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THE BAINBRIDGE
VOLUME I.
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1872.
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Horacc Greeley’s Letter of
ceptance..
New York, May 20, 1872.
Gentlemen: I have chosen not to
acknowledge yonr letter of the 3d
inst. until I could learn how the
work ot your convention was re
ceived in all parts of our great coun
try, and judge whether that work
was approved and ratified by the
mass of our fellow-citizens. Their
response has, from day to day,
through telegrams, letters, and the
comments of journalists independent
of official patronage'and indifferent
to the smiles or frowns of power.
The number and character of these
unconstrained, unpurchased, unso
licited utterances satisfy me that the
movement which found expression fli
Cincinnati has received the stauvp ot
public approval, and been hailed by
a majority ol our countrymen as the
harbinger of a better day for the re
public.
I do not misinterpret this approval
as especially complimentary to my
self, nor even to the. chivalrous and
justly esteemed gentleman with
whose name I thank your convention
lor associating with mine. I receive
and welcome it as a spontaneous
and deserved tribute to that admira
ble platform of principles, wherein
your convention so tersely, so lucid
ly, so forcibly set forth the convic
tions which impelled and the pur-
jwses which guided its course—a
platform which, casting behind it
the wrack and rubbish of worn out
contentions and bygone feuds, em-
Ixtdies in fit and few words the
needs aqd aspirations of to-day.
Though thousands stand ready to
condemn your every act, hardly a
syllable of cntisciaui rr cavil has
lieeu aimed at your platform, of
which the Substance may be fully
epitomised as follows:
I. All the political rights and
franchisee which have Ixjen acquired
through our late bloody convulsions
must and shall be guaranteed, main
tained, enjoyed, hespected every-
more,
II. All the political rights and
franchises which have been lost
through that convulsion should and
must be promptly re-established, so
that there shall be hencoforth no
disfranchised caste within the limits
of our Union, whose long-enstranged
people shall reunite and fraternize
ujkju the broad basis of universal
amnesty with impartial suffrage.
III. That, subject to our solemn
constitutional obligation to maintain
equal rights of all citizens, our poli
cy should aim at local sell-govern
ment, and not at centralization; that
the civil authority should be su-
preme over the military; that the
writ ot-habeas corpus should be
jealously upheld as the safeguard of
personal freedom; that the individ
ual citizen shohld enjoy the largest
liberty consistent with the public
order; ami that there shall be no
Federal subversion of the internal
polity of the several States and mu
nicipalities, bnt that each shall be
left free to enforce the rights and
promote the well-b#ng of its inhabi
tants by such means as the judgment
of its own people shall prescribe.
IV. There shall be a real and
not merely a simulated reform in the
civil service of the republic; to
which end it is indispensable that
the chief dispenser of its vast official
patronage shall be shielded from the
main temptation to use his power
selfishly by a rule inexorably for
bidding and precluding his re-elec
tion.
V. That the raising of revenue,
whether by tariff or otherwise, shall
be recognized and treated as the
people’s immediate business, to be
shaped and directed by them through
their representatives in Congress,
whose action thereon the President
must neither overrule hy his veto,
attempt to dictate, nor presume to
punish, by bestowing office only on
those who agree with him, or with
drawing it from those who do not.
IV. That the public lands must
be sacredly reserved for occupation
^.acquisition by cultivators, and
Dot recklessly squandered on the
projectors of railroads for which our
people have no present need, and
the premature construction of which
is annually plunging us into deeper
and deeper abyses of forgeign in
debtedness.
VII. That the achievements of
these grand purposes of universal
beneficence is expected and sought
at the hands of all who approve
them, irrespective of past affiliations
VIII. That the public faith must
at all hazards be maintained, and
the national credit preserved.
IX. That the patriotic devoted
ness and inestimable services of our
fellow-citizens who, as soldiers or
sailors’ upheld the flag and main
tained the unity of the republic shall
ever be gratefully remembered and
honorably requited.
These propositions, so ably and
forcibly presented in the platform of
your convention, have already fixed
the attention and commanded the
assent of a large majority of .our
countrymen, who joyfully adopt
them, as I do, as the basis of a true,
beneficent, national reconstruction—
of a new departure from jealousies,
strifes and bates, which have no
longer adequate motive or even
plausible pretext, into an atmos
phere ot peace, fraternity and mu
tual good will. In vain do the drill-
sergeants of decaying organizations
flourish menacingly their truncheons,
and angrily insist that the files shall
be closed and strengthened; in vain
do the whippers-iu of parties once
vital, because rooted in the vital
needs of the hour, protest against
straying and bolting, denouncing
men noWise their inferiors as trai
tors and renegades, and threaten
them with infamy and ruin. I am
confident that tlfc American people
have already made your cause their
own, fully resolved that their brave
hearts and strong arms shall bear it
on to triumph, in this faith, and
with the distinct understanding that,
if elected, 1^ shall be the President
not of 4,party, but of the whole
|HHq>l$. I accept your nomination,
in the confident trust that the masses
of our countrymen, Nortli and South,
are eager to clasp hands across the
bloody chasm which has too long
divided them, forgetting that they
have been enemies in the joyful con
sciousness that they are and must
henceforth remain brethren.
Yours, gratefully,
Horace Greeley.
To Hon. Carl Schurz, President;
Hon. George W. Julian, Tice Presi
dent.; and Messrs. William E. Mc
Lean, John G. Davidson, J. H.
Rhodes, Secretaries of the National
Convention of the Liberal Republi
cans of the United States.
One of Ilulsenback’s Last Let
ters. •
We take from the Eatonton Press
and Messenger the following letter,
written by John R. Holsenback, one
week beiorc his execution:
Albany, Ga. June 2lst, 1872.
Dear Cousin Jim:—Your-s of the
16th has been received, and I was
glad to bear from you. I have no
news or consolation to offer—only
the hope ot a blessed immortality
beyond the grave. One week from
to-nay I shall be launched into eter
nity, in the presence of*a just and
avenging God, who only knows the
disposition of my soul. I trust he
may receive it to dwell in his kins-
dom, notTor anything I have or-can
do; but that Christ’s blood may not
be shed in vain.
My petitiou has been before the
Governor. He utterly disregards the
desires and the wishes of about one
thousand signers, refusing even a
commutation of sentence for life im
prisonment—by this, proving him
self unworthy of the trust reposed in
him by the people, for I have never
had a fair trial, and I am condemn
ed to die on the false testimony of a
bribed negro. These are facts—I am
illegally condemned, and a Governor
that refuses to spare the life ofa fel
low man under such circumstances
is not worthy to be Governor. Hufl
is the best man in my opinion to su
percede him. I have no personal
interest, however, m this world’s
affairs, only the welfare of my fellow
beings, which I soon shall not be in
terested in. I am incapable of ad
vice, only to advise all mankind to
love, and fear, and serve God, and
trust in the blood of Jesus, their
soul’s salvation, in which I have a
hope that is priceless. I shall never
'meet any of yon on earth, bnt I
hope to meet ycu all in heaven. I
hate to have my name disgraced by
such a death—that mortifies my
feelings very much, but it will not
debar my soul from the presence of
God.
Cousin Jim, let me beg you while
I stand on the brink of eternity, to
forsake sin, the world and serve
God—in Him you will find peace
and rest for the weary soul in eter
nal glory.
Your affectionate, unfortunate,
Cousin John.
of
The Sickness and Death
Judge Linton Stephens.
Sparta, Ga., July 15, 1872.
Editors Sun: The sad intelligence
has already reached you of the death
of the Hon. Linton Stephens. No
sad event cast so. much gloom over
this community in many year
When the report of his death was
carried around the town on Sunday
evening, many of his friends could
not believe it—the intelligence being
the first intimation which some of
them had of his sickness, ajid no
one was prepared for so sad an
event.
His physician, Dr. Alfriend, was
called in lgte Saturday eveni^f and
found him suffering v.ith an attack of
fnlfear congestion of the lungs and
abdominal viscera. After a short
while the- attack appeared partially
arrested, but owing to irreparable
damage-done the nervous centres,
the congestion of these vital organs
continued with increasing viotenge,
and in spite of all the efforts of mod*,
ical skill, and the unremitting atten
tion ot his family and friends, finally
resulted in death at about 5 o’clock
on Sunday, the 14th instant.
Notwithstanding the nature of his
disease, the patient appeared to be
couspious of his approaching death.
In the intervals between the par
oxysms, he conversed with his
friends on the subject, indicating
that he unerstood his situation, and
expected the worst. To his wife,
who bent over him heart-broken, he
said “he was not afraid to die—only
dreaded death because it would sep
arate him from her: . ■
The scene at his bedside is be-
3 r ond description. His family con
sists of bis wife with three’ grown
daughters by a former marriage,
together with three smaller children
by his last wife.
His family had loved as few men
on earth had ever been loved. At
first they would not be persuaded
that life was gone, but bent over his
body with the the hope that he
would soon revive; but when the
terrible truth forced itself upon
them at last, the grief, the utter an
guish of heart that followed, can
nevei' be imagined. God help those
Who are thus forced to drink the
lees in sorrow’s burning cup!
To-day all the stores in town are
closed, business of every kind is sus
pended, and the houses are all’drap-
ed in mourning for the great- man
who has gone. The mournful rust
ling of crape is heard everywhere in
the streets. A bereaved couimuui-
ty*bow in solemn grief over the de
parture of one so noble, so loved
and admired. H.
Interviewing Sumner.
The Cincinnati Commercial, in ref
erence to that interview with Sum
ner in which he.stated that he had a
very high opinion of Greeley and
sympathized with the Liberal Re
publican movement, but the time
had not come for him to speak out
and no man was authorized to speak
for him, said that his house was
thronged with Baltimore delegates
on their wav home—a large majority
ot them from the Southern States,
who represented that through the
manipulations of the carpet-baggers
the negroes of the South had been
prejudiced against the Democratic
party and would not even support so
true a friend of their race as Horace
Greeley because "he was nominated
by that party.
Mr. Sumner said they must inspire
confidence in the colored people; to
which the members of the delegation
replied that they desired to do so,
but it could be done most effectually,
by the Senator from Massachusetts.
The colored people had such confi
dence in Mr. Sumrer that they
would do as he advised. To this
Mr. Sumner replied, that his great
est ambition was to see the country
once more at peace and all its people
reconciled. He wanted not only
ihe North and the South reconciled*
but the whites and the blacks. If
this could be accomplished by the
election of Mr. Greeley, it would be,
in his judgment, the greatest move
ment since the war. If he was called
on to give the watchword of the
campaign, he woiBd say “Reconcil
iation.” He wouCd have it the text
of every speech oh the hustings. If
the people of the United States,
North as well as South, could only
get to understand that tlje election
of Mr. Greeley means reconciliation
of the North and Sonth, of the whites
and blacks, they would give him a
suoport such as no other candidate
for the Presidency hasnver received.
Speaking tor himself he believed
Greeley’s election would go far to
promote reconciliation, and to se
cure peace to the whole country.—
Mr. Greeley wds naturally a man of
peace, and in tte execution of the
laws he believewlrt! Vould endeavor
to promote peace and reconciliation.
A delegate asked Mr. Sumner
what he thought of Mr. Greeley ! s
chances fer election, to which the
Senator replied that, from all the
evidence before him, and he had
been at some pains to get to the
bottom of the matter, he thought
Greeley’s chances vqry good.. He’
had no faith in the assertion that the
rank and file of the Democracy would
refuse to support Greeley. He had
recently been assured by a distin
guished Democratic Senator—Thur
man, of Ohio—that the ranks of the
Democracy would close up solid be
hind Mr. Greeley.
Brown and Schurtz on the Pros
pects.—A Sun reporter went after
Gratz Brown and Schurz, at the 5th
Avenue Hotel. Brown, he says, is
a fnan ot striking appearahee—tall,
broad shouldered—with a fine figure,
bold, clear cut features—high fore
head, head indicating the student
and the thinker—keen and shrewd
expression of the face, eyes bold and
frank, and in short whole appearance
remarkable. Brown made this con
fession: . —
Reporter—You believe you will be
elected ?
The Governor—I am certain ot it.
I am positive that Horace Greeley
will bq elected with a large majority.
Reporter—IIow manj States will
Grant carry, in your opinion ?
The Governor—In my opinion not
over three. I said so in New Haven
a few days ago' and I say so now.
The Hon. Joseph Pultzer—No,
Governor, I think six. I think Grant
will carry six States at the least.'
The Governor—I think not.
The reporter found Schurzt in Ids
own room. Schurz told the reporter
that he would speak in St. Louis,
and then go to North Carolina,
where the first election was to be
held. To the question whether
Greeley will be elected, Schurz re
plied: “I am confident that he will
be elected.”
made of themselves. The more in
telligent and thinking class, are now
determined to withdraw from the
arbitrary government of the lew
office seekers, ami will hereafter be
guided by reason and- their own
sound judgement in their support ot
candidates for office.
Why should the colored man be
forced by secret oaths to vote -one
way, when the freedom of the ballot
allows him to exercise bis own free
will and opinion, without fear, favor
or affection.
Colored men, go to the polls as
freemen, and cast your‘votes for
those whom you believe will best
serve your county and your country.
* * J.
A PHLVrER’S ESSAY.
TO MISS CATHARINE J , OF UTK,
An S A noW I mean to write
» *2'U, sweet KT J,
The girl without a ||, •
* The belle of U T K.
11 der if you got the 1
I wrote 2 U B 4
I sailed in the R K D A,
<£• sent by L N Moore.
My M Tlhead will scarce conceive
1 calm-I D A bright;
But 8 T miles from U, I must
M—»— this chance 2 write.
& 1st, should N E NVU,
B E Z, mind it not:
If any- friendship show, B sure
They shall not B forgot.
But friends and foes alike D K;
And you may. plainly C,
In every l'nneral R A,
Our uncle’s LEG.*
Fromjrirtue never D Y 8;
Her influence B 9
Alike induces 10 demess •
Or 40 tnde (Brine.
&*if U cannot cut a
Or cause an !,
I hope -TJT1 put a .
2 I?/ - -
R U for an X ation 2
My cousin, heart and 1&S~1
He offers in a 1t
A § broad of land.
He fays he loves U,2 X S,
. E’er virtuous and Y’s;
InXLNC U XL,
All others in his I’s.
This S A; until U I C,
rpray U 2 X 'Q’s;
And not to bum in F I G
My quaint d; wayward muse.
Now fare U well, dear K T J;
/ I trust that U R true:
When this U C, then can U say
AnSA IO U?
. Little Children.
Cherubs of this world of changes !
Sweetly budding charms of time !
Love’s true alchemists of gladness,
Turning tasks to golden rhyme !
Music, like the brooklet's babble
Round the shining stepping-stone,
Your dear footsteps, soothing patter
- Mingles with yonr gleefil tones.
Rays of brighter realms beam ever
Iu the homes where children dwell,
lightning np the genial-hearth-stone
With a joy no heart can tell!
O, these babes of blessing lead us
By the hand to hallowed scenes—
Even as our Saviour tanght them,
And we’re blessed by these mild means.
Heavenly Father ! teach our!conscience;
Well to weigh the gifts of grace,
That our feet may falter never,
While we haste to seek thy face.
With these dear and guileless children,
■ Walking trustful at our side.
Lead ns, Lord, the way of wtsdon
Up to where thou dost abide ! .
Edward P. Nowell.
To The Colored Voters.
Editor Democrat.
Immediately after the enfranchise
ment of the colored man,—political
intriguers under the false guise of
love for their race, organized what
they called Union leagues; and tak
ing advantage of the ignorance
and credulity of them, as a class,
initiated them with solemn oaths and
binding promises to cast their bab
lots under the tyrannical orders of
their leaders. The consequence
was that the colored vote became
political capital for a few carpetbag
gers and sealiawags, and was so
controlled and manipulated by them
that the voter was made to believe
that if he did not obey his political
master, that he was guilty of high
treason or something worse.
This worked harmoniously and de
lightfully at first. But the eyes and
understanding of the newly enfran
chised became open to the light, and
their minds began to penetrate into
the hidden motives of their preten
ded friends, which disclosed to them
how far they had been misled,’ and
what abject political Slaves they had
Billings—Good Rezoluslinns for
1872 A 1873,
That i won’t' smoke enny more
cigars, only at somebody else’s ex
pense.
. That i won’t borry nor lend—es
pecially land: That i will liv within
my inkum, if i have tew git trusted
to do it.
That i will be perlite to everybody,
except muskeeters and bed-bugs.
That i won’t advise ennybody, un
til i kno the kind ov advice they are
anxius to follow.
That i won’t wear enny more tite
botes, if i hav to go barefooted to do
it. i
That i won’t eat enney more chick
en soup with a one-tined fork.
That i won’t swop dogs with no
man, uuless i kan swop two for one.
That i won’t objekt tew enny man
on ackcrunt of biz color, -unless he
happens tew be blue.
That i won’t sware enny more un
less i am pat under oath.
That i won’t beleave in total de
pravity, only in gin at 4 shillings a
gallon.'
That poverty may be. n, blessing,
but if it iz, it iz a blessing in dis
guise. .
That i will take my whisky here
after straight—straight tew the
gutter. ' • *
That the world owes me a’living—
provided i earn it.
That i will stick tew my taylor az
long az he will stick tew me.
That i won’t swop enny hosses
with a deakon.
That no man shall beat me in po
liteness not so long as politeness
kontinues tew be az cheap az it iz
now.
That i wont have any religious
kreed myself, but will l-espekt every
body else’s.
That if lovely woman smacks me
on one cheek, i will turn her the
other also.
That if a man calls me a phool, i
wont ask him to phrove it. • •
That i will lead a moral- life if i
loose a great deal of fuh by it.
That if a man tells me a mule wont
kik, i will believe what he says with
out trying it.
That if anybody loozes a gooze i
will weep with him, for it iz a luff
business to loose a goose.
That if i ever do git a ben that kin
lay two eggs a dav, i shall insist on
her keeping one of the eggs on hand
as a sinking pbund.
Tha't it iz no disgface to be bit by
» dog unless he dnz’it the seknnd
time.
That it iz just $z patral tew be
born rich az poor, bat* it iz seldom
so convenyunt. >
That one of the ripest things
tew straddle iz the bach ov a 60 day
note. ’ • 4 ' ■
That the best time tew repent of a
blunder iz just before the blunder iz
made.
That i will tri hard tew be honest,
but it will just be my, darn luck tew
miss it.
That i won’t grow enney kats.-—
Spontaneous kats have killed the
bisniss^ •*-..•
That i will love m f ’ mother-in-law
if it takes all the money i kan earn
tew do it.
That i believe real good lies are
gitting skarser and skarser every
year.
That i will respekt publik opinion
just a’2 long az i kan rqspekt myself
in doing it.
That when i hear a man bragging
on his ancestors i wont envy him, but
i will pity the ancesters.
That i won’t believe in enny ghost
or ghostesses unless they weigh
about 140 lbs., and can eat a good
square meal.
That i won’t bet on ’nothing, for
things that require betting on lak
sumthing. . *
That i will brag on mi wife all the
time, but i will do it silently. •
That i wont be surprised at enny-
tlring, not even tew be told that Ben.
Franklin waz a spendthrift, or' t^at
Lazarus died rich.
That i will dispize most things
that i see, not out ov, malice, but
out ov wisdum.
That i wont hanker for happiness,
but if i see enny that i think iz a
bargin i will shut up one eye and go
for it.
That i'wont wish i waz az pure az
King David, but that i waz purer
than i am.
That i wont kovet enny man’s
wife, nor hiz oxen, nor hiz korn-
stalks, nor the color ov hiz mustash.
That i will laff every good chance i
kan git, whether it makes me grow
phat or not.
Finally,, i will sarch for things
that are little,, for things that are
loncsum, avoiding all torch lite pro-
seshuns, bauds ov brass' musick,
wimmin’s rights convenshuns and
grass widders generally.—New Yoi-k
Weekly.
New York Herald.
This able but changing journal
concludes an article, July 13th with
these liberal sentiments:
The people of the North demand
that the Southern States shall no
longer be treated as rebels, but shall
receive in good faith, and without
reservation, the pardon that has
been extended to them. To give
over the beautiful and commercially
important States of the fairest sec
tion of the Union to the ignorant
and degraded rule of nagrofes just
released from bondage is an insult
to the white citizens of the North as
well as of the .South and an outrage
on the whole nation. To subject
them to the corrupt and reckless
schemes of the carpet-bag plunderers
is but little less infamous. To hold
them under militaiy subjection for
political purposes is not only a cruel
injustice, but is a dangerous assault
upon the freedom of the republic,
As a consistent and independent
supporter of (general Grant’s admin
istration, yre now call upon him to
show his detestation of these politi
cal Machiavelism by openly proclaim
ing his determination not to avail
himself offthe Ku-Klux law in the
approaching elections, and to with
draw from Southern States every fed
eral soldier not required for the act
ual legitimate purposes of the gov
ernment. The enforcement of this
odious law is optional with him,’ and
he has the authority and the power
by proclamation to declare the South
in a condition to warrant the resto
ration of civil law and of the writ of
habeas corpus in every portion of
her territory. This will enable the
President at once to free himself
from the responsibility and unpopu
larity of the measures of his unwise
supporters ip Congress, and a radi
cal change in the character of the
federal office-holders throughout the
South will further show his inclina
tion to do justice to the Southern
people at last. For the future, what
ever may be the result of the peuding
DUMBER 58
— ^
Presidential election, the'Herald will
insist upon an entire oban^h 61 policy
towards the Southern States under
the next administration, itid
hold every Congressman up’ to the
contempt and scorn ol the American
people who favors any measure for
the oppression of - the white men of
the Sooth. ^We shall demand front
President Grant or President Gree
ley, as the case may be, an honest
obedience to the will of tb€ people,
which is, unrestricted amnesty and
non-interference with the domestic
affairs of any of the Southern States;
The Herald will diligently watch for
and expose every future attempt* to
control the Southern negro vote id
a unit for any party, and any in
justice that may be done cither by
legislation, by-executive action or
through the influence Of federal pat
ronage, to the white ciectbfs of the
South. We recognize the courage;
the manhood And the loyalty of the
Southern people now that the rebel
lion and its causes ore alike dead
and buried, and we admit their
.equal title with ourselves to all tiio
privileges and rights of the constitu
tion. We shall hold any administra
tion in the future responsible for a
constitutional treatment of that sec
tion of the country and shali regard
an assault upon their liberties and
privileges as a crime against the
republic.
Worthy qf* Co«J**|a*it>N.—Jt
correspondent of the MRedgeville
Federal Union ’says: "An indefat
igable minister of the Gospel of tfhe
Presbyterian Church who went into
the highways and byways of the city
of Augusta to impart bodily as well
as spiritual comiort to the poor, was
though unostentatious in his labors
obscured by members of his congre
gation and presented with a horse
and buggy, with the keep of his
horse at a livery stable, that his
toil at least of body might be lessen
ed and the opportunity of doing good
increased. We commend highly the
zeal of the minister and the thought*
ful and Christian kindness of his
flock.” - .
Jenkins Outdone.—In a clever
burlesque of the JpnlfiDs Atyle. of
describing weddings recently given
in the Indianapolis News, the bride’s
dress is described as a white mega
therium silk, trimmed with prussic
acid blue pompaded front and lam
brequins of the same, looped up with
calla lilies flecked by furiginated
pdtasite and metlaced trivere—im
ported expressly for her. Her viel
was a /biassed polonrise, trimmed
with , double fluted ruchings, sur
mounted with a wreath of the snowy
ti inchinallis. Some of the presents
were a sSt of teeth and an oyster
freezer—from the bride’s mother; a
gold-lined hash-receiver and a set of
chaste and elegant terra-eotta jew
elry from the groom; a quilt pieced
by the donor whep eleven years of
age, and a package of cabbage seed,
from the bride's grandmother, aged
ninety, who can read fine print with
out glasses, and who cracked all the
nuts for }he banquet with her own
teeth.
How Gbant Selects Government
Officials,—The Chicago Tribune
says, when Grant and the Dent fami
ly came into power, the Internal
Revenue Colleeter of the Third Dis
trict of-Ohio was General Van Der-
veer a gallant Federal officer during
the late war. In this district there
lived an ancient dame, an old friend
of Mrs. Jesse. Grant, Who had been
present whep Ulysses waq born. A
certain Williaips, anxious to succeed
Van Derveer, bribed this old woman,
by promising to give her son-m-law
a good place, to write a request to
the-President to give him (Williams)
the collectorship. The promise of
the deputy collectorship to a - friend
of- her’s bribed Mrs. Jesse Grant
into writing on this letter the follow
ing endorsement:
Dear Ulysses:—You will please
comply with R 's request, and
oblige Youb Mother. .
This unique recomendalion did the .
job. Out went General Van Der
veer and his subordinates, and in'
came Williams and lus. _ .
Samuel Bowles—the last
likely to misrepresent such matters—
telegraphs from BaHlmore tb MS pa
per, the Springfield Republican, as
follows:
“Colonel Forney returned yester
day (July 7)from his Southern trip.
He reports the Greeley and Brown 1
strength along his route,.clear dowu. 1
to the confines of Texas, beyond’ aft
accounts and expectations: B*'
ex-Speaker Grow wiIfsbo»*' - says