Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1865-07-01

              - - j 1 . . . . 1 t.i ' 1 I f 11. 'i r J ' , , . . - . . , . . , A VOLUME MOUNT VERNON, .OHIO i rSATUKBAY, JULY l, 1865. NURlBERi; ..'. ' Ir- '71 I II II II- 'j 1 I il . f I ii -v W -jr x:a 'X. . JlW II 1 1 i 111 I Lxl I " (rt gtraofralit aimtr ' f 1 rVIUSIIO BTftt HATTTBOAT MOMntfl IT bffle In TKld wHl $d Story. pr Annum, payable atrietij in adrAoco Bt 9S.OO if pmymeBt 1m delayed. U. S. 7-30 LOAN. $230,000,000. liy aothority of the Secretary of the Treasury, the undersigned, the General Subscription Agent for the ale of United States Securities, offers to the public ... tk.e third" series of Treasury Notes, being seren and three-tenths pr cent, interest per annum, known as "V 7-30 LOAJST. These noles are issued under date of July 15, 1865, " and are payable three years from that - date in currency, or are conrertible at the option of the holder - . into ' 17. S. 5-20 Six per cent. QOZiS-BZLA.ZLXZa'a SOZ7D8, The Bonds are now worth a bandsrme premium, ;" ad are exempt, as are all the OoTernment Bonds, " from State. County, and Municipal tcueatiryn, tckick addt from one to three per eentper annum to ' tkeir aiie7 arenrding to the rate levied upon other property. The interest is . payable semi-annually by coupons attached to each note, which may be cut off and sld to any bank or banker. The interest at .. T.31 ptr cent, amounts to One cent per day on n . $50 note. Two cents $100 Ten ' $300 20 1000 1 - $5000 Kotes of all the denominations named will be promptly furnished upon receipt of subscriptions The notes of this Third Series are precisely similar in form and priTilees to the Seven-Thirties already 4oId. except that the Government reserve to. itself tne option of paying ieterest in gold ' coin . at 6 per sent., instead of! 3-lOthe in currency. Subscribers will de4nt the interest in currency up to July 15th. at the- ' on when they subscribe. The Uuiirery of the mtes of this third series of the even-thirties will commence on the 1st of June, and will be made promptly and continuously after that late. , . , ' '. p ':. . The slight change made in the condition of this THIRD SKRrES affects only the matter of interest-The payment in sold, if made, will be equivalent to the currency ieterest of the higher rate. " Th retura to specie payments, ?tt' tfc event of hica-mnry'wUlth-e opttrttl to psltereaiM jQold bct-j av'0yl MfSyjul-.yrr" liire and, eqaalixe prices tfcat pr;bi?es made with six pr cent, in gold would be full equal to those m ide witlneven and three-Tenth per ienL in currency This is THE ONLY LOAff IS MARKET Now offered by the Government, and its superior ad-vaat;eA make it the . Great Popular Loan of the People. Leas than 32:,00,000 of the Loan authorized by JConjrress are now on the market. This amount, a1 the rate at which it is being absorbed, will all be subscribed ff within sixty days, when the notes will ajtdwbtedy command a premium, as has uniformly been the ease on closing; the subscriptions to other Xoans. " In order that citizens of every town and section of the country may be afforded facilities for taking the Loan, the National Banks, State Banks, and Private .Bankers - throughout the country - have generally agreed to receive subscriptions at par. Subscribers will select their own agents, in whom they have confidence. And who only are - to be responsible for the dsiirery of the aot for which they receive orders; ''.V.V; V.; ..- . . V ' JAY COOKE, '. - - .' ShKription Agrnt. Phila. Subscriptions received by the Firtt National &4ikJc ofJlinmr Vernon, and Knox Count National Bank of Mount Ternvn. ' June 3 ; Oertiflcate of lulhorily Knot Coauly iValional Bank of Blount Vernon. Orricc or -CoMiaot-iBA op thc Ci'rrv.ncv, r ; A-STHiyoTO.i, April 2ath, 1?65. ) WrtliftE AS, by' satisfactory eviilence presenteti to the uniersigned. it has been tna'le to appear that The Knox County National Bank of Mount . Vernon," in the City of Mount Vernon, in the county 'of Knox, and State of Ohio, has been duly organized ' under and according to' the requirement of the Art of Congress, entitled .'Ao Act to provide a National Cnrreuey, secured by a pledge of United States Bond. and to provide for the circulation and redemption thereof." approved Jan 3d, 1804, and has complied with all the provisions of said Art required to l. Hsom plied with .before eommenciag the buoine of BAaking. under said -act; - . .Now. therefore-1 Freeman Clarke 'Comptrwlirr of th Currency, do hreby tiertlfy thAt The Kii"X County JfAtionAi Baak of Mount Vermon." hi the t'i-2y of ii-ntot Vernoo.an the Count v of Ea x, Aa.Ll the " 6tAt-4fX)aio,iAAOthoriied k commence the-business of B ao king nader the Aot Aforesaid., . I. testimony whereof, - w i t na s my -hand wrd sear of offleethrs iwettty-nrst day of WApril, JS5 - - - -MarlSOd Comptroller of the Currency. STO . - .p. E f J; stiles; ' BBALSa IH ' -' BQTS . & SHOES, itdtrt'etlpixi door to j.et W. (reorgi,lfL fornon. t .. . captiTVASSOBTMENT;Os, tdi', QezUY&i Chlldrea'e ? V".. -; . ' " -' - Xi-Ajs-on fcad. Atev A BlA,r:T3taiIIl' OP Ulove. - Week Tie.- Hair j54ii.rAFEB r.oi,T. a it. E. J. a STILES IZL Teraoa, IfareTs I85. t gfmotratit fanner The Horrible in HatiachuietU Full Detail of the Affair. Tbe Booton Journal ot the 14th B&Vs: One of tbe most terrible and revolting crimes which has ever occurred in New England was reveal ed in Roxhurv late yesterday afternoon. It it one or the most-horrible double tragedies which sickens the human heart and make the blood boil tritb a voluntary desire to in flict Ftlnimary vengeance upon the inhuman and fiendish perpetrators. It will be recollect ed, as stated in the papers of last week, that on Monday last two children brother and sis ter named John S. Joyce and Isabella Joyce, left their mother's house to walk oat to Rox- bury. Since that time every effort, until yes- terdayT to learn of their whereabouts, had been unsuccessful, beyond the fact that & man in Roxbury saw two children answering their description, on the day of their disappearance, wandering in the direction of Dorchester. The mystery was solved yesterday, however, by the discovery of their lifeless bodies, bearing unmistakeable evidences of a terrible outrage and murder; The discovery was purely accidental, notwithstanding active search was in progress to discover the cause of their singular absence. Two Boston merchants had gone to Roxbury f r the purpose of recreaMon, and while strolling through what is known as Buasey'e woods, they were suddenly startled by discovering the n.urdered body of the little girl Iseabella. They at once notified the city authorities, who immediately proceeded to the scene of the trgedy. The only means by which the loiy could be identified was the clothing. The features which the little one resembled in life were succeeded by those of a terrible and painful death. Upon examination it was discovered that she had been outraged in a fearful manner, and from the manner in which her clothing was torn it was apparent that she had violently resisted the as saults upon her until completely overpowered Alter completing their terrible villainy, the fiends sought to cover up the awful crime by another scareefy le?s horrible. Murder fol loweil, and this was accomplished by beating ar.d stabbing. As incredible na it may seem, not lees than sixteen stabs were inflicted'upoii' her bodv, mostly in the abdomen, any one of which was almost sufircient to cause instant death. Coroner Ira Allen and Dr. Arnold were called and the Coroner took charge of the: bo dy. The girl was only " fourteen years of age, but was very fully developed, and ad the appearance of being scarcely lens than eighteen. After the body had been identified as that of Miss Joyce, and the circumstance made known that her little brother Johnny was al so missing, a search was immediately, com menced to ascertain what bad become of him. The fearjal anudpationa thathe too had ehar- cd the same fate of his murdered ei6ter were J t-oon a painful reality. After two or three hours' searching, his dead tody was found Only a few. rod from the "spot where his sister had been outraged and killed. lie was lying upon hi face, and death had been cauee'd by several stabs inflicted with a dirk, or some similar instrument, in the small of his back. Appearances indicated that the wounds were inflicted while running, and it is r aaonable to suppose that be was being pursued or driven away by the wretches whom he was feebly resisting to save the life of his sister. He was twelve years of age two years her junior? Near the scene of the diabolical crimes were found several wTeaths of flowers and evergreens, wrought with great care and taste. fhey were apparently engaged in this innocent and childish amusement when set upon by the brutal murders. When tbey left home each had ten cents, but only three cents was found with them yesterday. Thev had probably ! spent the money to pay their fare in the horse cars. The bodies of both deceased are now in charge of Coroner Allen, who wilt hold an inquest at once. There is, of course, the most intense excitement in the vicinity where the brutal affair occurred, and mingled with the expressions of vengeance upon the perpetrators of the brutal crime, there is also much sympathy manifested for the bereaved parents, who live in Concord street in tins city. That such fiends as perpetrated the horrible deed exist in this community seems almost incredible, and it can but be the hearty desire of every good citizen that they shall be speedily arretted and. punished. There is as yet not the slightest clue to the authors of the brutal outrage, but if the juiage is true that "murder will out." it would seem almost impossible t.h a- the wretche who i-erpet rated thin doublet crimp h(. rnl, 1 ps, mip A rwnl nf ZMhi liun l een orfVred bv Alderman W W. Clapp. ofi Ward Eleven, in Ikehalf of the citizens of that ward, where t' e unfortunate victims resided. The Policy of the Administration A Glimpse Behind the Scenes. The Washington correspondent of the Colum bus Jwirttal, the central Republican organ of Ohio, who is, no doubt, well informed ot what is transpiring in official t ildes at the Capital, thus, in a letter dated the 17th. takes us be hind the scenes of the Adminiatratioii. He 6 ays: ; " . ."' The questions connectex with the jnalter of reconeiruction daily assume greater impor tance, and are now the principal topics of xy-Ii.tical circles here. Upon their ttetileiiieut will, in a great measure, depend the dimensions and aims of future political parties. Perhaps none of these questions has given rise to more discussion than that of negro suffrage. At the last eeveial Cabinet meeting this has been the chief topic. Those members who are especially anxiou to preserve .the present po. lineal status of the country favored the confer ring th right to vote upon all classes of men wM boat - distinction,' excebt -'tt 1 unnaturalized foreigners.' " Without claiming to 'know positively who these were, I will say it is understood that Messrs. Stanton, Dennison stnd Harlan favored this policy, "while the Presi dent; and Messrs. ' Seward, Welles and Speed opposed it. At the last meeting the question was definitely settled, and the Administration may be said to be committed against the right of the negroes to vote. The announcement of this policy will be made at occe to the Provis ional and ; Military Governors of the States that are to be 'reconstructed.' ' ": 7 - Should Think. Hot .-- Crf. Forneyin a letter to' hie" Prtu, as jer daUof the 14th, aaldt : ' '' We can never stand bfton the iasne'of tx? eluding Sutes ' with - consututons and laws i otherwise unoDjeciionaoie,; ttecanse'aucn con- . I slitotions iod laWi do not contain an express Provision giving in ecoiorsu masses ineir votes, hese things Should be borne in mini hj the fnJ. .r.. W-S W V. it -' . ,Texu the Field for Emigrant. No Southern State (says ; lb JPittsbqrgn Ckrvniite,) presents such attractions to North erh enterprise as'Texas.' With the exception of periodical Gold winds in the fall and winter the climate is Of unrivalled salubritv. The heat is tempered with delicious breezes from tbe-gulf. and it is an unmistakable, fact-: that in many parts of the Sule tiieat-rriay be left out in the open air for weeks v?itljoUt tainting. The sou will challenge comparison, with any in the world. On the River bottoms it is of exhuberent fertility. . The mestjuit grass on the prairies is the best natural pasture in the country, being green during the entire winter. The writer of this article heard the statement frequently made by cattle raisers in the State that blooded cattle would fatten too rapidly upon this rich succulent sward. Cotton grows well in almost every part of the State. Two crops of Indian corrj are planted yearly, and in the wheat districts, sixty bushels of fine wheat are raised to the acre. Tobacco of the very first quality is raised there, and the soil is admirably adapted to flax and hemp. Every kind of flower and shrub flourishes in this noble State, and many of our most beautiful exotics are indigenous. Texas has beenVwell called the "paridise of the botanist." When we state that this grand region includes & ter- ritOrv of mote than five times the area of Pennsylvania, we think we have shown unu- 6 da! Inducements for those of our industrious and hardy people who contemplate settling in the South. The State has escaped surprising v from the ravages of the war, and if we credit reports. the roving bands of zueriilas left since aimth s surrender, are wandering off into Mexico with the hope of retrieving their desperate fortunes in that. -disordered. country.-- It i. stated that for the past, two years Confederate scrip wan ignored as a medium of exchange, and that gold and silver was the only recognized cur rency in business transactions.': I he railroads of the State are in first rate repair, and many new and important line have Keen built by the rebel military authorities. .The scarcest article in the otate is labor, and that can readily be supplied by the able bodied vouhg men of the North who mat find avenues of employment occupied at home. ' A QorgeoQ3 Gambling Palace. A celebrated gambling house in ' Wash in g-iigton, kept by a colorel individual is thus described i "ou enter by a door of variegated stained glass, which, by gaslight, reflects all j the cdors of the rainbow. Ascending a flight of stairs, you reach a door, pull , the bell; and instantly a small aperture opens and you are greeted with a pair, of red eyes and , a double row of ivory, set in black, which nominally .belongs to Sambo, but which in fact,, belong to the proprietor. A glance sufSces. - You filled Sj mho's eye, and are deemed passable. The door is at once opened, and you are ushered into the ante-chamber the vestibule Of hell 1 This room is not'largeil'but elegantly appointed the chief attraction being the side board, which is of solid marble, and white as Diana's breast. Here are arranged in long and glistening columns, decanters of cut glass, sparkling like brilliants, filled with the choicest nectar, and blushing to the very neck with the glowing vintage of the olden time. If you pass this Rubicon without tasting its sparkling but dangerons waters, it is not from any dearth of hospitality on the part of your persuasive host. The spacious "sporting hall" is now visi-tble. " The floor is covered with carpeting from m i ii . i t beauty. The walls are adorned with superb paintings ot the old and new masters, while pendant "from the windows hang curtains of embroidered lace, covered with tapestry of Oriental magnificence ; with mirrors of mammoth size reflecting your form and features from a score of gleaming embrasures. Along the hall, at convenient distances, are ranged circular, tables of polished rosewood, around which are seated numbers of thoughtful, anxious, dark-visaged men. who heed you not. One would naturally suppose this to be A theatre for jists, drollery and song, or bacchanalian revelings, or pugilistic encounters. Far from it. On the contrary all is hushed, silent, sepulchral , " No real voice or sound - Within these cheerless walls were found." You are oppressed with the fearful stillness nd awful silence which pervades the place. A laueh. a toke or even a curse, wouii ie a sensible relief. But you hear nothing of this : a. An occasional lone breath or a hlf-subdued sish is all that tells the ear that these mad de votees are possessed of life and lungs. General Sherman. The Albany (N.. Y.) Eveturig Journal a Re publican print, is greatly concerned about General fiherman. . It savs i - "Ut-neral hliennan is a Uemocrat. lie is an opponent of the AJministrattna, He has an nounced himself againwc thore meures of policy which are nure to become cardinal ten ents of the Union party. He has'eecured the unqualtried ommenlation of 'Democratic or- gMnu, liicluime tne mew xork Jew am Wari'l, tlie Nyraouse iJouner, the (Jnieago Times, ana oilier papers ot tnrit lite; ouoii ieing the caie, we see no goxl reason why--if he is am bitious of civil distiction he should, not run for Governor of Ohio. .. He would - be beaten, of course r but the fact of -a candidacy would pitt him well forward for the Presidential heat of 1S63. m which U is evident the 'Democrat ic' managers intend to give' him McCIellan's place. ; The country baa reason to regret that General Sherman has pursued a course which makes possible' slich spectilations respecting mm, oat VDio, anionunaieiy, is jne Case. ' " Attack npon General Grant. ' The Lieutenant General got into trouble at the Chicago Fair by granting too much : . :, "Mrs. Li verm ore said to him : 'These nrls are dying to kiss you but they: don't dare to do it. 'Well said the eallant. General, 'if they want to. kiss me, why doft't '.they ? ' No one baa offered to since I nave been - h renins tan tly about a hundred fairies poanced np on aim... ne. suiemptea a retreat, but in yam; he essayed to break through the rosy "ranks, without success: ' On came the maidens ' bv squads,5 in file, or singly ; they hit him On' the forehead, palled ;him;ta the aosev tmaeked him on the. cheeky ohm aad;eeck. There mast be dozens Of kisses lying -'around Uoose, hidden "in' the -General ' 'Whiskers.1' -Diring this terrible ordeal the hero of a hundred bat tie-fields blnshed until his Tice became almost purple; At last the girls were partly appear d in their 'noble rage,' and he escaped4. TIlE SOWO OF SIIEUJIAir'S MEN . . i ' .v: -1-- -.' -f-'y 't r. " "'-Z ' j- ri Oar eamp-nrw hone bright on the taoantajas-' ? ' ThAt frowned on the river below f 1 - " Tthile ws stood bydor guns hi the morning, - v : And eirgerly wAtebed lbrths foe. '- :-. V ' When rider earns oat from the dArkaess ""- s That hung everasoeataia and tree, . . .-. - And shouted. Bys, MP and be ready, 1. , For Sheraaa wil swehfor the eAl" ' Then cheer upon eaeer for bold German' - . , V.- Went up from each'.vaUey and glen, . ' -.- And the bagles re-choed the ntusie. V-:" That eame from hf lips of the mea,: -'"-:" i For we knew that tb.tArs in oar banner - r Jforebright ia theif splendor would be,T tui : And that blessings frem NorthlAnd would greet '. When ShermAn marched down to the sea. Then' forward, boys, forward to bAttle, '-. Wii inarthhd on our wearisome Way, And we stormed the wild hills of Rosacea, , Ood bless those who fell on that dAy ' ; Then Kenesaw frowned ia its glory . Frowned down' on the flag oCthe free, ' But the East And the West bore our sUcdards, And Sherma marched on to the sea. Still onward we pressed, till oaf banners, Sweept out from AtlantA's grim waIIs, And the blood of the pAtriot dAmpened .'W-Tho soil where the traitor llAg falls, But ws psttsfed not ttf'weep- for the' falleti; ' Who steep by each rivVr And tree, ' -' Tet we twined them wreath of the laurel ,.' . ' As Sherman marched down to the sea. - - '"'. , - i . 0, proud was our srniy.thAt morning That stood where the pine darkly towers,' When Sherman said, ?Boys you are wesry, Butto-dAy fair Savannah is ours. ! Then s-ng we a song lor our chieftAin-. Tht echoed o er riter and sea, And the stars in our banners shone brighter When Sherman marched down to the sea. Thrilling Escape 3rom an ' Iceb erg. The steamship dcotja. which .sailed from New York, May 17i h, net with a narrow es- ... i . ..- - . i i cape, which is thus aescrioea oy a passenger in a letter to the Borttn Sxturdag Gazette: On the Sunday after leaving port, at 10 o' clock A. M., saW a large iceberg on our lee bow, about half a mile Mist ant, but quite near enough to satisfy the many who had express ed a great desire to see one of the winders of the Arctic regions, the terror of the. sea to all sailors ; but how little did they "think what imminent danger Ivas approaching'us from this source of their great curiosity: - Soon after 11 o'clock A. M., the fog so thick ' as to cut off all sight beyond the ship's length, the sailor on lookout gave sodden alarm of a large ice berg "dead head" and almost under the bows of the ship. y - ; ; ' . ' ' ; I he signal wbi3tIe,Dr danger was sounded instantly, white the firsl officer, who was on-; deckr cried in.'a. .iroiw-of thunler hrd a port. lisird a-port your hehtt.7 but another officer; in the confusion of th - moment, who " probably took another view of "bil'r danger, sang out. "starboard, hard to starboard." -. Meanwhile the captain was signaling the engineer to "stop her "back, and Other impnt ent orders, which- were skillfully jaoid rapidly obeyed, before even Ih e pae n get '?. a ware of - it. so completely .6hecSTt j, j Jiftf ?TthT ing of the ship againsth jnoan.tain ro ice scarcely'-scarred theliirack paint On -the ship's port-bow, and snrging' round alongside me ponderous ana giganuc msur, it came quite near effbnzh to the quarter deck to satisfy every beholder, for it could te touched with a common boat's oar. ; As we openel ' the distance, and the danger passed, there Was never before seen such a shipload or thankful, grateful souls; as rendered up their praise to Him who had vouchsafed them their great deliverance. :'i.i,. '"..';'.",; - When the iceberg was first discovered we were on deck and quite near the forward smoke stack," and as we ' were locking forward, saw the approaching danger quite as soon as the sailors on the "look-ou." The sight was such as to fill our hearts with fear, and the orror with which we instantly realised our awful situation can neither be imagined nor described. " Our complete destruction seemed inevitable. v So near were we to the' iceberg that it appeared the ship would st rike it and sink before the passengers could art, which they all commenced to-dOj being as anxious to get as far from the -concussion , as possibl e. Not one on board who saw the danger but fully concluded we were lost. The day closed without further interest, save the eight ot sun another immense lcebefg abdut six miles, distant, sufficiently near to keep every person on board awake through an extremely rough and stormy night. ' . . ' : -.- - . - -'. Governor Allen of Louisiana, Gone into ;-'. Exile. - . ' The rebe1 GoveifnOr of Lonisiaha, Allen, has gone into voluntary exile beyond the boun daries of the United States. He recently is sued a farewell address, dated Shreveport, an- nouncing the result of the war, and urging the .. l Deople not to. mourn,, over inisionunes, out w adapt themselves o the present circumstances surrounding them. ; His address close's with the; following: : . ' :, .; ' . :;, Mv euntrvmen, I bid you aIiew farewell. Sometimes think of him who has sacrificed all for von. Perhaps in better days, : when the storms of passion and prejudice shall have paeed awav. we may meetagain ; I may then le permitted to return to mingle with my friends, to take them by the hand and " forget mv own griefs to he happy with you."- Alf this should V deniei me, I humbly trust we may all meetin heaven at last, lo pat t no more. -; "m" ' ' ' ' General Breckinridge in Cnba. The Havanna correepondeiit of the New York Journal Commerce writes asjbllows : ,; . ' " "General Breckinridge, Colonel. Wood Taylor, . Captain Wilson (ad:de camp to Jeff. Davis), two soldiers a d a "negro,, arrived at Cardenas, Irf ati opn hoaf oiv the 11th inst., probablv from the Florida coast. "General Breckinridge was accompanied from jDardenas by a Spanish officer; who was Charged bv: the Governor of , Cardenas ;to pre-neat hint to the daptaia General, - He is now in Havanna, and it was, stated . that be .had been put under- surveillaheei. and ordered to report to the Captain General daily--but.this is all bosh. In Cardenas ;Breckinridge s was treated with the greatest attention by the Gov ernor. I have seen binv since- he has been here.' He i fall, thin. jand reatljr sunburnt. " . '. ;:: :' . .. Test Oaths. ' ' ' " u The Hon; Edward-Batea, -Mr. Lincoln's At- tornev-Generalr in a lale letter to the St. Lou' is JSepubBcanV thoa speaks of the Infamous baths with which' it is soughti jn the Sooth, to rohjto'dfir'l Ha eayst.trv--: &r&M5 iMs - Shod ia f4rii who believes tbsr'oatfr tev.be nnlawfat. IseTertheless i takes it. if he can-do eo wtib a clsr conscfencKlalhet taaa be rob bed of his vote Jy jfttiahonttl IritkiJ, toy-aelf, can vake the oath without any conscious-ness of having done Wrcsg myself, or any sense of shame, except the kumiliation of yielding to an onlawful and nsjust demand, dishonest ly made upon Ci.'f'?"';. -; .The Hegro Suffrage Dodged On the day before the late: Columbus Con ention met, the Cleveland 'Leader the organ of the Radicals jn Northern Ohio, thus laid down the programme-for it to adopt. It said: - "?The subject of negro eaffrage has suddenly become one of. vital importance and interest to the country and Upon its tight and proper decision, la the! f ecodstfuttion of the rebellious States, depends, in a great measure, the future weal of the Republic: A question so momentous should be approached -with careful and thoughtful prudence, . It Can not be shirked ; it can not be dodged ; it must be rriet and de- cided. and rfhtil it ' iarighfullv. solved, all scheme of reconstruction will bear no fruit bat anarchy and failure. It is. df great ia-portahce, then, that our State Convention, one of the . first authorised assemblages of. the Union party since, the issue , was developed, should take a decided stand upon the question. The declarations which we, in common with most loyal men, desire to see made, are two. They will be strong planks in a Union platform. The first is: V . . "I. The right offranchise should be extended to Jhe colored men of the South. How this should be done through exactly what channel the end should be effected -it is, perhaps, too early for us to determine tfi at it. must be done, no true loyalist "can doubt. Justice and national honor demand that the men who haVe been called on to perform the highest duties of citizensto bear arms for the country should be admitted to the right of citizenship. Again, the measure is an essential one for "protection to the freedmen themselves; how a hated and despised class, more rnisfefabie in persecuted freedom than" even in the degradation of sla-verv. Again, the safety of the' Union itself demands negro suffrage. . . ; . : "But with what show or pretext- of justice' can the Unionists of Ohio demanaVthe -ballot for the freedmen or the south, wpiitriney refuse it to the comparatively elucatea and col ored men of their own Sute? Our power to n ter fere with Southern suffrage may be de nied or doubted--our power and right to regulate the-franchise in Ohio needs demonstration; And whether justly or not, the.. won! 'white in our Constitution - will be Used with terrible effect by our opponents to demonstrate our insincerity and inconsistency in declaring for negro suffrage in the South. The editor of the Nashville Press and Times says : 'It djes not seem to occur to rsanv advo-i cates of colored suffragein theNorthern States ! that their censure of the Southern States would have infinitely greater force and point if the Northern States themsejyes would set the. example, and teach by practice as- well as by precept.' . , . - . . r : ' - "There is force and truth in these words. Let us pluck the beam oat of our own eye before meddling with the mote in our brother. And this suggests our second plan k viz : -The Stale Constitution must be so amended, as to give equal suffrage to ' whits and black. The word 'white' must be stricken from article 5, "section !, of the Constitution of Ohio. fjnlcra this Ae -doner, one iowB-exawjpleieoo- in the South. Howsdever the Leader and its. friends' may acquiesce iti the rHiserable 'dodge, tbey will feel humiliated at the party necessity that imposes it. " - - '' 'Exit Srousrh. John Brough is dismissed from the field of ' politics, with scarcely more formalitv than dramatic writers employ when they have no further use for one of their heroes a simple stage direction: "Exit Brough." There is no further need of him, and the catastrophe can be wrought our without his assistance. He is placed in' the category of "the three; war Governors of Ohio,'. a if, peace being restore ed, we need tjniet jaagistraies oi anotoer metal; which may be complimentary and may be otherwise, as it shall happen to be construed. As he took time by the forelook and withdrew himself from the field, flatteringly telling the people of Ohio that the honest aqd conscientious discharge of the-, duties of tbe office of .Governor for one term, rendered a man, in their eyes, unavailable as a candidate for a second, there was no need of a formal vote of compliment. He goes, and the door Closes behind him, carrying with him a pleasing recollection of those faithful and hearty services which have wrought bis disfranchisement, and banished him from the province of Republican politics. All that remains to ns is to weep and to remember. By the side of tbe equality well deserving and ill-fated Tod, his name shall atand in our memory, unmixed with baser matter. dn. Enq. . -. The Health of Hr. Daris. Whe Washington correspondent of the New York News thus alludes to the cruel and bar barons treatment of Mr. Jeffebson Davis. It says : . .. "It is time, indeed, that these rights were respected in the case of Mr. Davis. If tbey are not. he will probably soon be beyond the reach of either human justice or human ven- - i . ... eance. I larn. on good 'authority, thai his ealth has entirely given way. under the bsv eritv of his confinement; that bis nervous eys- tern is completely proetiated; and that even . . . .... - - his miQil.is beginning to . Sanected. jJenyed Of fresi air and exercise, deprived of books, tiewspauers, writing materials, or any commu nication whatever with the outer world; indict-! e l from conversation and visitors;: with noth- ihg to relieve the dreadful-monotony of his existence, his already enfeebled constitution has, it is said, at last broken down. " He no long er sleeps at night, and sits for hours together in the daytime, on tbe side of his bed, in attitude of the deepest dejection, his eyes listless, stony and fixed, but fixed on vacancy Death of the Venerable TOa.' Villeins, PiTTSBraO, June 23.' Tb e Ven erable Wo . Wilkins died this morning at his residence in Homeward Station, at the ripe age ofeight-six- yearsTv Mr. Wilkins: has' filled -many important positions with credit to himself and ben efcial to the country. " He. was Senator in Congress from 1831 to 1834: was minister to Russia in 1834, and in. 1844 was Secretary of War, when John CV Calhoun waa Secretary nt S tAtA t waa on board the Pri nceton. w ben the Peacemaker exploded, and Secretary Up-j sburwas auiel and cnator Joenion injureo. Mr. Wilkins also filled creditably the office of Judge of the United mates district uoortioz Western -Pennsylvania;; ; i H-. Aa- Adjaissicav.- x - The Washington eorrespoadeat f the Co-Idmbas Journal; the central Republican organ of th e Etate, mak es t h e folio wi n g admission f "Speaking of Jefferson" Davisvery "little 1 is said about his trial here. There teems' to-be an irar-re'sies a-road that if he is to. bs -itf'l for hi;h tre'soi, Vefors a civil trii;r:l." ty. a jury cf tt. iv9 c: residents c f t1 :i ' arroTjt ta t t ty i:t tie will The Bepuhlican Platform . Condernned. The more- earnest and 6ut-epbken"bf the Radicals are not satisfied with the platform of the Ohio Republican Convention., The .Cleveland' (0.) Leader", of the 23dr says . "Pur objection to the platform Ilea hot In what it says, but in what it fails to say.. We looked for a bold and explicit declaration from the Convention on the subject of negro suffrage in the South and of equal suffrage to whites and blacks in the State of Ohio. We are disappointed that it has not so declared. This question can not be dodged,... It has been sprung Upon tSe people by the Collapse of the rcuciiiuo, sou ii nmsi oe met. oiate conventions may. ignore it, politicians may evade it, but the people trill discuss and decide-iU It comes up in the press, in the pulpit, in private Conversation It Bthe issue almost the only issue of the day. We regret, therefore, that the State Convention did hot declare itself explicitly and unmistakably upon it." The Crops in Northern Hississippi The Holly Springs (Miss.) correspondenrbf the Memphis Argus, of the 21st, says : . . Nature has been bountiful, and wherever planters have been left undisturbed the crops are. excellent. A great deal of cotton is being raised. It is doing well, ttnd will show an occasional bloom in-a week. ; Many fields of corn have already tasseled, .and there is every evidence of an abundant yield. Apples, peaches, plums, cherrriea, &c, all getting along finely, and plenty of them.' The wheat harvest is nearly over.. The quantity is fully one-third more than has been raised for years in North Mis6isippi. Oats a full cmp wherever sown is just turning from green to golden. ' imi - . ' Setter Indications. The Hartford Times says: "It is a significant sign of the times, now that the people are voting once more, and voting, too, a little at-ter the good and free old fashion of the country's better days, we are called upon to record results in all quarters adverse to the dominant and domineering party of radicalism, with whose rise "to power.-came so many of the country's woes. . Washljigton City overthrows the fanatics. Old Virginia, voting once more in the Union, excities the wrath and alarm of the radicals by the .results of her elections. Even in Wheeling the Loyal Leaguers are overthrown at the polls, by an - overwhelming majority. And old Connecticut is responding in such results as the elections of last Monday in New London and Waterbury. New Lon-donhitherto relied upon by the radicals for three or four hundred majority every time, now elects a Democratic Mayor, and that Mayor, too, is Frederick L.- Allen! Verilv, the skies are brightening when these sign's happen. The negrophilists may see in these signs of the tiroes 'the beginning of the "end, so far as their baleful mission is concerned." Caught the Panther.' " .' Oarjoli-iriead Saos Coxtised to tell an anecdote id his speeches frbont an old German of woods..., The old man seeing a -panther on the. tree, said fo his boy, ''Hans, now you see r .. vr . : j . . i . t j HiiiisNuu. . xxt Bwncr aitiu, inns 119 eiippeu on the sleeping beauty and caught him by the tail, and after struggling with great -difficulty kept him from turning on him. . Finally he' cries out "Hans Hans- d n you, come and help me let the panther go!" . Our Union friends have a panther in theshape of Negro suffrage. For a while tbey were exceedingly determined that their Negro should vote; since they have discovered that the people are not disposed to at once "put the clothing of full citizenship upon Sambo, they are excedingly anxious to have somebody help them let the poor darkey, gol .They have made many pro mines to : Sambo and Sambo's "devoted friends, if they do attempt to fulfill them, there in danger of a verdict-against them from the 'Jury of the White People. Cleveland Plain Dealer, - ' - r . . imBU A Threat at the President. ' The Postmaster at Cleveland, "an appointee of the President, who is also editor of the Cleveland Leader, thus growls and shows his teeth at his chief. He savs: . " "But there is one question, never before agitated in our politics, which the olose of the war has suddenly evoked,. and which, like the ghost of Banquo, will not down, even at tbe bidding of President Johnson."j- The question alluded to is negro suffrage, which the Leader insists must, be be carried OUt.-: . -"--' . , Oh, Ko! John Sherman says be thinks his brother, the General, will go for Cox. We have but little faith in John's statements. He has avowed himself openly in favor of black suffrage, and Is a candidate for Senator on ' that issue. His brother, the General, has declared himself most emphatically opposed to allowing the negroes the right of suffrage. Te-eojnaeb don't want to be killed politically just now. and. we apprehend that he is bold enough to declare his own sentiments without request ing "Brother John" t do ic Let ."Brother John- hoe bis own row this faH; he has oc cupation saSicient. Plain Dealer, Gen. Cox all Sight onUegro SuSrage. A day or two before the meeting of the Cob vention we stated that General Cox would, un doabtdlv. be nominated for Governor by the Alolition Convention on the 21st. We stated that he is a graduate of Oljerlin College, and AAked the nuestion i ' "Who doubts that be is all right on the Negro Suffrage question I" The Cleveland Leader,- a journal that is the tadvocate of Negro Suffrage, copied this notice, with dicfedit,V without comment, thereby giving hs assent to the statement that General Cot is in favor ot iNegro ouarage. aaausman - - i . AU Eadic Is . All the candidates. on the Abolition Ticket mr what are known as Radicals. Mr. Mo- Bnrnev. the cad Ida te for Lieutenant Governor is accused of having been a sort of. Democrat in arlv life ' Loner since however. h brave j got over such fee ings. , The Abolitionists feel so secure in their hold on the people of this State, that thev did not think it necessary to bait their Ticket with any Man who recent ly was a Democrat, in order to : entice voters to its support from the Democratio " party .' The Home. GuardJ are Big 'Things, down at CD!ombos.r Eroagh; says that Eicbmond and thereupon; the -IgTrfatnrt made a-law exemng te Home Guards from working -oa ed. n1t1 WBS th M rrd tit musteHnal Harrab for :Brongb! 1 when the real fighting boys come home Theroea cf albaodred; baU!eMuffvsors -i'i .! tKm fo work on th a rords and if thev ca it. tliev taunt ry tnree aw iari V71 3 tfi?" Junius Brutus Booth' has teen ii neon- ditionally released from confinementln W aeh- IngtOn. - . " . .'- . r.i - S&T All the banks in Bbeton, with the- exception of "Traders, have become national institutions. ..... - . f .'" ' V5g Linton Stephens,""brother - of A. it; Stephens, is taking care of 'Ihe fafm of lhe tatter dilrtng Lts IraprisonrrjenC 7' ' , . . Disloyal citizens of Kentucky i and Tennessee, eent north -of the Ohio to remain during the Wat; are now permitted to return to their homes. r-: v - S&T- A brother of the rebel General Mdsby, In Virginia, made ah offer the other day for a parole, but it was refused him by the military authorities at Lynchburg. " ' -. j tS?" General Swayne, of Ohio, son of Judge Swayne, has been appointed, temporarily, AS- sistant Commissioner, in place ot Colonel Washburne. - -: ' - t& General Wilson has set the negroes,-who followed him by thousands, during his late raid, to reparlhg the railroads in'Gedrgia. The little town of Monroe, Mich.; contains eighty two marriageable girls" and' only three unmarried men. Those eighty-two forlorn females shonld be rescued. SSy Turner, the ex-keeper of the Libhj prison, at- Richmond, has been recaptured, and is now Confined in one of the Libby cells. SOT Captain Wurz, the keeper of the An dersonville prison is in confienment at "WmJi-ington awaiting his triaT. - - V . ' " fSyTbe French troops in Malatnoras number two thousand. Cortinas is salJ to be advancing against the place. ' - S& The 3d Illinois cavalry regimenl -has been ordered to Minnesota, to put down the Indians in that territory.? - . - . SST' The trial of the San Salvador raiders at San Francisco has been concluded, but the finding of the Court will not. be made kuo.wn , till President Johnson has been advised. - - fQf The President "has pardoned Joshua Hill, ex-Member : of. Congress from Georgis, Francis S. Smith ot -Virginia, and G.J.1 Hy-ams, of. Michigan, one Of the infamous witnes ses id the assa sination trial. . " - ' i' . ' Tbe delegation from Virginia in Washington are making complaints against Governor Pierpont, because he is too conciliatory in his .policy towards the. Con federates! -t t&". Rear-Admiral DuponW of. the Navy died on Friday in. Philadelphia. . . '; .: , , t&- Charles - Corrington,-the xnarderer of Policeman . Ojll, of Buffalo, jr..Y.V-who wee 4hs7ts has, escaped from' the jail -of that city jn'com pany with three other prisoners. '" t&" Henry H; .Van Dyckv of NcwfYork, " has been appointed Assistant Treasurer of Ne York.,-':;r''r&rVr -trAi r0-f ?Z BeaF Tho telegraph' wire will soon ronnect tbe Kussiah .Possessions .tbCaliforna;,:-;?-:-. , jCQfThecase of Hon. Henry C. Burnet t Con Tcderate Member of Congress . from Keh.. . tucky, is before thi President. It is claimed .' he will probably be pent home, to be tried fbr treason. . ' ?- It is said that one -of the . batteries which the rebels run into Mexico after Kirby Smith s surrender, will be delivered up to the United State authorities.' . . v t&m The latest advices from Panama repre sent that the revolution still progresses in Pe ru, and that the revolutionists in Salvador' were defeated. " . "- "' ". ' The authorities have diecoved a new fraud, by which the marks on internal: and postage-stamps are easily removed. - A rem- edy has ; been secured, .and new instructions have been issued to Postmasters."" --!' v - JSP It is stated that the mission "of General Dix to Canada is to assure the Canadian autho rities that there roust be a reform in the abu ses of the right of asylam is behalf of rsbsl agents. ::..-- :' ';'-;-' - 'i: .'- ' : - The Choctaw Indiana have agreed to a permanett peace, and havo represented that all the Tribes desire the same end. '; XSf The headquarters of the Army at tl s Potomac, which are now oa the Virgin ia'sids of the river, and near the Long Bridge, are fo be broken np in a day or two. . Tbs mea: are being mustered oat so fast that ouly a ekele ton of the army remains. . ' ' 40- The French Emperor, when at Con- stantme, invited five Arab chiefs to diae with him, on which occasion be -said be desired that every Arab in the army, by services sod intelligence, should be able to rise to the high est grades. ' '' ' . - '. gQj-The citifens of Washington who have been residents of and more than fifty years ' are about forming themselves into a society of the "Oldest Inhabitant." None are to be members who have not been residents ttif y ears. ; The oldest resident to be prwdsnC S"Tbe wheat cropjofllsjry land, whicb ts now being harvested, it ia said, is considerably injured by the . weevil and ; rust. - In York County, in Pennsylvania,, the weevil has also been destructive.? ..' ':, (..-.'. .' .- v - 1 James N. Smith, of Salma, Ala., has been appointed United States District A ttof ney for that State, and Hon. Richard Basteed of New York, United Sutes District Judge. , ff3T 'AlyT. Stewart, a wealthy ,-Kew..YorIf Merchant Prince, will erect a whole block of first class stores, in the burnt district of Richmond, if h. can .make "satisfactory; arrange ments with the owners of lbland-. J. gQ Tn first openwg of tbe eoarts in ftich mond, since . the restoration of civil govern ment. took place on th e 15th ioet. Tbe rjani-jury were empaneled, and received the charge of the presiding judge, Edward KSnead, : , . "t i - gf?TtTbe"New York ITcraZI in aHqdieg eli torialiy to tbe Presidect, says : '' ' . - 'There afe some odd signs cf the tiraea ia bis relations with Ncrthem cea. It !t said that "the other ?2y be ainaitti-l Jla Van Bursa to a eatiiractory two t&jrr crr;ersa t:oa. while he :kpl Gvercrr Aix!r t' : f II