"Jf any turn attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot."
VOL. 4.
PLATTSMOUTII, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1863.
iNO 25.
THE HERALD
;IS PUBLISHED
WE EKLY,
BY r ...
fcU. D. HATHAWAY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Vt"OB;ce corner Mai street
lry.
and Levee, second
Terms: $2.50 per aomim.
Jiatcs of Jl ilver Using
.1 ; sTiare (suace of ten lines) oue insertion, ft .50
h tea sub-ie 1'Jent insertion - 1.00
Pr fea'imal cards not exceeding six li 10 00
O Jf-quarter column or less, per annura 35.00
ix months 20. f'O
three months 15.00
j": half column twelve months CO. 00
gix months 85.00
three taouthi 20. Oil
l i -oluinn twelve month - 100 00
six months - 60.no
' three months - - .00
iHrAnient adverti-omeats inuit be p oria
a J ranee.
Mm- We are Dnpared to do all feints of Wor'x
n -, ..rt notice, andin a stvlethat will satis.
fiuicii.
WILLITT P0TTENOER.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Pi.ATTSMOUTII - - ! NEBRASKA.
T. n JIAIMIUETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAV
ASP
Solicitor in Chancery.
PLATTSMOUTII, MHiRASKA
S. F. COOPER,
ATT0P.SEY A.D COUNSELOR AT LZW.
Flat tsmnufla ,e-
Tl'ill buy
and ?ell Real EstaV,
and pay tares f jr
V non-resid
nts.
Improved and uuiu-proved UK" aa.i w. ir-r ..c,
Jane a.jth nl2vl.
It. R LIVINGSTON, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Te-M-rs bis professional servic'-s to the citizens of
Cl,,- Kf'li-,nc .nuth-east corner ofOak and Sixth
t'-'ew; OtVice on Main street, opposit-Court House,
rUtt-mouth, Nebraska.
Platte Valley House
Ed. 13. Murphy, Proprietor.
Ccmcr of Miin and Fourth
Flattsmoutli, Xel
This H.u having -en re fitt.d and
Bl-h.-dotf.Ts first-class accommodations.
t!.e day or week.
Streets,
jowly fnr
Hor.rd by
war ll'Wf VtT2k.
'QRNEY AT LAW
. fV vr
; '1-
"WATCHMAKER and JEWELER,
Main Street,
PLATTSMOUTII, - - NEBRASKA
A p.. , d aJoitment of Watches Cb U old Pens,
J-w .try, silver Ware, Fane Uoods Violins and Vi
oiin Truumins a!.-ys on h:md. All work com
uiitte.l to his c;ire will ha warranted.
April 1U, liiS.
o. H. i-i-rr,
L t.' Sup' t Indian Afair.
CALHoUN Jl CKOXTOM,
Attorney ut Law
IRISH, CALHOUN &CR0XTON.
TL ab-jv, nraefi gentlAuien hare a3ocUt;d
th. -iii-elves in business for the purpose or prosecut
ing and col'ctlmg all claims aaiust the General
U -iverument, or agaiu.-t uiiy tribe of Indiant, tad
an- .r-pired t-j prosecute iuch claims, either before
C, iii.:r.--s, t any of the Departraauts of Government
or hefure the Court of Claims,
Mj. Iki-h wiil devote his personal atteutioc to
the i"i-m"s at tVaanUigton.
X J" Oilice ai Sooraaiia Crty .cornur f Main and
Film streets.
National Claim Agency.
WASHINGTON, D- C-
F. M. DORRINGTON,
SCB-AGENT.
.ArTSMOUTII, - . NEBRASKA,
if -epared to present and prosernte claims before
wi.. 'res-. Court of Claiiun and the leps. tmeuts. ia-t-
us, Pensions, Bo-int e, and bounty Lands se.
c- ret. tChariies moderate, and in proportion to
tn tia uut of too claim, .i
. M. DORlilNti'VON.
April 10. '65
J. N. WISE,
(ienerai Life, Accident, Fire, Inland and
Transi.
INSURxlITGE AGENT
Wi.l iik r.-at reasonable ratnsin the moftreliabl
cj upaaie in the United States.
lj-ffice at the book store, Pla sirouth, Nebras-
may21dtf
rfiiUinery 5t DrcsinakiiiBj
BV MISS A. M. DKBPA15 MR. R. P. KeNSKDY
Opposite the City Bakery.
"IV? E would respectfully announce to th Ladies
V or Flattsmouth and vicinity, that we havejust
r -ceive.l alarge and welt selected slock of Winter
u...)dn, consistinp of Flowers, liibbons, velvets, dress
iniutainiri. Ac., Ac. We will sell the cheapest fr.xids
, eva.-soldinthiscity. We can accommodate all our
old customers and as many new ones as will (avor lis
wilhacall. All kinds of work in our line doue to
order. Perfect satisfaction glvea or no eaarees.
V1 -
mVKI.I.I;3 at all price.
Any persons wishing to purchase Farm-property, or
K' sideuces in town will nnd thetn lor sale at al
prices. By
EORRINGTOX,
mr7. Rkal Kstats Agent.
G It. McCAIiLUM,
Manuf icturer of and dealer in
Saddles ami Hai nes,
Of every description, wholesale and retail. No. 130
M-tln street, between 5lh and bth streets, Nebraska-
City. jeia
NOTICE.
JAMES O'KEIL is my authorized Agent for the
collection of all accounts due the undersigned for
medical services; his receipt will be valid for the
Davuient of ay monies on said nrconnts.
August 14, 1S7. K. K. LIVINGSTON. M.D.
REED, BEARDSLEY & CO,
Real Estate Agents
WEE FIX G WATER, SEBRXSKA.
Li nds bouL'ht, managed and sold, ValuableTim
her Land for sale. Taxes paid for Non-resident
Collect ions promptly attended to.
march 26 ISCt?.
lVASIIINCZ & lROItlKG
Li Y
Mrs. M. EMieman.
In the rear of City Baker?.
Fancy articles washed and done tip la the neatest
style. Satisfaction guaranteed
Pi at .union th, Nebraska, June 23th Dlitf.
Sheridan House,
Wm. W. Irish, Proprietor.
Corner of JVain and Third Street,
PlaUsiiiOiith, Neb.
T)oard by the day or week. Charges moderate.
I S'aires leave this House daily for all points
North, South, East and West. nlivl.
WOOLWOKT1I & CO ,
STATIONERS,
Binders t&Paperdealers.
SAINT JOSEPH, JJO.,
oc25Gm
F. J?. TODD,
SEWING MACHINE AG'T
PLATTSMOUTII, SEBHA SLA.
A good assortment of machines and 7V'?,inB 1riJ
!m. on hand. tOffice at -.rldelmann'd
Clothing Store. iec. 4
Ur'ii".-..'.? rrvrirel cn shorftiotice.
Plattsmouth
ills.
or.
C. iii:isi:l. i'roPr,
'4
Have recently boen
otih rtinuing order,
notice.
repaired and
lt-ed in thor-
Custom work
ne on short
100,000 nusliels oEWhcal
Wanted immediatel v, for which-the lihet marke
price wiil be paid
I, iingid U
SHANNON
hi
Feed, Sale and
.ivery
STABL
.IN L'T,
I LAfl'SMOUTH.
I am prepare'!
to ae:ommoda;e tpoblic wtt
Horses, Carriages and puggies,
Also, a nice lieariei
.1!
On short notice and reasonable terms
rnn in sifjmluut land'.n g. a Dd to a
A Ilack will
parts of the
city when desired. , iil.vv
J. W.
CI v
FURNITURE!!
7"
THOMAS W. SHRYOCK,
CABINET MAKER,
AXO DEALER 7X ALL KISDS OF
Furniture and Chairs.
THIRD STREET, (Near Main,)
P LATTSMO UTII, JfEBRJSKW.
IleparinR and Varnishing neatly done.
ry Funerals attended at the shortest notice.
nil.
Win. Stadeliiiaim & Co,
One door west of Donelans Drug-store,
Dealers in
Ready-made Clothing,
GENTS FURMSHIKli uuuu,
UATS, CAPS. BOOTS. SHOES,
TR USA'S, VALISES,
and a genera! stock of
OUTFITTING GOODS
For the Plains; also, a large lot of
RUBBER CLOTHING. REVOLV
ERS AND NOTIONS.
We bought low and will sell chap for cash. Cal.
ni! exi.uiineour 6'.ock before you buy any where elscl
. . . . ........ -N- l i r
jyl '60 wm.blAUUiMU''
W. D. GAGE. W. R. DAVIS.
CENTRAL STORE.
Dry-Coods,
Croceries,
Provisions,
BOOTS and MIOKS,
Main Street, iwr doors above Fourth,
Wher. the put'ic may And
THE BEST OF GOODS,
and prices as low as can be t und in the city.
We return fh&nks for tl e liberal patronage wt
have received, ana nop 10 rneriiua continuance.
Oct. 30,e7 OAOIADATIS
n
r
si:v:,oLit' picture.
The New York Evening Post has
taken Horatio Seymour in hand. Ii
draws its cilors mainly from eminent
Democratic sources. Col. Wni Brown,
ot Kentucky, and Alexander Long, of
unio, Dave maae speeches, ana Henry
need, Esq., of ihe Cint innaii Enquirer
nas written editorials, from which the
Evening Post collects its colors, which
it Hams to the production of a faithfu
portraiture of Seymour purely from
Democratic sources. Mr. Reed cannot
conceal his disgust at what he terms
the "amazing coup de thimbling'' which
resulted in the nomination of Seymour,
and add? :
The Democranc party gains nothing
by the election of Mr. Seymour but a
successor to the discredits and disad
vantages of Mr. Johnson, whoe nec
essary impotence is sucn tnat He can
purchase tolerance from none, and who
is despised and abiised for the weakness
in-eparable from his position, even by
tho&e who nppruve li.s views and have
nuhinv to uie against his character.
The individuals to whom the party and
the country are indebted for a state of
things which in the first place, reduce
toe chances of success to a minimum,
and, in the second, makes it worthless
in case it should be attained, are indi
cated in the memorandum copied above.
It next draws upon Mr. Alexander
Long, of Cincinnati, who was, former
ly, a Democratic member of Congress,
and the author of a .-peech that came
near expelling him. lie asserts that
Seymour owes his nomination, mait.ly.
to Valiandigham, and every oue knows
thai Mr. V aliandigham makes no mis
take in his man. Mr. Loner describes.
minutely, the whole schtme for nomi
nating Seymour, in this wise :
In a conversation with a prominent
New York politician, (Jovernor Sey
mour taid that, under no circumstances
whatever, could he consent to become
a candidate said he was weighed
down wiih family cnefs and domestic
troubles that, in a few weeks, he ex
pected to see his brother couaiyned to a
tuoaiio asylum, ana mat tne conuiuon
of his own health was euch as to forbid
his becoming a candidate said he could
not get elected ; and, even if he could,
he would be utterly powerless in the
White House his hands would be tied
by ttie Senate be vlil bo iwiU w
secure even the confirmation of a Cab
inet of his choice, and to bold (he same
relation before the country to the Sen
ate, whatever might be the complexion
of the House, thai was sustained by
Johnson, and be perplexed, worried and
abused iu the same manner, woulu put
him in nis grave, . in les than a year
from the lime he assumed such a posi
tion. L appears, from these revelations,
that Seymour wept scalding tears, after
he fell into his owu trap. '1 his is con
firmed, by the concurrent testimony of
Mr. Long and Col. Brtwn. Mr. Long
says :
Mr. Valiandigham is entitled to all
the honor that attaches to the nomina
tion of Horatio Seymour. Mr. Tilden
it seems, was the first to look after the
Governor, in the confusion that follow
ed, and found him in the nnte-room.ad-joining
the stage, suffused in tears.and
immediately beat a retreat from the
scene of bis achievements ;.andas he
Med the.UoYjmox.rifmai the stairway,
with the tears vet in his eyes, he met
his old fiiend, Peter Harvey, of Boston
one of
the Vice Pres dents ot the Con-
vention, when he seized him by the
hand, ana exclaimed, "Pay me, Har
vey. pity me."
Brown says :
I knew that after all was over, Mr.
Seymour cried, for hours, like a newly
weaned baby ; but it appears tome
really unkind and cruel.that this shame
ful, disgraceful weakness of the poor
man, should have been made public.
Mr. Reed writes :
Thai Mr. Seymour was either weak
or d.shonest, that his conduct owed its
origin either to treachery or imbecility,
is a thing so palpable as to forbid de
nial. His act was ll at of a knave or a
fool, and that knave or fool, whichever
it may have been, of no comn.on mag
nitude. It is not complimentary to Mr.
Seymour, when his apologists can only
maintain his integrity at the exrense
of his morality. It is not fortunate, for
a party to be committed to a candi
date, in respect to whose character ihere
is a question which can only be answer
ed by an impeachment of eilher his in
tellectual or moral fitness for the place
in which it seeks his elevation.
Col. Brown asserts that Air Sey
mour was ready to accept a platform
which include and approved negro
suffrage. Mr. Long adds :
On .Seymour's way to the Convention
and less than i'vo hours before he was
notninaid, he read to Dr. Thomas Ott
man, of New York.an elaborately pre
pared speoch, whlwli he intended to
make, on seconding the nomination of
the Chief Justice, on behalf of New
York.
Thus, says the Post, wre get a con
futed and laughable picture of poor Mr
Seymour, equally ready to accept Mr.
Chase and his pnncip'es, or Mr. Val
landieham and his principles; goingto
the Convention wnh a Chase speech in
his pocket, and runn ng away from the
chair, in tears ; declaring.with a touch
ing earnestness, beforehand, that he
could not be elected, that his nomina
tion would "defeat - he party, and yet ac
cepting a nomination on a platform
wnirh expressly contradicted a speech
he had made but a few nights before
Was there ever a more pitiful.a more
ridiculous, a more laughable, a more
painful figure than Mr Seymour's, as
he is presented to the American people
In these Ddmocratic documents ? What
ki. d of a ruler would be make, who is
so linle master of himsvlf, so litt'e able
to act upon his own convictions, as Mr
Seymour has shown himself. Buffalo
Express.
Pry nstlvania. Senator Cameron
says Pennsylvania will go Republican
in October by from 15,000 to 20,000
majority and he ought to know. We
believe him. In Schuylkill and Alle
ghany, by the blue waters of the Jun
iata and the foaming ripples of the
Laxawaxen, on mountain and in valley
tne Hoys in lilue are marching on to
victory with measured tread. Organ
izations are perfected in every County,
and meetings are held eilher nighny er
weekly. The Congress nominations
are nearly completed. Ihe Rebels
are making strong efforts to carry Tay
lor's, Cake's. Kooniz's, Myers's, and
Covode'a Districts but the Union vet
erans are fighting them, muzzle to muz
z'e, and hope not. only to retain all
ihese districts, but to win WoodwardV
The Democrats carried the State last
yeai by VJ'J majority. Ihe vote for
Judge in I&67 was G2.S00 short of the
vote for Govt-rnor in 1S67 of which
ihe Republicans lost 40.4o0 and the
Democrats 22,350. This plainly (-hows
that the Democrats elected their Judge
last 7ear by default of the Republican.-'
to attend the polls. This year a full
vote will be polled, and the snakes will
have to "git," for the old Pennsylvania
"Reserve" is agnin in a fighting mood.
In October, 1661, in a public speech
delivered at Utica, N. Y., Horatio Sey
mour. Democratic candidate for Presi
dent of the United States, said :
-"If it is1 true that slavery inust bf
abolished to save the Union, then ihe
people of the South should be alloved to
withdraw themselves from the gowrn
ment which cannot give them guarantees
by its terms."
Soldiers and patriots -I.jon
can rwu uv c nmu ror Jt r6iue
ror - President
who, in 1861, after the rebeliion had
fairly commenced, after the battle of
Bull Run. declared he preferred the
dissolution of the Union to the destruc
tion of slavery ? Can you vote for an
original Northern secessionist for Pres
ident?
At a meeting in Ashburn, Maine,
recently, ex Vice President Hamlin
said that he bad been asked to speak-
on the duties of the hour. 'The grass
he continued, 'has hardly grown upon
thousands of graves of the young and
brave men ot the Nrth, slain in d
fense of the country's rights ; there is
mourning in thousands of household ;
we meet men in every street with the
ghastly scars and wounds inflicted in
the late rebellion. What words, then
from human lips, can speak -like those
upon the duties of the hour? . ,
A man named Dr-aih, still a resi
dent of Ohio, formerly lived in Cincin-
door cf the store was the ign of "Rec
tified whisky' and directly under this
vvas n,s name, Absolute Ueath.
An old lady from the cuuntry, wnh
country
her son, a hearty lad, was one day qui
etly wending her way through the
streets in a wagon. The sign caught
her eve.
Stop, John!" She rad it, "Reci'fied
Whisky,'7 'Absolute Deaih' Thai's a
fact, Johnny; let me out; there's one
honest whisky seller in C n-inciaii, and
I want to see what he looks like."
The Pittsburg Post (Letn.) makes
the following coofession :
"There is no trouble about the mon
ey this year wnh the Democrats, there
is sla.-hms of it and why not ? The
Democrats staid at home during the
war, and got the mule and other fat
contracts, whilst the Republicans were
getting killed h the army. Thai's
what's ihe inatur."
Shall "the Democrats who staid at
home and made money on fat contracts,
whilst Republicans were getting killed
in the army,'' succeed because of their
game, as this Democratic paper says
they will ?
A New York German address, just
issued, strikes the keynote of the cam
paign when it declares
"Strip the kernel of the coverings in
which sophistry has disguised it, and
vou will f. id the nakt-d question to be :
Shall .? and prosperity come to the
Republic ':oiti the election of Novem
ber next, or reaction and a new civil
war ?"
The Grant platform is. Let us have
peace. The B!air Seymour platform
is, Let js have revolution.
An etchanse says it now begins to
understind why it is Democracy devote
so much of their attention to General
Builer. Grant said in one of his re
ports tha Builer was "bottled up," and
the Derrocracy will "go foT anything
that is 'tottlcd up.' "
OSACii: OUAXGE HEDGE!
The cultivation of the Osage Orange
plant for hedges is now receiving the
attention of thousands of farmers, par
ticularly iu our Western Stales, ai
inougn u nas not in many instances
been properly cu tivated, and condemn
ed by some; yet it is fast becoming the
principal fence on our W estern prai
ries, and why ? 1st. Because it makes
the most durable, the cheapest aud best
fence. 2d. Because timber is scarce,
aud will become scarcer, for fencing
purposes. When a fence of this kind
has been put in proper shape, the far
mer cau rest at night, and on the Sab
bath day, during a storm, or when a
strong wind is blowing, and not have
his mind racked with fears that
his fence is blown down, and his
own or his neighbor's stock is destroy
ing hi? crops. Ii has been demonstra
ted beyond ihe possibility of a doubt.
that this plant is eminently calculated
fur fencing purposes, and the numerous
faMures that have occurred in making
a Oijd fence of it, should not be attrib
uted to any lack of good qualities in the
plant it-elf ; but to the ignorance, care-
essn-ss cr netitct ot those who set
the plants and rear the hedge.
r or the benefit of those who have
not a sufficient knowledge o; hedgine'.
now propose to give a few hints,
which if followed will make a good
fence. Buy good thrifty plants, having
ascertained exactly where yr" want
y)ur fence, (for it cannot be noved
ike a rail or plank ftnee if not on the
me,) and after tening your old fence
out suliicieiKly far to give plenty of
rcom plow, harrow, and roll the ground
he oreadth of eignt or nine feet, in a
thorough manner, until the soil is made
fine and mellow.
The plants should be set one foot
apart early in April is the best, but
they will do well set any time in May,
:nd have done well set as late as the
10. h of June. Use two good lines,
each 100 feet long, and the size of a
bed cord, three good stakes, two feet
long, and a- malit,'dra'w .it" line m!f
the width of your spade from your
intended hedge row, and (ink your
spade across your row, slanting from
you. and deep enough to receive a
plant, press your spade forward so as
to admit of a plant, being' set under it
Uy atlOlCtr limn.Utalv yout pdJt,lcav
eg half an inch of the plant above
around ; step back and eet again.
Three hands are more profitable ; one
to use the spade," one to set the plants,
and one la place the lines. Tramp the
ground well along the planted row.
Cover the plants two inches above the
tops
In cultivating the first season, and
every season, stir the ground as linle
as you can but bt sure to keep the
ground clean of all other vegitation un
til ihe middle of July, then let the
weeds irrow and choke the hedge all
they can, but be sure that no green tree
shades it. V ith a good stand and a
good growth the first season the hedge
may be plashed lefore the., ground
freezes, but generally it is best to cover
the hedge the first winter by plowing
a forrow to i; on each side. Uncover
in April by plowing away, and clean
ing away with a potato digger, manure
fork or I oe. After ihe second
season's growth, and before the ground
Treeze9ifc?1liViJij'e"bhuuid be plashed
close to the ground and covered with
earth (sufficient to hold it down. The next
season, in June, cut back to six inches
high, and again July to 12 or 18 inches.
The following seasons cut b ick so as to
form a hedge ihick enough to suit you
The oftener it is cut the better it will
be but be careful about cutting it du
ring a dry time n the latter part of
summer. Be sure lo cut back at lea?t
once a year, and never let it become
mire than four fet hieh.
1VC !VAIi YOU
We warn our friends of all political
parties, to be vigilant lor the coming
twenty four hours !
Bolt your doors !
Lock y.ru stables!
Burn your cotton !
Coop up your chickens and secure
the entrance thereto !
Colored men, bide if you don't wish
to be k'dnaped.
Crippled and nnimed soldiers, cling
to your cru'.ches if you would save
them !
Widows.deposit your pension money
Hide your weeds of mourning, and
keep vigils over your meagre wood
pilis to i ight.
Orphans of soldiers who fell in the
recent battles of American Liberty,
go hide the linle mementos and keep
sake-gifts of your murdered fathers,
and then crouch quickly behind your
guardians '
For that great monster, the Rev.
dirty shirt, Hnry Clay Lean is n the
ci;y. Council Bluffs Nonpreil..
Judge J -rTrey; of notorious memory
pointing with his cane to a man who
was about to be tried, said; "Trere is
a great rogue at the end of my cane."
The man lo whom he pointed, looking
at him, said; "At which eud, my
lord ?"
A student "learned in the prophetic
lore of the Bible, of whirh he consid
er himself an interpreter, says Daniel
phophesled Grant's election.
the kew m:iti;iM.io..
From the New York Tribune
It is clear thai the men who incited
the late rebellion, mean now to take
possession of ihe Government, whether
by fair means, or by foul, and that they
would a lutle prefer to succeed by vio
lence, so that the result be equally cer
tain How they propose to do it, Frank
Blair plainly told us, just before he was
nominated for Vice President. The
Democracy were to insist on having the
Electoral voles of the States, lately in
rebellion, counted, and, if a majority
of the while voters were found on their
side, those votes should be counted for
them. Their President-elect was lo
employ the army to "disperse the car-
et-bag State Governments," r.nd put
all the power into the hands of Demo
crats, chosen to Congress, from the
North and West, were to recognize the
member chosen by the whites (that is,
ihe rebels) frcm the South, thus secure
large Democratic maiorny in that
branch. And now, the President and
me iicuse were lo overrule, or
. t t -
coerce, the Seneie, and have everything
their own way. There ere variations
of detail, but the practical usurpation
of the Government, is the central idea
of all these schemej.
A friend recently dropped ia on
Democratic Convention, at Georgetown,
Scoil county, Kentucky,. (Scott was a
reoel county, throughout, even when
the Siate seemed overwhelmingly
Union giving, in ISCl.a majority for
Simms, a rebel, for Congress, ever
John J. Crittend-n. It voted that way
wnen most ot its young men were in
the rebel armies ; now, a young- man
who was not in the rebel armies, and
who did not try to gel in, stands a poor
chance there.) On this occasion, a
rebel lawyer was speaking. "As there
re nr reporters present,' he observed
'I may venture to speak more freely,
than I, otherwise, should deem u pru
dent to do. We shall hold white elec
tions in every Southern S:?tei and
choose Electors for Seymour and B!air.
If the House refuses to count the votes
cast by lEose "'Electors, ths ' Northern
Democracy are pledged to U3, to resist,
by force, the inauguration of the Re
publican President. We have agreed
to back them. Eight years ago, they
promised to back us; but tbey fail id.and
left us in the lurch. Now, we have
lluiniscJ tu bnvlc.l- hnil jyrtt
fail.'' 'This was said, to a' gathering
of hail fellows, who received it with
intense delight. The rebel element
has learned, by sore experience, that
fighting against the flag and resources
of the United States, is a losing spec
ulation; and they mean to try again, j
with that flan -waving over them, and !
"hose resources at least divided. Then, I
(they think) the"ir N(-rthern friends
will prove more serviceable, than in
their late struggle. '
We have, before us, the requisition
of the Democratic State Committee, of
Mississippi, on Gen. Gillernin ' com
maud there, that he shall order -an
election, for President, in that State, in
naked defiance of the act of Congress.
Gen. Gillem decidedly declines ; and
the Committee protest against his de
ciion. and appeal to Gen. Grunt and
the President intending to choose
Electors, in defiance oi Congress.
Having refused to come back, into their
propei posiiiou iu me union, in oca-
dience of Congies?, they propose to
choose Electors, in defiance of Con
gress, on the assumption thai they have
always been where they should have
been. But Congress cornts the votes
Cun't tarry iiiis:;cky.
The first day of OcioLor net has
been decided on by tha Second Adv r.t
ists, lately assembled at Janesvilie,
Wisconsin, for tha ending of earthly
things. The other day one of the
preachers whs very much annoyed by
a Republican and Democrat, on the
outskirts of the meeting, discussing as
to who would be the next President.
The preacher approached them and
said: "My dear friends, you are ex
citing yourselves unnecessarily, and
wasting precious time iu speculating as
to the tuture President ot the United
States; for 'oefore an earthly election
takes place our blessed Lord will be
President everywhere." "I'll betyou
twenty-five dollars," said the Demo
crat, "he can't carry Kentucky."
That Democrat knew what mod
ern democracy would dj.
The Ral-iigh (N. C.) Standard of
Aug. 27ih, says: From all sections of
ihe State we are receiving the most
cheering intelligence. Judge Pearso i's
letter. is working wonders among the
Conservative and peace-loving men of
the Siate. While we can hear of no
desertions from our ranks, the peace
Conservatives are leaving ihe war
pirty in shoals, and flockirg to the ban
ner of Grant and Colfax. Set down
Gram's majority in North Carolina as
not less than 40.000
"I came straigh from Newark,
a crooked little lady in answer
5 r .VI
to a
question put toher. "Did you" asked a
wag. Thf-n you must have been con
foundedly warped by the way."
Almost every heart has sorr i or e
deep memory, some, one powerfi feel
ing, which has its harmonious c nn.ee
tion with a particular teeri".
WHAT CiiliVL. LOXGSTRECT
HAYS.
During the war there wa no more
resolute soldier of the rebellion than
Gen. Lougstreet. When the rebellion
was defeated he honestly accepted the
decision he had invoked, and relinquish
ed all further expectation or design of
saving a "lost cause." For that reasou
he has had no quartet from the Demo
cratic leaders ; whilo Wade Hampton,
notoriously one of the most persistent
rebel chiefs, who declare that he yet
expects to tee the causo triumph is one
of the most eminent Democratic man
agers. The acceptance of the titua
tien in good faiih i3 something which
Democracy can not pardon to a late
rebel. It reserves its acclamation for
the man who comes into ita convention
aud says, ".Now, gentlemen, wo expect
you to win what we ict."
In March, 1SG7, Ge:i. Longatreet
wrote a letter in which he advised the
late rebels "to accept the terms that are
now offered us by the conquorers
We made an honest and l hope I may
say a crtd. table tight, but we have lost
Let us come forward, then, and
accept the ends involved in the otiuggle
Our people earuesily desire that
the consti'utioual government ehall be
re established ; cvd tha only means to
accomplish ihis to comply with the re
quirements of the rec?n. congressional
legislation Let us r.ccept tho
terms as we nre in djty bound to do
and if there is a lack of good faith let
it be upon others." If zy Democratic
orator has rncda so sensible a speech
as that Ki! heve not reen it.
Gen. Longstroet r.o.- cays that ho
his hidno trtuUci with ihe freedmen
as laborers; that the iury question caa
be easily enough se'.tlad i": "n. district
i disposed to do tight: end that the
vhiies of the oou.h kao'.t that the talk
about "negro supremacy' is cammon.
Upon these points Gen. Lougctreet ia
quite as good an authority r.c Robert
I'ooinbs, or Howell Cobb, or Horatio
Seymour, or Iraiah Rynders.
'The General further savtht in hi .
opinion the election of Seymour 'will re
open all tbe old issues, and we ehall have
trouble." General Longstreet has evi
dently read General BIsir's letter and:
the resolutions of the Democratis Con-:
vention, and he has observed that the
spirit of Hampton and Blair absolutely
rules the Democratic party. He there
fore says mat "umm .-..
So eays Gen. Longstreet so says
every man who honustly rebelled and
and who haa bonebtly surrendered.
Harper s Weekly. ;
OSELITTLCfiCTURE.;
The local editor cf the Fond du Lae
Commonwealth, who was soldier dar
ing the war, and for a time a prisoner
in the hands of the rebels writes the
following personal reminiscence :
On the rnco course, about a mile
from the city of Charleston, South
Carolina, iu October, 1S64, two men
were carrying their prisoner of war to
his long home. One of the pall bear
ers, if, Indeed, they could be called
such, was a brother of the dead man.
The corpse presented r.n appearance
that would have sent a cold chill to the
very heart cf a man who had not . be
fore witnessed and become hardened
to ciraihr scones. The, raa.ribad4ied.---iiTine
pT:ison, and before he was taken
out, ihe Men, i.s was customary, driven
to the last extremity to obtain sufficient
ctoihing to cover their nakedness, had
appropriated all he had, leaving him
oniy his under garment for a. winding
sb.3et. He had long been suilering
from ihe scurvy; the cords of his legs
were so contracted that he had not been
able to sira.igh.ten his limbs for weeks;
his flesh had become blacl: and hard in
many places, as is alwaye the case when
a person has this truly terrible disease.
His face, hauds and fqet were Moated
to twice their usual size ; while his
eyes protruded. Previous" to his death
he had no shelter, and during the last
throes he laid upon the muddy ground,
his hair beiDg filled and his face cover
ed with mud. The men car lying tho
corpse, who themselves looked like
ghosts strayed from the tomb, stopped
to rest. As they did so a well dressed
resident of Charleston, who happened
to be riding past in his carriage, stopped
to look at the corpse. Observing him,
one of the prisoners remarked, "Thia
is pretty hard, isn't it?" "No d d him;
that is jutt the way all of you d n
Yankees ought to be served," was the
brutal reply.
Reader, need we tell you who that
citizen of Charleston will vote for the
coming Presidential election? If he
is not already scorching in the hell his
malignity deserves, he will vote for
Seymour and Blair. Think you that
the Lrother pall bearer will vote for the
same men ?
A French journalist, in commenting
upon the acqutual of a prisoner at the
assizes by a verdict of ?even against
five, says, "the fellow made an An
drew Johnso-. escape."
It is .gued for short dresses that
the'' give plain girls a chance. What
r aure has denied the face she often
gives to oth?r portion? of the body.
Those who filled the nations with
widows and orphans, now seek lo rule
the Republic by electing Seymour la
the Fresidekc'y,
