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              gjjg s :: I ' - hi -iii' - m-mtfv , ' " I ' ' ' " ' ' V " ' :' ' ' ', -Ii H-h.i S. - ' ' " " r i ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ''" " - , VOLUME MOUNT VERNON, OHIO i SATXJBDAY' EEBRTTA1VK 25, 1865: - -' ' '. . : :. . ' . . : "" 'r - ' . .' " ' -- ' ' - ' - ' : : : . : . . . '. - - . . - - IXTMB. ,. . ;i .' Item's Itbairtj : - ; jKathelren is frem-the Greek word," Katfcre r Kathairo," signifying to cleanse, rejuvenate and re-tor. This article is &t Its nSbe signifies. : For preserring, restoring and .besutifjing the hem an hair it is the most remarkable preparation in the world. It is again owned and put np by the origi-taal proprietor, and, M now. made with the tame care, kill and attention u which gare it a sale of orer one taiillion bottles per annum. - tt i a most delightful Hair Dressing. : , ( It eradicates sourff and dandruff. - It keeps the head cool and clean, ' . " . It makes the hair, soft and glorsy.-' x t " prerents the hair from falling off. " It prerents the hair from turning gray. It restores hair upon bald heads. - Any lady or gentleman who values a beautiful bead of hair should use Lyon's Katbairon It is known and usejl throughout the civilised world. Gold bv all respectable dealers. UJiUAO p. iAAdl!i) vu. new ion. Mar. 26-ly llasans Masnolia Blm This is the most delightful and extraordinary arti-liele ever discovered. It changes the sun burnt face and hands to a pearly satin texture of ravishing beauty, imparting the marble purity of youth, and the di ting e appearance so inviting in the city belle of fashion. It removes tan, freckles, pimples and roughness from the skin, leaving the -complexion fresh, . transparent and smooth. It contains no material injurious to the skin. Patronized by Actresses and Opera Singers. It is what every lady should have. Sold every where. Preparee by W. E. HAGA2T, Troy, N. Y. Address all orders to 1 DSMAS S. BARNES Jfc CO. New York. Mar. 28-ly . . ttfilMSTREET'S - Inimitable Iloir Restoratire, : NOT A DYE But restores gray hair to its original color, by supplying the capillary tubes with natural sustenance, ' impaired by age or disease. All inttanleneout dye are composed of lunar caustic, destroying the vitality and beauty of the hair, and afford of themselves no dressing. Hettnstreet's Inimitable Coloring not only restores hair to its naturaV colcr by an easy process, but gives the hair a " Laxuriamt Beauty, promotes its growth, prevents its falling off, eradicates dandruff, and imparts health and pleasantness to the head. It has stood the test of time, being the original Hair Coloring, and Is-constantly increasing in favor. Used by both gentleman and ladies. It is sold by all respectable dealers, or can be procured by them of the commercial agents. D. S. BARNES A CO. 202 Broadway, New York. Two sizes, 61 cents nd$l. , Mar. 2C-ly Hex lean Mustang Liniment : The parties in St. Louis k Cincinnati, who have counterfeited the Mustang Lihiment under pretense of proprietorship, have been thoroughly estoptd . by the Courts. To guard against further imposition, I have procured from the United States Treasury, a private steel plate revenue stamp, which is placed over the top of each, bottle. : Each stamp bears the fat imil of my Signature, and without which the article is a-Coui'terfeit, dangerous and worthless imitation. Examine every bottle. This Liniment has been in use and arrowina; in favor for man v years. Xhor hardly exists m hamlet oa th-ltMtab Qlobe ilmja Bui tsj'i'ijLi H. Jl. .1U w '5.y ft' It U the best emolimenV in. the wwld. WithitS present improved ingredients, its effect upon man and beast are perfectly remarkable. Sores are healed, pains relieved, lives saved, . valuable animals mads useful, and untold ills assuaged. For cuts, bruises, sprains, rheumatism,: swellings, bites, .cuts, caked breasts, strained horses, c, it is a Sovereign Remedy that should never be dispensed' with. It should be in every fami'y. Sold by all DniRtcists. V. S. BARNES, New York Mar. 26-ly - S. T. 18G0. X. Persons of sedentary habits trouhled with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack ofapc-tite, distress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, Ac., deserve to suffer if they will not try the cele-brated Plantation Bitters, which are now recommended by the highest medical authorities, and warranted to produce an immediate : beneficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pare, and must supercede' all other tonics where a healthy, gentle stimulant is required. : They purify, strengthen apd invigorate. They create a healthy apetite. " . . - They are an antidote to change of water and diet. . Ther overcome effects of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enlivcd the mind. They Prevent miasmatic and intermittent rovers. . They purify the breath and acidity of the stomach They enre Dyspepsia and "Constipation. They cure Diarrhea, and Cholera Morbus. ThT enre Liver Complaint and Nervous Headache They make the weak strong, the linguid brilliant, and are exhausted nataM's great, restorer. They are composed of the celebrated Cahsava bark, winter-green, sassafras, roots and herbs, all preserved in perfectly pure St. Croix rum. For particulars, see cir culars and testimonials around each bottle. Beware of impostors. Examine every bottle. ' See that it has our private U. S. Stamp unmutilated over the cork, with plantation scene, and our signature on a fine steel plate side label. See that our bottle is aot re 8 lied with spurious and deleterous stuff. Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bitters either by the gallon and Bulk, is an imposter. Any person imitating this bottle, or selling any other material therein, whether called Plantation Bitters or not, is a criminal under the U. S. Law, and will be so prosecuted by us. We already have our eye on sev. ral parties recalling our bottles, Ac , who will succeed in getting themselves iate close quarters. The demand for Drake's Plantation Bitters from ladies, clergymen, merchants, Ac., is incredible. The simple trial of a bottle is the evidence we present of their Trorth and superiority. They are sold by all respectable druggists, grocers, physicians, hotels, saloons, steamboats and country stores. ? P. II. DRAKE A Cv, ; Kar. 3S-ly - 202 Broadway. N"; Y. Brandreth'a Vegetable Pills. Are in fallible for oostiveness, spasms, loss of appetite, sick headache, riddiness, sense of bloating after meals, dissinesa, drowsiness, and cramping pains, and Mil disorders of the stomach and bowels. aaV Original Letter at 291 Canal Street, New Tfork. - , - . - J. J. C. COOK, publisher of the State Banner, Bennington, Vt. says: he was attacked with DYS- PSPSIA , and eo severely from it, that not partioleof food could be swallowed without occasioning the most ueemfortablo sensation in his stomach. For live years be suffered from this dreadful complaint, when tut os4 BRAN D&BTH'S PILLS. The first box did inn t benefit him much, bnt the second produced a . ehaage, and by the time he had taken six boxes a COMPLSTS CDRJB was effected. Ue says; "My dyspepsia was gone, and my expectation of an early dea vanished-", t Jnneli-3m gentLjman.enTed of Nervous Debility, Incompetency,. pf ematnre' Decay and youthful Error, actuated by a desire to benefit others, will be hap-by furnish i all wfc need it, (free of charge), the receipt and directions for making the simple remedy wed in bis ease-- Thoee wishing to profit by bit experience, and possess a Valuable Remedy, will receive by retaining mail, carefully sealed, by ddreaalag .;C,J0H B. OGDEN, v Jane 4-na i i: o. 00 Nassan street Uew Tork; V-h' '- . .... x-.., ,.-''r i: .t : Xls m nd- rLrrwirlenee or SLmt pi r, "'0 fromNerroM liat the same time. The, Means of fwsfwc he has eared himself afUrder'?. Me ep.aek.ry. .neloetor Cad4rti UT-pe liagle eepiee may be haief S,, anw? NATHANIEL UAYTAIbTs EDITED BY L. HARPER. GEN. BUTLER AT HOME! REMARKABLE STATEMENTS I Ii This Disloyalty? Or ! it Simply th The Hero of Big Brthtl, Dutch Gap and Fort Fisher has reported at Lowell, where in a speech on Saturday evening he Indulged in sundry fllrjc at Lieut. Gen. Grant, Admiral Porter and the Navy, and by indirection, at several other public men and interests. Hoping to rise again in the President's -favor he complimented the President at the expense of those in whom the President reposes the highest confidence. The chief point in. the address is the negro, whose special friend Gen. Butler now claims to be, though the leader of the Davis and Breckinridge faction in the Charleston Convention. The following will show the spirit of the 6peech: But I am the hero of Fort Fisher too. Well, Fieher was not Frederickoburg: ' Fort Fieher was not Chancellorfiville; Fort Fisher was not the Wilderness; Fort Fisher was not Coal Harbor. A volunteer general commanded at Fort Fisher at each attack. One was without result, but no disaster. The last was a success. All honor to General Terry and his brave volunteer soldiers, Again it is charged npon us that we did not make so big a hole in the Dutch Gap canal as we ought to have made. It may 'e that we did not although the Dutch Gap canal was a success, make eo large a hole a? was made bj the expfosiori of the mine at Petersburg last summer; but, thank God, neither did we fill uselessly that hole up with American dead until it ran blood, (Renewed applause) lam therefore, content nay, t claim to be the hero of the comparatively bloodless attacks on Big Bethel, and the wholly bloodless failure of Fort Fisher; and though I do not claim io be the souceof Fredericksburg, of Chancellorsville of the Chicka-hominy, of the WiMerness, of Coal Harbor, nor of that charnel house of useless dead in the mire before Petersburg, I am prepared to take tho ipsae, and hereafter, fellow-citizens, when you bear me to that little inclostire on the other side of the river, which I hope for as my last resting place, I pray you put over me for my epitaph: "Here lies the general who saved the lives of his soldiers at Big Bethel and Fort Fisher, and.who never commanded the Army of the Potomac." I asked for nothing else. (Great applause) lie said that it was "a lie" to state that he was the author of the powder boat humbug. We qootet ."The thing was planned by the navy, and they had it all their own wav. The dispatch which, stated that he was the author of the scheme was a lie, and the truth-was not in ;: BliS IIB H A D RfiCEl V ED TO STOP ALL EXCIIANGE.SJM and said that if be was asked why he left 15,000 men starving in reb el pricons he could declare that TIIK.STAIN OF BLOOD was not upon bis garments. We as nothing more, says the Rochester Chiton, than the 'terrible evidence crowed into this brief sentence by General Batler to justify every reflection cast In these columns upon the inhumanity of the authorities at Washington in the matter of exchanges. The apologists of the administration have in General Butler their own witness. They cannot impeach him. He proves that for months the "negro question" has alone stood in the way of the liberty of our white soldiers, "all" exchanges were at one time ordered stopped by authority above him, and that "the stain of blood" of thousands of federal soldiers abandoned to perish rests upon somebody's garment. Upon whose, we leave thoee who have heretofore pronounced the facts presented by us "utterly and maliciously false" to determinate at their own leisure and for their own satisfaction. ASTOUNDING STATEMENT BY SENATOR HALE . A few days since Senator Hale, a zealous administration man, in speaking of the im prisonment Of Smith, the witness who reveal ed some gigantic frauds in the Navy Depart ment, and who was thrown into prison by the department in default of five hundred thousand dollars bail, made the following remarkable statement: I was asked by the honorable senator from Kentucky if Mr. Smith was arrested because he gave testimony against the Navy Depart ment. It is impossible for me to scan the motives of men; it is enough for me to deal with my own motives, and standing here under all the responsibilities which to me jealous as any man of the little reputation that belongs to me, careful of my very word as most men I aver, before my country and t'efore my God. that I have not the shadow of a doubt that the cause of this man's arrest and incarceration was that be gave evidence in that investigation. : " In that connection I have a remarkable statement to make of the man who ordered the arrest, and committed this outrage in Boston, compared with which the inquisition was a tender mercy. Being remonstrated with on some sort, against sending these cases to the naval and military courts martial, w by he did not take the ordinary courts of justice; he made this remarkable avowal, "the civil courts are organized t6 acquit; bat we organize to convict. - . . ' . This man's offence (says theTSpirit of be. nocraey) was that he revealed -the " fact that the. Secretary of the Navy paid his brother-in- law, for bis services Jn purchasing ships, greater compensation tbaa is paid to the Pres ident," Vice-President and all the members of the Cabinet combined. ' For this he is arres ted, imprisoned and a court "organized to con vict" him of crimes of which it ndir clearlj appears that there never was a shadow- of evidence or even suspicion 'that be was ruilty; r J 1 1 What wonder is it that thu SBatoraariay oat kuere is more money , fraadalenUy, (akeo from the treasury than .ahoald ' carry on th V What, , eronder that fmadyandSwrrapOob loM fcshfcnivafMMB exacts ci ciuo w. neaa io terroiver the hea of aoy. Whoah It may as well be added that Senator Hale was defeated for re-election .bj his Abolition brethren for making no not making, proving chargea of corruption against the adminiatr tton. :-.'::.;- :.:-:::r- ' Self-Deception - The Boston Evening Courier, one cf the ablest edited papers in the country, devotes' an, editorial to the consideration of self-deception, to which our people are much given. From this editorial we extract the following, which will address itself to the reader as eminently just: Surely, if anything is apparent from the documentary evidence furnished by the President to Congress, it is that an overture was first made to the Confederate authorities, for a conference, with his assent and by bis messenger. The very nature of such a conference necessarily implies the interchange of propositions by the one party and the other, which may be widely diverse in the 'beginning, hut which may admit of reconciliation, In the end. ' If either party proceed to the meeting, prepared beforehand to insist upon terms to which the other cannot in reason-be expected to agree, it is obvious that the meeting might as well not have taken place at all. Certainly, this was the attitude in which Mr. Lincoln, as representing his party on the recent Occasion, placed himself. The proposed constitutional amendment to -abolish slavery was forced through Congress simultaneous with the approach of the anticipated conference. Having thus perfected, as far as possible, that scheme which was the original cause of quarrel; that is, having, done all which was in our present power to put agreement out of the question," he offered peace .if the others would own themselves altogether in the wrong, and submit unconditionally to whatever the future might have in store for them. It was to place themselves, it must be admitted, in a position inexpressibly . humiliating, if not morrally and. logically absurd. Superior force might insist on such an admission as; but only "long despair" could grant it. - Surely, . if actual conference was sought for, it was at once precluded by the preliminary stand taken by the President; and we speak of him in this relation only as the instrument in carrying out the views of extremists of his party. '-';.. No Peace Hope War Won't End. The Senator from Ohio, Wade, thus expressed the general sentiment of his portion of the Republican party in the Senate this Week:' .'.;'.:' You can have no peace as long as that relation (slavery) exists in the United States; and, as God is my judge, I hope you will have np peace until yu abolish it. I auk for no peace until slavery is extinct in these United States. We hear men sometimes talk about the object for which this war is prosecuted. They higgle over the idea that it was to defend the United States against the aggressions of the South. This was the fact. It was, in Its com menceraen t, and thank God, I think I see that it toan' not end until that which gave rise to-U-shall have ended,' and f hope it will sot. If it continues thirty years and bankrupt 4he whole nation, I hope to G 61 there will be no peace until we can say there is not a slave in all this land. V ' I say again, I ask no peace until that Is done. 1 am glad of the stubbornness with which the South hold out. I hope they wi ll hold out in their blindness until they provoke us to do that which the occasion demand?, without which being done vou ought to have no peace, and you can have no'peace. Wade, it will be seeti, is opposed to peace, until slavery is abolished. If the South abolished slavery, would Wade then favor the wsr? Uupon this point he favors us: with no light. . -,: "":.;- Serious Charge Against Ben. Batler. The Philadelphia Press, which has been very cordially disposed towards Gen. Butler, publishes a letter from its North Carolina cor respondent, containing the following-. A sing ular circumstrance connected with Gen.-BuU ler's speculation has come to light. It seems that the chief of General Shepley's staff, G. II Johnston, resigned several months since to en ter, as Butler's chief agent, into the business of buying .cotton from the rebels in North Carolina. He remained at this long enough to make over two hundred and fifty thousand dollars as Jus share, which he deposited in the First National Bank of Norfolk. A few days ago the military commission instituted by Gen- i -!, , - , - . . i i- General Butler relativt to cotton, ot wind of Mr. Johnston. He heard that they would call upon him soon, but not intending to be outdone by them he drew all his money from the bank and decamped in the Baltimore boat. They telegraphed to authorities at Baltimor to arrest and send him back to Norfolk, but the - hrewd Johnston did not go on the boat farther than Fortress Monroe, where he took the Washing- ton Doat-, ana lanaed at Annapolis. JNO one knows his whereabouts, although he is anxiously waited here. The commission has proven that Bntler" received two-fifths - of all cotton brought here, his brother-in-law one fflth, and middle-men, of whom Johnston was one, two fifths, the Government getting but one-half of that which was rightfully dueit.--You may expect even more astounding revelations than these. Tronblenn Wisconsin. Some years ago, . many of the farmers In Wisconsin, .were induced to mortgage tlieir farms to pay for stocks in certain railroads. Their belief was that the stock would be so valuable that it would not only pay the mortgage, but put money into . their pockets besides. , 'These expectations were disappointed ; though, ho doubt, the building of the roads greatly, enhanced, in many eases, the value of the farms which had bean mortgaged. When the mortgages fell due, the farmers were una ble to redeem. The cry was that these liens Were wrongfully obtained. Foreclosure was resisted through the courts, but without avail. as the mortgages were held to be valid. There upon threats of violence were made, and con spiracies set on foot to resist, by force. aUemots to sell jinder the mortgage deeds. EecenUv. a :T lt fc"!TfefeStatea, of which f haA Jppkai w ui.ihuuvu(5 turn ueuiuosLraifons, mni wamifig the conspirators against the execution of their illegal deeigna. -In this doenment ha - v... -j. . " - JI pertinently appeals to the complaining parties m ucbioi uvia vv .Tiownce io iw una oraer which hi thagreat purpose of tha armies now trrajed on tha si. of. tha Union to snppresai oui Jiundrad newrrircia rexiaheJ-ia ihalTorsri'tiilesialm owialtichiih w AN AllMtSTlCB WJZL BRING . .- f ABOUT PEACE. : -, ' r- c or . vjfi... ,-.,-'.. :. :. - HON. eTAMBS !, JBRQOKS, Delivered in the House of JRepristntativet,tFoA-'.';;- - .; ingtnri, February l Q5 ': Mr. BROOKS. : I regret also that all terms of armistice have been refused by the President of the United States. I deeply regret that there is to be no cessation, no pause in this horrible civil- war. And when I heard the honorable gentleman from Indiana yesterday, (MrrJulian.)' and the gentleman from Vermont also, (Mr:.-Morrill,) anticipate an early conclusion of this war, I could not- but recall the illusions I have heard from the floor ot this Bouse now for four years past; though I could not help pray front' the bottom of my heart that rlow they might turn out better prophets than they have been heretofore. I will not now re-express my dpiniona upon that subject. It is unnecessary. The history, the Anglo-Saxon history, records what must - be the result, without any prediction of mine long and continued war. Kireti with the mip-pression of armies. and the sack of southern cities, guerrilla warfare wilMe protracted, no man can tell bow long. Why, if. there beany part of the South which has been subjugated it is that part within ten Or fifteen miles of this Capitol; and yet twice within this winter the guerrillas have been formidable within fifteen miles Of this Capitol, once at Rock creek, and again out on the Fairfax road; and no man at this day or hour can vnfnre alone and un armed overthe Potomac U miles from this Cap itol, or even ten miles wuhm thin subjugater1 country.. The overthrow of armies, the sack of citiec, the rerr oval of all apparent forces, is not the subjugation of the people nor the end of the war. Hence I deepl? regret that the President of the United States did not avail of this opportunity for an armistice, in order to give again to the peopletf the South the means of reasoning and consultation. - Armed forces, swonls, bayonets, artillery, are not weapons of American civilisation Mr. WASH BURNE, of Illinois. Is the gentleman from New Yorkln favor of an armistice? " "i Mr. BROOKS. I am. 1 repeat, I am. I am in favor of appealing from guns, and bayonets, and artillery to reason, to sense, to Christianity, and to civilization Mr. WASH BURN E. of Illinois. The gen- tieman agrees wiin jen. uavis and nie com missioners upon. that subject, Mr. B ROOKS. Why, certainly I am in fa vor of an armistice. . Soins day or other this war must stop. - Mr. WASHBURE, of Illinois, Never til the rebellion is snrjugajd. un Mr. BROOKS. Th re must, I repeat, be an end of the war, and prior to that, there must be a cessation of hostilities, a truce, or an armistice. ' " '-t rjrreC deeply -that th 3jMidejt did not avail himself Of this -orrJ - uoityI&r Tbneve that it erould have erided uear and ended it in the restoration of this Unjn., If we were once again to resort to the afbitrament of reason and sense instead of th logic of artillery, neither onf people nor the; southern' people could again be driven to" arms. If the cheers of the army Of Grant and of the army of Lee can -he permittel once more to re-echo, the soldiers of those armies, who are fighting the battles of this war, ill meet in common Jraterni-zation that they wilt end the war.' t3ur armies are for an honorable peace; our armies are. for an armistice for the restoration of the Union; our soldiers want to see our flag, the tars and stripes, float from the Pasa maquod-dy to the Rio: Grande,' and the trade of the South again opened to our people; and when ever there is a cessation of hostilities and an opportunity to reason upon the subject, never again will the din and clangor of arms resound. Mr. Speaker, there is another topic in connection with the armistice which I wish could have. arrested the attention of the President. of the United States,' and that ia the condition of our foreign relations. Sir, there V a movement going on of far more importance to us than slavery in the South, or these mere technical preliminary negotiations which the President could not break through a European movement, that movement which is threatening to plant French -arm and the French in the States of SinoU, Chihuahua, DurangO, Sonora and Lower California, a territory embracing about one half of all Mexico, and lar- fer than New England and New York and 'ennsylvania combined. The Monroe doc trine is gone. The unity and honor of cur contij ue in are kuiic. uruue in overruling us jieni are gone. xurupe ih overruling Rebel ch-elseven are made dukes and.viceroys under the control and direction of the Emper or of France. These States of Sinola, Chihuahua, Durango. Sonora, and Lower California, are worth ten times what we are fighting for; and while w are destroying ourselves, the Emperor of France is preventing the further extension of our magnificent empire. For a miserable debt, originally but $125,000, he has taken possession of these vast Mexican States, and there is no resistance, whatsoever from the authorities of this Government. -The President of the united States ir forced to be. silent; the Secretary of State dare not remonstrate. The Memorial Diptwmati$uet a French paper of high authority, published in the city of Paris, a paper which ninety-nine times out of a hundred is accurate in reflecting diplomatic authority that high authority "states in September and October last Maximilian was not recognized by the constituted authorities of our country only because of. the then approaching presidential election; it is alleged by the same high anthori';; that Mr, Corwin, our minister jJenipoteniiarv. was permitted to depart from Mexico in order to no longer recognize the Juarex Government,' but that in due time, after our election," Maximilian would be recognized as the constituted authority-of Mexico I do not know that that is the fact, but I utter; it on. the authority ofthe Memorial Diplomatique, m paper ot the biehest authority among all: the diplomatic . t -" . r . 1 , " . -- . autnoruies oi toe juuropesA world s assemnied in the city or Paris. :iat. whether it.be true or not, the fact ia on record that while we have been, fighting, nominally to abolish slavery, a great republic, sister republic,; the republic of Mexico, has been overthrown, downtrodden, enslaved, and an -Austrian monarch v haaoeen substituted in its stead, through the silence of our authorities. - .pJo remonstrance on record, no resistance,, dui -apparenassenu: v nut Jlextcan have . passed even from the Emperor of Mexico: jtnd have been seized upon by theGovernment of France in payment of a debt of only $125,000. -A re-moostraooe. fromthia llonsa, ia trne, has gone lorthDone from anr other branch f the voTcramcsi, wnus we ufo peen ouciauy, r l x v it- : : I t L - ' rkepy parw execativa aiuh monstratin t allf f Tbea Jei.cs hv ith viT r tc-rl, Craternal, civil war at f Tw r-.VrS tr-rf-ITa-ora.ioTti'-3. e.t.1. zit L" T tt ccr'Jtat tral America he enslaved in order to free ' a few negroes here. ' Nay. not even to free ne groes; tor', although but a few days ago we emancipated all the-negroes of the southern States, the House yesterday, by a vote of 64 to 62, passed a bill (the freedman's bill) sub-sis ntialiy to re-enslave all the negroes which we had liberated by the constitutional amendment a few days before. It is on these grounds sir, that I deeply regret, that the President would not consent to the armistice desired. Some day or other we must come to that and agree to a cessation of hostilities.' We have the high authority of President Lincoln for saying that war cannot continue forever; that peace must come sooner or later. '"If, as Mr. Stephens hints in his letter, ail that the South sk-ed forls self-government and the restoration of popular rights, this is quite the time for an armistice to be accepted by us. We lose nothing by it. We hold on to what we have . got, and stand in position to take more. And we are in the hey-day of our prosperity now. Our honor is unsullied. Our armies are triumphant almost every where. Now, then, "is the day and hour to be magnimous. The adversities of war may approach us. The adversities of finance may overwhelm us. We are taxed now as no other people on earth U taxed, by Federal, by State, bv county, by town, by municipal authorities of all sorts,; to carry on this war. The honorable gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Morrill) again demands fresh taxation to the amount of forty millions more and a tax upon incomes, more grinding than ever. I venture to say that, within a very few days, the Committee of Ways and Means will again come before the House demanding new loans of millions on millions to carry on this war. These loans cannot-always be made. We cannot always borrow. . Why not then, in this the hey-day of our prosperity, in the mid3t of thegloriesof our military acliie e-ments. accept what the rebels seem, almost on bended knees, to have asked from us, an armistice Of sixty or ninety days, in order to enable them to go back and reason with their people aud bring their minds to permament peace? ' Mr. Speaker, these are my .sentiments, and I dare tp utter them. I know not, and I care not, what may be said of me. What may befall me or mv fortune is a matter of entire indifference. Whether 1 am popular or unpopular, whether I am denounced, calumniated as disloyal, or not, is a matter of entire indifference to me when I have the support of my own sense -of right. Here and elsewhere, - on all occasions, then, I shall proclaim and advocate what I believe to be this right, name, Iv, that now is the day and -hour, with only one condition, the restoration of the Union, for the acceptance of any honorable terms that will immediately end this unnatural war. The President's Peace Conference Hes sage not Satisfactory, . The PhUeuielphia (Pa.) Pullic Ledger, a jour nal that is independent in politics, but never tbelees, has been recognized as a journal of un questionable "loyalty," is not satisfied with the President's Peare Conference Message, and thia dieeatiefaction it thoa exprcaeca. V Tb message of ..the President .apoa , the. subject ot the peace conference f-wf? to give eatiofiiction. In both t Lis and the rlel ver sion there to a lacking of detail and clearness that is certainlv moot remarkable.' What can it mean? What, pray, was done And said in all that five hours and a half that should not be told either to the Northern or Southern public? Mr.: Seward says "the several points at issue were distinctly raisetl and Miscussed fully and intelligently," yet the Secretary is almost as blind in his narrative, as jtp actual tacts t lie conversation between the parties as is Mr. .Lincoln r Mr. Davis. It has been stoutlv denied bv The Tribune. "World, Herabl, and Express, that there was no point raised by the Confederate representatives except an "drmifitipe,". leading the public to suppose that when this was refused there was an end of the confederate. But Mr. Seward tells us that the whole ground of difference was gone over. . What a piiv; it is that some thing should not be known of' what was said on both sides. And what harm could there be, if the result really was a "failure." in ad vising the public officially of the fact? There is a disposition to I lame Mr. Lincoln for not exhibiting a little more leniency at the commencement "of the interview, . or indeel before it commenced, and withheld those ultra instructions to his Secretary of. State. General Grant telegraphed the President that he was satisfied the commissioners were, sincere in their desires for pence but the "indiepensa-: ble requisites" of Mr. Lincoln, which were at the very start poured into the ears of the corn-missioners, appears to have chilled the blossom of peace leaving only a withered stem behind. It is a common remark, that had the interview been confided to Grant, a very different result than "failure" would have been te ached. NS- Pharaoh and Jeff. Davis. Mr. Cox made the following admirable point in the debate .on the amendment to the Con-stitution respecting slavery: If, then, as it is said by the gentleman from Vermont (Mr. Morrill.) slavery is dead, what is the object of this amendment? That d'stin-guished gentleman told us the other day that, like Pharaoh and his hosts, the South had rushed with slavery into the Red sea of war, and that slavery was destroyed. Well, if that be the case, if-elavery is dead, where is the necessity for invoking this extraordinary power of amendment? My friend from New York (Mr. Odell). who also spoke so well in defense of his views.'said that although it was dead he wished to give it a constitutional burial. I am not Jiiuch of a biblical scholar, but' 1 be liev that wj have no authentic record of the fact that after Pharaoh and his hosts were destroyed in -the Red sea the children of Israel, after the destruction, met together upon its shores, in grand convocation and, after listening to Aaron and the other orators, passed resolutions somewhat iike, this amendment, to wit: ; " : ' : . ' - : ;':,r:i ',, '-Resolved, That neither Pharaoh nor his hosts, except as a punishment for crime, whereof they shall have been dulv convicted, shall: hereafter exist within 'the jurisdiction of the children of Israel.' Laughter. 7 What would the people have thought of the children of Ierael for : passing 'such a resolution after the decease of Pharaoh? My friend from New York Mr. Odell belongs to the new dispensation, and. would give -the 'deceased slavery a co&stUutional burial. jWhat would have been thought of the. children of IsraeL after, they, had fished out Pharaoh's dead body, if they had proceeded solemnly Jo give to i(a constitutional burial? Laughter. The Bichttond papers say that, in a fpeecV at the war meetiDg on TJiuraday, Senator Bonier laid thatJlsa&9wervt. a auesUoa case cf sbmlesfotf.iTrtsident LmeoTr tzll to hta thai iiitkiiSiiij Wi"eihr weihoBlJ hi leceirtd hac!; tata the filfOCZX ABDEK t BOILED DOWN. o ar "jams SnrntT Philip Bay and Enoch Arden Both were spoons' on Annte Lee; PbiL did not fall-fill her not one, ' ' 8be preferred to mate with S. C nim tne wedded, end she bore bin ' Pretty- little children torse ; Bat becoming short of rhiso, , Enoeh went away to sea, " ' Lasvinf; Mrs. Arden owner , a well-stocked village shop. Selling; batter, soap end treacle, - Beeswax, whipcord, lollipop. ' : Ten longyears,she waited for him, - Bat he nerthenane nor wrote, . '.' 'Wherefore, she eoncHided Enoch Coold no longer be afloat. ' . f 9 when Philip came to ask her If she w-utd be Mrs. Ray, - - She oelieving; she was widowl, . ' Cohld not say her suitor nay ; And a second time waS married, Gave up selling bread and eheese, . And in due time Philip nursed a Little Kay npon his knees. Bnt alas! the long lost Enoch " Tu.-n d op aaexpectet ly. Ant was vastly disconcerted . By this act of Biga-my. . Yet reflecting on the subject, . lie determined to atone . Fur his lenthend absence from her By just leaving well alone. Taking to his bed he dwindled Down to something like a shade, . Settled with his good landlady, Next the debt of nature paid. Then, when both the Rays discovered How poor Enoch's life had ended, They came out in hendsosae style, and Qre his cotpse a fua'ral spleaded. This is a?l I know about it, .-' If it is not Sufficient, write -. By next mail to Alfrei Tenny- ' Son, P. L., the Isle of Wieht. Htlboum Punck. Decidedly Cool. A Boston lady, who had a somewhat Bah analian sponse, resolved to frighten him into temperance. She therefore eneased a watch man, for a stipulated reward to carry Phi lander to the watch-house, while yet in a state of Ineensibily, and to frighten hith a little when he recovered. In consequence of this arrangement he awoke np about il o'clock and found himsell on his elbow, lie looked around until his eyes rested on a man sifting by a stove smoking a cigar. Where am 1?" asked f Bilander. In a medical college," said the cigar smo ker. -'-. : : . - What a doing there?" ; " Going to be cut up!'' - . "Cut up how coniM that?" " Why. yon died yeeterdav, while drunk, and we have : bought your carcass anyhow. from vour wife, who had a right to sell iti for it ia all the eood she conld ever make out of you. If you are not dead it is no fault oi the dm .i.re, and ittv'f crrtainlT cut r Pi or alive." . " You will do it, eh ?' asked the old soak. To be sure we will now immediately, vt the resolute answer. " ." Wall, look a hear, can't you let us have someihit g to- drink before you begin ?" - Items for Housekeepers. - Do everything at the proper time. J Keep everything in its place. ' Always mend clothes before washieg them Alum or vinegar is good to set colors, red, green, or yellow, ' Sal soda bleach; one spoonful is enough for a kettle of clothes. Save your suds for the garden 'and plants, or to harden yards when sandy. A hot shovel held over varnished furniture will take out white spots. , A bit of g'ue, dissolved in skim' milk and water, will restore rusty old crape.' Ribbons of any kind should be washed in cold suds, and not rinsed. If flat irons are ronjrh, rub them well with fine salt, aud it will make them smooth. .. If you are buying a carpet Tor durability, you must choose small figures. 7 A bit of soap robbed on the hinges of doors will prevent them from creaking. Scotch snuff put in the holes where crickets run will destroy them. Wood ashes and common salt wet with water, will stop the crack of the stove and prevent smoke from escaping. Green should be the prevailing color for bed hangings and window drapery. An Anecdote of Oiraid- A gentleman from Europe purchased a bill of exchange on Girard, to defray the expenses of a tour to this country. It was duly honored on presentation; but in the course of their transactions, It so haDpened that one cent remained to be refunded on the part of tne European; and, on theeve of his departure from this country, Girard dunned him for it. The gentleman apologized, and tendtrad him a six and-a-qnartrr cent piece, requesting 1 be difference. Mr. Girard tendered him is change five cents, which the gentleman declined 16 accept alleging that he was eniitlel to an additional quarter of a cent. In reply Girard admitted the f ict, but informed him that it was not in his power to comply, as the Government had neglected- to provide the fi actional coin in question, and returned the geiuieiuen the six cent piece, reminding himy however, in unmistakable langnsge, that be must still consider him bis debtor, for the balance unpaid the one cent. A ppleton's Cyclopedia. . ' ': - One of Lamb 'a Best. Lamb once convulsed a company with an anecdote of Coleridge, which, without doubt, he hatched in his hoax-loving brain. "I was, said he,' "going from my bouse at Enfield to the East India House Vn S morning, nrrten I met Coleridge on his way.topay inr s visiu He was brimful of some new idea, and, in spite of my Insuring him that time Was precious, be drew me within the gate of an unoo- eapied garden by the roadside, sod there, shel tered from observatioa - try hedge of arver-greens he took ma by the button of tny coat, and, closing his eyes, commenced an eloquent diacourse. waving his right hand gently as the musical words .Bowed la an nnbrokeu stream from his lips,- I listened entraaced; hut the strikiac clc recalled te eee of duty. I aaw it waa ae trsa to attempt la break away: Id taking advantage ol ha. fcbaorjawr ta hu ettbject and with my eknife,jaittly; sevtr-in my buttos from my4oal.Jdecamrjtdj--.. Tiv bottrs anfcrwwrda-io- paasjft tbeaame rardea, oa iarwy? hemeI heard pc!?riie' vci;aa2;iat laoklnzirti titrates waa. with closed tyefvt!buttOjiltlKc--rr,i tht rf t head craeefally wavisjost as whea I ' Ha had aewr mii raajf-rwj The steamer Golden Age has lefl&Ut Francisco for Panama with $121,000 ia gold.-tit which $440,000 are fb New York. , r r tST" The income of Cornelius VeadarbCt. .' New York, amounted; last year, to tC8 0,723, and his special war tax was $34,033,40. . ;! t& It is stated that, while only -.five, rcvo lntionary pensioners are alive, there are -four teen hundred and eighteen widows of auch pensioners alive and drawing pensions. ' . v tgg The Springfield Republican welcome the dntft, as it will give the Provost Msrshal'a guard in that city soma other sccupatioB besides getting drank. . v . " Z&m On Friday last a lot ofguerillas caught a man named Grayson on the Pigec Roost road, near Memphis, and shot and hang him to a tree. ' '. .- ' There was. a destructive fire in Richt mond, Indiana, on Sunday morning last. The loss was heavy, and the origin of the fire was the work of an incendiary. 2"LMr. Seward will, certainly, remain ia " the Cabinet until the fourth of March, aot- ithstanding doubtful representations from New York. : , Sf Gen. Dick Taylor is now the comman der of the rebel Army of the Tennessee. Bis appointment, it is claimed, has brought fresh hopes to the men of his command, and inspir ed, them with renewed teal. J udge David Smith died at - his resi dence in Adams county, last Friday, at an ad - vanced age. In 1816, in company with Judge Ezra Oris wold, he started the, Ohio Monitor, in Columbus, and in 1818 he was State prin ter. . . . General Lewis Wallace is at Cairo.-He will probably act on the court-martial in the stead of General Carrington, who has been relieved. It is reported that the court will ad journ to Paducah. ) A petition has been addressed to. President Lincoln by citizens of West Tenneeeee. requesting him to direct a relaxation by tha Array officers there of (lie rigors of military rule to which the people of that portion of tha State, as they allege, are subjected. C&- The whole number of men called lor by the President up to the present time, is three millions, five-hundred and fifty-eigbs thousand, eight hundred and forty-flva.- Something of an army, that. ' "" fgy The Cincinnati Gazette says tha trea ury is staggering, and the people are loaded down with taxes. This is a true statement,1 and also has the advantage.of being loyal.' JfjQT The Pittsburg (Pa.) Post fears that the :pasmae by Congress cfJj.e3.ponl!ttitioiiV amendment abolishing slaverr, "renders the : dissolution of the Union a foregone concise sion." " ' . .; ' . .8 A Calcutta letter to the London Times' estimates the number of persons hilled in In dia by the fearful hurricane of October last, at 60,000." In: the island of Sangor alone, . 7,000 perished, out of a population of 82,000.. &' Out of 1.000 rebels prisoners at Camp Morton, Indianapolis, onjy about one-fourth are willing to be exchanged. The remainder .want to take the oath of' allegiance and remain at the North. So nays the Cincinnati Gasette. , . ":; ; . S& The colonies of Vancouver's Island and British Columbia are still discussing tha project of Union. The latter will not consent unless the former abandons the free trade policy to which Victoria wishes to adhere. ; ; . i t& The receipts of bullion at in San Fran ciaco for the last ten days were about $1,800, 000. There ia . little demand : for tnoheti thoogh there is considerable epecalatioo 'in : currency.-" - . Twelve Legiiilatnres liave now ratified the Constitutional Amendment. Ooa Debvj ware has rejected it. Kentucky and IetT Jersey are considering the measure. " Tha prospects of its success are not considered-tering in either State. . "' " ' . SSf It is not generally known, yet It " is ii fact that Postmasters are obliged to receiva ". and exchange stamps for fractional, currency no matter how much defaced, provided one . twentieth part be not missing. -.-.., .tgy A bill has been introduced in Congress tt pay -members $5,000 a year instead of & : 000 as heretofore. It will pass, ws expect, 'ita Congressmen think the people can stead aoy amount of taxation: - . - ' The Ohio Legislature has passed a rai-olution ask ing Congress to give the 8tata erad- ". It for her hnndred day men. "The Ohio Le ' stature being regarde1 at Washington as aa : . unmitigated bore, the probability iar that the crelit aforesaid will not be secured. ? SQrCook county. IIIinois,'(Chicago,) to be in trouble. IJer quota k about GjOOC?, and the papers say there is no use attemptir ' to fill it without a draft, as it would Tpoat 'tJr 000,000. " - : " '40r.it is stated that the board of iirveatlv lion appointed bythe Government to look Into the alleged misconduct at tha PliIIadeTphiaaii-V aenal has rsoovered, $200,000 alreadr, frcsi various sorces andllhat the additoaal sum of $300,000 will be recoeeredT " . 1, , t3 A special dkpateh from Waslinft a'to the Kew York Herald states that the Danish '. Government has sold as of tha' Boriizix : rams to tha rebels, and that Consul Dudleys suTiondon, In in forming oT Oovjerstaeslof ths fact, sasntJone ths reoent ahlptrrlcf aailora to man her far immediaa servos-. gCrThs notorious Harry GUmor,; C.J of thajraaioa woaea of BaJUmore.5 Cenlly oa ptfired' bj - 00 a ct 6h"Tiiane .VV x aealtorfield yaila aaleepkv Anc-r - - hel eCeer waa Isita !r4r h int.- f ' k V tjk 4Bt?T?p'r&y csrli!:si3 r '. aeotsirua r:. V sri&a rallwky r.r'-agaraTalls, "of tai" Int capacity to 1 TsWla,with'?-:t'i -varprc;rl:'.;a v CovernmedL'-l ' ..- Lici pii.. It" roviJiC-- '-vlcii cf i:... ' - ..-.. . '. . rf- '.. .