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i - ' With gratitude, O I
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at my risk.
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, , M. T. McKELVEY,
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VOL.XXXIX.I
THE SOUTHERN STATE PRISON.
The Southern Committee. Report and the
Sauthern Slate Prioa Directors.
From the Terre Haute Express.
We published last week the report of the sab -com
mittee on th'e condition of the State Prison South, anl
the card of Mr. Meredith, one of the Director, but re
frained from expressing any opinion upon the merit,
of the ease until we should examine the evidence ta
ken by the Committee. The evidenca has been pub-
ished in the Cincinnati Gazette. It is too lengthy for
insertion in our colnmns, bat we have carefully read
it, and it fully vindicates the conduct of the Direc
tors Messrs Ghee and Meredith, and fails, in our
opinion, to sustain the report of the Committee. The
report says: 'Two of the Directors, Meredith and
Ghee, have systematically farmed out their appoint
ments, the Warden and many of the employes being1
required to pay a bonus for the privilege of holding
their appointments.' The evidence shows that when
Meredith and Ghee were elected, the offices were all
filled, and that but one change was made by them,
namely, removing Col. Meriwether, the Warden, and
appointing Col. Laurence S. Schuler in bis stead; and
the Committee concede, in tbeir report, that this was
a proper change, and was not done in the 'farming'
way. CoL Meriwether, who is the witness as to the
Directors receiving money, was asked this question:
Q. State whether you know of any of the Direc
tors of the prison South having demanded or received
ny moneys for the purpose of influencing their offi
cial action in the appointment of any officer of said
prison?'
A. 'I do not'..'
. So it would seem that the 'farming' operations of
the Directors were not a success, and we are at a loss
to discover the reason why the Committee should
use such language There is no proof whatever, that
the Directors levied black mail on any subordinate
officer, although the Warden did. " Yet the Committee
so word the report, as to leave the impression that
the Directors did it.
The Warden, Chaplain and Physicians are the only
officers the Directors could appoint or remove. The
Warden appoints and removes all . others, and they
are responsible to him alone. There is no pretense
that either the Chaplain or physician ever paid any
thing, and in fact, the whole charge rests on the evi
dence of Col. Meriwether that be paid Meredith and
Ghee $250 a year to retain bis place. This state
ment is denied explicitly under oath by the Directors.
There was no dispute but that Meredith and Gh
bad on several occasions, got money of Meriwether,
but while he said it was in the war of black mail, the
Directors swear that they borrowed the monev d
repaid all of it but one loan with interest. If the
character of the Warden and Directors was upon a
level, we would ha vo no hesitation in believing the
Jatfrrr, because of the improbability of the Warden's
story. But when we look at the evidence of Col.
Me ".wether, we find him making admissions of cor
ruption, brutaiity and indecency that would render
his testimonv Worthless in any "court of justice, and
we are surprised that the Committee would even call
on tie Directors for a defense against a charge based
on his evidence.
The whole evidence shows that tho present board
of Directors bare looked sharply after the interests
of the State and under Ineir administration the pris
on has become self-sustaining; we think there lore,
that they deserve praise for . their financial manage
ment. The Committee further re, ort that Mr. Meredith took
a 'bribe' to obtain the pardon of a convict, tlwt he
uiade false representations to the Governor, to pro
cure the pardon, and that the Governor discovered
the fraud in time to prevent the mischief.
We hare examined the published evidence on this
point, and also the correspondence between tie Gov
ernor and Mr. Meredith, and have no hesitancy iu
saying that this portion of the report is a baseless
fabric, wholly unsupported by the facU.
The Committee have published a card in the Indi
anapolis Journal with a portion of the testimony
bearing on the action of Mr. Meredith in asking for
the pardon of Mr. Mathews, and although only the
cross-examination of Mr. Meredith is giren, while his
explanation o: Mathew'i statements is not published,
yet a careful perusal of Oovernor Baker's testimony,
in our opinion, fully sustains Mr. Meredith's card,
and does not at all justify the report of the Committee.
Goternnr Baker says: 'I told .Meredith I would con
eider his application, and the fact of his being a Di
rector should have no influence on my action. He
did not use auy improper influence to induce me to
grant the pardon, except his representation s as to
his relations to Mathews' family. This, and the dis
respectful character of his reply to my refu-al to
grant the pardon, were the only grounds of complaint
I had tt (take, as to his conduct in relation to the
matter. In his letter refusing the pardon, Gov. Ba
ker says to Meredith: 'Your obligations to the moth
er of Mathews might be thrown in tho scale in a
doubtful case, but can hare no influence in this case.'
So it seems that after all, as Mr. Meredith alleges,
the whole affair was a matter of etiquette between
Governor Baker and himself, with which the public
nad nothing to do, and the Comroit-eJ were eviJent ly
hard pushed for a case when they dug up a private
matter. The application was made in t le usu:l
manner, and was refused because another chaige was
made against Mathews, nd we fail to see any signs of
'bribery' in the case, or anything worthy of censuie.
Of course, we should condemn the practice of Di
rectors asking pardons, but this was tho only case of
the kind in the whole official career of this Director,
and must be judged upon its own merits. We are
satisfied that the Legislature will never adopt the re
port of the Committee if the evidence is laid before
them.
Early Tomatoes. D. A. Compton writes to the
Southern Farmer, as follows:
These are most readily grown on deep, sandv soil;
but as all farmers' gardens are not ssndv soil, the
following method will be found highly advantageous
to those whose soil is heivr loam, approaching
clay. Make uteep, conical hills, a foot or mote in
height, and two and one half feet in diameter at the
base; in the top of these net the plants. Water thor
oughly and immediately cover (he surface of the hills
slightly with dry earth to prevent the gronnt fronf
baking. The roots will scon spread through every
part of the mounds, and being so exposed to the ravs
of the sun will grow amazingly. Do not be afraid
the beat will burn them up the tomato came from a
hot country and will endure heat and drought that
would be 1'ital to Xorthern plants.
Should the drouth be excessive and the vines droop
somewhat, dust them with plaster. This will attract
moisture enough at night to support them during the
day, besides 'furnishing them with ammonia. Hoe
and plaster frequently. When the tomatoes are the
size of crab apples, pull off the smallest, and also
pinch off the tops of the plants. Let the vines fall
and remain directly on the ground. By this method
ripe tomatoes may be had foil three weeks earlier
than by flat culture in the common way.
Farmers are advised to start their plants in small
squares of inverted sod in a slight hot-bed. Such
plants are moved in perfect safety are more stocky
in habit, and in every way better than plants grown
thickly in soil.
1 have tested no early tomato better than the Early
York, and no late variety better than the Feegee.
It is reported from the plains that buffalo in great
numbers are moving north, an unsual thing at thii
season, and accounted for only by the fact that the Indi
ans and military are now in possession of their ac
customed feedii g grounds .
At a late meeting of the Cincinnati Horticultural
society, President Anderson, in speaking of the cot
worm, stated that he bad found a remedy in sprink
ling salt over bis strawberry bed. He used it in the
proportion of four bushels to the acre.
rETCHIOIB
JUST AND FEAR NOTI LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT, BE THY
RICHMOND, WAYIVE CO , HVD.,
From the New York Church Union.
Harriet Tubman.
BT M. D. W.
We acknowledge oar indebtedness
for the following facts to a volume re
cently published for the express benefit
of the subjects of this biography. It
was written by Mrs. Sarah Bradford just
prior to her departure for Europe, and
comes to us with high endorsements
Wendell Phillips, Gerrit Smith, Fred.
Douglas, Thomas Garrett, and many
others. '
It is a work of thrilling interest, the
biography of a most remarkable woman,
one who has been denominated 'Moses,'
because after her own escape from tbe
clutches of slavers, she went back several
times at the risk of her life, when adver
tisements were poste 1 in every direction
offering 812,000 for her head, and
through ber efforts succeeded in leading
nearly three hundred slaves to the Ca
naan of freedom.
Mrs. Harriet Tubman was born about
the year 1820, io Dorchester County, on
the eastern shore of Maryland, and not
far from the town of Cambridge. Not
a drop of white blood flows in her veins
fler parents are both pure-blooded Afri
cans, and they still live at the advanced
age of ninety-eight, as near as can be
estimated from certain records. And
tlotigh thu3 aged, and living out beyond
the toll gate, on the South street road,
Auburn, N. Y., they walk in eery Sun
day, more than a mile, to the Central
Church. After service there they goto
a class meeting at the Methodist Church;
then they wait for a third service, and
after that start for home. .
The writer asked Harriet where they
got somthing to eat, and she replied in
her quiet way, "Ah, de ole folks nebber
eats anything on Sundays, Missis. We
nebber has no food to get for dem on
Sunday. Dey always fasts, and dey
nebber eats anyting on Fridays."
Harriet had ten brothe.s and sisters;
three are now living, all at the North,
and all rescued from slavery by Harriet
before the war except one sister. She
,br ught away her parents in a singular
manner. They were very aged and in
firm, and therefore unable to walk long
distances. Harriet, therefore, fitted out
a singular team for their accommoda
tion. An old horse with a straw collai;
a pair of old chaise wheels, with a board
on the axle to sit on; another board
swung with robes, fastened to the axle
to rest their feet on. She got her par-
. ents, who were slaves belonging to dif
ferent masters, on this rude vehicle to
: the railroad, put them in the cars, turned
j Jehu herself, and drove to Wilmington,
to the residence of the good old Quaker,
Thomas Garrett, where she was furnish
ed with money to take them all to Can
ada.
This Thoma3 Garrett, whose letter is
deeply interestiug respecting Harriet,
we learn from this work, had himself
aided the escape of three thousand fugi.
tives.
This woman has travelled in the cars
on her errand cf mercy when posters
were put up over her head offering 812,
000 reward for her apprehension, and
she heard them read by those around
her, for she has never been able to read
a word. She had faith in God that he
would protect her, and acting upon this
faith, she went back and forth nineteen
times to lead away her suffering bond
people. Mr. Garrett, in his letter, says that he
never met with any person who had
more confidence in the voice of God as
spoken direct to her soal. She had fre
quently told him that she had talked
with God. and he talked with her every
day of her life, and she felt no fear of
beiDg arrested by her master or any
other person, for she never ventured on
ly where God sent her. Mr. Garrett j
states that no slave who placed himself
under her care was ever arrested to his
knowledge. At one time she had two
stout men with her some thirty miles
from Wilmington, when suddenly stop
ped, as she states, by the bidding of
God. She then asked what she must do.
The voice bade her leave the road and
turn to the left. She obeyed, and soon
came to a small stream of water, where
there was no boat and no bridge. She
again inquired ot lier guide what she
must do. He told her to go through.
It was the month of March, and very
oold, but she went in; the water came to
her arm pits; the men refused to follow
till lhey saw her safe on shore. They
then followed, and then a second stream
to be waded, after which they came to a
cabin of colored people who took them
in, put them in bed, and dried their
clothes.
The strange part of the story is, that
the master of the two men had put up
at the railway station near wbere she
left, an advertisement for them, offering
large reward for their apprehension,
and had not the inward voice brought
her to a stand, and directed her steps
otherwise, they would no doubt have
been taken.
Mr. Garrett had been accustomed to
furnish - her and her companions with
new shoes, and on one occasion when he
had not seen her for three months, she
came one day in his store at Wilming
ton, and he said, 'Harriet, I am glad to
see thee; I suppose thee wants a pair of
shoes.' Her reply was, 'I want more
than that' Mr. Garrett 6aid to her in
jest, I have always been liberal with
thee, and wish to be; but I am not rich,
and cannot afford to givo much. Her
reply was, 'God tells me you have mon
ey for mo.' He asked her 'If God never
deceived her?' She said, 'No. 'Now,
how much does thee want?' asked Mr. G.
After studying a moment, she said,
'About twenty three dollars.' He then
gave her twenty-four dollars and some
odd cents, the proceeds of five pounds
sterling received through Eliza Wigham,
of Scotland, for her. Mr. Garrett had
given some account of Harriet's labor
to the Anti Slavery society of Edin
burgh, of which Eliza Wigham was Sec
retary, and a gentleman hearing the let
ter read, was interested in her, and this
was how the money came.
About twelve months afterward, she
called on Mr. Garrett again, and stated
that God had told her that' he had somo
money for her, but not as much as be
fore. He had a few days previous re
ceived from Europe the net proceeds of
one pound ten shillings for Harriet.
The whole story is full of such inci
dents, showing God's overruling and
guiding hand, and one cannot help feel
ing convinced of the fact that she was
indeed a 'Moses,' chosen f.:r a specfiic
work, and invulnerable till that work
was ?nded. Her services as nurse and
scout were exceedingly valuable during
the rebellion, and it Is passing strange
that no pension has been allowed her
from Government as some remunera
tion, but she is still compelled to labor
unceasingly for the support of her par
ents, and to pay a balance yet due for
their home.
In addition to this, she supports by
her own labors two schools for freedmen
at the South, supplying them with books
and clothing.
It is to aid her in her noble work that
this thrilling narrative has been written,
the cost of which has been paid by sub
scription, so that the entire proceeds go
to Harriet. The book is handsomely
got up, has a full length portrait of Har
riet, and the perusal of its wonderful
incidents will repay the purchaser for
the dollar invested therein, while the
money helps to lift the burden from an
over burdened heart. It i for her ben
efit alone we have sketched this biogra
pliy of a reaiarkable woman.
Now, send along your dollar, or more
if you choose, to the address of Mr.
Tom. Garrison, Jr., Boston, find j-ou
shall receive a copy postpaid. The book
is also for sale at the Freedman's Room's
and Studio Building, Boston.
A Roman Catholio View of Methodism.
The Tablet, a Roman Catholic journ
al, and, speaking for the Catholics in
this country, thus admonishes the Meth
odists: "The real enemies to us among
the Protesant sects in this country, are
the Methodists, admirably organized for
aggression, and who, in their appeals to
the animal nature and sensible devotion,
acquire no little power over the seusi
tive, the ignorant and the superstitious.
They, however, are laying the founda
tion of their own ruin. They are be
coming wealthy, are building fine and
costly churches, founding colleges and
theological seminaries, and they are ta
king their place among the lespectalle
secis of the country. A strong party
among them, almost a majority, are
struggling to introduce lay rapresenta
tion in their conferences, and they are
not unlikely to succeed. These things
will gradually work their ruin. Th y
are ruined the moment they lose sight
of the poor, the ignorant, and tho neg
lected, and pride themselves on having
large, wealthy, and fashionable congre
gations. The poor are worth more than
the rich."
Best Pork and Beans.
Pick over a quart of small white beans,
put them to soak over night. Set them
to boil next morning, throwing off the
water just before they reach the boiling
point. Cover with cold water again,
put in a square pound of nice, sweet,
salt pork, and let them boil together un
til the beans are tender. When the
beans are done, the water should have
all become absorbed; they are then put
in one pan to brown, and the pork in an-1
other, scoring the latter first, through
the skin. Before serving, set the pork
in the center of the beans. Serve with
pickles and horse radish. Demorest's
Magazine.
The weather at Concord, N. H., on
the 7th inst, was the coldest for eight
years, the mercury having fallen to1 34
degrees below zero.
P1EL1DIUM;
GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'S AND TRUTH'S!"
MARCH 23, 1869.
Mrs- Lincoln in Germany.
A London correspondent of the Bos
ton Journal writes:
As Mrs. .Lincoln s petition for a pen
sion is now before the United States
Senate, perhaps your readers would like
to know something of her whereabouts
She is at Frankfort with her son, who is
at school. She lives at. one of the public
hotels, io a very plain and unpretending
style, occupying a room in the third sto
ry, keeping very much to herself, and
having the reputation of being very in
dustrious. She is quite economical, and
if appearances do not mislead, she has
no more funds than are necessary to
make her comfortable. To Americans
she speaks very freely of the good Pres
ident her husdand, and always with
tears. Two periods of the Presidential
career of Mr. Lincoln she alludes to with
great feeling. The ong covers the last
day he spent in Springfield before he
first started to Washington. The other
is connected with the last day of Mr.
Lincoln's life. He had a presentiment
when he left his house at Springfield,
that he should never enter it again. He
was tender but very sad in all his fare
wells to his neighbors. When he got in
his carriage to go to the station he gave
the old homestead, where he had passed
so many happy hours of his life, a long,
fond, lingering look. Turning to his
wife he said: 'My dear, take a good look
at the old house, we shall never live in
it again never.' He leaned back in his
carriage and was silent till he reached
the station. The day on which Mr. Lin
coln was shot he seemed very sad and
worn down. Before he loft the breakfast
table Mrs. L. said to him: 'you need rest;
you are exhausted. Promise me that
jj'ou will ride with me this afternoon at
three .o clock, and he promised. Mrs
Lincoln said: 'shall I invite some friends
to go with us?' He said: 'No, let us go
alone.' He was uncommonly tender
durrng the whole ride; spoke of their
pleasant home in Springfield; their early
struggles; the death of their children;
the noble men who had died in battle;
and the dear friends they had lelt behind.
He seemed like one on the western
slope and nearing the going down of
the sun, whose joys and the friends of
his youth weie clustering around him.
The rest of the story the world kno.vs
by heart. Whatever ma- have been
thought of Mrs. Lincoln during the heat
and conflict of the rebellion, she has won
on this side of the water onty friends
by her lad3like and retired conduct.
The best friends of America here think
she has been treated rather harshly.
The Battle of Bunker Kill.
Lieutenant John Clarito, ot" the Imlish
marines, in a thirty six pa:je pamphlet,
printed in Londou in 1775, in less than
a dozen lines describes the battle of
Bunker Hill:
'We then began to proceed to action,
by marching witli a quick step up the
precipice that led to the intrenched pro
vincial army, until within five hundred
yards of them; a very brisk fire com
menccd on their side, and was returned
on ours; stili marching up to their in
trench ments as fast as possible, from
whence we dislodge! them by 4 o'clock,
the battle being fought and gained with
in rue hour.'
After giving a list of the British killed
and wounded, Lieutenant Clarke relates
sundry incidents of the battle, among
which the following possesses much in
terest, and. if the statement be correct,
may be said to decide the mooted ques
lion of 'Who commanded at Bunker
Hill?'
'A report having prevailed that Doc
tor Warren was not killed, I think it
necessary to contradict it, as I saw a sol
dier, after the Doctor was wounded and
lying in the trenches, going to run hiin
through the body with his bayonet; on
which the Doctor desired he would not
kill hitn, for he was much wounded and
could not live a great while longer; on
which the soldier swore that he would,
for that he had done more mischief than
any one else, and immediately run him
through the body.
'The Doctor's dress w&3 a light color
ed coat, with a white flatin waistcoat
laced with silver, and white breeches
with silver loops, which I saw the sol
diers soon alter strip off his bodv.
'He was supposed to be the comman
der of the American armv that dav. for
General Putnam was about three miles
distant, and formed an ambuscade with
about three thousand men.'
Appropoa of the merriment Indulged in by the Dem
ocratic preaa, orer the circumstance that President
Grant has appointed a few personal friends to office
having no claims of a polittcil character, the New
York Herald relates the following anecdote of General
Jackson, which shows that the great exemplar of the
Democratic party was addicted to the same amiable
fault, if fault it be.
'Old men will rememember the persistency with
which General Jackson nominated a certain Gwin
for a good office. The Senate rejrularlT refused to
confirm Gwin, and Jackson always sent bis name in
again. Fiually Jackson bad bis way and Gwin had
his placJ. Soma one asked tlu General the meaning
of his persistency, and he said:
'Whan my mother and her little ones, of whom 1
was one, were struggling in the wilderness, ahe found
a good friend in an old Baptist minister named Gwin.
This man is that old Gwin's son, and by the Eternal
the Administration shall go down rather than that
man shall su3er.' He who has not this rirtuo of
sticking to his friends, generally has no other; and he
who has it, and with it Grant's discretion, will never
let it carry him into abuses.
The next State election is that of
Connecticut, which takes place on the
5th of next month. .The Republican
candidate for Governor is Marshall Jew
ell, opposed by J ames E. English, the
present Democratic ineumbent. There
are other State officers and four mem
bers of Congress to elect. Connecticut
gave Grant last fall a majority of 3,041.
The State will be apt to redeem herself
from Democratic rule this spring.
I ro. 3.
. 1979.
For tbe Palladium.
Grumbler Papers.
No. 4.
I DiuntiD a lectur not long ago on
'cleanliness. I informed my hearers
that 'to be clean was next door neighbor
to bein' godliness;' and strange to admit
I was laughed at. Squire Jollyboy said
that before talking so much out of my
mouth, why, I'd better be spruce my
self. He also said that he never saw
me with my hair blacked or my boots
combed; nor he never seed me wash my
hands and face but once, an' that was io
the sugar water what we was about to
bile down into country molasses, which
everybody has heard of, no doubt He
also said that my barn, an' ray cut
houses, an my garden, an' cornfields,
an' to condense his hifalutin speech, my
whole farm was as dirty as a mua-icnce
on a wet day when it had been white-,
washed with white wash made of com
mon lime. II is with shame stamped on
my face that I relate Mr. Joliy boy's re
marks; I pity him, he knows not his self.
Like I once heerd a.nigro cry, 'he mis
construes his own ideas.' Anybody
could see that he was laborin' under that
terrible contagious, (but mostly hereda
tory) sickness, 'egotitticaUism pedantry,1
which, I am proud to say, is a French
phrase, as you kin see because it's in
little fine types.
Mr. Squire said, also, that I never had
a pound of soap inside of my house.
I answered scornfully; 'We keep our
soap in the wood shed,' proudly smiling.
I haint the space to tell about our
discussion, but I " must say jist what I
think of some people.
I ain't one speck of triith in the Squire.
He would stoop to do anything for a
glass of beer;' (may I be forgiven for
using such vulgar words) and I'm sure
if be was an editor of a newspaper, he'd
cover his sheet all over, from top to
bottom, with advertisements about pure
wines imported from the Rhine, jist for
the sake of a treat all around. You kin
find such men all over the world, at
home, and abroad; men who will stoop
to do the meanest acts fur nearly noth
ing I am not exactly a saint, nor I ain't
perfect in a long shot, but I consider
myself too good to notice Mr. Jollyboy
and his ten million followers.
I will acknowledge that I am a leetle
slovenly in my ways; but if a man 'goes
among Romans he must do as Romans
does. It I go among lecturers on
cleanliness, I must foller their example.
They wear dirty, dusty boots, and
greasy, besmeared clothes, an' I must
foller. They never wash nor comb their
huir, so I am bound to foller suit. Hor
ace Greeley has come out on my side, I
see. He believes in bein as clean as
circumstances will allow, and how far
circumstance let3 him go, is plainly
seen. I haint agoin' to criticise Hor
ace's dress, fur I will only expose my
own important self; and, also, I might
,. '
1036 m Greele'
l am awiuiiy morliued with our peo
ple; nothin' seems to suit 'em. lly lec
turs don't draw well. Our place is of
no account. They are all let's set-down-and-do-nothin
kind of people. I
hev tried in vain to excite some feelin'
of pride in them, but as above in vain-
If we were manufactured to do noth
in' but set still and complain of our fel
low creatures, I say, lee's do so. But,
ray excited reader, we were not made
to be idle, no more than the women of
to day were mad.3 to be worke: s I tell
you, we are in a bad position, when
smart men spout forth and nobody is
intelligent enough to misconstrue them
rightly. I have talked to my audience
for hours, until the sweat poured down
my face, until I felt as hoarse as a coffee
mill, and as tired as a cart wheel, and
stili my hearers would set like stumps,
not lookin' a tall animated. Mv finest
passages fail to bring cheers; my most
eloquent words could nrt draw forta an
amen, or a 'that's so.'
What a foolish world this is, no one
seems to understand anything in reg.ird
to what ought to be, or can be.
Reader you and me arc exceptions, of
course We can see through a mill
stone, hole or no hole. We are able to
withstand anything everything all
things but one, and that is nothin'
makes me nervouser than to see how
extravagant the women sex is.
Nothin,' no nothin!1
Dkacon Smith.
Beauties of the Lichnsb System.
A man of 'good character,' who was li
censed to sell liquor in Kosciusko coun
ty, Indiana, and who paid $50 into the
county treasury, recently sold liquor to
eleven men who under its influence went
to a church, waited till it was over, kill
ed a man in front of it after service Was
over, were thrown into jail, four of them
tried at a cost of $2,750, fifty five times
as much as was paid for the license; two
of them were sent to the Penitentiary;
one good man was killed, his wife Wid
owed, his children orphaned, seven men
are yet to be tried all for $50 license ! '
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James E- Murdoch. 1
The many friends and admirers of
Mr. James E. Murdoch will read 'with
pleasure tbe following incident relatefl
of him by the Philadelphia Bulletin. It
speaks well of his character,' and js just
what his friends would expect to hear of
him: -r f
Mr. Jamei B. Murdoch gave one of
his popular entertainments . of declama
tion at Metzerotv Hall, in "'Washington,
on the evening of February 15th, at
which Mr.and Mrs. Colfax were present.
Just before the entertainment commenc
en, Mr. Colfax left bis seat, ; ami meet
in or Mr. Murdoch in the ante room, nc .
O T
AnmnaniAd Htm nnrm ftv dUm url-.t
he presented him to the aadience in a
brief speech, which was marked by all
the felicity of expression so character-
latin rkf rfcrti naw Via. .Pi...il.sf' TKto
graceful aad unexpected compliment to
the distinguished elocutionist was re-;
ceive l by the crowded house with a
storm of hearty applause.- But this was
not the only incident of the evening.;
Mr. Murdoch recited Read's famou
poem, 'Sheridan's Ride, and prefaced
it with the remark that he had specially
desired to give this poem as the author
had written it, because he perceived in
one of the papular school books rscen t
ly introduced, the text had been tamper
ed with, and where Mr. Read wrote the
true word 'traitors,' the word foeman
had been interpolated, he wished to
stund by the truth as Buchanan Read
had written it. A witness of the ' scene
which followed this patriotic- outburst
says that the audience, which consisted
larsrelv of officers and anldiei-R. hrrT-:o
ou- with such a demonstration of enthu
siastic approbation of the sentiment as
has been rarely exhibited , by an assem
blage in Washington. Mr. Murdoch had
touched a chord which ', still vibrates
quickly in every true patriotic heart, and
the response was full, genuine, and nou
to.be mistaken. The incident , suggest
ed a good lesson to. those W jre so
fond of p reaching- the milk and-watr
doctrine that the rebellion and it3 issues
ought to be obliterated from the minds
and hearts of the people. "
Ail Sorts of People.
The following extracts are taken from
the author of 'Friends in Council:
MANAGING PBOEXK.
v . The managing people are of three
kind3. They are either imperious per
sons, or very good natured persons, or
very conceited persona. And some
times the three motives which cause a
man or woman to be troublesoinely
managing are combined in one and the
same person. j .
Now the objection which most peo
ple have to being managed is, that they
have an unconquerable wish to manage
for themselves.
But there is another and very poteut
cause why people often reject the mosi,
excellent proposals for being managed.
It is, that the managing person does not
knew some secret, but very strong, mo -tive
of the person to be managed; and
therefore all the manager's wise sug
gestions are beside the mark. n
OBSERVERS.
r Then there is a class of people whom
I venture to call the observantinas.
Thej' must make remarks about' every
thing; and there are a great many things
in this line which had better pass with
out auy remark. . ..
OBJECTORS, i - -
Then there are tbe objective people.
Let any one say anything, however wise
or foolish, important or unimportant,
they must instantly take an objection.
They really do not mean to abide by
their objection; but they must take it.--Nothing
should be done without being
well argued over, and it is their business
rto see that objections is made to what
ever is proposed, j
DISCURSIVE. t . i
Then there is the discursive talker.-
You are discussing the effect of the
large importations of gold from Austra
lia. He unfortunately .enters, into tho
discussion, and in a short time you find
that the original subject has vanished,
and that you are discussing the mode of
rearing pine apples at Chatsworth. This
kind of man seems to be sent into the
world to destroy everything like good
conversation.
Hon. James Guthrie,- died Saturday
the 13th inst., at Louisville, Kentucky,
aged about 76 years. Be was Presi
dent Pierce's Secretary of the Treasury,
and .in 1865 was chosen to represent
Kentucky in the U. S. Senate. He how
ever resigned last year and his place is
now occupied by Mr. : McCreery. Mr.
Guthrie was a man of over average
ability and was chiefly noted for his bus
iness qualificatians. In politics he was
respected by those who opposed him
because of his honesty and fairness.
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General John A: Logan joined the
Methodist Church in a recent revival at
Carbondale. - --. j l-z- -