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AUCASIAJN
Volume 1.
Lexington, Lafayette .V,i:xty, MissorRi, Wednesday, Jitly 4, 1800.
Xlmber 11.
WEEKLY
97 JTJTJA1C. ALLEN Co.
k. uin.
w. e. m . r..
tT One Tear, io advance. S2.SO; i month, in
advance. SLS4 ; .ingle c,pie, . Sulno-riptiona
di-ronliracd al end f term unless renewed.
L A.lvertiscmcaUwill be in-cried a h.i"W: imr
..lurc. tea linrr lc.. mat insertion, 91 ; earn
swUownenl i.erSioi. 3M. tta?h retiiurvU in l
tsncr. ti-inr-ltrrlirarllU will In- charged at tile f..
iiminitaln: tBActnare. three month, ."; In.
do. . 91 months. 7; !"- do. twelve months,
9I Tw.ttarc. three month. T : IN. !.. '
aiv. month,. ie 1. do., twelve month. l.V j
Ourti-r mlunii. .c rear. W: Malt column, one
3r, ; iinrrohMi. "Oe year, Sim.
U'-l" Work of all fcimfc. done" in heat style, on en
tirely Vw type, at Itr4 r.-li rate, orders so
licited amf'promptlv attended to.
l.y"'oe -.narriage atu-r, aorhargr. tifu.ry no
tine ten liar in leor!, w RmlrT, sav .seventy-live
w..cl-, published lre;ner that -pace, 91 for each
ten lines. Religious notices, free.
Business Cards.
DCXTIAT HI'.
nAEI.Liatill m Lexington, and has 4a
Seen lor tir last IKIITIU fll
Xhee. Mtr LieMirh's store, apft Ir-
T. T. .H ft JOB.
Ilto-wicloiit Iciiti-nt,
o
FTP! E . M' -ret. two doers weM
of it ap9 ly -
DH. C. Mm STEW AWT,
SrRtiE"" lE""vriST. OtSce over
Hal A (nam's store, opposite
tuWtowrt Hwt, Lcliagtuu, Jiu.
at' jh It
MBCRT Al XL,
Banker,
BAKHStl llorsE. Main st.. Lexington;
a. M.
j-.rttu.re honrht anl sotM
LEWETT,
lit HrfVV9
Laxrstvro. Mi9uiu.
Ofrthe aver f. Mmi Saare.
. mu. wa. cniiiiai.1.
MUTES A. CIIHISM AX,
Attorney-it nt Iiiav,
lnapcaeacc. MissearL
".111.1. regularly attend the Conrt in Jxk-on,
ft LaCa rit. JirfkaM anl tan run?ie. Mr.
awTrrwill 9irnl a pan tf hi. tiwe in lrintftn.
aol'ailM-a) ttirn, air to &ai at hi i4l M:n1.
I'm ia b4m-c will be given. vCtne time he will be
in LeaiBglnn. maj 3 ra
MRS. SIS AX K. MONROE,
Mn.i.w
intn
I.IM:K AM HKKSS M.Kt:R. Well
I lower.. Kihbn.. Thnminn. Jtr
MaatlT m aantl
Krnlal aaI .Mxurains kd-
n-f. nwlr tu lrr in latest anl best at ln.
M1LLIN Eli Y.
!MRS. S. cTjAMESOX.
RrP: TU LLY an nonary, tu the laii-s
f Lriawtn ami iciBitT, that be has
uat received, at ber Atre. on Laurel street.
aM eoeneu n MllKlMl, ArKiL
dptaajiwJ aaf raMiioaanle nMvttinent ol
Spring and Summer Millinery,
wnirh.be invited their attention; anl a call from
them ta slif-irrd befire imrchainjc el-e h-re. a 1
am nlbel that I ran please them bth in I'lCK K,
V ti-irv aiiri:
)"nmirtng of all ktntl. l"nr w ith nenTne anl
dl.-)arh. S. E. JASIXX.
. B. PnM M m, in all its variel lranrh-s,
attenletl t rmtlT. a)'i.
SEW milOxertstore.
Mr. M. F. PRICE
iiwr e
ikat-ju?t vrRvU sua entirely e
Fashionable Millinery Goods,
Brew TriHnnis ff latest Styles.
IIt tirk em.itinpnrtof Bonneta. Hapn. t.'ap.
FMrn. Kilrhon. nrnainent, Xr. Thankful f..r
MMt favnr,. heiwlirit.ahref ullic patronage.
I". S- RnBet. ami 11 at a blearhe! anl altered to
the laleM nohi'm..
ae am ra) af h Pnn.
He iware. wia IH tin
TIR.l.l.ft HOTEL.
Laarel Street. : : : : : Lexington, Ho
II . J. COMER. lropriWor.
FIRST rla hotel. ar he ran reimlarle -a,
awl fr-Mfi thv hHre. to eonnert with all I ()
hjnts. Avlafw. H(pkaii'ln4nlliMki- S 1.1.1
lei ever avorniur. corn
rung wiin ine Ta- mi nv
'tablea connected n ith the
B IV
rnilroacLft twl
W. H.NII.MRD.
ItnW -fhn fc. Shaw hati. omni.ioB) Mer
le chant, ami aamt fr H.ur Mill.. BumlieiH
5 M T nth Main street. SI. i.it. Mo. myl'-1in
DRT .OOl MART.
GEO. A. MALL . . M h.e-ale anl Retail
teaWn in I r tMl. i7 ISroa-lnay, .
arrantdaCBeapaitlechea.e. mjrSt ly
c. w. .w.ij.. av. t. nrrrsen.
small. Ri rncR at. to.,
CMMIS?HM MKKt.HASTS, So. 1 t'..mmer
eial t. . t Lunia. arj. ly
MOODY. MICHEL CO..
"IoLEsALE Dealera in Staple and Fanev
CBTio??iic.
3lo. T4 eeoal street, corner of olive .treet,
mt le ST t,ttf1
wm. limricr,
Banker,
H.s iBPiimrrl h.ine;iA al hi. old Ranking ?loet
anjdlirtt9tlepatroaaBfthepnblie. Jf-1
poait, received, Eachance bonrht and ld.
B'IBEVT HU. I. J. rvUHirn W"IT W. RCXII K
AI Lf FOLL.IRB v REXICK.
Bhr.US AM) BKKr:KS. Itealrra in Ex
ehaawe. t4d ami Silver .in anl told lt.
liep.Mil. received. v. M Sorth Thinl Street, st.
J.mtiv MiMowri. aire) 3m
lilWCI A BBEftERT.
AEI5 JkM fOKTEK- Mb. St "II MITT CO.,
St. lM-t. M. Sold ia Harra-U. Half a if I Or.
atarrela. aad ia tfwart nnd l"int Mllm nr tne lox.
lEroT X. 31 tommercial St.. between hft
nat and Viae, where Salooaa. Steam h ml. ami Kam
lliea caw alway Be .applied. apis ly
. a. wrrrr. s. . hu. j. a. ihwhu
WITT, SLOAX . CO.,
Cv ENTERAL OMMI--lo MFHI HAST3, HEMP
TTtJt ASH TOBAft'OFAl TKS. V.. Ill
onar, r-r. e.
t -lrompt persoml attention given to Enrward
ia Good ami Filling Onlrr f.r all kind of Mer-
1. .H.-. I.
chandne.
1MB ntUMV,
&l. Eonia.
CU... K. SLAVBAAKj
Sew Orleaaat
STAXARD SL.4TBACR,
OMMISSItfS MER HANTS, Sew Urlean. La
E. O. STAXARO fc CO,
J-VOMMIsSHt MEK HAST. So. SCilv Rnild
tne.. St. Loai.. Mo. Will mHanee raid, ami
negotiate paper on shipment to oar bonse in Sew
irleaaa. apa 3n
Jklea. Mitehrll. S. 6. Weatworth Wat. Mornvoa.
EXCHAXC.E . RANRINt. 1IOCSE
Alex. Mitchell & Co.,
.1.EXIS6TOS, MO.
EXIHASUE on
STS.
SEtT TRK.
I'lllLAKEf PHf A.
ST. Il IS,
and other eitiea hongtit and dd. t'olleetion. made
and proceeda promptly remitted at current rste of
ear hang.
I aiied state and other Sfork. nongbt and old on
ommi'iioa. aad real estate paper negotiated oa fa
Vorahle term.. .
Eaioa MMttarj Road Bonght aad Hold. mi if
M. J. AEW1BJIK.
. B. BELLSA.
!.. , RELLES,
JBE aow receiviag a large stock of
iilnnn and Qtteensteare,
At rhrhr old ataad (twa dooea east of the w
Hv Hotel) which will alee the I.AIMiEST
ami REST AMOBTXEST west af Saiat2J5
we aoHrit a i lallnnaart or the
VAKtETTAin CHEAPNESS
owe .Sock will be aawiwaltrd bT war other m
and we shall make it an ohire t iW rsmnrn to hn y
wverr mmsla of as. ARJISTROSU BELLES.
tBH
A. W. RJBISCiS,
BEALER 19
t)KY GOODS & GROCERIES,
Hats. Csps, Boots and Shoes.
JLstsdl3' XreeiBj Ococls9
WnBWll, ClOTM, IfottoRI, k.
wypMle CHv Motel. Lealnetoa. No.
- -" aew-cvew swiwiibh orranry ami
Mamhi lBryiiood,, Hooierr. Ac. to wMrb
he iBTKea She aMewtioa olhe paMie. He
to determine tofcee on Imwda -dock whi
OK OCK11IKS,
, A.- W, nl)Siei. "
.- r
.T mm wpfwr i nanu , nna dt
H"n 'fcailm.im. will he aMe to eU gmd.
as clnraw. sw ehi ap i . ihaa) any arher bsair ia the
y-T . awB eiawMae fcr yommrrrm, a. a) to ao
aamai, ami we are sot i. Bed we Can
anttamwanabtomaaHty arnjaw aad ariee. We
ttmrn heeyaamstmstly an band a rsmplits stock af
Military Trials of Civilians.
IMHAS A CASES AVOl'MEST OK J. S. III. At K.
Coatiaued from our la-it.
But ttit case does not dcpeml on au
thority: It if rather a ouestiou of fai t
than of lavV;
I prove my f iht to a trial ly jury
just as I would prove my title to an es
tate if 1 hcKl in 1113' hand a solemn deed
eonvevinil it to me, coupled with unde
niable evidence of h?t and undisturbed
possession under and according to the
deed. There is the thnrter by which
we claim to hold it. It is called tho
Constitution of the United States. It
is siixned hy the sacred name of George
Washington, and by thirty-nine other
names, litttc less illustrious than his.
They represented every independent
State then upon the continent, and
each State afterwards ratified their
work by a separate convention of its
own people. Every State that subse
quently came in acknowledged that
this was the great standard hy which
their rights were to be measured. Ev
ery man that has ever held office in the
(country, from that time to this, has ta
ken an oath that he would sustain and
support it through good report and
through evil. The Attorney General
himself became a party to the instru
ment when he laid his hand on the tios
ple of Goi! and solemnly swore that he
would give me and every other citizen
the full benefit of all it contains.
What does it contain ? This among
other things :
"The trial of all crimes, except in
cases of impeach nient, shall be bv jn-
Again : "No person shall be held to
answer for a capital or otherwise in
famous crime unless on a present
ment or ihdit'ttnent by a Grand Jury,
except in cases arising in the land or
naval forces, or in the militia when in
actual servictJ in time of war or public
danger ; nor shall any person be sub
ject fof th same offence, to be twice
put in jeopardy of life or Lmb, nor be
compelled in anv criminal case to be a
witness against himself, nor be depriv
ed of life, liberty, or property, without
due process ot law ; nor shall private
property be taken for public use with
out just compensation:"
This is not all ; another article de
clares "that in all criminal prosecutions
the accused shall enjoy the right to a
speedy and public trial by an impar
tial jury of the State and district where
in the crime shall have been committed,
which district shall have been previ
ously ascertained by law ; and to be in
formed of the nature and cause of the
accusation; to be confronted with the
witnesses against him ; to have com
pulsory process for the witnesses in his
favor, and to have the assistance" of
counsil for his defence."
Is there any ambiguity there? If
that does not signify that a jury trial
shall be the exclusive and only means
of ascertaining guilt in criminal cases,
then I demand to know what words or
what collection of words in the Knglish
language would have that effect ? joes
this mean that a fair, open, speed v.
public trial by an impartial jury shall
be given only to those persons against
whom no special grudge is telt by the
Attorney General, or Judge Advocate,
or the head of the Iepartinent ? Shall
this inestimable privilege be extend
ed only to men whom, the administra
tion does not care to convict ? Is it
confined to vulvar criminals who com
mit ordinary crimes against society,
and shall it be denied to men who are
accused of such offences as those for
which Sydney liussell was beheaded,
and Alice Lisle was hung, and Eliza
leth Gauntt was burnt alive, and John
Dunyau was imprisoned fourteen years,
and Baxter was whipped at the cart's
tail, and Prynn had his ears cut off?
No ; the words of the Constitution are
all-embracing
As broad and general as the casing air. "
The trial of ALL crimes shall be by
jury. ALL persons accused shall en
joy that privilege and NO person shall
be held to answer in any other way.
That would be sufficient without
more. But there is another considera
tion which gives it tenfold power. It
is a universal rule of construction, that
general words in any instrument,
though they may be weakened by enu
meration, are always strengthened by
exceptions. Here is no attempt to enu
merate the particular cases in which
men charged with criminal offences
shall be entitled to a jury trial. It is
simply declared that all shall have it.
But that is coupled with a statement of
two specific exceptions : cases of im
peachment ; and cases arising in the
land or naval forces. Those exceptions
strengthen the application of the gen
eral rule to all other cases. Where the
law-gitef himself has declared when
and in what circumstances you may
depart from the general rule, yon shall
not presume to leave that onward path
for other reasons, and make different
exceptions. To exceptions the maxim
is always applicable, that espressio uni
vs erclusio est alterius.
Bat we are anfrererl that the judg
ment under consideration was pfo
nounced in time of war, and it is, there
fore, at least, morallv excusable. There
may,- or may not be something in that
1 admit that the merits or demerits of
any particular act, whether it involves
a Violation ot the constitution or not,
depend upon the' motives that prompt
ed it, the time, the occasion, ami alt at
tending circumstances. Whe"n the peo
ple of this country come to decide up
on tbc acts ot their rotors, thev will
take these into consideratioif. Bat
that presents the political aspect of the
ease with which, I trust, we have noth
ing to do here. I decline to discuss it.
I would only say, to prevent misappre
hension, that I think it is precisely in a
time of war and civil commotion that we
should double the guards upon thi Con
stitution. It the sanitary regulations
wmcn uetend the health ol a city are
to be relaxed, it ought certainly not to
be done when pestilence' is abroad.
When the Mississippi shrinks within its
natural channel, and creeps lazily along
the bottom, the inhabitants along the
shore have no need of a dyke to save
them from inundation. But when the
booming flood comes down from above,
md swells into a volume which rises
high above the plain on either side,
then a crevasse in the levee becomes
a most serious thing. So in peaceable
and quiet times, our legal rights are in
little danger of beine overborne i but
whan the wave of arbitrary power lash
es ltselt irrtw violence and rage, and
goes surging rup against the barriers
which were made to confine it, then we
ne-rj trie-whole strength of ai imbroke'h
constitution ta save us front de'str'ue'
!. But this is m frstiorr which
properly belongs to the jurisdiction of
the stump and the newspaper.
There is anolher guiii political argu
ment necessity. If the law was vi
olated because' it could not le obeyed,
that might le tin excuse. But no ab
solute compulsion is pretended. These
commissioners acted, at most, under
what they regarded as a moral necessi
ty. The choice was b'ft ihem to obey
the law or,, disobey if. The disobedi
ence was onlv necessary as means to
an end which they thought desirable:
and now thev assert that (hough these
means are unlawful and vr'"'tig, they
are made right, because without them
the object could not be accomplished ;
in other words, the end justifies the
means. There you have a rule of con
duct denounced by all law, human and
divine, as being pernicious in policy
and false in morals. s,ee how it ap
plies to this cause. Here were three
1 ;...,!. e...,.r.,-.. I
lll."ll IM'lll It ,1. IH ILlti'lV I" I II1MV
out of this world, but there was no
proof on which any court would take
their lives; therelore it was necessary,
and being necessary it was right and
proper, to create an illegal tribunal
which would put them to death wit ti
oufproof. By the same mode of rea
soning you can prove it equally right
to poison them in their food, or stab
them in their sleep.
Nothing that the worst men has ev
er propounded has produced so much
oppression, niisgovernmont and sinter
ing as this pretence of state necessity.
A great authority calls it ''the tyrant's
devilish plea ;" and the common hon
esty of all mankind has branded it
with everlasting infamy.
Of course, it is mere absurdity to
say that these relators were necessari
ly deprived of a right to a fair and le
gal trial, for the record shows that, a
court of competent jurisdiction was sit
ting at the very time, and in the same
town, where justice would have been
done without sale, denial or delay.
But concede for the argument's sake
that atrial by jury was wholly impos
sible ; admit that there was an abso
lute, overwhelming, imperious necessi
ty operating so as literally to compel
every act which the commissioners did,
would that give their sentence of death
the validity and force of a legal judg
ment pronounced by an ordained and
established court? The duestion an
swers itself. This trial was a viola
tion of law, and no necessity could be
more than a mere excuse for those who
committed it. If the commissioners
were on trial for murder or conspiracy
to murder, they might plead necessity
if the fact were true, just as they would
plead insanity or any thing else to
show that their guilt was not wilful.
But we are now considering the legal
fleet of theirdecision, and that depends
bn their legal authority to make it.
They had no such authority ; they
usurjied a jurisdiction which the law
not only did not give them, but ex
pressly forbade them to exercise, and
it follows that their act is void, what
ever may have been the real or suppos
ed excuse for it.
If these commissioners, instead of
aiming at the life and liberties of the
relators, had attempted to deprive them
of their property by sentence of con
fiscation, would any court in Christen
dom declare that such a sentence divest
ed the title ? Or would a person claim
ing under the sentene make his right any
better by showing that the illegal as
sumption of jurisdiction was accompa
nied by some excuse which might save
the commissioners from a criminal
prosecution ?
Let me illustrate still further.
Sup-
pose you, the judges of this court, to
be surrounded in the hall where you
arc sitting by a body of armed insur
gents, and compelled by main force to
pronounce sentence of death upon the
President of the United States for some
act of his upon which you have no le
gal authority to adjudicate. There
would be a valid sentence if necessity
atone could create jurisdiction. But
could the Presidedt be legally executed
under it ? No; the compulsion under
which you acted would lc a good de
fence for you against an impeachment
or an indictment for murder, but it
would add nothing to the validit y of a
judgment which the law forbade you
to give.
That a necessity for violatirg the law
is nothing more than a mere excuse to
the perpetrator, and docs not in any
legal sense change the quality of the
act itself in its operation upon other
parties, is a proposition too plain on
original principles to need the aid of
authority. I do not see how any man
of common sense is to stand up and
dispute it. But there is decisive au
thority upon the point. In lH:j, at,
New Orleans, Gen. Jackson took upon
himself the command of every iterson
in the city, suspended the functions of
oil ..1 u ..:: ... ..,.l ' 1.:.,
tu: 11,11 am iiiii lues, ii'4 m.nn- 111:1
own will tor a time the only rule ol
conduct. It was believed to be abso
lutely necessary. Judges, officers of
the city corporation, and members of
the State Legislature insisted on it as
the only way to save the "booty and
beauty" of the place from the unspeak
able outrages committed at Ihidajoz
and St. Sabastian by the very same
troops then marching to the attack.
Jackson used the power thus taken by
him moderately, sparingly, benignly,
and only for the purpose of preventing
mutiny in his cmp. A mutineer was
restrained by a short continment, and
another was sent four miles up the
river. But after he had saved the city,
and the danger was all over, he s toot I
before" the court to be tried by the law;
his conduct was de'eide'd to be illegal
by the same judge who had declared it
to ber necessary, and he paid the pen
alty withowt a murmur.- The Supreme
Court of Louisiana,- in Johnson, vs.
Duncan, decided that everything done
during the seige in pir'snawe of mar
tial rule, but in conflict With the law of
the land, was void and of none effect,
without reference to the circumstances
which made it necessary. Long after
wards the tine imposed upon Jackson
was refunded because his friends', while
they admitted him to have violated the
hrw, iTrsisted that the necessity which
drove him to it ought to have' saved
him from the punishment due only to
a wUfni offender.
To be Continued.
Admit no gucsf into your soul that
the faithful watch-dog in your bosom
barks at.
Whyis phof ograhic album like alilel
ous publication ? Because it's full of
personal reflections.
Mechanical labor is in great demand
at Galveston, Texas. Carpenters get
front 5 t?o per daV a-nd more hauJs
arewantci
SCHOOL) GIEXS.
JllY KITZ liHHN IIALLKI K.
Merrily Imiiiii'Is the morning burk.
Xlon'i- the Milliliter iHa;
Merrily iimimt the niortiin lark
I lie fofililosl tvif Mil Iree
M'-rrily atmler liie tinruiii;f m!-.
The liioruill' Mill f te;
Ami ln-rril , int-rnly irreetolhe rose
'I lie lllille -stlrl; ilm lee.
llut merrier. l;ierri-r lar Ihan tlieie.
u ho liriiitf nil 1 he itiirn ol the morning lirei-ze
A iiiu-te veeler lhaii lierown;
A hjiinty irroun Invv ant! rr:ires,
t.raei-l'til I'.trnis iiihI lely laee.
Ml in tray .-lii.-ht oiiHImwii.
Outllouii IVuiii liieir .-ehiH.l room rum,
Scli'Mil-rtMiin rules ami 'hol-rMlii tK,!
l.ovrly 111 their leen- ami tre. es.
Summer Mnile Mini -limmer ireh.-e8,
intuit a-.-in luinl rares-e.
.loyMi ill their il.inee anil Mm,;,
Willi w'weel (ilerly CUrei-seb,
Arui-in-arm they steeil atoii;.
Correspoaueuce of the Caucasian.
Waveri.y, June '2-1, lMlti.
Messrs. EiTt'ous: I notice, in your
paper of the 20th, another article from
,lT ,
luu,ir'
in which he pays his re
spects to a certain merchant here, and
of whom he had previously so describ
ed as to call down upon him the male
dictions of "Waverly," a correspond
ent in this place. '-Traveler, "in his
second notice of our merchant, says
that he staid at home during all the war,
and that "every time he let the bush
whackers have a pair of shoes, to show
his friendship for them, would re-mark
his whole stock so as doubtless to cov
er not only the amount ho let them
have, but put on a good profit besides.
Now, .Messrs. Editors, without being J
fully nosted u: in this rcsitect. I veil-i
ture to say the gentleman did no such
thing, in the sense in which "Traveler,"
would have it understood. True, many
times during the war, it became neces-i
sarv for men hunts to re-mark their
goods, to keep pace with the advance
11 . , j
111 prices cis,.iicre,j.isi as u.e uu.uu
have done to meet a decline; but in no
other sense, in my humble judgment.
Surely there was nothing wrong in
this. Every merchant in the county
did the same thing. I have heard it
said, your merchants in Lexington re
marked their goods for the" same rea
son assigned by "Traveler;" but doubt
not that the one was just as false as
the other. This is the point of his of
fending: no more.
Again : your correspondent "Travel
er" finds fault with a certain justice of
the peace here for what he supposes a
dereliction of duty, in that he sent to
Lexington for trial a young man com
ing under his jurisdiction for trial
for a supposed offence. Perhaps
"Traveler" did not know that the
justice of peace alluded to was at
the time on a sick bed. Certainly he
could not have known it, else no charge
of the kind would have been made, or
the fact alluded to. I conclude his
visit to oar town was not so extended
as to give him all the village news in
this respect.
True it is, I do not think "Traveler"
as choice in the selection of his lan
guage, employed some time ago, in his
description of our merchant as lie
should have been; but supposing that
language intended as playful, with no
intention to either injure the individu
al in his feelings or business. I en
joyed a good hearty laugh at it : noth
ing more. And think "Wavcrly" went
off half cocked when he denounced the
language as scandulous. The word is
too strong. Thecontoxt does not jus
tify its employment. Hoping that we
shall hear no more growling, and that
"Traveler" will continue his amusing
and interesting letters, I am
Pespectfully, T A BO.
New Deal of Cards in Iowa.
A cirular addressed "to the Conser
vative Itepublicans of Iowa," calling a
State Convention for the purpose of or
ganizing a party to be known as the
"National Lnion Tarty," has made
its appearance. The following is a
paragraph from the circular;
"We have heretofore been Pepubli
cans, but being unable to co-operate
with the radicals and dominant clement
of that party in a line of policy inaug
urated since the close of the war, and
which we believe to be fraught with
the most disastrous consequences to the
country, we propose to establish a sep
arate organization, 10 lie known as the
National Union Partv
The call is headed by the name of
t it rri ir o . . - ,
t jlimi. X nomas 11. iciitoii, jr., wno was
the Iemocatic candidate for Governor
at the last State election. Filly names
arc appended to the call, and among
them the Chicargo Evening Journal re
grets to see "several gentlemen who
have hitherto been Republicans."
Greeley Stating the Truth.
In an article reviewing the last
speech of Secretary Seward, Greeley of
the Tribune, contributes the following
contradiction to the assretions of the
Abolition press ami his own history:
"The nothern copperheads whose
hearts were iti the main with the rebel
lion throughout Bsaynot that they
wanted disunion, but that they account
ed the Republican party the first ag-gressor-'uB
and the rebels moriff sinned
against than sinning who'fcirf-tirmly
hclieved that the Union could only be
restored by buying off the rebles with
fresh concession! and guarantees to sla
very ; who deprecated national victories
as grave impediments to the'onfy pos
sible or true desirable re-union who
regarded the war as a politician's strug
gle for sirpermaey-, and never doubted
whatever might lie sent forth at Rich
mond, that, if they were in power, they
could negotiate a speedy restoration.
In their view, therefore every national
demonstration against slavery, wheth
er by confiscating the slaves of the ren
tes, or arming the negroes ! or pro
claiming emancipation,' was a nail in
the Union."
If is' said that the Democracy around
the home of Dan liice, in Pennsylva
nia, propose electing him to Congress.
The envious lose the enjoyment of life
by the discontent they feel at what oth
ers enjoy.
. With exception, perhaps, of anger,
tear h? the' most injurious of th6" hu
man pasniona.
TKE IRON VAULT.
A TALE OF SAX FRANCISCO.
I live in San Francisco, and am a
locksmith by trade. !y calling is a
sf range one, and possesses a certain fas
cination rendering it one of the most
agreeable pursuits. .Many who follow
it. see nothing in it but lalior think of
nothing but its returns in gold and sil
ver. To me it has ot'ir charms than
the money it prodm-es. 1 am called
upon, almost daily, to open doors ami
peer into long neglected apartments : to
spring t he stubborn locks of safes, and ;
gloating upon the treasure piled within;
to ouiedy enter the apartment of ladies
with more beauty than discretion ; to
pick the locks of drawers containing
peace-destroying missives, that the dan
gerous' evidences of wandering affect ion
may riot reaeh the eyes of a husband,
or father in possessioii'of the missing
key ; to force t he fastenings of cash box
es and depositories of records, telling of
men made suddenly rich, of corporations
plundered, of orphans robbed, of hopes
crus!ed, of families ruined. Is there
no ch'ir'iu in all this ? no food for spec
ula! ion no scope for the range of pleas
ant fancy? Then, who would not be
a locksmith, though his face is begrim
med with the soot of the forge, and his
hands are stained with rust ?
But 1 have a story to toll not exact
ly a story, cither lor a story implies
the completion as well as the beginning
.. i 01 a iiaii.ii:e ini mine is M'urreiv
,,,. .1,.,,. tiw, :f r,Mi, ., .,. t,.o... 1 t I
him who deals in things of fancy, write
the rest. In the soring of lSr0 I
think it was in April I opened a littli
sltjii.jitt lv 1 ei.- s!ei..t iiiiiI intti einL-
r - ' - ' ' 1
cd mvsclf into a fair business. Late 1
one evening a hi'ly, closely veiled, en-
tered my shop, and pulling from be-1
ueath her cloak, a small japanned box, ;
'sted me to open it. '1 ho lock was
curiously constructed, ami I was all ot i
Ul h(ur 1htu jt with a kt,v The ,
seeme.i nervous at tnc oelay , ami at ;
length rc'tietcd me to close the door.
I was a little surprised at the sugges
tion, but of course complied. Shutting
the door, and returning to my work, the
lady withdrew her veil, disclosing as
sweet a face as can well be imagined.
There was a restlessness in the eve and
a palor in the check, however, which j
plainly told of a heart ill at case, and j
m a moment every emotion lor ucr had
given place to that of pity.
"Perhaps you are not well, madam
and the night air is too chillv
said I
rather inquisitively.
I felt a rebuke in her reply : "In re
questing you to close the door, 1 had 110
other object than to escape the attention
of persons."
I did not reply, but thoughtfully con
tinued my work. She resumed : "That
little box contains valuable papers pri
vate papers and I have lost the key,
or it has been stolen. I should not
wish to have you remember that I ever
came here on such an errand," she con
tinued, with some hesitation, and giv
ing me a look which it was no ditlicult
matter to understand.
"Certainly, madam, if you desire it.
If I cannot forget your face 1 will at
least attempt tu lose the iccollcvtion of
ever seeing it here."
The lady bowed rather coldly at what
I considered a fine compliment, and I
proceeded with my work, satisfied that
; a suddenly discovered partiality lor me
' lal nothing to do with the visit. Hav
ing succeeiici, ancr mu'-u uimg ami lu
ting, in turning the lock, I was seized
with a curiosity to get a glimpse at the
precious contents ot the box, and sud
denly raising the lid, discovered a bun
dle of letters, and a daguerreotype, as
I slowly passed the box to its owner.
She seized it hurriedly, and jilacing the
letters and picture in her pocket, lock
ed the box, and drawing the veil over
her face, pointed to the door. I open
ed it, and as she passed into the street,
she merely whispered "Remember '."
Wo met again, and I have been thus
particular in describing her visit to the
shop to render probable a subsequent
recognition.
About two o'clock in the morning, in
the latter part of May following, 1 was
awoke by a gentle tap upon the window
of the little room back of the shop, in
which I lodged. Thinking of burglars,
I sprang out of bed, and in a moment
was at the window, with a heavy ham
mer in my hand, w hich I usually kept
at that time within convenient reach of
my bedside.
"Who's there ?" I enquired, raising
the hammer, and peering out into the
darkness for it us sis dark as Egypt
when under the curse of Israel's God.
"Hist I" exclaimed a figure, stepping
in front of the window; "oeii the
door, 1 have business for you."
HJatherpast business hours, I should
say; but who are you?"
"No one that would harm von." re
turned the voice, which 1 imagined was
rather feminine for a burglar's.
"Nor no one that can ! I replied, ra
ther emphatically, byway of a warning
as I tightened my grip upon the ham
mer, and proceeded to the door. I
pushed bHek tho lxlt, and kIowIv open
ing the door, discovered the stranger
already upon the steps.
"What do you want ?" I abruptly in
quired. 'I will tell you," answered the same
soft voice, "if you dare open the door
wide ejiough forme to enter."
"Come in," said I resolutely throw
ing the door ajar, and proceeding to
light a candle. Having succeeded, I
turned to examine the visitor. He was
a small neatly dressed gentleman, with
a heavy ragland around his shoulders,
and" a blue navy cap drawn suspiciously
over the eyes. As I advanced toward
him, he seemed to hesitate a moment,
then raisied the cap from his forehead
ami looked me curiously in the face'.
I did not drop the candle, but I ac
knowledge to: a little nervousness as I
hurridly nNced the light upon the table,
and silently proceeded to invest myself
with two or three very necessary arti
cles of clothing. As the Iord liveth,
my visitor was a lady, and the same for
whom I bad opened the little box about
a month before! Having completed
my hasty toilet, I attempted to stammer
an apology for my rudeness, but utter
ly failed. The "fact is, I Was cou
founded. Smiling at my discomfiture, she
said :
"Disguise is nsele'ss ; I percieve your
recognise me ?"
"1 believe I told yon, madam, I should
hot soon forget your . face. In what
way can I serve vou ?"
"By doing half an hour's work before'
daylight to-morrow, and receiving five
hundred dollars for your lahor," was
tlie reply.
"It is not ordinary work," said I, in
quiringly, " that commands so munifi
cent a compensation."
"It is a labor common to your call
ing," returned the lady. "The price is
not so iTSuch for the labor as the condi
tion under which it must be jier'formcd."
"And what ia the condition '!" I in
quired. "That you will submit to being con
veyed from and returned to vom own
door blindlol.le l."
Ideas of murder, burglary, and al
most every other crime of villainy, hur
riedly presented themselves in succes
sion, as I politely bowe I, and said : "I
must understand something more of
the character of the employment, as
well as the conditions, to accept vour
offer."
"Will not five hundred dollars an
swer in lieu of cf an explanation ?" she
inquired.
"No nor live thousand."
She putted ber foot lu i vonsly on the
floor. I could see she had placed
entirely too low an estimate oti iity
honesty, and felt some gratification in
being able to convince her of the fact.
"Well then, if it is absolutely neces
sary for me to explain," she replied, "I
must tell you that you are required to
pick the lock of a vault, and
"You have gone quite far enough,
madam, with the explanation," I inter
rupted ; "I am not at your service."
"As I said," she continued, "you are
required to pick the lock of a vault,
and rescue from death a man who has
Leen confined there for three days."
"To whom dues the vault belong ?"
I inquire I.
"My husband," was the somewhat
reluctant reply.
"Then why so much sec rosy ! or ra
ther, how came a tuau confined in such
a place?"
"I secreted him there, to escape the
observation of my husband. He sus
pected as much, and cloed the door
upon him. Presuming he had left the
vault, and quitted the house by the
back door, I did not dream, until to-day,
that he was confine I there. Certain
suspicious acts of my husband this af
ter noon convince me that the man is
there beyond human hearing, and will
be starved to death by my barbarous
husband, unless immediately rescued.
For three days he has not left the
house. I "drugge I" him less than an
hour ago, and he is now so completely
stupefied tti.it the lock may be picked
without Lis interference. 1 have search
ed his pockets, but could not find the
key; hence my application to you.
Now y Dii know all; will you accom
pany me ?"
"To the end of the world, madam, on
such an errand."
"Then prepare yourself ; there is a
cal waiting at the door."
I was a little surprised, for I had not
heard the sound of wheels. Hastily
drawing on a coat, and providing my
self with the required implements, I
was soon at the door. There, sure
enough, was the cab, with the driver in
his seat, ready for the mysterious jour
ney. 1 entered the vehicle, followed
by the lady. As soon as I was seated
she produced a heavy handkerchief,
which, by the faint light of the street
lamp, l:r carefully bound around my
eyes. The lady seated herself beside
me, and the cab started. In half an
hour the vehicle stopped in what part
of this city I am entirely ignorant, as
it was evidently driven in anything but
a direct course from the point of start
ing. I'xamining the bandage, to see that
my vision was completely obscured, the
lady handed me the bundle of tools
with which I was provided, then taking
me by the arm, led me through a gate
into a house which I knew was of brick,
and after taking me along a passage
way which could not have lieen less
than filly feet in length and down a
flight of stairs into what was evidently
an under-ground basement, stopped be
side a vault, and removed the handker
chief from my eyes.
"Here is the vault open it." said
she springing the door of a dark lan
tern,
and throwing a beam of light
upon the lock
I seized a bunch of skeleton keys,
and after a few trials, which the lady
seemed to watch with the most painful
anxiety, sprang the liolt. The door
swung upon its hinges, and my compan
ion telling me not to close it, as it was
spring-locking, sprang into the vault.
1 did not follow. I heard the murmur
of iow voices within, and the next mo
ment the lady appeared, and leaning
upon her arm a man with a face so pale
and haggard that I started at the sight.
How he must have suffered during the
three long days of his confinement!
"Remain here," she said, handing
mc thejantern ; "1 will be back m a
moment."
The two slowly ascended the stairs,
and I heard them enter the room imme
diately above where I was standing.
In less than a minute the lady returned.
"Shall I close it, madam ?" said I,
placing my hands upon the door of the
vault.
"No! no:" she said, hastily seizing
inv arm; "It awaits another occu
pant !"
".Madam, you certainly do not intend
to-"
"Are you ready?" she interrupted
impatiently holding the handkerchief
to my eyes. The thought flashed across
my mind that she intended to push mf
into the vault, and bury me and my
secret together. She seemed to read
the suspicion and continued. "Do not
be alarmed. You are not the man '."
"I could not mistake thi truth or the
fearful meaning of the remark, and I
shuddered as 1 lient my head to the"
handkerchief: My eyes were carefully
bandaged as before, and I was led to
the cab, and thence driven home by a
more circuitous route, if possible, than
the one by which we cam. Arrivhig
in front of the house, the handkerchief
was removed, and I stepped from the
vehicle.
A purse of five hundred dollars was
placed in my hand, and in a moment
Che cab' and its nrvsteriouTS occupant
had turned the corner and were out of
sight.
1 entered the shop, and the purse of
gold was the. oiily evidence I could sum
mon in my lewilderment that all I had
just done and Witnessed was not a
dream'.
A month after that I saw the lady
and tho gentleman taken from the vault
walking leisurely along Montgomery
street.
I do not know, but I believe the
sleeping husband awoke within the
vault, and his hones are there to-day.
The wife is still a resident of San Francisco.-
Better be toad than a toady.
AWFUL SCENES IS THE SOUTH.
WOMKN AXICIUI.tKKX HV1NO of STaKV A TIOV .
The Bellcfonte (Ala.) coi r'c'spondciit
of the Chicago Tribune, June" it; says :
?n this famine struck region thet 'osa
Valley I passed a iiumler of t-unviits,
around which were half a dozoii iisr
ly nuked children, hut did not stop at
any of them tiil 1 had reached a point
about three miles from the edge of the
valley. Several children, ranging in
age from four to twivu years, and
clothed only in wh.it is an excuse for
an undergarment, wcresitting around,
while two families vrf-re, with emaciat
ed countenances, picking some -"ribi
vegetables in the vicinity, from which
to make a meal for t h'-mse-lves and
suffering children. I could not mis
take their condition of destitution,
even at a glance. But I determined
to bear their story from their own lips,
and I accordingly halted my horse, and
aske'd, one of the females :
"Madam, cou'M you accommodate
me with dinner to-day ?"
"God knows," said she, and tear's be
gan to trickle down her cheeks, "that
I would not turn a stranger and a trav
eler away, but there has not !ecn sn
ounce of meal in the house for five
days ; we and our chiMren have lived
enterely during that jicriod upon boil
ed greens, with neither salt nor Icp
per." "How many children have vou? I
asked.
"Three, and this lady two more all
small, as you see. We have noway to
live ; we cannot even get seed to plant
our gardens. How we are to live God
only knows."
Are your husbands dead
"Yes, both were killed in the army."
"Do you never go uown into the val
ley plantation for aid ?" 1 inquired.
"Ye-s, what is the use?''" and vjih
emphasis she repeated, what is the use ?
They will do nothing for us ; they tell
lis to go to work and help ourselves,
but what can such as we: do ? With
families to look after, how can we earn
a livelihood ?"
"But," I suggested, "the people of
Tennessee, Kentucky and the Yankee
States have contributed liberally to aid
ycTu '"''
"Yes," she responded, "but we live
so far away. The nearest point at
which I can get anything is Gunters
ville, which is twenty miles. I will
have to carry it cn my back, and I am
reartvly able to walk alone.
I had taken the advice of (he gentle
man who told me to provide myself for
the journey, and had in a sack a peck
of meal for mylior'se, and i" my saddle
bags corn bread and bacon for two
days. I at once gave all 1 had to the
family, knowing that 1 could reach
Guntcrsville the following day, or even
that night, by fast ridinr, and my horse
could subsist on grass, of which, all
along the way, there was an abun
dant growth.
I have seen expressions of gratitude
under almost every circumstance. A
hundred times have 1 seen the dying
soldier on the battle-field breathe out
his last breath in gratitude for a drop
of water to cool his parched lips ; but
never did I see so much fervency as
on this.occasion ; never heard I a more
eloquent prayer than at that moment
fell from the lips of that illiterate wo
man. At this point I left tho scene. I
could endure it no longer. 1 had
heard of the suffering of the famine
stricken people, but never did 1 for a
moment picture to myself a tithe of the
horrors spread out lcfore me.
A WOMAN OF JSF.VEXTT
was the next person I addressed. I
had passed ail the huts for three miles,
not desiring to give my nerves a sec
ond shock that day ; but on the road I
met an old, decrepid female, clothed in
a worn wrapper, of course, domestic,
carrying on her back a sack, in which
was a half bushel of meal.
"Madam," said I, "you are wearied,
are you not ; you are too old to carry
such n load."
"I have toted it eighteen miles ; clear
from Guntersville, said she.
"How far do vou live from here ?"' 1
asked.
"Haifa mile."
"And you have cfrried this all the
way from Guntersville; had you no
one to send ;
"No, sir," said she, "I had two sons,
who lived with me, and two more had
families living near. They were all
killed in the" war. and the wife of one
of them is dead, and I had" to take care
of his four children, the eldest of whom
is eight years of age ; I had to carry
this clear from Guntersville or starve."
I hastened by as rapidly as possible
to GnntiTsviIlc, and reached the town
alout midnight. I had expected to
travel the country eif er ta witness the
actual condition of the people; but I
ha l no need of thftt. I had sc-arccly
reacheu the street, in the morning, be
fore I saw representatives from every
section within a circuit of thirty miles,
frtim which I could obtain as true a pic
ture of the prevailing destitution as
was possible from an extended tour
through the mountains.
I'lI'.D BI THE WAT.
While I was standing in front of the
door of the hotel, I was Approached bv
a middle aged female, who inquiricd of
me where was the place at which ra
tions were dealt out to the jioor. I
pointed to the house, but before she de
parted, I asked :
"How far do yon live from here?"
"Thiftcon miles," said she.
"Is there much suffering there?" I
inquired.
"Yes, sir; you have no idea of its
extent."
"Do you get enough here to relieve
vou r
"Yes, sir enough to keep us from
dj-ing that is, most of us: we get a
little meal nothing else ; meat we do
not expect ; we are glad to get enough
meal to keep us from dying.
"Where does this relief come from ?"
I asked.
"Some from Tennessee, some from
Ke-ntuckv, but mostly from the Yankee
States." "
" JfoW do you get it out home ?
We carry "it on our backs ; we have
no horses." ,
"Do you ever come here, and find
nothing to give out ?"
"Yes, sometimes ; I know a woman
who came sixteen miles, after having
lived three days without anything, as
she gave the email mite she bad to her
children, and then got nothing and had
to walk all the way home. She has
since died."
"Are there many cases of starvation
among you ?" I next inquired.
"Why, yes ; the other day a woman
walked seventeen miles here for some
food for herself and tour children, and
rhe got a jeck of meal; but she was so
ixhauste 1 lhat she died liefore she got
home"; She wsvs found by the roadside
and buried, and the neighbors went t
he f house and found one of Ler chil
'fret. .lead."
Why don't the men come after Trb--wsiorrs
?" I asked.
"Why, there is not one man in ten
families-,-" was the rcjonsc; "tLey
wci o nli killed, or died in the war."
NO MfcAT SINCE Al'tSlST.
I met a boy about thirteen j cars of
age, carrying a pck of meal, and I
asked :
"How far do you live from the city 7"
"Five miles."
"Are the people bad off there?
"Yes; we have had to live on the corn
meal given rs ; we have had no meat
in our hoit" since August last, and tho
Lord kno.vs wheu we shall have any
more."
"Do yon ;t corn meal enough ?"
"No, sir; we. don't average more than
a peck a week, and there are four of us
in the family."
"Where is your father?"
"He was killed at Mission Kid-fe."
"Are the people around you as bad
off as you are ?'"
"Yes, sir ; some are worse off, and
only a fe'w are better off; we expect
to all starve, unless the Yankees help
us I"
1 could fill columns with particulars
as heartrending n theso. I converse
cd with at least a b-fttdred jicrsons, du
ring my stay, which nstci "intil the
morning of the Ith of Jnnf, and all of
them gave accounts as doleful as these
narrate''!.
I made inquiries of different jarties,
well informed on the condition of af
fairs, and they estimated that in five
Counties south of the Tennessee river,'
here were at least twenty thousand
-rs'oiis bordering on a state of star
ration !
. s s -ao- : . .
Gov. Oglesby Wanted.
E-litors Missouri RepuMiean.
Jacksonville, III., June H. Please
tell our Governor to come home as
quick as possible. We have all acted
the fool here in sending bins to your
State to make sjm? ches for the Radi
cals, for we have latedy found out that
he is needed here worse than there, for'
the darned coiqtcrLeads are ge-tting
thicker than fleas. Why, they just
hallow for Andy Johnson till the time,
and thousands of our Republicans have
turned fools and are goingfor old Andy
Johuson in his reconstructioli polie-y.
Tell our Governor to make baste, and
come home, and let the darue-d Missou
ri Radicals go to th d 1, and let as
try to save our own State. I think our
Governor bad lietter suppress that
darned Democrat in your town as he
comes through, for I understand there
is a Dfrmocrat pnbTished in St. Louis
and I think all the De'motTiffc papers
ought to In? suppressed in every State
and the militia called out and drilled so
as to be ready by fall to guard the'
polls, or our party will be voted down
suit.
Our Governor made a speech not
long since in our town and I thought it
was the sharpest one I ever beard. I
think he called the Conservatives cop
perhcads ?rer than a hundred times,
af.'d they lit'vei'cheaped but smiled, and
they were there thick as hail too. 1
just trembled in my boots; I thought
they would surely attack him.
The Conservatives here say they are
for the Constitution of the Uuited
States and that they will uphold it and
fight for their rights under it. I thiuS
they intend to vote, and if Our Gov
uor don't make haste back and arm
his militia they will carry the election
in Illinois by overwhelming majorities,
and if they do it won't be long till a
negro won't be any more thought of
than a poor white man.
I wa- at th? poor house of one of our
adjoining Comities the other day, and
to my great surprise I found a colored
lady in there, and she a lcaut iful young
girl about 18 years old, who had l-cent
a slave in Tennessee, and who hadliecn
brought to this State by one of our of
ficers. I inquired why she was put in
the poor house, and the overseer told
m e she had I -e'en a servant for some of
the town ladies, and as soon as she 1ie
camc helpless she was sent to the poor
house. I went into heT room to so
her baby, and I think it was one of the
prettiest things I ever saw. If you
will believe me, it was nearly as white
as I am, and the prettiest little waving
ciirls in its hair I ever saw hair as
black as a crow. I did feel so bad to
think such a beautiful thing should have
Ikmmi lorn in a poor house. I licgged
her (o let me take it home with me to
show it to my wife and children, but
she said she had sworn it to its daddy,
and that he had to' pay her C-150 per
year for its support.
Mr. Editor, 1 have never read onr
pajicr, but I know by its name that you
are a Republican, and I Vant you to do
everything vou can against Atidy John
son and the Constitutian, so that we
can alter and amend it so that our par
ty can hold all the power. I wish we
hd been as sharp as you Missouri
Radicals, and bad altered our State
Constitution so that Conservatives
could not preach, for they get into the
pulpit and preach for an hour and nev
er say a word about tho poor negro,
nor alK'ut the way old Andy has lieeii
acting.' I think we will have Fred.
Douglass back here again to make
sj-eeches for us. Shall. we persuade
him to canvass your State if he has
time, or do you think there is any hope
for our party in Missouri ? I must close.
Yours, Ac.; T. D. L. P.
r. S. Please tell GpSr.- Oglesby to
suppress the St. Louis Christian Advo
cate if he has tim'cj as be comes through.
T. I. JL. F.
The Dubuque Herald sava official
documents unearthed at Des Moines, du
ring the session of the Legislature last
winter, proves that of the money rais
ed by the Sanitary Commiasion,"frty
three dollars went into the pocket of
the Sanitary Agent, for every dollar
that went into the soldier's. Contrast
this with the result of the recent South
ern Orphan's Fair, at Baltimore, where
(The proflis amounted to one hundred
and sixty thousand, dollars, of which
only three thousand dollars covered
all expenses.
It is not easily to straighten in the
oak the crook that grew in the sapling.
Some people write and ether talk
themselves eompletly out of their repu
tation. . '
A wife full of truth, inocence and
love, is the tirettiest flower that i
can wear next to his heart.