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ORIGINAL. POETRY.
SlthoQUs and Aurora.
>T LAURA awra.
What time Aurora shook her eoldon hair.
And ready stood to mount her chariot-throne
And loose the reigns to those Wild gleam inj
steeds
That champ the bit and neigh among the clouds
Impatient of their upward Journeying?
Lo 1 from the deep gray obambere of the Bast
A thin roist followed her?so full of care
And sorrow, that U chained her where she stood
Hear me, 01 goddess of the morning, hear
Take book thy gift of immortality !
Tbou art a goddess good and just and true,
Bounteous aud gracious?lull of tenderness?
Be pitiful, and take thy gift again I
The golden stars?thy children >u the boarens
Look nightly on this faded face of mine,
Sorrowing, sod thy winged, wandering winds
That rock my cloudy couch from day to day
Do pity me, giving me moan for moan!
Hear me, 0, goddess! down by ancient Troy
There is a little grassy, shaded glade,
Where sings the sweetest rill in all the earth?
I heard it ages gnne, when I was young,
Babbling among the lilies?let me there
Scoop out a little hollow in the earth,
And, creeping underneath the peacoful sod,
Sleep with my kindred! grant me power to die
Laomedou my sire and king, long sinen
Went to his rest: thricn happy Priamus
Lived out bis days upon the earth, then slept:
Slain Mention, too, hath gained the happy
goal;
But I must linger, crowned Hy pallid pain,
Worn by strong sorrow to a ghastly shade,
Bearing this curse of immortality I
I hoar the rustling of thy robes?I feel
Thy cold bright hair sweep o'er my faded brow,
I dimly see thy feir immortal face,
But Weariness hath darkened all my soul,
And slain witkin my heart the joy of love!
O, east mo back again upon mine earth,
educated.** *
I fti Mtit toeohool at Aeheville
in 1899, and there I met David L.
Swain, lie was then a etudent'in
tlie Academy, and iu appearance
a grown man, though I suppose be
waa not ova* nineteen or twenty
yeart oM. He was aboa* ae awkward
and gawky a yonilMefrflSman
at 1 bad ever met. He was
sib feet two inehe* in height, tender
and ill ghaped, with a long
pale faee* thick lip#, siiarp. no?o,
and deli ?*preMion-et the
The bore an loved bitn mo*r aflhc
t innately- He waaaft accomplish
ed Latin and Oreek echolar, and
took great plcaenre in reading for
adu let me soare ber heritage of death ;
Take baok thy fatal gift, and let too die.
REMINISCENCES
PUBLIC MEN.
BT EX GOVERNOR B. 7. FERRY.
[continued from last week ]
DAVID L. SWAIN.
There were few public men in
North Carolina for the last half of
a century, bo universally popular
with all parties and ail classes of
persons as Governor Swain. No
one ever rose to distinction, in the
good old North State so rapidly,
and filled so many high- offices in
so short a time as lie did. He was
unanimously elected a member of
the Legislature by t e people of
Buncombe, immediately after bis
admission to the Bar. Before be
had finished his term in the Legis
latere, he was elected Solicitor of
one of the most important law circuits
in the State. lie resigned
this office in a year or two, and
was elected a Circuit Judge. He
had been on the Bench only a few
years, when ho was elected Gov
ernor oi the State almost unanimously
by the Legislature. There
was an angry contest between two
aspirants, for the Executive Chair,
when they both withdrew in favor
of Judge Swain. He was elected
without solicitation, and almost
without bis knowledge. -As soon
as bis Gubernatorial term expired,
be was elected, by the Legislature,
President of the North Carolina
utnvomiy, hi vmapei tiiii. ihis
election gave rise to a famous wit
ticism ofone of the waggish members
of the Legislature. Governor
Swain had not had a collegiate ed
ucation. His classical studies
were completed at the Ashevllle
Academy, in Buncombe County,
North Carolina. After the result
of the election was announced, that
his Excellency Governor 8waln
had been chosen by the Legist*
tare, to fill the learned position of
I'resident of the State University,
this member exclaimed : " WellI
having given him every high office
in the State, the Legislature has
nojr seal Mm la Chanel Hill tn Im
g sentence which they came across
1/ in their lessons. I remember with
t what pleasure I listened to his
reading of Homer, with a sort
* of musical draw), that to me, was
6 s\veet and charming. He was the
* most amiable and beet tempered
0 young man Per# saw, and pnno*
tiliously honorable. He was without
a vice of any kind, and I be
* lieve be lived gQ{through life. -He
was grave and serious, and yet
s warm-hearted and cordial. I
doubt whether he ever gave of
fence lo a human being, lam sure
be never did intentionally. He
was a hard stndent and had a fine
memory. His progress therefore,
, in his studies, was almost as rapid
k as bis rise in public life. -He left
onr Academy, and tntor, the Rev*
erened Mr, Porter, for the purpose
of entering Chapel Hill University.
' He arrived there two or three
weeks before the commencement
j of the session, and spent his time
with the professors and in reading.
Finally he concluded not to enter
College, but go on to Raleigh, and
read law. lie thought he conld
? not wait two years before commencing
his legal studies, and,
' moreover, ho was under the im'
predion that be was about as good
, a scholar as any. of the professors.
1 was boarding in the family of
. the Governor's father at Asheville,
whilst David was reading law in
Raleigh- The old gentleman was
Pi*st-maeter, Doctor, and carried
on a hat manufactory. He was a
! well educated and intelligent old
gentleman, prond of his son, and
nad great expectations and hopes
' of his distinction in life. Doctor
Swain was a native of Massachusetts,
married a widow lady in
Georgia, and settled at Asheville.
North Carolina. Ho was a most
excellent tnan and pious Christian.
Ilis memory was wonderful, lie
forgot nothing that he saw, heard
or read, lie could recall where
he was, any day, forty or fifty
years since. The Doctor took
f;reat pleasure in reading David's
ettere to me and others vrln'lnt Im
was studying law at Raleigh. They
were always interesting too. The
Governor had, in youth, as well as
in old age, nn ei quiring philosophical
mind, observing everything,
and finding out the cause of everything.
lie had too, a very happy
faculty of retailing what he had
seen, or heard, or read, or found
out.
Whilst reading law at the capi
tal of the State, Governor Swain
became engaged to a young lady
of that city, whom he afterwards
married. This induced him to
give up his native mountain home
wheie he was the loved idol of the
people, and live in Raleigh. After
his election to the Presidency
of the University of North Carolina,
he moved to Chapel Hill of
course, and there continued to reside
till his death, lie was, 1 think,
thirty years ar. the head of this in
stitution of learning 1 remember
he once wrote me that the Univer
sity had been in existence over a
halt century, and had had but two
Presidents, President Caldwell
and himself. Whilst he was President
of the University, the Legis
latin o came very near electing him
United States Senator. This was
without his consent, and 1 do not
suppose he could have accepted
the jxmition had he been elected.
But it shows his acceptability to
the Legislature for any office within
their gift, when they could not
agree on any one else.
Governor Swain was a man of
great learning as well as great ability.
With his wonderful memory,
and habits of studying from his
youth, he couht not have been otherwise
than learned. His administration,
in the government of the
college, was very successful. Perhaps
there was no college in the
United States where fewer difficulties
occurred in its government.?
He told me, that when he entered
on his duties as President, he told
the professors that he should never
make a question without being
pretty sure lie was right, but
whether right or wrong, they must
sustain him. The harmonious and
successful gover.tnoent of the dot
lege required this sacrifice on their
part. ?.\ -V
After leaving school at Asheville,
Goveruoi Swain and myself
saw nothing of each other for
many years. One evening in Oo1
urn bis, a servant caroe to my
room, and told me that there was
a gentloinan in a carnage at the
dyor who wished to see me. lhe
hotel wad full, and Be had to seek
lodgings somewhere else, but wished
to speak to me before going off.
j Not expecting to see my old school
mate, 1 did not recognise the Gov,
ernor until he roadeniui&elt known
to na Then i saw at once, in the
old man, those well marked features,
which characterise the young
student from whom I had parted
twenty live or thirty years ago. 1
and I would provide a room for
him in mim way. This 1 did, and
we spent a delightful evening in
talking over the events which had
transpired ainee we bad last seen
' each other.
From the time of this meeting
in Columbia we corresponded fre?
quently, and occasionally met
again. The Govembr was a strong
Union man up to the breaking out
of the civil war. Ilo then hearti.
!y took sides with his State and
section. After the war was ovei
i he deplored deeply the unjust and
i tyrannical legislation of Congress,
i and concurred with me in all that
| 1 said or did on the subject of raennotrn*?linn
. Ha - ! ?
uv YT vie a ounvo
of able articles addressed to me in
one of the I^orlh Carolina newspapers,
on the teat oatb, disfranchisement,
&c., <fcc.
In November, 1866, I had the
pleasure of receiving from Governor
Swain, a very long letter, nine
pages, and from whicli I will make
a tew extracts : " It is not very
difficult to decide the character of
our representatives if this rule
shall be iorced upon ns. Let us
enqnire for a moment who will he
excluded. Take your State for an
example. Fr'?m early life to tho
present time, I have had opportunities
to know something of your
leading men. 1 knew Mr. Pettigru
personally, met him in Charleston
in February, 1801, corresponded
with him during the en.ire period
ot the war, and to within
two or three weeks of bis death.
Regarded hiiu when living, and
remember him now that he is no
more, as one of the ablest
and purest meu 1 have ever
known. I cannot say that if he
was alive, he could not take the
test oath, but I can affirm with
great confidence, that under no
circumstances would he do it. My
personal knowledge of you extends
through nearly half a ceutnry.?
We were schoolmates and intimate
friends in early life, and at all sub
I sequent periods. I have been faI
initial- witli *!? ??
......... mm jvui meiury. Williout
entering into details that might
be offensive lo vour delicacy, I can
say with confidence, that investi*
gat ion will establish the fact be
yond controversy, that from the
first avow al of Nullification by Mr.
Calhoun, in his letter to General
Hamilton, until the secession of
your State, no member of the committee,
not even excepting Senator
Johnson, of Maryland, had ever
been placed in circumstances that
required or admitted the constant,
unflinching, hazardous devotion to
the Union, and opposition to Nullification
and Secession, which
have characterized the whole
course of your political life. President
Johnson, in 1826-27, resided
in Laurens, the adjoining District
to Greenville in your Siate, and
few persons beyond the limits ol
South Carolina are as familiar as
he, or sympathized as deeply as he
in the conflicts which you waged
during so many years in behalf of
the Union. You cannot take the
oath, and what I affirm in relation
to these in North Carolina who
can, will not appl> with le6s force
to South Carolina. You have no
honest and competent men who
can submit to a test of loyalty,
which is, in my estimation, as
clearly unconstitutional as inexpedient.
And yet we are told, no doubt
honestly on the part of many who
say so, that a range of confiscation,
which has no parallel in the histo
ry of civilization since the days of
William the Conqueror, is a mild
punishment for Confederate trea
son. The descendants of Shay re
bellionists, whisky insurrectionists,
and Harttord convent iunieta, can
aflbrd to be mercitul if not magnaiiituous.
VV e aro aosured moreover,
with equal honesty nnd sinj
eerily, that Southern Statesmen
should consent to their exclusion
from office with exultation, as affording
an opportunity to open the
way to office and emolument, to
those, who, nnder other circum*
stances, would never have been
thought of by themselves or others
in connection with official station.
John Quincy Adams, yon may remember,
entertained and expressed
on a memorable occasion ver?
different sentiment?. Where, with
a view to censure Mr, Webster, a
Pennsylvania representative offered
a resolution calling upon the
President for information as to
the manner in which the secret service
tnnd* had been expended.?
Mr. Adams expressed a willingness
to vote ior.it if the member would
avow that his purpose was to impeach
Mr. Weostdr, as Secretary
of State. In replv to the suggestion
that Mr. Webster was not
then in office, and not sobjeot to
impeachment^ Mr. Adams remarked,
in substance, tbat he uudiftr*
stood tbe Constitution very differently,
tbst he had arrived at that
time ol life, when, with tbo excep- \
mum vi ma BVHuun no men oeiQ, no
had nothing to expect or deeire at
the hands of Iris countrymen, bnt
that he had filled the highest pffice
in their gift, and that for any malfeasance
in office, he was still
amonable to impeachment and a I
punishment; that he would regard !
as worse than death, disqualifica* <
tion to hold office. That sentence is i
proposed to be passed upon yon i
under an amendment of tho Con- i
etitution to be adopted, with ahont
as much regard to the spirit of the
mode pointed ont in that instru- j
ment, as would characterise the <
formality of au impeachment of j
our friend Governor Graham, for J
some misdemeanor yet to be die- <
nAV0t*0/1 nAm rvt l"*'" ? ?
vuiuuiiiiou wiiiiu oecreiary
of the Navy, without a preliminary
finding by the House of <
Representatives as the great in- ]
on est of the nation I hazard lit- i
tie in saying tl nt if you and he
had been admitted to your seats 1
in the Senate, a wiser scheme of i
adjustment would have been
adopted, and one much more favorable
to the true Union men of
the South than the Howard
Amendment."
In July, 1867, Governor Swain
wrote ine as follows : ** I am the
only person in North Carolina, ,
trebh' disfranchised, having served
in all the departments of the State i
Government, Legislative, Judicia- i
ry, and Executive. As I remark 1
ed to a Northern friend, some I
time 6ince, the poor privilege is |
denied ine of voting for my own <
slaves, and they are not allowed to i
vote for me, while two of them
now in my employment have i
higher claims to my confidence as i
discreet and benevolent men, tiian <
Stephens and Sumner, or Butler i
and Logan. But what can we do ? i
Literally, nothing but hope for a I
returning sense of justice trom the <
Northern-peoplo. * * * * I j
meutioned in a note to Mrs. Per- 1
ry, sometime since, that Mr. John- i
son, Mr Seward, and Mr. Randal,
W... O 1
were ini'8. owain'8 guests at com- 1
mencement. Governor Worth
was with us also, and General <
Sickles was the guest of our neigh- '
bor. Dr. dubburd. I spent a day i
with General Sickles, at the residence
of Govornor Worth, in Hal- i
eigli, before the party came np 1
here, and think we are fortunate 1
in having him as our chief.? i
Thoug-i 1 desired General Scho- <
field, with whom I had had per I
sotial interviews very shortly after I
the surrender of the Confederate
armies. General Sickles was Sec <
retarv of Legation, when Mr Buc- <
hanan was nominated to the Court f
of St. James, and adheres to the t
opinions that he had at that time." 1
In character, Governor Swain t
was very much like the great Wil- J
liam Lowndes, of South Carolina, t
Lie was unambitious, amiable and <
pure. He never sought office, but 1
had all the high offices of his State ]
thrust, on him in rapid succession
by the Legislature of North Caro- I
lina. In wisdom, ability, and taU I
ents, be was also like Mr. Lowndes, t
and not nulike him in his personal
appearance. Had he been in Cou- ?
gress, his reputation as a States- t
man would have been ns wide t
spread, as deep rooted, and as glo- 8
riously enviable as that of South I
Carol mas illustriou's 6ons. 1
[continued next week.]
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State Republican Convention. \
?Tlie Aiken Tribune learns, from 1
a recent personal conference with '
some of the members of the Exec- 8
titive Committee of the party,
* that the State Republican Con- 1
vention for the nomination of a 1
State ticket, and the transaction of c
other business incidental to the in- 2
forests of the Republican party in v
tlio approaching campaign, will ?
r.oi bo called until the latter part 1
of the month of August or early in ?
September. In deciding upon f
this course the Executive Commit- t
leo are influenced by the very
laudable desire to avoid the dis- C
tnrbance of the agricultural interests
of the country which a canvass ^
at any earlier day would inevita- 1
bly occasion, and in this view the
committee will be sustained by the fl
country at large." This we regard *
as a wise conclusion, as there will
be ample-time, trom the first Sep- ^
tember to the election, to allow for ?
what will bo necessarily a sharp .
campaign, and which will be in
the Republican party itself.
Thk Methodist General Confer t
ence has received and referred to t
one of its standing committees, a t
protest against Free Masonry aa a ;
rival religions orgHniction, which fl
includes in its limits members of ^
the Methodist Church, and which t
yet d?*ea not recognise the Saviour.
Protests of ft similar nature are *
being received daijy by the Con- c
ference, printed on slips, and e*i- t
dently designed for general circu- c
latiou. t
rne natrorm Adopted by the Be
publioan Hatlonal Convention.
Held at Philadelphia, June 5th
and 0th. 1870
The Republican partv of the
United 8tates assembled In 'Na*
tional Convention in the city ot
Philadelphia, on the 5th and 6th
days of June, 1872, again declares
its faith, appeals to its history,
and announces its position npon
the questions before the country.
1. During eleven years ot su
premacy It has accepted with
prrand courage the solemn duties
art- _ 4i v* *
i?i me nme. ic suppressed a gi |
gantic rebellion, emancipated four
millions of slaves, decreed the
equal citizenship of all, and estab
liebed universal suffrage. Exhib
iting unparalleled magnanimity, it
criminally punished no man tor
political offenses, and warmly wel
corned all who proved loyalty by
obeying the laws and dealing just
ly with their neighbors. It has
steadily decreased with a firm hand
the resultant disorders of a great
war, and initiated a wise and humane
policy towards the Indians,
the Pacific Railroad, and similar
vast enterprises, have been generally
aidea and successfully con?
ducted ; the public lands freely
given to actual settlers ; immigration
protected and encouraged,
and a full acknowledgment of the
naturalized citizen's rights secured
From European powers. A uni
Form national currency has been
provided, repudiation frowned
downed, the national credit sustained
under most extraordinary
burdens, and new bonds negotiated
at lower rates. The reve
nues have been carefully collected
and honestly applied ; despite
annual large reduftious ot the
rates ot taxation, the public debt
lias been reduced during General
Grant's Presidency at the rate ot
a hundred millions a year*, great
financial crises have been avoided
and peaco and plenty prevail
throughout the land. Menacing
foreingn difficulties have been
peaceably and honorably composed,
and the honor and power of
the nation kept in high respect
throughout the world.
This glorious record of the past J
1a luv jinnj' ? nest pieoge ror the
fntnre. We believe the people
will not entrust the Government to
iny party or combination of men
composed chiefly o f those who
jave resisted every step of this
jeneficial progress.
2. Complete liber'.y and exact
equality in the enjoy meat ot all
civil, political and public rights
ihould bo established and effectu
tlly maintained throughout the
Union by efficient and appropriue
State and Federal legislation.
Neither th$ law nor its adminisration
should admit of any discrimination
in respect of citizens,
jy reason of race, creed, color, or
previous condiliou of servitude.
3. The recent amendments to
he National Constitution should
is cordially sustained, because
bey are right; not merely tole*
ated, because they are law and
hould be carried out according to
heir spirit by appropriate legislaion,
tiie enforcement of which can
afely be entrusted only to the
tarty that secared those amend*
nenti.
4. The National Government
hould seek to maintain honorable
ton AA i?t?f nil *1.** ? * *" ~
ivuvv nun iriio iinviuiiii, proiectng
its citizens every where, and
ympathizing with all people who
trive for greater liberty
5. Any system of the civil scrrice
under which the subordinate
xtaitions of the Government are
tonsidered rewards for mere party
;eal is fatally demoralizing; and
ve therefore ftivor a reform of the
ystem of by laws which shall abob
sh the evils of patronage, and
nake honesty, efhciency, and filelity
the essential qualifications
or public positions, without pracicaily
creating a life-tenure of
>tiice.
6. We are opposed to further
grants of public lands to corpora
ions and monopolies, and demand
hat the national domain be set
ipart for free hotnea for the peodo.
7. The annual revenue, after
laying cnrrent expeditures, penions,
and the interest on the pubic
debt,should furnish a moderate
nuance for the reduction of the
irinoipal, and the revenue, except
0 mnch as may be derived from
1 tax upon tobacco and liquors,
>e raised by duties upon imnortaions,
the duties of which should
>o so adjusted as to aid in security
reiterative wage* tor labor,
>nd promote the industries, pros
>erity, growth, and progress of
he whole country.
A W> ImM ? ?
v. t* vp uviu in amijing rnjuor
be soldiers end sailors whose valtr
saved the Union. Their penions
are a sacred debt ot tbo union
; and the widows and orphans
?f those who died for their connrv
are entitled to the care of gen
erous and grateful people. We
favor such additional legislation
as will extend the bounty of the
Government to all our soldier*
and sailors who were honorably
discharged, and when in the line
of duty betame disabled, without
regard to the length of service or
the cause of such discharge.
9. The doctrine of Great Brit
ain and other European Powers
concerning allegiance?u Once a
subject, always a subject"?havipg
at last, through the efforts ot
the Republican party, been abandoned,
and the American idea of
the individual's rights to transfer
allegiance having been accepted,
by European nations, it is the duty
of our Government to guard with
jealous care the. rights of adopted
citizens againt the assumption of
unauthorized claim of their former
Governments; and we nrge
continnal careful protection and
encouragement of voluntary immigration.
10. The franking privilege
ought to be abolished, and the
way prepared for a speedy reduction
of the rates of postage.
11. Among the questions which
press for attention is that which
concerns the relations of capital
and labor, and the Republican
party recognize the duty of so
shaping legislation as to secure
full protection and the amplest
field for capital ; and for labor,
the creator of capital, tbe largest
opportunities ana a just share of
mutual pf<>fit6 of these two great
servants of civilization.
12. We bold that Congress and
the President have only fulfilled
an imperative duty in the meas
ures for the suppression of violent
and treasonable organizations in
certain lately rebellious regions,
and for the protection of the balI
I - J - -
iui-ixix. ana tnererore tney are
entitled to the thanks of the nation.
13. We denounce repudiation
of the public debt in any form or
disguise, as a national crime. We
witness with (.ride the reduction
of the principal of ibe debt and
the rates of interest upon the bal
mice; and confidently expect that
onr national currency will be per
fected by a speedy resumption of
specie payment.
24. The Republican party is
mindlul ot its obligations to the
loyal women of America for their
noble devotion to the cause of free
doin. Their admission to wider
fields of usefulness is viewed with
satisfaction, and the honest demands
of any class of citizens for
additional rights should be treated
with respectful consideration.
15. Wo heartily approve the action
of Congress in extending amnesty
to those lately in rebellion,
and rejoice in the growth ot peace
and traternal feeling throughout
the land.
16. The Republican party propose
to respect the rights reserved
by the people to themselves ns
carefully as the powers delegated
by them to the Stato and to the
Federal Government. It disap
proves ot the resort to uuconstitu^
tional laws for the purpose of removing
evils, by interference with
rights not surrendered hy the peo
pie to e tlier the State or National
Government.
17. It is the duty or the Federal
Government to adopt such
measures as may best tend to en
courage and restore American
commerce and shipbuilding.
1 Q U-l! .L. ?
id. vt u utiiuvtj mac cue moucsi
patriotism, the earnest purpose,
the sound judgment, the practi- ,
cal wisdom, the incorruptible integrity,
And the illustrious services
of Ulysses S. Grant have commended
him to the heart of the
American people; and with him
at our heaa we start to-day npon
a new march of victory.
The Man Who Cheats The Printer.
Tbo man who cheats the printer
Out of a dingle cent,
Will never reaeh that heavenly lead
Where old Klijah went.
He will not gain admittance there?
By devils he'll be driven.
And made to loaf bis time away
Outside the walls of heaven.
Without a friend to greet him,
Without a pleasant grin,
The happiness that he will reap
Will be almighty thin.
ite'U hare to eat the thistle
Of sorrow and regret;
He'U have to buok around right smart
With eassedness, " you bet."
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Candidates tor Government
offices in England are examined
upon various literary and scientitic
topics. Lately, one of tliem,
by tho slip of the ]>en, wrote
v ennice " In one of life paper*.
M Do your know, air, tbaHtnero la
qui one * nen * id Venice I" aftked
tho indignant examiner. "Then
eggs must be very ecarce there,'*
woe the reply.
Grant's Letter of Aeeojptaaoe.
Exkcctivb Mansion,
Washington, D. (X, Jane 10,1873.
Hon. Thoma* Settle, President
National Republican Convention,
Pa,id iStrobach, Elisha
Boater, C. A. Sargent, and others,
Vice J'residents :
Qkrtlbmen : Your letter of this
date, advising me of the action ot
the convention held in Philadel*
phia, Pa., on the 5th and 6th of
this month, and of my unanimous
nomination for the Presidency by
it, is received. I accept the nomination,
and throngh yon return
my heartfelt thanks to your constituents
for this mark of their
confidence and support.
If elected in November, and
protected by a kind Providence
in health and strength to perform
I the duties of the high trust conferred,
I promise the same zeal and
devotion to the good of the whole
people for the future of my official
liie as shown in the past. Past
experience may guide me in
avoiding mistakes inevitable with
novices in all professions, and all
occupations. When relieved from
the responsibility ot my present
trust by the election of a successor,
whether it be at the end of
this term or the next, I hope to
leave to him, as Executive, a
country at peace within its own
borders, at peace with the out6id?
nations, with a credit at homo
and abroad, and without embar
rassing questions to threaten its
future prosperity. With the expression
of a desire to see a speedy
healing of all bitterness of feeling
between sections, parties or
races of citizens, and the time
when the title of citizen carries
with it all the protection and
privileges to the humblest that it
does to the most exalted, I subscribe
myself very respectfully,
your obedient servant,
U. S. Grant.
A genti.kman in Memphis has
made a bet of five hnndred dollars?money
put up?that the
Greeley ticket will carry the following
States, viz: Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Kentucky,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri,
Indiana. Pennsylvania, New
York, Delaware, Maryland, Nevada,
and California, making more
than a majority of the electoral
VOteS. lie WOllld ?lao h??t ft email
eutu that the ticket would take Nebraska,
Oregon, Ohio and West
Virginia.
A cheery cobbler?Henry Wilson.
A hide bound Radical?Useless
S. Grant.
Greeley and Gratz, Dealers in
White Hats.
To his other Vices Grant has
added shoe fly Wilson.
Wilson and Grant?They'll try
to come it, but they can't.
Grant is anxious to tan now,
but he'll have to hide alter next
November.
Llenry Wilson must have been
a very poor shoemaker, or he
never would have quit that business
to go into politics.
" Won't you tako half of this
poor apple?" said a pretty damsel.
" No, I thank yon, I would
prefer a better half." Eliza blushed,
and referred the young man to
papa.
? ?
Wurn there is a spanking
breeze, bad children should be put
out to tako the air.
8c*ip v?. Bowd ?A despatch from New
York, dated the 29lh, says :
"i\. flew York firm has brought suit in
the Supreme Court, in behalf of some stockholders
of the BUio Ridge Rsilrosd Company
of South Carolina against the President
and Executive Committee of the road.
The offence charged is a misappropriation
of the funds of the Company, and the com-*
plaint alleges that, in aooordanoo with a
a hill passed by the South Carolina Legislature
hist March, $t.000,000 of the bonds
of the Company, guaranteed by the Stats,
were exchanged for Revenue Bond 8crip,
which was to be receivable by the Slate
lor taxes.
" The complaint further allege# that the
President of the froad, John J. Patterson,
j obtainsd possession of $1,800,000 of this
I sci ip, and obtaining loans upon it, divided
the money and scrip among hie personal
friends and members of the South Caroiioa
Legislature. The complaint alleges also
that the Treasurer of the State of South
Caroline received $60,000. Judge Ingra*
nam grained an order to show mum wbj
an it junction should not ha iacued and a
receiver Appointed.
" The question was argued before Judge
Leonard to day. whether the Courts of this
Btete have Jurladletton to the matter, aa-lha
plaintifPa are nAnreeldenU "
The declaioo was reversed.
\_CHarititon Courier.
I The Englieb Govern ?<mt baa determined ta
i Pin don the VcBtsnr.