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THE FEDERAL UNION,
( Cornetof Hancock and IPilkinsonstreets.)
OPPOSITE THEf OCBT IIOUSE.
30CGHTO*. HISBET k CO., Stale Printers.
Tuesday Morning, July 31, 1866.
With this nnmber we complete the Thirty-Sixth
volume of the Federal Union. We regret that
we do not find ourselves in a condition to increase the
size of our paper with the commencement of the
next volume. We hope the day is not distant when
we will be able to give it its former dimensions and
circulation, and that it and the country will again en
joy another long period of uninterrupted prosperity.
—
Martial Law is Stewart County.—The
a£icle we copy in another place upon this sub
ject, is an extract from a Washington letter to the
JV. Y. Tribune, very poor authority where the con
duct of the Southern people is concerned. The Co
lumbus Sun, published in an adjoiniDgc.ounty.says
that the people of Columbus had heard nothing
of these reported outrages on Freed men in Stew
art county, and brands the whole story as a gross
exaggeration, if not a malicious falsehood.
EJp* Attorney General Speed Las resigned.—
President Johnson, in returning to the first prin
ciples ot the Government, has adopted the motto,
“the more haste the less speed."
' — mm —
Cy Will some of the Georgia papers opposed
to the Convention at Philadelphia, give us the
name of a representative man in this State who is
opposed to it. We are not unmindful of the dis
tinguished merits of the Editors themselves, but
we know them to be modest gentlemen, and
therefore ask that they give us a few names, not
unknown to fame, besides their own.
fy We give our readers a paper this week
brimful of useful and interesting matter.
ty The Constitutionalist, tauntingly, asks how
many Georgia Editors will be appointed delegates
to the Philadelphia Convention. \W* must con
fess we couldn't go, if we would. Perhaps our
brother wouldn’t go if lie could.
ty The papers opposed to the Philadelphia Na
tional Convention have been very particulat to re
port how many persons were present at county
meetings to appoint delegates to the district con
ventions. Will any one of them please cite us
the iustance of a single meeting yet held in Geor
gia that has opposed this movement? If you
can’t whip the hoy, gentlemen, den t make mouths
at his sister.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.—Senator Stephens is
in favor of sending delegates from Georgia to the
Philadelphia Convention, T4th ot August, but
thinks it would not be prudent for him to accept
the appointment as a delegate from Georgia to that
body.
We hope Mr. Stephens will not only accept the
appointment as a delegate for the State at large,
but go to the Convention, and exert bis great in
fluence to make it an united and harmonious
body. If Mr. Stephens is not acceptable to the
North and West, who wonld be, we would like to
know ? We hope he will accept the appointment,
which will no doubt be tendered to him by ail the
District Conventions.
Exchanging Courtesies.—Browxlow, in
his dispatch to “dead duck’’ Forney, about the
action of his Rnmp Legislature, says, “give my
compliments to the dead dog at the White House.’’
That is all very proper: “Dead ducks" and “dead
dogs" generally go together, and constitute the
only society that wonld be congenial to Brown
low, and the only kind he could be admitted to
If the President wonld do right, he would put
Brcwnlow out Jof the Executive Chair of the
State of Tennessee, a position he has usurped,
and then there wonld be a skinned skunk to lie
with the “dead duck.”
Traitors.—The Radicals now publicly de
nonuce Andrew Johnson and Wm. H. Seward as
traitors to their country. Well, now, if Seward
was a traitor, was Payne a traitor too, simply be
cause he at.'empted to kill a traitor ? How these
fellows get mired in their own logic. Like thieves,
a little cross-examination is sure to detect them
in a lie.
—> «» —
ty A Northern paper speaking of the publica
tion of Forney's letter to the President asking of
fice for a friend, says, “Forney has got complete
ly tangled in the meshes of his own meanness.”
No wonder he is; don’t he know that dead
ducks are t«6-footed?
A Fact.—We will mention a fact which our
Northern fiiends (not enemies) will be pleased to
record . 'I he freedmen who aro hired as servants
by the people of the South, are p«id far more
promptly their daily, weekly and monthly wages
thau ever their masters were, in the days of their
enslavement. This is a fact which will not be
denied by any, white or black, at the South, and
one which does infinite credit to the hearts of the
Southern people. Before the War. negro hire was
harder to collect than almost any other species of
indebtedness.
A Monument of Folly.
A bill passed both houses of Congress, a few weeks
ago, forever excluding, every per-on who pnrticipa
ted in the late “rebellion”, from serving in tl»e Army
or Navy of the United States. We know not whether
the President signed the bill, but presume he did. As
long ns it stands unrepealed on the statute book, it
will be a thing of evil. It will do more to intensify
and perpetuate the hate, jealousy and kindred ill feel
ings between the late hostile sections, than would a
mounment of brass, as high and as large as the dome
of St. Peters at Rome, erected in the pub ic square
of the Capital of Virginia, and inscribed with the he
roic military deeds, and personal accomplishments of
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER!
1'IIK C'HIHENE AND THE NEGRO.
The tide of emigration from China to Calitorn-
ia, was never so strong as at present. The gold
mines, the construction of the great Railroad be
tween the Mississippiriverfcnd the Pacific Ocean,
and the destruction of the system of negro slave-^
ry in the Southern States, will P f0ve powerful
stimulants to widen and strengthen this tide of
emigration from China to the Pacific States of the
Union. Those who have been in California, and
became thoroughly acquainted with Chinese la
bor, tell us that they are the best laborers in the
world. They do exactly what their employers
tell them to do, ask no questions, and work hard
and faithfully. We prefer to keep the negroes
among us as laborers, so long as they act well
their part in the position they now occupy; but if
they are unfaithful, improvident, and neglectful
of the interest of their employers, then we are
ready to invite John Chinaman to take their
places as laborers on our farms. It is probable,
though, John will como without being invited.
“John" the next Social Problem —A San I ran-
cisco correspondent, writing on the subject of im
migration to the State of California, thinks that
the next great social problem will be the status of
the Chinese. In a few months or years lie will
cross the Rocky Mountains and begin to fill np
the valley of the Mississippi As soon as the
Pacific Railroad is completed the path will be
open to him. Millions can still he accommodated
in the mines on the Pacific coast, but the South,
with its fields of cotton, rice and sugar is the pro
per place for them, and as she is now prostrated
by the ravages of war and the effects of famine,
they are needed to recuperate her exhausted ener
gies. Soon the “negro question’’will be lost in
the “Chinese question,” and then will come up
the perplexing problems of his status in the com
munity, his contracts and privileges. On the 1st
of January. 1867, the Colorado, the pioneer of a
new line between San Francisco and China, will
commence her trips, and every arrival will bring
from 1,000 to 1,500 to that port. Capitalists a™
already discussing the question of contracting
with Chinese companies for an immense nnmber
of them to cultivate the cotton-fields of the South
for a term of years, at a much cheaper rate than
negro labor can be obtained. Soon the rivalry be
tween the Chinaman and the negro will commence.
A National Convention of Ne
groes.—Will the Tribune tell us wheth
er the negro population of the South
ern States is to be represented in the
Jack Hamilton Convention ? The
call is addressed, “To the Loyal Union
ists oj the South.” The Tribune and
Jack Hamilton both believe that the
negroes are, par excellence, “the loyal
Unionists of the South.” It is there
fore fair to presume that the call is
addressed to the black as well as to
the white “loyalists.” There is noth
in*r in the call itself to negative this
presumption. If the negroes are to
choose the delegates, we suppose that
there is nothing to prevent them from
choosing negroes, and we suppose they
will. What we wish to know is
whether those who signed the call, ex
pect the Southern negroes to take part
in the choice of the delegates to the
Convention, and whether the}- expect
negro delegates to be chosen '? Will
the Tribune satisfy us upon this point?
—iV. 1 • Aews.
Where’s Cole and Ashbvrn? Speak
for your ashes, and your wonted fires.
Tktino to Frighten us.—Some Philadelphia Ed
itor writes that the people of that city will not permit
Southern men to walk their streets with impunity.
We will go a ginger cake against a cake of his ma
ple sugar, that the man who wrote this threat never
del any fighting during the War, and that he wouldn’t
strike a man only as FalstatT did, after he was dead.
riT The Mechanic who invented the needle gun,
crushed th. mighty army of Austria. What
grea event* from little causes spring! For every
Prussian wounded u:n i f. , J
Sadowa, the Austria^ £2*’,“ ^ ,m ! tle , of
anB “ad six—in other words, the
needle gun gave Prussia six times the advantage.
For the Federal Union.
ORLGTHORPE I'NITEHSITI,
Its Past Record, Its Present Status, The
Vast Importance of its Position and In
tended- Mission; The consequent Xe
ressity for its speedy and full Endow
ment.
The elements which enter into National
character, are numerous. With none of
them can we dispense, without great pub
lic detriment. Prominent among these,
as efficient causes, in onr country, have
been the many strong foundations laid, in
years past, for securing sound, thorough,
and praciieal education to the great body
of our population. These have been our
pride, our glory. Nor have any other in
vestments or expenditures contributed, in
an equal degree, to our elevation strength,
comfort and enjoyment, as a people.
To what other great interest, then, of
this, our endeared, but lately ill-fated
country, do the united voices of patriotism,
wise policy, good morals, sound learning,
true religion and rejuvenated hope, so ear
nestly call upon every patriot to do as did
the restored Babylonian captives—arise
and “build the waste places,” restore to
their former beauty glory and strength,
all those bulwarks of public prosperity
and true greatness ! Every considerable
section, also, of our broad area, must have
its oicn institutions. We need and we
must have them, of many kinds, in many
places, and for a great variety of purpo
ses. Let there be no “Lost Pleiad” from
this brilliant constellation; no diminution
of those “sweet Pleiadic influences” !
Of no small importance among those in
stitutions which have done good service to
our country and the Church of God stands
Oglethorpe University. Its plan was based
upon the fundamental laws of our being :
That man has both an intellectual and
moral nature—eacli requiring training and
culture; that he lives for two worlds, the
present and the future; that to “search
the Scriptures” is a divine command, no
less imperative than the injunction; “con
sider the works of God ; that along with
the classic love of the learned Eastern
nations, fraught with Pagan Mythology,
the sublime truths of the living God should
be set forth, iu their transcendent majesty
and glory, as well as their healthful and sa<
saving infiuerces, that in connection with
the developement of the deep arcai aofn •
ture, and the exhibition of her fixed laws,
there should always be a setting forth of
those “great mysteries of Godliness,” into
which the angels desire to look.” From
that, its original inteut, it has never been
estranged; that important record is honor
able, and its memory is precious to many
noble sons of the South, nurtured in it,
and harnessed by it for the great battles of
life.
Desolating war has done its appaling
work. In common with most other insti
tutions, this has suffered gioatly. It is
not a '•'caput mortuum,” but it has been vi
tally stricken ! A crisis of life and death
is upon it. Shall it live! Or shall
THE DEATH KNELL RING. AND THE 1'ALL
OK DEATH COVER IT FOREVER / We Stand
in the “Valley of Decision ;” and these are
the questions which the former friends
and supporters of this Institution are now
called upon to decide.
That it should be sustained; that it
can be sustained; and that the Presbyteri-
au Church in the great centre of Southern
States—South Carolina, Geoigia, Ala
bama and Florida—owe it to themsevles,
and to the dearest interests of the Church
of God, and of our beloved country, I
shall now proceed to show :
1st. All the reasons which conduced to
its creation, still exist in full force, for its
continuance, with others of greatly in-
creased intensity. The present status of
the South, in relation to the great moral
defections of the day, in our own and all
other parts of our “so called” country, de
mand the sustentation of this Institution as
an indespensible duty. We cannot af
ford now to lose it. Its death would in
volve the double crime of infanticide and
suicide !
2d. Its location and adjacencies emi
nently adapt it to the wants and conve
niences of the population of the above
named States; in none of which is there
any other college of the Presbyterian
I Church for the training of her sons. And
yet within those States, our brethren of
the other denominations have some eight
or ten Colleges and High Schools for the
instruction ot youth of the male sex.
- strenuous exertion, in some direction. De
spair is unmanly; negligence is criminal
Effort accomplishes great results. Inertia
kills. HIGHLANDER.
LATEST NEWS.
The mother of Gen. Howell Cobb, died in
Atlanta, on the 21st inst., at tbe residence of her
son-in-law, Col. L. J. Glenn. She was in her
74th year. Her remains will be taken to Athens
for interment.
rv Bud Hammond, a young man 18 years of
age, was murdered in Atlanta a few days ago, by
a negro boy and his mother. There was great ex
citement among the citizens, and it was though?
the murderers would be lynched.
ISV G. T. Dortic. an old and respected mer
chant of Augusta, Ga , died in that city a few
days ago.
It is stated that Hon. Joshua Hill will ac
cept the appointment of Collector of Customs for
the port of Savannah, Ga.
The citizens of Atlanta are to have more light
thrown on their pathway. Gas will l.e introdu
ced about the middle of August. They need it,
for some of the deeds done there the past year, j
during the night, have been deeply, darkly evil.
rp- We would suggest to our friend of the Con
stitutionalist to visit an ice house, just previous to
writing his column articles against the Philadel
phia Convention.
K*’ Morissey the pugilist is proposed as a can
didate for Congress in one of the Districts of New
York City. Just such a man as Morissey is need
ed at Washington at present, to kuock down and .Shall we cease to be co-laborers with them
drag cut the majority in the present Congress.
rr- we learn from the Savannah News and ][<-r-
ed at No. 16 on the Central Railroad, on Wednesday
morning last, and marched down to No. 15, where they
arrested all parties connected with the late burning of
one of the negroes charged with the murder of Mrs"
Rollins, and bound them all over for their appearance
before Court.
Drlrgulr* Io the Convention.
The Convention at Augusta on tlie 28tii appointed
lion. Linton Stephens, and Gen. A. R. Wright, dele
gates to tUe Philadelphia Convention. The Conven
tion did not concur iu the nomination of delegates for
theStateat large, made by the Macon Convention,
exeeptasto Hon. A. H. Stephens, and Hon. II. V.
Johnson.
At the Convention in : he first district, at Blaeksbear,
Hon. W. II. Fleming and Gen. John il- Gordon were
chosen delegates.
We see no way to harmonise views ns to the dele
gates for the State at large, except by the joint action
of the District delegates.
An Important Paragraph to Colton 21 o I ti
ers.
The Macon Jouanat Sf Messenger says: The
Internal Bevenoo Commissioner has ree< ived his
official copy of the new revenue law, aud is conse
quently required to collect three cents instead of
txco cents a pound upon cotton, by the terms of the
act “on and after the 1st day of August, 1866”
Parties holding cotton can make their tax reiurns
before that day and make ona cent per pound.
; in this great work ?
3d. Institutions do not mature in a day.
aid that a number of soldiers from Macon disembark- ‘ And yet, permanently and unestahlished
reputation are main constituents in their
’ f capacity for high moral control and exten
sive usefulness. Mushrooms attract few
eyes; nor do they emit any sweet odors.
Oglethorpe has had a chartered existence
of more than thirty years. It has reach
ed the strength of manhood, and lias an
established reputation. Its location is
eminent; on a healthy site; amidst pictu
resque scenery; its building spacious; of
commanding appearance; and among the
best adapted, in all the South, to the sev
eral purposes of instruction. Oue of the
greatest thoroughfares in tlie South passes
within gunshot of its campus—making it
easy of access to all parts of the country,
while it has the quietude aud privacy of a
retired village.
Obviously, then, no change of name, or
locality, no blottingout of this Institution,
and beginning the world anew somewhere
else, could he effected without great sacri
fices of time, property aud actual advanta
ges—the bare possibility only of greater
success in the distant and f uncertaiti fu
ture, under new and untried arrange
ments, as yet being the sole argument
presented for the gratification of the pres
ent restless desire for change !
4th. Judging from what has already
been done, since the war, for other Insti
tutions; aud from the known ability, sym
pathy and generosity, of known and^ried
lriends abroad; wo have entire confidence,
that if the Trustees of Oglethorpe would
make out a full exhibit of the several facts
of the case; including the losses, and assets,
and the wants of the Institution; and
would authorize and send one or morQ.snit-
able agents into Maryland, Pecnsy^aania,
New York, Ohio, add other Western
States, to solicit donations, an adequate
endowment could, in a few mouths, be se
cured. The great importance of the ob
ject certainly demands immediate and
For the Federal Union.
Lectare Boom or the Presbyterian Chnrch,
Macon, Ga , July 18th, 1866.
The Board of Trustees of the Georgia State
Orphan Home, convened on the call of their Chair
man, in the Lecture Room of Presbyterian
Church, Macon, Geo., at 10 o'clock, A. M. on
Wednesday, the 18th July, 1866.
The following gentlemen were present, viz :—
Messrs H. H. Tucker, Chairman, Weyman H.
Potter. William Flinn, James Gardner and Ju
nius Wingfield.
Tbe following members were absent, viz : Mess
rs. W. C. Williams, sWarren Akin, James M.
Chambers and John W. Anderson.
Tbe Chairman called the Board to order, it be
ing ascertained that a quorum was present, the
Board proceeded to business, Mr. Flinn requested
to act as Secretary, pro. tern.
Op motion, it was resolved. That until the per
manent organization of the Board, tbe officers shall
be a President, a Vice President, a Secretary and a
Treasurer—that, for the present, the offices of Sec
retary and Treasurer be united.
It wasresolved,elections for officersofthis Board,
shall be always by ballot. The Board then proceed
ed to vote for the officers contemplated in first res
olution, when the following officers were elected,
viz:
Mr. H. H. Tucker, of Atlanta, President. Mr
Weyman H. Potter, of Augusta. Vice President,
Mr. Wm. Flinn, of Milledgeville, Secretary and
Treasurer
On motion, it was resolved, That the Secretary
be requested to notify His Excellency, the Gov
ernor, of the fact of onr organization, and also to
announce to the public, that the Board is now
prepared to receive donations, contributions and
bequests to the Georgia State Orphan Home.
Mr. James Gardner was requested to prepare
and publish an address to the people of the State,
in behalf of this cause.
The Secretary was requested to confer with His
Excellency, the Governor, and request his co-op
eration in obtaining through the county officers
of the several counties, statistics as to the num
ber, age, and sex, and condition of all orphans in
the State, who are entitled to aud require the ben
efits of this Institution.
Resolved, That when this Board shall adjourn,
it adjourn to meet at the Capitol at MiUedgeville,
on the second Wednesday in Novembei, 1866, at
10 o’clock, a. m.. unless it should be convened at
an earlier day, by the call of the President.
Resolved, I hat the tbauks of this Board be ten
dered to the Trustees of Presbyterian Church,
Macon, for their kindness in furnishing their Lec
ture Room, for tbo use of the Board
On motion, the Board adjourned
H. H. TUCKER, President.
Wm. Fi.INN, Secretary.
tST Georgia Papers requested to copy.
Special Dispatch to the New York Times.
THE RKPI'RIJCAN CAUCUS.
Red/re for Making Worcestershire
Hauce.—Mrs. Dr Gage, of Union District
sent to the State Agricultural Society of
South Carolina, in 1858, the following re
cipe, said to be excellent :
'I ake one gallon of lipe tomatoes, wash
and simmer them in three quarts of water,
boil it half down and strain it through a
seive. When all is drained, add two ta
ble spoonfuls of ginger, two of mace, two
of whole black pepper, two of salt, one of
cloves, one of cayenne; let them simmer in
thejuiee until reduced to one quart, pour
in half pint of best vinegar, then pour the
whole through a hair sieve, bottle iu half
pint bottles, cork down, tightly seal, and
keep in a cool place.
The President Denounced an a Trnilor.
Washington, Sunday, July 15, 1866.
A caucus of Republican members of
Congress was held on Wednesday evening
in the hall of the House of Representa
tives.
On motion of Mr. Morrill, of Vermont,
General Banks, of Massachusetts, was
elected chairman and Mr. Ferry, of Michi
gan. secretary. The caucus, so far as the
House was concerned, was quite full, hut
only eight Senators were present.
Mr. Hotchkiss, of New York, said that
the meeting was called at the request of
himself and others, and its object was to
have an interchange of views as to the
best course to be pursued in regard to the
rumored removal of office-holders by the
President. lie bad no doubt that such
removal was intended as soon as Congress
8bonld adjourn, and in his own State a li
censed “head butcher” had been already
appointed, and stood at the door ready to
strike. He deemed it the duty of Con
gress to stand by its friends, and to make
any sacrifice necessary to keep them in
office. He thought Congress should re :
main in session so as to prevent removals.
A motion was put and carried that no
member should speak more than five min
utes, nor more than once.
Mr. Cobb, of Wisconsin, offered a reso
lution declaring every one present to be
in honor bound to act, in Congress and
elsewhere, in accordance with the deci
sions of the Caucus; but this was voted
down. A resolution of secrecy was adop
ted, on motion of Mr. Cobb.
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, expressed his con
currence with what has been said of ta
king some action on the subject of remo
vals. He thought Congress should take
a recess, instead of adjourning.
Mr Farnsworth, ot Illinois, then offer
ed a resolution declaring that Congress
would remain iu session until December.
He said that any party that would not
stand by its friends ought to go down, and
we must stand by the mon now in office.
He thought, too, it might be necessary for
Congress to take other action before next
session to prevent the accomplishment of
schemes to restore the rebels to power.
He believed the President was a traitor
to the party and the country, and that he
Was ready for any measure, however
desperate, which would put the Govern
ment in the hands of the rebels. What
his schemes were lie did not kno \; but he
had been told, ou high authority, that Mr
Seward had said this Congress would nev
er meet again until (he Southern Stares
were restored to (all) their rights of repre
sentation in Congress.
Mr. Hale, of New York, asked for his
authority for this statement.
Mr. Farnsworth replied that ho had
heard it iroin several parties. On being
pressed ibr some authority, he said ho
should not give it, and several members
around said, “Don’t give it.” Mr. Wilson,
of Iowa, saying lie had no doubt Mr- Sew
ard had said it.
Mr. Hale said, in the absence of an}- au
thority, lie did not believe Mr. Seward
had ever said anything of the kind.
Mr. Shellabarger, of Ohio, concurred
in the necessity of taking precautions, bnt
he was not ceriain as to the best way of
doing it. He offered a substitute for Mr.
harnsworths resolution, appointing a
committee of five, (afterwards increased to
nine—three of the Senate and six of the
House,) to report on the subject at a fu
ture caucus.
Mr. Garfield, of Ohio, endorsed what
had bee.n said about the treachery of the
President, and the necessity of adopting
some measures of precaution. But lie
thought it important that members should
go home and fight out the battle before
the people. The Cabinet, he was happy
to say, was already broken np. He was
glad t« announce that Postmaster General
Dennison had resigned, and would have
nothing to do with the Administration,
and lie hoped that other members of the
Cabinet would follow the example. He
thought they should strip to the waist and
fight the battle out on this line.
Mr. Boutwell, of Massachusetts, said he
thought we would be obliged to do a great
many other things to save tbe country
from the danger that threatened it. He
believed it to be beyond all doubt that a
conspiracy was on foot to put the Govern
ment into the hands of rebels, and the
President waa a party to it. He had no
doubt they contemplated a resort to force,
because it was in tbe logic of events that
they should do so. He believed Andrew
Johnson to be just as thoroughly a traitor
as Jeff Davis, and that nothing could cave
the country from destruction but the most
prompt and effective preparation for every
emergency. He believed an attempt
would be made to force the rebels into
Congress, and the Philadelphia Conven
tion was part of the scheme. The battle,
in effect, had already began, and, if re
sistance was not made, the President
would take possession of the Capitol.
Any such attempt must and would be re
sisted by force. (Mr. Boutweii’s remarks
were loudly applauded.)
Mr. Harding, of Illinois, doubted the
wisdom of going to the people on such an
issue. He was in favor of taking precau
tions against the President, but be did not
wish it understood that the Union party
made the holding of office so important a
consideration as the action proposed wonld
make it.
Mr. Iugersoll, of Illinois, denounced
President Johnson as a traitor—a madman
—in league with rebels and copperheads,
and insisted on measures of precaution
against his schemes. He said he had no
personal interest or feeling in the matter
He had fought his battle with the Presi
dent; and had won it. But he would as
soon turn a bull iu a china shop as An
drew Johnson in possession of power.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, said
“Amen” to Mr. Boutwell, and §aid that
many as were the letters he received from
his constituents on the tariff', they were
few in number compared witli those he
received exhorting him to stand by Con
gress in its measures for the salvation of
the country. He denounced the Phila
delphia Convention as a conspiracy of
teebinioal quibble—aud branded th
President as a rebel and traitor i|
agreed in branding the Philadelphia’ Co
ventiou as • conspiracy, and denouncing
all who favored it iu any wav. °
Mr Hale denied that the gentleman re
ferred to was a member of the editorial
corps of the Evening Post, or respond
for its course. He denounced ihe Se
tor’s remarks as an unwarranted att^t
on a private citizen—and the person £
question was acquitted on the merits f
his trial, and that no man had a rijrht t
impugn his integrity. 0 10
Senator Williams, of Oregon, follows
in the same s'rain.
Mr. Anderson, of Missouri, concurred m
denouncing the President and the Phi)
delphia Convention, and all who su p nor"
ted or favored either. They were tr *
tors to the party and the country jr"
spoke at length, and with warmth. 8
Mr. Raymond, of New York said h
presumed he was, not guilty of a„ nnd ®
assumption in supposing that the resolu
tion was aimed, in part at least, at him"
He regarded it as a menace; and so far as
it was a menace, and as such directed
against him, he regarded it with no other
feeling than one of utter contempt. He
has no responsibility, personally,profes-
sionally, or politically to the gentleman
from Pennsylvania, nor the Union members
of Cougress assembled in caucus or other
wise. He held position in the Union par
ty by favor of his constituents, and by ap."
pointment of the National Union Conven
tion. When either of these authorities
saw fit to expel him, or to exclude him
from the party, he would give heed to the
exclusion, for he recognized their authori
ty- But the action of that caucus in re
gard to the membership of the Union par
ty was a matter of entire indifference to
him.
When the Philadelphia Convention was
first summoned, he believed it would have
a good effect in nationalizing the Union
party, and iu placing its action upon a
broader and safer basis, lie had never
concealed his conviction, that unless the
j party was thus nationalize.; and liberal-
traitors, and said he believed the Presi- ized.it would be short-liied, and power
would pass from its hands to those of its
opponents; and he had therefore looked
dent had got it up for the purpose of de-
stroying the Union party, and of putting
rebels and copperheads into power. The
rebel newspapers Noith and South were
in favor of it for that reason. The New
York News and World advocated it as a
means of destroying the Uuion party and
restoring the rebels to power, and the
New York times, although it had not yet
gone quite so far as this, also upheld and
favored the Convention. The President,
as is well khowu, regards every bill passed
by Congress, while eleven States are
unrepresented, as null and void, so that
nothing short of the admission of the rebel
members will satisfy him.
Mr. Raymond, of New York, said Mr.
Kelley had not the shadow of a right to
attribute to the Times any such purpose
or motive as breaking up the Union party.
IIis insinuation to that effect was utterly
unfrue, and was the most unmanly way of
making an injurious and unjust charge,
lie had his own views of the objects to he
accomplished by the Convention, and lie
had not, thus far, concurred in the views
expressed by those around him. He be
lieved that, properly managed, the Con
vention would strengthen the Union par
ty instead of destroying it. So long as
be had reason to think so he should con
tinue to advocate it. Whenever he saw
reason to believe that it was to be used to
destroy the Union party neither the Times
nor its editor would support it. As to
the gentleman’s assertion that the Presi
dent regards everything Congress lias
done in the absence of eleven States as
null and void, I beg to ask him how he
reconciles that statement with the fact
that the President has signed nearly every
bill Congress bar, passed 1
Mr. Kelley. That is one of the Presi
dent’s many inconsistencies.
Mr. Kasson, of Iowa, favored Mr. Shcl-
labarger’s substitute, though he did not
concur in some of the views expressed.
He feared that the Union party would be
weakened rather thau aided by the meas
ure proposed to he taken.
Mr. Hotchkiss, of New York, and Mr.
lluhbard, of Connecticut, spoke in advo
cacy of the resolution, and in denuncia
tion of tho President.
The resolution of Mr. Shellabarger was
then adopted.
Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania offered a
resolution declaring it to be the duty of
every Union man to denounce the Phila
delphia Convention and render it odious
to the people. He said he wanted the
lines distinctly drawn between the friends
and enemies of the Union cause, and wan
ted it distinctly understood that no one
who favored tlie Philadelphia Convention
could have any fellowship with the Union
party. He did not agree with the gentle-
i man from Illinois, [Mr. Harding,j in his
j views, but did agree with his colleague,
I [Mr. Ingersoll.J
j Mr. Bromwell, of Illinois, followed in
j favor ot this resolution—denouncing the
President, and saying we ought t^ revise
■ all the laws under which offices* were crea
ted which the President can fill—and that
| salaries should be abolished and other
means taken to render the power of ap
pointment useless in his hands. Congress
could sit all summer; we were paid by the
year, and it made no odds to us*
Mr. Lane, (Senator,) of IndiaMb follow
ed in a very excited speech, denouncing
the enactment of ^ringent laws to restrain
and curtail the power of the president—
saying he was repdy to sit all summer, if
necessary at th|> point of the bayonet;
that if a victim was wanted, be was ready;
and declaring that a million of soldiers
would flock to the Capital to sustain Con
gress against the tyranny of the President
He has o,.t ided all Union men who sup
port the President as actuated by a de
sire for office, and as belonging to the
“bread and butter brigade.” His remarks
were received with applause.
Mr. Hale, of New York, objected to the
resolution,as unjust to true Union men
and Union newspapers, and especially to
the New York Evening Pest, which fa
vored (he Convention* MTr. Hale ridi
culed Senator Lane’s exeited remarks, aud
thoughtthea Were not called for by the
facts ol thfgkae.
Senato^Wifson, of Massachusetts, de
nounced the Post ’ —id ene of its proprie
tors only escaped tbe penitentiary by a
with favor on the call for the Convention.
Whenever he saw reason to change his
opinion as to its object and effect, he
should act accordingly. If it should be
come apparent that it was intended to
break up the Union party and throw the
power of the South into the hands of
“rebels and copperheads,” neither the
Times nor its editor would support it.
But a newspaper is compelled to discuss
all the phases of political affairs as they
arise from day to day, without waiting for
subsequent developements. He branded
as utterly /also and slanderous all intima
tions that his course was prompted bv a
desire for office, saying that he had never
asked and would never accept any office
at the hands of the Administration, and
asserted his purpose to be governed in his
action upon each question as it might arise
by his own judgment of what was just and
wise.
The resolution was then adopted, Mr.
Hale, of New York, alone voting No, and
Mr. Raymond, understanding that the
resolution was partially, at least, aimed at
him, stating that he declined to vote at all.
General Banks then announced the ap
pointment of the committee of nine—Sena
tors Morrill, of Maine; Chandler, of
Michigan; Nye, of Nevada; and Repre
sentative Colfax, of Indiana; Farnsworth,
of Illinois; Hotchkiss, of New York; Ste
vens of Pennsylvania; Garfield, of Ohio;
Boutwell, of Massachusetts.
Gov. Hamilton, of Texas, then ad
dressed the meeting, by its invitation, on
motion of Mr. Stevens.
After which the caucus adjourned, to
meet at the call of the committee.
A Delicate Bride.—Between Yreka
and Jacksonville, Oregon, there was a
wedding last winter, about the time
of the deep snow, when Mr. Pelhatn
and other citizeus were corralled in
that cold country. The families of the
respective parties to the marriage
were in attendance, and the party was
rather after the old fashioned style,
made up of neighbors, their wives and
babies, and anybody that happened to
be stopping anywhere within accessi
ble distance, it was a pleasant affair;
but like all similar assemblages, it dis
persed, and the bride returned to her
chamber, first having whispered to the
fond groom, “Don’t come up for half
an hour.” This being a first request,
he obeyed, waited the time anxiously,
nor let the hand ol the ticking clock
pass by a second of the limit ere he
had -gone to her with whom hi3 life
was joined.
Rapping gently at the door of the
bridal chamber, and receiving no re
ply, he entered unbidden and saw his
wife lying on the bed, arrayed in night-
gear of the purest white, presenting a .
picture of beauty, taste, and loveliness
beyond comparison. One step furth
er, a closer look, and the blood rush
ed back to his heart—she was dead !
Loudly calling for help, father, moth
er, brother, sister, bridemaids, all the
household rushed to the room. The
mother discovered that her daughter
still breathed, but horror upon hor
rors! there lay the empty vial from
which the fatal draught had been ta
ken. Messengers were dispatched for
physicians, the patient was rubbed
and sprinkled, aud hopes were enter
tained of her revival, symptoms look
ing favorable. At this juncture, some
one picked up a piece of folded paper
from-a table, on which was written, in
the delicate hand of the fair young
bride:
*‘Be not alarmed, dear husband.—
Feeling that the occasion would be
too much for my nerves, I have takeD
ohldroform. Your Own Wife.”
-A
Punch haft .written to Mr. Darwin to
inquire if it is possible, under his theory
of developement, for a bay pony ever to
become a sea horse.