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mm rrr T x m T n i K t i t I (at- VOL. XVI. NO. (J: ra-x lua ili r-i'i. WWW t l I IIH. II.. I L "' .' ' " ' gmgjjturjf" gouvmtl tg H'Bl.MilKB, EVRRT KRlruT MOUSING BY ouLiKur.it ii' i'i.ii,iio.V. ' TERMS 01' SUHSCIUPTlON'. Thr t.milis....J AO Mx utnths ....... 1 Oae jer...T.,.., t 00 ! ,i,TEUM3 QK.TDYERTlSIXa. One square, one insertion..... $1 M R ich subs.vptcnt insertion 5n llusiness Cunts, per annum 3 00 Administration, Attachment, Tliolutinn, Ex- 'ecutor, Kedcmption and Road Notices 2 "0 Marriaga Notices Death K'ltlcwi....i..v.... ;..-.. .... Frj-o. .Tho apace occupied by ten lines, or lesa, or tins uts tVpe emints one square. All Transient anl boirul Advertisements must be pild for In advance! to insure publication. HT" AttotncTs arn nm.n iKsrojiini,K for nil advertisements handed in or an'hnriied by tliem, and for the publication of all Sheriff Sale notices, Ibi wrlta Tor hlch they order out. ,uJU JOB rmXTINO.: " ; ; We r? prepared tnexevutc nil kindsof Joh Work, sch as Posters, Sale Hills, I'roprummi-s, Invita tions, ll.nin.' Curds, Visiting Cards. Wedding Cards, Checks, Labels, Pamphlets, Hill Heads, llliinka, tc rW, in the most rMistactury manner. ThJ fnllmvlnpf nro the rate for Hlieot Hills: Si Sheet Hills f2 n 50 2 Ml inn .. s on 2 H :,n ill U Hid x s :n 10? i," s n" lt0 Vall-sheet Hills 8 00 OrdiM s will he filled nt short notice, and upnti the most reasonable teems. JJT" Priming of every kind, whether job wnrK or advertising, which is "done for any nssici itiwi, society, public, meeting or political party, wid lie charged lo the person or persons ordei imr the same, who will be held responsible lor payment. Publishers and I'roprietnrs. BUSINESS CARDS. uno:tnc s vit ii:v, ATTORN KV-AT-I.4VV, P k a h ysii r no , O., Wttb'tttenntoallbiisinosseoiifblcdtohiscaro in tlio several Courts of Ohio. Military Claims will receive, particular attention. Also Insurance taken nt reasonable rates. Office New Hardware lluihling. up stairs. ror lrof Louisiana Avenue and Front street. ii nORACK g. DKOWN. UYitox a. nuuwN Hull Prairie Elevators, Proprietors ; also, Dealers in Dry Coo(ls,GrocCi1cs,Iloots,S!iocs,&.c. fCajh for all kinds of Grain. 3'Jzz UCi.L l'UAIRIE, 0. JK. notii,Freniont. J. M. Hottn, Perrysbnrg. J. k. & :.j.'.m. 1I01U), ATTOKNGYS. v . . '.Porrysburgj O. Office in Plifcnix lllock. V. I'. K.I! 31 iVV T, SmvLreon Oeulist, renysburg, Wuid Cvi.,,0. OFFICE over O: H. Kii-ps' Ptore, on Louisiana, avenue. Dental Work rxecuied in ti ld, Sil ver and Knbber. Teeth extracted without pain without the use of chloroform. N. H.-A lull set of Hubber Teeth for $:10. All work warranted. Kefor to l'eck li Hamilton, l'er rysburg. lz 5.000 Cords of Stave "Bolts f l?y tlit SUvflisStavtilaiiiifiirliiriii!; Company, at X.k iFJEllUYBUIEa, OB3IO. : 41 " Inquire of CH AS." STK YENS'. BOWLING "GREEN HOTEL, I9AAC CLAY, Proprietor, BOWIINajnrlll;EN o. THIS. Honse.bas lately been refitted and refur nished, aud the Proprietor will spare no pains ta make tbe stay of bis guests comfortable. 4Uz J. F. &, S. It, PKICE, Attornoj's-at-Ijaw, Perrysburff , Wood County, O. WE have large quantities of Real Estate for sale ; attend to Tax-paying; also, procure Dour.ties and 1'onsinns for Soldiers. All business promiuly attended to. 10 BOWLING GREEN LIVERY STABLES, OlLlJEKT AVi:iCY,' Proprietor, lion-ling tireen. Wood Co., O. Z3T LIVERY at all hours, and at moderate charges. lf"Hia line of Hacks connects with tho Accnm uudatiilu Train at H.iskins, goiiiin ib and south, nd at Tortonoy with lliu Mail Train, (roiug outh and ninth. 41zz S. DAVES, ; CIVIL. EXGINEElt Deputy County Surveyor, WLSTOV, OHIO. Refer to any County Offieer. 4:lz ; f El. G. BRADLEY, ("Physician, and. Burgeon. OFFICE over O. lleach's Store. Eesidence Mrs. Houston's, t'ruul-ntroox, Penysburg, Ohio. II" 1 stiEViN" & iiuawNv Attorneys and Counsellors nt Ijiw, and (encrul I.hiuI Ageits. Land bought and sold ; taxes paid : titles exam ined, .to. Extra bounty, local bonntv, back ' pay, peasioit, eto., mituiptly cuUecluA aad I .. . jiaid over, w FiOfie Cjnrt bouse, Pcrrysburg, Ohio. " " - PERRYSBURG MEAT STORE. joii G. iiorr.MAiv Hi. 3 removed his. Meat Store to the bnildiog re cently occupied by the Hardware Store, on Louisiaas A.reaue. An excellent quality of Meat ! lwf skepton hand.ti which lie inritestbe at- IsBtioa of all loversof jiey Roast, or tender PerrrsburK, November 8, 1885. 3i V;3itv3 Jlisliranco Agency. JOHN POWERS, PEunnmiiG, umo, II Agent for that first-class Insurance Company, c.prtar...:'......'...-...:....'...-i,4flM3s i Parties bsving buildings or personal property of ay description to insure, w ill And it to their inter st CiU e ft)).. VW POWERS. SSx Aguut, Perrysburg, O, ' r ' jjOHM'tA.: SHANNON, J .Attorifjr and CouiucIlor-at-Law, . Office it I'bocnix lllot k, up stairs, I'eirysbuig, Ohio. -7"Atteution given to the eoltection of Soldiers REAL ESTATE AGENCIES. VALUABLE REALESJATE FOR-SALE. 'piIE il'iilerjipned having established a Heal Ks 1 tat j Agencv in lYrrvshurg, offer for sale the folio big Keal I'.state, situated In Wood County Uhiot fl In lots In Perrrsbnrpr, with food House, Unrn Orchard, Well, Ac very desirable, tyn bo bad at a bargain, and on libr.l terms. A l-'nrni of 120 acres, in section in, of I'lain Township, under pood cultivation, w ith 300 (mil trues, (rood buildings, smt well drained. Two miles from Tontogsny. All Improved I'nrm of 1(10 Arr.s, In sec tion 34. I'lain Township ; Pn acrea miner cultiva tion, aud nearly all under fence; a large orchard, and jrood well, together with a good frafeie lionsa and barn. A I'lirm rontRlniug v,h Acre, in same section, all under fence mostly improved : orchard, pood barn and large house, w ith good framo bouse in course of construction. The NI2. 4' of tho NK. of section 23, town 4, north of raiijye 10 east. Hood House and Orchard. All under fence. UNIMPROVED LANDS. T, ' se qr section 35, tp 5, range 11 SO acres. X )i sw qr sec 3il, tp a, range 11 SO acres, )! Arrrj, in section 4, Cei.'.jr Township, well timbered with black walnut, white wood, Ac. HO Acres, in section 10, Liberty Township, prairie. IO Acres, in section 10, Milton Township Lot No. 8. 8() Acres, in section 19, Henry Township timbered. 8 DO Acres in seclion ll.Poilafe Township; heavilv timbered. Twcire or fifteen choice TOWN LOTS, in Per ry sburg. liJ"Tlie above Heal Eslate wilt he ofTeicd a low rales, on terms to suit the pnrehiwcr. SLKVI.N & IlliOWX, 4 Heal flstate Agents, l'eiry.vbtup, 0. JA3. W. ROSS, ASllKlt COoK, Kl.tlKKT I). KOSS UOhS Si. COGli,. AI5STUACTS ol' TiTLl-:. OITICK ! Corner I.otiiKlnmi Avenue ntnl I'rnut Mrcrl) I'rrrjklniru, Ohio. TTJE have the only set of Ablrnet Roolis N V now in Wood t'ountyicouuiiuinjr a complete Inokx to all Lots aud Lands thereiu. 2- Certificates of Title (riven upon reasonable terms. I-S?"Also, Acentsfor pureliasinrr and selling Heal Estate, getting up Tax Titles, paying Taxes, ,vc, ,vc, 1701' U desirable rcfidences in rcrrvslmrp 1 Price ranging from $1,200 to SI.SUO ; fur sah bv ' UOSS ,V COOK. I OA ACRES of choice bind, 3 miles sooth of I )V' Peirysbiirjf, nn Pcrrvsbitra and Fiudlsr Road, and nt crossing of goml county road; well drained; 10 acres under cultivation: 40 acres of priirie and op-.niiigs, and babinee limber. Price SIS per acre, m 820 in payments. fit) acres of excellent land near Milton Center, on good county road, J mile from railroad ; pood log house aud other farm buildings; 40 a'n'es of good timber and balance in prairie and under cultivate ii. Price i 1 ,400, cash, or $1,600 in payments. For further particulars, inquire of noss & cook. Uiisincss solicited. MERCHANDISE. 110! F.Ott BOWLIXG GIlEEiN! BOUGETOH'S HEW STORE IS THE PLACE FOR BAEG-AINS. S. L. BOUGHTON Keeps the Largest and Best Selected STOCK 0F: MERCHANDISE ' " In Howling' Green, Ohio, Which he is now selling at tbe LOWEST MARKET RATES. No inferior Coot's bought or sold. No " baits" or improper measures Used to' induce customers to buy. Fair Denims, Honorable Competition, Ijive and Let Live, Are mottoes under which ho has done business for Thirteen Years in Howling Ureen, and by that same rule be will conduct all future transactions with his numerous customers. lie invites all iu need of Merchandise to call and examine ibo Stylo. Quality find Price of His (innds, With this consideration in tbe matter, HE WILL MOT BE UNDERSOLD ! But will offer BARGAINS TO ALL.! 05?" The best place in this county to Buy' or Sell LUMBER. Howling Green, February 7, 1808. 41 u PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, On Fifth-street, east of tbe Union School-house Perrysburg, Ohio. f pnE undersigned would call the attention of the X people of Perrysburg and vicinity, that she is stii I taking Pictures of the Host Quality, of all sixes and kinds, from tbe 4-4 size, or largest, down to the smallest Aoibmtypes and (lems ; ul.so copy ing from other pictures and enlarging them in copying. She will finish up Pictures in India Ink, or paint in water colurs in the most approved styles; will also furnish Frames and Cases of ull kinds and sizes that may bo required, She would respectfully invite her friends to call aud see what their own art.st can do before going elsewhere. It will cost you nothing if you cannot be suited. All she asks is to show what she can do, aud feels confident of giving satis faction. ' iiRg. NICHOLS. N. H. No pictures tak n on Sunday. Perrysburg, April 8. 1807. bOti s - 'O 'Jfjnqsfjja.i lapjts-inojj aonjo iTxaaof jo isua joop buq JOIlb' -AT. 'ONIXiVHO ; ai.iT 'a "isjaviia ji -t Millinery aniFancy Goods. MIS8,AHBIE FOW LEIt begs -leave to inform he old cifetomers'-and the public generally, that sire has removed her Millinery Sbire to the earner of Seeonl and Elm-streets, one square be low the Avenue, where the will keep couttautly on band a, lino, assurtuiemt of, Millinery and l aiiry oo1s. which she will take pleasure in celling at iowei 'atv than any other firm. The latest styles in tlie market received weeklr. Also, Stitching, u rets ami tloak-nieking done to order.' Ladles, please favor me with call. ' 1m . DRY COODS. Stripes i 1 irkiogl i CoUoiwdua, Ac. at liACa'3. The Castalian Fount. [Written for the Perrysburg Journal.] THE FOREST GIRL'S LAMENT. BY LILY LARKSPUR. I bare watched all day long by the igwam-dnor, 'Till the f h iJi.wj grew long on the green, sunny shoie. Cut be coin 's not, be crin.'S not, my warrior so brave, And ( watch all in vain for his white plutr.o lo wave. And I list for a step that a wild joy would start. And n voice ihoe solt accents olt thrilled thru' niv heart t I haveriillcd the wild blossoms, the most frsgrant and fxir. And braided them close ill my jet stained, wavy hairs have song the gay songs that he loved best to benr. Put tho wild birds above me were all that were near. And thev sent forth a warble so mournful and low, That 1 leneu- 'l was lo soothe the poor Forest tiirl's wi. Ob 1 long moons !:ave waned since I gazed with fond orole On bc prond, noble fiernre thai attend by mv side rmce lie kicri my warm bps, n lien the stars shone above. And called ni bis ' bright biid," in the soft voice of love. Oh I I'll wander no more by the shades where we met. And I'll braid no more flowers in mv treses of jet: I'll ne'er wat b nunin by mv lone wicwam-door, Ami I'll hing the Ud sonj;s that he cherished, no more ; Hot I'll hie toe away where Hie dark waters fl'tw--'Neath its Mvilt-gliding naves, I uill lav inv head low ; Should inv false lover chance e'er lo gaie on this tide. Yon niav tell him the fale of bis fair Indian hiide ; And till him 1 wait in the "Spirit-land" lair, And am weaving a giiil,iul of lloutis fir b'lu there! Farewell! inv bright lb 'vers, swi.i t wild-birds itti'l sky. Alone, ail alone, must the Forest (lirl die 1 PERRYSBURG, June, 1868. LOVE'S REGENERATION. BY MARIE S. LADD. You have Known ine hour, and known me rough, In my wild and willlnl lace A man who has taken oaths enough To have them writ on his face. Hut now this wretch, who drank and swore With the best of von all at sen, And joined the broiU of his males on shore 1 can not think it was me. Not Irnly me as to-day I am Love timing my pulses warm ; Hut when the oeeao lies in a calm, We can uot think of the storm. However it came about. I wear .- On mv t. Mined mil bi'annr arm Some yellow tl-'ss. of a maiden's bail', lliut clasps niy 1 1 lu like a cliaim; Keejiing my evil thoughts nt ebb, herever I sail or row, For she who wove the gossamer web Is pure us a II ck ol snow ; As pure as snow or angel fair. Ami to. liter ani origin for eves; The sunshine always lives in her hair, A ml gloom in lu r clear sumo uics. With iry rule speech and graceless bulk, How could 1 her love h ive irotY I like a battered, mniii-ldv l.ulk, And she like u white-sailed vacht ? BY MARIE S. LADD. MEMORY. Insir, wlion .ift vtitis tlio, Viln-att'8 in tho mcnuu v : Oilm-s, when swet.'t viuK'ta RicVcn, Live within thu M-nso tliuy quickon ; Itose-kiivi'M, whrii tin' rosn is doiul, Arv 1u':iumI fur thi hflovotl's lu-d ; Ami si thy thmiahls, whtn thtm art gono. Love itself Mi all MiiiubL'r.nii. BY MARIE S. LADD. MEMORY. Biographical. [From the Phrenological Journal, of August, 1867.] SCHUYLER COLFAX. The lloii. FcSiiivliT C'olfnx, Ppcikcr nf tilt House of lleii t i eiilnlivt s, i ;ik Iuii ii in iew link, Aiuicli, .'.1. Ifc'.M. niul is ti lineal desceiiiliitit lioiu Gcntiiil Sclmylor utid Captain Colla.x, tiolli ol liovolul iuiini y celebrity. 01 liis curly I i to in New York lilllo can bo uleauci! ; but all tbe ucarlem- ical iiislniclion be wuh lavoruil with was nccivtil biliuo lio 1 1 .n t rtaclieil tlio ne ol ten years, and that was obtained cliielly through liis own diligent appliciition. That ho BHBidwiUNly inadt; line ol liis leisiiro tiino for mental 'iniiirovcnifiit whilo following the vocation upon which lio ilepemleil lor mi ' port, is manliest in tho mipei ior eulti valiou and rare abilities wluili cliaractei' izu him ut the presctit da)-. At the u'e ol thirteen liu went to Iiuliuna, where ho entered a i iiitiu otliee, ami con tinued to .follow (he pui'siut ol printing, with degrees of ud viuicenient, until about tho year 1811, when lio beenino editor and pioptietor of lliu South licbd llryislf.r. .Mr. l.ollax was then only twenty oi.o years ol age ; but by bfa energy and bin hlerlin mlegnty ho had wotkeil bin wny up into a pohiliou of influence and rcKpontiibilily. lliu paper bo published was a political organ iu tho interest o I lliu Whig party. Its circulation was not extensive, but its editor strove to lender it a lueful ami healiliy journal ; mid it was not long hrloit he obtained coiihidcrablo reputation lor liis bold avowal of honest sentiments, for bis temperalo habits, iuhI bis tiubslaulial abilities; uud eventually he became an iu Ihli iitnil leader ill tho politius ol Ii.iliaoa. l'oi lunately, w o are enabled to gain uu insight into tho character of Mr. C'ollax as hebppcured when nil editor. At nn enter laiiiment j;iven by tho representatives ol tbe press in Washington to .Mr. Colfax, an address was made by Mr. Wilkinson, iu which ocelli s the lollowing passage: " Eighteen years uo, nt one o'clock of a winter moon-bulited morning, whilo tho hoiscs of the. stage-coach in which I was plowing thu thick mud of Indiana were being changed' ut the tavern iu fjoiilh liend, I walked the loot way of the prin cipal street to tdiako off a great wearil ess. I saw n light through a window. A sign, ' 'Jtt lleyieter' wus legible abovo it, and I saw thiougii a window a man iu his shirt sleeves walking ipihkly about like' cue that woiked. 1 paused, and looked, tind imagined about the man, ami about - his woik, and shout the Inleness ol the hour lo which it was protracted ; end I wondered if he was iu debt, and was struggling to get out, uud il lim wilo was rxpectmg him aud bad lighted a new camllo for his u til ing; and if he was very tired. A coining step interrupted this idle dreaming. When tho walker reached my vide 1 joined lam, and us we went I asked him questions, and Naturally (buy were about the wotLiimii in the sliirttdeevts. .'What suit of a man is hot' He is very pood lo the pour; be works hard; he is sociable with ull eople; he pays Ins debts; he is a ao adviser; lie dot-sil t dunk wh.sky ; loiKs depend on lilto ; all tttta part of Indiana believes in hiiu.' . Fi.nn liiu't day to this I have 'never taken up the oulh liend Iieyislcr witliuttt thinking of tins tulogy, and envying tlio man hu had. iimtty entitled liimselt to it iiu iheflawu ol l is it anhuod," (l ., ' Mr. t ollax repiiuii to uns in mo luiiow inj; mudebt but jdcaiunt sptech l ' " 1 have bad to listen to night Ion ritlngy f. oin our dislliiguished ( li.tu iiiau , of which I ran only wis.li I was Worthy. What be has said lias railed 1 a k to my mind, wlnil is often befolo il. the years of mv eatly nianln oil ami I sec n fiiend seated at ibis table (Mr. Detices) who knows lunch nf it about ,ts well as myselt when, stmebug against noily on I adverse fortune somtMimes, 1 mmght in the pro fesnlon to which you have devoted your, selves, to rant an honest liviliboo 1 for my self and family, niul position, humble, but not dishonored, among the newspaper men of America. 1 cannot remember the exact evening to which he alludes, when, eighteen years ano, n stranger then, as t am glad he is not now, he saw me through window in my office, with the midnight lamp bo lero me, mid heard the commentary on my 1 to Item the lips of some too partial friend among those who from my boyhocd have surrounded mo with an much kindness nnd attention, lint well do 1 iruiember, in the eai ly history of iho newspaper that num bered buttwo bundled and lilty snbserib ets when I established it, I was often com pelled to labor far into the boni s ol night. And little did I til cam, nt liiat lime, I was ever lo be a member ol the American Con gicss; nnd fur lea that I was In be the recipient of the honor w hoso contei inetit oii citnineiuoi ato an 1 indorse tonight, I call say of that paper that its columns, Iioiii its very first number, will bear testi loony In ilav llial ill ml the politn ul can, Misses iu which I was I'luinged, I novel avoided a fi ank nnd outspoken ixpiession of opinion uu i ny iptesliuti be'oro the American people. Ami that, ns these opinions hail always been homsCy enlcr tained, could not have hesitated In frankly and manfully avow them. Tlioiinh the i lici t of these avowals w as. from Ihe pi lit icil complexion ol the district nnd the Slate, lo keep me iu a minoiity, tho people among wlioui I live w .11 bear testimony that I was no lest fa thful to them then than I have been when, in later yeais, that minoiity has by the com hp ol cvcnls been changed into a majority." l.i the same speech wo find nt.olhet pns-iiigij which we iipproin iale, showing as il does the elevated opinion which Mr. Collax holds of journalism, and its position anil ii thiol, co in the country, llow char acteristically does bo prclaeii it by his humor and suavity! His coinpliniiinlH all tell ; and his speech n llecls back upon himself the elevated o lnion he In 11 ol that profession while engaged in it: ' I can not avoid saying a few words in relation to Iho profession to which we have devoted our lives. 1 th'lnk yon can not but acknowledge (hut the American I'oiigiOHi hi's not overlooked the press. Not only have they seen lit, for the lust tiuio in the History of Congress, to select a printer for the gravo icsponsibililics which cb ster around their presiding i llices, hut fioiu the ranks of the same pro(cssi,)ii they have taken a treiitloman for tho next nflico in order, the Clerk of the House, and one whom, with n modesty equal to bis w in III, I see blushes as I al'lldo to him (Mr, MiTlicrson). Aud besides these we have also iu tho American Congress anotln r gentleman, a piinb r, ncliog as Postmanlcr of thu House. Having thus generously L'iven a m ijoiiry of the olliees lo the pu ss they have maL'naniinoiisly allowed " Un rest of mankind" to take tho remaining two olliees, I Laughter and nptdaiise.l In the other blanch of Congress we hnvo u Secre tary of the Semite. (John V... l'ol hoy), one of ihe most giltod nnd distinguished jour iiatisls nf our time. Thu Vice frcshlm t of Iho L'niled Slates also was si newt-paper nun, and I doubt not a com I one. And so, also, was tho Sorgeiiiit-at-AruiH of Iho Sen ate, Mr. Ilrown. of Illinois. And if our excellent President. (Mr. Lincoln) was not directly connected with the press, 1 think we can bear testimony to tho luct ol his hnving furnished material for innumerable editorials iu its ci Iiiiiiih. ' You do not expect me (o mako nn elab orate nfter dinner speech tonight, because the usuage of a Speaker is not lo make speeches, but to listen to them, and I ex pect to have, considerable, of that bitter duty to perform during the eventful Con gress just opening. A few words before I sit down iu regard to your profes sion. Next to tho sacred desk, and those who minister in it, there is no profession more responsible than yours. The editor can uot wait like iho politician to see the set of tho tide, but is required, ns new necessities arise, not only lo nvow at once his sentiments upon them, but to discuss them intelligently and instructively. It is also hia duly to guard aud protect public opinion in the proper channels, ami to lay hclorc the readers of bis sheet such matter as shall tend to the elevation of (heir char acter. I bavo sometimes thought that newspapers iu their sphere might bo com pared to that exquisite mechanism o'f Ihe universe whereby the moisture is lifted Ironi the earth, condensed into clouds, and poured back ngain in refreshing and fertil izing show ers to bless Ihe husbandman and produce (lie abundant harvests. So, with the repi escntaliveH of Ihe pu ss, they draw from public opinion, aud liually rcllect and re-distribute it back again iu I urn to ils elevation and purification." In the year 13-18 Mr. Colfnx was ap pointed a ib-li'L'a'e from his adopted Slate to the Whig National Convention, of which he w as elected secretary, nnd although ex tremely young, ho discharged tho functions of his otlice commendably. Iu lHfiOho was elected a member of Ihe Imliana Slate Con vention, having for its object Iho prcpnrti lion of a Slate Constiliilioti. Iu this body ho proved very ellicient in biiuging about the adoption of the present eoi Htitiiliou of his Stale. Iu 1851 be was thu candidate ol the Whig party in Ids district lorn seat in thu House of Kopresenlnlives nt Washing ton. Thu result was unf ivoi abli) to him, yet as un indication of the increasing strength of his political parly in Indiana, it was regarded ns very encouraging, lo I Sol ho was ngain sent as a delegate to tho Whig National Convention, of which, alsoha was appointed Secretary. In 185-1 Mr. Colfux w as elected to Congress ns Hepiiblican nominee ; and from that timo to the present bo has alwayu occupied fiis seat ns a representative. At the opening of the'Thirly-fourth Con gress occurred the memorable contest for tho Speakership, resulting iu the election of Mr. Banks to that position, poring that session Mr, Colfax took his stand us one of tlio most promising of our Congressional debaters, ilis speech upon the then all absorbing topic of the extension of slavery aud the aggressions of u slave power was a musti-Hy effort, and b'umpi-d him nt once us a most influential orator. This" speech ' nn circulated throughout Ihe country ul the lime, and wus used as a campaign dou umeiit by Iho Fremont party dining tho canvass of ld.'i.i. Mr. Collax l.ihorod !') onsly for John C. Fremont, whit was his personal friend ; the result or that cum paigu is well known. In the. Tliii t v-fiiiti Congretts .Mr. Colfax was elected to tho im portant position ot Chair nun to the Coin, mittee on fust Offices and Post HoiiiIh, which place be continued lo hold until his riectiou us Sueuker la tho Thirty-eighth Cunrtb ou ttiu 7th of Dcimbei, lfcliJ, lo a which responsible position bo lum since hivn twies r clt cte.l tho Thirty -ninth Hil l Fortieth t'ongi ess - honors nwnided bo'oie only lo Henry Clay. In Coii'jress tho sanio energy nnd indus try I ns cbiiraete! ized him w h.ch w as so pi eminent in his piivatx life and personal vocation. His course whilo in. the great council of the nation has been one of straihtforw m d nnsweivinj; integrity ;and ho remits many friend among oven bin po. lilical opponents. Ho has so discharged the inipoilant duties of the Speakership, that ho is considered olio of the best pro siding olVn et s that has ever been called upon lo conduct Ihe proceedings ol a great body. So general, indeed, me tho expres sions of nppt oval from nil sides, that wo may confidently look lor bis further promo tioti rro long. Mr. (Wa is only forty-four years of nge. Iu personal appearance ho is of me dium height, solid, and roiupaclly built. Ilis hair and whiskers nto brown, now n l'tlle tinged with aritv. Ilis countenance has a pleasing and intellectual expression. Ilis person is graceful and his manner de notes unusual energy. Ilis eyebrow s ato light iu color, and oveislodow eyes which sparkle with int licence and good humor. He is stronglv iill'rvticniite and kindly in disposition. Whenever his mother-in law appears in tbe (jallerv of tho Horse, Mr. Collax generally eal's some mouther to M.o chair, and o,,es immedialelv lo her side. Such : trail in his character serves still further to deepen tho respect and esteem in which he is I eld every whete. As n speaker, Mr. Colfax is earnest, frank, pointed, and llitetil. Ilis munner is pleas iiig.iilul his I. n guano v eil chosen, and re fined, l ibano iu demeanor, nn I courteous nnd lair toward opponents, he nlwavs com mands respect nnd nt lent mo uu both sides ol Ihe House. Ho is reah'U and leal b us in maiiitainii g his principles, though his bi'iiovoli me and good -humor so temper his speeches In tains few or no enemies. Ho is one ol the !,nv whose pel somil qualities have secured coemption from Ihn bitter ness of fei ling generally displayed by the friends of pnrdavcry aggression toward llioir opponents, lie seldom indulges in oratorical lloiiiisbes, but. noes straight lo his subject, which with his keenly percep tive intellect he peliet; ales to tho bottom , It i lo his close, logical ri iminitig presents his aspect of n ipieslion in ils strongest 1 glit. lie has not. lined also n popularity as nhcluier eipud to any. His ".Across the Continent " has been delivered in Iho chief cities ol the lCist, and is nlwnvs fresh. We shall close our ih sciiption of Mr. Col fiv tt-illi ti iioitifiii ul it liatl'iotio address delivered bv him before Iho members of tin; b'nioc. Loacue Club, New Yolk. Iu re viewing ihe past, and while speaking ot the duties of i'm present hour iho follow ing brilliant pas.riges occurred : "How rapidly and yet how gloriously w o mo making history ; but posterity will read it on tho open pages of our country's annals. Six yc.iisao how brief il seems but ii. fraction of aii individual's life but a breath in the life of a nnlioti Iho banners of I'ebellioti waved over hostile armies nnd stolen lolls from the l'oloimic to Iho llio Cl aude, and the onlooking win Id predicted Iho certain downfall ol the Kcpublio. Now, IhanUs to our gallant armies and their gal hint commanders runt, the indexible Sherman, the rot quel et Shei hlnn, Iho in vincible and nil their fearless compatri ots on sea and shore hiil"imo Hag waves over tho land tho (lag thai Washington loved, nnd that Jackson, and Scott, nnd Taylor adorned with their brilliant victo riesthe (lag dearer to us in nil ils hours ot peril than gilded by tho sunshine, of pros perity aud fanned by the zephyrs of peace, at last triumphant, unquestioned, in in) Hailed, Six years ago, millions cf human beings burn on American soil, created by the sumo llivino Father, destined In the same herealler, were subject to alo 1 ko tin swine of the sty or Iho beasts of tho field, and our escutcheon was dimmed and dishonored by tho Rtain oT American Sla very. 7'o.rri, auction-blocks nnd mana cles, nnd w hipping posts, are, thank (iiol, things of thu pnst, wdiiie the slave himself has become Iho citizen, with tho tteed inan's weapon of protection tho ballot in his own right hand. Nor can wo forgot, whilo rejoicing over this happy contrast, the human agencies so potential in its ac complishment. First and conspicuous among tho rest rises before my mind tho lull form of a martyred President, whoso welcome step no mortal enr shall ever listen to again. Faithful to his oath, faith ful to his country, faithful lo Iho brave armies his word cnlb d (o tho field, ho never swerved a hair's breadth from his determination to crush this mighty rebel lion, and all llial civi sit aid and comfort, and support. Unjustly and bitterly de nounced by his enemies and yours, as a usurper and despot ; compared to Nero and Caligula, and all other tyrants wdinso base deeds blacken the pages of history, your ii'ddii League stood by lum amid this tempest of detraction, cordially nnd to Iho end; and you have now your abundant vim dication aui! reward. Though tho torch of slander was lit at every avenue nf bis pub lic life w bile, ho lived, tho civil zod world would becomn monriiers at bis ci lliu ; and with thriHO libelous tongues hushed, our whi le land enshrines his memory to day with the Father of the, Country he saved." "I cannot donht tho future of tho great parly which has won these triumphs and established these principles. It hns been so In i lianlly successful, becnitso it recog nized liberty and justice us its cardinal principles ; ami because, scorning all pie indices and defying all opprobi iutn. il til lied herself to tlio cause of the humble and tho oppressed. It sought to enfranchise, not to enchain; to elevate, not lo tread down ; lo protect, never to ubitso. It cared for the hum) lost ilithi r than fur the might iest for ihn wcukest lather than the strongest. It recognized t'nut the glory of states and nations was justice to tho poor est and feeblest. And another secret of its wondrous slreiglh was that it fully adopted tho slrikinir injunction of our mur dered chief: 'With innlice toward none, with charity for all, but with firmness for the riht, as (iod gives us To sco the right.' Only Inst month tho British Chancellor of the Exchequer, in delending bis lleform bill, which Ind la the word of promise to tlio cur to bieak it to tho hope, exclaimrd ' This is a nation of classes, and must re main so.' if I may bo pmiloued for reply ing, I would say : This is a nation of free men, mid it must remain so.' Faithful to ihe traditions of our father in sympathiz ing with ull who loiiu for the maintenance or udvai ceiiient of liberty in Mexico or England, in Inland or Crete, and yrjl rare, fully avoiding sll ej landing ullinnces or violations of thu law, with u recognition from ocean to ocean, North and S"Ulli alike, of Ihe right of all citizens bound by the law to share in lint choice of the law maker, an t thus to havs a voice in the country their" heal t's blood must defend, our fen t. nniiil iiniiivei sary of the Declaration of Independence w ill find us us an until e ns tioii, rcuognizing the great tiulhs of thai immortal Mtignti Charln, enjoying a fame wiJe is Ihu wkiM and cUliinl an the bt-is, with a prosperity that shill eclipse in In lin e oil tho brightest glories of the p.tsl." Mr. Colfax's sympathies, in the lnim, are with the Kepublican party, of which be is ono of (ho iiblrst suppotleis and brsl I e p ii sei i ta I i v es. I!nl he is not .tgit'-l or pn jit lii od. Whi n Iho Cine domain's it, In I ises above pin I v strife and ambition, nnd appeals eailieli.v and eloquently lor the good ol the coin, try. Ilis long and faith lul service in Congress has created n kindly fueling tow in d him from all classes of Iho community, llo has bent nominated by several committees as a candidate for tho next Presidential election, and his well knorn sterling woith and ability doubtless lit him tor the highest position whiih il is iu Ihe power of tho nation to voider upon him. I Selected Miscellany. ERUPTION OF MAUNA LOA. Thrilling Description by an Eye Witness. If. M. WutrxKV, editor of tho Honolulu. Sandwich l.-dands, AJrfi'hri; gives tha following description of tho eruption of Mauna Loa, and the accompanying earth quakes, in a lettir lo his paper, dated Kea lakekua, Hawaii, April 111: tin ascending tho ridgo just opposite Iho Mama'u Pat.i ol Kahuku, which was sepa rated from us by a valh y about one-eighth ol a tilde wide, tho whole ticeuo opened be fore us in one grand panorama. Tho vid ley itself was Home I over w ith a pavement ol Ircsh lava, from ten to twenty leet deep, w hich appeals to have been the lirst thrown out, and tamo Ironi a crater about (en miles up the mountain, which burst out on Tiiisday, April 7. This crater an I stream hud ceased flowing, and tho lava was lap idly cooling, so that we ventured to stand on it, tlioii.'li at tho risk of burning our boots and being choked by tho sulphurous On Tih'Hilay nfleruooi , at ," o'clock, anew crater, si vi ral nnles low or down, ami about two mi -s directly back ut Captain Ihown's residence, burst nut with a hesvy roar and frighllul crash. Tho lava stream Coin menced llowin rapidly down tho bcanti lul plateau, toward and atcuud the hum house, and lliu ii -males had barely tinio to escape w ith what clothes they had on, be fore tho houses w ere till sin rounded and inclosed with streams of liei y lava, vary ing fi mil live to lil ty feet iu depth. I'm lit natily nil ilia inmates cstap 'd safely to Waioliini', but how lial'iow Ihe is upu was, and how rapid Ihoslicain How. il, m iy he iufeiiod Ironi the act that the palh by which they escaped was coveted with lava within ton minutes after they passed over it- Tho new crater, when visited bv Mr. nvvM'i, was nt least one ami a hall miles in extent, nearly circular, but oouslaiitly en lat'ging ils nrc a by engulphing tho sides. Whilo Iho abovo gentleman was looking ut il, a tract of nt least five acres iu extent tumbled iu and was swallowed up like food for tho devouring i lenient. Tho enlarge ment is going on mainly mi Iho lower side toward tho (arm houses, and it is thought that its diameter is already about t wo miles. Four huge jets or lo.untaiiiK were con 1 1 mi ally being thrown up out ol this crater, ever varying in si.o and bight, some limes apparently nil joining together ami inaUing one continuous spouting a mile and a hull long. From iho lower lino of the crater n stream ol liquid, rolling, lava, poured out ami ran down thu plateau, thou down the sido ol tho pad (billowing tho track of the government road), then along the loot of thu puli or precipice five miles lo tho sen. FIERY FOUNTAINS. This , was tho sceno that opened before us as wo ascended the ridgo on Friday. At tho left were theso four grand fountains playing with terrific fury, throwing blood red lava and hitgo stones, some as huge as a house, to a bight vmyiug constaiilly from full) to 1,(1(1(1 feet. Tiiu grandeur (if th is scene no imagination can picture, t o ono who has not seen it can realize. A RIVER OF FIRE. Then there was Iho rapid, rolling stream rushing uud ttiniblimr like a swollen river, down the lull, over tho precipice and down Iho valley to the sea, Hinging nnd roaring like a cataract, with a fury perfectly inde scribable. This river of Jlre varied from ,100 to 1 .201) or 1 .Mm leet in width, ami when il is known that tho descent was '2,(100 feet in fix o miles, Ihe statement that it ran at thu rate of ton miles uu hour will not bo doubted, THE SCENE AT NIGHT. Wo wailed (ill night, when Iho sceno was a hundred fold more grand and vivid the crimson red of tho lava, doubly hi ight, and tho lurid gl u e of the red smoke clouds that overhung Iho w hole, tho roar ing of (ho rushing si ream, tlio noise of tho tumbling rocks thrown out of Ihe crater, and Ihe Hashes (if electric lightning alio gethor inado it surpassingly grand, and showed that man is nothing us compared with his Creator. INCIDENT OF THE ERUPTION. : Tho number of shocks which occurred nt W a i i ) i it from March 2'Jlh to April lUih is estimated by Mr. S llowny lo have been upward of two thousand, there hav ing been so mo days between three and tour hundred. The heaviest shock oc curred on Thursday, April 'J, being (he same that was bit so sensibly ut Hono lulu. This destroyed every church and neaily every dwelling in Iho whole district. From 10 to 12 o'clock of that day tiler bad boon service in Iho largo church iu Wui ohiiiii, nnd it was crowded with people Only lour hours idler they had left the heavy1 shuck came, tho walU tumbled iu aud the roof fell Hat ; tdl Iho work ot twenty seconds. At the same instant every limn, w oiiiunand child weio tin ow n In. in their leet. Hoists and calilo (hoped down as if (b ud. A man riding on horseback had his horse tumble under him so suddei ly Ihut he loiind himself and horsa lying Hat on the ground beloro the thought of tin onrthqui ke entered his mind. Tho cm ih opened all through Iho dis tril l, and iu sumo places canned danger on tissuics, while in others il closed irp again. Iu cuo place it closed twenty leet ti oin where it opened. Tin hh fissures make it dangerous lo tiuvt liu the daik. Everywhere Iho roads are broken up. uud it will take much money and lubor to re store them to their old condition. As Iho Komi packet was passing tho south point ul the island, about tlnoi miles from tho fchoie, a Conical islam), idl) feel high, rose out of Ihe sea, midway between iho vessel and the land, emitting a column of Nteam nnd smoke. The lava, river Hows into Iho sea at llns island am! has extended Ihe slune out to it one nolo ut least, so that it Is now on Iho main laud. The pa- ket was so near when this island buist up, that the mud was Spattered on the masts and nail of thq vessel. Tim scene at tho riuptioii u as a n.iisf nuliiiolioly ui.0 to witness. Tluro wore linudret'.a of lino cut lie gazing nruiiuJ" tht In m In uses, win n tho Ivva ulnams sur loiiiided I lu iii and hi innii d then in Tie! on- nniitinla seemed aw nro of iho dangeit bnt saw no nay lo rsrape. The I'mry liv.i bow nearer and in jnT till iho heat imvlo tin-in listless, bin llt'V would not run. They htattlv looked the bloody lor iu ihn fa. e, stood lii m tdl il leached them, thiol bl! in Ihe sli cam a sudden cl-di I of siimkn lo low cd, nnd not a sign Hinaincd. Thn-i one niter nnnllier fell till over two bundled w ere consumed. An incident, which out.l tint In bo omitted, is the shower of ashes which pic ceded Iho eruption, lim ing Monday night , prior lo (lie ci option, Iho ground through. out Iho district was covered w ith a coat, ing ol lino sand and light pumice Mime, of a light yellowish color. Where Ibis show er (d sand and pninieo stoi o ramo Ironi is as yet unknown, but probably li.un some ventholo near tho crater. The stiff lings and alarm experienced by the resident of Ku, during the two weeks that th e irihqtaken and eruption cut, tinned, pi ior to their h-avii g, appear bi have bieu great. Night after night, they were compelled to sleep upon the moun tain ridge back of tho village, exposed tu i Hie damp winds and rain finiii the sea,, subsist ing on lai n and fishes w hen thry could get these, or fasting w hen they could not. Tho whole district is in rliius, a field of desolation, and probably five hundred thousand dollars would not restore it tu what it was a month ago. It is no wonder that the foreigners uio leaving tho place, with the intention ol never rcterning to it again. Kansas on Ross. Tho Kansas di legation (u the Chicago Convention, spoke their mind about Slim ier Hons, in the follow ing language ; Wni:nKs, E. (J. Em's was rlccted (o tho I'nitcd States Senate by tho Slate of Kati sas, upon solemn pledges that ho has hoclt and would prove true to Iho caiiso ol jus lice, truth, and the licpuUicati party J and Wiikiikas, Senator lioss, after healing" Ihe testimony on the trial for tho impeach ment of Fiisidcnt Johns! II. declared that Ihe I'icsideiit was cleaily proved ginliv of thu high crimes charged iu tho nt tides ot impeachment, an I assured Senators, Con gressmen nnd citizens that ho w ould vntn guilty on four of Ihe nrliilos, thn lll.li, art cle being one ol them ; uud, Wurnmsj Senator KosSj notwithstanding his ollen cxpronscd convictions of Iho guilt of tho l'lesidcnl, and his pledges lo vote for conviction, did violate his oath, thus pel pil ing himsi ll, dishonoring our Siato, ami scriiMinly ieopanlizing tho inleicslHof tho nation ; Therefore, bo it A'csorci, Thai we, the Ibdegales lo Iho National Itepubbcau and Soldiers and Sailors' Convention at Chicago, bum Kan sas, and also oilier citizens Loin that Stale, regard r-enalor llosn lecreant lo the high fa list imposed iu him, uiilaithful lo bis oath of ollice, nml un woi thy tho trust nnd con Ii Ictico ot our people; having u luimi) which will forever bu associated with that of lleiicihct Arnold. Jiisnlvi i, That Senator I'oss has no right to retain a position iu w hich ho has so will nl ly ami criuiiually misrepresented our people, and we theieloio denial. I his im mediate resignation ns tho only means left in bis power of saving us fioiu lurthtr sluimo and disgrace. A Compliment to Ohio. Tho New York Fttlil pays tho foilowing compliment to Ohio. Tho praise in well de served ; Ohio occupies a Ils agricultural am! roud position lu-day. commercial progress lias iie n rctiiai Katite; ami tbe Flute in mlt only the nursery of tortile (arms and 'great luiiiiufiicturing cities, but Ihe home of, in tellect. Ohio has succeeded Virginia ::s Iho mother of statesmen. The most piuii) incut and inllueutiul men in law ami pub lics at tho present time hail from the Hunk eye State. Tlio roll ol distinguished. Ohio niis embraces such men us Salmon I'. Chase, Chief Justice of tho L'niled Slates; Hen jamin F. Wado, 1 'resident of the Senate ; Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War ; Sen. a I or Sherman and his brother, Lieutenant General Sherman, tho litter tho hero of tho march from Atlanta to Iho sen ; (li-otge II. Fondli-ton, a prominent aspirant for tho office cf President nf tho United States; tho eloqimiit (iruesboek, tho well-known 0. L. Vnlliindigham, lion. John A. liingluwu, tho ablest ol the Hoard of Managers in tho im peachment trial, and Mr. Slanbcrry, in ad dition to many others. Theso are tho leading men of the nation, and Ohio is justly proud of her intellect. Unquestionably, lliu admirable common school system in iho liuckeye Slate has dmio much toward malt ing Ohio ''tho cradlo of great men." - lit view of this fact would it not be well for ether Stat.-s lo luster with greater care Iho enlightened, clevuting, common school in stitutions ? i Useless Young Ladies. It scarcely admits of doubt that the num ber of young ladies is constantly increas ing who think happness dependent on free, dnni from icspousibility and labor, and wish to have nothing to do bill lo read nov els, or givo themselves lo p'eaaurc. A cy temporary says: " The number of idle, use less girls, iu all our hug') cities, semis to bo steadily increasing'. They lounge or sh cp ilnoiigh their mornings, and p-iiinio thu streets durii g the afteuooii, aud ascii -bio iu frivolous companies of their own aij I other sex tu pass away llicir evinings. Whut a store of miseiy for themselves ami others they are laying up for coming time, when real duties and high ii's;Mii,,i bilitits shall bo thoughtlessly us.-,uiuc.i ! They are skilled iu no ilouiesMo duties n iv lliey despise Iheui, iiavo no habits of i.idir's Iry, nor taste for tho useful Whol will they ho ns wives and niuihers 'i Alas h r tho husbands mid did lien, an I alia l" themselves. Who can v, -inlet' if doiin.til c ruin follow .'(" Whittier to Colfax. Colfax! well chosen to preside O'er Freedom's Coiifrress, ami to guiilc,: As one who Imbls lln) rein of Fwe, Tho current of ils great debaie; ' ' I'roini ted by one too w isui mni good, 1 j Ami lair, uitlial, lo bu ill.tlooil, , , lb-re, from our imrtlierii livor-haakg,' I send to ibeu my heaiir trunks ' For nil pan patience wl.ieh lm bnrna -Tbu weary toot of I'uueonibe's born, ' The Ins-lug ol tlio Coiiih rlnail, I ( : t Ami tolly ilropi.ing word i.f.'leauj.S Still wisely re.nli. when Ibe rjl,i ' ' 1 1 Il.iuga poised, to iiinke the Right revail, Hull I'ureiiuwt, tlioiigli.Kcr.-4um' Ucajl He eruahu.l, with seornl'ul lietl to tivai The life out from its wiltlanjf tail! - As u Ua, turn, taitlitnl lo too cod , . liod keep ll.ee, thy sincere frieml, JOHN G. WHITTIER. IIkwaub id evil thoughts. l.)!i the mis. chief they have donj in iho wi.rl.i, lt.nl tsiiughts eomo ti iul, bal vor Is frtlluw,' and bid deeds Spriu; up in ih.v rc.r. . 1'i .y against tbelu. 'J hey prcpa,io lo Wfj-.wtliB cn my. ,W"i" "'"' TilK Patrons ot lliisb aadry sV,)bpi-ft.i't-in organiaitioii in Wuuuusiii ah tfat' tir'-im urospecU. . .... , ,