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VOL, XV, NO. 27.
CItARDON, GEAUGA COUNTY, OHIO, FRIDAY, JULY 1. 1861.
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J as . A. Garfield, llenresentative in Congress.
Norman 1.. (Jhatlue, Common t loas Juitge.
Wm C. Howolls,
State Senator.
It 0. Woodbury,
M. 0. Uanlield, .
H. N. Shaw,
Wm. N. Keoney
C.C. Field,
(). It. Newcomb,
Ch dries II. I.nmb,
J). W. Csnnold,-
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t Clerk.
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JO. Worrallo.l
r.oson,
Worrallo, J
Whitney,
Nichols,
J. V. Wit
John
J. W.Collins,
I..C. Hoed,
JohnT. r'inld,
Commissioners.
Alex McNish.J
Uenrge Mnnly,
A. D. Hall,
Dlreeton oflnfirmory.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Chabdon, Ohio,
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THR..V3IIER. ,DURFEE & HATHAWAY,
Attorneys & Counsellors at Law,
CnARDON, Ueauoa County, U.,
Will give prompt attontiontobUBinessentrustod
to hem, in Geauga and adjoining Counties.
W".)tKce Srstdoor southof theCourt House,
upstairs.
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Cliardon.Nov. 25lh,185U. 15tl
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C, llclttcn,
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Ciiaiiuon, Ohio.
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URicetn the Uourtllouse Building.
Bay City, Mich. .March 15th, '61 S54tf
P. ALLEN, Jr.,
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Ho that he has located over
J . F. Bruce's Tin Shop, in
Chardon.and is prepared to
repair-Clocks & Watches,
and Jewelry of all kinds,
uthe best manner, and on tbeshotestnotice.
Tirins reasonable, andallwork warranted.
CHardon, Sept. 26th. 18G2. C63ml
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DESIGNERS it L1THOGEAPHEKS
ENGRAVING ON WOOD.
Biok 1 1 luatr a tiona, Buildings, II oriesand other
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iinps,St .YlaoQinery, inevery varielj oibtyl
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN
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caveats, tpaoinoations , ralents, iulringe
Bonis, initiiritiiiiLiwi,
01 BRAINEKD & BURRIDGE,
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J. Sherman
Will keep eonstantlyonhand
GROCERIES of all kinds, Floor
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Mrflsaiaoallatths UrickStorsontha cor
ar, oupoaltsUhaaa's Hotel .
gUniQO.Attnllll6lh,lB61, fiO&tf
MAJOR GENERAL SEDGWICK.
One more of tho mighty It lullon,
Tho brnvost whore nil lire lirnvo,
Oh I bring yo a wreath of laurel
And lay it on his enriy grnvo.
And bring, too, tome sprigs of eyprots,
For how can ou help but mourn,
Whon s horn, fl-iwor In your army,
Tho pride of fond hearts, has gono ?
You will mitt him,ye bravot. In the council,
At you moot on tho touted field,
And again on those furious chargos
Whoro so often your enemies yield.
And when all thoto war notes are ovor,
That now echo buck from each hill,
And poaco broods onco more o'or tho
nation,
Ah 1 thon thou wilt ruiss him still,
But as In your sorrow you mourn him,
You foot that your lost is bis gain, '
For hark I witb the heavenly choir
Is mingled a dulcol now strain.
Ono moro harp is attuned to gtail praise,
One moro soug swells the song of tho
blest,
'Tis the hnrp nnd vo'eo of our horo
In his rriuiihocid he's gone to his rest.
For the Jeffersonian Democrat.
Birds on the Farm.
That are more or less resident all the year,
and their influence upon Agriculture.
PICIDAE; Woodpeckers.
&
Thero are seven tproics of this muoh
abused, though very interesting aod valuable
family, found within the limits of this Coun
ly. Two of those, tho red headed and' the
ycllow-bolliod Woodpecker, nro moro or
lets migratory In iholr habits though num
bers frequently romaio through the wiDter.
Tho other five species aro pormanont t'osi
dontt. They are, the hairy and the downy
Woodpockor, usually called "Saptuckcrs,"
Iho black Woodcock, tho rod-bulliuri, and
tho yellow-winged Woodpecker. Whito
not ono of !lv.se tpocios is us abnndant with
ut as tlio intore8ls of ugriculturo demand,
they would bo In a few years, if tho foolish
practice of destroying Ihoso birds, wb-ch
community, In disregard ol its own belt in
terests, thoughtlessly pormits, wero nban-
oned. Should this practice ho continued.
oradequato protection bo duuled them, tho
farmer may rest assured, that tbe tiino Is
not far distant whon ho will learn, to bis
very groat regrot, that "tho woy of trans
gressors la hurd." - .
This family of birds food moro or less
upon the egg. larvae, chrytalids, and ma-
uro Insects of various tribes, but chirfly
pon thoto of tbe.sovoral families of wood-
borers, that mako such havoo among our
fruit and forest trues, and would evontuully,
mako any place whore thoir depredations
were unchecked, as trcelois as tho dosorvof
Sahara, Thnto lnsoots aro among the most
dostruotlvo of any with which tho former
has to ooutend. As soon os tho egg, which
tho borir doposlts In tho bark is hutchod,
tbo work of destruction commence.!, and It
is pushod coatolcssly onward, for a longer
or thortor porlod, till tbo insect passes into
the chrysalis state. On hatching, the larvae
mmediately oat thoir way down through
the bark to iho wood. Whon that Is reached,
they gnaw out at first, burrows of various
tizol and in different directions, botwoon tho
wood and baik and subsequently, when
their size and strength has become sufficient,
into tbe solid wood Itself.
Most of tbo other insect tribes, as Fall
approaches, pass in succession, ono after
another, Into a stato of roposo, aud remain
dormant through thu winter hence tho
migratory birds, failing from this cause, lo
thoir usual supply of food, pats off and
spend tho winter at tbo Eouth, Nut so
with a groat majority of tbe boer-tribe.
Tboir ravages continue unabated to a much
later period, and many of thorn aro more
or less active throughout tbo entiro wlntor.
Of course, thoio Intcoti, spending as they
do, most of their tlmo iunde of tho tree,
ould rocotvo comparstivoly, no check
whatevor from any ordinary bird ; neither
could have any for a continuous period of
about stx months, from any kind of migra
tory bird, because these would bo absent
during that time, on their soutborn sojourn.
But In the birds of this family and of this
family only we find a good and sufficient
remedy against theso depredators one ox'
sctly adopted to meet their caso In every
particular.
Fivo of the seven ipeciet are parmanont
residents witb us, aud make war on these
borers at all seasons of the year wlntor as
well as summer. Tbe wbolo family have
foot to formed that thoy can easily and
quickly, with thoir aid alono, examine ev
ery part of a troo where a borer can bide
chisul-sbaped bills, that rapidly opon a way
through bark and wood, down to Its burrow
at a point whore unerring instinct says
lies oooeoaled; and a long barbud tonguo,
to thrust into tho opening mttdo, and drag
tbe lotrudor out. Can wo woll resist tbo
conclusion, that this . family of birds were
expressly designed, In tbo coonomy of na
ture, ro do an cnociual check to too rava
ge! of the borer f We know they would
most assurodly, fully accomplish it and save
our trees, if wo would ouase destroying
them, and give theai adoquato protection
These birds aro, however, valuable to tho
farmer for othor reasons, than as check
to tho borers. Are your prnmiiot troubled
with ants f Then encourage the visits
tbe gqjdeo-winged Woodpecker, and you
will very toon have tbe satisfaction of see
ing tbeir numbers gradually diminishing,
and ere long, your ant hills measurably
tenaotloss. Tbe red-beaded Woodpecker,
that eats a little fruit in It seaion, by way
of variety, does tbe fruit-owner, a agonor-
thing, far more good than harm, though
ho may not know it, Tho Kmperor, Fred
erick the Great, thought othotwlio, and
acteil accordingly, but Ito soon very deeply
rr-nrnl imi il A tiltaTftthia f k tnr in h rtr l..m '
wisely ordered .hem to be destroyed. ' This '
urcrro was in ngmiy rxoeutea. tnat lit
rcreo was in ngldly executed, that lu a
. . ...... 1
fow months not a bird or Iho kind could be
found. Tho reiult ws, that in two years,
.........
mere wero no cnornos at all. Tlio imccts.j
blehth. birds In rating had doitroyed. j
.ere so multiplied by having this check re-1
moved, that th. J.in.n, mil '
no moro woro nusua mi me cnunttj was
supposed lo feed on sap, destroy immenio
quantities of insects, that Infest Iho bark of
trees. Tho holes made by thent in tho balk,
were made in order to reach the insect, and
for no othor purpose.
Whether this family pf birds shall re
ceive, at the hands of on Intelligent com
munity, that protection nnluro designed,
and ihe best interest of ngiiculturo demand,
is n question that tho farmers of this Coun
ty, will, ero long, bu compelled to tuko into
serious and thoughtful consideration ; for
thn yearly incieuto of these birds is small,
raisii g us they do, but ono brood usually in
a aouson, and tho slaughter now mado
among litem, by thnughiluss men nod truant
boys, exceeds tho annual increase, so that
their numbers aro gradually diminishing
roiupplledwith thoisvorykind of bird.,
whioh ... finally done b, order of the Km-
peror bimselt, at very great cippn.e. The!
two culled -Pap tucker.- oneo erroniouily ,
1
B. F. ABELL.
The Unknown Painter.
j
it
of
Mtirillo, the colebratod artist of Seville,
often, found upon tho canvas of some ono
o' h!s pupils ekotehns or specimens of draw
ing imperfect nnd . unfinished, but beating
tho rich impress of genius. Thoy wero ex
ecuted lu tho night and he was utterly tin
ablo to corjecluro tho author. Ono morn
ing the pupils arrived at tho studio before
him, und.we.ro grouped beforo an eaiol ut
tering exclamations of delightod surpriso.
when Murillo entered. His astonishment
wni quito equal to their own on finding on
dWinishoii head of tho Virgin of exquibito
. witn muny ,,,,,, of Mpnrtar boau
ty. Ho appealed first to ono and thon to
tho othor of tho young gentlemen to seo
if Ihey could lay claim to Iho chnico out
mistorious production, but they returned a
sorrowful nogntivo.
' llo who has loft this tracery will ono dsy
bo maslor of os all. Sebastian," said bo a
youthful slavo stood troubling beforo hire
''who occupies this studio at night?"
"No one but myself, senor,"
' Woll.toke your station here to-nlghrtnd,
if you do not inform of tho mistorious visit
ant of this room, tblity lastos shall be your
rowsrd on ibe morrow,"
llo bowed in quiet eohmiislnn, and rc-
lliod. That night he threw bis mattress
beforo tbooasol, and slept soundly till Iho
clock stiuck three. Ho then sprang from
his couch and exclalmcd:"Thrco hours aro
my own, the rest aro my mast'or's!" Ho
thon solzed a pallet, and took his seat at tho
frame, to erneo tho work of Iho precoeding
nigh I. With brush in hand to mako tho ob
livious stroke, ho paused: O, thnse eyes,"
snid he, "thoy piorco mo Ihroughl Tho
blood will run from thoio pure vuins; I can
not, O, I cannot erase ill ralber let mo fin
ish II."
. llo wont to work; and soon -the slave, tho
darkened brow, the child of toil and suffer
ing, aro mergod in a youthful spirit, rising
from Iho impotus of his own doathloss oner
gles Into a sphero of liborty nnd bright beau
tv. 'A little coloring hore, a touch thoio, o
soft shudoboro,"and thus throe hours rolled
unheeded by. O Ihoso beaming eyeil thoio
lips, thoy will speak and bleis me! my beau
tifnl! 01 my beautifull" A slight nolso
caused him to look up, Murillo, with his
pupils, stood around; lti6 sunshine was poor
ine brlehtly through tho casement, while
yet iho unextinguished taper burned
Again bo was a slave.and ibo spirit s folded
wing tcaree socmod lo flutter, Hit oyos
fell honeatb tbeir eager gaze.
"Who Is your master, Sebastian?'
You, sonor." -
"Your drawing matter, I moan?".
"You, senor."
"1 have nuver givon you lesions."
"No; but you gave thorn to thoto young
gontlomen, and 1 board thorn
Yes, you have done better you have
profited by them. Does this boy deserve
punishmont or roward.my doar pupils?''
"Reward, sonor, was tho quick rosponso
"What shall it bo?"
Ono suggested a suit of clnthos, another
a sum oi money; but no chord was touched
in the captives bosim. Another taidi
"Tho master tools kindly to-day; ask
your freedom, Bebastlan.
Ho sunk on his knoot, and a groan of an
guish burst from him; ho lifted his burning
eyes to bis master's face; "Tbo freedom
my fattier?
Tho death chill bad passod from hit beart
and bo brtatlud. Murillo folded him
his bosom, "Your poncil shows that yon
have talent, your roqucat that yon have
beart; you are no longor my slave but my
sonl Happy Mnrillul I have not pnlntod
but mado a painter!"
There are still to be seen In claisle Italy
man beautiful tpoclmeni from the peneilt
of Murillo aod Sebattian. .
Ocr lovely lime of youth is our Italy
and Greece, full of gods, templet and bliss
and alas! that so often Gotbt and Van
dnls ttalk through, and trip Ibem witb
(heir talons.
The Late Mr. Giddings.
of
to
a
United S,?.e. for iM liri.l.h Provinces,
I he Mon real Gaictte. in noticing the ,;
melnncholy event, says he lived only eight
rntnulea after the fatal attack. Il addi.i
The following article, copied from the
t. .vi t. ..nJ..ij
(rom the pen of Dr. Johh G. Palprkt, the
A n I i n i A li a1 IVita K.nir onH lnalxri.ist 1 I .
of Mr. Oiodinus, here as il ha. been in '
I tun Int. i
'. ;
Tim !.AT JofJtuA R. Gidoino. To
'' AV''or f tht w9 Iranscryt. 1
ImvA hnn VIre.lltlt7 In fti.A mnma nnlino
-r , ,
b7 ll,e ePP' Pres , .' oarcor anJ
V"'" ran' T, n'.Vl , ,
c , i announced to have taken place a
Tf vn va mv n ' ' j yi iiciu 1 1 V
whi reaidiiiff Aft Consul Gonernl of Khe
,1... !. 11 I nro I II .LI
.. in y, . o.m, suuuoniy leu to tne
floor, while making a speech in Congress,
that in January, 1869, hn was again at-'
tacked in tho same way t c .seriously that
he was supposed to be dead ; and thai
wns a third access of the malady
about a year ago. ,
A man who has acted so conspicuous
and beneficent a pail in ublic lite ought
not to pass away without commemoration,
especially without being commemorated
in a part of the country whose principles
be find so much agency In fixing and in
mnintHininrr, and which be did so much lo
biing to its present posiliou in respect lo
Eunlimi-m and policy. '
Mr. Oiddings had probably almost
reached 'the nge of (evenly years, (lo
served in tbe war of 1812-15 with Eng
land, having '.hen scarcely arrived at
man a estate. lie came to Congress in
December. 1GS9. havimr been. Dvuvious-
ly lo lhat lime, a successful practioner of
in the lown of Jefferson, in Ohio.
continued to be a member of Congress noi
less than twenty year, representing ono
the districts ol the Western. Keser,ve.
The last purl of that time be was the old-
est member or, as the phrase is, "Father
of the House," nnd, as such, administer-
td the oath of oflice to Mr. Speaker lloyd
of Kentucky, in 1851
In 18-11, in the second term of bis Con
gressional service, be was made Chair
man of the Committee on Claims, a com
mittee, which, beforo ihe transfer of that
cln,9S ol applications to tbe jurisdiction of
a special tribunal, was burdened with an
enormous amount of business, and bad
great interests dependent upon its iateg
nty, intelligent and good judgment. Mr.
Gidditigs bad been preceded in that trust
by Mr. Whittlesey, also of Ohio, after
ward Comptroller of Ihe Treasury j and
it Is enough lo say, in praise of Gidding'e
administration, that neither (lie Govern
ment nor tho suitors were thought to be
losers by tbe change.
Uut he did not long retain the favor of
the Hepresentntives. The Slavery ques
tion was becoming prominent in our poli
tics, and be was of tfie few who had at
once sufficient discernment lo perceive its
momentous bearings, and sufficient con
stancy and self reliance to sst light by
tho dictates of a party opposed to tbe
claims of Freedom and Right. This was
not the sort of man whom either of the
parlies of (he day desired lo make prom
inent ; and the next Congressional Direc
tory showed his name transferred dom
tbe Chairmanship of tbe important com
mittee on Claims to a place among the
rank nnd file of the obscure Committee on
Revolutionary Pensions.
liis position was now well denned lo
both friend and foe. He gave himself,
beart and soul, to tbe great controversy
which was opening. He lost no opportu
nity of proclaiming tbe baneful tuiluence
of Slavery on.the councils nnd on the hon
or and. interest of the nation, nobody
could worst liira In a discussion of ques
tions connected with (hat momentous sub
ject. He understood it thoroughly. Prin
ciples, locts, illustrations, were amply at
his command. He was a practised deba
ter; be could not be confused ordnunlod;
and he spared no force of language. By
tbo Southern demagogues and their fol
lowers, he came fo be hated even more,
if possible, than John Quincy Adams.
March SI, 1842, he presented a series
resolutions relating to tbe famous "Creolu
case," and asserting that slavery could
claim no protection on tbe high seas from
tbe Federal Government, ror this action
be was, on the following day, censured
by a vote of tho House. He immediately
resigned his iea(, in a brief note address
ed to (be Speaker, and going borne placed
himself before liis constituents for re-elec-(ion.
They chose him almost without any
show of opposition, and be went back
Wasbiugton much stronger than before.
It was in the year 1846 or 1847. lhat
Mr. AdauiB said, "my work is over, you
must look to Giddings henceforward." The-j
successor to the position of chiel champion
in Congress was in no way unworthy of
Ilis convictions were profound ; bis sense
of duty was lofty ; liis personal character
was most estimable; his talents were of
high order; his industry indefutigpe; bis
vigilance was sleepless; bis courage was
of ibe truest temper; his promptness was
,. , , t . :
uever at a lauii ; uis power oi exprenaiuu
was. tbat which is formed by a clear bead
and a warm earnest heart; long experi-
had made him a master of lhat bmi-
of parliamentary tactics, in which
lh praoiiscd skill of Southern members
' r - - r
used so often to secure them the advant
age over associates from (be North who
came but a term or two, and then gave
way to other beginners.
When, on one occasion, in bis place
tbe House, be uted language which gave
offence, a fire-eating member approached
bira while be spoke, and with threatening
. I . !,! ' .
language presentea a pwioi ai ma urcast.
It was expeoled that blood would flow.
Mr, Hudson and otbert drew up io
side. Il wat, however, soon teen thai
needed no help. Confronting tbe ruffian
with bis tall athlctio figure in tbe aisle be
tween the desks, Giddings went on with
tbe tame firm and tonorout voice, rising
in the vehemence of bit argument and
:
j' Z (bo 1 the
,lonor n(, we bli xhcre WM
parliclu of milignily inBLU maU , he
WJ incar)ab)o of jU ,cmpcrRi 0f fUar--
ln.Iia ....i- ..,u. i. .1.
j""" nn.nu.lMl u, ill iiiii c
, , m0Bnnrt, 0J llfctin( as 0f t,e niean.
nc of ftigujng umug, truckling or
fl j ticli irtxf
I (ril8 .cro hMlaMy Luoyaill and
hA.d a vein of humor. A South
lUre Jtoprcsentalive and he drew seals side
by BiJc T,)0 Kouti1Brn gcnil;mfin did not
: like the nroximitv. and caused a thin
i
(
( lullowing, in a letter of November 3(1,
Hel&G3, to iho American Anti-Slavery So-j
cioty :
"From tbe iengtli of tirafi nnd the seve
of of my own labors, I have fainted, fal-l
M' n, and been borne from the field of con.-
j
i
-
intensity of liis invective, till the foolish
"'' ,dr"7n "y o"
prudent friends. It is said thai the calm
of ' bravo Ban Wl" ,l,U ' ,unou"
ti i t. . I a tt i.t
, 'rV' ..l"K'
'fVtvut., .11". . -..v. . .v.
lent nature.
. , xr ,,i. 1.1 k.
ti WM P;'ni;ultr lY i-entle; delicale and
tender t.-lonJ hlt quic, e).n,ibiliiy to the
. . . .....
riuht and lli wrong, it followed lua'. tne
wickedness of oppression and stale craft,
vr brougrit to hi. notice, moved
,,im (0 ,,TdiMlion. Uul ,bt ,eve-
board partition to be pul up between the
desks. When Oiddings CRmo in the next!
morning, and saw ahal bad been done,
he allixed lo bis own side ol the bariiura
sheel inscribed in Urge letters witb the
couulut :
' -Ureal wits sre sure to madness near silted.
And thin partitions do. their bounds divide."
Ilis neighbor could not help observing
that the passers-by stopped to rend and
smile; be learned the cautc of their cheer
fnlnuss, and the partition with its legend
was luken down.
Ono of bis last public utterances was
H'ct. But as 1 linger oa the verge of lime
I "ball rent my dim visiou upon the boKle
" jot rages, and my last prayer shall
ue tor tne neroes ci justice auu nueuy.
Hit strenuous lubors are over; bis last
prayer Las been offered; bo has overstep
ped the verge of time ; but his works fol
low biro. And when the perspective of
history is ascertained for ibis age, the
wise, good, true and brave Joshua R. Oid
dings will have a place in too loregrotind
l . There is a good deal of bis writing in
j P"ni. mostly it rciatea to passing occa
i eions. But tbe fulness of knowledge dis
played in it respecting the topics discuss
ed, the justness and vigor of thought, and
(be simpio vivacity of langungp, claim for
it a degree of attention which is not gene
rally duo to what bits been designed only
lor nn ephemeral purpose. There is a
treatise from bis pen on tbe Florida War,
which will not fail to be permanently con
sulted as among the valuable historical
documents of this momentous age.. It is
understood thai be bad in preparation a
History of bis Life and limes, or per
Imps, a sketch of his Congressional ca
reer. A work of this character from bis
band, would command tbe most cordial
welcome
Mr. Giddings was a faithful member of
tbe Congregational church; but be made
little nccount of diversities of names
among Christians. His religion was of
tbe most caihulio description ; bis creed
was that of piety and humanity the creed
of (be first and great commandment, and
of tbe second which is like unto it.
rilv of liinrrtiufrft ultirli lio nul nnl rrtinl(
The Guerrilla Democracy.
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jociou lo.cons.uunog n.o o, ,o proviuoior
the punishmont of guerrillas who are com
ence mining such roisohiofand crimes, and mur
nest dering dofoncoleit citizont and woundod
lodiora in the rear of our armiua. Cries
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' Immediately after Ibe account that the
Mayor of Frednrloksbug headed a guerrilla
band raised from tbe inhabitants in tbat vi
cinity, aod drove to Iho euomy'a lines threo
hundrod of our wounded soldiers, who bad
made their painful way ten miles onjfoot to
that placo, Mr. Garflold, in Ihollouso, aiked
luavo lo introduce a bill to provide fur the
puoiihmont of guorritlas. Tho following
oflioial roport of the procoodings thereupon
takon from Iho Globe, illustrates Ihe spirit
of tho Homocratio party in tho Ilouso, on
this quostion. Could thoro bo a pluinor
demonstration lhat tho Democratic party
tbo Guorrilla party ?
Mr. Garfield I ask the gontleman
yiold lo enable ine to ask Iho consent of tbo
IIouio lo present and have contidorod
this timo from the Military Committee,
bill for Ihe punishmont of guerrillas.
Mr. Stevens I will yield for Ibat pur
poso. Mr. Ancosa I mustohjoct to the report
ing of tho bill from the Military Committee.
Mr. Wasiibi'RNB, of Illinois Is thata bill
for Ibe punishment of those guerrillas who
hot and woundod soldiers ?
Mr. GAnniiLD I would iucludo those.
Mr. Bciienl'k Mr. Speaker, I think no
body has ohjectod to tbo immodiato consid
eration of that bill.
Mr. Spookor Thegontloman from Penn
sylvania objected.
Mr. Sciienck Suroly it cannot bo possi
ble that a,uy member of tfiis Homo bas ob
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of "Order 1"
Tbo Speaker Objoctian is made to tho
bill, aod no debato it in order.
Mr. Sciienck I only want to be tatit-
fiod, "Order !" and know if tboro It auy
- gontleman on this floor who will objoct to
bill for tucb purposes. I therefore have
asked tho quostion. Cries of Order!!" from
tho Demooratio tide, and confusion.
want to know whose sympathies run in tbat
direotion. (Shoult of "Order 1")
Tbe Speaker Tbo gentleman it not
order.' Tbe gentleman from' Pennsylvania
objects to the bill, aud no debate is in order.
The Gold Bill.
Tho following Is an official copy of Ibe
Gold Dill, which is now a law I
An Act to prohibit certain sales of Gold and
Foreign Exchange.
' unlawful to make any loan of money or cur
law roncy not being in coin, to bo repoid
I
Ho It enaelod by tho Sensio and House
of Representatives of tho United States of
Amor ci
n Congroia atiombled. That It
hall be unlawful to mako any contract for
the purchaio or lalo and delivery of ant
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gold coin or bullion to bo delivered ou any
day subsequent to tho day of making such
contract, or for tho payment of any sum,
either fixed or contingent, In dofaull of tho
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mako such contract upon any othor terms
than tho actual dolivory of such gold coin
or bullion, and the paymont In full of tbo
agreed prico thoroof ou tho day on which
such contract is mado In Uuitod Statos
notes or national currency, and not other
wiso ; or (o mako any contract for the pur
chaio or sale and delivery of any foreign
oxvhango to bo delivered at any titno bo
yond ton days subsequent to tho making of
such contract t or for tho paymont of auy
sum, cither fixed or contingent, in dofault
of tho delivery of any foroign exchange,
or upon any othor terms than Ihe aotual
dolivory of such foroign exchango within
ton days from tho making ofsuoh contract
and tho immodiato payment in full of tbe
agreed price thereof on tho day of dolivory,
in Uuitod Stoles or national currency ; or
to mako any contract whatoror fur tbo sale
and dolivory of any gold coin or bullion,
which tho porson making such contract
shall not, at the lime of making tbe tamo,
bo in actual possession. And it shall bo
coin or bullion, or to make any loan of coin
or bullion lo be repaid in moooy or cur
rency othor than coio. -
Section 2. And bo It further onooied,
Tbat it shall bo further unlawful for any
banker, broker, or otbor porton to mako any
purchase or any sale of any gold eoin
bullion, or of any sale of foroign exobango,
or any contract for any such purcnate
sale, at any othor place than tbe ordinary
placo of business of either tho toller
puichaior, owned or hired and occupied
him Individually, or by a partnership
which bo Is a member.
Scotioo 3. Aod bo II further enacted.
That all contracts made la violation of this
act shall bo absolutely void.
Section 4. And bo it further enacted";
That any porson who shall violate any pro
vision of Ihit act shall be bold guilty of
miidomoanor, and, on conviction thoroof.
bo flood In any turn of not Ion than 81000,
nor more than $10,000, or be imprisoned
foraporiod of not loss than throe months
nor longor than one year, or both, at tbe
discretion of the Court, and sbajl likowise
be subject to a penalty of $1000 for eacb
offence,
Section 6. And be it further enacted,
Tbat tbe penalties Imposed by tbe fourth
icction of Ibis act may be recovered in
action at law in any Court of competent ju
risdiction, which action may be brought
tbo name of the Uoitod Btatos by any per
son who will tuo for said penalty, one-half
for Iho use of the United Statot and tbo
otbor half for tbe ute of tbe porson bring
ing tucb aotlon. Aod ibe recovory and sat
isfaction of a judgment in any suoh action
shall be a bar to tho imposition of any fine
for tbe samo offonso in any prosecution lu-
stitutod subaequent lo the rseovory of such
judgmeut, bnt shall not bo a bar to tho
flictlon of punishment by Imprisonment,
provided by tbe fourth section.
Soction 6. And be it furthor enacted,
Tbat all acts and parts of acts inconsistent
with tho provisions ot tbit act are hereby
rcpealod.
Approved June 17, 1864.
An Astonished Japanese.
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It is related in a letter from Paris, that,
all the wondors which the Japanose Ambatr
sadors bave soon in Paris, the one Ibat
most aitoniihod tbem is La Pommorais' trial.
Tboir interpreter read to thera
tho reports of tbo procoodings, which occu
pied Ibe court ton days. They supposed
lhat La Pommerais must be- a prince, or
least somo very illustrious personage, and,
wbon thoy were told tbat be was an obscure
medical practitioner, of no social standing,
thoy could not bring themselves to under
stand how it could bo nucosiary to loio
or cieht months in a preliminary instrue
lion, to cite some hundred witnesses,
to spend upwards of a week in hearing
ports, doctors, etc., all about tne lito ot
implo individual. Ia our country, they
said, justice ii much more expeditious.
man is accucod of a crime, his bowels
ripped up, and thoro is an end to it. If
ia guilty, to much Iho better, and, if inno
cont.so much Iho worse for him; but there
it no groat harm done. This European
respect for human life has, however, struck
Ihe principal Ambassador as a thing worthy
to make a note of, and he has addressed
roport to tbe Tycoon on Ibe subject.
The Copperheads and Fremont.
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Tho following significant paragraph
found in Iho Washington correspondence
Ihe Now York Herald. It adis anothor
proof to the already demonstrative ovidouco
tbat (ien. t romout Is in lull communion
with the Copperheads;
Tbo National Democratic-Association
last night. Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware,
and j. il. f lorooce addreisoa mo meeting.
Mr. Saulsbury reforrod pathetically In
period whon he sung psalms, tne ouruen
which was poaco, and which loarnca in
the creed of his party "Peace on earth,
good will to mon." The temper of the meot
ing was strongly in favor of tbe Clevoland
nomination, tboipeakor urging ihe election
of Fromont as the only meaus of putting
end to tho war.
In
Sbnsibiutt is like Ihe stars, tbat
lead one only when the tky is clear.
Reason is ihe maguelie needle that guides
the ship wben tbey are wrapt in darkness.
The Battle of Coal Harbor.
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The battle of Coal Harbor, which was
fought between the armies of Gen's. Grant
and Loo, on the 4th of June, was a moro
hoily'contetted and Important cngsgomenl
than the public seem to suppose. Its result
will materially change Ibe plan of opera
tions. Curiously enough it was fought on
almost the same ground which, two years
ago, proved a turning point in McClollan's
campaign. The !8tb corps nndor Smith,
had just mado Its junction witb the grand
army, and everything seemed roady for the
decisive Strnko, and It must be confessed
that not without some disappointment did
the evening of that eventful day show thai
our nooia army nad advanced toward Rich-
mono scarcely nan a mile, wild an uneon
qucrod ami defiant enemy In Iront. Our
lefl and loft contor was chiefly engaged,
u .uu ,imi auacKea was unexpectedly
ascertained to be the koy of the rebel works
and of course moro formidably fortified and
dofendod Iban'any otberjpart or tbe rcbol
lino. Notwithstanding this, our troops suc
ceeded in capturing a portion of tbe works,
uut were uuaoin to 11010 tnem, owing lo
their boinif enfiladod by the rebol ariillor
from othor positions. Some of tbo rebel
newspapers have remarked that the armies
in front of Richmond are fehtina ovor-tho
ame ground which they occupiud-during
ino riicuionan campaign ot lsUX Ihis is
true, but the position! are reversed. Then
tho robots hold Coal Harbor and McCiolUn
held Gaines' Millt;wborpat,now wo hold Coal
Harbor and tbe rebels have Gaines' -Wills.
Io lBO'J, loo, JJcClollan bad divided bis
army between thp two sides of tbo Chick
ahominy. Had Loo dnno to In this instance,
Gram would havo doitroyed bis armvj but
Lee bas kepi all his forces nortb of tho riv
er, and fortified his linos there heavily.
Orant, immediately upon crossing the
Pamunky and moving forward againtt tbo
robots, appreciated tbe great Importance of
Coal Harbor, and fought to gain it, In which
bo succeedod. In the great battle of Fri
day ho made an effort which, had it proved
fortunato, would have boon most disastrous
to Lee't army, for wo should have forced
ibe passage of tbe Chickabominy, witb Leo
in a ruinous rotreat before our fire. The
robol army incurs great peril in fighting
witb the river in its immediate roar, hut in
in this Leo trusts to the strength of his
earthworki, which at this point bare icrved
htm well. Aolwituitandiiig iho formidable
character of Iho rcbol works, Hancock
looms to bave firmly ostabliihod himself
within fifty yards of Ihom, and just ovor tbo
crest of a bill facing them,
A Hottentot Fable.
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Thit fablo, entitlod "The White Man and
tho Snake," it ouo of several collected by
Dr. Blcck, as current among tbo Hotten
tots i "A white man, it is said, met a make
opon whom a large stone bad fallon, and
covered hor to tbat she could not rise. Tbe
whito man lifted the stone off tbe make.
but when bo bad done to the wanted to bite
him. The white man said, 'Stop I lot us
both go first ta somo wise people They
went to the hyena, and the while man asked
him, 'It it right that the snake should want
to bite me, though I helped bor when the
lay undor a stone and could not rise T Tbe
byona (who thought bo would got his share
of tbe while man's body) Baidi 'If you were
better, what would it matter V Then the
snnko wanted to bile him, but Ibe white
man said again : 'Wait a little, and tot ns
go lo other wise pooplo, tbat I may boar
whotber tbat is rigbi.' They went end
mot ibe jackal : 'Is it right tbat tbe snuka
wants to bite me, though I lifted, np tbo
stone which lay upon hor ?' - The jackal re
plied : 'I do not .believe that Iho make
could bo covorod by a Hone and could not
rise. Unless I saw it witb my two eyes, I
would not boliove It. Tboretore, come, let
ut go and tee the place whero yon say it
happened, whether it can be true.' Tbey
went, and arrrivod at tbe place wberSitbad -happened.
Tbe jackal laid : 'Snake, lie
down and let thyself be covered.' The make
did to, and Ibe whito man covered bor with
the stone ; but, although the exerted her
self very much, she could not rise. Then
tbe white man wanted again to rolcaie tbo
snake, but not the stone. She wanted to
bite you, Iborefore tbe may rise by norsolf.'
Tbrn thoy both wont away, and left tbe
make under the ttone."
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Tbo city of Petersburg, Dinwiddie Co.,
Virginia, is on tbe south bank of the Ap
pomattox river, twelve miles above its
junction with tbe James at Cty Point, and
is twenty-two miles by railway, and twenty-three
by turnpike southeast of Rich
mond. Its population in 1854 was six
teen thousand, and was growing rapidly,
It was one of tbe greatest tobacco mar
kets of Virginia, nnd contaiusmany pub
lic and private buildings. Several of its
streets are lined with three-story brick,
bouses, giving it a fino uniform appear
ance, ll is at tbe bead of tide water on
the Appomattox, which is navigable to
tbo towu for vessels of one thousand tons.
Tbe fall in tbe river, immediately above
town, furnished splendid water-power,
which is employed in several manufac
turing establishments. The Great South
ern Railway, from Richmond to Charles
ton, passes directly through the city.
Until tbe war commenced, bowever.Uiere
was a break of about a mile in the road, .
in tbe town, making necessary a transfer
of freight and passengers from depot lo
depo.. "Military necessity," however,
caused the railroad connection to be per
fected; and this road, the great feeder of
Lee's army, and of Richmond, Is tbe
most important in tbe Southern Conledcr-acy.
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disrespect to others is incompatible with
sen-respect, ana ne nun is luumntui
with their feelings can have none but in
different feeliugs of bis own. T be bitter
word is not ihe strong wora. ine great
est vigor of thought or act is not violent;
it breaks no law of courtesy. The Kghl
ning is silent and playful it is lbs rent
and wounded air that wails in thunder.