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tnrouiuv mains.
»X KXTIK W, HOl/rQJf.
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A stormy uluht.   Ah 1 who can toll
Why comes that soul-felt inyBtio spell,
That mokes us strangely freo from caw,
Yet leads tlirough scenes of dark despair?
Why ltvo wo o'er and o'er again
Our post of Joy, our past of pain 1
Wfel.H>B»s we memories d«r!s Wid bright
On stormy higuts?
/^T    AT) T?
Insllnetlvoly, almost, wo feel
Our weigUfcgt &k, our weight of weal,
So typical OFHfo'a great round
Am storms without cousouaut sound;
A storm of wind, of h»U, of raiu j
Tho thunder's roar, (Uo lightning's gleam,
Tho starm-olouds tossing iu their fllffk
Through stormy night,
v> WYKrL
tTho viml must shriek as if in pain,
*fhcn filnK to wall a ltfteaus BtriUn;
'I'ho thunders mutter, xma and roar;
Tha ruin nuiHt wiwpf thon torrents pour;
Tho lightning flash ix wildest ({loo j
Tho darkness, uttoc datlmcsB 1>q; .
The elements at war must light
On utormy nlghte,^
Then avithout pencil, pen or book,
I hldo mo Jn some »Uo!tered nook,
And let Uio hurricane poteen
My eoul with all ita earnestness.
1 weave tho woU of Hfo again—
A thread of joy, a thread of pnin;
Both warp and woof aro dark and light—
I*lfe*a stormy night,
I op** tho door of memories' tomb
To find fair lights 'mid deepest gloom:
Bright dreanm f ulftlled, youth void of care,
While buried hopes wo everywhere;
A strange commingling of all
That makes thia lifo ono balmy squall,
Storm-tOBf-od Iwtwixt tho wrong and right
Through Btormy night.
I Hhovel uarth from gwwa-grown mound,
"While, bloods afroilicatrh healing wound,
And call up friends boyond reeatt—
My hr art makes room for puo and all.
My pnlBoa -.ibrnte as a g*eam
OI homo, of love—youth's sweetest dream—
DawnH on my visionary Bight
Ou stormy nights.
My soul vAUx throbbing pain Is heard
Aa each false friond ia disinterred—
Friends of tho past, tho long ngo,
Who filled my cup with bitter woe;
Then fondly to my b-woiu prcaa
Tho truo that lived my lifo to b.'eas,
X shed a tear nVr love aud slight
On stormy nights,
t rend tho veil that hangs between
My soul and all its fairest dreams;
Like reviews on forgotten lore,
I read life's turned-d >wn pages o'er;
A grand commotion is my soul.
The past unfolds a written ncr.ul,
Which I must read without affright
Ou stormy nights.
liui, with tho element** «t war,
I cau afford to ntaud «t par
With all that's gmd iu tliis rii.»rt life,
Nor miug'e more in bitter (drift',
llut shower my blessings without fear
Oa falsi- und true, on Kiullt* and tear.
Why waUtln darUnffswhen there's light
Por titormy nights?
Tor he who keeps a cinscit nee intre,
lie who Ik faithlul tn endure.
Who uwuh Hiiu father wh«i eau still
Tho raging elements at will,
Wh i acts and works with heart and bauds,
Obeying (Kid's humane commands;
Who keeps his soul a opot'esa white.
Hath naught t > fear ou fdormy nights,
Fan don, lit
VOLUME III.
In December, 1839, a convention of Abo- number of meetings, finally indorsed
litionists -was held at "Warsaw, N. Y. \ tho nomination of Breckinridge and
James  G. Birney, of New York, was i Lano.   On tho 28th of Juno tlie dele-
W.J jrfBsj
CLARE, MICHIGAN, F
GEN. GARFIELD IS" THE ARMY.
Merrily on tlie hillside,
Under giant trees,
Stretched ulong tho miUcide,
Catching summer's brepze.
Hear the splash and spatter
Of tlio brook H.tpwret,
That in eoufltant chatter
Tumbles at our feet
Everything Is keeping
Time to merry tune;
Caro it idly sleeping.
"Wake her not too soon,
Ltt her sloep forever J
Softly pass lier by;
Lover* had she never;
Heat to lei her die.
May ehe sleep forever,
Withered, wrinkled maid 1
Liners had she never;
May her memory fade J
Sitting ..a the hUMdc,
ltnns the time awaj ;
Merry by the ril-side
Ui«« the summer day.
SATIOSAL CONVENTIONS.
A tlvLivw ot Ihu Past l*i»r(j- .Slrutf-
ftlvs i*£ the ISopwblic—Xlie ES:illo(Nof
u CoiKnr}'.
Under a republican form of government the mod',' of nominating, as well na
nominated for President, and Francis J,
Lemoyne, of Pennsylvania, for Vico
President. May 5, 1810, a Democratic
National Convention assembled in Baltimore. Martin Van Buren -was unanimously renominated,
made for a "Vice President.
OIiAT AND POMC,
gates who did not participate in tho
convention -which nominated Douglas
and Johnson assembled in Baltimore,
and proceeded to ballot for a candidato
for President, and John 0, Breckini idgo,
No choice -was of Kentucky, received tho unanimous
vote of the delegates present, bemg 105
from the twenty States represented.
A Whig National Convention met in For Vice President, Gen, Joseph .Lane,
Baltimore on the 1st of May, 18-M. j o£ Oregon, received the unanimous vote
Henry Clay, of Kentucky, -was nomi- J ol the convention (105) on tho first
natcd   for  President  by  acclamation ; j ''allot,
Vico President,   T.  Frelinghuysen,  of j the conventions op 18GJ-.
Now Jersey. On Uio 27th of the same On the 1st of June, 1804, a eonveu-
nionth the Democratic National Con- tion undor the name of tho " Radical
vention met in tho same city. The two- Democracy " met at Cleveland, Ohio,
thirds rule, was adopted, and, after a and nominated John 0. Fremont for
session of threo days, James K. Pollc, of j Prosident nnd (Jen, Ooaln-nno, ot JTow
Tennessee, was nominated for President, i York, for Vice President. Tho Repub-
and Silas Wright, of New York, for Vice lican National Convention of 1804 as-
President. Mr. Wright immediately j semblcd in Baltimore on tho 7th of
declined, and Hou. G. M. Dallas, ofI June. Hon. William Dennison, of
Pennsylvania, was selected to iill his I Ohio, was President, Abraham Lincoln
place." On the Iirst ballot Martin Van j was renominated on the first ballot by ft
Buren had 146 votes, Lewis Cass 83, R. j unanimous vote, with tho exception of,
M. Johnson 29, and James Buchanan <L j Missouri, which was cast for Grant.
Van Buren's name was withdrawn after i Por Vice President Andrew Johnson was
the eighth ballot, and on the ninth Polk j nominated on the first ballot. The Na-
rcceived 283 votes, to 29 for Cass and 2 | tional Democratic Convention of 1804
for Van Buren. The National Conven- j convened at Chicago on the 20th of An-
tion of the Liberty purty met in Buffalo, ; gust.    Ex-Gov. Seymour, of New York,
N. Y., on the 30th of August, 18-14.
James G. Birney, of Michigan, was
unanimously nominated for President,
and Thomas Morris, of Ohio, for Vice
President.
The Whig National Convention of
1848 was held iu Philadelphia. It began its sessions on the 7th of June, and
ended on the 10th, when Gen. Zaehary
Taylor was nominated for President on
the fourth ballot, and Millard PUlmore,
of New York, for Vice Prchideut. Taylor's principal competitor was Clay.
On tho 22d of May, 18-48, the Democratic National Convention assembled at
Baltimore. The two-third rule was
adopted, and Gen. Lewis Cass selected
as the candidate for the Presidency ou
the fourth ballot. The first ballot for
Vice President resulted in the choice of
Gen. William O. Bntler, of Kentucky.
The Free Democratic Convention assembled on the 22d of June, 1848, at Utiea,
N. Y. Delegates from three States were
present, and they placed in nomination
Martin Van Buren for President, and
Henry Dodge for Vice President. The
latt r subsequently declined. On the
9th of June of the same yearasimila-
convention was held in Buffalo. Seventeen States were represented by delegates. The nominations made by this
body were Martin Van Buren for President nnd Charles Francis Adams for
Vice President.
TUE LAST WIHO CONVENTION.
The Whig National Convention of
1852 assembled on the lflth of June in
Baltimore, and was in session six days.
was appointed permanent Chairman.
The vote was : For McClellan, 202J ;
for Seymour, 23J. George II. Pendleton, of Ohio, was selected for Vice Pres-
ident ou tlie second ballot.
The Republican Natioual Convention
met at Chicago on the 21st of May,
1808. (Jen. Joseph R. Hawley, of Connecticut,  was selected as President of
tsiu Record During Iho TVnr uf tl>«
HuliuIIioii.
[From tbo (Jtndnmitt Commercial.]
Upon tlio breaking out of tho Rebellion Gen. Garfield -was among tho first
to lay aside tho ease and enjoj'mcnt of
privato lifo and tho attraction of por-
'sonal and political popularity and outer
npon the arduous duties of the fioldier.
He set about raising « regiment among
his pupils and friends and fellow-citizens; and mainly by his efforts the
Forty-second Ohio regiment was
formed, of -which ho wns appointed
Colonel by Gov. Dennison, in August,
1801. .    .
On Deo. 17 of thnt yonr ho loft Gamp
Glume, Ofeio. with his regimotit, imdorj.
orders for tlie Brg"Simajj.yidlexrggipn, 1
iii Eastern. Kentucky, reporting in.poison to Gon. Buoll at Louisville. TJpon
arriving in that city ha -was invited by
Gen. Buell to arrange his campaign;
and ho accordingly -worked out n plan,
whioh was submitted to and approved,
by the commanding^ General. Tho next
day he started for his field of operations
with a little army of four regiments and
about 000 cavalry. Tho Big Sandy wns
reached, aud followed np for somo sixty
miles, through a rough, mountainous
region, his forco driving the outposts of
Geu, Humphrey Marshall beforo them
ior a considerable distance. Ou Iho
7th of January, 1802, ho drove the enemy's cavalry from Paintvillo, after a sc-
vero skirmish, killing and wounding
twonty-iivo of them. Ata strong point,
three miles abovo Paintvillo, Marshall
had prepared to mako a stand, with two
NUMBER 9-
ikwngth oi tlie'rejiql? fA\d thei* position
i. sliart bee'iMY&UJnformed by" the "spies
' Mwd sqnt outj yhp had ])enGtraW<l to
Wur, vorv camp,' in 'Iho absence o£ >tho
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10 fcharea Credit H.
7inoH.*10 tlny/fi***
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Int. lo June 20	
(JAIU'JFXO,
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that body. A ballot was taken, nnd the i batteries of six guns each, 4,500 infant-
President announced that 010 votes had ; ry, and 700 cavalry; but, when his eav-
beeu cast, all for Geu. TL S. Grant, On I nJry were thus unexpectedly driven in,
the fifth ballot for Vice President Schuy- • his courago failed, and ho hastily evacu-
ler Colfax, of Indiana, received 522 j atcd his works, retreating up tho river,
votes, and was placed upon the ticket as
a candidate for Vice President. On the
Fourth of July, 1808, the delegates of
the Democratic party met in New York
to nominate  candidates   for President
and Vice President. Horatio Seymour
was selected os President of the convention. The first ballot resulted : Pendleton, 105; Hancock, 3311 Church, 34;
English, 1(5; Parker, 20; Johnson,  05 ;
■ Doolittle, 13 ; Hendricks, 2i ; Blair, J.
On the twenty-first ballot the vote was :
Hancock, 135J ; English, 19 ; Johnson,
Jr, Doolittle,  12,  and Hendricks, 132.
■ On   the twenty-second ballot  all   the
States voted for Horatio Seymour, of
New York,  and he was declared   tho j
nominee of the convention for Presi- j
dent.    Gen.  Frank P.  Blair,   of Missouri, was unanimously nominated for j
. Vice Pn sident.
The National Convention of the Liberal Republican party  of   the  United !
States un t in Cincinnati on the 1st of >
May, 1.H72, and opened the Presidential '■
campaign of that year.    Six ballots von1
Tho rapid inarching, thus for, had
much exhausted Gen. Garfield's forces ;
still ho resolved to pursue, and, picking
out 1,100 of his ablest troops, continued
6n to Prestonburg, a distance of fifteen
miles. Thero he found tho rebels
strongly posted upon tho crest of a hill,
and at once attacked them and maintained tho battle during five hours, the
enemy's cannon meanwhilo playing
briskly. Although they wero now under fire for tho first timo, tho daring'
valor of tho Union troops swept all be*
fore them ; the rebels were driven from
Duriug that time fifty-three ballots were   taken.    On the first Horace. Greeley retaken, commencing with_l!U for Scott j   eeived 147 votes; C. F.  Adams, 203;
tli
nbov
achievement of the war in the AVest, and
a most completo and humiliating defeat
to tlie rebels, their loss in killed and
wounded amounting to 250, in addition
to forty taken prisoners, -whilo that of
the Federals was but thirty-two, all told.
It is related of Gen. Garfield that at tlio
time of tliis battle ho had in his pQi
Total..,	
1,(1(10 0. m;
i,o«) tr. p.
Hohvillibtiinaiii(?Jift-*tiiIdJioliiia ho Other on-
1ty4ajolM.!on lis Mr. Garfiold,' on. fcliq -22<l ot
Jamiuft- >Jr. Ames pc'oflontpd (0 tho Qdiuu<itt(!<j..
luHtataniont'ofun sXlvgtA M&raat -mtU Chm.
,GM*3d itf-ranowB-:- •*•-' •'■'
."',~j^sfifmsi.,..,^.\.......s*,-rrrr..ij..*....~.,i;, st;
JuiiolO. Toenail...     J-fJ
• Total -..., $l,3"fi
Cr.
18C8. lly dividend bomlH iTjdon PitdBn railroad
f 1,000 al 80 por cint, Iras ft por pout.. .$  77fi
June 17. Hy dhldvnd collected for 3 our ao-
co-.int     COO
pickots, -which, w'ero ncvei; thrown
3t' I)y"i1i6in, go Kcquro did lhej\fc4l hi
t^cir mountain fortress,   It wpuld h'dvo-
S madness .to cuter tho gap and" at-
thonv in. front; ancl the General did        .x     <
}£ prfrposV) or attempt-it.    Halting at   sop««ontiW.''(i\rnt!iV.'."..
" U> fo^of. tliOjtnounttiins for th<a night, 1 p
> Stilt his.cavalry early next morning ~
Abe inonth -o^ thc gap, to menace tho
fcU und diw them from behind their
tfeniic*.   This  thoj' did,  arriving  at
'.vt* time and threatening an attack,;
XthtM  jiimped at  tlio  bait,', and
flattie put to moot thomffour
wstrentiny, itnd the nilwln
tFM__*^¥_P*lllTftP*nPL*
>i>i mum ^i*.tliiMW)Mla llli>
-iheia.^ M^MttHne," Gen.
him 'jnf(jntry, had soaled
•ide^ in tlio faco of a blind-
;«t»aw^»ttfrm, and, marching along a
ppwiidge on the summit, had reached
qaeuiy'fl c«mp in tho rear of his for-
itiou».   A vigorous attack was now
£ reuniting in tlio completo rotit of
in, many of whom -woro lulled,
j, or tolren prisoners,  antl tho
ider dispersed through tl.o moitnt-
Tho-Goneral now reassembled his
l&d spent a comfortable night in
iciny's quarters, faring sumptu-
, on the viands tliero found,   Tho
'jnovning tlio cabins, sixty in num-
j^ynait) biu-ned, tho breastworks de-
;j#eoyed, and tha General set out on his
'-JtiMwrfttoPikoton, vhioh ho reached tlio
-i^tl^wiiitr night,   having  boon   absent
ftwif^ftys and having marched in that
Irthiie"wont 100 miles over a rough and
'•(Woikeo country.
Z On liis return ho received orders from
•Gen. Ifcicll, nt Nashville, to report'to him
Tn parson,' Arriving at Uiat placo, ho
^pnud that Buell had already begun, his
tpiirch toward Pittsburg lauding,  and
pushed on after him.     Overtaking  tho
"Now sn to Uiopioof. Partof tliomowwnndn.
Oirej'fd-by Mr. Anio.^ in ovidoucoj'woro-tlio
entries in .his, diary toe 1809. Tho' necouhb 011-
lore<J -tinder CJ60. Omflcld'u iittmo^wns prio ol
three not crci&jed off, which Mr.Aoiosospli^nod
Svn^liPcr.liSo"itIlad nover bqcu HotittaL oq tuty
jiutod.. IUte la tho entry in full s { ' -! -
,.ff.i}»i,«0.«
.;li.&  - ,4J.iJ0
.Z.s%lMi»
■ sar.sn
n.a
t
» 37I.BO
Total..
.,J1,370
:&o fcvacuAtitin fit that place, rebuilt-with
"Jjis brigade tho bridges on the Memphis
luid Cliarleston. railroad, and erected fortifications at Stevenson. Throughout
Is Uo months of July and August he was
J»ronl'«ited by a severe sickness, and,
jftinscqiicntly, was not in tho retreat to
jKontncky or tho battles fought in that
Xi^.._ r» ,     t  •_     •«_..__     1. _           -_
overy position, and, after destroying tlieir;"' |KaUv   During liis illness ho wn3 as-
stores, wagons and camp equipage, theyV .j^glied to tho command of tho forces at j i tronglv confirmed by "tho fnet thnt in tho ense
precipitately retreated to Pound gap, ii» JBnmlterland gap, but could not assume i of each ot tbono who did pmehnso tbo ntock
On
fftcter and invaluable services to his
country, was chosen first President under the constitution. He was re-elected
by ui'nrly a unanimous vote. During
his administration the Federal cud Republican parties s.piung into existence.
On Washington's retirement Jolui
Adams, of Ma-.s.iehnsetts, became by
common consent the candidate of the
Federal party for President, and Thomas
Jefferritm of the Republican party.
Adams was chosen President and Jefler-
son Vice President, ho having the next
highest number of votes. In the year
1800 a caucus of members of Congress
was held iu Philadelphia, which nominated Thomas Jefferson for Pivsi-
d-nt and Aaron Burr for Vice
President. They were elected over
John Adams and Charles (\ Pinckney.
Mr. Jell'erson was renominated nnd
re-elected in 1804, with George Clinton,
of New York, as Vice President, over
Chas. C. Pinckney and Rufus Kiupr.
James Madison was nominated by a
Congressional caucus in January, lfiOS,
and elected President by a large majority. He was renominated iu the
same manner in 1K12. In September
of the same year a convention representing eleven States wns held in Newark,
■which nominated De Witt Clinton.
James Madison was re-elected. In 1810
James Monroe was nominated by a
Congressional caucus, he receiving
sixty-five votes and W. II. Crawford
fifty-four. Tho Federalists named Rufus
King. Mi-. Monroo was elected, and in
1820 he was re-elected -without opposition. Iu 1824 the Congressional caucus
system was opposed by a large portion
of tho Rexmblican party. But sixty-six
members responded to the call, and
these nominated William H. Crawford
for the Presidency. Jacksou, Clay and
Adams were also nominated by various
States, and there was no choice by the
people. The House of Bepresentatives
elected John Quincy Adams. Immediately after tliis election Andrew Jackson
was nominated by the Legislature of
Tennessee. That action was indorsed
by the Democratic party of the country,
and ho was elected in 1828 ever Mi'.
Adams. .
(the nnsi coNTBsraios.
In 1830 the first political national convention in tliis country was held hi Philadelphia.      It was called the  United
States Anti-Masonic Convention.   Francis Granger,   of  New York, presided.
No business of importance was transacted, but the samo convention met in
Baltimore in 1831, andnominatcdWilliam
Wirt, of Maryland, for President.   In
May, 1832, a Democratio National Convention was held in Baltimore, to name
candidates for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency.   Andrew Jackson, o£ Tennessee,     and    Martin    Van     Buren,
of      New       York,     wero     selected.
That   ticket   was   elected.    The   National Republican   Convention   assembled in Baltimore Dec. 12, 1831.  James
Barbour, of Virginia, presided.    Henry
Clay,  of  Kentucky,  was unanimously
nominated for President, and John Sergeant, of Pennsylvania, for Vice President.     In   May,   1835,  a  Democratic
National Convention was held in Baltimore.    Twenty-one States were represented. President, Hon. Andrew Stevenson, of Yirginia,   At this convention the
two-third rule was adopted. Martin Van
Buren was unanimously nominated for
President, and Richard M. Johnson, of
Kentucky, was chosen for Vice President, receiving 178 votes, to 87 votes for
William O. Rives, of Virginia.    No platform was adopted by this convention.
Gon. Wm. H.  Harrison,  of Ohio, was
the opposition candidate to tha Democracy in 1830.   He waa nominated  by a
State Convention iu Pennsylvania and
several other bodies.   In 1839 a Whig
National Convention -was held in Harris-
burgj Pa;  v James   Barbour was  the
Bresident,   Gen, Wm. H. Harrison was
nominated for President on the first ballot, receiving 148 votes,   John Tyler, of
tfrgfatoi v/m oeleoted ae Yice Freaiclent,
ore Dy linmphroy Marshall to liia-vvife,-^
„„,i A/inma -«vi  ! but intercepted by Gen. Buoll and sont'
w ;, ^ri..ui   t° G™. Gaiiield, in wluch ho stated that
Uoraci iTtuuj i he hali 5_000 effective men in lus command.   This letter the General refrained
from showing to his officers and mon
until after the victory.   His commission
as Brigadier dates from the day of tlie
Fillmore 112, and'Webster 21.    On the ' but on the sixth ballot
1st of the same month, in the same city,   was declared the nominee of the con-
niet the   Natioual   Convention   of the  vention for President.    On the second
Democratic party, which, ou tho fort}-  ballot B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, was
ninth   ballot,'  selected    Gen. Franklin   selected for Vice President by a vote of
Fieri".', of New Hampshire, as a candi-   435 to 201.    The Republican National . ,.nHl " l •p,.(,Kf/,I1i,lir„
date for the Presidency.    The first bal-   Convention of   1872 assembled in  the! lmttIe nt-"-HbtonDurt.
lot stood:   Cass,  110; Buchanan,  93 ;   city of Philadelphia on the Sth of June.
Douglas,  20;  Marcy,   27;   Lane,   13 ;   Hon, Morton McMichael was chosen as
Houston, 8; Dodge, 3 ; Butler, 2,   and   temporary Chairman, ond Hon. Thujas
Dickinson, 1.    Cass rose to 131 on the , Settle, of North Carolina, as permanent
thirty-fifth ballot, when  the   name of ; President.    On the first vote Fl.vs.-es S.
 Grant received the 1 ntire vote ol all tin-
States and Territories iu the Union. For
Vice President Hon
Massachusetts, wns
Hun. Schuyler Colfax on the seeond
ballot. The record of the year wa.s
completed by the meeting of the National Democratic Convention at Balti-
Pieree was presented, and on the forty-
ninth ballot the vote stood : Pierce, 1
282 ; Cass, 2; Buchanan, 2; Butler, 2.
On the second ballot Hon. W. It. King,
of Alabama, was nominated by acclamation for the Vice Presidency. The Free
Soil Democracy held a National Convention at Pittslmrgh ou the llth of Au
gust, 1«52. John P. Hide, of New
Hampshire, was named for the Presidency, and George W. Julien, of Indiana, for Vice President.
The iirst Republic.au National Convention was held on the 17th of June,
1850, iu the city of Philadelphia. An
informal ballot resulted as follows:
Fremont, 359; McLean, 190. Col.
John C. Fremont wns therefore declared
nominated.    Upon the same ticket was
more, Md., on the *.i!h of July, 1872.
Upon tlie States I.i in;; called all the ballots but 15 wer- cast for Greeley, who
was declared the candidate of the party.
15. GiMtH Brown was nominated for Vi;e
President.
THE CONVENTIONS OF 1870.
The convention of the Republican
party for 1870 met at Cincinnati on the
15th" of June. It consisted of 752 members.   Edward McPherson, of Peiuisyl-
Gen. Garfield now moved his force to
Piketon, Ky., 120 miles above the
mouth of the Big Sandy. Here he remained several weeks, sending out,
meanwhile, expeditions in every direction wherever lie could hear of a rebel
samp or band, and at length completely
Henry AVilson, of ( clearing that whole country of the enc-
nominated over my. While thus employed his x'ro-
visions gave out, and, instead of sending, he went liimself to tho Ohio river
for n supply. The x>rovisions were obtained, and a small steamer seized and
loaded therewith. But now a serious
difficulty presented itself. The river
was swollen byanuupreeodontedfreshot,
urn only the "command of a division
j field. With the selection thus
iando universal satisfaction is everywhere
tesprcssed. Possessed of a sound natural sense, on excellent judgment, a
highly cultivated intellect and tho deserved reputation of a successful military leader, he was not only the mentor
of the stall', but his opinions were sought
and liis counsels heeded by many who
were older and not less distinguished
than himself.
GABFIELD AND AMES.
1804, Soymour-jn 1808, .Greeley ift 1872,
and Tilden ^n 187(5,. decides with 'remarkable, unanimity to, "cull out tlio £0-
sei'vu-cifndidato ,in 'the person of Gj;n,
Hancock', nnd," in so, doing, decides; to
(iljaudon tho-war,cries- Qi■tho'Jn'^fc.l.hreO
campaigns,   .rj.      ,     . .-'       .   r .
The men wljo .opp6se^'C(raiit because
ho was il miliikry inan arc now askiid to
voto for Hauc"o<5k, jtt>t- txjcftuap- ho over
framed or .supported a Democratic iueas-
Uro* but l>Qcn{tao ho is "a noted 'soldier.
The men who' raised theory of no military candidato when Garfiaid was nomi-
ndtod are cpmmandcd now- to catch
rstibxi, flU|i declare lhoynVways*w{ui'ted a
milii ary leader,
'X[\iq Democratic 'party, despairing of
micoesa nnder tho old flag "of Bonrbou-
jfra^ftopwq to imeMf ■■'afo tj(''
ra>v(0{ "of w#J»"«««;fe'i<i'-*»>Ji*<«!y,^_^_^
'Peaijng'reiiudiation at thtf ho.iia^of •itlie
peoi^le, the solid South xmts forward
Hancock just as the anti-war or xieacc-
at-any-xirico Democrats did McClellan
in 1804.
It will not do. . Hancock cannot
chango the sxih'it of the Democratic
party. He cannot stretch his sxilendid
record as a soldier, as ho would a mantle, to Qover all the sins of his party.
His work at Gettysburg, placed side by
side with the work of the Democrats in
Oongress, makes a x^'inful contrast.
Priucixiles and motives come to tho
front, and leave the candidate in the
rear. The x>nrty that nominates him is
the party that makes tho fight against
the election laws in Congress; is the
party that organized the Whito League
and riile clubs in the South; ls the
party that bulldozed and disfranchised
the colored people in Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Louisiana.
Hancock may lend himself to the x»arty
just as McClellan did, but he cannot
alter its record, chango its x'nrpose,
modify its programme, or save it from
defeat. His fame as a Union General
weighs little against the domination of
men liko Wado Hampton, Hamburg
Butler, Ben Hill, and others of that
class.
The nomination is a weak one, not becauso tho man is not strong iu his way,
but because the rank and file of the
party never have been in sympathy with
him, and will not suxijiort liim. His
namo will have no talismanic influence
among tho Bourbon herds in New York,
and will not call out the old Golden
Circle men in Indiana. Tho fact of his
nomination being in tho nature of a
concession to the strength of the Republican candidate, will aid tho Republicans
in making telling points against his
party. His x>ersonal record, standingin
contrast with tho record of tho x>arty
leaders who x>«sh him to the, front, is iu
tlio nature of a finger-board directing
Xiublic attention to the principles at
stako iu tho contest. Tho spectacle of
even so reputable a soldier ns Gen.
Hancock playing cat to x>ull the chest-
that, boyond that amount I nover received oc I nuts of the Democratio monkey out pf
of- Chief of- Staff tdeninndod nny dividend, that nona was over tho firo may grieve tho people in the old
**^Snt*nac<Uto^
This account ho claimed to havo mado np
from life) memorandum book, but, whon tho
memorandum book was subsequently prcHeuk-d,
it wan found that tho account bore quoted was
not copied from it, but wan partly mado up
from memory. By comparing tbis account
with tho entry mado in diary, as first quoted, it
will bo goon that they nro not duplicates either
in substauco or form: and that in tbis account
a new eJoment in added—namely, an alleged
payment of .-J32D in cash Juuo IU. This is tlio
very element in dispute. Tho pretended proof
thst tin's ftum Was paid Gen. Garfield is found
in tbo production of a chock drawn by Jlr.
Ames on tho Hergeant-at-Anns. Tlio following
is tho languago.of tbo check aB reported in tlio
testimony:
June 22,1FC8.
Pay 0. A. or bearer $320, and chargo to my account. (Ukks Ames.
This chock bears no. indorsement or othi r
marks than tho words and figures given above.
Tt waa drawn on tbo 22d day of Juno, and, aB
shown hy tho books of tho Scrgcant-at-Arms,
was paid tho samo day, But, if this chock waB
paid to Gen. Garflold on tlio-account just quoted, it must havo been delivered to him three
days  before  it was drawn, for tbo accoimt
/: ■ aacuiGAitvm%^   :>• __
fpisiiK is tai It of Iniihling ,& new ftj>ei'a-<'
li6n.so at Ea3t Suglnrtw'. •       *
.A'Qi/AicjCB colony is lobo'astAbJMhed
at Miujctjlona, A4\U'ii)t county,
•   A- wiCfcST rejtf' c&fnto tynnsnclioil in
JTnyquettG county involves §2,dLO0,OOO(,
Tffc "Military Bowrinitfinnfrd the
of tlie encampmeutifron\>^.ujg. .2 to .7^
Tub pews." of 'the Congregational
Chiiroh at G-rcettyillo sold ut ifuotioit for
$2,200, *    ;
- The Gale Manufacturing Company of ■
Albiort -recently /shipped thiri^six.X'low'J
tq South Ampi'tan.        -   l   --'
The troujsacfions "at ^.IjuJnri iji,c(Mlar<
pojjts, telegraxiJuxjles and cedar rivibsad
ties nro very large. ,«.,       ,_
When tbe railroad readies ."Mwsiee,,
a lino of steamers will x'uii 'betVcfiP.'that
placo nndMftnitovos?, Wis.,., '
Tin) Jackson County Pioneer Bocidty,
held its annual reunion and bjwkfct i>ie-"
Hie at tho fair. grtAmjSsij. Juno. 23.-_'
Iris oxpeqte,^.tliat the ;icw- track, oir
the Calhoun. County flair Grdurjfls wUl
be finished by thb middle of July.
Tins suit well of Jame» Herrick & &>,,
at- Midland, has reached a deptji of 1,200
feet) and they exxieci soon to tap Aha big
salt Vein.        .. . ■*■
-Esc-mnA confidently olaimefl 5,000'
iidiftbitfliits, but tho Iron PwL says tha,t<
tho ''pitiless count" of tho enumerator"
X>uts. the exaot number at 3,012,   '       . ,
Tim whol? number of ntudont* ih.at-r-
tendance nt- tho 'Adveii'tiat. Collcga. dfc
Battle Greek, during tho hist -collego
year, was 4,89. „        1,   „ ', ^    »,..
*^±.mtm*t_%im*A~~
stacks iu" the Upper psninsraJaTo, ftx.-
,   'm
: -H-v.-.
'/'■
«rmv, hO-was x>lacedin command of tho
twelfth brigade, and with his command
ttvticipafetUn the first day's fight at j ?£?„ihatho received piyuicnt on tlio 18th of
Hhiloh.., He -was present tlirough all tho
uporntioniyjlp front of Corinth, and, after
State,
Gon. Garfiold liimself hns mode a review of the wholo subject, and from it
claims that tho following conclusions
aro clearly established by tho evidence :
That I neither purchased nor agreed to
purchase tho Crcdli'Mobilier Btock which Jlr.
Ames offered to sell me, nor did I receive any
dividend arising from it. Tbis appears not
only from my own testimony, but from tliat
first given by Mr. Ames, which is not overthrown by bis subsequent statements, and is
ftronglv confirmed by tho fact tbat in tho case
of cacil ot Iboso who did pmchaso tbo stock
e Cumberland mountains, sixtf miles" A, tJpOu his recovery he was ordered ) tbe™ was produced as evidence of tho sale
,ove.    This   was tho   fil-st   brilliant ^WfWon and d%iled a* a mem- | J&'ra^to^oTWlWSt
0! Uio flitz John Porter court-mar-   ■       ■■  -••■    " * - ■-.--*■ ■■'-- '
which occupied forty-five days, and
rliich liis great abilities as a lawyer
aolahafwcre culled forth and freely
When tho Court adjourned
ordered to report to Gen. Rose-
"" **"    him was placed in tho xe-
'   chief of staff,
tries in Jtr. Ames' diary of a Btock account,
marked adjusted and closed, but that no ouo of
theso evidences existed tn referonco to mo.
This position is further confirmed by tho subsequent testimony Of Mr. Ames, who, though
ho claimed tliat I did receivo 8329 from liim ou
account of stock, yet ho ropcatadly testified
Xilnccd William L. Dayton, of New Jer- i vania, was x>crmiuu-iil Chairman. On
sey, ns Vice President. Tlie American ] the first ballot Blaine had 28,1 votes ;
Natioual Council met in Pldladel].ihitv, ; Morton, 125; Bristow, 113; Conkling, 99;
Peb. 19, 1850, and nominated Hon. i Hayes, 01; Hartrantt, 58 ; Jewell, 11;
Millard Pillmore for President, and Au- j Wheeler, ,'}. Tlie seventh ballot result-
drew Jackson Donaldson for Vice Presi- j ed: Blaine, 351; Bristow, 21, and Hayes,
dent. Cincinnati was the meeting-xilaee i;5Hl, or five more than a majority,
of the Democratic Convention of 185G. i William A. Wheeler received 3(5ti votes
The delegates assembled on tlie, 2d of 1 for Vice President on the first ballot.
June, and cast seventeen ballots.    Tlie j The Democratic Convention met at St.
j Judge MI.-iclc OcdnrcM Warflcld En-
I tirelj- Uuilf lean-Hut Contradictions
j In Allien' MatcmeiUM —- t.'cn. (Jar-
j (iul<i'»0%vit Candid lOxplimiUioii of
I    tlio iVholo Manor.
The following letter from the disliu-
; guished    Democratic   lawyer,    Judge
__ _ _ _       Black,  addressed to Mr.  Blaine, when
and its navigation was extremelv peril- j Sx>eaker of tho House, is strong and
ous'. No Captain or x'ilot woufd take clear about the connection of Gen. Gar-
charge of tho boat; it was an impossi- fie]d ^^ tl]0 Qredit Mobilier stock
bihty   to    navigate   the   Big   Sandy t , ,.
with anything iu'the shapi of a boat; I transactions :
-• ■ -      ' -       -    - --   1 rHttAraxrHiA, Feb. 15,1878.
Mr Demi Sm: Front lite beginning of the
imtsltgiUitm concerning Mr. Amis' use of llw
Credit Mobilier,IIxiieudthat Gen. (tarlhldit-as
fire from. aU guttly eottnetiion icilh limt lm.ii-
mony tbat after December, 1S07, tho various    f*~ft= Zii,„ „r,,,t„„f
BtoA and bond dividends amounted to nn ng-   merits ol the contest.
grcgnto of moro than 800 percent., aud that bo- j     Hancock is singly a new experiment
twocn January, 18GS, and May, 1871, all tliCBe   of a jiarty that has tried many schemes
dividend? were paid to several of thoso who ; for deceiving tho people.    He may carry
purchased slock.   My conduct was wholly in- ■  •      -
consistent with the supposition of such ov,
ship, for during tho year 18G91 wns borro
money to build a house in Washington, am
curing my crcdKors by mortgages on my prop- j against the legislative and other govern-
erly, and all this timo it is admitted tbat I ro- ; mentnl experience of Gen. Garfield, lie
coived no dividends and claimed none.   The • j        ^   j j    miljtajy record to present
a^lSriK^ rre_,rfirst,non'_ j to men^vho have pressed forlixteen
clicck payable to 3tr. Ames lumself, concerning t years to be violently exposed to nil mili-
wliich lie" said seMral times in his testimony he } tary men.
did not know to whom it was paid ; and, sec- t     q_ one BiflQ js Qen_   Garfield, Uxor-
^Zid.Serprl™^ ^WthMl I °»f ^ ^tificcl ^ith the principles
nor'anv payment on it. Tho onlv fad from i and measures of the Republican party,
whicli it is possiblo for Mr. Anu s fo have in- ' On the other sido is the iigure-hend,
ftrrod an aprcenimt to buy the slock was the I Hancock, making a vain endeavor to di-
loan tonic of Won. But thai loan was made ; rt attention from the measures nud
months 1 '.tore tbe cheek of Juno 22, 1803, and j
was repaid in tlie winter of 1809, and after 1
tbat dato there wero no transactions of any '
sort between us, and before tho investigation
was ended Jlr. Ames admitted  that on the
first ballot stood: Bucliauan. 135
Pierce, 122; Douglas, 33; Cass, 5.
Pierce's votes were given to Douglas on
the fifteenth ballot, but without effect,
and on the next but one Buehnunn was
nominated.
Louis June 27. On the first bidloi
Tilden had 403> votes; Hendricks, 133J; ,
/Uien, 50; Hancock, 75 ; Parker 18; '
Bayard, 27. On the second ballot j
Samuel J. Tilden had 508, and was de-1
i clared nominated, and Thomas A. Hen- j
cinOAQO and CHAHI.ESTOX. diicks wos unanimously nominated for
On the IGth of May, I860, a Republi-   Vice President.     A convention of the
can National Convention met at Chica- j Prohibitioupartymot at Cleveland, Ohio,
go, HI.    Delegates " - -     _ -  _	
from all the free
ware,  Maryland,
Missouri, Texas, tho Territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and Uio District oi
Columbia. Three ballots were taken
for President, and on the inst the following vote was cast ? Lincoln, 231$;
Seward, 180; Chase, 24*; Bates, 22;
McLean, 5; Dayton, 1; C. M. Clay, 1.
This gave Lincoln 231J votes, or within
2J of a nomination, when several delegations changed the ballots aud gavo
him 354 votes. Hannibal Hamlin was
nominated for Vice President. A convention of the Constitutional Union
party convened in Baltimore on tho Oth
of May, aud xmt in tho field John Bell,
of Tennessee, for President, and Edward Everett, of Massachusetts, for
Vice President. The Democratic National Convention of 18G0 met in Charleston, S. O., on Ax>ril 26. There were
delegates present from all the States of
tho Union. After a stormy debate upon
a x>lntform, a portion of tho delegates
left tho convention, and those that remained proceeded to ballot,
dent. A Greenback Convention was held
at Indianapolis May 17, tto'a nominated
Peter Cooper, of Now York, foe President, and Newton Booth, of California,
for Vice President. Sir. Booth afterward declined, and Samuel C. Gary, of
Ohio, was substituted.
Too Much Paris Green.
It is rexiorted that a family has just
been poisoned by eating lettuce upou
which Paris green was found, and many
other unx>leasant stories of the same
kind have been heard overy yeur since
tho arrival of tho x'otato bug brought
Paris green into common uso out of
doors. Such accidents should remind
the owners of farms nnd gardens that the
favorite remedy for potato bugs is uot
oue of the single inseet-xwwdors that are |
advertised as harmless to human beiugs, !
but a virulent i>oison to whatever being '
and they would not go. Gen. Gwfiold,
however, was not to be balked in tliis
way. Determined that the x>rovisions
should go through to his starving men,
he took command of tho boat hiinsclf
and piloted her ux) the river, standing at
the wheel oue day and two nights. It
was a x>erilous voyago uxi an untried
stream full of eddies and currents, in
which tho littlo boat quivered and
turned, at times tlireatening to make
instant Avreck of itsolf and all on
board; but tlio indomitable energy of
the. General carried him safely tlirough
all these difficulties, and in due season
himself and his cargo arrived safely at
tho camp, greatly to tlio joy of his suffering soldiery.
About tho middle of March ho made
his famous Pound gaxi expedition, for a
Iimper understanding of which a few
words descriptive of the locality will bo
necessary. Pound gap is a zigzag
opening tlirough tho Cumberland
mountains into Virginia, leading^ into a
tract .Of; fortSdo pxeaddw-land lying "between tho liaso of the mountains and a
stream callod Pound fork, which
bends around tho opening of tho gap at
some little distanco from it, forming
, what is called " tlio pound." These
j nnmes originated in this wise: -This
mountain locality was for a long time
1 the homo of certain xxredatory Lillians,
I from which thoy wovdd make x^eriodieni
j forays into Virginia for rdunder, and to
j wliich they would retreat as rapidly as
: they camo, carrying with them tho
j stolen cattle, which they woidd x>ast-
uro in the meadow-land just mentioned. Hence among the settlers it
became known as "tlio x>ound," and
from it the gaj> aud stream took their
names. After his defeat at Prestonburg,
os has been stated, Humphrey Marshall
retreated with his scattered forces
through this gaj) into Virginia. A forco
of 500 rebels was left to guard the jxass
against any sudden incursion of Gen.
ness. This opinion u-as founded not merely on
imj confidence in his integrity, but on same special knoicledge of his ense. I may have told
you all about it iu conversation, but I desiro
now to repeat it by way of reminder.
I assert unhesitatingly that, whatever Gen.
and Garfield may havo dono or forborne lo do, lie
acted in profound ignorance of tbo nature and
character of tbo thing whicli Mr. Ames wnB proposing to sell, llo liad not tho slightest suspicion tbat ho was to bo taken intoaring organised for tho purpose of defrauding the public,
tastes it iu small quantities.    Owners of,..     	
The first j largo crops that are subject to iuseel! Garfield'ei forco" who, to "make assurance
ballot stood: Douglas, 145J ; Guthrie, ravages may be justified in using it, but; doubly sure, had built directly across
35; Hxuiter, 42; Dickinson, 7; Johnson, | even these, should take special care that 1 the gap a formidable breastwork, com-
12;   Lane, G; Davis, lj ;  Toucey, 2J ;'""■"--"""'' """ -"■— '    •" ,...<?.... .. 	
Pierce, 1. The fifty-seventh ballot
stood: Doughis, 151J ; Guthrie, 68|;
Hunter, IG;   Dickinson, 4;   Lane, 14
Davis, J. The convention then ad- {various vegetables aud small fruits aro j mountains, they had erected commodious
journed to meet in Baltimore on the 18th grown near each other, it should not be. cabins for winter quarters, whero they
of Juno.    The meeting took xilace, as j used at all.    Small boys who x>i 'k pola-1 spent tlieir time iu ease and comfort, oc-
to bugs at 3 centa a quart may eost. a I casionally—by way of variety, and in
little moro thau Paris green, but, on the | imitation of tlieir Indian predecessors-
other hand, they are cheax>er than doc- j descending from theix stronghold into
tors or respectable funerals. j jiontucky, greatly to the damage of the
Stock-yards and larders of the well-to-do
oilier point of difference between us ho might
be mistaken.
Tliat tlie oiler which Jlr. Ames made to me,
as I understood it. was oue wliich involved no
wrong or impropriety. I bad no means of
knowing nnd liad no reason for supposing that
l:i bin 1 Uiis offir to sell me a small amount of
stock lay hidden a sclicmo to defraud the Pacific railroad and imperil tbo interests of tbe
United States, and on tbe Iirst intimation of
tho rial nature of tho case I declined any fnr-
thcr consideration ot tlio subject. That, whatever may liave been tbe facU ir, tlie case, I
stated them in my testimony an I bave ul.rays
understood them"; and tliero lias liecn no contradiction, Tirovancation nor evasion on impart.
In winding up his review of the whole
matter, Geu. Garfield uses the following
language:
If there bo a citizen of tbo United States who
is willing to behove that for §3291 liavo bartered away my good name, and to falsehood
have added perjury, thow words aro not ad-
nor did ho know Uiat tho stock was in any mau- j dressed to him.   If thero bo ono who Uiinks
.. ^._t,..-l .„II1  IT-;«™      „.l,!n1t       nntvin        '     Mini-   n t.-r,  »r> ..t   r,t  *ni<  m*I,1ln  \ltn lino   linnn   IK111f(l/l
nir connected with anything whicli came,
or could come, within tho Legislative jurisdiction of Congress. Tho caBO against hini lacks
Uie scienter which alone constitutes guilt.
In tlio winter ot 18G9-'70 I told Gin. Garfield of tho fact that liis namo was on Ames'
list; tliat Ames charged him with being ouo of
his distributees; explained to him tho character, origin, and objecls Of thb Credit Mobilier;
hpintodont tlio connection it had withCon-
HiSssionaUegislation, aud showed him bow im-
frjisible it was for a member of Congress to hold
Upck ln it without bringing his private intcr-
■U iu conllict with liis public duty. That all
{Lis Was to bim a perfectly now revelation I am
as suro as I can bo of Btich a fact, or of any fnet
which is capable of being proved only by moral
circinnstancea. Hfitold me Uien tho whole story
of Train's offer to him, and Ames' subsequent
solicitation, and liis own action in the premises,
much as ho details it to the committee. I do not
undertake to reproduce tho convcrsaUou, but
tho effect of it alt was to convince mo thorongh-
";r that when lio listened to Ames ho was perfectly unconscious of any ovil. I watched carefully every word that fell from him on uiis
point, and did not regard his narrativo of tho
transaction hi othor respects with muehintcrcst,
because in my viow everything elso was insig-
mficant. I did not caro whether ho had mado
a bargain technically binding or not, his integrity depended upon Uie miesUon whether ho
acted with his eyes open. If ho had known tho
true character of Uio proposition mado to bim
bo would not havo endured it, much less embraced it.    .
Now, conplo with this Mr. Amos' admission
, that any iiart of my public lifo has been gauged
j on so low a lovel as these charges would place
i it, I do not address him.   I address thoso who
1 aro willing to betievo tliat it U possiblo for a
I man to servo Uio public without personal dishonor.   I havo endeavored in this review lo
point ont tho meaas by whicb tho managers of
a corporation wearing 11 garb nf honorable industry havo robbed and defrauded a grcnt national enterprise, and attempted by canning and
deception, for selfish ends, to enlist in its interests those who wonld havo boon tbo iirst to crush
tho attompt bad their objects beon known.
HANCOCK  ANI)   THE  DEMOCRATS.
[From tho Chicago lutcr-Ocean.]
The National Democratio Convention
has nominated the man for President
who was beaten by Seymour iu 18G8, by
Greeley in 1872, and by Tilden in 1870.
Gon. Hancock has been a standing
Democratio candidato for President
ever sinco the defeat of McClellan in
1864. Ho, in his person, reputation and
fame, rex>resents tho samo element that
forced the nomination of McClellan in
lt&L and his nomination now is but a
return to the veneering policy of that
campaign.
McClellan was nominated in the faco
!J^iV\e^,rnSPlrth°enn iSS^M i °£ tim ,-iolent protest of the Copperheads
of Ohio and Maryland, and he received
only twenty-one electoral votes out of
I a total of 233.   In the convention of
the wind or some other force, does not; pleteTy blocking up the way, and behind
carry the poison to berries or to vegeta-1 wliich 500 men could resist the attack of
bles of which tho leafy portions are t as many thousands. Behind tho works,
eaton. In homo gardens, whero lhe. j and on the southeastern slope of tho
various vegetables aud small fruits are          '   " ""
ordered, and ou tho seeond ballot
Stephen A. Douglas was declared tho
choice of tho convention for President,
and Benjamin Pitzpatrick, of Alabama,
was nominated for Vice President. He
subsequently declined, and Ilerschel V.
 ,..-_—,  ,  .. ,    JoimSAYitE, of Bridghampton, L. I., i farmers of that vicinity, and to the fright
Johnson, of Georgia, was put in his ; chief officer of the whaling vessel Alas- \ ef their wives and children,
place. The delegates who withdrew j ka, arrived home a few days ago, after a j Gen. Garfield determined to dislodge
from the Charleston Convention immc- cruise of nearly four years. In that them from their position, and so jrat on
diately assembled at St. Andrew's Hall, time they took 3,220 barrels of sxierm end to tlieir marauding expeditions. He
in that city, and, after adopting a series oil, 203 barrels of whale oil, and 1,217 ; accordingly set out- with a sufficient
of resolutions, adjourned to meet | povmds of whtilelpone. It i8 said to be': forco, and, after two days' forced maiehj'
in Riolunond, Va., on the second j the largest catch within the same time! reached the base of the mountains &
Monday in Juno.  Tliis body, after n in thirty yetiw,   • I short distance ftbove iho gap.  Of the
matter to Gon. Garlield, then reflect that not a
particlo of proof exists to show that ho learned
anything about it proviouB to his conversation
wifh me, and I think you will Bay that it is al-
togcUier unjust to put him on tbo list of thoso
who knowingly and willfully joined tho fraudulent association in question.        J. S. Black.
Now as to the wholo transaction and
what Gen. Garfield had to Bay of it:
The points of agreement nnd diffeienco be-
twoon Gon. Garfield's testimony and Mr. Ames'
may thus bo stated: Thoyagrco Uiat Boon after
tho beginning of Uia session of 18G7-08 Sir.
Amos offored to sell Gon. Garflold ten shares of
Credit Mobilier stock at par and aecruod interest; that Gen,  -    - -- •-  • ■
, 1808 Hancock fell naturally in the line of
succession, but the experience with a
military candidate had been so disastrous that the convention, abandoning
, the veneering x^i??) went back to first
j xu'inciples and nominated that old Bour-
I bon, Horatio Seymour.   Tho campaign
: was made en the theory that a military
I man was   dangerous   to  the  country.
! Seymour received soventy-ono electoral
Garflold'novor jiaid him any j votes, to 214 for Grant.
~     ■•■- "•• j^ (j10 convention of 1872 Hancock
Sonufof' Jim^TsaVGon^GMfleld Sever"^ I wls nSnin mentioned, but the hook was  ^ 	
eeived, demanded or was offered any dividend j baited with Greely Jin old Itopublican, j then dove beneath liim, atiiC after several
X>riucii>les of liis party. It is a fight for
X>rincix>le, and men of i>i-iuciplo will
fight it to the end. Garfield is just the
man to xmt Bepublican x>rincix)les to the
front in a way to attract attention,
while Hancock is not tho mau to turn
Xiublic attention away from Democratic
policy.
Keep Ahead.
One of the grand secrets of success in
life, is to keep ahead in all ways possible.
If you once fall behind, it may bo very
difficult to mako up tho headway which
, is lost.    Ono who begins with x™tting
'■ aside some part of his earnings, however
j small, and kecxis it up for a number of
! yeors, is likely to bocomo rich before he
j dies.    One w'ho  inherits prt>x>erty, and
I goes on year by year spending a little
more than his income, will become x'0<>r
if he lives long enough.   Living beyond
their means has brought multitudes of
persons to ruin in our generation.   It is
the cause of nine-tenths of all tho defalcations whicli  have disgraced tlie age.
Bankers and business men iu general do
not often helx> themselves to other pco-
Xile's money until then- own fund begins
to fall off, and their expenditures exceed
their receipts.    A man who  is hi debt
walks in tlie midst of perils.   It cannot
but imxiair a man's sclf-resxiect to know
tliat he is living at the expense of others.
Itis also vory desirable that wo should
keep somewhat ahead in our work.  This
may not be possible in till cases; as, for
instance, when a man's work is assigned
to certain fixed hours, like that of tlie
operatives in a mill.   But there are certain classes of peoplo who can choose
tlieir time for tho work wliich they are
called to do, and amongst them thero ore
some who invariably put off tha task assigned them as, long as possiblo, and then
come to its  performance horried, per-
Xilexcd, anxious, confused—in such a state
of mind  as   certainly  unfits them for
doing their best work.    Get ahead and
keep ahead, and your success is tolerably sure;	
A Hawaiian Heroine.
Passing along King street last week,
says tho Honolulu Advertiser, wo noticed
a gathering of natives, in the center of
wliich was a middle-aged man, of rather
a sickly aspect, and a young girl of some
sixteen or eighteen years. Drawing near,
wo found it was one of those who had
been washed overboard from the "Waioli,
and tho girl was his daughter. Ho was
relating their oxx>erience while overboard
—about au hour and a half, "When
thrown into the sea, the man had on
heavy soa-bobts and thick clothing.
After swimming a whilo he began to find
it difficult to keeji above water, and told
his daughter that he must soon give uxi—
his heavy boots woidd sink him. She
encouraged him to persovei'e, aud she
would try and rid him ox he boots.    Sho
teen, of which but six mo now in opon>
tion.
Oapt. Mahsao; tho old Prgnch trader,
died at Bay City last week. Ho did not
know his age, tint was between 00 and
100. Hs waa formerly on the staff of
Gen. Cass.        ,
Dethoitis notbapxiy over the Census,
Where 175,000 was roquired,tho enumerators have found 119,700, and Detroit
wonders what has become of ten years'
growth.
James P. Cawmst has brought suit at
Detroit against tlie Micliigan Central
Bailroad Company for $10,000 damages,
for being forcibly ejected from a train, a
few days since, without cause.
Jamin Cole, of Sherman, has a jirofit-
able littl.' flock of shei'X). They number
eleven, and he sheared 110 pounds of
wool from them. Omi sheep yielded
fourteen xiounds and eleven ounces.
A rare at Chose, Lake county, on tlio
Jine of the Plint and Pere Marquette
railroad, burned about 2,000,000 feet of
lumber and tlio Harmon saw-mill there.
Loss, irom $12,000 to $15,000, on which
there was $0,000 of insurance on tho
lumber, and none on the mill.
The meeting of the State Pomological
Society, at Battlo Creek, was sparsely
attended. Officers were not elected at
this meeting. President Lyon was in
thc chair. The discussion of small
fruits, strawberries, ete., occupied tho
attention of the delegates. Tho society
adjourned till December, to meet at Ann
Arbor.
Gov. Croswemv has seut to President:
Hayes, for confirmation by him, the following nominations to tho offices of Commissioners and alternates, representing
Michigan at the world's fair to be held
in New York in 1883 : Commissioners—
AV. O. Hughart, of Grand Hui>ids; Chns.
K. Backus, of Detroit. Alternates—H.
C. Potter, of East Saginaw; J. D. Hayes,
of Detroit.
In18G8 a woman living in Grayson
couuty, "Tex.; 'a, recent arrival from
Michigan, Who was, then ycrv ill,, willi
seven childftiUto (Jarte foiv'i>ei-mitted a
>flei^hbQl'.tot4l^;.hff^tlft.girLa^ejl,.S,
years, for n fow days. On 'i-eoovering-,
the mother went after the child, and
learned, for the. first time, that the f 1 s i-
ly had moved away, uo one know whith-
e'r. After a twelve-years' search nn elder
brother of the lost girl discovered her in
Minnesota, and the two passed through
St. Paul bound for the South. She had
been kept in ignorance of her relatives'
whereabouts, and shamefully abused.
Orartaders will remember thc sad
disaster, some time since, of the loss of
a fish boat from Point St. Ignace and
tlie drowning of seven men from that
Xilace, an account of which we gava at
the time. The lake has been giviug up
its dead, and four of the bodies cf that
ill-fated party have been recovered. Last
Sunday the body of Gary La Bute was
discovered floating in the lake and recovered, aud was buried at tho Point,
Monday. Tuesday three more were found
and recovered, 'being the. remains of
AVilliam Schabinan, Francis Mnrtiu and
Moses Paquin. Tlie three latter were
buried at the Point on AVednesday. It
is hoped that the bodies of the remaining three may yet be found.—Chelny-
gan Tribune.	
Postoffice Salaries.
Every two years thePostoflice Department readjust the salaries of Postmasters all over tho "United States. The
biennial regradiug has just been mado.
There has been found to be a general
increase in the business, and the salaries
havo been increased in a corresxionding
ratio. Below is the new list for Michigan, including all receiving $1,200 and
ux>ward:
■ - • ...$2,501)'Lansing	
... 2,000;I,op!i>r	
... 1.800 Lowell	
... 2,000|Ludington...
... 2,800 Manistee...
2,800
In any form on that stock. Thoy also agreed J and again the Democratio campaign
that Gen. Garflold ouco received from Mr. Ames j wns made on the idea of hostility to a
a small sum of monoy. On tho followingi points mUitary candidate. Mr. Greeley carried
thoy disagreed: Mr. AmoS claims tbat Gen. „•_ qinfy.s (rivinr/ rnvtv-t-mn eWforftl
Garflold agreed to take tho Stock. Gen. Garlield 813j atot^'« S^^ 1V3 oqp fw°5„!
denies it. Mr. Amos claims that Gen. Garlield I votes, and Grant received 280 electoral
received from him $329, and no moro, as a bal- I votes,
anco of dividtads on tho stack.   Gon. Garfield ]    Discouraged by this esi>eri]nont, tlio
attenxpts, actually succeeded in removing
the heavy boots, which, of course, fitted
very loosely. Sho dove again and removed his thick woolen pants, which impeded his swiinmingr, aud then assisted
him in getting off his pea-jacket. Tims
lighted, he wns able to keep his head
Adrian.......
Allilon	
Allegnn	
Alpena.......
Ann Arbor...
Battle Creek..
Benton Harbor..
1,800
Big Kapids 1,900
Bucbuiinn.
Codlllac	
Calumet.	
Caro....	
Cheboygan ....
Charlotte.	
Coldwater.....
Constantine....
Decatur	
Detroit. .,
Dowaffinc......
East Saginaw...
1,609
1,700
2,100
.... 1,200
.... 1,300
. .. 1,800
 2,r>00
.... 1,200
....H00
 3,600
.... 1,800
.... 2,800
.... 1,100
Marquette....
Marshall.	
Mason...  .
Menominee.. ...... 1,300
Monroe -,W>
Mt, Clemens l,50O
£2,900
, 1,701)
. VjOO
X,WX)
2,200
2,500
2,300
1,500
Grand ll&pids,
rentonvlllo.......
Flint ,
Grand Haven....
Grand Rapids...
Greenville.......
Hancock
rigs	
Hillsdale  2,000
Holland 1,500
Mnsk«son.
Neganneo...
Niles	
Ovid........
Ownisso	
Paw Paw.,.
Potosky.....
PlalnweU.,..
Pontiao.....
Port Huron
l'.OOO Portland...
Q,('fl0jHomco .....
1,900 Saginaw....
3,000!st. Johns....
1,'JOOiSt Joseph...
2,800
1,600
2,100
1,200
1.700
 1,600
 1,200
  1:300
...... 2^100
  1,000
 1,300
 IJOO
....... 2,600
  1,800
1,300
Hastings. l,800iStanton..
Sturgis	
Tecumseh
Houghton...
Howell	
Hudson'	
Ionia........
lshpeming...
Jackson	
Janosvllle	
Kalamazoo..
. 1,600
  1,700
 2,100
 2,000
 2,200
. 3,000
l,M0!St. Tools 1,500
     • . 1,500
. 1,600
. 1,700
Threo Rivers 1,900
Traverse Oity 1,600
Union City l,20O
West Bay City 1,800
White Pigeon..
Whltehal
igcon..
a	
.'.'.'.'.'." 1,'300 Ypsilanti,."
 2,9001
1,200
, 1,200
, 2,200
% trnd ti&t ho never recolvod anything from  ?°l^msm ?n?.n?I®TSrJnm?*   "T   boat came along and picked them, up.
Wmonwwnintof stoofe ! 18S0 the Wty that \n<n\ MaOldlan }n | ^M n0fc tWa a KftWflliivn heroine?
Tlie Maiden's Prayer.
A romantic young man asked his
sweetheart to take a walk with him by
moonlight on tlie river bluff at East Dubuque, Iowa. Sho went gladly. "When
half Way mi the extension they halted lo
admire the prospect Suddenly a stone
slipped underneath, the young man's
feet and he went down like a curtain-
stick. Ho caught hold of some vines
which clung to the rocks and hung on for
dear life, expecting to fall a hundred feet
aud lie dashed to x>ieces on tlie rocks "below. The young woman could not xmll
him up, so she fell on her knees and
Xirayed for him, The young man United
with her after this fashion: "Help!
Murdor! Oh, Lord! I know I'll be all
broko up. Now I lay me. Confound it
all, J forgot Oh, Jerusalem! Tve got
to let go viretty quick. Give us somo
daily bread. Oil, that ain't right! Oh,
Loril! Send somebody to help me out of
this scrape. Help! Thunder!" At this
point he could hold on no longer, but
went down. But not oue hundred feet.
Only a fow feet, for he landed on a ledge
wliich neither he nor she had seen in their
excitement. A small fragment of cuticle
nibbed off his knee was tlie sole injury.
Thb orange crop p£ Florida will b§
jlaa this! aetiEoni
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