The Sun (New York) Newspaper, December 25, 1869, Page 2

f THE SUN, mine toeonsist in honor, Tt je dishonorable } meat, Mr. Hon should Bo represented as and projadicial tothe reputation to betray | trampling on the history of the American ‘ therefore it #honld be eare. | Revolution ; while the town of Concord hen, besides, comea in the | should appear in the background with the makeweight of the fear of the law, and this, | British flag floating from its chureh spires, with the previous motive, is about all ther | as it would have done to this day if the trae = is to prevent fraud, The consequence e, that of neutrality had been properly whenever it cau be made to appear that de in 1776. SAM) a - DEATH Of EDWIN Ht. STANTON. —— FAwin M. Stanton died at 8 o'clock yew. terday morning fn Washington, of congestion of the heart, He had jong been suffering with con- sumption, and for several months was only able to sit up at intervals and converse with friends Who called to see hit, Recently, however, hiv health bad aparently so much improved that Te Situes for ATL TURDAY, DECK TER Ammscmente Tooduy. ef Mute thos Tevthie Thpetre sta 4 tection is not probable, these forces cease | Finally, the bronze of which the work is | his more ennguine friends entertained hopes of Fadel Th to have any power; and although every cool. | constructed should be liberally decorated at | bis entire Festoration ; and he had even beon able headed mah Knows that detection is sure to follow at some tie or other, the culprit docs not eee it, and giver way to his corrupt ineli- nations ncconlingly. It is evid that with. out some more effleactous restraint, there can be no reliance on anybody, even the most : scrupulously upright in appearance. Sew * Thot restraint, it is hardly necessary to mention, 4# religions principle. Our youth Fide Avemme Theatre T Prened Thewtre Le om raed Opera Muese Lew to's Garde Like Bo’, M York Chroma dow Yer € Gympie Theatre Cone all available points with Spanish gold, which the Spanish Government would doubtless gladly contribute for the purpose, as Spain i s republic, and not ungrateful, Then ond have a etatne which would mean much, and be worth something ——- - The following: petition was spontaneously drawo up and signed by the people of Hurring- ton, Del, and forwarded to Congress: to leave hia house for the purpose of making visite, and had Wagrn once more to pay some ut- tention to his business asa tnwyer, His appoi tent as a Judge of the Supretac Coutt, with its flattering confirmation by au immediate and ale inost Unanimous vote of the Senate, proved, low. ever, too much for bis diminished strength, The excitement of the event, ¥ » visits aud con. ions of his friends, brought on tho futal he finally passed away i we Trae Mallen, Manes rowing Power ot Cong in out Government: 0 teria should be Lrougit up to be honest, not from | qo ‘7 so Renitte aud Howe of omy veen, | anquillity, He had been twice married, an alle vey to Ciiminish the aut yof] the fear of mon, and the social and civil oF yf ine, Stites Wy Amerbat, tu honuravie | leaves a widow with a young son end daughte “ vs n to ‘oni sialic v or to r Ju the name of that common tinanity that aetae | ol un older son by hiv first marriage, now in Ge Executive branch, and to exalt Congreed | peualtica it fe In man's power to inflict for | act thy meienresead Soitinas ere reer ington. into the position of supreme power, We | Wrong-doing, but from a sense of the of your tayor bie consideration of the straggling peuple ant " ine i L ion | tions of the law of God, In its lowest form | inun Mr. Stanton was born in 1816 at Steuben rodeohoembemip tment gm entender DF 5 ak the hee of tho tony oF | Pee cemont His family were Quakers, aud had is Kense tkes on the # to conspicnows instances in which this inter- e@ting move bi en manifested ; and one which has just been developed merits a closer clservation than it evetms to have gen- erally received. On Monday last Senator Tresrctt of Il ape of the fear of punishment, and even then it is of immense | t power. iy as Aman tay think it to beto ide bts erimes from the eyes of his fellow men, he knows, if he had been religiously trained, that it ix vain to try to escape the Pisce grievour ® country for t oved to that place from Culpepper county, Horton, tn prc animal te where they bad n f in on the eastern slope of the Blue Ridge He was educated at Kenyon Colle, bewan the pructice of law at Cadiz, Ohifo, in 1886, and in 1848 removed to Pittsburgh, Pi whore he at once eontirited the proferstonal 2 ite . ret vntation he had previowsly gained. In 1867 Moots offered a resolution asking the Presi | #erutiny of that Being to whom nothing is 0 Fepur furnish the Senate with all the recom. ] #éeset. He who carrics ataget with him a be esto “pd saat in Washington, where he «he had received in reference to | deeply rooted sense of this dread Presence, ssc ssch nd Aantal He first came into great prominence in the eon. cluding part of Mr. Buchanan's administration, At that time Mr. Binck of Peonsylvania wos Seerctary of State, Mr, Stanton Atte ral, John A. Dix of New York Seere Trossury, and Joseph Holt of Kentueky Poet. has therefore at Teast some cheek upon hia conduct which sophistry cannot weaken. It is comparatively unimportant what may be is creed or form of faith; the essential thing Is that he belleve dishonesty to be an he new Cirentt Indges bis propeeition was followed by a lively debate, and finally the resolution was modi- Sed a o« to sek for the recommendations of the gentlemen who were nominated by the Mi oneh (ver sad held, Whey yet Preadent, and was then passed by a close | offence againet his Maker. And when reli master-Ceneral, From Decenbor 14, 1860, when vote The documents were furnished by | gious conviction rises to the higher plane of | and, is ue dw stoftue | Mr, Stonton took oflice, until the inangura- ten. GRANT, and the gentlemen nominated | 4 feeling of the intrinsic hatefulness of every | ine. tie Cubs ravages of | tion of Mr. Li on Moreh 4, 1861, have since been confirmed. violation of duty, or the still hirher one of @ TA & ek voor myorabte eomideration, | these four geutler realously ov Tt was understood that the President had no | deep-seated repuymance to injuring others | "4 Rt Ga Dole Dues hoe. Perated to preserve the Government against objection to complying with the resolution | for their own sale, it makes virtue impre This shows the sentiment of the Auerican hae Tisatie of aed se spicing : It fo its final form, thongh he did not wish | nuble against all ordinary asswulta, Reli- | people in regard to Cuba Ait asidh lpeaotle mdimeak duke siren at dicta Sesion Naaman are officially informed that 1,000 pounds of Egyption powder carbolie fectant is held subject to our order, for th fit of the poor, at the rooms of the Powder Company, 68 Broadway, New York P rooms 22 and 1%, As wo bw time to attend to this matter personally, we hereby order the bolong to the Qovernment for the purpose of | Eeyption Powder Company to deliver the said eneting a statue of Gon. GRAN, to be eroet- | 1,000 pounds, in suite ed ou the public grounds in Washington, is | Ny for the same, now in the hands of the Senate Committee | ict on Military Affairs. It is proposed to make an equestrian statue typical of “the man on horseback,” as he appeared when puiting down slavery in the United States, ‘his iden iv very good, though iti not usnal to erect such stetues daring | in porticn themeelvos conspienous by the lifetime of their subjects ; but before the | their cynical brotolity, One poor wreteh of ar resolution is finally acted upon by Congress, it | Sbandoned woman who fell into their elutebes | 4, would he well to consider whether sone im. | W%* thrown by then from their box to the floor, ; wud had her thigh broken, The police, too, provement cannot be made upon the desipn looked calmly on while the dr #08 to embody those more recent triumph | it. huicit, wale occu of our history with which Gen, Gran hos ‘ their efforts and thotr vigila tive power was duly h Thew share in the eve of this eriti has never been adequately made know: subject is not properly understood even by those who have written the history of the rebel It is greatly to be desired that somo one of the ivors should preserve for the country an f the secret transactions of that the exeea- gion then is the only mare foundation of Mera Sastole, honesty, and this trath those who have the education of the young committed to them will do well t remember. tonsil Ideas for a Proposed Work of Art. The resolution giving bronze cannon that to send to the Senate the recommendations of thoee who were not selected for the Judge- Bijps But it could not have been thought wrong if he had expressed a disinelination to furnish the information required Ly the reeolution which was passed When # nomination is sent by the Prost dent to the Senate, the ordinary course | to fefer it to the proper Comunittes, by which all netessary inquiries are made as to the suitablences of the proposed appointinent The members of the Committeo can examine such evidence as it is within their power to procure concerning: the perton whose name {s before them. They report to the Senate their conclusion from the facts; and their muggertion is usually followed, But it is going too far to aagame a right to know what were the influences which led the President to nominate any particular person or persons, ‘The duty of the Senate ig to inquire merely into the propriety of the We a disi bene- Fayntian authentic narrative those three months, Je quantities, to ancl pr A vermilion ous us olvall apy Letit be respects te Disgracefal as the orgies at the French Theatre on Wednesday night were in themselves, they wore rendered a still gronter oute by the prominent part taken in ty of A munbor of Depnty Shorills After Mr. Lincoln cave remained at Washington i profession untii Jan, 2 signation of Mr. Came head of the War Departient. wutil the close of the rebellion his personol hive tory 18 perhaps more identified with the history of the way than that of any other individual, His Jabors during the why enormous, His ytion nm fale Hie faith in the final umph of the Union conld not be shaken. yt as well as day found bim assiduous at his post, That he otimes harsh and inmporiows amid his heavy cares and constant to deed, he could otherwise hardly into stanton ice of his nthe re- the pra 2, whew From this tir winds, ov vally in ie tain 5 nomination, and the qnalifications of the Nhore was danger of o ‘The worst ¢ accomplished his wo one pervoe). nomed, and thls to. dotvranlae | Deh cotnedtod: vs that | yone of mnny suet affairs cou | Gromnies has ener questioned the aiverrity of bl whether the President's selection should be | The most noteworthy achievement of | atantly taking place. We | devo pr atlesapled to dipred confirmed or not, ‘Chis surely can be done | is Administration ia certainly ita ac. ¢ fidelily with which be gave every thought and without any investigation into the motives | 0" In regard to the Cuban stru every mowent to the public service. Indesd, for independence ; and therefore it would | tlves of every 4 ecem that an approprinte subject for the | Ml te be driven in seulptor’s art would be an embodi in the W 1 natural sirer which prompted the choice; and certatnly also without the assumption of a right to be told what those motives were, and what war F Dey ic tondeney wi the character of all the cccompanying in. | &f Gen. GRANr in his gront elinencter as the | ‘Tho following had long affected Lito, upow him th Sse UF iis: Sheet lin tebal 6a champion of» Amorican, neutrality, This’) are re he A Seo Sika at ois AvaUL Oe T esp iged aye ge gabe ela He might be delientely and etfictively indicatod | gt! fu.200%) pb aphs leeba ye bis bide ; } i by sculpturing the President om hareetinck fr thi ‘ ‘| » With broad shoulders and a fr Leeenoesi the act of strangling the Calan Repubi Woovne ye, Brie’ SSS Se SOUS, foe eRLITUS Gen. GRANT, when he lent, | 7 ne atrect anu tect ot Tweut rather Seeratie, his cor remei Li anaes) the poo. | Cuba being represented ag n Tit et @ thers pe lait regscraatvnrsain! Sas Congas wo | writhing to the iron gras of oar Renabic Wield vga ple, and was trusted by bie perty. At that | W2 thug Ta the iron gresp of our Repa Witt ind World and Presed Wicaae can? me quite arisate posal peayieany Sap Perks acani| eoene Tisis would afford aw t Thine py? el weaauls : important questions, and prepared cordially av ethasenhacagy Soci We Leg to reknowlalge the re tr his mouth indicative of both Sag rv more impressive treatuy f s ond kinduess; his presence to cod) ate in the conduct the Govern : | r* ys oR Rod usually to be found in our public monuments. weighty, dignified, and tmprensive, Never was anything more 'To fally carry ont the idea we have pro. of count pounded, medallions should be placed ui the four sides of the pedestal, illnstrating in- cidents pertaining to the Cuban revolution and American neutrality. The first of these medallions might contain a view of the Spanish gunboats moving ont of New York harbor on their way to the relief of the Spaniards, with Mr. Sioxpy Wersren, son- inlaw of the Secretary of Htate, hovering in the air as a eweet ttle cherub up aloft, keep ing special watch over the eannon, the powder, the pistols, and the cutlasses that are to kill the Cubans and restore to the couspirators nt Madrid the right to oppress Cuba forever, Asacherub wears no pockets, he inight be represented with golden wings and with Awell filled Spanish purse faciened about his neck. Tho next medallion, which shonld be the 8 gave wa ways 9 publ ns aaa j ordinary exp but it easil which was a was exceed! vould kindle of clvikdven with wh thrown away than this trast and contidenc which was so full of promisy for the country. The President made bad appointment after bad appointment. Moun have been allowed to hol office in direct defiance of the laws of the United States, and the President, thongh aware of this, declines to disiniss them from the public service, In fact, so distrustful has the Senate become of the judement which actuates the nominations the Pre that it has taken the xetion we have tioned In reference to the Cireuit Judges, Although we regret this, itis only the natural resuit which the character of Gen, Guanw's appoinuents has jus And it only serves to cont: to mirth, and his smile, vdy at any sully of humor, sweet and tender, Mis ¢3 with ® pocatior tight at the presence of whose ec was fond, ond he was always Qgeutle and playful f cwty of his f tin di th the: publie afairs or prine!ples of ta events of the war or of pol were little known and understood, Joyed the acquaintone: flucntial men of all port analyzing thoir abilitic vase of the last State bill to bisa at what be calls the pensation of 183.75. We are obliged politely to decline this proposal. Our regular charge fi this a nent would be 1,400. The white poper whieh it would take to print it would alune #520, aud the charge of o 1 ting mp the type would be about ico. It tthe order from the Seoretary of State comes to us ot the some time with au intimation from private that fly-sheets containing the convans ci ed to fold up and eireulate with our paper as & supplement at the low rate of $15 per thousend, ‘This would do very well for © conntry paper with a eireutation of four or | Me liked anecdotes, told @ story with effect, five thousand, But with our circulation of 80,- | 40d hed no objection Bat he had no (60 und upward, we should have to {pay $1,200 | Patience with levity when serious bustucss was for u sufticient nomber of these extra sheets to | OM Hand. On the night of Mr, Lincolu's second supply our readers, We are patriots; but we | tleetion a few coufidential friends of the can't afford to present the Government of Now | lent were gathered st the War Department to York with 81,011.75, and poy our taxes besides, | fee the returns as they come in by telegraph, pon oti jond the oF thot He had en- of many leading and ine and took plousure in 8, charac ul career, fied we in expect Gen, Gry —_ True Foundation of Honesty. prine’pal one, end placed on the front of the 2 teats Hetween the despatches, Mr. Lincoin took out of Every Mt isethe commnnusiy Je | podestal, might itlneteate tho caplurc of The informal gathering of Dgmocratte | his pocket a little pampliet, by the Rev. Petra- egies sca ted pected revolutions. of 4 ri Salad, Kid cae tia Gl State officers and Senators elect in this city yes. | leum V. Nasby, and read aloud one extract after artled by unexpected revelations of ‘ sland, and of 5 funda agreement upon a plat be filled at the approachmg session of the I and the day before had for ite object the for the various offices to. 4- | interest in the & another to one of the gentlemen present, was utterly repugnant to Mr ent of the da, This wnton’s solemn During one of Lonesty in men whose previous carcer Deen Buch as to plnce them beyond suepi cion. iid Bites forces under Gen, Gi. ould be represented on hore fe leading =the th wh At one time it is a public official, high | in full attacking uniforin, Thore are Harbor Masters, Port War | the pauses he beckoned th dent's auditor $n the esteem and confidence of his fell columns, with a few Spanish eptes showing nda ilealith Oliver to bo nominated, to | into the next room, « re exprossod Lia in- citizens, Who proves a defi ut onotl the way. To bo sure, Gon, Gatant was nat | soy nothing of the Potice and Health Commis. | dignation in Iangnsy mueh vehom it is etable banker Kerof unine | there in person, but he was with our brave ners, whose terme muy be suklenly ended by | which they weut back and jooumed study of peache! tion, who decomps with hor | troops in epirit, and is fully entided to the the return aand | Mr at the conferees found it impos- | pendence and tonton was @ ian of great natural inde. His wertime itis along | ger re of the glory they then acquired . portunate t pinions were his Kor confidential agent, snppoot | The third medallion should be excented 1 t Lele Antaeele hath LRA foveelie he i the preatest cates. Tt whould depiet a | I to come to any understanding, and ad- | own, and were exprossed with frankness aint Re en ey come eae aencnacheee Gubaw wongen and chftdres anc {aurved without decisive vetion ; and the proba. | force. Hostility to slavery was one of the mobt Dility is that the wh We neat sessic Jo matter will g of tho Legislature, ona is likely to prove « still more ex- ponsive territory than it bas beeu, while its talue, or want of valug, remains just the sane. A bill is before Congress, sotting it off asa surveying district, with a surveyor who is to be paid thre: thousand dollors a yoar, besides allowances for clork hire, office rent, and fuel, Another bill pro- poses to auihorige the Governor to accept the hed traits of bis mind, and one of his favor- ite books was Arthur Helps's “Spanish Conguest,”” He used to speak of the chopters on the history of slavery as one of the most valuable exposi- tions of that subject which he had ever met with, His impaticnce with the slowness of President Lincoln to proclaim emancipation was arent, and was expressed more freely to the Presi- dent than to any ove When the proctama+ tion finally came, his delight aud his gratitude to God were unbounded, Now at last he felt that 0 over till honcet, but temy riunity the exec of afew Yarik suspected of sympathy with the sprend of ropubliean in of reputation, usions, Above this seene, Mr, Haaniiion ros oul | Fis dh If should appear, watching 4) | with benevolent satisfaction the crushing cut of the cowards and brigands’who so inso- Jently destro liberty and independence in school of moraliste scoin | such a troublesome country as Cuba, M. s oly fresh proofs of | Pian might be represented ag a sort of diy nally al sand with t fall. ‘The n years in building, t ri to have elites 1 Insccurely found eutticed to overthrow it A supertictal hese sal ovensren IW, OF € r anont li the well known weakness of human nature, | matic Pickwick, with on official letter of | services of two thousand volunteers for two years, | no blunder’and no disaster would avert the ulti. and its iuab) taud the dictates of | advice from his poudn-law sticking out of | to be employed in codperution with the regular | mate tinmph of our arms, He at once took ite oppetite i interests, ‘They are | his brenast-pocket. foreo in the Territory iu the suppression of In- | ineasures to organize nevro regiments; and no dian hostilities, At the rate of one thousand dol- | member of the Administration en lars por man, the passage of this bill involves the | fully than he for those humble det expenditure of four hundred thousand dollars, | Union, Be protected their interests at every Netter withdraw Governor, surveyor, troops, | point, and long refared to exchange prisoners volunteors, and ail fom the Territory, aud let it | with the rebel authorities because they wonld not alone until itis wante include our black seldicrs in the exchanger, + . a. : i Perhaps there Was no point in all the complica- 4 measure looking toward tho entire tions of the war which subjected Mr, Stanton to moval of ull restriction on the cirentation of the 0 Noquy his; by neve! Lungs national beaks, is embodied in o bill which Mr, | 8° much obloqny ae this; but, as in everything ' clse, he would not turn from Lis work to defond Waunan ins introduced into the Senate, It pro- . himself, and left the vindication of bis conduct vides that the present limit of the circulation at to time and the hands of others, threo hundred imillious shall be enlarged to three , Atfirst Mr. Lincoln was somewhat eby at this Lundred and forty millions, but the principle in Ww volved leads inevitably to frog bauking alto- | Positive, uncompromising, intractable man, but gether, this fecling soon wore off; aud though their ac- tion sometimes clashed, and the Secretary did not always yield with gree, yet the relation bee tween them ripened into a warm friendship. more fuith- nders of the right os far as they go. Weall share a coum: fraflty, and no one of us cau plus himself on ® faperior virtue to his fellows ‘The crimos we divcover in others we are ovr elves capable of, and instead of being prowl that we have nut committed them, we should be thankful that we have oreoped theu But this very community of danger ought to incite us to consider the Dest aafyguard egainst it, Can such a eafeguard bo found, or, in other words, is there any Bute founda tion for lonesty Ifroom could anywhere be found fora Under the system of education which is | filth medallion, it might exhibit the prosent wnfortunutely too prevalent nowadays, the | urbane Attorneydicneral of the United pature! inclination to evil im the human | States eloquently expounding the modern heart is sought to be mainly if not alto. | theory of Repablican neutrality, — ‘The counteracted by appealing to other | seulptor would exhibit Mr, Hoan in the act On the fourth side of the pedestal there should be portrayed a regiment of Cuban ne gro soliiers, freed from elavery by the patriots, but romanded to their shackles end their whips by their Spanish eaptors, 'i'b: Hon, CuAnLns SUMNER should figure as the angel of this lovely eeene, Nearing in his right hand a copy of his speech on the Ala Dama clots, and dn bie left the neutrality Jaw of 1818, with his own patent Spanish construction of the same, ‘fho Fat Men's EAicor of The Sun, ‘The Fat Men's Arsoration desires hereby ard, Te itd is | of proving that all wen are fools who do not | fatssrai to Ui" prea weneralty fortraur feaieyi | Toward the leak of Mr, Liucoll's lle pave of bis inclinations of the game grade. A child is | of proving tha’ b ‘aod inyorable poticgs of bia Assoclation; to Mr.) | advisers bad so much weight with him as Mr. Drought up to ayold stealing and lying, and | understand that nowtrality consists tu up- ie Te ik re od Hog aati et | Staton, bay fll in counnon Low necessary 1 the violation of tho rights of othor, on tho | holding every recognized villany, and crush: | ggement of the door At our art annual ball; and tothe | wo, ig bringiug the War to a close, to prevent for the splendid supper provided on that ocous ee ga Par hs ntuw YOM, Wei. Be dil, ing out in fire and blood every eflurt of a colony to attain independence and selfgov- ernment, By way of enforeing his argu: that it wil thereby lose the good \.@iplalon of those whow itlives, ‘That fa. the foundation “of honesty is commouly any possible assomption of superiority on the port of the military arm, Accordingly, they took the greatest care always to guard the KB, Bocreta: Aseociatioa, hav bie Hov SATURDAY, DECEMBER 25 1869, just predominance of the civil pov it was that when, en th operations about Richwond, It to give now insiructions to Gen, Grant, he was ordered to ab. serupn! ¥ from moakitig or entertaining aay propositions of a politival ture, It is but i. Grunt to vay t cheerfully obeyed these orders, the stipulations for fhe surrender of Lee strictly within the limits of w military transaet The tous watelfulness let to the rebuke of an for his unauthorized negotiations upon political subjects in wecepting the sur- render of Gen. J.B. dobnson. Ali this implied no distrust of either of those dist hed Dut we Mhink the wisdom of such pre+ Gauition witt not ndw be que: v5 mt heice Beeaine necessary Ve at he and confised Although not wm: saber of ony church—unte ave fecently become one=eligio: sone of Mr. Stanton’a most. etritt sineteristice, The imagery of the OI Tes. tament was fynillur to him, and he oftét sigue éd it in Mastrafion of milttary ocour- rencos diving fhe war, He belie in the presence of God in bai i that Right must always triumph ot last bee catiie of that presence, ‘Though not, we Fup habitually a devout mon, the « iment of devoutness was netive in, In 18640 purty of Quikers enme to Washington, epon business connécted with the of the freutmen, Atoug thein was a tidy n New Bedford, remarkable not only fir her abiliiy os a preacher, but fra saintly beauty. visited the Seeretary of War at h When the mettor was disposed of, they had called, and as they were leave, this Indy, moved by the «p casion, ond by something in the man fort her, #474, “Let us pray” contrary to the usual Quoker custom, she wtte alow house, bont whieh bout to take it of the oc bo. od a petition to the Divine Father for guidance and support for those who were cherged with ch great responsibilities. The cting us it was beautiful, uo Was us Asa lowyer we should say that he was proba- bly more versed in the practice of the law than in the details of pending of the devices that are sometimes suceessfil in the management of cave, His intellect always went back to prin- ciples, and its resources of logic and of imagi- notion were called forth especially by ques- tions in which principles seemed to be immediately involved. As an advoente, his power wes sometimes overwhelming, We re- member well its effect upon a deputation of mer- chants and capitalists from Baltinore who had come over to Washington to procure the release of a conviderabte number of prominent traders of that city who had been prisoved for far- nishing goods to the enemy. There were per- haps fiftcen gentlemen in the deputation, They hed visited Mr, Lincoln, end been referred to the War Department, The Secretary re ceived them kindly, and heard their statements one ofter the other, When they had fix a, he inquired whether any of thom had anything, more to say, and then he rephed, He deseritved the rebellion, the wickedness of the attempt to destroy such a governwent, the great sacri flcos "the ro hud imposed upon ths people, und the four hundred thousand of ov oe the flower und strength of the Inad, bo hud been laid ia watinely graves, He dwelt ya the net the ir ats had com. hat Mt slaughter mere of our sons, desolate d spread wider sorrow over the Ile spoke for about five minntes, Tt was the most eloquent and impreseive spoech we istened to. When he had done the delog, took up thelr hats and sileatly sued mer om baw boon charged with imtaiges McClellan, Heell, anf Rowerans, The Ho intrigued ugainat nobody ; At fizst, be hed a ; but when charge is untrue, intrigue wasn t his sty protound faitir in all of th ith was Ww power to tions ag tice pertinacionsly to nrge upon the President the res al of « General in whom be be Having full 1, he would \ me 4 confider long Mr. Li expressed his opinion to it until the President had clusion 5 r anton was credited th the withdraws) of an officer from his com: mand when that event was duc to other causes ‘Thus, we believe the removel of Gen, Roseerans the Army of the Cumberlond was effected, not by the Sceretary of War, but through the ad- tary of the Treasury, who h. ine alarmed by the py ed from Chattanooga, frou a military filenl ‘b stotion inthatarmy, The friends of € ng, however, and we dare sey the Genoral hiviself, attributed the event to Mr. Stanton ; aul we are boand to add that he cordially approved of it, although he had not bronght it about, Toward Gen, Grant Mr, Stanton eutertained a hearty confidence and adimration, from the capture of Fort Donelson till the end of the wer, During the conal-digging campaign in front of Vicksburg, efforts were made to secure Grant's removal, but Mr, Stunton never acceded to thera, It was efterward suggested that Gen, Banks should relieve Grant during the siege of Vicks. burg, but to this the Wor Department did not agree, Subsequently, when the Presi termined to remove Rosecrans from € Mr, Stan€@h was the first to propose that Grant ehould be put in his place with extended nuthori- ty. He also favored the promotion of Grant to the chief command, with the rank of L Gonoral, and b curing the pass himself come t vice of the Bee be outenant- influence hud much to do in se of that measure through Con: The creation of the full rank Joneral atu later period, however, we be did vot approve, thinking it unnecessary as a reward ot Grant, and not wholesome in ils relation to publican iustitutions, Tho assassination of Mr, Lincoln broneht ont in poworfat relief the resources of Mr telligence and chareetor, Every 0 nected with the Government se time to be stunned, Mr, Sewerd, the other vic tim of that mysterious schewe of munter, lay helpless in his own house, uncertwin whether bh» wos to live or die, The whole burden of the Administration devolved wpon the Seeretary of War, Though his soul was bowed with grief at (he ossetsivation of bis frieul and Lis counuy’s benofretor, he did not neglect for a moment the duties of the hour, Sitting in the anteroom cf the dying President, with several adjutants and assistants to wid him, he gave in alow voice « necessary orders; took measures for the pur suit of the assassins and the detection of their accomplices; sent telegrams to military commanders in every direction; wrote with his own hand despatches for our Ministers abrond ; provided for the public scourity at all doubtful points ; thought of everything and did every thins, with a wisdom and fertility never surpassed, Next day, Vice-President Johnson took the oath of office as President, and his first act, most be. comingly performed, was carnestly to thank the Secretary of War for all that he had accom: plished during thut memorable uight, and to ak him, while they held each other by the hand, to stand by him as Le had stood by Mr, Linouln. Mr. Stanton provaised, and kept his word as long as Mr. Johusou kept Mr. Lincoln's principles. Honesty wes a notural trait with Mr, Stanton, Nothing stirred bis indignation more than the wickedoess of men who could rob their country aud emich themselves et the ex. gress. tanton’s i for the Fi 4 een appredch of the Aaa | pi ‘pense of the people in 4 SUNAnAUS, such oa war as ours, His - fount Hianark beeoming Wealthy by dishonesty were innumera- 5 xpeeted te ble, Me might have hud an iuterest in cor pp ang aePhindemtiat he might have communicated tuforn hora blowing in that elty ov Chi ietinas¢ Wt have grown rich secretly in a thousand =The Dows tent ot 6. Nut nove of these things offered the loast |. wy rete with @ meagre pittarce of 409,00 pptation to his mind; and he left the War De- =A mi are of age ‘ partwent, after st istration, a | grass in Nantnoket Moatows on the 16th poorer man than Fow persons cittside the circle of Mr. Stane ton's mate friends aware of the fet that a proposition was made soon after his retirement from office to give him a purse of 2100,0%, This prejoct was conceived by sone relisnila at a private dinner party in “Pia” (Me. Habl trated Dickens's eailicst 1 e, 18 going most fn! are —The Philadelphia Park Comin chared the Wiealickou Valley, while as a drite, —Judge Ware, of Lewiston, fe, Age, hus forty-nine geawdentaren and Ul , fod the full amount was raised Aeniarcn, on the spot. ‘The next question was how to in- nety-six pov duce Mr. Stanton to accept the gift, Judge | fom 4 susle tree tn Cardia, ¥. It, Some of the coud wae over ax fect in le deputed to execute the delicate 6 A Unanimous vote of ¥ Cne Of the mente id Lint (he eluh Is ropidly deereastn Feviguation of members, —In the Vienna opera house nonin the stage, wy went to Washington, 1 the subject to Mrs. Stanton t the did not believe her husband would reevive the present. Mrs, Stanton ectd that she wonkd mention it to hin: on the first favorable opportunity. Mr.Stanton next room, and probably overheard ¢ conversation, Jude Pierrepont thea wont Lita, He,was sitting as an iavalid in his ‘There are theatres where coventry €9 ald “oF vegetables.” split open BY aeabee stroke tna atnetont Hhis father tas eummoned thither In hawt “Tle reccived me," aid Judge Pierrepont, | ,— College students have a legend “with his old kind smile, dnd althongh vers f tade an attempt to rise to chake hands. 1 conversed with him on differeut subjects, but Tdid not mike allusion to our project of pres eonting him with a purse, Finally Larose to take my leave, Twas just about to open the door, when te eat: “ pont, come badk ; Thave some! ® wife and three children tn ances." =M. Nestor Roqueplan, of Paris og to say to you? “Tretorned. Having faken a seat by his side, he gently hid his hond opon my shoulder, and, looking me straight iv the face, feelingly said “4 have altvays regarded you ws my friend, Pierrepo You are going awey now, and I moy never see you again. I am, os you see, upon abed of sickness, from which I may never r Twant you to do me a favor. When yon go back to New York, tell my friends there and elsewhere vot to raise any money or other ifts for me, for FE must refuse them all, hey have my thonks for their kind intentions, but I can never and will never accept a cent as a gift frow even my best friend,’ “T promised to comply with his request,” con. tinued Mr, Pierrepont, “ond the result was that the project was abundoned,’” Gen, Gent's elevation to the Presidency was forescen by Mr. Stanton long before it was generally anticipated, Early in 1885 he said to us: “Andy Jolson is mananvring for the White House, but Grant will beat him, warming pans which once belonged to M. Yowpatonr, Antotuette, Catharme de Diana of Potetters, —An Albany man, who had his that uniess it Is retarned he will forward the perkon who took tt the letter found the Nnine of the of one. Grant to Ppanish son men ond lobbyists to her muses! sourden, her lovely eyes set on the Chairm the Committee of Ws A flecturer friend ta Vienna told him that the was « cellent effect the “ coconnssenoeleodacel of ns that he was using cocoa of a Constantinople bagptpe-ph While a bar of iron o: enetain twenty-etie size will same dimensions This © base four-howandth of sa tue fifty-four gralas, —The Montpelier (Vt.) Ary mstain Feve ation tnt a ft au diamete: How — deepl: . A {4 in w most excellent Anancial eondition ply Ne was interceted in the | tion. ‘There Ja money enonth left from resnit of the Inst Prosidential election was | tively nght tnx raised last your, taken wa in the few speeches w during the canvass, dressed the el ton’s spoett of cloquene h he delivered Many eminent men ad- at that time, but Mr, Stan- alone were of a high order Me regarded all the fruits of the war involved in the rosalt of the election and believed that with the deteat of Grant every- thing that had been gained woutd be put in peril. Iu dwelling upon this theme before the public, he spoke with a warmth of passion, a lift cepts for rents of the village hall, to pay These lines were print don the bh tor rinn Chnireh of Chie: K. Browne), w ed recently that a medi tones, and» bar of current expences for thls vonr, eo that there ts pper lately given by the latios of the Kevo: nee _ oo pend Corise s probibiied Westininster ni mowing aal® thst tow aefone: 1 MT yours of Irty-one great of wild honey wore takon few days stices ngth ‘os! chute » marty, Te ie by Voluntary f notice age 41 “TE ts forbidden to throw flowers or frat of It Would hone —Bismork’d son Horbort has bad his head duel at Bont. %) Abd oF itep accounts the young man was in great danger. of @ mochane feat and pertians sleepy parson at morning prayers, who Praved that" the fnefliciont may De made eMmetent, the intemperate tomperate, andthe tndustrtons dns: —The Columbia ( Miss.) Sentinel has a notice of An Individanl there who tried to ontwalk a locomotive, Winding up with the significant Ftatement that “he env Ftraitened cle has made @ large collection of warming pans. He alrowty had ary Btnart, they Medicis, ang now hat oe2 changed for an old one ina harher's shop, advertises to the wire of —Sefora Garcia, who treats Gen, and Mra and who Invites newspaper fs suid to have Vy sing With exe *in the Ponstantinopalitanischerdndelsekpfel fer,” nyy-fonr tons, pre of #11 ome r will sustaim ye says that villager ax a corporme the eomparas with the ree the eatinnated wit! confess you f a lotter ree ity, from her . = The following an exact copy of * mation, and a grandeur of fdets | ceived vy Mary, a hossemald tn this ¢ that made his longunge glow like fire, He had ung man, John, now residing tu a Western Staie* th peculiarity, when exeited, of thinking at Doar Mary blood heat, Iie strength; ai i “TL yueh my wrtehting will And yonere al! wearl!, tam, gis“ rength, however, broko | .. work elneh Friday morning, Cooleine for won Totes down during the canvass, and he wns | shave achina boy wnhine Deashes and helping arennd, to Teare several eniagements | 1 gottit all to my Folf no won trubeln me | mw sitting unfulfilled, Afterward, he rallied sufficiently to | allong wearl. 1 conid not find abettor b Petree make a lequl argument inn patent ease at Cin- | Meorel what thear and this would beawenry good Mowe for you, you woul hav Af and no hoart work tn the Kitehi FOUN Hee a os emery al that, we believe, wes his final ap- a public, We saw him Inst at his house, some in the month of May. As we prepared to take leave, after a protracted conver- sation, in the course of which he had partially promised to write on a disputed point in the his- tory of the rebellion, he said: ‘ Well, good-bye. if 1 wet well, I will write you an article; and if T n't, you will write me one,” Mr. Stanton was on affectionate man; his feel- toward his friends were warm; his hostility toward those whom he regarded as the enemies of hi try was Warm also. One day during 1863 or 1864, a correspondent of the World ap- plied at the Wor Department for a pass to tho of the Potomac. The question was Mr. Stenton—at that time he to give such passes— to com and ef yon com ant feh thie T Tonee and peapel you liek to stopp, Iw ‘could be whit you wie would have thi Wwakre Frome girls hear, (lie Masts sait to yo wont agin, teatt no thaaky th fait (hen shea want to Dance at ouer Wal Detter havet hear, you better harry up it winter is comlug tthen wirer wont tu arin Yon can come any thin and etal 400 Nel ef you dont com in tow months then find you, Tam yoner besst and you truw Frond Youers Rospectfaly ——— Arson for Insurance. prop wilfully setting frand the Liverpool, London, a Hoclety. Mr, William Hamblin, foreman of th District of the Metropolitan Fire Brig on Monday morning, the 21 of Aue > given here to ® newspaper. ‘0 doubt — this oply wos faithfully reported at the World more then Wulf th nd good pay. eny thin youer ar teavet Mr. 8, (w thim for on with me or good peanel. t vou and thin every Day ims |ihor thear John dons won dn me, Sha . and wie Is eilting Cole cio joong as you J will com eft Deloafer and JOHN." From the London Daily News. he Son that, t. about balft cilles, and thet journal has ever since | past 2, he was called toa fire at the Dolohin pubs pursued Mr, Stanton with @ rancor it | He he pe Renerone eee ee ‘a TS has never ted toward Jefferson Davis. | covered that the nose was on fire in several As soon aa he fire nt four poluty, and inf iri. Afier places. cellar on ter piled up under the « the fire in that portion of the loure, found several dishes and Hin flames. and the. fi piled m partially burnt In the eupbonrd under vessels, containing a similar kind flames.” In the public parlo Only yesterday morning, when the great patriot and Wor ter was not yet cold upon his deathbed, the World published a column of vitu- poration, detraction, and abuse of bis character and person never surpassed in the records of such literature, Jt is not too much to say that Mr, Stanton was a great mon, Hewes great in (he quatities of his mind and the composition of his nature, He lived in great epoch, was placed in the front rank among men, performed with success the greatest duties, wielded an immense power with perfect disinterestedness nnd spotless ho- UpHer roams we ‘broken open, In the gare and tubs were 2 wie burning | od he sw He sure oi haw the plnew tool fire, pied, than nehild m or that the honse, and drow: be thbs containing the barntou sawn, and heasked hin If tc Win dn that state, i witneas msked him t portunities of his career, and happy in the man- ner of his end, The highest honor which the nation has to ive had Just been conferred upon him, and with this testimony of our affection he has gone from among us forever. a A Marrtave in Joke Tarning Prom the Miccouet Rp Thirty years ogo when Charleston, Mlinois, was in nn embryo » Dick Stoddard wos eauchit napping for the first time. Dick was at a part country dance, aud Nad deen playing his trick# on the boyy and girls, when 16 wos proposed to enliven the company with a matrimonial seene. AN things Lwing rewly, save the Dride and croom, two very es seutial parts of the ceremony, they Were #oon pro cured in the persons of the sioresaia Dick and the beautiful and accomplished Miss —, the belle ofthe who like Dick was full of fun and Viconse was easily ‘he ceremony Mapvtly ASuake Loose ina Halt From the Omaha Herald. A very interosting and exeitine ata ball wot many ni from this cit Ines since, Amon the persons pr Taly who hat yereat horror ot m cy d—no matter what the res chead any unnsual alarm, a enuke proximity, or dancing awhile, Gistreased by feeling a sensation as tly had fixed Htself beneath the folds Graspi e head of t vereame:| a 1 for seeistan tlon among the ont Of the la it was det rmined that a yorny groom pronounced | tiga who. was should eee connitered | naststance, nd Wis bride enjoyed | eng a ma fore, The justice, b ecremony; ad tue Heense for « fallure to return tt es the law directs, and being sworn to iseharge the duties I cninhent upor him os a Justice of the Peace, w legaliy and morally honnd to return the lieense to te Cont; Clork, whieh he did, and. where It isto this day with Mts certifiente pr indorsed thores on to the eifect Liat he had *auly jelned in the bonds of holy wedlock’ the purkies fore Dick and Nis wife soou learned that what U 1 conceived to be a joke was asad or joyful reall ter was talked over, und ibey eoucit Pest ortt. They h blessed with a be ma large fusnily says, they Dave b many, moments with tng ond wound tt Brmly AL, that she must let co ke the act an instants t her thet he woukl pr two, three, and that at the the last word, ele let eo her hol «not that hd withdraw ve time to #trike, breathless horror, aw iting the act of and the moment the words were pr doctor Jerket out the longest an looking bustle clint ever war seen, Th Was Goon explaiiod; the fustening of bad become enjoying the Joke ever since, ————— A card testify to the importance and origi. nality of Mr. Srerien Pmant Axonewes's dootrin of Universology, a8 well a8 the profound researeh to. Volved in it, bas been sent us, with the names ut- tached of Messrs, Panke Gonwin, Gronar Ovpys. Issac Luwts Peet, 0. B, Fuovuronan, CHances Pp, city as scho cation of Mr, A sible date 1 the belief tivat it anout and induc ‘The doctor with an enormous head. hin tracks, a —— ft to Dude of The Sun Sin: In your ise iven of an DaLy, and other gentlemen well known in this the publt- nd thinkers, ‘They arg REWS's Work at he ea 8 artivts Jor Christy AML phe LF CLEC og fe ix ® ‘alien, Potiengill, Hole flcrgieiny sine oe Cnt “ine Hell His jor Christmas. two great peviorinuucess Mert; ioe at thet aiaanlauy dele 7 $uig He bay Very retpeet! mid enter, he fr tho stairs Ww led up to the ceiling: J, amd straw strewed asked him § as, When Wiuees nesty; and in a time when the pnrsuit | him if he had v with fi of gain the — worship of — wealth and Tredieaen brn reas. ain 9 eu inspire men with @ kind of frenzy, he lived 1 Witnes " nobly and died poor, He was happy in the op- | Teturued them to Min, when be askin hs ent Wa joose during tha dancing, shifted ft» position in such a way that it danced nd the rmable mate extineniehing he went inta pans eontaine rhiture, and habe Nady tethond of ti tenty and te ed them, and Vit he had prisoner ree * Witness tor Over ‘s aud courred vas a You Taio kos. {nv ens ereatly wha sorpenk ‘All #tood fm lit or dgath,: enonaecd tha most dinboliend eo whole alfale tie hing pd it his was 4 snake fell down iy aldn't be Induced to undertake tha ire Of NOL or snake on any Condiihy Trove ‘of this morning there is @ ree Wagatiet a Tarkisty f i