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4 JANESVILLE WEEKLY GAZETTE--THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1865. T11UK.S»AV, MA.LlCII 33, 18C3. 3 uid The Judicial print elsewhere the official proceedings of the convention that yesterday, for the purpose of, no in in at- "ng a candidate to bo supported at the April election for Judge of this Judicial 'Circuit. The choice fell upon Colonel William P. Lyon, of Rucine.

think selection a good one, and that (Jolonel Lyon will make the strongest run of any jaanin the district, against Judge Noggie. lie served two sessions as Speaker of the and discharged the duties incumbent upon him with ability, fairness and impartiality. ho accept the nomination thus tendered to him, and the people 'A the district nee til to elect him, he v.11 undoubtedly "Id the dcales of us "i i to uonOi himseli' and do i tu his constituency. He is prcs- ii- v'ulonel of the I regiment t-uitioned i i i i I Xoggle Ki already in the held as independent c.m Ii Tov re-election. Of him it s-earcji'i Jlo ha- been a iJiaott a- ao it Ha i i pe 1 uOt CM'iy mail, i eh' ounty, and has hew t'i 15 nearly on ''i' fttneb.

au-ufcy, and ,4.9 a man and .1 Ju-lg-i Uic ocuple a jl the an bi; ample ol ing for thcuiselv'-to. Ti'io hi popularity may bo in I Iv; very nu- jecroiT-ly signal call that we published I week- I ro, embracing almost the entire bar of the circuit (including the name of Coi. Lyon himself) together vrith of the Grand and Petit jurors, county officers', To this respectable call he hah responded, is now fair- before the people, and the presb of the circuit are almost a unit in Ma favor. he will ho re-elected by a large majority, although our opportunities for forru- rag a correct opinion have necessarily "been somewhat limited. As tho case now we consider tho two candidates emu worthy of each other's steel, and so Jk? as they are concerned, the canvass may Tie carried on good naturedly on both hides, leaving the people to decide the as neeu.

to thcru best, and "in their dei IMOII all ughfc to i heerfully Keronstraction-- a Southern View. While Mr. Sutherland and the editor hereof may possibly never agree upon the question of reconolruetion, the matter is bettor understood in the South, and the whole difficulty will soon be surmounted. The ladies, who intuitively arrive at conclusions while men are laying down propositions, will solve this knotty prob. 1cm for us before we get fairly started in tlio argument.

To show what they are do- iiiy in this direction, we copy below from the Milwaukee Santiiiel, a letter sent to it from Nashville. It was captured with some baggage belonging to Hood's men, an the battle before Nashville. A sister writes her brother as follows NASHVILLE, Jan. 29, 18d5. A BROTHER TOM: I wrote to yoxi some bis months ago, and feel uneasy about you, as not a line has reached me since your letter last now repeat to you that matters and things about here are getting worse every day.

You will be astonished to hear that your friends of tho female denomination are dropping oft' every day. Yes, dropping, too, aa willing victimo intu the arms of the ruthless invader. Just think of i 1 Mollie, the ttn- conuueraMp, used to paiado that a i and -nho used itnj Miit'ijkifO." with in irri four rdcrdl vith but one bar Bailie, ho used to Br J-jlue 1 tin- uo locked do and would and IT is baid th.it chc friends of ice Idcnfc -Johnson, plead IUH old political associations in extonuatuni of his being in- ioxicated on inauguration day. '1 hey say ll. is unreasoiiixblc to a man who Tha-s been born ursd in tho old democratic pauy io be oc bis drunkcne-a in four or tu md a Johnson be nil 1 ab sooii i i x- i a j'hoso old deimioratle 'bi 1 Tiio oxf jiav bo valid, bub io 14 unlucky for us i uldor eonvert tuul not been '-elected nunortiirtfc LiACiKs.

The Uaetue Adi-o- te says week wo shall publish a decision of -Judge of tho U. S. Circuit Oqurt, in a sua foreclosing a j'arzn mortgage given to the Racine Mississippi llailroad Oontpany." L'hc air doc not intimate which Tw.iy tlu i decided. A large num- "focr of in Rock county lunrf a deep ui tliu josulb. PObTM A i A i -Among cho confirmatioaH of 1'ostmasters, made bv the Senate before its adjourn- jaent, were those of O.

Olin, at j-ba David Tf. Gall, at Monroe, Green rounfcy L. J. Fiahec, atDeloit, liock county; Jedediah Bowen, at Ripon, Fond du Lac county John ICollingahencl, at Mineral 1'oinc, lown unii J. Tur- of Jancsville.

importation of A i a negroCvS into Ouba averaged from 20,000 to 30,000 per a and this in Rpito of the com- bJneil oft'orts of the leading commercial nation'', and the claims of innocence on the part of Spain in her "wn behalf. Another yytovernent is taking plneo in Spanish i the, ER correspondent writing it-fuu Wilmlngtoo, fiays that when Cieneral rickofield took possession of tho city, the Mayor, John lorson, himself a Union man, assured h'uu that to the best of his knowledge the majority of the inhabitants were loyal aud Union-loving. Before the rebel troops left city they robbed many of the stores of their contents. THE Republican committee (or the Ka- cinc City Assembly district publish a card refusing to call a convention to send delegates to the -Judicial v'onvention TO be held in Elkhorn, for the reason. they allege, that the people o( that city are nearly unanimous in favor of -Judge Nog- ulo's re-election A A SENATOR.

The -John A. -J. Creawcll, member of the late congress from the first district, has been elected United Senator from Maryland. Tie is a radical anti-slavery man. Montgomery Blair was his opponent.

THE wife of the rebel General we 11 has arrived in St. Louis. Ninety thousand dollars belonging to her, in one of the hanks of that city, was seized by the Pro- Marshal a short time ago. THE Boston Post starts iihc story that Colonel Baker, the War Department detective, is the Baker who shot Bill Poolo several years sfince in New acboolmates received JK! treat- opitor.i with due politeness, yes married to a Pod- bars! Sue. the historical that glittering in In belt, wbo going to imitate Charlotte Oonlay and aysatsinatn somebody for her country's oake, bhc, too.

has the way of all flesh, and married an officer vrith that detesablo eagle on his shoulder. And now, pnll out your handkerchief, and prepare for the worst, my poor brother 'Tom. Your old sweetheart, Anna, the one to whom you dedicated your dweetcsb verses, nnO whose melodious voice so often mingled with yours in days of yore, who defied both Generals and the whole 15th Army Corps, who waa sent first South then North, but upon whose rebellious temperament no olunatcrial change could have the least influence, she, too, lias hauled down the stars and bam, and ib about to surrender at discretion. I should nob have believed this, to convince myself 1 passed her house tho other night with a gentleman who protects us during your absence on pnipose to find out the state of her political from her musical programme. Take it like a a for 1 must tell you that I heard very disfinctly the wordb of i on ml the and the i i sung in her best bfcyle, with "a ter.oi soice minghncr with it.

Poor biothor Tom You know 1 considered thu cry Gibralter of tho South, and now when fahc feurrendcrs, I rauot -hink that the Confederacy has iip. You had beti'T corno home kii- mediatei'' and look to your interests in that a perhaps it may not be too htti 1 to nro-luco a favorable change in in iavi i t'm boy- down in if tli' do 3v boon they will not fird hingU girl or widow below conscript age 1 in these part-, as the wat'jhvrord now bcems ti va qui pcul," which meant- Many vhn you principles unjhaogcd, and I urn true to the Sonth as ever. We a a captain boarding with us, by way of protection, who appears to be rathei- clever folio iv 1'ur a 1'ednrjl. lie takes a sly glance at me nfc table hometimes, but of course do not return it. Yon know me too well for that.

Let me hear from you soon, nnd believe me, over our loving itpr, I', -4. 1. I'o yini think it would be a violation of my Southern principles to take an occasional ride 'for my health with the captain lie has such a horse and buggy. You know there can be no possible- harm in thnt. P.

S. II. Thnt impertinent folio nc- tually hand as he helped me out of the buggy this evening. We had such a delightful 1 want you to corse home and protect sne, Tom, u- I don't Hko td live thif way much longer. P.

S. III. If ever I -should marry Yankee, (but yon know my principles too well for that,) I would do it merely as the humble instrument to avenge tho wrongn of my poO' oppressed countrv. Little peace srtiould Le thorns ehould be Kit) dreams should be of Tlolofcrnus. and my dry go-orh bill as lonp; as the Internal Revenue P.

IV. houu 1 brother Tom. and take the amnesty oath for two months or therea1onN. 1 ii.vnt to toil you a cret On due i i i to the detcruumiiiou tu inako a inat'tyr of Yea, brother T'oui, I am going to marry the Captain on patriotic principle 1 A I find by day or night: planted in his couch i llobert J. JBreckmridge publishes a "penitent confession" of his sin in having aided to make 11, T.

-Jacob Lieutenant-Governor of Kentucky, and then proceeds, at considerable to scourge said Jacob for sundry ialsehoods tie has promulgated concerning aim, as well as for the general disloyalty and miscellaneous baseness of his conduct. Concerning his pardon by the President, Breckinridge, in concluding his letter, says I have said many hundreds of tunes. that the clemency of Mr. Lincoln--this 'tyrant and as every Chicago expert in Kentucky has habitually called urn--was one of the strongevst and grandest features of his noble character. Its exercise has cost him, nnd us.

dear, we will willingly pay tho cost i i i him all the move. This case of Lieut. Jacob will prove one of the mo--t dangerous and least deserving of all. HOST. J.

I Feb. Uth, l8Gf. PARSON BKOWNLOW, Governor elect Tennessee, has been awarded in a suit for damages inflicted by imprison- i ment and persecution at the hands of certain prominent rebels of Knosville. which to be assessed upon the property ol Ixamspy, Sneed and others, who were' in- luontial in the early days of the rebellion 'n getting the parson into jail. TilE ENROLLMENT ACT.

Towns Must Pill Ifeetjr Quotas Here- silfter vitH their OWM. Itten. The following sections of tho new enrollment act passed by will be a matter cf great interest to every town and city in the country, provided there is another call for troops, which, thanks to our brave armie.s in the field, is not likely to occur: SECTION 1H. And ba it further enacted, That where any revised enrollment in any Congressional or draft district has been obtained or made, prior to any actual drawing of names from the enrollment lists, the quota of such district may be adjusted and apportioned to such revised enrollment instead of being' applied to or based upon the enrollment as it may have stood before the revision. SECTION 1-L Andbcit J'urlher enacted, That hereafter all persons mustered into the military or naval service, whether as volunteers, substitutes, representatives, or otherwise, shall be credited to the State, and to tho ward, township, precinct, or other enrollment suit-district, where such persons belong by actual residence, (if such persons have an actual residence within the United State.) aud where such persons were or shall be enrolled, (if liable to enrollment,) and it ia hereby made the duty of the Pro 1 ost Marshal General bo make such and give such Instruct i to iije i-overal ProvooL Marshals, Boards of Enrollment, and Mustering Officers as shall be necessary for the faithful enforcement of tho provisions of this section, to tho end that fair and just credit shall be given to every section of the country I-', ruled.

That in any call fur creeps horcaftri, county, town, township, ward, precinct, or election district, shall have credit except for octual'y furnished on said call, or the proceeding call, by said county, town, township, ward, piecineL, or election district, and mustered into the military or naval service on the quota thereof. Judicial Convention. At a coin ention of delegates from the several assembly districts of the first judicial district, held at Elkhorn, on the 17th of March, 1805, Hiram Bowen, of Hock, was appointed chairman, and 1. V. Mack of Green, Secretary.

On motion of John Winans, a committee of tin ee was appointed by the chair, on credentials, consisting of J. Winans, John A. Perry and John XI. Bennett. The committee reported the following delegates in attendance: liociv Coi A'TM 1st Assembly District, Daniel Johnon, Jonathan Corey, 2d Dist.

Ezra Goodrich, John U. Bennett. 'Id Dish Wheeler, Edward Inman, 4th Dist. S. L.

James. "th Dist llirum Do won, John Winans-'. nth Dipt. Wm. IE.

Tripp, Annon Rogers. WAI.WORTII COUNT 1st Assembly Dist. William Ilollinshead, S. II. Yan Schaick.

2d Dist. Charles Ilollinshead, John Forns- ly. 3d Hist. Charles Walci. 4th Dist.

Bell, -John A. Perry. COUNTS 1st Assemblv Dist. I. F.

Mack, Jr. UACIM; COUNTV 1st Asteraby Mist. W. 1. The repot was received and adopted by 1 ention.

On motion oi Mr. Winans, tho Convention pro ceded an i a ballot for i i -Judgf. On motion of Mr. the Chair appointed Wm. Jlollinshcad and a a Cory, tellers.

The informal ballot resulted as (ollow.s Col. Wm. Penn Lyon, l(i scattering On motion of Mr. Bennett, WJL- I Lrox, of Ilacine county, was unanimously nominated as the candidate of thh- Convention for Judge of the First Judicial On motion committee of throe was appointed by the Chair, consisting of Messrs. Pv.

Dennett, of Hock, John Perry, of Watworth, and W. G. Roberts, of Ila- cine, as a committee to inform Col. Lyon of hii nomination. On motion Hiram Bowen.

of Hock, Muck df Cirecn, II. F. Smith of Walworth, wero appointed a committee to draw up an add LOWS to the voters of the district, and to attf-nd to the printing and distribu- ticn of tickets-. On motion ol 1. Mack, it was ordered that the proceedings (if thih convention ho published in the newspapers of the district.

On motion of lieunett, tho Convention a nine die. I A IknvEx, Chairman I Legislative I' icnn Oui Spt i Coi i ptiiondont nth, In the Senate rhis morning a petition of citizens of -Jefferson county was read abking that the of 'SVntertnwn ami Lake Mills msiy made points mi that railroad, whon the land i romc-. up. Among t.he liillt- i i a i a i 0 to' 1 i i i i i a i a Among the bills passed was on' 1 for tho encouragement and protection of the wool growing interests of i State. and one to amend the registry law so as to requite an annual registration of the The bill prohibiting the issuing of free pawH 1 by railroads, was utter a rather indefinitely postponed by a vote ol io tu d.

In the among the petition-- pres-entcd were petitions for a lav, taxing aliens, and against the Insurance bill. A resolution wa 1 offered, directing the Comm i on State Allans to enquire into the expediency ot removing the caphol to Milwaukee or Pond du Lac. Mr. Tilton presented i i i Vice f'residcnt to resign un account ot lus a exhibition intoxication. Among the bill- was ouc foi correcting.

A tlie rccordfc. uf the Adjutant General's oihce so at. to give the history of encli i i i a soldier from the tare. and appropridtintr therefor. (General G.istt's lecture in the t'iry Hall last night vias must eloquent and effeetive.

Ho lecturcb ngain. next Friday evening, the Assembly Ch.mtber having been placed at his service. Tho twelve substitute brokers released from the bull pen to-diy. each receiving an emjihatic notice not to indulge any more in the unpardonable of recruiting Wisconsin men for Illinois. The JnMirai.ee bill may be regarded i YANKEE THE Legislature of Michigan has passed a i resolution to submit to the pen- pie, at the f.ill election of I860, an amendment to the Constitution to allow negroes to State NeWs.

The Eond du Lac PIVS.S notes that lion. Chas. A. Eldrodge has returned to his home in that city. The Beleit Journal gives an account of tho installation of Ilev.

Geo. Bushnell as pastor of the first Congregational Church in that city. Mrs. Clary, the wife of the Aonerican Home Missionary Agent for this State, was "surprised" with the gift of $150 the other day. The Journal says Parker and Stone's reaper works are growing into quite an institution.

They turn out about 100 sickles a day, and expect to make 400 reapers and mowers this summer. Mr. F. S. Haughwout has sold out the La Fayette County Union to Mr.

A. F. Dickenson, a sound' Union man of Darlington. The Platteville Witness notes the arrest there of an old man named Penny, a deserter from the 37th Iowa Reeiment. The Manitowoc says that Mr.

-John Maher. a worthy citizen of Franklin, Kewaunee county, was aceidently killed thelaiter part of last month, while working on the Peninsula railroad, below Green Bay. There was one of the heaviest storms of the season at Manitowoc last week. sis inches of snow and a severe wind. Tho Whitewater Register notes the of several deserters there.

The i waukee Sentinel of the the 48fch has about 700 men in camp, whom Lieut. Col. Shears) is rapidly preparing for the field. It is expected the regiment will be fully organized in tho course of a will be .1 bheep shearing festival held on the fair grounds of the "Walwonh Agricultural Society, in Elkhorn, on the 10th day of Slay nusk. Ib will be an interesting affair, of course, and as the department of is now one of the most important in our domestic economy, we may look for largo gathering.

The invitation is extended to other we believe. Jt will be a good place for wool growers -who blooded stock for sale, to advertise the same. The Elkhora Independent nays Mr. J'l. of Sugar Creek, has killed i i the past throe weeks, bixjidl caU.

The smallest measures i feet, and the largest, -11 feet from tip to tip. They were all killed in the vicinity of Landerdale's Lake. Mr. day is a very successful hunter, and is one of the best rifte chocs in the country. The Madison Jimmal records tho sudden death of Dr.

Ilubbard, of that city. O. S. Ordway, of Beaver Dam, has been appointed Quartermaster of ffehe 51bt regiment, now being raised in this notice by the last. Marquette that James Cogan, local editor, and onu of the proprietors of that paper, has lain aside the pen buckled on hid sword, and gone to be a faojer.

The Fond du Lac Reporter says 'logging has boon done on a big scale in tho woods thia winter. this has boon the most favorable season known for many years. The roads havn boon in capital condition all winter, and a riot broken up yet in the pine lands. The not been more than a foot arid a half deep at any time. Geo.

who returned Monday, reports one third more logs got out i the same force, than has ever been done before. Galloway men have got out 2,.500,000 'feet with team. Week before last they got out 254,000 feet. Other gangs have done nearly as well, so that the quantity of logs that will be afloat i- immense. The work is about done for this treason, many parties having come out already, and the htht will next week.

The Heaver Dam Arijui sayn a suit vrab tried in the Circuit Court week between Samuel Eastman and Leonard sifer, involving the loss of a dog, which was shot by Mr. Pulsifcv lant summer, while in the acfc of killing bheep. Thu jury returned verdict of damages against Mr. Pulsifer. Tin; suit will probably be taken to the Supreme Court, as the fanners are desirous of testing the question which arc the most valuable, dogs or sheep, and whether farmers must look on quietly while dogs are killing i sheep, without making an attempt to protect them for fear of being punished for killing some worthless our.

The Stoughton 1'ejwrlrr says Our Edger- tori neighbors have actually "struck ile" in that place. We have thit from the best 1 authority. The discovery was made in the oellcr of a dwelling. A move has been made to prospect. Mr.

(i. W. Lusk, of Edgerton, showed us a specimen of the water taken from the place at a depth of about three feet, which certainly contains oil--in could be distinctly smelt and seen. The people of our locality arc beginning to be afflicted with "ile on the brain." Some think they have discovered evidences of the existence of oil near Stouirhton. That it boK been discovered in Tvlger- ton there no doubt, and it may yet be near this place propose to investigate this mutter and report.

The Fond dn Lnc (-iiys a match factory to be established in (liner's old Foundry building on Scott street. The wood for the matehc'- will be prepared here and lie sent to Milwaukee for ing The encine is beintr f'ttcd up by I i A Co. at the I i I i i there a been a i i i i i a i 1 in place i the past few and many are anxiously inquiring a shall do to be a The attention of the people has been airested. and the meeting 1 hirgh attended. -----The a the fariji morr gace mepting at -hineau mi 'Tue'-dav n( last M'as a nnd the fanner? manifested snong determination a 4 ever to stand by m-hcr until they arc free from the Miibsurattmcnt now hpjDsrinjr over thorn.

The farm inort- gage fuitf. die i term of uinrt weie all until another Prcsidcut Lincoln's Second Terin---I5is I'alnnet andliis Policy. The second term of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, commences to-day, lie is our fii-bt President who has had second inauguration since that of General Jackson, in two'years ago. From Jackson to Lincoln we have had a lot of one-term Presidents and excepting General Harrison and General Taylor--both permanently cut off--they have been of ths order of terapori- aing and trading politicians. Through all the batch vre look in vain for the marks of a statesman.

The republican wire-pullers, like the tho S. Democrats, tiince the reign, of Jackson, were looking fur a convenient; instrument when the picked up their master iu that good naturcd. uncouth, ungainly and un- i Illinois raiispliUtir, Abraham Lincoln. What line of policy will he now pursue What changed will he make in his cabin To the first question we shall probably have a satisfactory answer in his inaugural to-day and perhaps not. To the second inquiry no very elaborate answer is needed.

Excepting" the appointment Mr. McCulloch to the tuiu change in the Interior Department, we ex- peoc no Cabinet changes; p.icl nriJer old Abe'a i-vsteii! of discipline i'urtaor changes nrenetessary. llo it the mastor. and the membeis of Cabinet chief clerks. He con heheam them and then tells thei-i wruit to do.

Ke indulges Mr. ISeward bis diplomatic oorrccpuridenc" by the volume, but bis theories auil arguments touching our foreign policy unJ moatic relations stand mtau'y opb 1 ion.s of Mr. b'eward. Old A I-, thciu. It i- irardiy peslLie that he has rer.d.

or heard rart of the ivriting- 01 ire-iluiu-li- blo J'remier. hi short, ura.Ltc.r-- little whether Mr. Lincoln are Tom, Dick and Harry, ov Sf.m, UoT and Peter, '-o on they uro oubiec his opiniuna as tht-ir supreme law. Ho Iius told us that Iiis courbe has 1'ceu oliap'-d the logic of i prebui u- thi-, will i-ontlnuu i be pu' cv, TM' lie ib most remarkable mun. I a seem to bo tho zjiost an i aware of backwoodsmen, yei So MI: of Items.

A I disposed of nil business before it, tho adjourned. 1'KrrjA-, was ob-un-vcd in the acy as a day of thanksgiving -uuf IT is not true that wdK castor oil and oil of vitriol "struck" in Pennsylvania. SOMEIIODV bajs the oldest knows of is the marrying of a clover with a widcw in weeds'. IT was a subject of remark gig I A of 0 that Justice Chase, Secretary StantnV President Johnson did not atto auguration Ball. f' SENATORS Morrill, Waj 11 Grimep, Harlan and Ranibay, 'by their wives, will start this rj excursion to Charleston.

IT is said -John Bell is now in health and is living i a I'lat Shoals, Meriwetner county has lost all his property." DAX. the Copper); ana Congressman, is one of defend Miss Harris who lately" roughs, the' Washington liri SENATORS McDougall of Salsbury of Deleware have Ve eu the standing committee-, tlic Stales on account of dn 1n DAXK CIRCI of Wisconsin by the Bank Controller, and was 0 O.VK of the feature-, of tlu if Si. Patrick's day in Now a parade of the Fenian 3' will JMOVC in holid ion. TUJ: ioorgia lution declaring that it tao recommendaiiun of convention, Ly a vote of C') vea-, noes. lv the death of the Governor, la ant Governor Saulsbury, broili'rv drunken DcmocraLiu Senator of that is elevated to the oflice of Uovernon 'ork-n iloo the not he "puts funt down he puS in firmly, 1 'and cannot be budged, i i i proved himself, in his quiet way, cite kof: est of politicians, and more than a mai(.

for his wiliest; autagoniste in the diplomacy, lie upsets without the most formidable caucuac-o and congresses, and seems tu enjoy as huge joke the astonishment of Lis friend-, and cnemie.5. Plain conizn ni bTu-c, a kindly disposition, a pose, and a perception tb.o ins and outa of poor, weak human nsiuu-'j. nave- I enabled him to master diiucnliie- own discn the Iowa uoer, uc ing the question of i nr-xt would havj svramped auuc-t ai.y man. Tliub to-rlay. i ing prospecto before him, thi 3 ry rail-splitter the unquestioned master of the iiii in reference tu American affairs, and Ycrk Herald ornor.

'J'he election will take Governor Stone iiVwr for re-election. Ax inventory being made of tho a at and around Charleston number even now foots up 130, vh'i more than double the estimate inaJ, our officers at the Mirrendrr. VK PRESIDENT STEVEN-S, of toe i Confederacy, at Charlotte, Xorth i olina, recently, on his way to (Jeorg'a tarried awhile to how ho could dodge Sherman who was directly 'r path. i'lv followin. 1 term The Tito President.

The IndejHnideni contains which has some points in it -worthy e- ing made prontiaeni: "Concerning the Vieo the humiliating spettacle vriiisHi on that da.y he furnished to tlvj world, shall vn fipeak or kecjj Perhap- fciiere ihts some good reuon tlid Hud crutli should be ito reiu-i have we yer dic-oerufd. We tLeri-, fore, 'in with 'ii' three neighbors. and the 1'v- in pardoning with ilenc-. tho groat die- grace which Andrew Johnpi-n that day in- lltcted upon his country. Had fchr fc.il/le- been turned, and a biniihi? oifence been cnmmictel by II.

Pendleton. we can hardly befiove that tluse Animal- would have laid their fingers on fcheir lips in a hush of criticism. Aa fur we trust we are habitually slow speak ill uf public men, even of such de-serve dispraise and certainly, among the many journals which have aforetime been hearty in their kind words of Andiew Johnson, none have been heartier than thi? ahoet but if such an appearance as he presented during bis inauguration is to pas- without in these and in other ru'vr-- paper columns, then there no loader remains to the press any duty of impartial criticism of men in official stati'iia. Once or twice, we have felt it our duty to speak against the excessive nf intoxicating liquors by our public men. It may be asked: What is the duty of a publfo journal in such cases' It seems to us plain.

We hold that if a public man is drunken in a private company, he is not amendable to comment in the newspapers but if he be drunken while acting his part OH a public occasion, his offence is against the public, and should never be from the just i of public censure In the Senate chamber on the -Jth of March, iu presence of the Senate, of the House, of the Cabinet, of the Supreme Court, of the fi I i i The Monroe the and Petit jurnn- of the Mwdi ni Circuit "ourt of county, a '-iiined a unanirauui- i'all upon -Judge toggle be a canilidfitc for re-oloction. The cali says- Ilavinj. wirne.ssod integrity, abii- ty. tiv-iebty an I i which the Hon. a "na? filled the ofccc uf ('irt'UH fur the last s-even ycai-8.

aud helicvins th.ru we are con- rersant with thr feelings nf the people of Ureen f'uunty. more especially t-iiue a formal oaU hae 'neon made upon Nbggle Ve a candidate for do most cordially join in cd.ll. and present it our firm belief he if- the almost unanimous choice oi the people of Green i-onntv." a i corps, of the newspaper i ol a gallery of l.ulie-, and i pai-t of the time) of the President of the United States--and on an occasion to be forever historic--the. Vice President elect presented himself to take his solemn oath of office in state of intoxication. Not in auger but in sorrow, do wo chronicle this fact, which we have no right to sup- A few weeks ago the Speaker of the- of llepresentatives was commanded by vote of that body to administer a public reprimand to a member who Jim! committed a pimilav offense, with conspicuous shame.

If a member of Con- to be minified for such an act, s-hull the President of the Senate remain i Jf i nurse, the Senate will itfi own method of reaching tlie ri'-c. a method which, we tritfit. will be kind, moderate and tiuA, meann-kile, if i. 1 (ht.fi/ tij Mi. Joknsun -Ulici (.

or io f. tn the name of an insulted people, are compelled to demand that so great an a to the dignity of the Republic be made to bear fit penalty, atone- and i heaviest in the article, says a New York corre- ponderit of the Schoharie Itepullk-aii, work upon the smallest capital. They talk of million? as if possessed of untold riches, XA I I recently pasted by Congress to ijtop smuggling on the frontier gives, full potver to custom officers to stop, search and examine any carriage, or vehicle, or any person traveling on foot. while they can'put iheir all in one pocket. The gold dealer, unless he is i wiped out" in his first transactions, may do millions in the business on capital of a few thousand.

1 know of one, formerly at the head of a defunct Albany bank, whose deposit with his broker has never been over three or four thousand dollars, and he has bought and sold over four millions of gold within six Wisconsin officers arrived at AnrupoL- the 7th Lieut. Wm. A. Pop3, LSthW Lieut. C.

Colwell, 1st Adjt Jenkint, Lieut. 11. Wis. THE l)tiilders of the great Pv)hUm have contracted to build one of the dimensions i Henry Ward Ghui'ch iu The is and the i i nished by the firit of January. Tnn condition of the people oi may be inforiecl irom the I act itat the Houston that more tlun, hundred familieb in that oity 'of inhabitantsj are dependentuj city for the of life.

Tn Uostoii Mrs. Horace Mann bos been engaged aumbor of years in collecting and ana: ing for publication the various paperi iicr husband. They have been ghei the printer, and will soon appear. IT said that Senator Sumner, ol MJ saelmsetts, is drawing up a process of poachment against Vice President Jol aon, for conduct compromising tho ite i high position and the honoi the country at the Inauguration cew nies. A company has 'been in New York city 'to build swbterr.we.i railways, ft is said that such roads nw be built, else the public cannot be cicco 1 modated.

It is calculrxted that the pow tion of the city will be i and 2,000,000 in 1880. IN France the safety ol ing is shown to be seven times greater in England in Belgium nine timei Prussia sixteen times. In these counu railroads are under the strict snpew- of the Government, and in the mau. ment is held U) the closest re-jponsil)' 1 THE late comptruller of flic curu'i now secretary of the treasury, ha- nounced that he will nu banks until he learns how far thejin'" state institutions may desire to avail "ii selves of the privilege of transferring allegiance from state tn the authority. A I i i I' cine College for its twelfth year i- lished.

The summary shows ance during the year of three en sophouores and seven fro-hnien in college classes, and of 120 pupils in grammar school. The whole numt'" attendance is 117. GEX. McCjcj.j.AN. an per.

is expected to arrive in Home in a day's, lie has been invited by i ican sculptor, Mr. Story, to time at his residence the place. Mrs. Story is a connection General's, her sister having McClellan, of Philadelphia. THE Cincinnati to Yice-President -Johnson speech at the Inauguration, pointedly ge.sts thai the Vice-President, furnishep an additional reason American people should be glad to the good health of Abraham Lincoln, the failure of the fool who propnpertti' 1 THE city of is in great ci ment now, in consequence of bold and merous committed by burglars.

One was protecting hi? property. The city i of desperate character?" find the citement will result in expelling tlifl 1 Two of the scoundrels were arrePted other arrests are anticipated. A MCF, young man at Cleveland his income to the Assessor at sever thousand dollars, paid the tax, ana the pleasure of seeing his name in among the nabobs of the country nl strength ofthishc courted a wealthy daughter, and married her. Then found that he had no money, and his mover's watch tn pay tlie mconv Time has fttiificicnt iD restored a healt to narrate the troublou- hours Columbia have been -expected. Sudden a Jl unprepared lor ti iowcd, and few cool to any other in Hence hum from home who won! to be safely back.

emg a Orantreburgh ami posed to be th- big! that line at wli strike. The people i thought I Columbia untouche, od the i i Our Then pub. time i a i i 1 i Ilichmond Jiau i i ti, i rerion. car. i South i i i 11 ri the agent rr.uisp i.

no bent i task before rluic men could do. I South Carol I I run upon the a hurried shrieked then- noon and night, 't Th depot' o-oodb of every do train- were thronged in i fright imdeij ouh tormeius of travd thev believed was city resounded with band wheels all bean grand funnel out of charged. Horses, thing that uould aid property, was broug and between force an mcne amotincof lab rapidly and judicious JBy ni i height. The enem mile-. i arj given back btcp by si of the fortification- 01 the Corgaree.

thev the bity itsoli, where reformed. Three or the bridge increased until it became a i closed. Militia at the front. Army through, and the trutl on the minds of inevitably be evacuate ly in their be(U durin lowed. Thursday, the on the city With ho was but few oal The State House.

Xiq Gar Pinion offiee. tod vatc residenec-, nnd inmu! the u-uai polite for ing. Still the bravely forward, an accomplished. Thi however. i a ands of dollar-' wor vate property i-outaii depot, a jn-ey pilferer.

The wor-c teatui-p cuired f-n the day party of bcelerV by their their horses, and, a they had been bred ceeded to break inti street and rob then detachment of deta party and tin ilton, the Provost officer, drew sword party, and succeeo establishments hi swarmed like locus dred miles away fr see men smoking i on their th from the merchan said that two of th tols on General I I tempting to pmte. hi? life. these well imagine that ther see the an 1 self than a party cavelry. Th- by some of them frightful, "life lib with their Common treatment" of was uniformly Hi? headfiuurtei-- tel. The scenes briefly described seekin tempora more getting one after f-ion screaming tearful won! box cars among boxes, trunks down near i ten hours' delay more consterna'ti no water, of ladie-s of the the most unattra "With hair unken inou-s mud ten kee prisoners dead halt, the Jl "es, arid the im peot btnginii wit ion songs: "still and bricklayers repairing trie ro tern examinatio: deserted engine filling arrival at Oharl upon the good taiity which is i a gradual simm nients in agitati history of our "ad this.