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VOLUME L THE INDEPENDENT. SATURDAY, AUGUST 48,1873. Published Weekly at s‘4 00 per Annum in Admnee. Single Copies 5 cents. THE CONQUERED BOTHER. Furl that banner! for ’tig wetnr, ’Round its staff ’tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fori it—it is beat; For there'* not a man to wave it. And there's not a sword to aave it; And there’* not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it: And its foes now acorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it—let it rest. TaVe the banner down, ’tis tattered; Broken la its staff and shattered. And the valiant boats are scattered, Over whom it floated high. Oh! ’tis hard for us to mid it; Hard to think there’s none to hold it; Hard that those who once unrolled it, Now must fold It with a sigh. Furl that banner! fail it sadly; Once teu thousand hailed it gladly, And ten thousand wildly, madly, ’ Swore it would forever wave— Swore that foemau's sword could never Hearts like theirs entwined dissever, Till that flag would float forever, O’er their freedom or their grave. Fuel it l for the bands that graaped it, And the hands that fondly clasped it, Told and dead are lying low; And that banner, it is trailing. While around it sounds are wailing, Of its people in their woe. For, though conquered, they adore it. Love the cold, dead hands that boro it Weep tor those who fell before it, Pardon those who trailed and tore it, And, oh I wildlo they deplore it, Now to furl and fold it so. . Furl that banner! true ’tis gory, Yet *tis wreathed around with glory, And ’twill live in song and story, Though its folds are in the dust, For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Rhall go sounding down through ages, Furl its folds though now we must. Furl that banner! softly, slowly; Treat it gently, it is holy— For it droops above the head. Touch it not—unfold it never, Let it droop there, furled forever, For its people’s hopes are dead. A REPLY TO THE “CONQUERF-D BANNER,” BY SIR FRANCIS 11, OF ENGLAND. Gallant nation, foiled by numbers, Ray not that your hopes are fled; Keep that glorious Flag that slumbers, One day to avenge your dead. Keep it, widowed, weeping mot iters, Keep it, sisters, mourning brothers— Keep it with an iron will; Think not that its work is done; Noble Banner, keep it still. Keep it till your children take it, Once again to wave and make it All their sires have bled and fouglit for— All their noble souls have wrought for— Bled and fought for all alone! AH klone—aye, shame the story, Millions deplore the stain; .Shame, alas 1 tor England’s glory, Freedom called and called in vain. Furl that Banner, sadly, slowly, Treat it gently, for ’tis holy— Till that day, yes, furl it sadlv; 'Then once more* unfurl it gladly— “ Conquered Banner"— Keep it Mill. LAST HOURS OF LADY JANE GRAY' BY W. H. DIXON. Thai day, on the eve of which Queen Mary sat in her closet with her Spanish rounseHor, was Ash Wednesday; nnd Mary, on consenting that her cousin should not live forty hours longer, called to her presence Father Feckenham, whom she had just made Dean of St. Paul’s and Abbot of Westminster, and bade him go to the Deputy's house in the tower, with news that Lady .Tane must die, and see what could be done to save her soul. Feckenham, who brought down his message of death to the Tower, was star tled to see the girl receive the news with a sad and welcome smile. It seemed to him out of nature, almost out of grace. He spoke to her of her soul; of the sins of men; of the need of repentance; but he found her calm and happy—at peace with the world and at one with God. He talked to her first of faith, of liberty, of holiness; then of the sacrament, the scriptures, and the universal Church. Elie knew all these things better than himself; and she held a language about them far beyond his reach. With a sweet patience she put an end to the debate by saying that since she had only a few hours now to live, she needed them all for prayer. The Dean was moved, as men of his or der are seldom moved. Convert this girl in a day. Worn as he was in church af fairs he knew that no skill of his would be able, in one winter day, to avail him against one who combined a scholar’s learning with a woman’s wit If her soul was to be saved —and the Father was anxious to savo her soul—that order for her execution on Friday morning must be staid. With the sweet voice pulsing in his car, he rode bock to Whitehall, and told the vindictive Queen, with the bold energy of a Priest, that her orders for that execution on Friday must be with drawn. With much ado the Queen gave way, and the puzzled Father went back to the Tower to resume his task. Jane was kind but cold. She had no use for him and his precepts in her final hour on earth. His going to court about her sen tence gave her pain. She did not want to die; at seventeen no one wants to die; but she did not like the Queen to add one day to her life under the hope that she would act as Dudly and Warwick had done, in giving up their faith. That was a sacrifice she could never make. When Feckenham told her that the warrants for Friday were recalled, she merely said she was willing to die if the Queen, her cousin, was minded to put the law in force against her. For the rest she only wanted to be left alone, “You are not to die to-morrow,” he persisted. “You are much deceived,” said Jane, if you think I have any desire of longer life.” When it was known in the Tower that warrants were out, and that Jane would die on Monday morr 'ng, every one be- THE INDEPENDENT. came enger to get some tokeu from her, to catch a last word from her lips, a final glance from her eye. To Thomas Brydges, the deputy, in whose house she hod lived nearly eight months, she gave a small book of devotions, bound in vellum, containing two scraps of her own writing, and a few words by Lord Guilford. One of her notes was addressed to Brydges himself, in words that must have gone to his soul: “Call upon God to incline your heart to his laws, to quicken you in his way, and not to tako the word of truth utterly out of your mouth. ” Sunday morning she spent in prayer, and reading her book, a copy of the Greek Testament, in which she observed a blank leaf at the end, and taking up her pen, wrote some last words to her darling sister, Lady Catherine Gray, sad heiress of all her rights and miseries. “I have sent you, good sister Kate, a book which, although it be not outwardly rimmed with gold, yet inwardly it is of more worth than precious stones. It is the book, dear sister, of the law of the Lord; his testament and last will, which he bequeathed to us wretches, which w ill lead you to eternal joy.” When this tenderly reared girl of seven teen was .summoned to the scaffold, her two gentlewomen could hardly walk for weeping; bat Lady Jane, who was dressed in a black gown, came forth with a prayer book in her hand, a heavenly smile on her face, a tender light in her gray eyes. She walked across the green, passed through the files of troopers, mounted the scaflbld, and then, turning to the crowd of specta tors, ftly said: “Good people, I am come hitherto die. The fact against the Queen’s highness was unlawful; but touching the procurement and desire thereof by me, or on my be half, I wash my hands thereof in inno ceney, before God and in the face of you, good Christian people, this day.” She paused as if to put away from her the world, w'ith which she had now done forever. Then she added: “1 pray you all, good Christian people, to bear me witness that I die a true Chris tian woman, and that I look to be saved by no other means than the mercy of God, in the merits of the blood of his only Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, Aud now, good people, while I am alive, I pray yon to as sist me with your prayers.” Kneeling down, she said to Feckenham, the only di vine who Mary would nllow to come near her: “Shall I say this psalm?" The abbot faltered, •'Yes.” On which she repeated, in a clear voice, the noble psalm: “Have mercy upon me, O God! after thy great goodness; according to the multitude of tliy mercies do away mine offences.” When she hail come to the lust line, she stood up on her feet, and took off her gloves and kerchief, which she gave to Elizubetli Tyluey. The book of Psalms she gave to Thomas Brydges, the Lieuten ant’s Deputy. Then she untied her gown and took off her bridal gear. The heads man offered to assist her, but she put his hands gently aside, and drew a white ker chief rouud her eyes. The veiled figure of the executioner sank at her feet and begged her forgiveness for what he had now to do. She whispered in his car a few soft words of pity and pardon, and then said to him openly: “I pray you dispatch me quickly.” Kneeling before the block she felt for it blindly with her open fin gers. One who stood by her touched and guided her hand tothe place which it sought; when she laid down her noble head, and saying, “Lord, into thy hands I commend my spirit,” passed, with the prayer on her lips, into her everlasting rest. A Clown’s Sermon. The Virginia papers report that during the exhibition of a travelling menagerie and circus in a town in that State, where there vas at the time some religions con vocation in session, the painted jester of the equestrian ring illustrated his own se rioup capacity and greatly affected an au dience in which many church members were present, by delivering the following homily: “My Friends —Wc have taken in six hundred dollars here to-day, more money, I venture to say, than any minister of the gospel in this community would receive for a whole year’s services. A large por tion of this money was given by church members, and a largo portion of this au dieface is made np of members of the church. And yet, when your preacher asks you to aid in supporting the gospel, you are too poor to give anything. Yet you come here and pay dollars to hear me talk nonsense. lam a fool becauas lam paid for it; I make my living by it. You profess to be wise, and yet you support me in my folly. But perhaps you say von did | not come to see the circus, but the ani i mals. If you came to see the animals, why did you not simply look at then! and , leave? Now, is this not a pretty place for { Christians to bo in? Do you not feel 1 ashamed of yourselves? You ought to blush in such a place as this.” i The sensation following a speech like i this, in such a place, from such a speaker, ; may be imagined. The local clergy availed jthemselves of the spirit thus produced; a I religious revival was attempted, and a col lection for foreign missions resulted in the sum of four dollars and a half. Virginia Conservative Convention.— Richmond, Va., August 7, 7 a. m. —After the merits of the two candidates nad been discussed at length, and no other nomina tions being made, the roll of counties was called and resulted in a large majority for General James L. Kemper, which was greatly increased by delegates changing their vote from Withers to Kemper before the announcement of the vote. General Early moved that the nomination be made unanimous, which was agreed to, amid great applause. The convention ad ! journed until 10 a, m. QUITMAN, GA„ SATURDAY, AUGUST 23. 1873. Miscellaneous Items. E. A. Jackson, a Memphis painter, com mitted suicide from fear of cholera. A Kansas City mother lately flogged a young man for marrying her daughter. President Polk’s old house in Tennessee is to be removed to Nashville ns a relic. There is a young lady in Yorkshire who is six feet live inches high and flve feet six inches rouud. A Princeton (HI.) girl actually died of grief because her spring hat fell into the river and was ruined. The report is current in Virginia that Alexander Hives, of the United States Court, is likely to succeed Chief Justice Chase. Carthage, N. Y., comes forward with a a woman who, at the age of one hundred and one, jumps rope and plays at “leap frog.” Next! Beethoven's brother used to sign his name Von Beethoven, land owner, to dis tinguish himself from his less thrifty brother, who retorted by signing Von Bee thoven, brain owner. The New York Star says: “Miss Agnes Ethel is one of the most accomplished la dies in her profession. Her wardrobe is valued at §IB,OOO, nnd her annual income is reported at §60,000. A Philadelphia mantuamaker impru dently announces that she makes her dresses fire-proof, not realizing that her customers wish toilettes to attract, rather than repel their flames. Mrs. Brown, of Burlington, Rings her “Hush My Babe” to her infant son Wil liam, who measures twelve months one way, nnd ono hundred pounds the other. She spanks him with a pile driver. An old woman in Maine crossed over a bridge that was marked “dangerous,” without seeing the sign On being in formed of the fact on the other side, she turned about in great alarm and recrossed it. Commissioner Meaoham, who so narrowly escaped death with Canby and Thomas, thinks that the whites who recently massa cred the Modoc captives at Lost, river ought to bo hanged on the same gallows with the Modocs who massacred the Peace Commissioners. The jury in the Woodhnll, Claflin and Blood ease, under the instructions of Judge Blatcliford, have returned a verdict of not guilty. The judge decided that the news papers were not included in obscene pub lications in the act of 1862, under which the indictment was drawn. Free passes have been abolished, except to their own employees, by the Chicago and lowa railroad: Chicago and Milwau kee and St. Paul; Chicago, ltook Island and Pacific railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railroad; Chicago and Alton railroad; Illinois Central railroad. An address lias been sent to President Grant and Governor Dix by tlio Itnlinn bom citizens, expressing the belief that some prompt, effectual remedy is abso lutely necessary to put down the infamous trafic in Italian children carried on between Italy and America, and asking that certain laws may be framed to that end. The Tribune, has a letter from Boston on the political situation in Massachusetts, closing as follows; The present prospect is that General Butler will gain his nomina tion through the aid of the Administra tion and use of the party machinery, to which he will be further helped by dissat isfaction with Gov, Wushbnme’s course on the liquor legislation of the State. The same influences will do much to insure his election, and a large accession of votes from the Democratic party will also greatly contribute to this end. A Lawyer’s Crime. An old English barrister, Henry Weight man, driven by want, stole a valuable law book from the Inner Temple Library and sold it. The theft whs traced to him anil when he was tried for the offence the jury found him guilty, but recommended him to mercy. He then said: “I rise to ask your Lordship seriously to disregard the generous recommendation to mercy by the jury. I desire no mercy. I know my doom is fixed. I have no wish to go again into the world, I believe your Lordship lias power to sentence me to five years penal servitude. I court that, sentence I cannot suffer more than I have suffered, I have gone for weeks and months without a dinner —living upon bread and tea. I have sold the coat from m'' back, the shirt from my body, to supply my daily wants but I never have been charged, I have never been guilty of dishonesty. On the shelves of Inner Temple Library there are books of which I am the author, and which I presentd to the Library, of more, value tliun the odd volune which has formed the subject of the charge against me. I have done all that mortal man could do to ob tain an honest and honorable livelyhood. The character I have maintained as a man of honor being now cut from under me. I can never associate with gentlemen; and I shall be only too glad if your Lordship will inflict upon me the full meed of pun ishment in your power, in the hope that before the extent of it has elapsed, I may find in a fellon’s grave that repose which I vainly sought in the pursuits of life” The Judge, said he would disregard the plea of the prisoner against mitigation of liis sentence, and in addition to being de barred he was sentenced to six month’s imprisonment. A wretched little boy, ten years old, rag ged and almost barefooted, drifting along the streets of Detroit one day recently, was asked where his fathar was. “Dead.” “Your mother?” “Bunaway.” His interlo cutor expressed sympathy, and observed that he must feel lonesome. “Not a bit of it; there’s goin’ to be the bigest circus here next month yer ever set eyes on!” The annual income of the Paris theatri cal fund is uo'y about §16,000. [From tho Louisville Conner- Journal.] Administration Economy. Over the District of Columbia nnd Washington City the Administration holds undivided and unobstructed authority. Its power there is absolute—moral, politi cal and physical. It is immediately under the thumb of the President, within the shadow of the White House and of the Capitol. To suit tlic pleasure of the Ad ministration, some time ago the form of its municipal government was revolution ized and a new-fangled local government set up ou the ruins of tho old one, which had been in existence since the days of Washington. Mr. Cooke, a special friend and favorite of the President, noted in Administration circles for financial ability, loyalty, and enthusiastic double-and twisted piety, such as would gladden the heart of godly Dr. Newman or holy Parson Harlan, was duly installed Governor of this precious model of Republican government with a capital R on the banks of the Poto mac. Not more did the unctious Sancho I'anza rejoice when the good Duchess ap pointed him Governor of the island of Barrataria than did Mr. Cooke when, by the grace of the Administration, he wuk made Uovernor of the national capital. Sail Marino, the little Republic of the mountains of Italy, which has been in ex istence for twenty-two centuries, is always named with that, reverence which antiquity inspires. But Governor Cooke’s republic, a very Hercules in its infant cradle, was to command the reverence and admiration of the world by marvelous ability, statesman ship and purity, while the dew of the morning was yet upon its young brow. In order that so much moral and intellectual worth might he inclosed in a casket suita ble to the jewels within, a grand scheme of public improvements was at once insti tuted. Avenues wore to be laid out, streets graded and paved, sidewalks con structed, sewers dug and fountains mid statuary erected in such numbers as to rival the richest cities of Europe, which had been accumulating their treasures and or naments for centuries. Laborers swarmed in the streets; the pick, spade and lioe were seen at every corner, and heaps of brick and hewn stones helped to make the capital no bad reproduction of the Tower of Babel. But pavements, streets and other public works are not made for noth ing, as those who live in cities are aware, and in this instance the capital did not prove an exception. The property-hold ers began to murmur. Never mind, said Governor Cooke, it is a more trifle. The improvements went, on, and the tax-payers clamored. Hold still, said our Sancho Panztv, wo are working with wonderful economy. Dr. Newman stood up in the pulpit of the great Metropolitan church, held up liis perfumed handkerchief in his oily fingers and blessed the Lord that an honest man governed tlic district, and Par son Newman responded w ith a lusty Amen! Then came dark tales of the “Washing ton ring,” which was making enormous fortunes for its members by swindling the people as neatly and as recklessly as ever the notorious Buss Tweed did. Sheppard, one of the magnates of the ring, became restive under the fearless attacks and dis closures of the New York Sun, and tried to have its editor seized and dragged off to Washington city to bo tried for libel by the Police Judge of Cooke’s little pro vince. The damnable plot failed, owing to the interposition of a United States Judge. In all probability the unpleasant fact now staring the ring in the face, that their wholesale frauds and speculations would bo freely ventilated and commented on by the independent newspapers of the coun tay, has brought them to a sudden and un expected halt. They have been putting forth, at intervals, for months past, decep tive anil garbled statements of the debts incurred under their management, but the truth had to come out at last. Our special dispatches from Washington show the de plorable embarrassment in which Cooke and his ring have involved the tax-payers of the capital. The certificates of indebt edness, according to the dispatches, foot up fifteen millions of dollars and upward. The approprirtions and floating debt of the Board of Public Works count up a million and a, half more. The projects yet to be carried out, by the original plan will increase the whole debt to §25,000,000, which is more than eight times the whole debt of Kentucky, Indiana, California, Michigan, Illinois and Minnesota, and more than three times that of the wealthy State of Ohio. The managers of this grand scheme of improvement and bank ruptcy now admit that they have involved the property-holders in a debt far beyond their means to pay, and the Governor and liis satellites talk openly, it is said, of sur rendering their model government as a bad job—an elephant which they cannot man age. What do the people say of this infa mous mismanagement and oppression of a community which was not permitted to elect its own local rulers, but was overawed and overslaughed by the power of the Ad ministration and by the votes of a swarm of negroes imported from Maryland and Virginia to vote Administration pets into office? The tax-payers of the capital may be relieved in part by a Congressional ap propriation, but this would only be trans ferring the fraud from the tax payers of the capital to tho tax-payers of the wholeA country. Asa piece of consummate rascal ity and swindling, it is one of the Admin istration’s master-pieces. A Western man, who failed to got a mail contruct, says now that is all owing to tho fact that he was not with Mosby during the war. Does General Grant Drink Too Much ? [Advance, Chicago, May 17.1 There can lie no impropriety in men tioning what every ono notices at, once who looks into his face for the first time for several years, that his bad habits are making their mark on the President. The ever present cigar and tho occasional stimulants, whose natural effects may have been somewhat neutralised by tho active outdoor experiences of the army are tell ing on him in the sedentary life of the White House, Such self-indulgence is fatal to that dear-headed, pure-blooded condition which lie owes it. to his high of fice to maintain; and it is right of every citizen to speak of it and protest against it. [Tlic Advance, Chicago, June 12.] The Watchman nnd Reflector says the Advance has made serious charges against President Grant’s private habits, and wants to know whether it. speaks “at random.” To which we answer that it is not, in the habit of speaking at random, and that these con scarcely be characterized as “private habits.” That the President smokes too much everybody knows; that he uses intoxicating liquors is also no se cret. We hold that the country is en titled to better service than the President can possibly give it when ho is drugged by an incessunt uso of tobacco. And we need not say that we believe that any man, be ho President or private citizen, who drinks liquor at, all drinks too much, while of all men the Executive of this nation should be the last one to take the risks which one who has been in past years an inebriate assumes when ho drinks a single glass of liquor. It is a little thing to ask of the man to whom the reins of this great Government are entrusted that ho should t ike ns much pains to keep a clear head and a steady hand as the pilot of a Cunnrd steamer, the competing crew in a boat race, or the pugilist in training for a prize fight is expected to. We may add that one of the President’s staunchest friends at the East has written, thanking us for the criticism to which the Watch man and Reflector refers. [Milwaukee News, June 15.] “It won’t do,” was the cheerful decla ration of a loud-talking, active Republican at Elkhorn, to the venerable Senator Samuel Pratt, who liad come up there the other day to attend an old settler’s festival. “It won’t do, I tell you, Uncle Sam,” said the speaker, “to try to lie out of Grant’s being drunk at Geneva. We all saw him drunk. Half the country saw him drunk. If it had been a small crowd of only two or three hundred people we could have brass ed it out nnd lied it down, Uncle Sam; but there were thousands there who saw him drunk -so drunk that he couldn’t walk straight —so drunk that he hud to be helped to the cars. There were too many of ’em snw it, Uncle Sam; we can’t lie out of it.” Such talk in a crowd is not calculated to help the President along in the good epinion of the Walworth county people who hoard it. A Peep into a Modern Prison. In the confession of Hollohan, the Bal timore murderer, who is to be hanged in August, he says; “In the Maryland peni tentiary, when I was there, some of the officers were good men and others were cruel tyrants, to resist whom is torture or death. The wotd of a prisoner is never taken against that of an officer. Any offi cer, by making complaint against a man can have him Hogged. When women are flogged they are stripped, and a man does the whipping. In one case when I was in the prison the matron complained of a fe male convict, who was stripped, and tho first blow on her back was so heavy that she fainted, when the officer laughed, and said he had knocked her down the first pop. George Gill was a young fellow, against whom one of the authorities liad an old grudge. Whether that had any thing to do with his punishment I know not; George was sent from Howard county for some offence; ho was put in the can house; thirty days is always given to a convict to learn a trade; either George could not make cans fast enough or good enough, or he used too much solder, and he was literally whipped to death; ho was whipped tliirty-eight times on the bare back in one month, getting five, eight or ten lashes with a heavy cat each time; tho lashes were laid on his back as hard ns a strong man could lay them; he would come back to the shop with his buck all lace rated and bleeding; sometimes ho was put in the dark and cold cells overnight; when a prisoner is whipped there is no record of how many lashes Ins received; all that is jiut down is one black mark against him When Geo. Gill was on liis death-bed, he named two officers, and said, “they have killed me.” Another prisoner who was tortured until lie died, woe J. Perce.. If a prisoner is found with a newspaper in his possession he is punished with from eight to thirteen lashes on liis bare back. Of those who were terribly punished when I was in the penitentiary were Reddy Jones, Harrold, Pat. Ryan, H. Scott and Sher man. When grand juries or visitors go through the prison they don’t see below the surface. A Dutchman getting excited over an ac count of an elopement of amarried woman, gave his opinion thus; “If my vife runs Pvay mit anoder man’s vife, I shake him out of his breeches if she be mine fadder!” “How old ore you?” asked an English railroad conductor of a little girl whom ber mother was trying to pass on a half ticket. “I’m thirteen at home but in the train I’m only nine and a half,” she innocently replied. Ohio Democratic Convention. Columbus, 0., August 6. —Tho State Democratic Convention assembled at the Opera House this morning. All tho coun ties arc represented; some by largo dele gations. S. J. Hunt, of Hamilton, was chosen temporary chairman, and made an earnest speech, predicting an active con test during the coming campaign and the future greatness of the Democratic party. He wanted the cry to go abroad that ‘ ‘the Old Guard dies but never surrenders. ” After the appointment of committees tho Convention took n recess for dinner. AFTERNOON SESSION. The Democratic State Convention re assembled at Bp. m., and effected a per manent organization by selecting W. 11. Bell, of Muskingum, chairman. THE PLATFORM. Tho following platform was adopted with cheers: Resolved, That the Democratic party seeks to revive no dead issues, but stands by its principles, which are suited to nil times and circumstances. It supports the Federal Government in all its constitu tional authority, and opposes nullification and secession. It defends the reserved rights of the States and people, and op poses tho centralization that would im pair or destroy them. In order to main tain nnd preserve these rights it insists upon the strict construction of the Fed eral Constitution. It resists all attempts of one department of the Government to usurp or destroy the constitutional rights or independenco of other departments. It opposes nil interference by law with the private affairs or business of men, not re quired by the public peace or safety, aud advocates the greatest individual liberty consistent with public order. It believes in the capacity of the people for self-government, and opposes all prop erty qualifications as conditions to the right of suffrage or eligibility to hold office. It favors liberal laws for the naturaliza tion of foreigners. It insists upon equal and exact justice to all men. It opposes all monopolies, and denies that it is within the province of the Gov ernment to legislate for the benefit of par ticular classes at tho expense and to the detriment of the rest of tho community. It therefore opposes the system by which a large portion of the profit producing wealth of tho country is exempt from taxation, and demands that all constitu tional means shall bo used to remedy this injustice. It insists that our tariff laws should be framed with a view to revenue, and not to tax the community for the benefit of par ticular industries. It recognizes the evils of irredeemable enrrency, but insists that, in returning to specie payments, care shall be taken not to disturb the business of the country or unjustly injure the debtor class. It appreciates the benefits conferred by railroads, but opposes all combinations by railroad companies to prevent compe tition, and thus enhance the cost of trans portation. It opposes all laws that give to capital any advantage over labor. 1 it requires honesty aud economy in every department of the Government, Federal or State, and it condemns cor ruption, whoever may bo the guilty parties. It is in its very nature, and as a neces sary result of its principles, a party of progress, and supports all measures of re form or improvement that are sanctioned by justice and commanded by sound prac tical wisdom. Resolved, That the wealth of the coun try is the product of its labor, and the best use of capital is that which gives em ployment and liberal wages to the pro ducing classes. Hence, every just meas ure that tends to protect them from op pression, and improve their condition and dignify their calling, deserves and re ceives our sympathy and support. And that wo cordially recommend tho conser vative resolutions adopted at the recent, National Labor Convention at Cleveland, favoring arbitration and co-operation. Resolved, That, although always consti tuting a large majority of the American people, agriculturists have never demanded of the Government, State or Federal, any special privilege, have never infested the halls of Congress or Legislature with lob byists and rings, but on the contrary have suffered under discriminating and unjust laws until forbearance has ceased to be a virtue. We hereby pledge our sincere and honest efforts to obtain for them redress of grievances and equal and exact justice. Resolved, That the public lands should bo severally reserved for actual settlers who will dwell upon and cultivate them, and that wo will continue to denounce and oppose, as wc have always denounced and opposed, all gifts of such lands by the Government to incorporated companies. Resolved, That the greatest danger to free institutions is the wide-spreading cor ruption that threatens the utter destruc tion of public virtue. When Credit Mo bilier frauds pass niipuniseed, when those engaged in them arc elevated to high of ficial positions, when seats in the Federal Senate arc notoriously purchased, when vast sums of money are corruptly employed in popular elections, when an army of of fice-holders, with the sanction of the Gov ernment, uso their official influence to con trol elections, when bribery of Custom House officers is an established usage, when rings of pluudwrvra urn the recipi ents of millions of money appropriated for public use, when official defalcations are of sucli frequent occurrence as scarcely to excite attention, wheu Presidential par dons relieve defaulters from mental pun ishment, and Presidential appointments \ reward Credit Mobilier and salary-grab bing Congressmen, and when a Congres sional investigation is generally a white washing affair, it is not strange that men begin to lose confidence in free institu tions, aud that the fame of tljfgreat re public is tarnished throughout the civil ized world. To remedy these evils we in sist that the receipts and expenditures of | the Government shall be diminished; that its patronage shall be curtailed and all useless offices abolished; that it shall cease to usurp functions to which it has no title; that official miaConducttand fraud and cor ruption in elections shall bo rigorously punished, and that publio virtue shall be upheld, and the want of it condemned by the united voice of the people. Resolved, That we condemn without re serve the late act of Congress granting ad ditional salaries as unjust and unjustifi able, and demand its immediate and un conditional repeal; and we denounce every member of Congress, ■whether Republican NUMBER 16. or Democrat, who supported the law or received and retuinoil the money procured thereby. And we especially denounce the conduct of President Grant in using the influence of his high position for its pas sage, aud whose official signature made it a law. Resolved, That the act of the President in setting up by the bayonet a govern ment in Louisiana not chosen by her peo ple, and having no title whatever to rulo over them, was a flagrant violation of her rights and of the Federal Constitution. Resolved, That every department of the government, being in the hands of tho Republican party, they are justly respon sible for the evils and wrongs in legislation aud administration of which the country complains. Resolved, That under the time-honored Democratic banner, with this declaration of principle* inscribed on its folds, we en gage in tho conflict. And we earnestly appeal to patriotic men of every class, without regard to party names or past dif ferences, to unite with us on terms of per fect equality iu the struggle to rescue the government from the hands of dishonest men, and redeem it from the flood of cor ruption which threatens its ruin. The nomination of Governor being next iu order, Win. Allen, of Ross, was sug gested and received with long-continued cheering. Allen was then nominated by acclamation, after which three cheers were given for the nominee. MR. ALLEN’S BHTLY. The following is n telegram received from Mr. Allen in answer to one notifying him of the nomination: I accept the nomination nnd desire the convention to accept my gratitude for it. I accept it because the convention, ly be stowing it, expresses the belief that I may be of some service in promoting the suc cess of tho great Democracy upon whose success, and upon that alone, rests the prosperity, liberty and happiness of the American people. AVm. Allen. The convention adjourned. [From the Hannibal (Mo.) Courier.] A Wife Worth Having. A gentleman who resides a few miles in the country announced his intention of coming to the city to get a few of tho nec essaries of life. His good wife, who evi dently reads the papers anil knows what is going on, furnished her “old man” with the following memorandum, recognizing the fact that “these men are so stupid” and always forget what they are sent after. But here is the seasonable list of necessa ries, which, thongh not in strictly clerkly form, is nevertheless to the point, and well calculated to make au impression ou the mind: Get a pound of tea. And don’t forget to go to Brown's drug store and jget eight pounds of copperas and a pint of carbolic acid. Get a dollar's worth of loaf sugar./ Bring a dozen lemons. f If you have a chance you hod better | bring a liuthel of lime. We ought to have a pound of ground miifitgrd and some ginger. Get a gallon of coal oil and a demijohn of whisky. Be particular and don’t get tin til mixed—have.the coal oil put into the can, and the whisky in the demijohn. If you see a nice piece of calico you might bring me enough for a wrapper. Go to Orynski’s and get a bottle of his blackberry syrup. The flour is out. Be careful and don’t drink any well water while in town. Be sure and get a bottle of Hamlin’s cboiera cure. Wo ought to have a dozen knives aud forks for the kitchen. Go to McCfleeiy's and get a bottle of Dr. McCabe's blackberry brandy. Don’t bring any greeu thing home to make the children sick. Don't forget the coal oil nnd the demi john, and be sure nnd keep them separate. Go to Clieever’s nnd get a bottle of syrup of blackberry and ginger. Get a pint of cognac brandy. Keep away from them nasty ponds un less' they are filled up. If you see any good disinfectant bring some home. Get a few pounds of, crackers and rice, and some oatmeal. If you sen the doctor ask him to give you a prescription to cure cholera. Be careful and don’t break the demi john. Johnny needs a pair of shoes. You had better call at the drug stores nnd sec who bus got the best cholera medi cine. Now, don’t forget any of these things, and keep this list iu your hat where you can find it. Come home early. About four o’clock in the afternoon the man with tho memorandum might have been seen going out Broadway with all his horse could draw, his roeknway re sembling the hospital supply train of an army corps. If the cholera ever goes out in that direction it will meet with a warm reception. Did Not Know its Use. One of the stories goes that in the last American Congress there was a member who was noted for his extreme filthiness. He never wore a white shirt, and a paper collar on his woolen shirt would last him for weeks, but the worst of him was that be would never use a pocket handkerchief. He sat between two very elegantliightoned Georgia members, wbo tried many says to avoid liis nosul pecodilloes, but in vain. At last they hit upon ft plan they thought would do away with the nuisance. They purchased n dozen very large white handkerchiefs, did them up in paper, ad dressed them to him, and laid them on his desk. Both the members were in their seats, anxious to see how their friend would receive the present. When he came in, he picked up the package, tore it open and began examinig the handkerchiefs. Soon he turned and said: “Look here! Did you fellbws git any of these things?” They replied that they had, that they were part of the perquisites of members, and that all the members hud received them that morning. “Well,” says the member, “what are the darned things for?” They explained, and were in high glee for a little while, but imagine their disgust when, after he had examined each piece of muslin, he said: “Oh yes, them is just like what my wife uses sometimes.” And, as he said it, he took a large offi cial envelope, put in his handkerchiefs, put on his wife’s address, franked it and threw jt into the mail bag.