leading the Government to believe that he IS
a traitor to its flag, unworthy of its confidence
and a fit subject for its censure and power. when
his heart beats Loyalty and true in behalf of his
Government, as his course duringt the last canvass
abundantly eyinces. 1t will never do to pursue
such a course against officer that the Gov
ernment sends out to this coast if it is persisted
in we never can expect to have ease and security
If General Mcdowell was in any way responsible
for the extraordinary position taken against him
it might provoke inquiry, but where it is self
evident fact that he is without biemish in his
official acts this coast its further persistence
in should be frowned down by every man whose
preiudices are not of Il nature TO debar him from
giving credit where it is due.-SpirH Of the
/ T;1nse
Year: 1865

IL Honor OF THE VIcroRY.-On the oath ult
General Mcdowell received orders from the War
Department to have national salute fired from
every fort, arsenal and army headquarters in his
Department at noon on February 22d, in honor
OF the restoration of the flag Of the Union upon
Fort Sumter The order was delayed in conse-
quence of telegraph troubles, and the salute was
ordered fred at noon on the 25th from every fort
and battery in the harbor of San Francisco, and
at all other posts in the department on the day
succeeding the receipt thereof. The official no.
tification ordered that - when the salute is fired
the entire command will be paraded under arms,
and give three times three cheers for that noble,
glorious. sacred old flag of the Union, the Stars
and Stripes, now so soon under Gods favor to
be restored throughout the length and breadth of
our land \ salute of SO guns fired at this
place in the evening.
Year: 1865

How FORT ANDERSON WAS TAKrS.-The tele-
graph tells how this main reliance of the rebels
at Wilmington came into possession. 1t
was a piece of strategy well worthy its author
who, on many occasions, has proved himself the
bravest Of the brave. Lieutenant William B..
Gushing constructed a mock Monitor, so closely
emblng those vessels that no difference could
be detected at distance of hundred yards
At 10 o'clock on the night of the 18th, the YES
sci was taken up to within about 400 yards Of
the Fort and set adrift. There was strong flood
tide, and she moved up the river and passed the
Fort as if under slow steam At that time our
land forces had worked about two-thirds of the
distance around, and in the rear of the Fort
The rebels thinking that their communication
was to be cut off by land and water, escaped by
the only avenue of escape left open to them,
leaving their guns unspiked and their magazines
uniniured.
Year: 1865

CoScLrDEs Not TO PuBLIsH-The Grass VAL
ley Union says - Upon further consideration
lish the list of incomes assessed in this county
for the year l863 1t is very possible that many
persons, through ignorance of the requirements
of the law, gave in only what they made clear,
or saved, over and above all expenses of every
kind. We must say some of the returns make
rather queer showing"


Same in this latitude, where the returns have
been published. 1t may have been Ignorance
in this instance, although many people fail to
see it in that light.
Year: 1865

IT is announced that Col. Warren and Lisle
Lester are now associated in the editorial con-
duct of the California Farmer. Subscribers to
the late Pacific Monthly will receive the Farmer
in lieu of the magazine. But what will Mrs.
Warren say ?
Year: 1865

WANTED TO KSow.-The delegation of Ken
tuckians which went to Washington to urge the
appointment of General Butler to command in
that State, were answered by the President as
follows:


You howled when Butler went to New Or
leans. Others howled when he was removed
from that command. Somebody has been howl
ing ever since at his assignment to military COM
mand. How long will it be before you, who are
bowling for his assignment to rule Kentucky, will
be howling for me to remove him p


Notwithstanding this curt response, the dele
CATION persisted in their demand for Butler.
Year: 1865

HARRY TURN recently married his cousin of
the same name. When interrogated as to why
be did so, he replied " that it bad always been
maxim of his, that one good turn deserved an
,harf
Year: 1865

! In an adjoining county to Wander
burgh, and in river township not many
miles from Evansville, on the Oath of
June, two men went into harvest field
and invited black man at work to go
with them. He at first declined their
invitation, but was finally induced to
accept, by an exhibition of chivAlry in
the shape Of revolvers, the contents OF
which he was promised in case of his
refusal They took the black man with
them, but where, this deponent saith not


Up to noon of next day his employer,
after having made diligent search, had
been unable to find him. Had this per


son been of the gentler sex, the pro
ceedings would not have been wondered
at so much by those who knew the per


petrators. This attack on an innocent
Year: 1865




All the parties tried for the assassina-
zion Of President Lincoln have been
found guilty BY the military commission.
President johnson, it is said, is delber-
ating over the verdict, andit is consider
ed "not improbable that he may quash
the affair and order q new trial by the
civil courtSi We hope the President
win not pursue such q course. It will
look too much ike an effort to dodge
the responsibility of signing their death
warrants. 1t will, at least, be regarded
by the people as a significant Indication
that no crime, not even that of assassin
alton, is to receive punishment proper
tionate to its magnitude aud heinous-
ness. If every obstruction is to be
thrown in the path of justice, in its pur-
suit of criminals as guilty as the assas-
sinators of President Lincoln, by his
successor, the loyal heart of the nation
win receive IN kh6ck from which it will
be hard to recover There is moi. man,
woman or child in the country who Las
read the evidence given before the mill
tary commission, wbo.is' not satisfied o.
the guilt Of the principal parties accused
If they are guilty, why should they no
be punished, and that speedily2
Year: 1865

Hon. Daniel S Dickinson, Of New York


was serenaded in Washington few weeks


since and made speech in response thereto


IN which he said: Andrew johnson is not a


hot-hOuse plant, but mountain oak, which
defes the fury of the thunder gust Intrepid,
yet patient and firm, but forgiving, with the


Union and the Constitution as his pillar and
his cloud, he seeks to reconcile and bring
together again the estranged children of a
common father. Let us all aid him in the
good work, and secure its accomplishment =


We fully endorse the sentiment of the
speaker, Good and true men; North and
South should aid the President in the work
OF restoration. We want the Union restored,
and the schemes of the Radicals defeated.
Not Union kept together by military force,
but Union based on the fraternal affection
of people of the same race and lineage, who
speak the same language, who have COM
mon history and whose interests are mutual
We want a Union restored such as our fore
fathers established, based ON the great prin-
'iples of constitutional liberty. This is what
johnson desires, while the Rad,
Gals, who are no less his enemies than ours.
lesire to perpetuate the rule of the bayonet. |
Year: 1865

Accounts from various parts of the South
concur in the statement that strong and
steady stream of emigration has set in to,
wards the South, both from the North and
from Europe.


Large investments of Northern capital are
being made d.ily i'll all the Southern States,
and we are going forward IN the path of pro-
greSS with vlgor and energy. We hear Of one
gentleman who is authorized to purchase
IN Missississippi homes for two hundred
Northern families.
Year: 1865

government. The Mayor and thore other OH
cials who hold their places by popular elec-
ton under the constitution will not be inter-
fered with; but the merely statutory officials
will all be deposed. Brooklyn and Williams
burg will probably be included in this thorough
reform, and will be uritcd with New York to
form grand metropolis.
Year: 1865

Crr REroRM.--We understand that The COM
ing Legislature will at once proceed TO reform
the government Of this city by removing the
Board OF Supervisors, abolishing the various
departments, and concentrating all power in
the hands OF special commission Of from ten
TO fifteen persons, to be composed Of residents
Of this city and representatives from other sec
tions Of the State; for New York Is an Imperial
citv, and the whole State is Interested 10 her
Year: 1865

That old fool and hypocrte, Parson
Brownlow, says he would not start with
Democrats on journey to Heaven. There
is no danger Of his ever starting on that
trip with anybody. His journey will be in
the other direction, where he will need no
blankets.
Year: 1865

The people of Colorado have voted their
new Constitution up, but negro suffrage
down. Why don't the Abolitionists force it
upon them, any bowl What business has
Colorado to be disoval7
Year: 1865

AT Il recent flag presentation Pres
ideut Lincoln made the FLOWING re-
marks:


There ar. hul few views or aspects
OF tbs great var upon which have
not said or written something where
by my own opinion might be known.
But there. is one-the recent attempt
OF our erring brethren, as they are
sometimes called, to employ the
negro to tight for them. | have
neither written nor made speech OH
that subject. because that was their
business not mine, and il [ had a
wish upon the subject, | had not the
power to Introduce it or make il etfec-
i've. The great question with them
was whether the negro being put into
the army will fight for them. l do
not know, and therefore cannot de-
eide. They ought to know better
than We. l havein my lifetime heard
many arguments why the negroes
ought to be slaves but if they fight
for those who would keep them in
slavery, it will be better argument
than any have yet heard. He who
will fight tor that ought to be a slave


They have concluded at last to
take one out of four of the slaves,
and put them in the army and that
one out of the four who will fight 20
keep the others in slavery ought to
be a slave himself, unless he is killed
in fight. While have often said
that all men ought to be free, yet l


would allow these colored persons to
be slaves who want to be ; and mex
to them those white persons who ar
!; que in favor of making other people
slaves.


i am in favor of giving an opportn
nifty to such white men to try it CI
= themselves. i will say one thing il
regard to the negro being employed
! TO fight for them. l do know he can
not fight and stay at home and max
} bread too; and as one is about a
' important as the other, then l do no
: care which they do.


nm rather in favor vt all"Win
Year: 1865

The following pertinent remarks
We find in the Freemsn's Champion,
II paper lately established at Hous-
ton, Texas:


Hhot Bccomes IF al the Cofton =?


We have had this question often
asked us by people in different parts
Of the State, who naturally feel Gu
riosity to know something about it,
as so many Of these parties have
contributed d portion to government
agents, who represented it to be used
for the use of the government Fer
nearly tfireo years has a constant
stream of wagons wended their way
towards Mexico, laden with the
fleecy monarch. Blockade runner
steamers and sail vessels have regu-
larlv departed laden to their guards
with it, and still they are at it. Then
what have they to show in our army
as the returns Of the valuable staple
True, they may tell us that they
have received powder, lead, &c.
But how is it that our soldiers have
been SO poorly clad the past winter
How is it that appeals are daily
made in the newspapers calling upon
the friends Of humanity and the SOL
diers to furnish clothing for these
defenders in the field. Why has not
clothing been imported for .he
troopst What use are powder and
lead if the troops are Frustrated by
sickness and by being improperly
clothed Reader, have you ever
seen tull regiment of Texans
clothed in the gray cloth said to
have been purchased by the govern
msrt Tor the troops Do YOU not
see all our officers dressed in the
height OF fashion in this cloth
Have you ever known Of a noa-com-
missioned officer or private Except
Il few favorites) clad in cloth pur-
chased by the government Then,
whore does all the cotton go What
is it used for Where are the pro-
ceeds OF the sale Of the prize steamer
Harriet Lane and Sachem Where
il the clothing TO have been pur-
chased with them How is it that
our soldiers have been shivering on
the coas, all Writer, when SO much
available property has been sold for
gold These are stubborn que=-
1ions, and will have RI BE answered
by those agents who have managed
affairs, at some future day.


We look about us and zee neu
who, a few months ago, were poor
men like ourselves, and now we see
them rolling in luxury, with their
body servants, carriage drivers, and
dashing equipage. We naturally
wonder where they have made such
sudden rise III fortune in these
tough times. We have no i'll will
against any official. Our only aim
is the good of the people and gov
eminent. We contend that the
squandrring Of cotton, which is our
main reliance through the war, is ali
injury to the country, and bar to
our success and triumph. and we
therefore oppose it and trust that
reform will be made among our pub
lie servants, and that our soldiers
receive proper clothing from those
whose duty it is TO get it for them.