Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 4, 1878, Page 2

THE CHICAGO '"RIBUNE: MONDAY. entitted “The Bivonnc and the Battic-Field," refers to Dabney Walker as follows: Qnite a Inrge body of troops wers now sssem- Bled, and aceasional ezpeditiona of cavaley were #ent out todisturh the qulet of {Ae enemy, burn the rallzoad bridzes, and thua interenpt his' com- unications, —sometimea having a brnsh with the enemy'a eavalry and_bringing in some prisoners. Thelr neual gnide was a nativa-born Virginian, in whom we all became mnch Intereated. He seem- ed to me asort of Danfel Webster in abony, S Usiong, | clest-hended man, who had trached & feuo conception of (he gnannin this War, and _devoted himseif, body and roul, on tha richt side. Knowing all the roads #nd by-ways in thin section, and brava an & ilon, he Jed our boys with all the cool conrage needed 1n & acout, catablished A comprehansive systom of cxplonage among the peopla of his own color, and thua brought n much valoable Information. The Teebels did him the honar to offer $1,600 reward forhls head; and well they might. for he was worth to tho Unlon canseany two of the best of ur, The Wil for the rellef of Walker was intro- duced and pressed by Representative Charles G, Willlams, of Wisconsin, ‘The sum appropristed 1s 81,52, 10%A UNITED RTATES COGRTS. A conslderablc delegation of Towa people aro Tiere to support the bill transferring the sito of the United States Court from Keokuk to Burlington., The argument made ls, that nine- tenths of the persons having busincas with the Court are compelled to pass through l!urllnf- ton to go to Keokuk, and that Burlington is much better situated for the convenlence of the State. The lowa delegation in both branches of Cangress sceins to favor this removal, and tho Revresentative from tho district {o which Keokuk s situated himeell happens to be a resident of Burlineton. Secretary McCrary stands pretty muclt alone on behalf ‘of Keokuk, and evidently regrets now that, when he was n Member of Congrress, he did not secure the pas- eage of a bill ‘amvhllnz for o Unitcd States Court-llouse bullding nt the latter place, A public _bnildlog 18 an argument which it 1s aificult to overcome in a proposl- tlon to remove; but, as there s mo publle huilding at Keoknk, the claims of that city nre very apt to be dieregarded by Cone cress. Tho ndvocates of the Burlington scheme hmfl‘ alrendy been strong enoueh to secure the passagze of the bill in the Scnate, without much constderation and almost without notice. ‘The 1ill has now gone to the House, where it (s be- Sluh-C([)mmIltL‘c, and is likely to recelve ¢ nctlon, rom this aubject of removal, Repre- rentative Oliver I8 endeavoring to have the Ro- vised Statutes amended as to the time and S‘lnces of holding United States Courta In Iowa. Jc wishes that the State of Towa shall consti- tute one district, which shall be called tho Dis- trict of Towa: that, for the purposs of trying fssuesof fact triable by jury In_the District Court, sald district shall “ue”divided ftoto five divislons, to be called tho Northern, Southern, Central, Southwestern, and Northwestern di- vislous of the District of Town; the Northern Division to Include the Countles of Cliuton, Jones, Linn, Benton, Tama, Marshall, Hardin, Franklin, Jancock, and Winncbago, wid nll the countles north and cast of them; tho Southern Divislon to include the Counties of dar, Jolnson, lowa, Poweshick, Ma- i Decatur, with nd cast of thom; to_inclnde tho nll the countis the Routhwestern Division Counties of arrison, Crawford, Carroll, Audu- Lon, Cass, Adains, Aud Taylor, with all the counties south of them and ‘west of them; the Northwestern Divislon to Include the Countics of Monuua, Ida, Sac, Calhoun, Pocaliontas, and Kossath, with all the counties north of them anid west of them; the Central Diviston to in- cladd'the resldue of the 8tate. Mr. Oliver pro- poscs that the terins of court shall be held fn the Northern Divislon at Dubuque,- In the Sonthern Division at Burlington, in the Central Diviston at DesMuoines, in the Southwestern Divieion_at Councll Biufls, and in the North- western Diviston at Slonx City. L3 MOINES NATIDR Joseph C. Stone, of Towa, has introduced o nill to authorize the Canal Dry-Dock and Manufacturing Company to constrict aud oper- ute dry-docks I comicetion with fhe Des Moines Rapkls Canal, and for other purposes. It provides that the Canal Drv-Dock and Manu- facturhig Compuny, a0 corporation organlzed unider tho laws of the State ot Towu, Ia hereby authorized to coustruct, malntaln, and oper- nte dry-ducks sultuble for iocking und repair- gz vessels, fn contection with the Des Moinvs Rautds Canal; and the Secrotary of War 15 authorized to select the site for auch dry-docks anywhere along the line of sakl canal where there §s lunds or dslands adjacent to the canal owne:l by the United States and sultable for the constriction of such dry-docks, and whicl s not or the use of sald caval, Tha privi- ey nteld 1o the Canal Dry-Dock and Mana- facturing Company nre upon the express condi- 1on that Conzress reserves tho right at any titme to enlarge or change, modlly or improve, Full und {ts locks, without sakl Compauy Baving any clalm whatever upon the United Btutes for dumagess and that any work doue or smprovements made hiereunder are to ve wholly without cost or expense to the Unfted States forever, DLACK-TILLS RAILROAD, A bl s introduced to conatruct a ralirond from a polut near Cheyenne, in Wyomlng, to o puint at or near Fort Laramle; thencotos polut at or near Deadwood, In the Territory of Dilkioti; thence, commentiue b op near Fors Laramie, to a point at or near Fort Fotterman; thenve, in anortherly or northwesterly diree- tiun, by the most vravticabls route, to the Yel- Tawstone River, near the mouth of the Bighorn Rivery thenee, by the most practicabls route, toa lmlm, at or near Helena, fn the Territory of Mootaua; thence, by tho most practlcable route, to the Pacitic Ocean, or the nuvigable waters contieellng therewith. Among the fu- corporators of this are Lyman Elmore, of Wis- coustn and New York, and Sldnoy Clark, of Nevraska, of the Atcluson, Topeka & Santa Fo Roal, ‘This schieme Is under tho special protec- tlon uf some of the Scuatorinl caltalists who have become Intereated in the Black-Hills re- ‘The Compuny 18 to bo required to com- nco Its Jlue within o year, and to construct firty wiles a year until the road ia completed to Heleaa, Montuua Terrltory. Mortguge-bonds for 25,000 1 milc aro allowed, and the rlght-of- way s izranted through all public lauds. The Sollawing cluuse n the ill 8o very suzgestive otie to those wao atllrm thas the conditlons of the Indian treaties cannot be altered except by the cousent of the tribes. This clause, il the bill should pass, may furnish the basls of a fu- ture Indiun war: ¢“The United States shai} ex- tingulsh as rapklly as may bo the Indlan titles to all lands fulling under Lhe operation of this act, and required for the right-ofway, aud grunts herein wado for statlons, bu[’hllux workshops, and neccesary appurtenauces,’ The capital stock of the corporation Is to be 000,000, GRATR POR PENSIONS, ‘The average Congressman never thinks his duty 10 lnsconstituents Is done until every octo. jenarian and every able-bodied youvg man, wio may have been tdentifled with any skirmish, has bech ptaced upon the national pension-rolls, Now comes Dunnell, of Minnesota, who wants to place somne more survivors of the War of the Revolution on the rolls, Ha would have Cone gress puss o law declaring that each surviving olliver, noncommisstoned oficer, tuslclan, aua soldicr who served in the Coutinenta) line, or Btatae troops, volunieers, or militia, st one or more terms, & perfod of not less thau threa months during the War of the Revolution, or the widow of auch ofticer, shall be authorlzed wud entitled to recelve such annuity and penston un hio or she would now bo authorized and en- titled to reeelve under existing la NORTHWESTEUN ITEN Heory O'Nell, Jr., of Jackson, Mich., desires an appropriation of $10,000 as compeusation for Tosscs und fjuries recefved by renson of nlleged iltegal arrest by United States oflicers. tenator Chaffee 18 eudeavoring to have the act donutipg public lands to the States and ‘TerritoriedMor the benetit of Acrieultural Col- ey extended wo that it may inure to the ben- ctit of Colurado, ‘The prrsuns interested o tho Black-Hilly country are determiued that the (lovernment szl du every possible thing to benefit tnat re- on, ¥ or Spenver, who has large nterests {0 the Black Hilis, now w'shies to bave $150,000 sppropriatedt to bulld a mititary post for the protection ot the nortbern frontier ol Montans, \an Inm Milk River crosaes the boundary from “unad: Representative Maginnis wishes to reorganize “‘f- Judiciul who has wade & setticaeut on the publie 5 under the P're ption luws, and Las, sub- scquent 1o suek settlewet, changed his Sl i pureusico of luw, Lo that for & hotoeatea eatry upon the same tract of Jund, shall be en- titled to Lure the thuy required o perfecy his title under the Homvatesd laws computed from the dato of bia original settlement beretofora waule, or hereafter to be wude, under the Pro- ciaption luws, subject to wll the provislons of the law relating 1o homeateads. TIE APPROPRIATIONS. . Tothe Watern Asoctated Prees. Wasiisutox, D, C., March $,—The members ol tbw Huuse Commitice un Appropriatious say they cun vrepare thelr Lills much sooner than suy of thew cun be acted upon by the House. Tl Navy, Appropriution, aud Penslon bills will Lo ready to report this week. Tho Legislative Appropristiva bill wili be completed 1n 8 week or ten duvs. Thy Bub-Cowminitices ure at work o the Ludfau, Arwy, sud Delldency Appropris- tiow Lilla. Uwing Lo the lange wass of business 0 be truusacted, the geversl opression i tlat Lue seaatvn witl Le prolunged to August. MARCIT 4, 1878, storm. Many of Mr. Wade's poiitical par deserted him, ana bis personal friends beeged him to desist from his conrse: but, congelous he was in the right, he maintained it, and so for the tims belng he fell into disgrace. Tt was the custom in Ohio tore-clect members of the State Leglalature, but at the end of his term Wade was so unpopular in his district that the Convention passed him over in silence, and nominated a new man, Some of the delegates were openly In favor of censuring the Benator for his course, but the resolution fafled. At homo Mr. Wrde received the censure of his constituenta in sflence, but left his scat In tne Benato crying with a loud voles, *Itemem- ber, gentlemen, when you make Inwa to degrade the negraes of Ohlo, you make laws to DEGRADE A PART OF TIIB PEOFLE OF OO0, Kentucky had sent Commissloners to obtatn, 8a Mr. Wade eafd, *the passage of a law to dis- grace the people of Ohlo.*! The bill they sonaht I don't koow s 1 sceinz vou have got BEN WADE. Death of the Old Statesman at His Home In Jef- ferson, O. pruse, you, can such & fhin one of thote Senate in thoso days. made an attack on a Northern Senator, Wade was amazed and disgusted at the crina. inz, cowardly bore tiic tnunts and insults of the hot-headed Boutnerner. An Advance Obituary by One Who Had Known Him In. timately. Senate adjourned, he n.1|||“ Sauthern Senator mado such an sttack on him braund him s a tlar The History of IHis Remarkable Life, from Boyhood to Ohfo and her people as negro-thioves. lustant- Iy Mr. Wade sprang to his fect, and PRONOUNCED THE SENATOR A LIAR. Old Age. to have passed was one of pains and penalties | The Southern Senators swere thunder- on all who would not nasat in returning fugl- | struck, and gathered around thefr cham. tise slaves who escaped from Kentueky into | plon, While the Northern men rouped His Long nnd Distinguishod Csroer | Obio. Mr. Wadels noble naturo rovolted at o | bt Wude, A fecler was nutout from the scheme which, ho said, *fiad for its objeet such tyranny and cruel would refuse n remfn to liuman beings anywhere vn this continent, from which they hud no outlet, and to which they had been dragged against thefe will.” Ilis opposi- 1 tion to the Kentucky Comnmissioners apparently |,tafn. The next dav a gentleman ealled upon cended his political liTe, the Senator from Ohlo, and asked the usual Ho waa disgusted with politics, and returned | question touching his scknowiedgment of the home, resolved never aguln to stand for any politieat ofllce. In 1340, when Gen. arrison was nominated for President, Mr, Wade took tho stump n his favor. Ile passed over thie Reserve, apeaking to thousands, and, ylelding to the wishes of the people, he visited ‘other purts of the Sate. uch soccches ns his had seidom been heard they wera stralghtforward, piain talks, delivered with a power and velcmence that carried conviction to_the masees who listencd. Tho clection over, Mr. Wade resumed the practiee of law, determined never aealn to leave his clients, come what might. Ile was forty years old when he met, ot the house of a frieni, the lady who was destined 1o hecome bis wife. Ilis arriage was most hap- Bouthern side, looking to reteactlon; but Mr, Wade retorted fn his peculiar style, manded an apology for the insult off in the SHenate of ths United States. ter thus closed, a fight was looked upon as cer- Many Ancecdotes, Nover Beforo Published, of His Readinesa in Dobate and His Oharaoteristics as a Man, capacity. 1 represent the State of Olio, and T represcn® Ben Wude, As aSenator Iam op- Spectal Dispatch ta The Tribune. m:;]ud'&'{‘nucllng; as Ben Wade, 1 recognizo thie C CLEVEIAND, 0., March 2.—Ex-Scoator Wade passed away at his boma in Jefferson precisely at 6:80 o'clock this morning. A declded change forthe worse was noted by hls friends on Fri- day morning, and before night it became evi- dent that he could iive but a few hours looger, is wite rat by his side hotding his hand, and lisson, Capt. Henry P. Wade, and scveral other friends surrounded tho Led. At a fow minntes beforo 0:30 o'clock fn the morning his e, * M¢ friend feels agrieved, sald the gentle- man, auy, ancd will nsk for an apology or satisfaction.” 1 wos somewhat embarrnssed,” continued Senator Wade, ** by my positlon yesterday, as I luye some respect for the Chamber. I now 1aKo Lhis unFunuan of saying what I then thoueht, and you, If you please, can repeat it: *YOUR FUIEND 18 A FOUL-MOUTIRD OLD BLACK- auARp1?? * Certninly, Scnntor Wade, you do not wish breathing, which bad been -very irrczu- | py, and tho fruit of it was twosone, bath of | me to convey such n incssage as that1" far for somo time, becams hard | whom dhllnquhhefl themeelves n the war,— ** Most utidoubtediy £ do, and wil tell you, for » short time, and then coased | ono of whom I now with him fn Ohioand the | foryuur own beucllt, that this friend of yours Corever, (lowas consetona to L Jast siumoat; other Mojor of the Ninth United States Cay- | will never notice it. I will not be nsked either alry. 131841 the peonle of Ohlo having advanced In their viows on the question of Nearo-Slavery, requeated Mr. Wade to reitirn to tho Scunte, hut he promptly declined. However, the Con- ventlon, consclous that injustice lind heon done im, and anxious to reoulr the wrung, nomi- nated him, despite bis refusal toaccept. He was for retraction, explanation, or a fight." Next morning Mr. Wade came into the Sen- ate, and, proceeding to hia seat, deliborately drew from his coat two largo pistols, and, un- Tocking his desk, lald thew Inside, e Bouth- ern men looked un In sitence, while the North- ern members enjuyed to the fullest extent the firc-caters' surprise at the proceeding of the plucky Ohlo Senator. No further notice was taken of tho nffair of the duy before, Wade was not challenged, but ever afterwards was trented with the utmost politencss and conshl- eration by the Scnator who lad sonsultingly attacked him, Mr. Wado had now becomo one of the most prominent men in the Scnate. 1o was to be heard on every question, and no debate was complete witliout s speech from the bluft old Senator, Mg never opencd his mouth but the wholo North thrilicd with enthusiasin und sympathy, and his constituents werg constantly sending him earncsts of their affeetion and “admiration. Mr. Greeley, in mpeaking of his first great effort In the Kon- #aa-Nebraska bill, sald: ™ ¢ There ara many finc orations amd good arcuments delivered fn the ing Oberlin College. which has stico sent out [ United States Senato from tinio to time, but not hundreds of Anti-Slavery teachers, preachers, | often a real good speech, In order to have n and missfounriet, aud been tho mighticst euging | good specch, thero must be n man Lehind it in the land fn breaking down the system of | Such aspeech we have in the powerful effort of hurman bondaze, Judge Wade, and in this case tho spoech is but Congress nd, in 1837, passed the following | the Just meusure of-tne man,” resalution: A correspondent, writlug from Washington on W Reaolred, That all petitions, memorials, and | the day of the dullvery of this speecn, eald: anen touching the abolition of Slavery, or | *Wude is now golng it In the Senate huying, selling, or transferring of slaves I any LIKE A STHAMBOAT. State, bll(rlut.urTenuurvo( tho Unlted States, | e has collided two or threo times to-day, and belald on the table without befug debated, | o littln while ago ran into his colleague, Pugh. read, or referred; and that no further nction | He sald, in reply to n taunting question from shall be taken thereon.” I'agh about the common brotherivod of man- Mr. Wade denounced the resolutfon as {n- | kind, *[have nlways belleved heretofore In tho famous, aud moved a Commitico of threo bo | doctrine of the Declaration of Indepenaence, appotuted to cxamine and report upon [t. Tho | that all men are born freo and equal; butof late motlon carrled, and Mr. Wade was made Chuir- | 1t appears that somo men ure born slaves, und I mun of the Committec. 1y was threo weoks | rewret that they aro not black, so thatall the exsiniulng authoritics and writing his report, When made, It startled tho wholo North, und s still regarded by many as TILE ADLEST ANTI-SLAVERY DOCUMENT cver published In this country. Thirty yeurs of free legislation liave not advanced tha nation begoud the doctrines contalued in that report. ohn Quincy Adamis Lad Ueen censured by Cougresa for preseutlng [n the Hlousothe Haver. il resolutions, usking for a dissolution of the Union. The Ohio Leilsiature sought to Justify the vensure, and Mr. Wadn dofended with great ab\llty, though unsuccessfully, the right of pe- and tried to apeak but a short time bofors ho dled, but with alt attention ho could not be understood, excent to say fn a Jow whisper, T cannot talk at all! 1iis cepecial roquest was that the fuueral be very plain, and especially that no costly monument bu placed above his head, e left no will, hetug willing to leave his property at tho disposal of his friends, 1lo is worth about $80,000, all in good condition. His physiclan says that his advanced ago was the real cause of his death. Tho funcral wlll take placo on Taesdoy, March B, at 1 o'clock p. m. TRIUMPIANTLY ELECTED. On returning to his scat Mr, Wado's firat nct wes a move to repeal the aidlous Kentueky Fu- Elllvc Slave Inw that had been passed In'JS. n his apeech, tio argued, for the tirst time, that negroes were men and - women the samo ns white persons, and entitled to per- sonal lberty, trial h(y !nry. testimony in courts, and_common-school priviteges, These doctrines, in 1841, were new and unheard of; but now, after tho lapse of wmore than a quar- tor ol a ventury, wo can all se that, although far ahead of the times, Mr. Wade was rixht. Iu 1843 Mr. Wade rrcucnlml o bill for the jn- corporation of a Colleiate [nstituto to educato persons without regard ta race or color. It was voted down, but afterwerds passed, thua found- AN ADVANCH OBITUARY. Gen. James 8. Drissin tn (ke last numbder of the " Spirit of the Times. Benjemin Franklin Wade was born at Feed- ing Hills, Parish of West Springtield, Mass., Oct, 27, 1800, and he has risen from the humblest condition Inlife to high fame, and, by unflinch- 1ng honesty, adherence to principle, and justico to the oppressed, made himself -honored throughout a land of 40,000,000 of people. His father was a soldfer In the Revolutionary War, and fought at Bunker ITill, Concord, Lexing- ton, aund Yorktown. Mo wus capturcd at one of tha battles, and for o long time was con- fined & prisoner at IHalifax, Mr. Wade's mother was a DPresbyterian clergyman's daughter, and a thoroughly good woman. The family was poor, and, while the father was engaged In fighting the battles of his country, tho mother had to labor very hard to feed, clothe, and support her children, of whom sho had ten, Henjamin belng the youngest, Among the scanty wealth of tho family was & library of twelve volumes, and Lenjamin read them overand over, bis mother baving firat taught hin how tospell and read. When Benjamin's father returned from the war, he was broken in tiealth and apirits, and young Ben, feeling that e oughit to relievo his parents from the burden of keeping him, bade farewell to his old home, and, with only $7 in his pucket, MADR 1118 WAY ON FOOT TOWAND TIHE WEST to seck his fortune. He olten worked for farm- crs, tending horses and cows for his board and clothes, and gofug to schuol In winter. Benjae min was not an an apt scholar,and it was a long time betoro he could master arithmetic and al- world might know them.' As hc said this ho polnted to Pugh, and stood Jookimz at him for several moments, with a scowl und expression of countenance that wus perfectly feroclous, while It conveyed the utmost contempt for the Northern dowghfaces.” Tho debates were full of incidents, and brought out all of Mr, Wada's strofye points and sterling qualities. Mr. Brown, of Misslssippl, interrupted him just as ho hud said: Wl know very well, sir, with what a yell of tri@aph the passage of this bill will be hailed both !n the Bouth and In Paademontum.” Ar. Brown—*"* 1o you know what s golng on therel” Jmehur.J r, Wade— L do not pretend to know pre- 1y what [s on foot therc, but I think It pretty tion. Mr, Wade declined o renominatfon for tho Senate,nnd from 1842 to 1817 beld o political oftice, devoting himsclf to the practice of his !:chm- ile was fond of reading hooks, cspeclal- | profeasion and care of hia family. eyidént that thero Is & very frea communicatlon v blographles of ereat men. In 1847 ho was elected by theDhlo Leglslature | between that country and €bls body, and, unleas Wadg was 13 vears old when he renclied New | udgo of the Third Judiclal District, Ilis | Luw greatly mistaken, York City, and he Immediately set out for Chl- | jugicinl fame soon becams oqual to lus 1 SER TILE DWARPIAI MEDIUM cago, 11l le walked across the country, aud | jiojitfenl reputation, aud b was not [ by which that communieation s kept after & most tedlous Journcy reached Ashtabula | ‘yply tho most popular, but reckoned to bo tho | un? {tireat loughter, sod u yolea on County, O, where ho had a brother Hving. ‘The | up)est, man n Onlo. Tor four years ho filled | the Southern slde: “L guoss ho has snow falling, he was persunded to walt until | yug otilee of Judge, when, In March, 1831, while | got you, Brown."] spring, and then cross the lake to Detrolt by boant, and finish his journey Irom there to Chicago on foot, ~ Ho “hired him- sall out to chop cord-wood at 0 centa per cord, ond during the longz winter nights read nearly the whole of the Bible by the light of pinc- knota piled on tho hearth of his rude log-cabin, In 1521 and 1823, when 22 years of age, wo find Yir. Wade still at Ashtabula, chopplug wood, rolling logs, grubbing In summer, and teaching school In winter, Tle had now given up golnig farther West, and seriously thought of return- ing to the East. Inthe fall of the next year, 183, he lired to a drover to assist him ia taking a herd of cattle to New York. It was Wade's duty to conduct the lead-steer, and ho carrled his clothespacked ua bundie and tied benind the ox's hiorns. When tired, hie would mount on tho back of the ox, andiride fur & short distance, Six times Mr. Wade walked from Ohlo to New York. It was duming ono of his drover pilgrinsgue that Mr. Wade NEANLY LOST WIS LIPE. Mo was lending o steer, a8 usual, in front of the herd, and had Jnst entered o covored bridee, when tho cattle became frightened, and rushed upen him, Mo ran, but tinding ho could not reach the otnereud of the bridge, sprang up and caught toa brace, where he held on untit the whole drova passed beneath him, making the bridge to swing to and fro with thelr great weiyzhit, The drover expected to fnd Wada's crusbed oud mnnt:led body on the bridye, ana was not a Httle astonished and delfnted to sca him drop uuburt from his perch, T the fall of 1625, Mr. Wady, having once moro crossed tho mountsins with s drove ot catile, halted at Albany and taught school during the wiuter, The next sumtner ho worked on tho Erle Canal with a shovel and wheclbarrow, In 1528, Mr, Wade s agaln found in Ohlo, teaching schiool and reading law with Ellsha \\'mtlltlun’ He was admitted fntwo years, and after walting a year more wo find him trylng s rat case, Without the sdvantage of early educatlion, Mr. Wado felt tho nccessity of closs applicativn to bis law buoks, and becamo a hard student, Tils oplufons soon began to bo noticed and ro- he was holding court at Akron, Sutmit Coun. ty, Ohlo, the Leulslature of his State elected bim to the United Statcea Senate. - Tha office was wholiy unexpected and ollelted, The shouting of men aud firing of canuon announced some unusunl event hud happeued, when prese ently a boy camo running into the Court-Houso witha dispotelh_anuouncing to Mr, Wade his clection, ‘The Court was adjourncd, the Bur asscinbled, and passed resolutions of regret ot losing him, and congratulutions at hsclevation, Mr. Wado reafzucd his judiclal ollice, and re- tired to Lis hote, at Jefferson, e sald, © 1 do not want oflice, bot I'will not disobey thewlsies of thepeople.’ e was, huwever, luss reluc. taut this timo than Lefore in re<cntering poll- tics, fur the peoplo of Ohlo had como uji to his views. In 1853 Mr. Wado advocated with all his abll- Ity the notination and election of Uan, eott-to the Prosidency, as hehad Gou. Taylor's olestion in 1848, Senator Wade waa an earncst Wi, and continued to act with that party until 1551, whon, pereetving that tha Southern Whigs were about 1o unite with the Northern Dewovrats in aseing the Missourt Compromise, he made huste to deliver a speech defining his_position, It was a powerful weffort, und the New York Tritune, in rovlowing ity called It tho “ NEW DECLARATION OF INDEFENDENCE," In cloaing thts speech, Mr, Wado smd: © Mr Tresident, I 'do not futend to debute this subje: further, Toolnumilfation of the North ls comples and overwhehning. NoBouthern enemy of hers can wish ber deeper degrudation, God Knows, 1 feol 1t keenly enouh, und 1 have no desire to prolongithemelancholy apectacle, . o o 1lwve ol my lfe belongued to the great Natlonal Whie party, aud never you have 1 failed, with all thy ubliity 1 lvo, to support her reuulnr caudidates, come from what portion of thu Union they might, sud much oftener hus It been iy lot to battlo for a Bouthern than for o Northern can- Aldate for the Presldency; and when such cun- didates were assailed by those who werw Jealous of stavetiollers, and did not like to yleld'up the Government to such hands, how often have [ encountercd the violent prejudices of my own luulluul with no llttle hazard to myself1 Jlow i During the argument on the Nobraska bill, Mz, Baduer, than a Scoator from North Carolf na, drew o uluwlnz(rlulum of 8lavery, Ilu had, ho'snid, been muraed by a black worian, aud tind grown from childivod” tv manhood under her care, He loved Wi old black mammy; and now, It ho was going to Nebraska, and the op- nonts of the bill succeeded in prohiblting fuyery there, ho could not tuko his old mammy with hins. Turnlng to Mr. Wade, he aald; * Burely you will not prevent ine from taking my old nainmy with me{"” & Certalnly not, replled Mr, Wado; © but this Is not the ditifeulty in the mind of the Scn- otor, It Is beeause, il” wo make the ‘Territory free, ho canuot sell his old maminy when ho haa got her there, Mr. Wade was arguing to show that slaves wore not property In the conatitutional meaning of the term, Hosald: “I0 a man carries his horse out of a Slave Stato into & Free one, ho does not loso his property in him; bat, It he carrles his slave {uto o Free State, thelaw makes bim free.? Mr. Butler, futerrupting him, sall: “ O yes, but they won't stay with yous they love us well they will run off and come back tn spito of you andd your boasted (reedom.” Mr. Wade smilingly replled, amid roars ot laughter: *O yes, Senator, Eknow; thoy love yuu so well you will iave to make a Fugltive Blave law touatch thom." The cowardly attuck made by Preston B, Drovks ou thu Hon, Clhurles Snmuer, i May, 185, fired Wade's fndignation, Ho made 'a apeech, going so far in his denunciation of Urooks and his abettors us to COMPLEMLY DUMBYOUND THE VIRE-EATERS, Among utler things he sald: ‘M. President, it 1s finpossible for me to it still and hear the principle announced which [ huve heanl on this oceaslon, As to the (ucta contieeted with this matter, 1 kuow nothing about then, and of thein L have nothiug to say, Lam here ln o vreity lean minority; thero Is nut, perhaps, more than onc-tfth part of tha Senate who has shinflar oplnluns ot my ewn, and thosu are very unpopular over hera; but, when Llicar it stated on the floor of the Benato spected. 3o could analyze a caso with wonder- | triumphantly would I appeal ou such occazjous | that an ussnssin-llke, cowardly attack has been ful rapidity, and selze and present to o jury the | to Southern houor, to the muguunlmity | made upon a mun unarned, having no power to facta with @ rough energy and eloquenvo that | of soul which 1 bLeHeved alwoys actu. | delend himself, who was stricken down with there was no reeisting. = Lawyers who bad | uted Southern gentlemen, Alas! alus! I | the strong hand aud almost murdered, and that far more learning fuund themeeives greatly | God will pardon e for what I have doue, I will [ such attucks aro llprmv\'d of by Scuators, It be- bis uferlors when tho pleading com- | promise tosiu nomore. . . . Wo certajuly | cunes u question of somo intereat to us all, and menced. canuot bave any furthier political connection | especlally to those who ure In the minority, After uix years of toll, Mr. Wade 87001 BECOND TO NO MAN at the Dar in his county. It was indlsponssblo 10 have his services fu every caso of linportance, und wouney began to como In and fill ks pock- cis, He bad mado bis wark, aud the strugcle with blm was over, In 1838 ho was eclected Proseeuting Attorney for the County of Ashta- buls, and was ong of tho best the county ever ‘;’fl(‘l'.}m Indictments belog considered models 12 ¥ day, At 37 years of tion to the Btate declined, but was pl. *This,! with the Whigs of the South; they have rene dered such conucctlou fmpossible; ‘au lupassa- blo gulf scparates us, amd must hereafter sep- wrate us. ‘The Southern wing of the old \\'hr‘: party have jolned their fortunes Syith what s called the Nutional Democruey, uud T wish you Joy fu your new connections. + o . To-tor- Tow [ Delieve Is t0 be a) clipse of the sun, and Ithtnk It perfectly mect and proper that the wun In the heaveus and the zlory of the Repuv- lic shiould Loth go luto obscurlly and darkicas together. Let tho bill then pass; It e @ proper oceaslon for so dark and damuing a deed.” In the great struegle over the hunsas-Ne. braska bill, Mr. Wade CAME PLOMINENTLY UEFOUE TILE COUNTRY AB A It is very trus that a brave man not be able to defend himsclt sgatnst such an attack, A brave man may be over- powered by numnbers on this floors but, sir, overpowered or not, live or die, 1 will vindicats the rheht aud Hoerty of debats and fresdom ot diseussion upen the floorus lougast lve, 1l the principle now announced is to prevall, ley us come srmed fur the cowbat, and, although you ure four to one, am here to meet you, od knuws @ man can div n no_better causu than {n vindicating the tight ot debats on this Hoorjund 1Lave unly to ask, I the Eflnclpla 18 to be upproved by the majority, and to be- comy part and paseel of the luw of Congrasa, It may b distiuctly understood. It the hour lus nay e o was offured the nownina- caate from his district, and eyentually prevalled upon to u ays Mr, Wudo, ' was tho mls- tuks of my lite, I snould have remalued at my profession, and | Warn young men agolust DEUATER, arrived In tho hiatory of this Republic when lta felding to the allurements of office, Better, | The Scuthern tire-caters und Nurtbiern dough. | Scnators arc to sacritice and Yu)' the forfelt of ar butier, for theta to stick to thelr professtous, | fucus combined to break hin down: but he | thelr livesfor oplulon's suke, i know of no fitter The tolle aud turmolis of public lilu are great, and the honors ewpty, A quiet hume ts intin- ately to be vreferred to political position. ' Mr, Wade, on entering the Benate of Ohlo, was at onco apvointed s iember of the Judiciary Cowmittes, and fmwediately begun his political curcer with the same splrit'that had character- {zcd him at the Bar. Hu moved aud urzed the repeal of the law imprisoning poor men for debt, He headed thie Whigs fu the Scuate, and rapid) ruse to tuwie, Ills party was greatly in the - nority, but so elfectually aid Liv use the forces at bl disposal that ko keot the Democrats al- wayson the defensive. e question of the anncxation of Texas com- fug up, My, Wade made baste to TAKE BOLD GHOUND AGAINST BLAVERY. Mo said, *This Btate of Texus coming to the Uniau, 28 it must, If at all, with the nstitution of :Slavery Interwoven wlth fts social hnbits, belog brought futo this Unlon for tha sole ob- et of extending the accursed systew of human ouusge, it canuot bave wy voloe or voto; for, 40 Bl e God, | will pever aaslst i adding hurled them back with surprising ability, and, pursuing thew, taugbt thew, for the first tu that they bad a master {n the Unlted State Benate who would nut spare them. “Tho [fon, Charles G. Atherton, of New Ianip- shire, better kuown as ** Gagz Atherton,” from his introduction uf o resolution to lay al) Anti- Blavery petitions un the tably, was emphatically a ** Northern wian with Southeru priuciples.? ne day, Wads, who was pcuuuull{ very pop- ular, even with hls polltical opooncuts, was cone verslng with ex-Gov. Morehead, ol Kentucky, who was then visiting Wusbington, when Al{l' erton cawe up, awml ut once began an attack on Waude lu regard to the Fugitive Slavo law. Why, Mr, Wade,” lo sald, “if a plzcer had run away from & goud naster in Kentucky, and eaiwe to your bouass fu Olly, wouldu't you are reet blm wnd send bl buck to Lls wasterl ™ * No, {ndoed, [ wouldu't," replicd r. Wade, “ Would you, Athertonl 2 4 Certaluly I would,” seplied Athercoun, sbould deen it wy dul; to eaforce that, as place Lo dlo than (u this ehamber, with our Ben. ote ruhies around ua; and here, If necessary, 1 ahall dic at my post, and 1 my place, for the luerty of devate and free discussion.™ 11e was not challenged, nur even reprimand. ed, fur bis strong lnufluyw: while Seuator Wile sun, who fodowed Wade, und wercly cons dewned the sction of umah, was inwediately challenged to mortal combatl Iu 1837, Mr. Wade, whoso term was sbout to explre, Wus promptly returned to the nate by avote in the Legislature of 1ul, to 36 tor his vppenent, 'The. next year Mr. Wada brought forward his great tncusure, the * Howestead Lill,* or, 08 he was ploused to call it, S LAND FOR TILE LiNDLESS.' ‘The Southern men at vucy antagoutsed the bill with the Slavery question, and thus sougbt to defeat it; but Mr, Waodo mado a powerful argu- mens, und completely routed bis enemies. Tue Noutliern men, baving tried in vain to head off Mr. Wade, appealed to thulr Nortbern altfcs 10 help thew. Uno day Mr, Douglas rose v bls scat, and tnterrupted Mr. Wade, who was out roud of slave-territory to thls country.” He | much as soy other law.” speaking. Iustautly the Chamber became silent mude _every offort to “stir up thu ‘people Alr. Wade turued to Morehead, * Well, Gov- | as death, snd ali eyes were turned in the dizeo- of O t oppose the extension of | ernor, what do you sayl Would you arrest a | tlon of the two standing Sevators. Eyery ono Slavery: snd, wot satbiled with that, bu webt further, wnd prescoted & petltivn of colured people, praying for relief from the oppressive Stute laws waking distinctious oo wceount of color. This ruised au unlooked-tor negro aud seud b back under ‘such creum- | expected to sos Wil desolished in g wotaent 5 by tha zreat Ellinols Benator. wYou, siry? twd Mr. Douglas, in measured toncs, *contivually complincut Boutbern wen who support tlus Ll {Nebraska), but bitterly 'n.-plhc.l t'lvu Goveruor, gruflly. *1'd seo hlm d—d dret. S Well” gald Old Ben, after o womgut’s blsme a3 that [pointing to'Atherton] to do it for yuufi Spon after taking his eeat, Wade witnossed scenca g0 common in the A Southern fire-cater and way In which the Northern man As no alluslon was nade to him- self or State, Mr. Wadeant atill; but, when the ovenly, il ever o or his State, while he sat on that floor, he would This comiug to the ears of the Southern men, & Senator took oceasion to “ulnw(lly speak a few days altcrwards of and de- [ered him- self and the people” he represented. The mat. L'am here, he responded, *in a double at what you sald fu the Senato yester- denounce Northorn men who support it. Why Iithis! Youw say it {a a moral wrong; you sy 1t Is a erlme. Northern man to do sol” Mr. Wadé—' No, nir; I say not.” Mr. Douglas—* Tho Scnator says not, Then he entertains a different code of “morals from m;"!elf. and — Mr. Wade—interrupting Douglas, and polnt. Ing 1o him, with scorn marked _on every linca- ment_of his face, ** Your code of morals! Your moralsl My Uod! I hone so, alr.” Tho giant was hit In the forehead, and, after standing for a moment, with his face red ns searlet, dropped sllently Into bis scat, while Mr. Wade procecded with his specch, as quictly as though nothing had occurred, Mr. Douglas }ms angry, however, and closely watched Wade or & CITAACE TO FOUNCE UPON AND 8CALE HIM; it soon_oceurred, and in this way: Mr. Wade had saiil something complimentary ahout Col. Lane, of Kansas, when Mr, Douglas rose, and sald: *Col. Lane cannot be belleved; ho has been guilty of perjury and forgers.” Mr. Wado—"*And what pruof have you, rir, of thess sllezational Your unsupported word Is not suficient.” Mr. Douglas—*1 have the aflidavit of Col Lane, In which, somo time since, he sworo ona thing and now states another.” Mr. Wade—** And you, sir, a lawyer, presume to charge this man with beine guiliy of forzery and perjury, and then offer him as o witness to prove your own word.” Douglas snw lo a moment ho was hopelessly caught, and attempted to retreat, bitt Wade pounced npon him, and gave him a withering ;nunlk:\, whilo tho chamber shook with roars of aughter. Mr. Douglas continued to badger Wade, somotimes getting the better of him, but often zetting rougnly handled, uniil Wade, worn out with defending himsolf, determined to become the attacking party. Soon atterwards, tho Little Giant™ was bewalling the fate of tho nation, aud pleturing the sad condition we would be {n it the Free-Sollers succeeded, having_ worked Dimself up Into a pne- slon, Wihen he was at the highest piteh, Mr. Wade rose In lls scat, ond sold, with indescribabla coolnes WWELL) WUHAT ARR m]t'l’ QOING TO DO ABOUT i Douglas for a moament twas surprieed and dumbfounded, and then nttempted to proceed § Dut the pith was knocked out of his argument, and the Scnators only smilod at his carnest- ness. Douglas sat down In disgust, Mr. Duuglas alterwards sald, “That_(nter- rogatory of Wade's wns the most effcetive apceeh | ever heard in the Senate. Confound the may, it was go ridiculous, and put 8o com- feally, 1 kuew not what avswer to make him, and becane riliculous myself in not belog able to tell what I was ronz to do about it.” While_ the Lecompton bill' was under dis- cusalon Mr. Taombs, of Georgla, referring to the mlnomi of which Mr, Wade was one, said: “The mejority have rizhts and dutics, and 1 trust there I8 fidelity enough to themseives and thelr principles and thefr country In the major- 1ty to stand togother at all hozards and crush thg factious minority."” Instantly Mr. Wade aprang to hils fcet, and, shaking his flst at Toombs, roared ont, * Havo nearo, it Haven carel You can't crush me nor iy people. You ean never conquer us; wo withdie first. [will full here in tho Scnate- Chamber, but I will never tnake anv compro- mise with any such men. You may bring n majority and outyote me, but I will nelther be compromiscd nor bo crushed. 'That's what [ liaye to say to your threat,” A Southern Benator sald one day roughly to Wade, * If vou don’t stop your Abolitlon doc- trines, wo will breax up the Unfon. Wo will seced, sir! Wade held out his hand and eald, # Gool-bye, enator, I you aro gol Dpray you, . DON'T DELAY A MOMENT ON Y ACCOUNT." Scnator Evans, of 8outh Caroling, a very geayo and good old mau, one dn}"(\ru exhibiting in the Scnate-Chamber and speaking of o copy of Uarrisun's Liberalor, with its horriblo pleturcs of Slavery, Turniug to Mr. Wade, whosat near bim, he sald: ¢ 1a it not too bad that such a papershonid bo allowed to cxist] Why will not the authoritics of the United States sitppress suchia slanderous shect! Can it be possitle that any patriotie citizen of tho North will tolerato such anabom- comfcally, ng now, 1 Inatloni” Honator Wado put on his spectacles, and, looking ot tho title of the pa- wer, exclaimed In surprise, * Why, Senator ivana, in Ohlo wo consider this ono of our best family papers.” ‘The Benatora roared; but Mr. Evans, wha had o great seapeet for Mr, Wade, turued sodly away, saving, **I am sorry Lo licar you say 80, Mr, Wada; it shows whithér wo uro drifting." Notwitlistandine!Mr. Wade's bitter opposition to the Blave Power, the Bouthern wmun all re- spected and liked him. Mr. Toombs, thu Georgla fire-eater, sald of hiw In the Senate: oM, mend;rmm,bmn ‘puts the matter squarcly. THols aiways honcst, outspoken, and stralghts forward; and I wish to goodness the rest of you would hnftate him. Ilo spoaks out like a man, 1o says \what is the difference, and it {s. e means what he saya; you don't always. Ile and Iean agree about cverything on earth ex- cept our sable: population,” guch wus tlhie opinfon tho fre-caters enter- talned of Mr, Wade, There was vot one of them but belleved hin o thorouglly honest and brave wan, - THEY MESPECTED NiX for his sincerity aud fidulity to his principles, whila they hatod and dusplsed the _cringing an fawning rotten doughfaces of the North. Henutor Iverson, of (ieorela, who prided him- self on belng ablo to give auswers In debato s on which no one could cate him, was one day making a speoch, when he stated ho was ox- cocdingly sorry Gov. Calioun hnd written his Ietter giving tho result of the election In Kan- sna, “on the advico of Southern members of Cungross,’” when Mr. Wade ross and quired: * Bir, L would like to know if yon mean to say that Mr. Calhoun proposod to givo his cere tiflcutes of clection on the ndvice of cerenin Southern memboers hero, or according to the truth of the vote, his consclency, and his onth] Your statement strikes e oa very cxtroordi- unry’:lnnd l"\\'llh to kuow it I correctly undor- stand you. Mr, Ivcrson—* I do not recogmize your right to eatechise e on tho subject, and Idectine to suswer.” Mr, Wade—* 0 well, I'won't press tho In- qulry, as we all know who guvo such advico ns you stated, 1 was wrong to usk v{au that ques- uon.uyun': compromise yourself on my - coun Iverson explained, amid roars of laughter, hos it was, It uscd 1o bo customary for slaves in Wash- Ington to bess money from Northern Congress- men to buy thelr freedom. A poor but smart. lookiug Loy sceosted Mr Wade while ho was In_ conversation with a promiscuous com- any of Northern and Southern Benators, 4 Eolnn to beg for money to buy his freedom. 1 never givo tmoney to buy “slayes,” sald Mr. Wado; when, seeiug the vloavant looks of the Boutbern meu, ho turned to tho boy and asked; YWY TIE DEVIL DON'T YOU RUN AWAT" The Boutlieinurs stared at onc another, and the darkuey sturted off with & new ideain his head, when Mr. Wade called him back, aud, handing itm a $10 bill, sald: *Licre fs $10t0 nay your expeises, Now, run away out of 8lavery, my Loy, the first ehauca you get.” While tho §fomestead bill was under discus- slon, Mr, Toomnbs referred to it with o sncerus ameasure for white paupers, when Mr, Wado {mnediately aroso and said; “8ir, you ut the Homestead bill be- cause it” glves land to the landicss, do youl What is your pet schemel B ylng Cuba, steal- pigeers for the nizgerless. Wo will gota the country upon it. Laud for the landivss afnst nigeers for the nigeerless. Iam very that this question has at fength come up am glad, ton, it Las motsgonized with tins nlgger question. I huve been trylug here for nearly 8 month to get astralghtforwurd vots upon this great measure of jand for the land. less. 1 glory inthat measure. 1t is the ereat- cst that has ever come before tha Aucrican Benato, s It bas now come s0 that there ¢ w0 dodging it The Tmuon will be, *Shall we give tho vlzgerless, or land 1o the laudless, Wado one day replied to Tuombs, of Ueorgis and to sl appearance used lauguago wh would compel Toowbs to challenge hlm, Buv- cral tricnds went to Wade aud begged bim to duslt, but the old man grew wors oad juore violeut, uutil Toumbs {ndicsted his futention of calling Wado to acfount for the language he was uslng, when Wade quictly sat down, seetn- ogly having accomplished his object. ‘Fhe Bouthern men looked at “each other in surorise, and it wus manifest to sl that Wade had delil mwlr sought o quarrel with ‘Toomos, ‘That night a friend of thoe Southeru Beuator called on Mr, Wade to know ! he would retruct the offensivy words Lie had uscd. \V‘;u’;u" 1 \vmi(.'r‘ lznl'mcl( 4 wonp," was Wado's cinpbatic reply. % s sald the Hiead of Mr. Toombs, 11t willbe necessary for Benator Toombvs to chal- lenge you to mortal cowbat.?” “Thls is just what [ want, snd wo might bave (?tdw the point without all this palaver,” sald ade. + You surely canuot be lu carncst, Mr. Wade,” sald the Soutberuer. g wers to ) “\Why, of courss I sm. You sec, sir, we Norlbera weon do not liko to fight, Now, I am op con- to the Code, aud so aro m{ stifuents; but you fclluws bLave broken Buminer's bead,” und we wmust spunk up @ little, or you will break all our beads. If that be #o, {8 It not as much & crimg for a Southern man to support s for a The shorteat way to end the matter 15 to kill oft n few of you, and I hays picked upon okl "Toomba na ' my man; he will have to challenge me. Then, of course, I will bava tha choica of weapons, and I will take my ot rifle and — me {f I don't bflng himdawn at the first crack.” When Toombs heard of what Wado sald, he replied: “Ican’t challenge himj if 1 do, he will kill me.” Tt appears that Toomhs and Wade had been aut together aliooting with a rifie several times, and, whils Toumbs could shoos well with a plstol, ha was & poor rifie-shot. Wade was an old hunter, and, at adistancaof a hundred yards, could hit o dollar almost cvory ehot. Mr. Wade alterwards sald to the writer: “It old Toombs had challenged ma that time, as I expected ho would, I would have made him put n patch on his coat, tho size of & dollar, ovnrYuu heart, and tha old fellow wonld have got demoralized when he saw mo drawing a bead on it, and missed me, while —— MBIP 1 WOULDN'T TAVS CUT TH® raTchl" scat, ho Is sllent, grave, and thougntial whe in the Benate-Chiambar, Looking. at. him frium ho guilerics, o he sat davafter day In the Ice-President's chalr, presiding over the de. liberntions of the Scnate, he presented & regt pleture of dignity, strength, and repose, sich g shouldcharacterizothe American Senator, Hewag only terrible when In his official robea; and no sooner did he Iny them aside and enter the private civcle, than ho beeame the kind frieng, affectionate husband, and induigent father, No pleasanter pictiire for the American prople to look upan could be presented than Ben Wade nt home, surrounded by his famlly. 1t was an abode of virtue, peace, and plenty. The old 8enator has 1S PECULIARITIES, Mr. Wado could never endure to liear any ona abuse his fricnds. He thought if ho lstened, ho was qullty of & breach of fricndship, Ong day n gentleman spoke [11 of a certaint person, when Mr. \Vlvlevflvlnv inta a toweting passion’ roarcd out, *You lle, sir; that man | Not only did “Toomos rofase to challenzs | friund, “thércfore hé' cannot ba such & Wade, but no Southern member could over L6 | nerson a8 you represent him to he ;mluc‘m)l :.uncnd bim a challenge, nomatter what | On another ~ occasfon he had o yotng e might say. friend appolnted a Lisutennnt in the navy, and gaon afterwutd hao learned, with surprise, the fellow had been dismissed for bad conduct, Meeting him, Mr, Wade eaid to the ex-Lieuten- ant, *‘How now, you younz rascal, what haye out been dofng that thiey have dismissed you i * Nothing, Mr. Wade, for which I should nave been troated so harshly,” “There,? cried Wade, "I knew you were {nnocent. Old Wells told me vou were drunk, and absent without leave, but I said all along it was a mistake, and he must put you back, and I'll see that ho docs it.” The Licutenant wassoon afterwards re- His next effort was in_favor of Agricultural Colleges, where Mr. Wade sald * he wished the cuitivation of the earth to bo taught as & aci- enge.’ When John Brown invaded Harper's Ferry, Wade mado fn tho Benate a speech, warning ihe Sonth to put away Blayery cre_the countr was fnvolved fn fratricidal war, That speec! reads to-day almost like prophecy. In 1801, ‘when the Southern” members an- nounced thelr Intentlon of leaving tho Benate, ‘Wade rosc In bis place, and sald: % (o, and upon your own heads bo the con- sequences of war; for you shall have war, be nssured of that. We ‘arc ready_to meet you o your treasonnbic deslzns. If it muat be, let It come now; fet brother take brother by the throat, and, when it cumnes to the worst, Jet the etronger party prevall, and posscss the whole Jand1” “That was the greatest occasfon, ond the greatest speech of Mr, Wade’s life, 1In 1860 Mr. Wade had been o prominent can- didato for the Presfdency. Over 100 Journals in the North supported Bim for the nomination, and ho only lost it through the treachery of Mr. Seward's fricnuls. In 1803, the sccond term of Mr. Wade's Senatorlal carcer cxnlrlnf. ho was clected nl- most without opposition for a third term. When My, Douglas dled Mr, Wado succceded Im as Chalrman of the Committee on Terrl- tories In the Benate. During the War ho was also the Chairmanof the Committes on the Conduet of the War, Prestdent Lincoln at ono time offered Mr. Wado n Major-General’s commission in the army; but stored. Taking him all inall, Mr, Wade ls a man auch as has not often lived In nn( country, and such o has never beforo lived n onrs.” If he shoula dle, it will ba s long time before the Amerlcag people will look upon his like agalm. ———— ORIME. AN ABSCONDER. Spectal Dispateh to The Tridnne. Bosrox, March 8.—The ‘Town fof Mcthuen, which has Just caoled off after ita exclting fight over tho Postmastarship, had another sensation yesterday In the flight of Charles 8. Whittler, 1t Town Clerk, Treasurcr, and Collector, who took wilh him all tho'avallable town funds, be-- tween $12,000 and $15,000. o has gono to Canada, No man ot highor repute lived in the. town, and his defalcation is so sudden and une cxpected that there §s & genuine sympathy exe pressed for the culprit and his family, "Il robbery of the Treasury dates back no fur- tner than October, ° when the taxea began to bo pald, and on tha day of hls fileht ha came to Bostonand withdrew from the New England_ Trust Company all ‘but $20 of the .money funded there. Whittler was quite s, ‘politiclan and a strong leader in the Batler cle- ment, cnterine the Postmastership fight for tho Butler candidate with vigor, 1l was with Butler at New Orlenns during tho War, ant .afterwards was at Charleston, 8, C,, and, Ylater nt Chicago, in business, and was burned out {n tho great fire. Mcthuen was his native place, '\ and bo returncd there about slx years ngo. FISHUY,. Special Dispatch to The Tridune. ° 87, Lows, March 8.—The Globe-Democraf's, sccount of tho Fish Landing horror, sont tole- graphleally by a ‘rellablo correspondent at Waterloo, contained mno ‘intimation that a murder had boen committed, but stated the fact that the Coroner had decided that the) deaths were causcd by aceldental burning. ‘The reported murder was given locally to the Timess, and Jtepublican by a horse-doctor who had been at ' tho scono of the calamity, ~No proof cxists: of the truth of the wholcsale murder and\ sulcide theory, T DECLINED IT, Delleving hie rould ho of inore service to the country in the counclls of the vatlon, In March, 1867, Mr. Wade was clectad Presi- dont of the Senate and_Acting Vice-President of the United Btates. When, soon_sfterwards, Mr. Johuson was hnpeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in_ oftice, it was confliently expeeted by the people of the country. that Mr. Wade would succeed him In ofiico as’ President of tho United States; but, through the defec- tion of certain Kepublican Scnators, Johnson was nequitted by one vote, and Mr, Wode re- matned s Vice-President unth March d, 1809, when Mr. Colfax succeeded him, During the impeachment trial of President Johnson a very amuging oceurrenco happened one day between Mr, Wade and Mr, Chase, who prasided at the trial. Tho sesslon was to open at 13 g’clock 1., and it was within twenty min. utes Of that tiing, and the Clief-Justico had not made his sppearnnco in tho Vico-Presidont’s room. ‘I'he Lunds of the clock crept slowly but surely nearer the firure 12, when suddenly the door was thrown open and in statked the Chiel- Justice. 1o walked hurriedly to tho wardrobe, but his robe of oflice was not upon its acrus- tomned pez, nor on any peg. What was to bo donel P'ages wero summoued; this, that, and tho other room, desk, aud drawer were examined, but no robs was dlscoy- cred, In the midst of thls cxcitement the grim, honeat old hero, Ben Wade, made his appearance, with a nod and a_grunt to the flurried occupants of the room. e walked totho hat-rnck, and, after depositing his hat, went to sols on the other sido of the room Lo leavo his umbrella in o safe place. The excite- ment was still goluz on, when Wale, after learning the cause of the trouble, without en- tering fnto the flurry of the hunt, leaned over the sofy, and with bis winorella hooked up an uncertaln-looking black bundle, Scelig it wna the lonz-looked-for robe, ho hald {t toward Mr. Chase with, ** ITere, Chase, UERE'S YER OLD FPROCK you've been making such o confoundod fu about.” - The pages sialled a smile. The Chiel- Justice was too overjoyed to do anything but speedily get Inside of -his robe, and, if on that morning the hieated crowded audienco saw the Chlef<Justice looked redder thau usual, they now know the cuusc of it it was all about that “ frovk.” In 1503, the politicians of Ohlo havioz put negro-suffrago on thlr ticket, the - Republican B.ny Uefcated befora the people, and a emocratie Lewislature wae clected, which ro- turned Mr. Thurman to the Senate for Mr, Wade's seat. On March 4, 109, Mr, Wade's third Senatorial term of ofllce oxpired, and he returnod Lo his home at Jefferson, 0. He bad held oflles for thirty years, and was glad to ose capo the carca and irfals of publlclifo, e was, whon [ last saw him, a hale, hearty old man, Just eusorlog s Tth year, bul did not look to over 50, 1111809, President Grant sont Mr, Wado, with a Commisslon of eminent gentlemen, to nego- tinto for the purchaac of tha Islaud of Bt. Do- mingo. Many anecdotes aro told of Mr. Wado durtig the trfb out in the vessel and his stay on the fsland, The correspondent of the Now York. "’l‘ riting abaut m, says: *The rage of Wado s fearful to behold, e has turned himecl! (nto a volcano of profanity. Na_ says that Grant hos sent him down here with n puck of fools, who, now that_thelr worlk 1s done, want' to sport around tho West India Islands and scoop up nll the enakes and tzards, He swears nud sweats, and awoats and swears, I tho Lot eun, until one could almost imagiue that hils great soul was juat ready to Jump out of his body, 'The fact is, BEN WANTS TO GO HOME, His work is dono, and he don't want to loaf around any longer, lle objects to beinz tho —_— COINERS. Svectal Dispateh o The Tribune, Fosronu, O, March &—A bundlo of coun- terfeit trado doliars and 50-cent pleces was found in an alley hero to-day, together with tho metal used for tholr mannfacturc, Tho- colus are porfect oxcopt the milling. ——————— " CUBA. Canfirmation of the Surreniler of the Insur« Rents—DBroaking Up of the Ouban Orgaule xatlon ln New York Oity. Disvateh to Cincinnatt Gasette, Nrw Yong, March 1.—The Cuban organiza- tlon here has beon destroyed by tho nows of the reported peace in Cuba, A confercnco was held | to-day at tho oflice of Mizuel de Aldams, Cuban Acent, to receive the report of Gen. Gonzales, just arrived from Cuba, A large crowd of Cubans waited anxlously on theoutsido to learn tho result, Amoug thoso presont were Mro Echiverria, Cuban Agent at Washington: Ponce da Leon, Gen, Baogully, Col. Banguily, and Col, Cfllilcflul, son of tha late President of Cuba. dama sald the reports wero very discour. axing. A number of Chiefs had by this timo surrendered, aod the remainder would not bo able to hold out alone. A large number of rev- olutlonists would very probably leave Cuna Yor Jamalcs, and come tlienca to the United Btates, Mr. Echiverrin sald that ho was complotely astounded and overwhelmed by the unfortunato news of the sudden chauge n Cuban affairs, He nccounted for it by the superlor stroncth of tho Bpanlards, and the inducements they offer- cd the insurecnts in order to galn their submfe- sion. Mcmbers of the Government, belng pro- libited by tholr oath from treating with tho Spaniards on any other basis than that of {nde~ ndence, resigned and returncd the {wnu'u [0 rusted to thum to the people, who thercupon clocted s Rovolutionary Commitica to treat with the Spanlards. Congress dispatched this Information to the other “districts in insurrec- tion, but no answer had been returncd up to the tima when Gen, Gonzales left Cuba. 1t Is belleved Oen. Maceo will rofuse the Span- ish torms, and continue the war, but Echlverria and Aldoma remarked that Maceo was short of ammunition, and could not hold out without el 2 i aid. In pursuance of fnstructions brouzht by i‘.‘f&“ E:‘;‘o o mcneu'fx'n'ify e Q:l’l‘(llzny e '".:'L Gen, umfulu,mmnmur Echiverrla, and Gen. scorabari, umbelliforous and fugiminous | Sanguily drowupand slgoed a document to- odors, araciludari, coproplingl, anthropo- | 0oy, In which thoy declara that thoy have ceased morpha, tho phytelophasinacrocarps, lscer- | to hiold the commissious enforced upon thetn by the Uovernment of the Cuban Lepublle, This entircly dissolves tho Cuban orgauization in this cliy, THE DAAES OF BULNENDAR, New York Sun, Mareh 1. The bases—not of peace, for there can ba no oaco i1l Cubn is frce—but of surrender—ars published fu an extra of tho Huvans Guzelte of tho 19th ult. Tho documont, which fs slgned by Jovellar, runas as follows: Qovenxonunir-(exgiuat, _or Tug IstaNp 0F Cuna, Havaxa, Feb, 10, 1878, —Tho basos granted tiua, tho 8, and other —— vousense, as Ben calls it, The other day onc of tho bugyists cama on board with a fat splder strung to s stlck. ‘What fu the namo of heayen is thaul® asked Ben. $That, Mr, Wade,' said the hay bugdst, holding up the spldor, ¢is a huu!f}l’fl speelmen of the tarantulated fycon tarantulne, It's tho floest lpik'lmcu I cver saw.' The old war-horse pazed &t it one moment, and then growied out: *Tho deuco it Is] Take It away.! Boon after, another bugulst eamo on board with a threo-tailod fluh, and told Ben It was tho most 3 by his Excellency, the 'Genoral-in-Chiof, in coa- complete specimen of the homocarsal and heter- 1 Govorament, for Ll ita- weersal plateasn Houses that he had over found, f:fi',',:'.,‘? ,‘,’.‘:‘lf,’.“&";.?‘m l;x::c:- Hw]hcl? r.l"-“ .(‘fll in A moro disgusted man than Mr. Wade wheu ho recelved this Information has rarely been seen, 1 am told that Hen hus sald that ho expects uext to meet o buggist with a six-toed negro, or a Carlb with a double raw of cars all around lils head, strung to a pole. IN PEISONAL APPEARANCE Mr, Wade Is a heavy-sct man, about five faot, elght fnches high. "o [s dark-skinned, but has o clear complexion. 1lis oyes are small, deep sct ln bis head, aud jct black} they aro restlcss, snop and tlash, aud, whenlieis lngr{ shina Iike coals of fire, I tufts of halr on hls pro- truding forehead anawer for eycbrows, acd the halr on his head runs down in a sort of penin- sula toward his nose,—~both sides of tho head, wver the temples, bolog naturally bald, almost 10 the crown. e ls slightly atooped, but walks without a cave, und is sprightly aud active, His jaws aro firm and large, the under ono belng very strong and compact, The lips aro full an. round, the upper ons doubling at the corncrs of his moutly over the lower one, which gives the Benator a ferocious and savage sort of look, and this it ls that couscs 8o mgny persons to miaunderstand the truo cheracter of the man, and mistako him for & fierco, bard, cold man, when ha isin reality one of tle warmest, kind- est-heartod mon fo tho world. Iis face fs not & handsoie oue, and if you examine it ln detall ou will say be 1a an ugly mun; aud yet there Is 1 that face a sort of rough hnmuulv 8n honest, bIul beartiucss, that makes you ike it} thora 18 uvotlivg wealk, bad, or tréacherous-looking about it, and, when he speaks, the features ligh! up, and the imobilized countenauce gives to the stralght-forward words such an futcrest thas yuu 1o longer romember his homeliness at all, When sittlog silent or liatenlng, be bas a way of loukiug at one, with nls plesclog black eyes, that ab onc discoucerts a rascal or dishonest mun, and it s often most anuoying to the Inpo- cont and bonest. You feel he s reading you, snd weighlug closely your wotives for what you arc saylug, arms, are et forth below for the Info ion and satisfaction of the public, Theso bases ara siready tho assured yuarantes of an immedints peaco a4 lorious for the illustrious General who has flln-cum the war and for tho srmy, ae dignlied and Renerous as regards the capltulstod forces; and feccasary, above all, for tho country, which, thanks toit, will be enabled, after muny years of porturbation, to reach the desired ead of it extraordinary sacrifices, and dovote anew ita entire productive forces totha revival of ita paralyzed vrosperity. BASEZ. Anticte 1, Concesslon Lo the Jaland of Caba of the same ?lltlul sonditions, organio and adwinis: i{l“ which are enjoyed by thu Islaud of Porto c Ant. 3. Forgetfulncss of the past ns far as 1o s:;r 3 political uffenscs :omullllul\l slnco the yeaf I d 68 up to the presout time, rustoration to iberty'of persons under trisl, snd of (hoso Dow ndergoing punishment, whether on or out uf the Goneral pardon Lo desertery from tig irraspoctiva of oattunality, which clause {nol who bave taken purt, directly of iudirectly, tn the revolutionary movement, Anr, 5, Frocdom to the slaveaund coolies now {n the fnsurgent ranks. AbT, 4, No perevn who, by virtuo of this capita: Intion, recognizes and remains under the juriadic, tion of the Spanish Goverament shall bo coupulied B fendor any pulitary scrvice until peace in entad: Jebe Aur. 5. Anyhod{ who choases to lcave (b3 Iuisnd ju #t liborty to do o, and will be furnished with moaneto do so, without golag to any tonts il Lo 80 wishes, by ine Spanish Guvernment. Anr‘ 6, "l‘hrucnpltullllun :fl uck commw;l‘l‘?l.“ 0 place fu the open country, wherever s hms that tho arma and otber munitions of wat shall bo deposited. 5 7. The Uenceal-in-Chlef of the Spanish n order to facilllate measures for tho -dfi ence of tha otber deparimou's, will open 8! means of communication st hls didposai, both by ocs and lana, 1 Az, 8, The agrecment made with tho Centrl Cowmitte will be considered general, and witb: out any spccial restrictions, for every departmed of the laland which accepts these propositions. JovELLAR THZEN I3 NO UsH {n trying to decetve or liv to old Ben Wade, It Le dou't flud you out aud biut at your motlves before s'nu lenve, reat nssured he understands you, and only keeps his beliel to himaelt be- cause be docs nut desirs Lo wound vour fecl- ings. Me can put this und tbat togétbor, and ind"a man out alwost tustiuctively. He is painfully sharp, and on this account quite dis- agreeable to . persous who have a loose way ot expressing - themsclvea with regyrd to facta, We do uot think that Wade cver owned such » thiog as a Huger-ring or treastpin; he dressca fn plain black, and wearsa standiig collur of the'uld style, and is always scrupulously cleau; always tulkutive aud lively whcn out of his ———— Shortsightedness in Germaoy. Nature. t- ‘The alarmiog rapldity with which shorteizhte edness b3 fncreasing among German students formed the subject of w recent debato 1o Lhe Prussian Parlianent. From extended observds tlons mado fu the gymnasly, It appuars that “{»5 number ol the shortsighted jucrcases froumn pur cent fa the firat year to 75 per cout " niuth or Jast year. Tne too-frequent custow i Geriany of forcing lsds to study durinz 11{; cvenioge with fnsuftcient light, n dl-ventilate roows, Is uudoubtedly o tualu cause widespread evil.