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JORDAN,' HOtUSTER CO., PRODUCE I.1 Aad Dealer i a . Hour, Grain, Hay, Grass Seeds Lard, Cuttor, Eggs, Oorti .A.ppls, & o., &o . S4 XiiVerfy Street, PITT6DURCH, PA ' ' " JwSarjaaltSIOS13 I -' ' M Uaeaapon, Woodsaeld, Obloi S U at '. A- W. O.l iokw Roand, HoiaseMwield, 0.1 T,Vo-da, f.Oak! Wilson, Cart fc Co., HI ' Etablihd in 1813. ST. CTAinSVTt,LH:,OtlIO. JULY New 13, 1805. Sorie--Vol. 5, 3STo. 24. THE FOURTH AT GETTYSBURG. SPEECH OF GEN. HOWARD. As I Rtind hore to diy beforo prtucful tudience, composed in it in of beautiful Indict, Joyoni ohildren, and'happy oitn.n, and think of my last visit to tbi place two years ago, and ot the terrible at-enea in which it w ray lot tn beat a part, I cannot help etrlaituiiig, "How chauged I bow changed I" It i the Mine rich landscape, broad and beautiful, ooered with etrery rariety of natural object to pltaa the eye. The lame wooded ridirea and puliivated Gelds ; the tame neat littto town clinging to the hillside ', the name broad arenuee of approach : the came ravinea add creeks bat, thank God I the awful tnat:ni6cence of hot arrayed irainst each other in deadly atrife iis wantintr. . Yonder heights are n longer crowned with hostile cannon ; the Valleys do not re verberate with i their fearful roar ; the groves and the bousei do not give back the indescribable peal of the musketry flro. And oh I how like dream to day seems that sad spectacle ot broken tombstones, prostrate fences, and the ground strewn with our wounded and dead companion I Then follows, after battle, the minelimr of friends and enemies .with suffering de picted in all possible modes of portraiture. The sura-eons, with resolute hearts and bloody hands; the pale faces of relatives searching for dear ones, the busy Sanitary and Christian workers all pass bel'oie my mind in group after group. My friends, my companions, my country men, suffer me to congratulate you anew to day, this 4th day of July,' 1865. that this sad work is completely done, and that sweet peace has really dawned upon us. On the 19th of November. 1863, this Na tional Cemetery, a pious tribute to manli ness and virtue, was consecrated. The Hon. Edward Everett delivered an address in hjs own rich, clear, elegant style, which, having been published, has long ago become historical, and affords us a complete and graphic account of the campaign and hattlo of Gettysburg. I am deeply grate ful to this troble patriot for his indefatiga ble industry irr securing facts, and for the clear mrrative be has left us of this battle, in which every living loyal soldier who fought here is now proud to have borne part. He, joining the patriotic bffnd of f hose that are honored by hm eloquence, has gone to his reward ; and let his memory ever be mingled with those here, upon whose graves he o ctfrnestly invokod your benediction. Mr. Everett was followed by the few re markable words of President Lincoln. While Mr. Lincoln's frame is so nenr and der to'',- and the memory of his work and1 sacrifice so fresh, I deem it not inap propriate tn repeat bis own words : "Fouroora and seven vears airo our fath ers brousht forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. - .- "Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation ho conceived and so dedicated oao long endure. ' We are met on a creet battle -Sold of that war. We are met to dedicate a por tion of it as the final reating-plaee of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this. "ijut in a larger sense We oannet dedicate, We cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this- ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have cooperated if far above our power to add or detract. ' 1 he world will little note, nor long re member what we say here, but it can never forget what they (Kit here. "It is for ut. the livinr. rather t'ba ded icated here to the unfinished work that they have thus far so noMy carried on. ''It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great tack remaining before us that from these honored dead we tako increased devotion to the cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly reitolve that the dead shall nnc have died hi vain, that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that the government 'of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth. Ihe civil war is ended; the test was oom- Elete. He, Abranam Iiinooln-, never forgot ia own dedioation'till the Work wasftiiished.- He did display even increased devotion if it' were passible. The dead did not die in vain; and the na tion has experienced already the new birth of freedom of wbibh he spoke, Oh, that in the last throes of darkness and crime Gtod had seen-it good to have spared us" that great heart out of which proceeded1 euoh weloorfle words of truth and encouragement I How very muoh- of grateful reoollectiorr clusters around thenaine ot Abraham Lin ooln as we pronotinoe it here among- th'4 dead who have died that our nation' might not perish f'riiu the earth I- ihestt grounds have already been conse crated, and are doubly sncred from the memory ot our brethern Who lie here, and from tho asooiatiun with those remarkable men, Mr. kverett and Mr. Liiiculn. who gave tons to the eauroises of consecration two yoara ago, wlin.se own bodies are now resting beneath the sud, but whoso spiriis are still living, and unmistakably anima ting every true American huart this day. We have now been called to lay the oor-ncr-st.trm of uionuuicnl. '. This monument is not a mere family re nnrd, not th simple mrtuvuiul of individual fame, qor thv silent tribute to genius. It is raisod to the eoldii r. It is a memo ria l of his life and-bitf noble death. ll embraoes a purriotio brotherhood of heroes in ' insoiipfinrw, and in an uuoeas iog hera.'d of labor, su(fring. union, liberty and BfccrifV- , Let us then' s it pfopor cm such an oc casion as thi. j-We fe". thoughts to the American soldier. We have now em braced under this gen erio name of soldier, the dutiful olllcer, the volunteer eoldier, the r.'tjuJaT. the colored, and the mmoript ; but iu my remarks twill present you the : privatt pa'WMeer akejjhe representative American solder. In the early part of 1861, the i.nio citifen heard that traitors At Washington had farmed a conspiracy to overthrew tbs Gov ernment, and soon after that f be stars od stripes had been fired upon, and had been hauled down at the1 bidding of an armed eaemy in tionth Carolina ; that the Capital of the natioq was threatened, and that our new President had called for help. j Hoar qafet-ly tka eltiiea answered the eallt- ' - Alinaoi uka ataxia ao eeoauf lonli a aaldtas-t His farm Us bench, his; desk his- oonnter, was left behind, and you find him marching through the then gloomy, fUgltss, dQant sireeis of Daltiniore, fully equipped for service, with uuilorru gray, blue, red, or green it then mattered not; with knap sack, cartridge box, niucket aud bayonet, his outfit was all that was r quired. He was a little awkward, his accoutre mrms much awry, his will unsubdued. He did not keep step to music, nor al ways lock stop with bit companions. lie had scarcely ever fired a musket, but he had become a soldier, put on the soldiors' garb, set his face toward the enemy,- and God willing, he purposed never te turn back till the soldier's work was done. ' Von meet him st Wandinpton (on Meridi sn Hill perhaps); discipline and seise upon him, restrain his liberty, and mould his body. Colonels, captains, lieutenants, and Lfergeants, hM former equals, order him aoour, ana ne must ooey mere, un what days! and what nights I Where is home and affWion t Where1 is the soft bed and the loaded -table? Change -of climate, ohange of food, want of rest, want ef all kinds ot old things, and an influx of all sorts of new things, make him sick yes, really sick in body and soul. But in spite ot a few doses of quinine and a wholesome hospital bed and diet, (as the soldier of '61 remembers them,) bis vigorous constitution and indomitable heart Erevail, so that he is soon able to cross the ong Bridge and invade the sacred red clay ot Virginia, with his companions in arms. Yet, perhaps, should you now observe him very closely you will perceive his enthusi asm increasing faster even than his strength. He is on the enemy's side of the river; now for strict guard duly ; now for the lone ly picket amidthe thickets where men are killed by ambushed foes. How the eye and oar, and, may I say it, the heart, are quickened in these new and trying vigils. Before long, however, the soldier is inured to these thiugs; be becomes familiar with every stump, tree, and pathway of approach and his trusty gun and stouter heart defy any seoret foe. Presently vou find him on the road to battle ; the hot weather ot July, the usual load, the superadded twenty extra rounds of cartridges and three days' rations, strung to his neck, and the long weary march quite exhaust his strength during the very first day. He aches to leave the ranks and rest, but no I no I He did not leave home for the ignominious name of "straggler" and "skulker." Cost what may, he toils on. The Acotink, the Cub Run, the never to-be-forgotten Bull Run, are passed. Here, of a sudden, strange and terrible sounds strike upon bis ear, and bear down upon his heart; the booming of shotted cannon; the screeching of bursted shell through the' heated air, and the sip, sip, zip of smaller ba'ls t everything produces a singular effect upon bira. Again, all at once he is thrown quite unprepared upon a new and trying ex perience r tor now be meets the groaning ambulance and the bloody stretcher. He meets limping, armless, leglo6s, disfigured, wounded men. To the right of him and to the Lit of him are the lifeless forms of the slain. Suddenly a large iron missile of death strikes close beside him, and explodes, send ing out twenty or more jagged frsgments, which remorselessly maim or kill five or six of his mates, before they had the' oppor tunity to strike one blow for their country. His f'aco is row very pale; and will not thej American soldier flinch- and turn back ? There m a stonewall : there is a buildintr: there is a stack of hay it is so essy to bide. But no I He will not be a coward I "Oh God, support and strengthen mel" This is all his prayer. aoon tbe cry comes, ' Our flank is turned our men retreat I" With tears pouring down his oheeks, he slowly yields, and joins the retiring throng. Without any more nerve and little strength, he struggles back Iroin a lost held. Now he drinks tbs dregs of suffering. Without blanket lot the night, without food. without hope, it is no wonder that a panic seizes him, and he runs demoralized away. ibis disreputable course, however, is only temporary. The soldier before long forgets bis defeat and his suoerings, brightens up his armor,- and resumes bis dIacs on tbe defensive line. tie submits for wearv davs to disci nlins. drill, and hard fare : he wades through the snows of winter and the deep mud of a Virginia spring. He sleeps upon the ground, upon" the deck ot transport steauler, and upon the floor of the platform car. He belus load and unload stores : be makes fascines and gabions ; he corduroys quicksands, and bridges creeks and boss: flight and dav he digs or wa tones in the trenches. What a world ot new experience 1 What peculiar ' labor and suffering ha passes through, the soldier alone can tell you. He now marches hurriedly to his second battle ;: aoon after he is in a series of them. Fight and tall back I Kigbt and fall back 1 Ob those days of hopelessness, sorrow, toil and emaciation. How vividly the living soldier remembers thsm, those days when he cried from the bottom ot his heart, ''Oh God, how long 1 how long I" , Would' jou have patienoa tn follow him through' the oommingling of disasters front tbe battle ot Cedar iMeuutain to the same old Bull Run; yW wowitr emerge with trim from the chaos and Svheld bis glistening bayonet again- on- rhe suooessful fifcld of Antietara, whore a glfrnmer of bepe lighte'dr up hisjheait. .... Would you go with' him' frf the' biodily fluids of Fredericksburg, staunch his wounds in the wilderness of ChanoeHoravilkv and journey on with him afterwards to this hal lowed ground of Gettysburg,-autfcottld' yon be enabled to read and record- his foHs,- hu sufferings, and all bis thoughts, you might be ablo to appreciate thetrue Aineric'arl'sol-' dier. Yofl' might tlmrr recite the first chap ter of the cost of the preservation ot tbe American Union. In September, I8G3, after the battle of Gettysburg, the Govern ment sends two army corps to reinforce our brethren in the West. The soldier isr already far from home' and friends, but he is suddenly apprised that he must go two thousand miles father. 1 He cannot visit his family to take leave of them. He has scarcely the opportunity of writing a line ef farewell. - The ohances of death are multitudinous as tbey appear before his imagination, and tbe hope of returning in very slender. , Yet again the soldier does not falter. With forty others be crowds into the close, unVentilated freight Car and speeds sway, night and day, without even the luxury of a deoerjt seat. With all the peculiar discomforts of this Journey, the backings and the waitings at the railroad junctions, the transfers from ear to car, and from traia to train ; being foofioed for days without' the selaoe aba- - strength derived from his euff;n, there yet something compensative in the eihnir - aiing influence of change. And there is added to it tn paitng throtiih Ohm and Indiana a renewed inspiration as Ihe people turn out In masses to vMcmue him and bid him God speed. As little girls throw wreaths of fl wer round bis nock, kiss his brnnted cheek, and strew his car With other offerings ot love and devotion. Such impressions as wr-re here received worn never effaced. They touched the rough heart anew with tenderness, nd, being a remainder of all the old home affec tions, only served to deepen his resolution sooner or later, uy the blessing of (iod, to reach the goal of his ambition; that is to say, with his omui pan iots, tn Moure to his children and t other children enduring peace with liberty and an undivided coun try. He psss on through Kentucky, through tha battle-fields of Tennessee), already histor ical. . , The name. Nashville! Stone River. Mnr. ireesboro, andTullahoma, reminded him of past struggles and portended future con flicts. . He is deposited at Bridgeport, Alabama, a houseless, cheerless, chilly place, on the banks of Jthe Tennesse; possessing no in terest further than that furnished by the railroad bridge destroyed;' and the yet re maining rubbish and filth of an enemy's camp. Before many days the soldier treads his way up the vslley of the great river which winds and twists amid the rugged moun tains, till he finds himself beneath the rock crowned steps ot Lookout. a Flash after flash, volume after volume of lightrcolored smoke, and peal on peal of eannon, the orashing sound of shot and the screaming of shell are the ominous signs of unfriendly welcome sent forth to meet him from this rocky height Yet on the marches, in spite of threaten ing danger, in spite of the ambush along his raute, until he has joined hands with his' Western brother who had oomo from Chattanooga to meet and to greet him. This is where the valley of Lookout joins that of the Tennessee. At this plaoe the stories of Eastern and Western hardship, suffering, battling, and danger are recapitulated and made te blend into the common history and the common saoritice of tbe American soldier. Were there time, I would gladly take you, step by step with the soldier, as he bridges and crosses the broad and rapid river; as he ascends and storms the height of Mission Ridge; or as he plants his victo rious feet, waves his banner, and flashes his gun on the top of Lockout Mountain. I would carry you with him across the death-bearing streams of Chickaraauga. I would have you follow him in his weary. barefooted, wintry march to the relief of Knoxville and back to Chattanooga. From his point of view I would open up the spring campaign, where their great General initiated hie remarkable work of genius and daring. 1 could point you to the soldier pursuing hie enemy into the strouaholds of Dalten. behind tho stern impassable feaiures of iiocky face, Kesaca, Adairsville, Cassville, Dallas, New Hope Church. Pickett's Mill, Pine top, List Mountain. Kenesaw. Culn'a Farm. Smyrna, Camp ground. Peach tree Creek, Atlanta, from' so many points of view, and Jonesbnro, and names of battle fields upen each ef which a soldier's mem ory dwells. ' For upwards of a hundred days he scarce ly rested from the conflict. Skirmished Over rocks, hills and moun tains, through mud, streams alii forests. . For hundreds of miles he gave his aid to dig that endless chain of entrenchments which compassed every one of the enemy's fortified positions. He accompanied with those who combatted the obstinate foe on the front and on the flanks of those moun tain fastness which' the enemy had deemed impregnable, and he had a rikht at least to echo the sentiment of his indefatigable leader, "Atlanta is ours and fairly won." Could you now have patience to turn back with him and fight those battles over again, behold his communications cut, his railroad destroyed for .miles and miles; enter the bloody fight of A'llaloona, follow him through the forced marches, via Rome, Georgia, away back to Kesacca, and through the obstructed gaps of the mountains into Alabama, you would thank Gnd for giving him a stout heart and an unflinching faith in a hist and noble cause. - Weary and worn, he reposdd at Atlanta, on his return, but one single night, when be Commenced the memorable march to ward Savannah. Tbe soldier has become a veterm;' he can march all day with his musket, his knap sack, his cartridge bex. bis haversaok, and canteen upon his person; his muscles have become large and rigid, so that what was once extremely difficult be now accomplish' es with graceful ease. This tact must be borne in mind when studying the soldier's marches through Georgia snd the Carolines. The enemy burned every bridge aoross stream after stream; the rivers bordered wilb sWanTps for example, the Oomulgee, the Oconee, and the Ogechee were de fended at every crossing. That tbey were passed at all by our forces, fs due to the cheerful, fearless, indomitable private sol dier. Oh that you had seen htm as I have tfone, wading erects a half mile in width and Water waist dcop, under fire, prssing on through witle swamps', without one falter ing rtep,-charging- in line upon the most formfdaliie works,.- which Were well defend ed! You could" then aiiptecrute hiui snd what he has accomplished at I do. You could then feel the poignant sorrow that I always did feet when I saw him fall bleed ing to the Curtli. t must now leave the soldier r'd'teli his own tale amongst the people; of his bold bloody work at McAllister against the tor- fiadnes, abatlis, artillery, and musketry; of lis privations at Savannah; of his struggles through the swum ps, quicksands, and over the bread' rivers of the Carolina;' of the ngnts, urea, explosions, aoiims, and tri umphs suggested by Griswoldvillo, Rivers' and Binnaker's bridu's, Orungeburg, Con gaisva ereck, .ColumMh, Cboraw, Fayefte ville, Averyeborn, arid Bentonville. I will leave him te tell- how his nopes brightened at the reunion at Goldsboro. How his heart thuobbed with gratitude arid jby as the wires confirmed' the rurriored news of Lee's defeat, so soon to be followed by the capture of the enemy's Capital and his entire army. 1 will leave him to tell to yourselves and your children how elastio hit steps as he marched in review before the President of the United States at Washington l ' 1 would do the soldier in tVwMZe hinng satisfaction emnt.. justice not to say that tbsre Wa wanting to make his satisfaction 1 I island that was the sight of the tall form of Abraham Jwnooln, and the absence of tht bitter rcoollec ion which he could not i ioeinerexci.iae iro n nis neart-that (us naa a.ea by toe nana or a traitor assassin. f ' 'i U" ; : soff-ired. you should have accompanied him for the last lour years. . You should have stood upon the battle fields during and after mo struggle; and you aiiouid have completed your observation in the army hospitals, and upon tne countless grounds peopled with thndcad. Tho maimed bodic, the multi tude of graves, the historic fields, the mon umental stones like (his we are laying to day, after all are only meagre memorials of me soiatenr worn. God grant that what he planted, nour ished, and has new preserved by his blood I mean American Liberty msy be a plant dear to us at the apple of the ey, and that Its growth may not be hindered till its roots are firmly aet in every Vtate of mis union, ana tin tne tan fruition of its blessed fruit is reahied by men of every name, color, and description in this broad land. Now as I raise my eyes and behold the plaoe where my friend and trusted commjn der, General Reynolds, fell, let me add my own testimonial to that of others, that we lost in him a true patriot, a true man, a oorrplete General, and a thorough soldier. Upon him and the others who died here for their country, let there never cesso to descend the tnot earnest benediction ef ev ery American heart. Let me congratulate this noble Keystone State that it was able te furnish such tried and able men as Reynolds who fell, and Meade who lived to guide us suoccessfulfy through this wonderful and hotly contested battle. In the midst ofall conflicts, of all sorrows and triumphs, let m never for an instant forget that there is a God in Heaven whose arm is strong to help whose balm it sweet to assuage every pain aud whose love em braces all jov. To him, then, let us look in gratitude snd praise that it has been His will so greatly to bless eur nation; and may this monu ment evor remind us and our posterity, in view of the lact that we prevailed against our enemies, "that righteousness cxalteih a nation, but sin is a reproach to any peo ple." I The New Constitution of Missouri. The following are the leading features of the new Constitution of Missouri just adopt ed by a majority of tbe people. It declares Missouri a free state forever. It establishes the equality of all men be fore the law. It prohibits legislation interfering with the personal rights of men on account of their color. It declares that Missouri shall ever re main a member of tbe American Union. It excludes from the ballot box and from office, traitors, rebels, rebel sympathizers, guerrillas;' marauders, ' bushwhackers, and their aiders and abettors. it in like manner excludes Knishts of the Golden Circle, Sons ef Liberty and 0. A. K's. It in like manner excludes those who en rolled themselves as disloyal, or as South ern sympathizers, to avoid military duty. It provides for an efficient registration of voters, thereby seouriug the exclusion of il legal voters. It removes the rule requiring treason to be proved by at least two witnesses, and leaves it to b'e proved as any other crime. It invites emigration from Europe by ex tending the elective franchise to those per sons of foreign birth who have more than one year before an election, declared their intention, according to law, to become citi zens of the United States. It forbids private, local and spoci'al legis lation, which lor thirty years has cursed the State, and brings the Stato under a uniform system of general laWs. It prohibits lotteries. It forbids the Legislature making com pensation for emancipated slaves. It steps the creation ef corporations by special acts, with enormous and dangviou powers, and requires all corporations to be formed under general laws. it protects the interests of the people by imposing upon stockholders individual lia bility for tbe debts of corporations. It secures an efficient system ef common schools tor the free education of the child ren of the State. It gives increased facilities' for its own amendment, and allows the people a dilect vote upon every amendment proposed. j t The Grave of Mr. Lincoln's Mother. ingafnnd .ufllclent to erect a mona ia ment to the memory of bi mother ?" It is proposed, in Cincinnati, to open a subscription to erect a monument over the grave of the mother of the late President Lincoln. The publishers of Barrett's History of Lincoln In that City,' hare had a sketch made of the locality and have the enterprise iu hand, with a gobd prospect of success. The locality is near the village of Gen-tryville,- Spencer County,- Indiana, the residence for seventeen years of the' parents of Abraham Lincoln'. Under the aged forest trees or the Country lie' the remains of the mother of our mar tyred President The moss-coVered mound of earth,' whore' peacefully sleeps the mother of tins' great and good marr, is without; iiead-stone or monument to mark its locality, or re late to tho passer-by the name of its honored . occupanlf. The Cincinnati Commercial,- from which we obtain these particulars, says "it was among the Inst expressed resolves of Mr. Lin coln to consummate a long-contemplated desire to erect a suitable memo rial over the grave of his mother. This resolve was beautifullyexpressed in a letter from the President to an' old friend at Gentry ville, written but a few weeks' before his tragic death, hl"Which he' said that irr the' coming (present) summer, he mteiideil to visit the local ity and make provision for procuring a testimonial of his affection for hia motheri .. He was not permitted to fuU fill his desire:- Shall not the citizens of Cincinnati seize this opportunity to' express their proronncl respect; for tbe memory of Abraham Lincoln, by- rais. The Real Character of Jefferson Davis. [From the London News.] Tho BltuatioffCT this unhannv roan i, ,l0W tmU M wouk cit), ,' ,f ,t were possible to th nk of him without the unspeakable woes hi" nittion brought upon bis country, He was not only the head of the Con- federate Government, but a nrhne tnov- er of the conspiracy nluneed the neonle or tue Sou tn iuto a causeless war, before time was given tliem to deliberate on the course, not comfortable to their in terests, and a large number of them protested agnlnst secession. General Leo has excused him on the trround that he yielded to the solicitation of others. But his speech in the Senate or the united States on the 21st of January, 1801, would suttlce to refute this statement if we had not abundant evidence to the contrary from vther sources. And not only did lie plnn this war, but on lilra rests the responsibil-1 itt- f itntillnnlnrv I Mnn,l, 1 j years after the hope of success bad passed away. From what Lee and Johnston and Hardee have stated since the fall of the Confederacy it is now clear that Air. Davis prolonged the war after his- best Generals had urged him to make peace. If ho were an swerable for nothing but the great sac rifice of life caused by the rejection of Mr. Lincoln's proposuls at Hampton Roads, the weight of such a load of responsibility might well break down the stoutest heart His language and acts during the nine months preceding his flight from Richmond sufficiently disclosed the ruin of his hopes. Until then a habit of self-restraint bad con cealed to a great extent his real Char acter. But from the time ha vwited Geor gia, after the fall of Atlanta, and call ed Gov. Brown a scoundrel in a public speech, down to the address of March lust, in which be referred to Grant and ci ... :.i u t . 1 3 uui-i iunu ne BUHllieis) until lie HOUIU whip, the coarseness of the man's ne, ture has been apparent It was about the time of the reckless Alacon speech that he began to authorize those atro- clous outrages which have made it less ,i:..i-..i ...v-i: t ,.! .... uilllcult to believe in his comDlicitv with the plot which resulted in Air. Lincoln's death. ! ! i I j : I , ; An Act To provide a bounty for veteran volunteers. i by the General AweinUy itf the Slut of Ohio. That tbe trustees ot (he several townships of this State are hereby authorized to issue to each re enlisted veteran volunteer, who has been heretofore credited upon tbe quota of tbe township under any requisition of the Pres ident ot the United States lor volunteers, during the existing rebellion, and who have not received any local bounty upon said re i eiili-tiuent, a bond for the su?i of one hun dred dollars, bearing six per cent, interest, redeemabfe. ut tho pleasure ot the trustees, one year after the date thereof. Sec. Phut if any men veteran vol unteer shall have died bef'ure receiving the bond to which he Would hsrv been entitled by the I'sl rcciiobof this act.it i-Lall be given ui nis ji'gHi representatives ; but no money shall, by this act, be paid to any one who lias deserted the military service, or ! hTj at any lime left the State to evade or escape any draft, or has bean convicted of any criminal offense against the laws of this See. Said bond shall he signed hr ! ihe trustees, and countersigned by the clerk of the township, and. as soon as praotieable, delivered to said volunteers, or their repre sentative. Sec. 4. For the purpose of paying said bonds, tho trustees of any township issuing the same, shall levy such tax, each year after issuing tbe same, as may he required to pay one-third of the amount of each bond, with interest r and said levy shall be certified to the Auditor ef the county, and i shall be entered upon the duplicate and col lected as other taxes, and the money raised thereby shall be assigned to said township and paid out upon said bonds. Sec. 5. This act oh a 11 take effect upon its passage. JOHN JOHNSTON. Speaker of the House Representatives. S. HUMPHREYVILLE. President pro tem. of the Senate. Who are Radicals. 1 ne beaten rebels, who say they submit i because they are whipped but are of the same opinion still;-the pro slavery reaction- in the nnrder slave W,. wh, r.M i.rolonr and aVerav.te anarcHv for tho ! chance of reinstating slavery;' the subdiicd but still unrepenttng traitors m the South; the Confederal Deiriocrat of the North, are drsposwi to auine and cill themselves conrervative. We suppose the Radical are the nppnsito of these. The name of Con servative is quite as odorous ot treachery as that of Democrat. It seems to have been adopted as an alternative to escape a bad name hut the movement was so general that carried the smell ef the party with it. We must admire the sense of those who hitch themselves to a name of such an ill saver to avoid the suspicion of having any honest principles. a. ThZ destruction ef Governor Letcher's house, at Lexington, by Hunter'a raiders, has left bin) in a condition of real distress. So utterly stripped is he ef all means of subsistence that his family have had to rely altogether upoa kind friends for their support ever since his imprisonment A few of bis friends had eetaaDy to raise for him, by contribution among themselves, thirty or forty dollars on tbe morning of his arrest, to serve as a means to purchase seme little requirements beyond what is served in his place of confinement! The last earth ly possession upen which Governor Letcher relied for a future start was ten thousand dollars Worth ef tebaooo, purchased by him since the expiration- ef his. term ot office, nd that shared' the fafe7 ot the thousands of hogsheads of tbaf article deposited in the publie warehouses in that city. Taz Springfield (111.) Journal says':' "X Catfish weighing flfty-sir pounds, wta taken in a trap in Sangamon River, about three miles above the coal bank bridee. a faw nights since. When decapitated, the head ;k. r .......... .....j,. WOlf)1"-. SVIMWWI. IV.UlMt of TERM! Ol ADTEttTUMCi One anaaoa, (Ma llnao ae loaa,) ana a ikaaa Faak sabaaqaent Inaartloai. oqaoto, Uiroo atmika, " ail t H BTRoW-wa. C.roa, at fowl ee-w, llaaav i.akllsk-00- eae yeas airf papof loe . ...7. ) la ,ttm?Zl!Z?"' r"i"S. -mot'ooorflnf ana-faark not e.e..T-:' ' f' Vaar A hall eoln..,. S.Ya&S?' The Real Negro Equality Party. Circlevillo Union, in an article on the Democracy .ud negro euffraire. thus states what is the genuine neeio equnlity party. While tho Democracy """" I'".' ; w,M'ff in 'aver Oftlia ...... gU U. ,,, ucmg in jrtvor or the political equality of white and black. tliaff mm. ....... .11 . , , ' ,uv ,n uiij anu nave always been practising negro equality: "It won't do for these men to talk about negro equality, negro voting and miscegenntion, when It is notorloui that in the veins or nine-tenths of the' miilattoes of the South and Nortli.cour scs Democratic blood. Who are' the fathers of more than a million of yel- l"W. ttnU intI,e Southern States? iotthe Republicans, but tha Demo crats of the South. Who alone keen African concubines, black, yellow antl copper colored? Democrats! Whobe fcat mulattocs and then sold their own blood? Democrats! Who sirod thous ands of the yellow spawn which list been sent North? Dpmnraiat Who R!8ave Judicial decision, in win.., mat r man more white than oiacK is entitled to vote? Democratic Supreme Judges. Who first elected a' man U nited States Senator who declar ed he wag in favor of negro suffrnge? The Democrats in the case of S P Chase. Who repealed the laws of Ohio' imposing disabilities on the blacks in regard to testifying in the court against a white man, and requiring them to give bond.drc? The Democratic party and the Abolitionists in the Ohio Legislature. Who elected a man Vice President who lived with a negress over forty years, bred children by her, mar ried thfm to white men, and attempted to force them On tha white society of Scott County, Kentucky? The Demo cratic party in the case of Richard U. Johnson. Who talks loudest against rniBeegefintion and equality with ne groes, and then practices it the most? uo AveiuocTHiic party. v,ho desires w reinstate slavery In the South in J u. - . tZl I'ceft"n and equality of negroes with whites shall ho n.m.hi. ated? The Democratio party. Who wants to renslnve the blacks 'that uni- ha..,.! I. .1 . . s lt, m 8 , preftl1 in tha OOUtll Olice more? Tha Dprnonrofl 'party. And, yet the leaders' of this miserable negrophobii, nigger on the orain party, accuse the Unionists of especial regard for the negro, and as extremely anxious to confer citizenship1 nnnn tK.ml'' upon them!" The Real Negro Equality Party. The New Democratic Program. gramme. Presidential canvass The caucus accepted the views' of Vnt'hndio-liain- n,rt i i k Uts ) "'andig!iam, nnd endorsed his sen- We hear that the leaders of tho Democratic party of Ohio, have, with in a few days, bad a lengthened night session perhaps reaching into the morning at Cincinnati. Mr. Pen dleton was at the caucus and so was Vallandigham. The latter gentleman was the controlling spirit, and he ev idently came to the consultation, with the programme well digested which he presented in a speech to the conclave. The spirit and burden of his address was to this effect' There are lnv..n Statea, which, with slavery, arc firmly planted on the doctrine of Stnta. rio-hta That issue has been settled bythis' war, it is yet to be fought for, and on that Une the Democracy must rally and "uu "'"tnuuignam couuseicd ex u erae tenderness on the part of the Democracy towards Mr. Johnson, and cited his proclamation reorganizing Nofth Carolina, under a military Gover nor, leaving the question of negro suf frage to the voters of that State, as a step in the right direction upon the doctrine which is proposed to be the basis of the party. Vallandigham said that the Democrats must ei ve all nossi- ble countenance and svmrathv to Sir. Johnson, for it was possible, so doing,' the President would prove as radical upon State Rights as they could wish. Vallandip-hain advised that the war upon Stanton be as bitter as possible, to the widening of the breach between General Sherman and the Secretary af War"; for as appearance now indicated General Sherrniin wonlil h tba, a-i-oiin ble Democratic canrli.lnr in th. ..vt. t"nrnt3 heartily. So it may be con sidered settled as to what is to be the' future policy of the Ohio Democracy.' Cleveland Herald. Ben Wood. a is' to escape unwhipped.'of justice, we might aawell' strike all laws from tho statute bonk and open all the jails. His offence is lank, li has'lohgfestededthe patience ot the people. The blood ef countless numbers of our brave' soldiers is red upon his hands. He stands detested by the North, whioh he has betray-' ed, and by the South, which he has aided to seduce, into a continuance of the. war. HTs office has been the appropriate resting' plaoe tor traitors. To it John Mitchell ran' when Richmond fell, as the serpent slinks from one hole to another. He is a Benedict1 Arnold without his bravery, and a Judus Isoariot who has not the grace to hang him-' self. He and Jeff Davia should be executed' side by side the one as the representative' the Conperheada of the North, and the ether as the representative of the traitors of the South. N. Y. Herald. Tins Ohio; Democracy have been5 crowing over General Sherman as "one' of 'em," and even-had tbe audacity, to' talk: of hiiriss a candidate for Gov-' ernor on its ticket General Sherman,' was in times past a Whig. , He voted1 foy Buchanan beeaiise.he did nof'lftrV Fremont on account of pergonal diHeul ties in Califorma,but his friends say he deeply regrets that vote! Gem Sherman squarely avows his approval Of Gen oral Cox for Governor. Let the "Cop chew that O. S-Jouruak '